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LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

1081

MAURITIUS: 1859 Dardenne Lithographs on White Laid Paper 1d vermilion SG 42, margins close at top & right, wide at left and touching to just cut-into at base, thinned but of quite fine facial appearance, unused (no gum), Cat £10,000. Philatelic Federation of Southern Africa Certificate (1969) as the then SG 32.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$1,050.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1082

NORTH BORNEO: 1880s-90s Small Arms selection on leaves predominantly mint from 1883 Perf 12 2c brown & 4c pink * and 8c green unused (some uneven perfs) and 1886 Perf 14 set (ex 1c orange) plus '3/CENTS' on 4c pink, then 1886-87 'POSTAGE'-at-base Perf 14 ½c to 10c including shades, 1888-92 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' ½c to 10c, 1891-92 Surcharges both '1/cent', '6/cents' on 1888 8c green used and on 1886 & 1888 10c blue (the latter used); also Labuan 1880 QV Crown CC Wmk 2c *, 6c with light but indistinct cancel and 10c & 16c unused, 1881 'Eight/Cents' on 12c carmine *, 1883 Crown CA Wmk set (the 8c & 16c unused) & 1885-86 to 10c * and 1892-93 No Wmk set *; some with hinge remainders otherwise generally fine to very fine, Cat £2300+. (59) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$500

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

1083

NORTH BORNEO: 1894 'STATE OF NORTH BORNEO' Pictorials marginal plate proof blocks of 4 of the frame designs only on stout card comprising 1c in bistre, 2c in black and in claret, and 18c in black. Superb. (4 blocks)

Grade A+ (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$200

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

1084

PITCAIRN ISLANDS: Small box full of predominantly unmounted mint on leaves & Hagners including 1940-51 KGVI Pictorials set, 1948 Silver Wedding 10/- x2, 1957 QEII Pictorials set x2 and a duplicated range of later issues to mid-2000s with se-tenant strips & M/Ss plus blocks of 4 and a batch of full & part-sheets, lots of thematic interest, condition generally fine to very fine. Weighs 3½kg. (many 100s) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14)

Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1085

PITCAIRN ISLANDS: 1937 (April 2) Iremonger cover registered to England with New Zealand 1935 Pictorials ½d 1d & 4d tied by two fine strikes of the 'PITCAIRN ISLAND/N.Z. POSTAL AGENCY' cds with New Zealand blue & black/white R label with another strike of the cds affixed at left. Ex David Murray Brown.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$150

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

1086

PITCAIRN ISLANDS: 1938 (June 24) 'Station Pitc VR6A' illustrated QSL postcard to England signed by the operator "Andrew Young" with 1d Kiwi tied by 'PITCAIRN ISLAND/N.Z. POSTAL AGENCY' cds in blue and a very fine to superb strike of the 'PITCAIRN/Radio/Communication/JUN 24 1938/Established over/PITC/ISLAND' radio station cds also in blue alongside, a few aging marks & blemishes. Ex James Brill and David Murray Brown.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$400

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

1087

PITCAIRN ISLANDS: 1938 (Nov 21) to England with New Zealand KGVI 1d red solo tied by two largely very fine strikes of the 'PITCAIRN ISLAND/N.Z. POSTAL AGENCY' datestamp, taxed in transit in New Zealand with 'T/10/CENTIMES' double-circle handstamp on face, on arrival British '1d' cachet and Postage Due 1d red affixed tied by 'PADDINGTON/19 DE/38' cds, central fold clear of the adhesives & a bit roughly opened at top. Ex David Murray Brown.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$150

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

1088

PITCAIRN ISLANDS: 1941 (June 23) commercial cover from "Fred Christian" (signed on the reverse), at 1½d rate to HE Maude in Fiji with Suva arrival backstamp of 25SEP41 & "WPHC" added in blue pencil, minor blemishes. [Henry Evans Maude was a British administrator. In 1940, the Western Pacific High Commission sent him to Pitcairn to modernise the island government, open a post office, and organise the first stamps]

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$150

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

1089

SAMOA: 1914 'G.R.I.' Surcharges '1d.' on 10pf red with the Surcharge Double SG 103a, faint diagonal bend, Cat £800. BPA Certificate (1935).

Grade A- B1 (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$420.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1090

SAMOA: 1914 'G.R.I.' Surcharges '3 Shillings' on 3mk purple-black SG 113, well centred, light strike of the German-pattern 'APIA' cds, pencil-signed on the reverse by Peter Holcombe, Cat £1200.

