Stamps, Coins and Postal History (#48MG) Closed Auction Info View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)Relevance Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 601-700 of 1015. Previous|1...4567891011|Next Lot #1605 Provisional registration labels companion lot with hand-drawn "labels" including a few fashioned from pieces of stamp selvedge including from 'BAMGANIE' (rated R), ' TO BARRAKEE' (RR), 'GOWANGARDIE' (RRRR but poor), 'KOTTA/VIC', 'KURTING', 'MATHIESONS', 'MOLLONGGHIP', 'STRATHBOGIE NTH', 'WARBURTON EAST' & 'WOOROONOOK_' ('E' removed, stained), etc. Another very desirable lot. (26) View details Estimate$350Price Realized$700StatusSold Symbolc Lot #1606 Incongruent labels & cds cancelled in transit including 'BUXTON' cancelled at Alexandra, 'DINGLEY' (red label) at Spring Vale, provisional "Doctors Flat" at Bruthen, 'DOOKIE COLLEGE' at Dookie, 'Gellibrand River' at Colac, 'GORMANDALE' at Traralgon, 'HAUNTED HILLS' with mss "Hernes Oak" at Moe, 'HESSE' at Cressy, provisional "HOMEBUSH/RAIL" at Avoca, 'JACK RIVER' at Gelliondale, provisional "Karween" at Meringur, 'KOLORA' (red label) at Terang & 'LANDSBOROUGH WEST' at Stawell, etc. (17) View details Estimate$100Price Realized$240StatusSold Symbolc Lot #1607 Incongruent labels & cds inscription on label different from the datestamp including 'BULLARTO RAIL' & 'BULLARTO cds, 'CHRISTMAS HILLS' & 'CHRISTMAS HILL' (error, rated RR), 'GALAQUIL RS' & 'GALAQUIL' (rated RR), 'Gellibrand River' & 'GELLIBRAND' (error, RR), 'HODDLE RANGE RAIL' & 'HODDLE RANGE', 'KERRISDALE RS' & 'KERRISDALE', 'LANDSBOROUGH W' & 'LANDSBOROUGH WEST', 'Mt Buffalo Chalet' (red label) & 'MT BUFFALO', 'ESSENDON NORTH W4' & 'North Essendon', 'Brighton (Were St) S5' & 'WERE ST BRIGHT View details Estimate$200Price Realized$300StatusSold Symbolc Lot #1608 Incongruent labels & cds inscriptional errors on labels comprising 'CLYDE BANK' (two words, red label) with 'CLYDEBANK' cds (poor but with fine b/s, rated RRR), 'DERBY RT' (for 'RS') & 'DERBY' cds with Inverted Dateline (RRR), 'DOBIE' (no 'S') & 'DOBIES' cds, 'KORONGVALE' (one word) & 'KORONG VALE' cds, 'MAILERS FLAT' (spelling error) & 'MAILORS FLAT' cds, philatelic 'Nar Nar Goon South' (corrected to "North", red label) & 'NAR NAR GOON NTH' cds, philatelic 'PARSLOW' (no 'S', red label) & 'PARSL View details Estimate$300Price Realized$260StatusSold SymbolcGradea/b Lot #1609 Incongruent labels & cds 1935-39 covers cancelled in transit 1) with red labels from 'Archdale Junction', 'ELINGAMITE', 'Naneella South' (error for 'Nanneella'), 'Olangolah East', 'YELLANGIP NTH', provisional "Gorae" & 'HARDING'S'; 2) with provisional blue/black labels from "Creightons Creek", "Kalimna" & "Kinglake East"; and 3) with hand-drawn "labels" from "Murrawarra", "Murrudoc" (across the stamps), "Sutherlands Creek" & "Vectis South", nine are philatelic. Rare & desirable. On 1/7/1927, al View details Estimate$400Price Realized$440StatusSold SymbolcGradea/b Lot #1610 Relief datestamps comprising 'RELIEF/No 12' 1946 at Cobram, 'RELIEF STAMP VIC/No 15' 1939 at Lillimur & at Ancona, 'RELIEF/VIC-AUST-22' (rated RRRR) 1939 at Alberton, 'RELIEF/No 25' 1949 at Bentleigh North, 'RELIEF/ 10 /VIC-AUST' 1970 at Colliver, similar '80' 1970 at Kithbrook, & similar '91' 1970 at Strathbogie, the last three are philatelic. A rare group of "tied" reliefs, most of which are the only recorded covers from these allocations. (8) View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold SymbolcGradea/b Lot #1611 Balance of a recent find of mostly 1d Swans, picked over for postmarks but otherwise unchecked. (1000+) View details Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSold Symbolo Lot #1612 1861-1912 collection on leaves with wmk, perf & shade varieties, noted 'ONE PENNY' on 2d x2 (different settings), 1889 6d 'SPECIMEN', 1893 1d on 3d SG 107 cancelled 11FE/93 (stated to be the ERD of use), 'WA' & 'OS' Perfins to 1/-, high values to 5/-, postally used revenues to 1/-, 1896 Coolgardie Cycle Express Co 1/- (damaged) & 2/6d Bicycle and 6d to 5/- Camels, condtion rather mixed. (Qty) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$700StatusSold Symbol*O Lot #1613 1854-55 Lithographs Imperf 4d slate-blue SG 3c, margins just clear - at right - to large, bold void grid cancel, Cat £1200. RPSofL Certificate (1985) states "small repair". View details Estimate$400Price Realized$950StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolgGrade(a) Lot #1614 1854-55 Lithographs Imperf 4d pale blue with Tilted Border SG 3i, margins close to large, fine 15-bars '6' cancel of Albany, Cat £1400. Superb! [This is a major variety but most examples offered are incorrectly identified. There are two key indicators: 1) the base of the 'OS' of 'POSTAGE' is duplicated; and 2) the water is 1mm "deep" at left & 2mm deep at right] View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$850StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolfGradea+ Lot #1615 1854-55 Lithographs Imperf 1/- grey-brown SG 4b, good even margins, small guarantee handstamp at lower-right just shows through the face, unused, Cat £650. View details Estimate$300Price Realized$360StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolΩGradea- Lot #1616 1857-59 Hillman Lithographs Imperf 6d grey-black SG 19, close even margins, light numeral cancel, Cat £550. Superb! View details Estimate$600Price Realized$480StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolfGradea+ Lot #1617 1860-64 Recess in the Colony from Perkins Bacon Plates Imperf 6d sage-green SG 28 with Pre-Printing Paper Fold, margins close to good, unused, Cat £2500. View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolΩGradea Lot #1618 1860-64 Recess in the Colony from Perkins Bacon Plates Rouletted 6d sage-green SG 32, the rouletting clear on three sides & just into the design at the top, neat 15-bars '1' cancel of Perth, Cat £650. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$320StatusSold SymbolfGradea Lot #1619 1861 Printed by Perkins Bacon 6d Imperforate plate proof block of 4 in black-violet on ungummed unwatermarked paper, margins just shaved - at the base of the last unit - to large. [Dr Cecil Walkley's very fine block of 4 in dull violet sold at the Prestige auction of 14/4/2005 for $1207. Sir Gawaine Baillie's corner block of 4 sold in July 2005 for $1725] View details Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolPGradea/b Lot #1620 1901-10 V/Crown £1 orange BW #W66B (SG 128a), minor imperfections, large-part o.g., Cat $1000 (£700). View details Estimate$300Price Realized$240StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea- c2 Lot #1621 1912 Surcharge 'ONE PENNY' on 2d yellow as BW #W67 (SG 172) but with a faint Inverted Second Overprint at the Top horizontal strip of 3, full unmounted o.g. A new discovery not listed in the catalogues. RPSofV Certificate (2014). View details Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradea Lot #1622 POSTAL CARDS: 1908 1d blue for the Visit of the American Fleet, unused. View details Estimate$300Price Realized$340StatusSold SymbolpsGradeA Lot #1623 Hagners with an array of 1d Swans from a recent find of bundleware with many better markings including 'ARGYLE', 'BLACK FLAG', 'HOWATHARRA', 'MADDINGTON' in violet, 'WYALCATCHEM' etc, many are fine to superb, many of the stamps are perf 'OS'. (300+) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$240StatusSold Symbols Lot #1624 Georgina: 'GEORGINA/14MY13/[WESTN AUSTR]ALIA' (recorded 1911-1914 only) very fine strike on 1d. PO 1/7/1904; closed 12/9/1929. [Railway siding 18km SE of Geraldton] View details Estimate$100Price Realized$80StatusSold SymbolsGradea a2 Lot #1625 Gimlet: 'GIMLET/9AU12/W[ESTN AUST]RALIA' (RO period) very fine strike on 1d Swan perf 'OS'. Recorded 1JL12 to 24SE12 only. RO 16/7/1909; PO 1/8/1911; replaced by Ora Banda 2/4/1913. [Goldmining: 26km WNW of Broad Arrow] View details Estimate$250Price Realized$240StatusSold SymbolsGradea a2 Lot #1626 Jarrahdale No 6 Mill: 'NUMBER SIX MILL/13MAY08/[WESTERN AUSTRAL]IA' (ERD by 6 months) very fine strike on 2d yellow on piece. RO 1/4/1899; PO 2/3/1908; closed 28/8/1913. [Timber mill: 15km SSE of Jarrahdale] View details Estimate$100StatusUnsold SymbolΔGradea- a2 Lot #1627 Moonyoonooka (2): '[MO]ONYOONOO[KA]/---/[ ? ]' superb part-strike on 1d pink. RO 1/7/1904; PO 2/11/1911; closed 31/7/1918. [PMI records one part-strike '...OONOOKA' only] View details Estimate$100StatusUnsold SymbolsGradea a3+ Lot #1628 Wyalcatchem: 'WYALCATCHEM/WESTN AUST' two large-part & largely very fine strikes of 17FE12 & 9AP12 on 1d Swans. RO 9/3/1911; PO 16/10/1911; renamed Wyalkatchem -/3/1920. (2) View details Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSold SymbolsΔGradea a2- Lot #1629 AUSTRALIAN: Carton of mostly First Day Covers including numerous "Base Sets", also a selection of unused PPCs, range of commemorative covers including a few with signatures, a few OHMS covers, etc, some duplication, mostly unaddressed and generally very fine. (few 100) View details Estimate$200Price Realized$200StatusSold Symbolc Lot #1630 AUSTRALIAN: 1966 Pictorials $1 Mock Sun & Huskies complete sheet of 48 (4x12) with sheet number in red, unmounted. View details Estimate$150Price Realized$160StatusSold Symbol**Gradea Lot #1631 NEW ZEALAND: Victoria Land ½d & 1d SG.A2-3 tied to two small pieces by 'BRIT ANTARCTIC EXPD/JA18/13' cds & hinged to the face of separate Expedition certificates. [18/1/1913 was the day the "Terra Nova" arrived at Cape Evans] (2) View details Estimate$1,250StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea Lot #1632 ESTONIA: 1936-40 President Pats 1s to 60s between Mi 113 & 158 - ex 25s dark blue & 30s ultramarine Mi 135 & 147 - blocks of 4, several are marginal, variable centring, unmounted, Cat €1300+. (15 blocks) View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Symbol**Gradea