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LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

1421

Dealer's mint stock including 1914 Auckland Exhibition set *, 1915-30 KGV Heads Perf 14x13½ & Perf 14x14½ sets *, 1919 Victory set * & used plus extra 6d * x2 & 1/- *, Admiral 2/- both shades & 3/- mauve *, 1940 Centennial set in blocks of 4 **, a duplicated range of KGVI Heads with imprints & plate number blocks, counter-coil pairs & 'Official' overprints, QEII imprint blocks & booklet panes, 1970-76 Pictorials imprint blocks & 4c Purin Moth with Dark Green (Wing Veins) Omitted SG 919ba blocks of 4 & of 15 (over-catalogued at £250 per unit), a few Cinderellas, etc, condition a little variable but mostly fine to very fine, Cat £7500+. Ex Australian Philatelic Wholesalers. (many 100s) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17)

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Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$950.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1422

Former dealer's retail display book well laid out and priced with inexpensive issues up to the late 1980s, plus back-up stock in stocksheets with Decimals with sets, blocks and some Health M/Ss. Weighs 9kg. (1000s)

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Estimate AU$400

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

1423

1898 Pictorials 5/- Mount Cook die proof in black on thin card (31½x45mm) with the die number "2486" endorsed at the top. Exquisite and superb proof for the highest denomination in the ground-breaking Pictorials series, the first New Zealand definitives to not employ the Queen's portrait. Ex Waterlow Archives, 'Midas' (1989) and Sir Gawaine Baillie (2006).

Grade A+ (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$6,500

SOLD for AU$5,000.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1424

1898-1908 Pictorials specialised collection by papers, watermarks, shades & perforations mint & used including 1898 London Printing No Wmk Perf 12-16 2d * x3, 2½d 'WAKITIPU' * x5 & 'WAKATIPU' * x5, 3d * x3, 5d sepia * x2 and 5d brown * x3 & used x3 plus an apparently imperforate plate proof, 6d green * x3 and 6d rose * x4, 8d * x2 & used x2, 9d * x2 & used, 1/- * x3 & used x3 and 2- * x2 & used x4, 1899 Local Printing No Wmk Perf 11 2½d Imperforate at Left * (a couple of toned perf tips; Campbell & Patterson Cat NZ$1000), 3d * x4, 5d * x2, 6d green * x3, 8d * x2 & used x2, 9d * x3 & used x3, 1/- * x6, 2/- * x3 & used x3 plus Laid Paper unused & used, 1902 NZ Small Star Wmk Perf 11 2½d block of 4 and two singles *, 3d * x4, 6d red * x6, 8d * x3, 9d * x2, 2/- * x2 & used x4 and 5/- with indistinct cancel plus Perf 14 3d * x3, 6d red *, 8d * x2, 9d * x2, 2/- * x3 & used x3 and 5/- Wmk Upright *, 1907 Smaller Birds Line Perf 14 3d * x2 & used x2 and 6d * x4, Perf 14x13 3d * x2 & used x2, 4d * & used and 6d * & used and Perf 14x15 3d * x2 & used x2 and 6d *, also annotated varieties, condition a little variable but the majority are fine to very fine, Cat well in excess of £12,500. No doubt many other pickings throughout, making this a very good lot for the specialist. (300 approx) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24) (Image25) (Image26) (Image27)

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Estimate AU$3,000

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

1425

1915-30 KGV Recess 1/- brown-orange block of four comprising two Two Perf Vertical Pairs SG 430c (CP K12c) with characteristic pronounced perf-jump where the guage changes, rubber 'WELLINGTON/--MAY1925/PARCELS' datestamp, Cat £900+ (NZ$2400+, minimum), for two pairs. A rarity. [The parcel cancel proves the genuineness of tis pair. Most "used" examples on the market have fake or non-contemporary cancellations]

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1426

1970-76 Pictorials 4c Puriri Moth with Dark Green Printing (Wing Veins) Omitted SG 919ba (CP P6aX) marginal block of 54 (6x9) from the right of the sheet with all units affected, well-centred, unmounted, over-catalogued at £250 each = £13,500+ (NZ$24,300+) for singles.

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

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1427

1989 to 2005 Year Books plenty of pretty stamps - or just lots of postage - your choice. Weighs 14kg. (17 books)

Grade A

Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$260.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1428

POSTAL FISCALS 1940-58 Multiple Watermark '£10' on 'TEN/POUNDS' deep blue SG F216b, well centred, neat Wellington cds, undercatalogued at £450. A very scarce stamp, of superb quality. RPSofNZ Certificate (2002) states "genunine postally used example". The illustration is above Lot 1425.