Grade A B1 (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1091

SAMOA: 1980 Sydpex 80 Miniature Sheet as SG MS578 with Blue Printing Omitted, unmounted. Plus a normal M/S for comparison. A visually stunning error that is not listed by Stanley Gibbons or Pierron. (2)

Grade A (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1092

SEYCHELLES: 1890s-1950s on leaves with 1890 QV Keyplates, 1893 New Values set, 1893 Surcharges set, 1897 New Colours & Values set, 1901-02 Surcharges set, 1903 KEVII Keyplates Crown CA Wmk to 75c plus 1r50 used and Multiple Crown CA Wmk set, 191216 KGV Keyplates 'POSTAGE' Multiple Crown CA Wmk, 1917-22 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' & 1921-32 Script CA Wmk sets, also 1938-41 KGVI Pictorials, 1948 Silver Wedding & 1952 KGVI Pictorials sets mounted, some with hinge remainders otherwise generally fine to very fine, Cat £2300+. (160+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

Estimate AU$800

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

1093

SEYCHELLES: Mostly mint collection from 1890-92 QV Keyplates to 16c plus used 48c & 96c, 1893 Surcharges '45/cents' on 48c & '90/cents' on 96c, 1897 New Colours & Values 36c to 2r25 and 1902 Surcharges '45 cents' on 2r25, etc, 1903 KEVII Crown CA Wmk set used/CTO plus 2r25 * and 1906 Multiple Crown CA Wmk set (the 15c & 1r50 x2 used), 1912 KGV 'POSTAGE' set, 1917-21 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Multiple Crown CA Wmk set & 1921-32 Multiple Script CA Wmk set (20c used), 1938-49 KGVI Pictorials */used, 1952 KGVI Pictorials used/CTO, 1954-61 QEII Pictorials *, then apparently complete unmounted from 1962-68 QEII Pictorials to mid-1970s, generally fine to very fine, stated Cat £3000+. (few 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$1,050.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1094

PSE

SEYCHELLES: 1949 (Feb 17) social usage of British-pattern formular aerogramme to Argentina with 6c Pirogue (fault) & 9c Wedding x3, Buenos Aires arrival b/s of MAR5/1949. [Hopson & McCloy state at p50 "...Not until the early to mid 1950s that air letters again began to be used". The writer was Rev VB Wynburne, Archdeacon of the Seychelles]

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$100

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

1095

ST HELENA: 1850s-1940s collection on leaves from 1856 QV Large Star Wmk 6d blue margins close to just touching with Circle-of-Dots cancel in red plus another similar with pen cancel, 1861 Rough Perf 14-16 6d used, Surcharges range including 1863 1d lake imperf (margins good to close) *, 1864-80 Crown CC Wmk Perf 12½ Type A 4d carmine unused & 1/- yellow-green used, Type B 1d 2d 3d 4d 1/- & 5/- (all bar the 1d & 5/- with large-part original gum) and Type C 1d 2d & 1/- used, Perf 14x12½ Type B 2d unused (aged) and 1d & 4d used and Type C 1/- used, and Perf 14 Type B 2d & 1/- * plus Perf 12½ 6d ultramarine & Perf 14x12½ 6d milky blue used, and 1884-94 Crown CA Wmk ½d pair, 4d & 1/- plus 6d grey all * and an apparently imperforate 1d red, then predominantly mint with KEVII to 6d & 1903 Pictorials set, 1912-16 KGV Pictorials set, 1922 KGV Badge Multiple Crown CA Wmk & Script CA Wmk sets, 1934 Centenary to 5/-, also 1938 KGVI Badge set plus shades, some with hinge remainders otherwise generally fine to very fine except as noted, Cat £4800+. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

Estimate AU$1,500

SOLD for AU$1,600.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1096

ST HELENA: 1922-37 Badge of the Colony Multiple Crown CA Wmk 4d to £1 (the 1/6d used) and Multiple Script CA Wmk ½d to 10/- (the 5/- & 7/6d apparently **) and 15/- grey & purple/blue (tiny gum disturbance but **), some with small hinge remainders, Cat £2100 for mounted. (22)

Grade A/A- (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$1,200.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1097

TONGA: 1913 plain wrapper headed "OHMS" with superb 'TONGA GOVERNMENT/Printing/Department' cachet in vioet, to "Levuka/Fiji" with light Frank handstamp & Nukualofa cds of 13JA13. The only example we have seen.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$220.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1098

PSE

TONGA: 1912 commercial usage of George II 'TOGA' 1½d Letter Card with Nukualofa cds of 28OC12, to Sydney with machine arrival backstamp of 8NO - 1912. Very scarce. The message within states "The Parcel of Books & Handkerchiefs was found in one of the Cabins just a few moments before the Atua was sailing".

Grade A (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$150

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

British Africa

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

1099

BASUTOLAND: 1938 KGVI Pictorials SG 18-28 plus 1954-58 QEII Pictorials SG 43-53, unmounted, Cat £240. (22) (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$140

SOLD for AU$105.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1100

BECHUANALAND: Mint selection comprising 1925-27 Overprints on Great Britain set (one 6d only), 1932 KGV Cattle set (10/- with a small hinge remainder & tiny gum thin) & 1935 Silver Jubilee, then unmounted 1938-52 KGVI Cattle, 1955-58 QEII Cattle & 1961 QEII Pictorials sets, condition generally fine to very fine except as noted, Cat £900+. (60) (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$300

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

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