Auction No 145 - Prestige Philately

Jun 13, 2009
Prestige Philately - Auction No 145 Page: 51
SOUTH AUSTRALIA (continued)
Lot Type Grading Description Est $A
119 CL B
Lot 119
DEPARTMENTALS: 'E.B.' (Education Board) in Blue on Rouletted 4d grey-violet, roughly separated at
left - slightly into the design - and right suggesting that it was Imperforate Vertically, tied to OHMS
cover to Kapunda (b/s) by GPO cds of NO19/69, 'Education Office' imprint at lower-left, a few very
minor blemishes. Rated RRRRR+. Presgrave recorded only one 'E.B.' cover, franked with a 2d.
Most Departmental Overprints were applied to sheets that were in some way defective. While a
partly-imperforate variety of this stamp has not previously been recorded, it is entirely feasible that a 4d
sheet sent for overprinting had been poorly or only partly rouletted.
6,000
120 R A/A-
Ex Lot 120
REPRINTS: Imperforate marginal - mostly corner - blocks of 30 (6x5) comprising '3-PENCE' on 4d
red-violet, 4d red-violet, 4d deep violet, Perkins Bacon 6d violet-blue (some doubling especially
towards the lower-right), & 2/- carmine-red, all on ungummed Large Crown/SA watermark paper & all
overprinted 'REPRINT', also 'TEN PENCE' in Blue on 9d dull yellow-brown - rouletted - marginal block
of 36 (6x6) from the same source, a few minor blemishes.
A truly exceptional group, being the first such imperforate reprints we have recorded. Because these
stamps are printed on paper designed for two panes of 60, each block - except the narrow-spaced 6d -
shows part of the vertical "gutter" watermark line. (6 blocks)
4,000