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

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Estimate AU$500

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

1429

FIRST DAY COVERS: 1935-60s Commemoratives all-different 'cachet' covers with many illustrated and/or scarce types (Jones rated 5 6 or 7 out of 7) starting from 1935 Jubilee 1d on Fryer, Bergen & NZ envelopes plus Map in blue & in silver (with 6d), 1935 Commerce set on Conference, Kiwi, Napier Philatelic Society, Ocean Liner & Post Office envelopes & on OHMS cover, 1937 Coronation Bergen, Bison Exchange, Dominion Stamp Co, Doug Tibble 'Horse & Marching Band', Gimbels (NY), Napier PS, Oceania Exchange Club & Westminster Abbey envelopes plus singles on many others, 1938-44 KGVI range including on Haslem (Aust) covers, 1940 Centennial set on Map, Progress & Tiki envelopes, 1946 Peace set on Stirling & Co, Bells, Kiwi & Flag and Victoria Cross long-format envelopes, 1953 Coronation incuding Guthrie (Aust) cover, 1954 QEII to 10/- and QEII Officials, 1955 Stamp Centenary set on Three Arrows (Hogson) 'Antarctic' with 'CAMPBELL ISLAND' cds, also Life Insurance, Ross Dependency, Decimals 1980s group of Aotearoa Stamp Co covers (80), etc, includes colour & format variants and lots more, quite a number are registered, some commemorative cancels, a few unaddressed, generally fine to very fine. Weighs 3kg. (500+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24) (Image25) (Image26) (Image27) (Image28) (Image29) (Image30) (Image31) (Image32) (Image33) (Image34) (Image35) (Image36) (Image37) (Image38) (Image39) (Image40) (Image41) (Image42) (Image43) (Image44) (Image45) (Image46) (Image47) (Image48) (Image49) (Image50) (Image51) (Image52) (Image53) (Image54) (Image55) (Image56) (Image57) (Image58) (Image59) (Image60) (Image61) (Image62) (Image63) (Image64) (Image65) (Image66) (Image67) (Image68)

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Estimate AU$1,000

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

1430

FIRST DAY COVERS: 1935-60s Health issues all-different 'cachet' covers including many illustrated and/or scarce (Jones rated 8 9 or 10 out of 10) with 1935 Keyhole on Bergen 'Lady & Globe', Bison Exchange Club 'Visit Whangarei...' & Official 'Girl' envelopes, 1936 Lifebuoy x16 including on Beale (unaddressed), Dunedin Committee, GW Wood, Napier Philatelic Society 'Pier Piper' x3 colour combinations, Hopper x3 different, Oamaru Committee, Smiling Boy, Standard Stamp Co (Austr & Triangular envelopes, 1937 Climbing x25 including on Austral, Beale, Bison 'Diver', Hornadge 'Map', Crusader x2 (red & blue), Mullon, Northland PS, Oamaru Committee & Standard Stamp Co envelopes, 1938 Children x17 including on Bison (unaddressed), Blessed x2 different, Dunedin Committee x2 & Hopper 'Lady' x2, etc, also noted 1948 Fern Tree (rated 9/10), 1957 Three Arrows 'Penguins' envelope with 'CAMPBELL ISLAND' cds, a variety of Health Camp pictorial cancels and much more up to the early 1970s, plus 1933 Pathway on plain cover (NZ$400 retail), generally fine to very fine. Weighs 1½kg. See also the previous & next lots. (350+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24) (Image25) (Image26) (Image27) (Image28) (Image29) (Image30) (Image31) (Image32) (Image33) (Image34) (Image35) (Image36) (Image37) (Image38) (Image39) (Image40) (Image41) (Image42) (Image43) (Image44) (Image45) (Image46) (Image47) (Image48) (Image49) (Image50) (Image51) (Image52) (Image53) (Image54) (Image55) (Image56) (Image57) (Image58) (Image59) (Image60) (Image61) (Image62) (Image63) (Image64) (Image65) (Image66) (Image67) (Image68) (Image69) (Image70) (Image71)

Estimate AU$1,000

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

1431

FIRST DAY COVERS: 1957-80s Health M/Ss all-different collection mostly on illustrated official or private envelopes withd 1957 Beach duo x3, 1958 Brigade duo x2 including Stapleton, 1959 Birds duo x3 including Stapleton, 1960 Birds duo x3 including Stapleton, 1961 Birds Stapleton duo x2, 1962 Birds duo x2 including Murray, 1963 Prince Murray duo, 1967 3c M/S on Rugby Union long envelope, 1970 both on one cover, and a few later, some with Health Camp pictorial cds, a few with minor blemishes but generally fine to very fine, Cat NZ$3000+ as FDCs (£600+ for used). Many M/Ss have non-contemporary or fake cancels: these all have genuine postal cancels. See also the previous two lots. (37) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23)

