AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Lot 138		Estimate: $5,000T Realised Price : $5,000 1901-02 Watermark Crown SA Perforation 11½-12½ (large holes) 1/- Dark Reddish Brown, vertical marginal strip of three, variety 'IMPERFORATE HORIZONTALLY', SG 148a, lower unit creased. Very fresh and fine. One of the great rarities of the Federal period. Unpriced in Stanley Gibbons
Lot 139		Estimate: $25,000 Realised Price : $20,000 1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' original Essay on thin board (33x49mm) hand-painted in violet with 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' touched in Chinese white, the value tablet being blank, endorsed at upper right '1 JULY 85', odd blemish. One of the most important and desirable items of South Australia
Lot 140		Estimate: $2,500 Realised Price : $2,800 1886-96 Master Die Proof with blank value tablet, black on white glazed card (92 x 61mm) handstamped at right '12OCT85' and 'BEFORE/HARDENING'. [Two recorded, the other example creased and cut down to stamp-size]
Lot 141		Estimate: $10,000 Realised Price : $8,500 1890 (May) 'REPRINT' and 'SPECIMEN' overprints including 47 adhesives to £20 on two presentation sheets, together with Postal Notes 14 values with serial numbers '00001' 1/6d to £1 overprinted 'SPECIMEN' (wavy) in red, affixed into 'POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH/CONFERENCE./ADELAIDE, MAY 1890' hardbound report inscribed in gold on blue, presented to 'THE HON. B STAFFORD BIRD.' (Postmaster General of Tasmania), additional manuscript message on inner leaf 'With J H Gordon's Compliments' (President of this Conference and Minister for Education in South Australia). Slight imperfections to cover, with contents in very fine condition
Lot 142		Estimate: $4,000T 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' 3d Olive-Green, Watermark Sideways, SG 268a. 2001 RPSV Certificate. (Purves states 'only ten to twelve examples known)
Lot 143		Estimate: $1,250 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' 1/- Brown, vertical marginal pair, variety 'Imperforate horizontally', SG 275b, diagonal crease. Rare
Lot 144		Estimate: $2,000T Realised Price : $1,500 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' 1/- Brown, variety '"POSTAGE" and "ONE SHILLING" in red-brown, with 'POSTAGE' tablet misplaced, SG 275c var. 2001 RPSV Certificate
Lot 145		Estimate: $2,500T 1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE' Watermark Crown over SA 9d Rosy-Lake, SG 286, marginal example 'IMPERFORATE AT TOP'
Lot 146		Estimate: $1,000T Realised Price : $950 1906-12 Thick 'POSTAGE' Watermark Crown over A 3d Sage-Green Perf 11, SG 298e. 2001 RPSV Certificate (Purves records 16 used examples)
Lot 147		Estimate: $3,000T Realised Price : $2,500 1906-12 Thick 'POSTAGE' Watermark Crown over A 6d Blue-Green block of four, variety 'Imperforate (horizontally) between', SG 300ab, faint bend on lower pair. Believed to be the only known block
Lot 148		Estimate: $1,250T Realised Price : $950 1906-12 Thick 'POSTAGE' Watermark Crown over A, 9d Brown-Lake marginal pair, variety 'Imperforate (horizontally) between' and 'Imperforate at base', SG 302a, creasing on lower unit. Fine appearance
Lot 149		Estimate: $750T Realised Price : $1,250 Postal History: 1906 (2nd July) registered cover from Glenelg to the exotic destination of Niue, addressed 'C.F.Maxwell Esq./Resident Commissioner./Niue Island/Pacific', bearing 2½d pair tied by circled 'R' handstamps, arc-type 'REGISTERED' with mss. number, transit and arrival backstamps of Sydney, Auckland and Niue (9.9.06), minor toning/blemishes. Possibly an unique destination
Lot 150		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $600 Postal History: 1908 (10th Nov) registered cover Adelaide to New Zealand with provisional registration label bearing thick "POSTAGE" 3d Sage-Green SG 298 and 4d Orange SG 299a, Dunedin arrival backstamps, minor blemishes. Attractive bicolour cover