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LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

1061

GIBRALTAR: 1912 KGV Keyplates Multiple Crown CA Watermark mint selection including 2d x4, 1/- x11, 4/- x2, 8/- x2 (one marginal with plate number) & £1 x2 in a range of shades plus Multiple Script CA Watermark £1 orange & black, also some later mint, a little used back to QV issues including KGVI Pictorials Perf 14 10/- black & blue with neat corner cancel, generally fine to very fine, stated Cat £1300+. (75+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$600.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1062

GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS: 1911-49 issues virtually complete missing only the 1924 KGV Keyplate 10/- value but including the £1 quite well-centred (small hinge remainder), the 1939 KGVI Pictorials & 1949 Silver Wedding mounted and some others with hinge remainders, a couple of the Overprints on Fiji with minor aging marks otherwise generally fine to very fine, Cat £1000+. (50+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$440.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1063

GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS: 1951 (July 17) stampless inter-island cover with 'POST OFFICE/CHRISTMAS ISLAND' cds & mss "T2d", on arrival Postage Due 1d pair (Cat £50 x10+ on cover) tied by superb 'FANNING ISLAND' cds of the next day. Very scarce albeit philatelic.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1064

HONG KONG: 1860s-1940s collection on leaves from 1862 QV No Wmk 2c 12c & 24c used, 1863-71 Crown CC Wmk range including 2c, 4c & 12c * and various shades including an apparent 96c olive-bistre used, 1876-80 Surcharges including '5/cents' on 8c & 16c and '10/cents' on 12c, 16c & 24c used, 1880 New Colours set used, 1882-96 Crown CA Wmk 2c red * x2 & 10c blue-green used, 1885 Surcharges used, 1891 New Colours Surcharges & with additional Chinese characters hamdstamp all *, 1891 Jubilee overprint * and 1900-01 set (the 2c, 10c & 30c used), 1903 KEVII Crown CA Wmk 2c, 8c, 10c, 12c, 30c & 50c * and $1 used, 1904-06 KEVII Multiple Crown CA Wmk to $1 * plus New Colours & Values to 50c (ex 2c & 30c) *, 1918-22 KGV Multiple Crown CA Wmk to $1 * (the 10c used) plus $3 * (toned), 1921-26 KGV Script CA Wmk 8c (both) to $5 * the top values well-centred & fresh, 1923 Postage Dues and 1935 Silver Jubilee, also 1938-52 KGVI Heads & 1941 Centenary sets *, then 'CHINA' overprints KGV Multiple Crown CA Wmk to $1 and Script CA Wmk set complete, the earlies with some postmark interest noted Treaty Port cancels, 'Y1' of Yokohama Japan, etc, but condition a little variable, the mint with some hinge remainders otherwise generally fine to very fine, Cat £10,000+. (180+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8)

Estimate AU$3,000

SOLD for AU$2,600.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1065

HONG KONG: 1935 Silver Jubilee 3c ultramarine & grey-black with Lightning Conductor on Chapel Roof SG 133c, well centred, hinge remainder, Cat £375.

Grade A- B1 (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1066

HONG KONG: 1904 (Oct 29) Ceylon Undivided Back postcard ('Elephants') to China posted on board ship with German Post Offices in China 'CHINA' overprint 10pf red tied by 'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/OST-/ASIATISCHE/HAUPTLINIE/ b' datestamp used on board the Sachsen, 'ADEN/OC30/04' transit where off-loaded and carried by the Nubia via Singapore & Hong Kong with very fine complete strikes of 'SINGAPORE-TO-HONG-KONG/ C' & 'HONG-KONG-TO-SHANGHAI/ C' marine sorter datestamps alongside, a couple of minor blemishes.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$525.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1067

HONG KONG: 1904 Canton Printing Co (Hong Kong) Undivided Back postcard ('Public Garden') to China with KEVII 1c purple & brown tied by 'VICTORIA' cds, '.../K.B' [Kowloon Branch] transit and 'SHANGHAI/OC16/[ ]' arrival, minor blemishes.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1068

HONG KONG: Three cartons of photograph albums with HSBC and other bank covers collected by the vendor while he was resident in Hong Kong, strength in slogan cancellations & meters but we noted a good number of cds cancels including many from small post offices. Weighs 25kg. (many 100s) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

