AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, SPECIMENS AND COLLECTORS SETS

Lot 486		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $190 SPECIMEN Overprints: Small range with De La Rue 1883-99 ½d, 1d, 2d, 2½d on 4d (2, different types of opt), 2½d, 3d, 4d, 5d on 6d (2), 5d, 6d (2), 1899-1905 1d, 2d, 2½d, 1901-2 9d and 2/- Wmk Crown over SA, mostly fine. Also ½d on 1d, 10d on 9d, 1/- Violet and 2/- optd REPRINT (22)
Lot 487		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $380 Collectors' Sets: 1884 printed sheet headed 'REPRINTS/OF/SOUTH AUSTRALIAN POSTAGE STAMPS,/WITH THE DATE OF ISSUE/' with printed spaces for 30 different reprints all overprinted REPRINT, plus 6d Ultramarine Perkins Bacon and 4d De La Rue optd SPECIMEN added in the two blank spaces. With imprint '500 - 23-4-84' at lower left, very fine
Lot 488		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $460 Collectors' Sets: 1891 Printed sheet headed 'REPRINTS AND SPECIMENS/OF/SOUTH AUSTRALIAN POSTAGE AND REVENUE STAMPS,/WITH THE DATE OF ISSUE.' with printed spaces for 45 stamps overprinted REPRINT (35) or SPECIMEN (10), plus the 1894 2½d and 5d and 1899 ½d, 1d, 2d and 2½d optd SPECIMEN added in blank spaces. Couple of stamps with minor faults, but generally very fine and attractive
Lot 489		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $150 Cancelled-to-Order: Small range with Wmk Broad Star 9d, Wmk Crown over SA ½d, 1d, 2d, 2½d, 5d, and 2/-, and 1906-12 Watermark Crown over A Thick 'POSTAGE' 3d, 4d, 6d, 8d, 9d, 1/- and 2/6d, all with various Adelaide cds, all part OG and fine (21)