Lot #1633 LATVIA: Box of pre-WWII covers with a couple of pre-stamp items, some registered mail, large bundle of PPCs, nicely presented exhibit of Postal Cards including Post Office issued formular types with many scenic issues, etc, also 70+ covers with 'OSTLAND' Overprints on Hitler issues, lots of postmark interest including small towns, TPOs etc & a mounted study of Russian period TPO datestamps (many cut-to-shape), condition variable but a large proportion are fine to very fine. We expect that there View details Estimate$500Price Realized$500StatusSold SymbolcpsΔ Lot #1634 LATVIA: Five large & three small albums of Soviet Russian scenic postal stationery (mostly Envelopes) featuring Latvian subjects, many commercially used including to Australia, noted many uprated & some registered usages, many commemorative types with pictorial cancels, mostly unused & generally very fine. (400+) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$240StatusSold Symbolps Lot #1635 LATVIA: Carton of 1990s-2000s covers with an attractive array of First Day Covers, bundles of commercial & philatelic mail with a wide array of postmarks including machine cancels, numerous Postal Stationery Envelopes including bundles of Russian scenic issues uprated with an array of Russian, Latvian or Russian & Latvian stamps, others with Latvian Surcharges, generally fine to very fine with a high percentage to Australia. Lots of potential for serious development. (1000+) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$300StatusSold Symbolcps Lot #1636 BAHAMAS: 1861-83 QV issues including 1861 No Wmk Rough Perf 1d lake SG 4 unused, 4d dull rose & 6d grey-lilac SG 5 & 6 used, 1863-77 CC Perf 12½ 1d x3, 4d x3, 6d x5 & 1/- x2, CC Perf 14 1d mint, 4d used x2 & 1/- mint x3, & a few others, condition variable but generally fine to very fine, Cat £3500+. (28) View details Estimate$600Price Realized$500StatusSold SymbolΩ*o Lot #1637 CAYMAN ISLANDS: 1907 Handstamped Surcharges, '½D' & '1D' both on 5/- salmon & green SG 18 & 19, the 1d on 5/- is very lightly mounted, Cat £575. View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Symbol*Gradea b1 Lot #1638 GRENADA: 1938-50 KGVI 10/- Badge of the Colony Perf 12x13 (possibly unmounted), Perf 14 steel-blue & bright carmine, Perf 12 (minor hinge remainder) & Perf 14 blue-black & carmine SG 163, 163a, 163c & 163e, very lighty mounted, Cat £1080. (4) View details Estimate$460Price Realized$340StatusSold Symbol*Gradea/a- Lot #1639 GRENADA: 10/- Badge of the Colony Narrow Printing Perf 14 slate-blue & bright carmine SG 163b marginal block of 4 from the right of the sheet, minor gum toning on the last unit, unmounted, Cat £1200+. A rare block. View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold Symbol**Gradea/a- Lot #1640 JAMAICA: 1860 Pineapple Watermark 1d pale blue (trimmed perfs at right) & 3d green (weak lower-left corner perf) with manuscript "Specimen" diagonally or horizontally, no gum. Rare. View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold SymbolΩGradeb Lot #1641 Box of 1960s to 1990s blocks of 4 mostly with Imprints, high thematic content, most (if not all) **. (many 100s) View details Estimate$100Price Realized$200StatusSold Symbol**Gradea Lot #1642 Box of mostly pre-1980 covers & postal stationery with a plethora of instructional & other unusual handstamps, lots of pre-WWII mail include a good number of 19th century items, includes airmail, registered, military, Dead Letter Office, Postage Due, Special Delivery & other classes of mail, also advertising covers including three 1880s covers with superb engraved illustrations, etc etc. Noted 1856 Toronto-Brookville with 'FORWARDED' h/s in red, 1899 to "Leitrim" with 'MISSENT-TO' & 'ANTRIM' cds View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold SymbolCPS Lot #1643 Untidy collection with Widow 50c, KEVII 20c, Quebec set, KGV & KGVI sets to $1 including 50c "Bluenose", Peace $1 block of 4 with oval 'REGISTERED/DAWSON YUKON' d/s, etc, some minor duplication, condition a bit mixed; also post-WWII packets of Plate Number/Imprint blocks of 4, & a bundle of mostly ordinary covers & FDCs but including a very fine 1867 small envelope with 5c Beaver pair & 'LONDON/CW' duplex. (100s) View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Symbolo*/**c Lot #1644 1937-52 KGVI Issues with most back-of-the-book stamps & Newfoundland including Postage Due 1c to 3c, Cat £700+ approximately. (160+) View details Estimate$200Price Realized$200StatusSold Symbolg/v Lot #1645 1937-51 Issues complete mint or used on Gibbons simplified pages including Coil Stamps & all "Back-of-the-Book" stamps except the Postage Due 4c; and for Newfoundland plus Postage Dues unmounted set; generally fine to very fine, Cat £900+. (150+) View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Symbol*/**o Lot #1646 CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY POSTAL CARDS: Scenic issues with QV 1c x2, KEVII 1c x5 (one with the notice on the back inverted), KGV 1c & KGV 2c, also QV 1c illustrated advertising card for Dominion Express Company with postman's d/s & 'NOT CALLED FOR' h/s, all used. Very attractive. (10) View details Estimate$100Price Realized$70StatusSold SymbolpsGradea/b Lot #1647 1811 Second of Exchange with a magnificent strike of 'CEYLON STAMP/9 Fs/1809', stained - the early currency was "fanums"; 1811 entire letter Colombo to Jaffna, rather aged but presentable; 1889 & 1890 OHMS lettersheets both with 'COLOMBO/FREE' cds, 'JAFFNAKACHCHERI/FREE' arrival b/s & '[crown]/AUDIT OFFICE/RECEIVED/ CEYLON' cachet within; 1925 OHMS Postal Card with 'THE KACHCHERI/KEGALLE' cachet on the reverse; and WWII black/greenish "Ceylon War Savings Stamp Card" with KGVI 20c x20 affixed wit View details Estimate$400Price Realized$500StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb/c Lot #1648 1832 large-part OHMS outer endorsed "Ratnapoora Catchery September Twenty Nine 1832" & signed at lower-left, to Kandy with fine if watery strikes of previously unrecorded 'RATNAPOOR' & 'FREE' handstamps. An exciting new discovery of a significant rarity, in superb condition! Ted Proud states Ratnapura opened only in 1861, while Geoff Oxley's ERD for any Ratnapura marking is 1858. Here is proof that there was a post office at Ratnapura as early as 1832. View details Estimate$1,400Price Realized$1,050StatusSold SymbolcGradea+ Lot #1649 1836 commercial outer to Jaffna with a superb strike of the rare crowned-shield 'COLOMBO/POST N-PAID/ FEB9/1836' d/s (as Oxley #6; Proud #UP3 but with reset date) & rated "1/", significantly aged/dessicated paper but still attractive. A new discovery: Oxley recorded #6 only in 1831 & his information & illustration were repeated by Proud. This example is 5 years later, & 6 years before the next recorded "not paid" d/s. The crown is significantly different but that on the Oxley/Proud illustration View details Estimate$250Price Realized$200StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGraded Lot #1650 1840 OHMS outer to Kandy with very fine strike of the rare crowned-octagon 'COLOMBO/POST FREE/5AU5/1840' d/s (as Oxley #7 but only tentaively listed by him; Proud #OPD8 - note the Reversed 'S' in 'POST'). Superb! [Our opinion is that Proud's #OPD7 & 8 are the same implement. The statement that #OPD7 is "PD6 adapted" can't be correct because that d/s is recorded until 1843] View details Estimate$400Price Realized$320StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea+ Lot #1651 1853 OHMS outer signed "Ga MB Worms", to Kandy with horseshoe 'PUSILAWE/("23 Decr 53")/=POST-("Free")' h/s (Oxley #21 - "Free" not recorded; Proud #D2) b/s, perversely endorsed "Retd for Postage" but with a second "Free" b/s of "25th Decr 53" (Christmas Day). Rated B+. A remarkable item. [Ted Proud's two similar outers - neither with the "returned" endorsement - sold at the Prestige auction of 2/10/2010 for $345 & $391 respectively] The signatory was almost certainly a relative of Baron Anthony View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- Lot #1652 SRI LANKA: 1975-88 four imperforate proofs in printers' folders & a bundle of 74 M/Ss, (apparently all different) unmounted but some toning/spotting. Excellent thematic content. (78 items) View details Estimate$100Price Realized$120StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolP**Gradea/b Lot #1653 SRI LANKA: Collection of FDCs including very attractive recent issues & the 1983 National Heroes SG 814-817 with the "unissued" 50c brown CW Tamotherampillai, some minor toning mostly on the earlier issues. [The Tamotherampillai stamp was withdrawn when, at the last minute, it was discovered that the wrong portrait had been used! An example of that FDC - minor blemishes - sold for $264 at our auction of 24/4/2009] (450+) View details Estimate$250Price Realized$300StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea/b Lot #1654 COMMUNIST ISSUES: 1930s-40s mostly mint/unused array on Hagners with numerous better singles & sets including North-East China, Manchukuo & Overprints, lots of Overprints/Surcharges on Sun yat-Sen issues including Kwangtung, duplicated Heavenly Gate issues, etc, also modest Imperial issues & Russian Post Offices Surcharges, generally fine to very fine. [This collection was formed by a guy who was buying China when most people treated it with disdain. We therefore expect they're all genuine. Howe View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,300StatusSold Symbol*Ωo Lot #1655 PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Array on Hagners including 1955 Scientists M/Ss (CTO), 1958 Monument & Kuan Han-Ching, 1968 Words of Mao (VLMtd), 1970 Death in Floods x3 (one used), 1973 White-Haired Girl, 1981-91 New Years, 1981 Lanterns & Lushan Mountains, M/Ss including 1981-82 Beauties, 1982 Birds & Sculptures, 1983 Western Chamber, 1984 Peony Pavilion, 1985 Mei Flowers, 1987 Cave Murals & Outlaws, etc, generally very fine & mostly unmounted (a few without gum as issued). (few 100) View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,400StatusSold Symbol**/*ΩGradea Lot #1656 PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: 1953 Military Post $800 orange-yellow, vermilion & red-orange SG M1593, well centred, unused with no gum as issued, Cat £500 (2012). View details Estimate$200Price Realized$300StatusSold SymbolΩGradea b1 Lot #1657 PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: 1958 Unveiling of Monument 8f M/S SG 1749a, unused with no gum as issued, Cat £400 (2012). View details Estimate$250Price Realized$260StatusSold SymbolΩGradea Lot #1658 PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: 1958 Kuan Han-Ching M/S SG 1762a, unused with no gum as issued, Cat £500 (2012). View details Estimate$300Price Realized$460StatusSold SymbolΩGradea Lot #1659 PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: 1962 Stage Art of Mei Lan-fang 4f to 50f SG 2037-2044, both 8f & 22f are imprint singles, unmounted, Cat £2400 (2012). (8) View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$2,200StatusSold Symbol**Gradea b1 Lot #1660 PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: 1962 Stage Art of Mei Lan-fang 3y M/S SG 2044a, minor crease at extreme upper-left, unmounted, Cat £22,000 (2012). The key item for a PRC collection. View details Estimate$10,000Price Realized$7,500StatusSold Symbol**Gradea- Lot #1661 PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: 1962 15th Anniversary of PRC 8f se-tenant strip of 3 AG 2213a, unmounted, Cat £325 (2012). View details Estimate$200Price Realized$340StatusSold Symbol**Gradea Lot #1662 PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: 1967-68 Cultural Revolution issues comprising Mao's Thoughts 1st Issue 8f Mao & one of the 8f Red (commercially used), Talks on Literature & Art, 18th Anniversary of PRC, Mao's Poems 12 of the 14 values including the 4 key 8f types, Revolutionary Literature & Art both issues, Young Mao (*), Anti-American Declaration, Mao's Thoughts 2nd Issue, & a few others, CTO, Cat £3500+ (2012). (35) View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,700StatusSold SymbolvGradea Lot #1663 PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: 1971 50th Anniversary of Chinese Communist Party 8f se-tenant strip of 3 SG 2452a, lightly mounted, Cat £650 (2012). View details Estimate$200Price Realized$260StatusSold Symbol*Gradea a1 Lot #1664 1978 Galloping Horses set & M/S SG 2771-2781, unmounted, Cat £765. (10 + M/S) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$700StatusSold Symbol**Gradea Lot #1665 PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: 1979 Philatelic Exhibition Overprint on 2y Camelias M/S SG 2923, unmounted, Cat £850 (2012). View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold Symbol**Gradea Lot #1666 PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: 1980 Year of the Monkey 8f SG 2968, unmounted, Cat £1600 (2012). View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$2,000StatusSold Symbol**Gradea a1 Lot #1667 PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: 1980 Lotus Paintings set of 4 & M/S SG 2998-3002, unmounted, Cat £450 (2012). (4 + M/S) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$400StatusSold Symbol**Gradea Lot #1668 1935 philatelic airmail cover to Cornwall with Straits Settlements Silver Jubilee set + extra 12c & 2c green tied by three poor to very fine strikes of 33mm double-circle 'CHRISTMAS ISLAND/16DE/1935/ + ' cds & Straits 'Christmas Island' registration label on the reverse, Singapore transit & superb oval 'REGISTERED/SALTASH' arrival b/s. View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$2,600StatusSold SymbolcGradea- Lot #1669 1893 cover to an army officer in the Punjab with Federation 2½d & light 'RAROTONGA/7MR93' cds in violet, light Auckland & Bombay transit b/s & fine 'PESHAWAR' arrival b/s, redirected within the Punjab with Urdu notation at the top & indistinct arrival b/s. Terrific origin/destination cover. View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea Lot #1670 1893 cover to London with Federation 1d black & 1½d mauve, 'COOK ISLANDS/P.O./RAROTONGA' cancels & 'RAROTONGA/9MY93' cds alongside, Auckland transit & London arrival b/s in red. Another very fine First Issue cover. View details Estimate$850StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea Lot #1671 1920 Pictorials 1/- Avarua Harbour imperforate plate proof complete sheet of 60 (6x10) in the issued colours of black & violet on ungummed unwatermarked paper. View details Estimate$600Price Realized$550StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolPGradea Lot #1672 1924-27 Pictorials 4d Rarotonga Harbour imperforate plate proof complete sheet of 60 (6x10) in black & brown-red on ungummed unwatermarked paper. View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolPGradea Lot #1673 1928 50th Anniversary of British Rule ¼pi to £1 SG 123-132, all with central 'SOLI/12JAN35/CYPRUS' cds (ERD by 11 months), corner thins on the 1½pi 18pi & 45pi, Cat £400. [Ted Proud notes the post office was "at the archaeological camp". His ERD is 4DEC35] (10) View details Estimate$200Price Realized$320StatusSold SymbolfGradea/b Lot #1674 1898 commercial usage of Austrian Levant '20 PARA 20' on 5kr+5k Reply Card to "Nicosie/Chypre" with very fine 'BEIRUT/17/5/98/OESTERREICHISCHE POST' cds, 'LARNACA' transit & 'NICOSIA' arrival b/s, returned intact with superb 'NIKOSIA/MY21/98/CYPRUS' squared-circle & light hooded 'BEYROUT' British Post Office arrival d/s. Rare & superb! With both messages in Greek. [The misspelt squared-circle was used between 1882 & 1915, despite the contemporary cds being inscribed 'NICOSIA'] View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolpsGradea+ Lot #1675 c.1920 usage of Toufexis PPC ("Monastère de Kykkos") with KGV 10pa tied by a light but obvious strike of the very rare undated 'R.P.O/ 5 /CYPRUS' cancel, minor bend at lower-right. Tentatively allocated by Proud to Dhenia RPO. View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,150StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- Lot #1676 1951 Abbaye Bridge die proof of the frame only in indigo & 1955 Ethiopian Airlines die proofs of the frame only in green (weak impression at right), maroon or red, all on thin wove paper with large margins. Very attractive. Ex De La Rue Archives. (4) View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold SymbolPGradea Lot #1677 Collection remainders with 1878 No Wmk 1/- block of 4, 1890s registered piece with 1d Bisect & 4d, defective 1890 cover to GB with QV 1/- & superb 'South Georgia.' h/s, KEVII 3/- on 1905 registered cover to GB, KGV MCA 5/- maroon 10/- & £1 with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, 1922 commercial usage of KGV 2d Registration Envelope with stamp ripped-off, 1924 piece with very fine 'HMCS AFTERGLOW/POSTED ON BOARD' d/s, KGV Script 3/- green on 1929 tiny registered cover, Whales & Penguins 2/6d to £1 with 'SPECI View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,300StatusSold Symbol*/**cGradea Lot #1678 1878-79 No Watermark 6d blue-green SG 3 corner block of 10 (4x3, missing units 9 & 10) from the upper-right of the left-hand pane, a couple of minor varieties noted, some perf separation/rejoining, large-part o.g. with two units being unmounted, Cat £1100++. A rare & desirable multiple. View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Symbol*/**Gradea Lot #1679 1878-79 No Watermark 1/- bistre SG 4 annotated group comprising singles x7 (one used), corner pair, block of 4 from the base of the sheet & imperf at base, upper-right corner block of 6 imperf at right, and upper-left corner block of 8 (some perf separation/rejoining), many with Guide Dots in the Margins & some other varieties noted, generally very fine with large-part o.g. & a few units unmounted, Cat £2280+++. An exceptional lot. (11 items) View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Symbol*/**Gradea/b Lot #1680 1891-1902 CA Upright ½d deep yellow-green SG 17 block of 30 (10x3) from the base of the sheet with full 'Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co Ld London' imprint, a couple of minor blemishes & a few units mounted; and 4d olive-black SG 32 marginal block of 20 (5x4) from the top of the sheet; full unmounted o.g., Cat £840+++. (2 blocks) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold Symbol**/*Gradea/a- Lot #1681 1928 South Georgia Provisional '2½D' handstamp on 2d purple SG 115 tied to cover to London by very fine 'SOUTH/19FE/28/GEORGIA' cds, small piece of flap missing on the reverse, Cat £1300 x2. Unfortunately, this cover is a complete fabrication, both the surcharge and the datestamp being fakes. Illustrated by Malcolm Barton in "The Upland Goose" (June 1984). View details Estimate$100Price Realized$180StatusSold SymbolcGradea Lot #1682 1933 Centenary of British Administration original stamp-size photographic essays as adapted for the ½d 1d 1½d 2d 5/- (small peripheral abrasions) & £1, four with hand-tinted coloured frames, each with non-contemporary signature "G Roberts" on the reverse; with issued ½d & 1d for comparison. [Acquired at Gary Watson's auction of 30/3/1987 for $900] (8) View details Estimate$750Price Realized$550StatusSold SymboleGradea/a- Lot #1683 1938-83 Issues mostly mint with KGVI Pictorials to £1 x2 plus some shades including 5/- SG 161d, 1952 Pictorials (£1 **) + used set, 1960-66 Birds **, 1968 1971 & 1972 Flowers all **, later issues unmounted, etc, generally very fine, Cat £2000 approx. (280 approx) View details Estimate$600Price Realized$700StatusSold Symbol*/**oGradea Lot #1684 1944-2002 predominantly mint collection attractively presented in three expensive KaBe hingeless albums including 1952 Pictorials (used), 1960 Birds, 1968 Flowers (**), 1971 Decimal Overprints, 1972 Flowers (**); Falkland Island Dependencies 1946 Thick Maps 6d black & ochre SG G6e (**) & Thin Maps complete, 1954 Ships; South Georgia 1963 Definitives, 1971 Decimal Overprints (**), 1977 Second Overprints (**); also representations from Graham Land, South Orkneys & South Shetlands, and Falklands & View details Estimate$750Price Realized$550StatusSold Symbol*/**O Lot #1685 DEPENDENCIES: 1946-49 Thick Maps ½d to 1/- SG G1-8 perf 'SPECIMEN', 1d with short perfs at left, very lightly mounted, Cat £1100. (8) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$900StatusSold Symbol*Gradea/a- Lot #1686 1890 stampless OHMS cover endorsed "Govt Office, Falkd Islds" at lower-left, to a German resident of Valparaiso with double-circle 'FALKLAND/AU22/1890/ISLANDS' cds, Valparaiso arrival b/s of 7IX90 & taxed with Chilean 'VALPARAISO/ 20c /MULTADA' handstamp, minor bends & vertical fold at left, light overall soiling. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$1,200StatusSold SymbolclGradec Lot #1687 1896 apparently commercial usage of QV (1d+)1d reply-half with message headed "Montevideo 23.2.96", to "SS Tanis/Punta Arena/Chile", 'SUCCURL MARITIMA/A 23FEBR96 1/MONTEVIDEO' cds & cancelled on arrival 'PUNTA ARENAS/27/FEB/96/CHILE', a bit stained but quite presentable. A remarkable UPU-permitted usage. [It appears that the intact card was sent to Uruguay by the engineer on SS "Tanis", who advised he was en route to Punta Arenas] View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold SymbolpsGradec Lot #1688 1896 large parcel piece (150x112mm) to Germany with No Wmk 6d blue-green SG 3 tied by 'FALKLAND/ 1NO16/1896/ISLAND'S' cds (note "apostophe" between 'DS'), very fine '[crown]/REGISTERED' h/s, London transit d/s. The foreign letter rate was 4d. However, this was apparently a larger article. According to Stefan Heijtz parcel rates were 9d & upwards but the printed matter rate at this time was 1d per 4oz, indicating this was an article weighing between 12 & 16oz + 2d registration. Carried per "Rams View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold SymbolcGradeb Lot #1689 1907-10 PPCs black & white Binnie "Government House..." with ornamental border (Heyburn #D-5-d) & unknown publisher "Stanley from Hill, looking West" (#E-9-e), and coloured Biggs "View of Port Stanley" (#B-13-by & B-13-bx), to GB, Argentina x2 or Spain (!), the last with message "28.1.07 These are the first coloured postcards we have of Stanley. Three in number...", Heijtz Cat £500+. [The coloured cards were listed only in the 1988 Supplement] (4) View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold SymbolcGradea- Lot #1690 1912 commercial usage of Spanish-language PPC with KEVII 1d tied by a very fine strike of the scarce 'NEW ISLAND / C /NO18/12/FALKLAND IS' cds, minor crease & repaired tear near the stamp but of very fine appearance, Heijtz Cat £1000 (2006). Most examples are on philatelic Wilson covers (Cat £500). [Absent from Harry Evans' collection] A small whaling station operated from New Island between 1907 and 1916 and a post office was open on the island from 1909 until 1917. The writer states "...I am View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$3,200StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGrade(b) Lot #1691 1914-23 usages of red/white formular Registration Envelopes size F (1915 to Switzerland with 1/-), size G (1923 to Switzerland with 6d) & size H2 (1914 to Austria with 6d), a few minor blemishes, Heijtz Cat from £450. [A very fine size G example to India sold at auction in -/11/2014 for £276] View details Estimate$400Price Realized$1,000StatusSold SymbolpsGradeb Lot #1692 1933 usage of blue/white formular Registration Envelope size I to Switzerland with rare franking of Centenary 1/- Government House (Cat £100 x5+), the registration label damaged on opening, minor blemishes. [A philatelic registered cover with the 6d Whale sold at auction in -/11/2014 for £456] View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold SymbolpsGradeb Lot #1693 1947 philatelic cover to California with typed "To Montevideo per US Submarine Sea Robin" & Type B 'AIR MAIL' label, 1/3d Turkey Vultures with Stanley cds of JU5/47 & registration label, 'SAN ANSELMO/JUN/20/1947/CALIF' arrival b/s, some very minor tonespots. Also an unused real photo PPC of the "Sea Robin". (2 items) View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold SymbolcGradeb/a Lot #1694 DEPENDENCIES: 1911 German South Polar Expedition PPC ("Sudpolarschiff Deutschland") to Germany with a very fine example of the Expedition label tied by 'Polarschiff Deutschland/Sud-Georgien/Grytviken/30.November 1911' cachet in violet & KEVII 1d tied by 'SOUTH/DE6/11/GEORGIA' cds, signed on the viewside by ten Expeditioners, a few defects, Heijtz Cat from £800 (2006). View details Estimate$400Price Realized$1,500StatusSold SymbolcGradeb Lot #1695 DEPENDENCIES: 1918 apparently commercial cover to France with KGV ½d & 2d tied by one of two very fine strikes of the double-oval 'DECEPTION ISLAND/22FEB1918/SOUTH SHETLANDS' d/s in violet, Stanley transit b/s of AP16/18, on arrival redirected to "AEF - YMCA/...Vannes" with scalloped 'CHAHAIX A MORLAIX' TPO d/s, horizontal fold at the base & a few defects, Heijtz Cat from £400 (2006). [A 1918 philatelic cover with one strike only sold at a London auction in -/11/2014 for £624] View details Estimate$400Price Realized$1,400StatusSold SymbolcGradec Lot #1696 1873 (Apr 12) front two pages of the "Fiji Times Express" with 'Two/Cents' on CR 1d blue SG 13 affixed with 'GPO/MY3/1873/LEVUKA-FIJI' cds above, to England thus requiring additional postage to be affixed at the first transit port, New South Wales De La Rue 1d neatly affixed over the Fijian stamp and tied by 'SYDNEY/JU14/1873/NSW' cds, minor soiling/aging but of fine appearance. A remarkable combination franking. [The address band has been lost but our vendor has advised that the addressee was R View details Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold SymbolcxGradeb Lot #1697 1873 (June 28) complete edition of the "Fiji Times Express" with 'Two/Cents' on CR 1d blue SG 13 tied by 'GPO/LEVUKA-FIJI' cds, New South Wales De La Rue 1d neatly affixed over the Fijian stamp - but small portions are visible - and tied by 'SYDNEY/AU9/1873/NSW' cds, superb 'DONCASTER/OC9/73' arrival cds, minor soiling/aging but of fine appearance. [Our vendor believes this rare item was carried per the clipper "Woodlark" that was at Suva on 28/6/1873 & scheduled to sail at the end of July] View details Estimate$2,400Price Realized$2,400StatusSold SymbolcxGradeb Lot #1698 1908 Arthur Mills PPC "Native Canoe" (an outrigger with sail) to Melbourne with KEVII 1d red tied by straight-line 'RAKI RAKI' handstamp & Suva cds, minor blemishes on the view side. The message states "Trying to find where is a Macaroni Plantation" ! View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold SymbolcGradeb Lot #1699 1941 (Oct 22) Fiji-Sydney flight cover with typed endorsement "Carried on Catalina A24-1/...", signed by the pilots "LJ Brain", "AA Koch" & "PG Taylor", superb 'SUPT MAILS/23OC41/SYDNEY' arrival cds on the face, minor soiling at lower-right, AAMC Cat $650+. Bryan Jones at page 42 states "A small number of unofficial covers [were] produced by some members of the crew..." ( ) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$380StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- Lot #1700 Selection with 1914 Red Cross 10c+5c *, 1918 Red Cross 15c+5c * (hinge remainder), 1936 50f "Banknote" used, 1937 National Museums 30c & 55c CTO, Paris Exhibition 1fr50c **, 1937 500f Airmail used, 1950 1000f Airmail vertical pairs used (2), 1954 1000f Airmail **, also some overprinted Sowers & Europa issues. (approx 60) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Symbol*/**o Lot #1701 1849-1985 collection in four stockbooks with duplicated Ceres, imperf and perf Napoleons, Peace & Commerce, Sowers, Mersons, 1914 10c Red Cross **/O, 1917 War Orphans to 1f+1f (25c+15c mint), 1918 Red Cross used, 1926-27 War Orphans mint, 1927 Air *, 1936 50f Banknote used, 1937 PEXIP M/S *, 1954 Red Cross booklet, then mint &/or used including Art issues, Europa, Red Cross, back of the book and two small stockbooks with Empire and Colonials, gum adhesions on some of the modern issues. (Qty) View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,400StatusSold Symbol*/**O Lot #1702 Collection to late-1990s in eleven albums including a range of imperfs, strength from 1970 including se-tenant strips, positional blocks including high values, M/Ss, Back-of-Book & a few Colonies, some duplication, earlier material in rather mixed condition. (Qty) View details Estimate$600Price Realized$450StatusSold Symbol**/*o Lot #1703 Batch of 1930s-40s airmail covers from African Colonies including Senegal-Denmark Spain & KUT, Niger to Switzerland, Middle Congo to GB, French Sudan to GB (registered) & Belgium, Dahomey to Guinee, Reunion to Morocco, Madagascar to Switzerland with 'COUPON REPONSE' h/s etc, many with Censor h/s &/or labels, condition variable. A very interesting lot. (33) View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Symbolc Lot #1704 Mostly commercial ship mail group from Polynesia including 1905 PPC to Belgium with San Francisco machine cancel & 'PAQUOBOT' (error) h/s, 1926 to Cameroun with 'PACKET BOAT.' cancels & 'MARINE POST OFFICE/NZ/RMS MAKURA' cds, 1928 PPC to Paris with 50c tied by blank circle cancel & '.../RMS MAUNGANUI' cds, 1929 to NZ with circular 'PACKET/BOAT' h/s & '.../RMS MAUNGANUI' cds, 1932 to "Cantho/Indochine" with blank circle cancel & '.../RMS MAKURA' cds, 1933 to USA with blank squared-circle cancel View details Estimate$450Price Realized$340StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc Items per page 102550100 Previous|1...4567891011|Next1234567891011 Previous 1234567891011 Next Previous 1234567891011 Next