Estimate AU$150

SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1069

IRELAND: 1922-23 Overprints on Great Britain predominantly used & reasonably complete with most identified by overprint type comprising Dollard set (the 2d 9d 10d & Seahorses mint) plus Overprints in Red 4d * & used and 9d used, Harrison & Sons set including both dies of the 2d orange, Thom Narrow Setting (ex 4d; the 9d mint) & Wide Setting plus Irish Free State sets (the 2½d 3d & 4d mint), condition generally fine to very fine, Cat £1750+. (60+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1070

IRELAND: 1922 imperf proofs for the proposed Multiple 'se' Watermark on gummed paper 1) a superb unprinted 'pair'; and 2) printed with Fiji KGV 2d grey, indelible-pencil lines across the face, characteristic minor bends; both unmounted. (2 items)

Grade A+/A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1071

IRELAND: 1662 entire from an educated English woman "for my very Loving/housband Mr nicklas/Loftus this give at doblin" written in Olde English in a remarkably legible hand with some marvellously idiosyncratic spelling & most numbers being rendered in Roman numerals, dated at the end "Fetherd the ix of iune 1662" and signed "margret Loftus", characteristic folds with minor archival tape reinforcing & some light soiling. Historically significant document, detailing the gathering of tithes for the "New Church" (ie Church of England), a burden that largely fell on the predominantly Catholic population. Fethard, in Co Tipperary, was founded during the Norman invasion of Ireland in the 13th century. The addressee, Nicholas Loftus, was from a well-connected family. He had been a Treasury official and MP for both Fethard and Wexford. [Here's an example of the delightful text: "...in a taned lether bag ther is of plat pisses viih with viid to make it up mor in that bag of iiii & vip pices...", which approximates to "...in a tanned leather bag, there is of plate pieces 7h [shillings?] with 7d to make it up. More in that bag of 4d & 6d pieces..."]

Grade B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1072

IRELAND: 1922 (Sep) cover with British 1½d tied by indistinct cds, to Dublin endorsed "over/1oz" with '1D' handstamp & British Postage Due 1d tied by light Dublin cds of 30SP/22. At the height of the Irish Civil War, postal workers went on strike protesting against pay cuts. Action began on 10.9.1922, the government claiming that it threatened the very existence of the new Irish Free State, and taking hard-line action against the "rebels". The strike collapsed on 29.9.1922. This cover was processed at Dublin on the first day after the strike was called-off. British Postage Dues remained in use until the first Irish issue in 1925.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1073

KUWAIT: 1941 (Feb 9) commercial cover with sender's address "Abadan/Iraq" on the flap, to India with KGVI 2a6p Bullock Cart tied by 'KUWAIT/PERSIAN GULF' cds, Indian red/white censor label & cachet.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$150

SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1074

MALAYA - STRAITS SETTLEMENTS: Collection to 1940s on leaves, the earlies predominantly used from 1867 Overprints on India 1½c & 3c (both unused) and 2c, 4c, 8c x2, 24c x2 & 32c, 1867 QV Crown CC Wmk set with extra shades to 96c x2 & 8c orange *, 1879 Surcharges 'Five/Cents' on 8c, 1880 Surcharges '10' on 30c x3 different and italic '10/cents', then mostly mint including 1882 Crown CA Wmk 4c rose plus 1883-91 set, 1883-84 Surcharges '2/cents' on 4c rose & 'TWO CENTS' on 5c blue (both used), 1902 KEVII $5 (used with apparent postal cancel), 1904-10 KEVII Multiple Crown CA Wmk 10c to $1, 1906 Overprints on Labuan set, 1906-12 KGV $1, $2 & $5 (apparently postally used), 1922 Malaya-Borneo Exhibition overprints set, 1936 KGV Heads set, 1937-41 KGVI Heads & 1945-48 'BMA' Overprints sets *, 1949-50 KGVI Heads sets for Malacca, Penang & Singapore (both perfs) plus a range of State overprints on Straits Settlements QV values noted vertical 'SELANGOR' on 2c rose x2 different */used and 'SUNGEI/UJONG/Two/CENTS' on 24c green two different (both used), some postmark interest plus India 1854 1a imperf with Numeral-in-Octagon 'B/172' cancel, condition of the earlier a little variable & some mint with hinge remainders but otherwise generally fine to very fine, Cat £8500+. (350+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13)

