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[Ted Proud states at page 94 that the rate was 38c between 17/11/1869 & 6/1/1871, when it was reduced to 30c (unless by French packet, for which the rate remained at 38c] SymbolcGradeb Estimate$500Price Realized$800StatusSold View details 652 1872 large-part mercantile entire to France "per Mail Steamer/via Brindisi" with three-colour franking of 2c brown, 8c orange & 12c blue tied by two very fine strikes of 'KALTENBACH ENGLER & Co/29/JUN/1872/SINGAPORE' firm's cds in blue, three early large-part strikes of the small bars "killer" (Proud #K17; ERD 17/1/1872), 'SINGAPORE/JU30/72/PAID' cds in red & superb strike of the small 'PD' (= Paid to Destination) handstamp (#PD4; LRD by almost 13 months), largely superb French 'POSS ANG V SUEZ/ SymbolcGradeb Estimate$850Price Realized$1,200StatusSold View details 653 1873 cover to Pennsylvania "via Hong Kong/& San Francisco" with 8c orange & 12c blue tied by small bars "killer" (Proud #K17), very fine 24mm 'SINGAPORE/MR28/73/PAID' cds in red & superb strike of the boxed 'PAID ALL' Postal Convention h/s (#PD2; rated 5000 pts on cover), no American markings, dessicated & with extensive archival tape repairs still attractive. SymbolcGradec Estimate$250StatusUnsold View details 654 1875 (Jan) flapless cover to Hampshire with GB 1/- green tied by '42'-in-diamond-&-bars cancel of the London Foreign Branch, docketed on the face "Lieut JEC Goodrich", minor blemishes. Lieut Goodrich was serving on the battleship HMS "Audacious" at Penang. Carried per P&O "Golconda" to Galle; then "Mirzapore" to Southampton, arrived 8/3/1875. Ex Geoffrey Osborn. SymbolcGradeb Estimate$500StatusUnsold View details 655 1887 commercial usage of 3c blue Postal Card to Saxony with 22mm 'SINGAPORE/OC5/87' cds & a very fine strike of the rare French mailboat 'POSS.ANGL/6/OCT/87/PAQ FR No7' d/s in red ('N' Omitted; Salles #1934var with sans serif year), creased at left with crude "sticky" tape repair on the reverse, full message in German. SymbolcGradec Estimate$300StatusUnsold View details 656 1888 (Dec) cover with printed 'United States Consulate/at ("Singapore")' at upper-left to the USA "Per German Mail/SS Preussen/via Brindisi", 8c orange & 10c slate tied by light but largely discernible 'CONSUL OF THE UNITED STATES/SINGAPORE' intaglio seal in red & Singapore cds, light boxed registration datestamp at the base, New York arrival b/s in purple. A lovely cover. Ex Derek Clayton: sold in Singapore 4/7/2009 for $S2160. SymbolcGradea Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold View details 657 1893 & 1895 2c & 3c Postal Cards 1) to Holland with octagonal French 'LIGNE N/PAQ FR No 2' d/s; and 2) to Belgium with similar '.../...No 6' d/s, very fine 'MARCHIENNE-AU-PONT' arrival cds on the face, soiled. (2) SymbolpsGradea/b Estimate$150StatusUnsold View details 658 1900 PPC of the Singapore (?) "Cricket Club" endorsed "Feld Post" to Germany with Straits 3c brown tied by 'KAIS DEUTSCHE/MARINE-/SCHIFFSPOST/ No 70 /7 10/00' cds, 'WINDERSHEIM' arrival cds, minor soiling. The ship was en route to China in response to the Boxer Rebellion. SymbolcGradeb Estimate$350StatusUnsold View details 659 SHIP-BOARD POSTMARKS: British Mail Boat cancels comprising 'A81', 'A86' x2, 'A99' x2 & '[B]03', on 1867 Surcharges on India 12c on 4a & 24c on 8a x2, or 1867-72 Crown/CC 2c 12c & 32c x2, a few minor defects, the strikes are fine to very fine, Cat £680++. Rare on Straits stamps. Noted as mostly Ex Dr Woods. Acquired at the Spink sale of 7/3/2007 for £1080. [These handstamps were issued to P&O staff on contract mailboats. They are found on mail posted aboard ship but most examples are from soldie SymboloGradea/b Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,600StatusSold View details 660 SHIP-BOARD POSTMARKS: Austrian 'LLOYD AUSTRIACO' cds on QV issues, one