AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, GENERAL

Lot 108	[ O ]	Estimate: $600 Purchase Price : $536 1855 Watermark Large Star Imperf 2d Rose-carmine horizontal strip of 5, good margins all round, right-hand unit with ironed-out vertical crease, cancelled numeral '25' of Gawler. A very scarce multiple in this condition, with 1985 Holcombe and 2008 Sismondo Certificates. SG 2, cat £425+
Lot 109	[ (*) ]	Estimate: $1,500 Purchase Price : $1,340 1855 Watermark Large Star Imperf 6d Deep Blue unused no gum, close but clear margins all round, a little soiled. SG 3, cat £5500
Lot 110	[ * ]	Estimate: $1,200 Purchase Price : $1,049 1860-69 Second Roulettes 1d Bright Yellow-green horizontal strip of 8 with large part OG, fine and an attractive and very scarce multiple. SG 19, cat £1200+
Lot 111	[ O ]	Estimate: $150 Purchase Price : $134 1860-69 Watermark Large Star Rouletted 1/- Yellow (SG 38) rejoined vertical pair cancelled 'PAID/ADELAIDE' datestamp in blue OC 26 1861, a very scarce multiple
Lot 112	[ O ]	Estimate: $800 Purchase Price : $699 1868-79 Watermark Large Star Perf 11½-12½ 9d Bright Mauve error 'Printed Both Sides' few blunt perfs at top and cancelled Adelaide cds NO 6 72, ex Peter Jaffe. SG 76a, cat £900
Lot 113	[ * ]	Estimate: $400 Purchase Price : $350 1870-71 Watermark Large Star Perf 11½-12½ x 10 1d Pale Bright Green, and 1d Deep Green, both part OG, former stained by brown gum, latter with small adhesion on reverse, otherwise fine. SG 99,101, cat £600 (2)
Lot 114	[ O ]	Estimate: $1,100 Purchase Price : $991 1876-1900 Watermark Broad Star Perf 11½-12½ 1/- Red-brown horizontal pair error 'Imperforate Vertically', trimmed into design at left, cancelled G.P.O. Adelaide cds, DE 23 81. SG 125a catalogued as 'Imperf Between' £2500
Lot 116	[ * ]	Estimate: $400 Purchase Price : $350 1876 Watermark Crown over SA (Wide) Perf 10 1d Blue-green mint block of 6 (3 x 2) with wing margin at left, fine with part OG. SG 158, cat £660+
Lot 121	[ P ]	Estimate: $150 Purchase Price : $134 1894 5d top marginal imperforate plate proof block of 4 in Brown-purple (issued colour) on gummed no watermark paper, diagonal crease in selvedge, otherwise very fine
Lot 122	[ P ]	Estimate: $120 Purchase Price : $105 1899 ½d G.P.O. Adelaide imperforate plate proof block of 4 in Black on thin card, very fine
Lot 124	[ C ]	Estimate: $12,500 Purchase Price : $11,068 1902-12 3d 'Long' Stamp, an exceptional one-frame exhibit offered intact, which includes a detailed study of the various printings on the three issues (Thin POSTAGE, Thick POSTAGE Wmk Crown over SA, and Thick POSTAGE Wmk Crown over A) with mint blocks (including sheet numbers), and OS and SA punctures. There are nine covers including combination franking with 4d and 10d 'Long' stamps, and two used from Darwin. Individual rarities include Thin POSTAGE with 'Watermark Sideways', 'Misplaced Tablets mint, mint vertical pair 'Imperforate at Right' with plate no, Thick POSTAGE Wmk Crown over A mint block of 4 with marginal wmk error 'AUSTRLAIA', and Perf 11 used. There is also additional material including Thin POSTAGE mint sheet of 60 (rare), and five further covers. A wonderful lot (144 M, 31 U, 14 covers)
Lot 125	[ * ]	Estimate: $350 Purchase Price : $315 1902-05 Watermark Crown over SA Thin 'POSTAGE' £1 Blue left marginal, fine with large part OG. SG 279. cat £500
Lot 126	[ * ]	Estimate: $400 Purchase Price : $350 1904-11 Watermark Crown over SA Thick 'POSTAGE' £1 Blue Perf 12 punctured 'SA' very fine mint with large part OG, very scarce
Lot 127	[ * ]	Estimate: $150 Purchase Price : $134 1904-11 Watermark Crown over SA Thick 'POSTAGE' £1 Blue Perf 12½ large part OG, couple of shortish perfs at right. SG292a, cat £250