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Estimate AU$500

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

Postal History

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

1432

PSE

Batch of mostly commercial pre-decimal mail with airmails including 1956 to East Germany with 'Tauschsendung/...' label, a group of mostly KGV Registration Envelopes, 1901 uprated usage of 2d Mitre Lake Envelope to Germany, better frankings including 1/- Canterbury x2,1/6d Coronation, 8d Shearing pair and 1898 cover to Germany with ½d Newspaper Stamp only but not taxed, strong postmark interest including 1926 PPC with RMMS 'Aorangi' cds, Army & Air Force POs in New Zealand, BCOF Air Letter usage with APO 222 cds, etc, generally fine to very fine. (33) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7)

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Estimate AU$200

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

1433

1894 (late-Oct) large-part cover to New Zealand "via Sydney & Auckland" with the stamps washed-off and 'R'-in-circle handstamp, light but legible 'Saved from the wreck of the/ WAIRARAPA' cachet in violet on the face, superb 'REGISTERED/3NO94/AUCKLAND' transit & small-part 'GISB[ORNE]' arrival backstamp. Probably from Queensland. Covers from this incident are readily available. However. Brian Peace's census includes very few registered items.

Grade C (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$130.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1434

1905 Undivided Back postcard (Queenstown) to China with Universal 1d tied by 'PALMERSTON WEST' cds, 'VICTORIA/21OC/05/HONG-KONG' transit and British Post Offices in China 'SHANGHAI/OC25/05/B.P.O.' arrival cds, minor bends & blemishes.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$100

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

1435

1916 (Nov 23) stampless POW envelope to ".../New Zealand Prisoner of War/Bilemedik Ponzanti/co Red Crescent Society/Constantinople/via Geneva" with 'OTAKEHO' cds & superb generic censor cachet in violet, British 'PW84' censor label on the reverse and a fair Ottoman double-boxed cachet proving receipt in Turkey, light overall soiling. [According to the NZ History website, there were only 25 New Zealanders held by the Ottomans as POWs, six of whom died in captivity. The addressee, Private William Robert Surgenor, was captured at Gallipoli 8.8.1915; was hospitalised in Constantinople; sent to Cankiri, where conditions were punitive; and, in July 1916, to Bilimedik Ponzanti, to work on railway construction in a mountainous region. See also Lot 456]

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$1,000

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

1436

1930s airmail covers on annotated pages, mostly the usual domestic intermediates & trans-Tasman flights but with a few better items and some scarcer stamps including Smiling Boys 2d+1d, most are printed covers and quite a few are signed by the pilots, also Great Barrieer Island 1/- 'SPECIAL POST' with large-part original gum, generally very fine. (66 + stamp)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

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

1437

1940 (Dec) cover from the Canary Islands with Spanish censor handstamp, to "Wrights Bush RD/South Land/New Zealand" with Gibraltar slogan of DEC 26 40 (Boxing Day) on the reverse and superb boxed 'PASSED/CENSOR' handstamp in rosine, Egyptian censor mark on the face, a bit soiled. Remarkable origin/destination item, with triple censorship.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$100

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

1438

PSE

1968 (April 6) two Great Britain QEII 6d Parliament aerogrammes to New Zealand with machine cancels of Holegate (Sussex) or Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex) respectively, both burnt at the edges, one with British 'SALVAGED FROM AIRCRAFT/ACCIDENT LONDON' handstamp in green, both enclosed in see-through 'ambulance' sleeves with 'OFFICIALLY SEALED - NEW ZEALAND POST OFFICE' red/yellow tape, the glassine and seals a little crinkled. BOAC Flight 712 departed Heathrow Airport on 8.4.1968. Shortly after take-off, one of the engines failed, caught fire and detached from the aircraft. The pilot was able to return to Heathrow and make an emergency landing but, in the resulting fire, five people died and some of the mail on board was damaged or destroyed. (2)

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

Estimate AU$200

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

Portuguese Colonies

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

1439

PSE

TIMOR: 1899 social usage of Macau & Timor Postal Card '5 avos' on 30r green overprinted 'PROVISORIO', to NSW with largely very fine 'CORREIO/12SEP99/TIMOR' cds & superb 'PT DARWIN/S-A' transit squared-circle of three days later, reinforced corner at upper-right.

Grade (A-) (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$300

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

1440

TIMOR: 1947 (Nov 14) Sociedade Agricola cover by air to NSW with 'CORREIRO/DILI' cds, endorsed "Dili-Timor/R No 2550" & with 'REGISTERED' (private?) handstamp, the reverse with very scarce franking of Surcharges on Mozambique comprising pairs of the 1a on 15c Vasco da Gama, 8a on 50c orange and 12a on 1e blue Airs plus 50a on 5E red-brown strip of 4, 'DARWIN NT/17NO47/AUSTRALIA' transit cds, corner fault & minor aging.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$250

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

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