with '[X]XXVII' at the base, one with '[X]LVI' ("Selene") at the base, the two without number are in blue. Rare on Straits stamps. SymbolsΔGradea/a- Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold View details 661 SHIP-BOARD POSTMARKS: French mailboat types mostly part-strikes on various QV & KEVII issues to 96c plus a few French Colonies stamps, many 'LIGNE N' cds & octagons including on 1898 front to Canada, also the rare 'LIGNE P' cds on 10c slate, octagonal 'MARSEILLES A YOKOHAMA' x3 or 'YOKOHAMA A MARSEILLES' x2, 'SINGAPOR/SAIGON' x3, 'LIGNE DE SAIGON A SINGAPORE' x3, a couple are struck in red; also 'SAIGON-COCHINCHINE/PAQUEBOT' x4, various Saigon cds x7 & straight-line 'SAIG[ON]' in red on 8c yell SymbolsΔ Estimate$600Price Realized$800StatusSold View details 662 SHIP-BOARD POSTMARKS: 1895 'INDO-CHINE' 15c Letter Card (with bold boxed 'F ENGLER & Co/SAIGON' security datestamp in violet) & 1897 Denis Frères cover both with 'LIGNE DE SAIGON A SINGAPORE' cds in blue, and 1901 Indo-China PPC with 'PAQ/SAIGON A SINGAPORE' cds in blue, to Germany (the earliest) or France. The first item is Ex TV Roberts. (3) SymbolcpsGradea/b Estimate$300Price Realized$900StatusSold View details 663 SHIP-BOARD POSTMARKS: German Seepost cds mostly part-strikes on various QV & KEVII issues with Ost-Asiatische Hauptlinie x23 plus superb strike on German 10pf on PPC from Penang; '.../BOMBAY/LINIE' on 8c blue; & faint but discernible '.../NEU-/GUINEA/ZWEIGLINIE/(SINGAPORE)'. (24 items) SymbolsΔc Estimate$150Price Realized$260StatusSold View details 664 SHIP-BOARD POSTMARKS: Very fine 'STEAME[R]/RAINB[OW]/MALA[CCA]' in red on 'TWO CENTS' on 8c SG 57 [Stg 2 Posn ii], Cat £90++. Rare. One of the finest of approximately 20 examples recorded, all on 2c values & none on cover. [Considered by some to be a "security chop", none of the recorded examples is overstruck with a post office marking, indicating that the postal authorities considered this was adequate as a cancellation] SymbolsGradea a2 Estimate$400StatusUnsold View details 665 1915-16 NWPI Overprints simplified Kangaroos 2d to £1 (ex 2½d) plus KGV 1d 4d & 5d all with 'CANCELLED/NAURU' telegraph cancels. A very scarce "set". [See also Lot 707] (12) Symbolg/fGradea Estimate$500Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 666 1915-16 NWPI Overprints Kangaroos Third Wmk £1 brown & blue SG 99 type a, very fine 'PO PLEASANT ISLAND/JA18/17/(NAURU)' cds, Cat £450+. A very rare usage in Nauru. [NB: the Madame Joseph forgery of the cds is dated NO2/21] SymbolfGradea b1 Estimate$400Price Realized$360StatusSold View details 667 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain KGV Heads ½d to 1/- SG 1-12 - ex 2d Die II - each with 'N/P/IMPRIMATUR' handstamp Reading Upwards or Downwards on the reverse, unmounted. [In 1983-84, Britain's National Postal Museum released 10 sets - plus some odd values - at public auction: see Buckingham pp16-21. Barry Gribble's set sold for $977] (11) GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradea b1 Estimate$600Price Realized$850StatusSold View details 668 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain KGV Heads ½d to 1/- complete (ex 2d Die II) all with Short 'N' in 'NAURU', the 2d in a pair with normal stamp, a couple of minor imperfections, Cat £700+. A difficult "set" to assemble. (11 items) GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea/a- Estimate$300Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 669 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain KGV Heads ½d 1d 2d Die I 3d 4d 6d (the colour a little diffused) 9d & 1/- all with Short 'N' in 'NAURU', each with Nauru cds, Cat £460 mint; unpriced used. A rare group. [Busckingham states at page 52 "...after 45 years, the author still has not completed a fine used set"] (9) GSTex GSTSymbolv/fGradea/a- Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold View details 670 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain KGV Heads 2d orange Die I with the Watermark Inverted & Reversed SG4y, unmounted, Cat £120+ (for mounted). GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradea c1 Estimate$100Price Realized$120StatusSold View details 671 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain KGV Heads 2d orange Die I with the Watermark Inverted & Reversed SG4y upper-left corner block of 16 (4x4) from the upper-left of the lower pane, most units are well centred & many are superb, unmounted, Cat £1920+ (for mounted singles). A rare multiple, probably one of the largest blocks extant. Ex John Darnell. GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradea/a+ Estimate$1,800Price Realized$2,800StatusSold View details 672 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain KGV Heads 2d orange Die II marginal block of 4 from the top of the sheet, the second unit with Damage to N A R & U, unmounted, Cat £280++ as mounted singles. GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradea b1 Estimate$150Price Realized$280StatusSold View details 673 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain KGV Heads 2d orange Die II tied by light but obvious strike of the scarce 'PO NAURU/--JL24/(PLEASANT ISLAND)' cds - recorded used 13DE21 to 1JA25 only - to Wilson cover to England, Cat £100 x10+. A rare albeit philatelic franking. GSTex GSTSymbolfGradea c1 Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSold View details 674 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain KGV Heads 2½d 4d 5d (hinge remainder) & 9d (minor bend) each with Double Overprint One Albino SG 6b 8b 9b & 11a, Cat £980. (4) GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea/a- Estimate$400Price Realized$460StatusSold View details 675 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain Seahorses Waterlow Printings 10/- indigo with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint Double (One Albino) SG 18sa, lightly mounted, Cat £2500. A very rare stamp of which only 3 examples have been recorded. David Brandon (1984) & RPSofL (2006) Certificates. Ex John Darnell. [Keith Buckingham's almost identical example sold for £1267, and his less well centred example sold for £2350, giving an average of £1808] GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea b1 Estimate$1,500Price Realized$2,200StatusSold View details 676 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain Seahorses De La Rue Printings 10/- deep bright blue SG 23d, a lovely shade, well centred, very lightly mounted, Cat £500. GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea b1 Estimate$250Price Realized$320StatusSold View details 677 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain Seahorses De La Rue Printings 10/- dull blue, well centred, Cat £250++. This shade is unlisted by Gibbons. It is appreciably scarcer than the "deep bright blue" shade. [Keith Buckingham at page 72 suggests that only one sheet of 40 may have been issued. That is the same number as for the fabled Nauru 10/- "Cambridge" blue (or "electric blue", as labelled by Buckingham). Both these rare shades were absent from Mr Buckingham's collection] GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea b1 Estimate$350Price Realized$420StatusSold View details 678 1917 correctly rated cover to Utah with Overprints ½d & 2d tied by light Pleasant Island cds of 23AU/17, superb strike of the 55mm 'CENSORED.' h/s in violet (the earliest recorded usage), minor blemishes. GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb Estimate$150Price Realized$320StatusSold View details 679 1921-53 stampless official covers to Australia (2), Great Britain (4, two registered), New Zealand or the United States (2), four with 'OFFICIAL PAID/NAURU' cds, three different variants of the '[crown]/ADMINISTRATION/OF/NAURU' handstamps, condition variable. Scarce group. (7) GSTex GSTSymbolc/clGradea/b Estimate$350StatusUnsold View details 680 1923 commercial cover to Victoria with scarce franking of Central Overprints 2d orange SG 16 tied by 28½mm Pleasant Island cds of 25AU23, clipped corner at upper-left & opened on three sides. GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb Estimate$150StatusUnsold View details 681 1927 Pflum cover to Pennsylvania "Per Air Mail/via Sydney/& San Francisco" with rare albeit philatelic combination franking of Rough Paper Ships 1d strip of 3 tied by 'NAURU/21SP26/CENTRAL/PACIFIC' cds plus United States 24c Airmail cancelled at San Francisco, 'PHILADELPHIA PA' arrival b/s. [During the 1920s, the United States allowed their own stamps to be affixed at overseas destinations to pay the US internal air mail of 8c 16c or 24c depending on how many sectors were to be flown. Even phila GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- Estimate$750Price Realized$550StatusSold View details 682 1932 (c.) correctly rated but philatelic cover to NSW with Rough Paper Ships ½d strip of 3 and two superb strikes of the straight-line 'S.S. NAURU CHIEF' handstamp. Eye candy! GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea Estimate$300Price Realized$200StatusSold View details 683 1933 cover with 'CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY/NAURU/CENTRAL PACIFIC' imprint in grey-blue at upper-left, Rough Paper Ships 1½d cancelled on arrival with boxed 'LOOSE SHIP LETTER' handstamp of 'MELBOURNE' (b/s), minor blemishes. GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb Estimate$150StatusUnsold View details 684 1940 two HSF Dunne covers - one with imprint of SC Lau at Nauru at lower-left - each with 1½d Ship & Nauru cds, different Melbourne 'Opened by Censor' labels tied by boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR/V87...' or '.../V122...' h/s in violet. ( ) GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea Estimate$120Price Realized$90StatusSold View details 685 1943 (Aug 19) stampless cover to Japan with two boxed chops in magenta & circular Censor's chop of Hashiba in red, peripheral blemishes. With the lengthy enclosed letter from Tadao Hashiba to a family member: Very few entire letters from the Japanese on Nauru have survived. Ex John Darnell: acquired at the Prestige auctiuon of 17/2/2012 for $2645. The writer states (translated) "...My aim is to do all I can not to die in this insignificant place. Contagious disease, amoebic dysentery, is rife GSTex GSTSymbolclGradeb Estimate$1,400StatusUnsold View details 686 1951 stampless OHMS envelope (266x173mm) with 'ADMINISTRATION OF NAURU/CENTRAL PACIFIC' imprint at lower-left, to Switzerland with "T" in red pencil & on arrival assessed "2.70" (fr) postage due paid with 20c Dam & 50c Cable Car x5 tied by 'BERN 1/BRIEFAUSGABE' cds, minor bends. A terrific item for the postage due collector, or thematicist (transport, energy, skiing, tourism etc). GSTex GSTSymbolcoGradeb Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSold View details 687 1879 cover to France with Indies 25c tied by '8'-in-diamond-of-dots cancel of 'BUITENZORG' (cds below), French octagonal 'POSS NEER/24/AOUT/79/PAQ FR No 1' d/s in blue & 'INDO-CHINE/25/SEPT/79/PAQ FR MODANE' cds in red both on the face, very fine 'PARIS/GRENELLE' arrival b/s, ironed-out vertical fold & small repair at upper-right. Ex Michael Scott-Archer (2004). SymbolcGradeb Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSold View details 688 1881 & 1891 different style 7½c Postal Cards to Holland or France each with 'N-I AGENT SINGAPORE' cds (apparently the ERD & LRD for this marking), the first also with very fine '89'-in-diamond-of-dots cancel used by the Dutch Postal Agent, the other with octagonal 'LIGNE N/PAQ FR No 7' transit d/s, blemishes. A desirable duo. ( ) SymbolpsGradeb Estimate$500StatusUnsold View details 689 1882 7½c Postal Card to France with Weltevreden cds, superb strike of the rare French 'LIGNE P/3/JUIL/82/PAQ FR No 1' cds on the face, 'LIGNE N/28JUIL/82/PAQ FR No 9' transit b/s & 'MODANE A PARIS/4/AOUT/82' TPO transit cds in red on the face, Paris arrival b/s, minor blemishes. [The French Ligne P was a feeder service between Batavia & Singapore only. Raymond Salles at Vol V page 125 states (translated) " SymbolpsGradea- Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold View details 690 1906 usage of '15 C/NED.-INDIE' Envelope to "Tientsin/China" uprated with 1c olive, 3c orange x3 & 10c slate, 'BANDJERMASIN' squared-circle & registration label, backstamps 'N.I.AGENT SINGAPORE' squared-circle, Hong Kong & Shanghai transits & 'TIENTSIN' arrival. Bandjermasin is in the south of Kailmantan & was the capital of Dutch Borneo. SymbolpsGradea Estimate$175StatusUnsold View details 691 Modest group with German NG 10pf x4 tied to piece by 'SIMPSONHAFEN' cds & 1903 commercial cover to France with 20pf pair tied by 'HERBERTSHOHE' cds, three unaddresseed covers with GRI on Marshalls '2d.' on 10pf x2 or '2d.' on 20pf, a few WWII Australian Forces covers, Australia Used in TPNG values to 5/- Arms x2, etc. SymboloΔc Estimate$250Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 692 1914 (Jan 20) "Zusammenstellung" (= letter bill) for two Seepost letters ex SS "Prinz Waldemar", with two superb strikes of a small 'Maron/(Deutsch-Neuguinea)' handstamp, a bit aged. SymbolLGradeb Estimate$200Price Realized$220StatusSold View details 693 INWARDS MAIL: Mail from Germany comprising four 1904-06 PPCs (one with Bavarian 5pf, another with Seepost cds & 'PENANG TO SINGAPORE' mail sorter cds), 1907 2pf+3pf Postal Card with full message and 1907 & 1908 covers (the first to Karl Viewig with lengthy letter & background info from the internet) all with 'HERBERTSHOHE' arrival cds, also 1906 10pf 'Kartenbrief' with 'MAX WARMING/HAMBURG' label & superb 'STEPHANSORT' arrival cds & June 1914 mercantile postcard to Herbertshohe with Sydney DLO e Symbolcps Estimate$400Price Realized$320StatusSold View details 694 INWARDS MAIL: 1905 (stamp missing) & 1910 PPCs from Japan, 1908 uprated 5h Postal Card from Moravia (Austria) with full message, a very fine 1919 cover from Switzerland, and a very spotty 1909 uprated KEVII 1d Envelope from New Zealand. (5) Symbolcps Estimate$200StatusUnsold View details 695 INWARDS MAIL: 1889 cover from Wurttemburg to "Finschhafen/Kaiser Wilhelmsland/Neu Guinea" with 10pf pair tied by 'URACH' cds, Genoa & Soerabaja transit b/s, surprisingly fine for such an early inwards item. Ex Fred Pearson: sold for $2128 at the Prestige auction of 5/12/2003. [The first postal agency in German New Guinea opened at Finschhafen in 1888, and closed in 1892. This is one of the earliest inwards items to New Guinea that we have seen. The addressee, Dr Carl Weinland was Medical Officer SymbolcGradea Estimate$2,000Price Realized$2,000StatusSold View details 696 INWARDS MAIL: 1890 (Apr 10) commercial usage of Bavarian 10pf Postal Card to Dr Carl Weinland at Stephansort, no arrival cds (as was the normal practice before 1895), minor blemishes. Rare usage to Stephansort before the Neu-Guinea Compagnie headquarters were relocated there early in 1892. [Dr Weinland arrived in May 1889. he died of malaria at Finschhafen in March 1891] SymbolcGradeb Estimate$350StatusUnsold View details 697 INWARDS MAIL: 1897 triple-rate commercial cover endorsed "p Lark" from NSW to the Landes Hauptmann (= army captain) at Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen with 2½d & 5d tied by Sydney duplex, central fold & a little truncated at left, some soiling. SymbolclGradeb Estimate$350StatusUnsold View details 698 INWARDS MAIL: 1900 commercial