Estimate AU$2,500

SOLD for AU$2,700.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1075

MALAYA - STRAITS SETTLEMENTS: 1905 Undivided Back postcard ('Johnstons Pier and Collyer Quay') to China with KEVII 3c purple tied by 'TANJONG PAGAR' cds with Singapore transit of the same day, carried by the Nubia with largely very fine complete strike of 'SINGAPORE-TO-HONG-KONG/ C' marine sorter datestamp alongside, a few mostly minor bends & blemishes.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1076

MALAYAN STATES: Mostly mint array including Kedah 1937 Sultan set, Malacca 1954-57 QEII Definitives & 1960 Tree sets **, Penang 1957 QEII Definitives set **, * & used plus a range of short sets to 50c/$1, some modern with thematic interest, also Sarawak 1932 Vyner Brooke set * and 1947 Crown Colony 'VR' overprints, 1950 KGVI Pictorials & 1955-59 QEII Pictorials sets used (the latter * also), a little Labuan, etc, condition generally fine to very fine, stated Cat £2500+. (100s) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20)

Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$525.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1077

MALAYAN STATES: Penang 1965-68 Flowers 15c marginal block of 4 from the right of the sheet Imperforate at Right, unmounted.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$150

SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1078

MALTA: 1860s-1940s collection on leaves with various Great Britain used in Malta with 'A25' obliterators x18 including 4d sage-green x2 & 10d red-brown, then predominantly mint including 1863 No Wmk ½d buff (regummed), 1863-81 Crown CC Wmk ½d shades x3, 1885-90 set with some shades, 1886 5/- rose and 1899 Pictorials 2/6d & 10/-, KEVII 1903-04 Crown CA Wmk set, 1904-14 Multiple Crown CA Wmk set (¼d & 1d used), 1914-21 KGV Multiple Crown CA Wmk & 1921-22 Script CA Wmk sets with 10/-, 1922 Self-Government complete, 1922-26 Melita to 10/- (a few low values used) plus 'POSTAGE' overprints set, 1926 KGV & Pictorials plus 'POSTAGE/AND/REVENUE' overprinted & inscribed sets (the latter to 5/- only), also 1938 KGVI Pictorials & 'SELF-GOVERNMENT' overprints sets mounted, some with hinge remainders otherwise generally fine to very fine except as noted, Cat £5500+. (250+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9)

Estimate AU$1,500

SOLD for AU$2,200.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1079

MAURITIUS: 1850s-1950 collection on leaves from 1858 Britannia 'FOUR-PENCE' Surcharge on NVI green used (closed tear), 4d green * (aging marks) & 6d vermilion used, 1859 6d blue & 1/- vermilion x2 used & 1860 QV 1d brown & 9d purple used, then predominantly mint including 1863-72 Crown CC Wmk 1d purple-brown, 1d brown, 2d pale blue & 3d dull red plus 6d violet, 10d maroon & 5/- mauve used and 'CANCELLED' overprint Inverted on 6d yellow-green & 10d maroon, 1878 New Currency Surcharges & 1879 Crown CA Wmk sets unused/used, 1883-94 Crown CA Wmk set (4c orange used), 1883-91 Surcharges '2 CENTS' in red on 13c black unused and 'TWO/CENTS' on 4c carmine Surcharge Double used & on 17c rose unused, 1900-05 Arms Crown CA Wmk to 50c plus 2r50 (the 5r creased), 1910 KEVII Keyplates 1r & 2r50 * plus 5r used, 1913-22 KGV Keyplates Multiple Crown CA Wmk 50c used and 2r50, 5r & 10r (both Die II) * and 1921-34 Script CA Wmk 10r *, also 1938 KGVI Heads & 1950 Pictorials sets mounted, some with hinge remainders otherwise generally fine to very fine except as noted, Cat £5500+. (220+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9)

Estimate AU$1,500

SOLD for AU$1,800.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1080

MAURITIUS: 1859 Lapirot Engraved Early Impressions 2d deep blue SG 36 with margins close to cut-into & small closed tear at right, Intermediate Impressions 2d blue SG 38 with margins good to close except at right where touching to just cut-into, and Worn Impressions on Bluish Paper 2d pale blue SG 39 horizontal pair with margins touching to just cut-into, all with oval bars cancels, Cat £7800+. (3 items)

Grade A-/B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$600

SOLD for AU$625.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM