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 801-900 of 1015. Previous|1...4567891011|Next Lot #1806 1889 commercial cover to Germany with German 20pf x2 tied by two fine strikes of the 'FINSCHHAFEN/15 4/89' cds, 'TRIER/1 6/89' arrival b/s, a little aged with minor toning around the stamps & a few small repaired peripheral tears. [The sender was Neu-Guinea Compagnie employee Eugen Dollman, to his father. Dollman arrived in August 1888 & died at Finschhafen in October 1891] GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold Lot #1807 1895 commercial usage of German 5pf Postal Card (#492d) uprated with 5pf green tied by 'STEPHANSORT' cds, 'BRESLAU' arrival cds, minor imperfections. GSTex GSTSymbolpsGradeb View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot #1808 1895 missionary's cover to Germany with German 10pf pair tied by 'STEPHANSORT/ * ' cds, 'BARMEN' arrival b/s, minor imperfections. [The Rhenish Missionary Society, founded at Barmen in 1828, established a mission station at Bogadijm near Stephansort in 1887] GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot #1809 1895 commercial cover to New South Wales with German 20pf tied by fine 'HERBERTSHOHE' cds, apparently missent via the Dutch Indies with 'WELTEVREDEN', 'BATAVIA' & 'NI AGENT SINGAPORE' transit b/s plus 'COLOMBO' transit & Sydney arrival b/s, slightly truncated at left. Talk about the scenic route! GSTex GSTSymbolcoGradeb View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot #1810 1895 commercial usage of German 10pf Postal Card (#693a) to Germany "By English mail" with very fine 'MATUPI' cds & light Leipzig arrival cds. GSTex GSTSymbolpsGradea View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot #1811 1895 Neu-Guinea Compagnie cover to Germany with German 20pf tied by largely very fine 'HERBERTSHOHE' cds, Sydney transit & 'KARLSRUHE' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot #1812 1903 artist's PPC ("Bismarckarchipel") to Austria with Yachts 5pf & 25pf tied by light Friedrich-Wilhemlshafen cds & imperf registration label alongside tied by 'LANDECK/IN TIROL' arrival cds, redirected with 'BISCHOFSHOFEN/ BAHNHOF' arrival cds, rounded corners & minor soiling. Registered postcards are rarely seen. [Landeck & Bischofshofen are both small towns in the Tyrolean Alps] SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot #1813 1914 commercial cover to Japan with 20pf tied by 'HERBERTSHOHE' cds, 'HONG-KONG/ 6 ' transit & 'KOBE/JAPAN' arrival b/s, a little aged. GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSold Lot #1814 1914 (Nov) cover endorsed "Garrison duty/Rabaul" at upper-left & "No 679" at lower-left, to India with 1d perf 'OS' tied by an indistinct strike of the 2-line Rabaul "John Bull" datestamp, Sydney transit b/s of NO23-1914, Indian 'TUTICORIN' transit & 'MORADABAD' arrival b/s, readdressed to "Bilsi/Budaun' with arrival b/s, minor blemishes. A remarkable origin/destination cover. The Australian War Memorial "Nominal Roll for the AN&MEF" shows that "No 679" was Colour Sergeant Bernard Evelyn Luff GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$750Price Realized$1,500StatusSold Lot #1815 1914 (Nov ?) cover endorsed "Garrison Duty Herbrtshohe" at the top & "LE 281" at lower-left, to Victoria with ½d perf 'OS' pair just tied by two superb strikes of the straight-line 'Herbertshöhe' h/s in violet, endorsed "Censored/CWebber Lt/C No 4 Coy" in red, poor Sydney transit b/s & 'PASSED' h/s in violet applied on arrival at Melbourne, ironed-out folds & minor blemishes. A very attractive cover from a very small garrison. [We have been unable to identify the sender or the censor] GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,200StatusSold Lot #1816 Duplicated remainders including 5mm Spacing '1d.' on 3pf to '2½d. on 10pf, a few listed varieties including 6mm '2d.' on 10pf with '1' for 'I' SG 3a (small thin spot), Surcharged Registration Labels SG 33 36e (faults) & 42, Overprints on Marshalls including '1d.' on 3pf marginal block of 4, '2d.' on 10pf marginal block of 15 (some aging & separation) and '1' on '2d.' on 10pf x2, a page of 'O.S.' Overprints including '1d.' on 3pf imprint strip of 5 (a bit aged), etc, condition variable but genera GSTex GSTSymbol*/** View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$4,400StatusSold Lot #1817 Simplified reconstruction of the overprint forme comprising Overprints on Marshalls '2d.' on 20pf SG 53 block of 9 & two singles [1-5], 5mm Spacing on DNG '1d.' on 5pf SG 17 block of 9 (some separation) & Marshalls '2d.' on 10pf SG 52 x2 [6-10], Cat £600+. (22) GSTex GSTSymbol* View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold Lot #1818 1914-15 6mm Spacing on German New Guinea '1d.' on 3pf (thinned but of fine appearance) to '3d.' on 25pf (tiny blemish) SG 1-7, the '2d.' on 10pf with corner fault, well centred, Cat £1500. BPA Certificate (1955) for the '2½d.' on 20pf. (7) GSTex GSTSymbol* View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,050StatusSold Lot #1819 1914-15 6mm Spacing on German New Guinea '1d.' on 5pf green with Short '1' and with 'I' for '1' SG 2b & 2c, the first with light bend, the other a bit aged, Cat £825. GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradeb b1 View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #1820 1914-15 6mm Spacing on German New Guinea '2d.' on 10pf red SG 3 vertical pair & '2d.' on 20pf blue SG 4 with superb or very fine strikes of the makeshift 'RABAUL/Oct 17 1914' cancellation - the First Day of Issue - in violet, Cat £320+. (3) GSTex GSTSymbolv/fGradea b1 View details Estimate$250Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #1821 1914-15 6mm Spacing on German New Guinea '3d.' on 30pf black & orange/buff SG 8, well centred, Richter guarantee handstamp, Cat £425. GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea b1 View details Estimate$250Price Realized$320StatusSold Lot #1822 1914-15 6mm Spacing on German New Guinea '4d.' on 40pf black & carmine SG 9, Richter guarantee handstamp, Cat £425. GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea c1 View details Estimate$200Price Realized$480StatusSold Lot #1823 1914-15 6mm Spacing on German New Guinea '5d.' on 50pf black & purple SG 10, Cat £750. GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea c1 View details Estimate$400Price Realized$800StatusSold Lot #1824 1914-15 6mm Spacing on German New Guinea '8d.' on 80pf black & carmine/rose SG 11, Cat £950. GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea c1 View details Estimate$500Price Realized$2,000StatusSold Lot #1825 1914-15 High Values with 3½-4mm Spacing on German New Guinea '1s.' on 1mk red SG 12, unused, Cat £3250. Georg Bühler Certificate (1988) SymbolΩGradea- c1 View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,600StatusSold Lot #1826 1914-15 High Values with 3½-4mm Spacing on German New Guinea '1s.' on 1mk red SG 12, exceptional centring for these issues, minor overprinting ink (?) marks on the reverse, two pencilled guarantee initials, Cat £3250. BPA Certificate (1960). This stamp is one of the best-centred High Value GRIs we have seen. [More attractive than Tim Rybak's, "Ello"s & Peter Moverley's examples that sold for $3680, $2990 & $3335 respectively] GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea a1 View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$2,800StatusSold Lot #1827 1914-15 High Values with 3½-4mm Spacing on German New Guinea '2s.' on 2mk blue SG 13, lightly mounted, two pencilled guarantee initials, Cat £3000. BPA Certificate (1960). Superb! [Peter Moverley's similarly centred example sold for $2070] GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea b1 View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$2,200StatusSold Lot #1828 1914-15 5mm Spacing on German New Guinea '1d.' on 3pf brown with the Overprint Double SG 16e, well centred, lightly mounted, Cat £1300. [Tim Rybak's & "Ello"s examples sold for $2070 & $2185 respectively] GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea b1 View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,800StatusSold Lot #1829 1914-15 5mm Spacing on German New Guinea '1d.' on 5pf green as SG 17 but with No Stop after '1d ', well centred, very lightly mounted. Unlisted in Gibbons. GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea b1 View details Estimate$250Price Realized$260StatusSold Lot #1830 1914-15 5mm Spacing on German New Guinea '3d.' on 25pf (unmounted) to '5d.' on 50pf SG 22-25, well centred, lightly mounted, Cat £800+. (4) GSTex GSTSymbol*/**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #1831 1914-15 5mm Spacing on German New Guinea '3d.' on 25pf black & red/yellow SG 22 marginal example from the base of the sheet, well centred, unmounted, Cat £170+. GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$150Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #1832 1914-15 5mm Spacing on German New Guinea '8d.' on 80pf black & carmine/rose SG 26, excellent centring, unmounted, Cat £425+. BPA Certificate (1958) when the right-hand margin - now lost - was attached. GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradea a1 View details Estimate$400Price Realized$480StatusSold Lot #1833 1915 'G.R.I./3d.' on German Registration Labels 'Rabaul' SG 33, 'Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen', 'Herbertshöhe', 'Käwieng' (marginal example but poorly centred), 'Kieta' & 'Manus' SG 35-39, plus Seriffed Letters 'Käwieng' SG 42, a few irregular perfs as usual, a few with large-part o.g., Cat £2800. Rarely available as a "set", missing only the three rarities. (7) GSTex GSTSymbol*ΩGradea/a- View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,150StatusSold Lot #1834 1915 'G.R.I./3d.' on German Registration Labels Seriffed Letters 'Friedrich Wilhelmshafen' SG 41 marginal vertical pair from the left of the sheet, the lower unit with Missing Bracket before ' Deutsch' SG 41a, the top unit with Misplaced Overprint and a neat repair at upper-right, diagonal crease, large-part o.g., Cat £1675+. [There is a faint 'Käwieng' "kiss print" on both units, more noticable at the base] GSTex GSTSymbol*Grade(b)/b View details Estimate$750Price Realized$1,700StatusSold Lot #1835 1915 'G.R.I./3d.' on German Registration Labels Seriffed Letters 'Käwieng' SG 42 [2] & [3, Broken Lick on 'R' in 'G.R.I.'], the first unused, the second with large-part o.g., Cat £500. GSTex GSTSymbolΩ*Gradea View details Estimate$300Price Realized$280StatusSold Lot #1836 1915 'G.R.I./3d.' on German Registration Labels Seriffed Letters 'Käwieng' SG 42, trimmed perfs at left, 'RABAUL/12FE17' cds, Cat £650. GSTex GSTSymbolfGradeb View details Estimate$250Price Realized$280StatusSold Lot #1837 1914 5mm Spacing on Marshall Islands '1d.' on 3pf (aged) to '8d.' on 80pf black & carmine/rose (hinge remainders) SG 50-58 complete, variable centring & condition, Cat £1950. BPA Certificate (1958) for the '3d.' on 30pf. (9) GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea/b View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #1838 1914 5mm Spacing on Marshall Islands '1d.' on 3pf brown SG 50 vertical strip of 3, top unit with one short perf, unmounted, Cat £250++ (mounted). Symbol**Gradea c1 View details Estimate$200Price Realized$220StatusSold Lot #1839 1914 5mm Spacing on Marshall Islands '1d.' on 3pf brown block of 6 (3x2, the upper units lightly mounted) & '1d.' on 5pf green SG 51 well centred lower-left corner block of 4, unmounted, Cat £830++. GSTex GSTSymbol**/*Gradea View details Estimate$500Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #1840 1914 5mm Spacing on Marshall Islands '1d.' on 5pf green with Flat Top Serif on '1' and with Wide Spaced '1 d' SG 51c & e, the first a little aged, with a normal stamp for comparison, Cat £520. GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea/b View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Lot #1841 1914 3½-4mm Spacing on Marshall Islands High Values '1s.' on 1mk red SG 59, very lightly mounted & very fresh, Hoffmann Giesecke guarantee handstamp, Cat £3750. [Peter Moverley's better centred example sold for $3680] GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea c1 View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$3,600StatusSold Lot #1842 1914 3½-4mm Spacing on Marshall Islands High Values '2s.' on 2mk blue SG 60, minor hinge remainders, Cat £1800. ["Ello"s & Peter Moverley's examples sold for $1955 & $2185 respectively] GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea- b1 View details Estimate$1,400Price Realized$1,600StatusSold Lot #1843 1915 Hagen cover addressed to Sydney but no backstamps with scarce albeit philatelic franking of 6mm Spacing '2d.' on 10pf SG 3 pair (the second unit with Defective 'G' & 'I') & '3d.' on 'Rabaul/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' registration label SG 33 tied by superb strikes of the oval Rabaul d/s of 'JAN 4 1915' in violet, stamps Cat £565+. Gibbons give "1915 (Jan)" as the issue date for the surcharged registration labels; Gibbs is silent on this point. This may well be a First Day Cover. GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$500Price Realized$800StatusSold Lot #1844 1915 Forces cover to Surrey with 5mm Spacing '1d.' on 5pf green SG 17 tied by "frozen" 'STEPHANSORT/ 13 / * ' cds in bluish ink, '3rd Batt N and M Force/Trop Unit' & 'PASSED-BY-CENSOR/JW BELL CAPT' h/s both in violet, poor Sydney b/s of April & 'WORCESTER PARK/16MY/15' arrival; b/s, central fold & some staining. GSTex GSTSymbolcGradec View details Estimate$600Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #1845 Selection with KGV Heads including 1d red block of 24 & 1d violet block of 20, Kangaroos simplified to £1 with 5/- x2 & 10/- x2, also 'One Penny' Surcharges, condition very mixed. (88) Symbol*Ω View details Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #1846 1915-16 Overprints on KGV ½d emerald SG 65 Electro 4 Fourth Setting from the top of the left-hand pane [4L1-30] with the ACSC listed varieties on [2, 3, 7, 26 & 28], Symbol**/*Gradea View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,150StatusSold Lot #1847 1918-23 Fifth Setting Atractive little collection with mint to 5/- plus abc strips to 1/-, New Colours etc, and used to 2/- x4 with KGV 1d red group with ACSC -listed varieties Dot Before '1', Run 'N', Secret Mark, Wattle Line, Neck Flaw, 'RA' Joined, ''NY' Joined, Ferns, Corner Dot, Saddle on Emu, Retouched Upper-Right Corner, Scratch behind Roo, 'PENAVY', & Die II x2, New Colours, perf 'OS' 1d rosine, 1d violet, 2d scarlet single & block of 4 (very scarce) & 4d violet, etc, also a few German N Symbol*o View details Estimate$500Price Realized$800StatusSold Lot #1848 1918-23 Fifth Setting 3d olive Dies I/II vertical pair SG 109ab, unmounted, Cat £425+ (mounted). Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot #1849 Selection with commercial mail comprising cover with 'J REISS/Manus' imprint on the flap & 1d tied by 'MANUS' cds, soiled; 'Church of England/.../EXPEDITIONARY FORCES/RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN' front to Western Australia with 1d pair, faults; to Switzerland endorsed "Letter for enemy country enclosed" with 2½d tied by Madang cds; and philatelic covers comprising locally addressed with 'KAISERL DEUTSCHE POSTAGENTUR' wafer on the flap, to London with 2/- brown type c & 'Passed by Censor/RABAUL' h/s, & l GSTex GSTSymbolc View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,400StatusSold Lot #1850 1915 cover endorsed "Contains postcards/for Enemy Country" in red & 2½d Roo type b tied by 'HERBERTSHOHE' cds, complete example of the rare black/white 'PASSED CENSOR RABAUL' label on the reverse, violet/white 'OPENED BY CENSOR' label & 'PASSED BY CENSOR/27DE15/=CS=' cds in red both applied at Sydney, the Sydney label partly removed to show the endorsement & stamp, small peripheral tears. GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$400Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #1851 1916 cover with oval 'THE TREASURY/RABAUL' & separate 'JUN 29 1916' h/s both in violet on the flap, to California with KGV 1d type b (exceptional centring) only tied by Rabaul cds & faint but legible 'Passed by Censor/RABAUL' h/s, via Sydney where superb 'NSW/T/30' h/s & double-boxed '.../the postage rate/from Australia to/USA is 2½d each ½oz' h/s in violet both applied, US tax marking & pencil-cancelled 1c & 5c Postage Dues. America is an unusual destination for NWPI mail & taxed NWPI covers ar GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea View details Estimate$400Price Realized$650StatusSold Lot #1852 1916 stampless OHMS cover to Queensland with 'MADANG/15AU16' cds & large 'Passed by Censor/RABAUL' h/s in violet, 'PASSED CENSOR/10SE16/BRISBANE' cds in red, reduced at left & a bit aged. GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$250Price Realized$320StatusSold Lot #1853 1918 William Ackland cover endorsed "Lieut S Waugh [?]/Rabaul" at lower-left below a superb strike of the scarce vertical-oval 'PASSED BY CENSOR/ No 2/AN & MEF' cachet in violet, KGV 1d type a tied by 'RABAUL/6DE18' cds, minor opening defects at the top. GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$500Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot #1854 1921 OHMS cover to London with very scarce franking of Roos Third Wmk 2d grey perf 'OS' SG O6 (Cat £75 x8+) tied by Rabaul cds, poor London arrival b/s. GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$500Price Realized$900StatusSold Lot #1855 1922 usage of NSW OHMS penalty envelope to "Mr Hitchcox/Witu" with New Colours 2d orange tied by a superb strike of 'RABAUL/9JE22/NEW BRITAIN' cds (with Reversed 'N' in 'BRITAIN'), vertical fold & minor blemishes. [The Witu Islands are in the Bismarck Sea off New Britain. Covers from Witu are rare & an inwards cover is quite extraordinary] GSTex GSTSymbolclGradeb View details Estimate$400Price Realized$950StatusSold Lot #1856 1922 mission cover from Finschhafen (sender's endorsement on the flap) to Iowa (!) with KGV ½d green x8 tied by 'RABAUL/28OC22/NEW BRITAIN' cds (with Normal 'N' in 'BRITAIN'), minor defects. [the foreign letter rate was 4d for the first ounce between 1/10/1920 & 30/9/1923. Examples from New Guinea are very scarce] GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$300Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot #1857 Attractively mounted collection with Huts mint to 2/- & used to 5/-, Bird sets to 1/- or 2/- mint & used, 1932-34 Undated Birds used set x3, Undated Airs used set x3, £2 Bulolo used, 1939 Bulolo set used, a few used blocks & mint imprint pairs, also mint 'OS' Overprints Huts set & Dated Birds to 2/-, etc, some minor duplication. (200+) Symbol*o View details Estimate$800Price Realized$1,600StatusSold Lot #1858 Rad Heward's extensive stock of Territory issues with a duplicated array of lower values plus some better values to £1 & eight sets of the 'OS' Overprints on Huts, some blocks including middle denominations & a few imprints, some annotated varieties especially in the Huts issues with Short 'I' in 'MAIL' to 5/-, etc, also a smattering of German New Guinea & GRIs, condition a bit mixed but generally good to very fine with some unmounted material. A remarkable opportunity. (100s) GSTex GSTSymbol*/** View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$3,800StatusSold Lot #1859 The balance of Rad Heward's New Guinea with a nice range of varieties on annotated pages & about 40 complete sheets of low denominations from various issues with specialist content, condition variable. (113 + sheets) GSTex GSTSymbol*/** View details Estimate$400Price Realized$1,600StatusSold Lot #1860 1925-31 Huts neatly annotated collection on display pages with the three basic sets plus paper/gum variations, shades, retaining pin-holes, Panelli £1 forgery "used", forged 'OS' on 2d to 9d, and an array of varieties - notably Airs Short 'I' in 'MAIL' ½d to 2/- corner singles & the very scarce ½d with the pre-variety Normal 'I' in 'MAIL' - on values to 5/- x3 as detailed in the 2008 book by Rad Heward, Bob Garratt & David Heward where many of the items included here are illustrated, generally f GSTex GSTSymbol*/** View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$2,800StatusSold Lot #1861 1925-31 Huts the companion lot of display pages with complete sheets of 30 comprising Huts ½d to 6d (ex 3d), Hut Airs ½d x2 (one with Normal 'I' in 'MAIL'), to 1/-, and 'OS' Overprints 1d to 3d, some perf separation but generally of very fine appearance, Cat £1980++ [NB: for both this & the next lot we have not assessed the reverse of the sheets so can offer no warranty as to the condition of the gum etc] (20 sheets) GSTex GSTSymbol* View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,800StatusSold Lot #1862 1925-31 Huts the duplicated balance of the low denomination sheets from the three issues with annotations as to paper, gum, pinholes etc, some more extensive separation but again generally of very fine appearance. (32 sheets) GSTex GSTSymbol* View details Estimate$250Price Realized$1,500StatusSold Lot #1863 1925-31 Huts Double Perforation Varieties comprising ½d orange complete sheet of 30 with Blind Perfs at Top & a second line of perfs added, some perf separation & toning; 2/- lake block of 10 (2x5) with Double Perfs at the Top, unmounted; and overprinted 'OS' 6d lower-left corner block of 4 with Double Perfs at Left, tonespot in the lower margin, lower units unmounted. Very scarce: apart from these items, HGH record at page 19 only five other double perf items in these issues. The 2/- block & 'O GSTex GSTSymbol*/** View details Estimate$300Price Realized$1,200StatusSold Lot #1864 1925-31 Huts 1925-27 Huts ½d orange SG 125 imprint block of 8 (4x2) from the top of the sheet, the upper four units all Imperforate at Top, characteristic rough perfs, aged/"suntanned" on the reverse but of very fine facial appearance. One of the major errors of New Guinea: illustrated by HGH at page 20 and stated at page 19 to be the only imperforate or part-imperf error recorded in the entire series. [Tim Rybak's Dated Birds 'OS' 1½d marginal single Imperf at Left sold at the Prestige auction GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradeb View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$6,500StatusSold Lot #1865 1925-31 Huts 1925 Huts ½d orange to £1 olive-grey SG 125-136 (ex 1½d) all CTO with 'RABAUL' cds & handstamped 'COLONIAS' in blue, affixed to a piece (178x132mm) from a Portuguese Colonial archival ledger, some minor blemishes. Probably a unique set. Illustrated by HGH at page 49. [NB: the 1½d was not issued until 1926 & was not supplied for distribution by the UPU] GSTex GSTSymbolvGradea/b View details Estimate$750Price Realized$2,400StatusSold Lot #1866 1925-31 Huts 1931 Hut Airs 10/- pink SG 148 marginal block of 4 from the right of the sheet, shiny gum, well centred, unmounted, Cat £340++. GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$250Price Realized$260StatusSold Lot #1867 1925-31 Huts 1931 Hut Airs Short 'I' in 'MAIL' [R1/1] in ½d to 9d & 5/- corner blocks of 4, 1/- corner pair, 2/- & £1 corner singles, very fine to superb with most units being unmounted, and a 10/- single with tonespots, Cat £550++ as mounted normals. Rarely available as a full set. [Tim Rybak's set in corner pairs sold at the Prestige auction of 26/4/2008 for $1150] (13 items) GSTex GSTSymbol*/**Gradea/a+ View details Estimate$500Price Realized$700StatusSold Lot #1868 1931-34 Birds the six issues SG 150-203 and O31-54 complete, generally very fine with a few being unmounted, Cat £1700. (82) GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea View details Estimate$850Price Realized$1,200StatusSold Lot #1869 1931-34 Birds Imprints comprising Dated Birds 'OS' 1d to 1/- pairs, Undated Birds 2/- to £1 blocks of 4, Undated Airs 6d block of 8, & Undated Airs ½d with the Overprint Omitted pair, & a couple of others, a few mostly minor defects but generally fine to very with some units being unmounted. A very scarce group. (18 items) GSTex GSTSymbol*/**Gradea/b View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$2,800StatusSold Lot #1870 1931-34 Birds complete sheets of 30 (10x3) with imprints comprising Undated 1½d 2d & 3d, Dated Airs 1½d & 2d, Dated 'OS' 1d & 1½d, Dated 1d to 6d complete & 2/- and 5/- imprint block of 21, Undated Airs ½d to 6d complete & 2/-, and Undated 'OS' 2/-, some minor perf separation, very fresh, Cat £5600++ (as mounted singles). [NB: we have not viewed the backs of the sheets & can therefore offer no warranty in respect of the gum. However, the very fresh appearance suggests that most (all?) are fine t GSTex GSTSymbol* View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$3,200StatusSold Lot #1871 1931-34 Birds 1d to £1 SG 177-189 & Air Mail Overprints ½d to £1 SG 190-203 (the 1/- faded), generally very fine commercially used, Cat £575. (31) SymboloGradea/a- View details Estimate$300Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #1872 1931-34 Birds 1932-34 Undated Airs ½d orange with the Overprint Omitted imprint pair, minor blemishes, Cat £200++ (as singles). Very scarce. GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea- b1 View details Estimate$250Price Realized$800StatusSold Lot #1873 1931-34 Birds 1932-34 Undated Birds, Airs & 'OS' Overprints 2½d & 3½d each with light 'SPECIMEN' handstamp (acute accent on the first 'E') in green, affixed to two small pieces from an archival record book. The h/s is difficult to see on the green stamps but is definitely present. (6) GSTex GSTSymbolΩGradea- View details Estimate$200Price Realized$700StatusSold Lot #1874 1935-39 Bulolo ½d orange to £5 emerald-green SG 204-5 & 212-225 complete, generally well centred, lightly to very lightly mounted, Cat £2100. Rarely offered as a complete series. (16) GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea b1 View details Estimate$1,250Price Realized$1,600StatusSold Lot #1875 1935-39 Bulolo £2 bright violet SG 204 upper-right corner example, unmounted, Cat £350+ (mounted). Superb! Symbol**Gradea+ b1 View details Estimate$500Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot #1876 1935-39 Bulolo £2 bright violet SG 204 marginal example from the base of the sheet, exceptional centring, unmounted, Cat £350. Superb! GSTex GSTSymbol** View details Estimate$400Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot #1877 1935-39 Bulolo £5 emerald-green SG 205, Wau cds, Cat £450. SymbolfGradea c1 View details Estimate$300Price Realized$360StatusSold Lot #1878 1935-39 Bulolo 1939 ½d orange to £1 olive-green SG 212-225 plus some extras to 1/- and complete sheets of 30 of the ½d & 3d, condition a bit variable, Cat £1500+. (44 + 2 sheets) GSTex GSTSymbol*/** View details Estimate$500Price Realized$950StatusSold Lot #1879 1935-39 Bulolo 1939 £1 Panelli forgery, exceptional centring, "mint" with large-part gum. [The forgeries are rarely as well centred as this example] Symbol*Gradea a1 View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #1880 1935 Silver Jubilee selection with a few minor varieties, imprint blocks of 4 & complete sheets of 30; and 1937 Coronation with Plate Dot pairs complete, 5d Major Re-Entry in imprint block of 10 & complete sheets of 30 (5x6) plus an extra 5d sheet with the Major Re-Entry, generally fine to very fine. (300 approx) GSTex GSTSymbol*/** View details Estimate$150Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #1881 Handy selection with Huts 6d fiscally used x3, Huts with 'STAMP/DUTY.' Overprint including 1d corner pair **, 1d with Double Overprint (thinned), & 6d imprint strip of 5 from the left of the sheet; & Territory issues 1d mint x4 & used, 2d unused & used x2, 6d **, 2/6d mint & two defective examples of the 'ONE PENNY' on 6d unused, also Goldfields Supply Co receipt with Stamp Duty 2d, very mixed condition. Scarce lot. (35) GSTex GSTSymbol*Ωo View details Estimate$300Price Realized$1,400StatusSold Lot #1882 1925-27 Huts overprinted 'STAMP/DUTY.' ' 1d 2d 6d 1/- & 2/- Barefoot #1-5, a few minor blemishes, Cat £120 used; unpriced mint. (5) GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea/b View details Estimate$250Price Realized$650StatusSold Lot #1883 1925-27 Huts overprinted 'STAMP/DUTY.' 1d green horizontal pair with the Overprint Misplaced about 15mm to Left (the margin rejoined), 1d with 'DUTY' Misplaced 3½mm to Left and 1d with the Overprint Double Barefoot #1b (Cat £125 used; unpriced mint), some creasing & toning but of fine to very fine facial appearance. The first two varieties are unlisted by Barefoot, but he lists the Misplaced 'DUTY.' on 2d & 1/-. (3 items) GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradeb/c View details Estimate$250Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #1884 1925-27 Huts overprinted 'STAMP/DUTY.' 1d green with the Overprint Double Barefoot #1b, minor toning, Cat £125 used; unpriced mint. GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradeb View details Estimate$150Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #1885 1925-27 Huts overprinted 'STAMP/DUTY.' 6d yellow-bistre Barefoot #3 Imprint Block of 8 (4x2), minor toning, reinforced in the margin but otherwise unmounted, Cat £270++ used; unpriced mint. GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradeb View details Estimate$250Price Realized$800StatusSold Lot #1886 1925-27 Huts overprinted 'STAMP/DUTY.' 1/- blue-green with the Overprint Inverted Barefoot #4a, minor toning, Cat £150++ used; unpriced mint. GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradeb View details Estimate$200Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #1887 Batch of mostly philatelic covers but with commercial items including 1925 to NSW with huge 'POST OFFICE/ 24OCT1925/KAVIENG' cancel, 1929 Printed Matter 1d rate to the USA (very scarce), 1936 registered to Austria with 6d Bird & crude 'R WAU' cachet, c.1938 to Samoa, 1939 to GB with Rabaul cds of 13NO39 & rare 'PASSED BY/["8"]/CENSOR' h/s, 1940 airmail to Ireland with Bulolo 6d & 1/- (rather battered), 1941 five to Hobart with boxed TNG censor h/s including 'No 1' & a 4d Forces rate, & 1941 Burn GSTex GSTSymbolc/cl View details Estimate$600Price Realized$1,300StatusSold Lot #1888 1930s commercial group including four registered airmail covers to Austria each with Undated Airs 2/-, internal cover to "Bitoi River", Madang-Wewak registered, 1935 to New Hebrides returned via Sydney DLO, etc, condition rather mixed. (13) SymbolcGradeb/c View details Estimate$250Price Realized$480StatusSold Lot #1889 WORLD WAR II: Forces group of mostly Australian & United States covers but also with 'RNZAF/ D /NZAPO' cds, and three very scarce Japanese Postal Cards, also 1945 registered mission cover to Hobart (not Tatts !) being a very scarce civilian mail item, & scarce "No Stamps Available" cover from Cape Torokina to Rabaul. (32) GSTex GSTSymbolcps View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot #1890 1908 real photo PPC of a very cute baby, to New York with New South Wales ½d green & 1d Arms tied by light but obvious strike of 'NEW HEBRIDES/DE12/1908/VILA' cds, Sydney transit b/s. GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea View details Estimate$1,250StatusUnsold Lot #1891 BRITISH: 1925 Weapons & Idols Dual Currency ½d/5c to 5s/6fr25c complete imperforate plate proof singles in shades of blue, all with large margins, a few very minor blemishes but generally a very fine set. (9) GSTex GSTSymbolPGradea/a- View details Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold Lot #1892 Christchurch Exhibition set (6d minor blemishes), Auckland Exhibition overprints (6d regummed) & 1907-11 'OFFICIAL' Overprints 3d 1/- 2/- & 5/-, Cat £975. (12) Symbol*Gradea/b View details Estimate$400Price Realized$440StatusSold Lot #1893 Diverse range of New Zealand Post "product" to 2012 including M/Ss, booklets, etc, FV $NZ280+; also FDCs Annual Packs, postal stationery including Annual Packs, Post Office and other literature, ephemera and exhibitions material; also a similar range of Norfolk Island items. Symbol**obGradea View details Estimate$300Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #1894 1975-2007 array of post office packs including Ross Dependency Japanese and French versions. Face value $NZ1100+. Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$300Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot #1895 Heavily duplicated array of Decimal Booklets to recent years, icludes Miniature Sheet Booklets (!), International Post, Specimens, Stamp Exhibitions, Kiwi Mail and Crosstown, some foxing in the earlier years but the vast majority are very fine. Face value $NZ1500+. Symbolb View details Estimate$500Price Realized$650StatusSold Lot #1896 1862-64 Large Star Imperf 1d vermilion SG 34, margins close to good, unused, Cat £700. SymbolΩGradea View details Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot #1897 1862-64 Large Star Imperf 2d blue SG 39, margins close to good, a little aged, unused, Cat £700. SymbolΩGradeb View details Estimate$250Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot #1898 1862-64 Large Star Imperf 6d red-brown SG 43, a lovely deep shade, margins close to good, large-part o.g., Cat £1600. Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$800StatusSold Lot #1899 1862-64 Large Star Imperf 1/- yellow-green SG 45, three good even margins but a little cut-into at right, unused, Cat £1600. SymbolΩGradeb View details Estimate$250Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #1900 1864 Wmk 'NZ' Rouletted 7 at Auckland 1d carmine-vermilion SG 101, clear rouletting at the top & into the design at left otherwise cut from the sheet to preserve the design with margins just clear to large, the rouletting at left has separated at the base & been reinforced with a hinge, light numeral cancel, Cat £3000. Peter Holcombe Opinion (1994) states "a very presentable copy of a rare stamp". GSTex GSTSymbolfGrade(a-) View details Estimate$750Price Realized$1,200StatusSold Lot #1901 1898-1907 Pictorials ½d to 5/- (No Watermark SG 259) simplified set including Boer War 1½d, both 2½d & New Colours, most are Watermarked Perf 14, generally well centred, large-part o.g., Cat £900 approximately. (20) Symbol*Gradea View details Estimate$350Price Realized$270StatusSold Lot #1902 1920 Victory 1d die proof in black on glazed card (60x85mm), minor blemishes. SymbolPGradeb View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot #1903 1926-34 Admirals Jones Paper 2/- deep blue & 3/- mauve SG 466-7 also Cowan Paper 2/- light blue with 'OFFICIAL' Overprint SG O112, unmounted, Cat £270 (mounted) (3) Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$250Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #1904 1960s-2008 Issues with strength in the period from 2001 including numerous se-tenant & die-cut issues, M/Ss including limited editions etc, terrific thematic content, unmounted. Face value stated to exceed $NZ3500. (Qty) Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$1,250Price Realized$1,500StatusSold Lot #1905 POSTAL FISCALS: 1940-58 £3/10/- bright rose SG F209, exceptional centring, tiny natural paper inclusion at the top, lightly mounted, Cat £3250. Symbol*Gradea a1 View details Estimate$1,850Price Realized$1,800StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1...4567891011|Next1234567891011 Previous 1234567891011 Next Previous 1234567891011 Next