usage of Hong Kong '4 CENTS' on 3c Postal Card (reply half) to the ship's doctor aboard SMS "Möwe" c/- the German Consulate at Matupi with superb 'AMOY/ A /FE20/00' cds & Hong Kong transit cds, apparently missent to Sydney where endorsed in red "Matupi/New Britain", full message headed "Amoy ab SMS Irene 12 II 00", some soiling & repaired tear at right. An excellent origin/destination item. Ex Murray Collins: sold for $935 at the Macray Watson auction of 31/3/1998. SymbolpsGrade(b) Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold View details 699 INWARDS MAIL: 1900 usage of British 2d Size K Registration Envelope with superb 'J & W GOFFEY' (shipping company) cachet at lower-left and rare franking of Jubilees 1½d & 1/- green vertical strip of 3 (one badly damaged) tied by oval 'REGISTERED/EXCHANGE-LPOOL' d/s, to "Ralum/New Britain/Bismarck Archipelago", flap fault & central fold. [The rate was 2½d per ½oz x15 = 3/1½d + 2d registration. The addressee was Emma Forsayth, known colloquially as Queen Emma. SymbolpsGradec Estimate$500StatusUnsold View details 700 INWARDS MAIL: 1890 commercial cover to Dr Carl Weinland at Stephansort with 10pf pair tied by very fine 'MORSUM' cds, fine 'FINSCHHAFEN' backstamp. SymbolcGradea Estimate$500StatusUnsold View details 701 INWARDS MAIL: 1902 usage of New Zealand ½d Wrapper to a missionary at "Ulu/New Launberg/New Britain/South Sea Islands", minor blemishes. [Acquired for $381 at the Prestige auction of 23/6/2001] SymbolpsGradeb Estimate$300StatusUnsold View details 702 INWARDS MAIL: 1905 commercial usage of uprated Imperial Russian 3k Postal Card to a missionary's wife at "Sattelberg/by Finschhafen", Cyrillic St Petersburg cds, Cyrillic endorsements but the lengthy letter (tiny script) in German, repaired 12mm tear at right. A remarkable origin/destination item. [Sattelberg (= Saddle Mountain) is a village at an elevation of 900 metres on the Huon Peninsula. A Lutheran Mission was founded there in 1892] SymbolpsGrade(b) Estimate$350StatusUnsold View details 703 INWARDS MAIL: 1906 commercial usage of very scarce NSW 1d Postal Card with Four-Line Heading HG 28a ("MOSSMAN'S BAY...") from Sydney with message in German & '[HE]RBERTSHOHE' arrival cds. SymbolpsGradea- Estimate$250StatusUnsold View details 704 Very fine selection comprising 1915-16 4d with Nauru cds, Second Wmk 1/- block of 4 & a superb 5/-, Third Wmk £1, Fifth Setting 2/- shades x2 & 5/-, and New Colours 2d both & 4d both, Cat £1000+. (14) Symbolg/fGradea/a- Estimate$600Price Realized$550StatusSold View details 705 Hagner of abc strips with KGV ½d to 5d and Kangaroos 2d x3, 2½d, 3d x2, 9d x2 & 1/- x2, various watermarks, a few minor blemishes but generally very fine. (14 strips) Symbol*Gradea/b Estimate$600StatusUnsold View details 706 1915-16 KGV ½d bright green SG 65a Electro 2 complete forme of 30 [R31/60] with Frame Break above Right-Hand Wattles [56] & unlisted Phlegm Variety [53] but before appearance of the Plate Cracks on [35] & [47], one unit thinned & some minor adhesion from pink interleaving, most units unmounted. Symbol*/**Gradea/b Estimate$200Price Realized$360StatusSold View details 707 1915-16 KGV 4d chrome-yellow SG 70b type c, unusually with 'PO PLEASANT ISLAND/AU23/16/(NAURU)' cds, Cat £275+. Underappreciated; most examples offered are colour changelings. SymbolfGradea c1 Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold View details 708 1915-16 Kangaroos First Watermark 2½d indigo SG 74 upper-right corner block of 24 (6x4) with Sheet Margins at Top and Right, Symbol**Gradea Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSold View details 709 1915-16 Kangaroos Second Watermark 9d violet SG 89 Plate 1 block of 18 (6x3) [L13/30] - types bcc - generally well centred, a few short perfs at the base, very minor pink stain on the gum from interleaving, unmounted, Cat £288++ (mounted). Symbol**Gradea/b Estimate$200StatusUnsold View details 710 1915-16 Kangaroos Second Watermark 9d violet SG 89 Plate 2 block of 18 (6x3) [L43/60] - types bcc - with Broken Inner-Frame at Lower-Right BW #25(2)n [53] (Cat $900 mounted), generally well centred, unmounted, Cat £288++ (mounted). Ex David Banwell: with his extensive plating notes. [The "Five Settings" Collection had no 9d Plate 2 formes] Symbol**Gradea Estimate$400StatusUnsold View details 711 1915-16 Kangaroos Third Watermark 3d olive SG 96 Plate 1 block of 20 [L37-41/55-59] with all fifteen Die II units SG 96a - including six Die I-II Pairs SG 96ab - the abc strips being Dies II/II/II, Dies II/II/II, Dies I/II/II, I/II/I and I/II/I , and with the listed Die II Varieties Lone Yachtsman SW of Cape Leeuwin [55] & Colour Flaw West of Arnhem Land [59] (being BW #13(1)d & e, Cat $600 each), a few tonespots, most units are unmounted, Cat £2275++. A key NWPI rarity. Symbol**/*Gradea/b Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,150StatusSold View details 712 1915-16 Kangaroos Third Watermark 3d olive SG 96 Fourth Setting complete forme of 30 from the upper-left pane of Plate 2 [L1-30] with White Scratch over Last 'A' of 'AUSTRALIA' [25], Hollow Stops [6, 12 & 18], a few tonespots, unmounted, Cat £165++. Symbol**Gradea/b Estimate$300Price Realized$320StatusSold View details 713 1915-16 Kangaroos Third Watermark £1 chocolate & brown SG 99 type b, well centred, unmounted, Cat £300+ (mounted). Superb! Symbol**Gradea b1 Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 714 1918 Surcharges 'One Penny' on KGV 5d (type a) & on Kangaroo 1/- (type b) SG 100 & 101 complete horizontal strips of 6, tied to pieces by 'RABAUL/31MY18' cds, Cat £1080++. Rare multiples. SymbolfGradea Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 715 1918 Surcharges 'One Penny' on Kangaroo 1/- SG 101 abc strip, 'NAMATANAI/QUEENSLAND' cds (deteriorating makeready) in violet, Cat £320+. SymbolfGradea c1 Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold View details 716 1918-23 Fifth Setting Large Multiple Watermark ½d emerald SG 119 Electro 7 complete forme of 30 from the base of the left-hand pane [L31-60], unmounted, Cat £135++ (mounted). Symbol**Gradea Estimate$175Price Realized$140StatusSold View details 717 1918-23 Fifth Setting 1d red SG 103 complete forme of 30 from the upper-right of Plate 2 [IV/1-30] with Defective Left Leg on 'N' of 'N.W.P.I.' [14], unmounted, Cat £112++ (mounted). Symbol**Gradea Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSold View details 718 1918-23 Fifth Setting 3d olive SG 109 Plate 1 block of 20 [L37-41/55-59] with all fifteen Die II units SG 109a - including six Die I-II Pairs SG 109ab - and with the listed Die II Varieties Lone Yachtsman SW of Cape Leeuwin [55] & Colour Flaw West of Arnhem Land [59, obscured by the overprint] (being BW #13(1)d & e, Cat $600+ each mounted), a single tonespot affects one Die I-II pair, unmounted, Cat £3380++ (mounted). A key NWPI rarity, absent from the "Five Settings" Collection. Symbol**Gradea Estimate$3,000Price Realized$2,300StatusSold View details 719 PERFORATED 'OS': Kangaroos 2d 1/- & 2/- and KGV 1d carmine block of 4, 1d rosine, 1d violet, 2d orange, 4d violet rejoined pair, 4d pale ultramarine & 5d ('[BITA-]PAKA' cds), a few minor defects, Cat £1500 approximately. A very scarce group. (14) SymboloGradea/b Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold View details 720 POSTMARKS: Postmarks arranged as per Powell including straight-line 'Herbetshoh' & 'Station Kieta' (stamp defective), double-circle 'POST OFFICE/PO KOKOPO' on commercial piece with rare red & black/white registration label, distorted 'DISTRICT OFFICE/[EITAPE]', the rare 'EIT[APE]/NEW GUINEA', 'POST OFFICE/*EITAPE * ', 'MOROBE' on Papua 2½d, 'MOROBE' on 5/- on piece with German-type registration label, 'BITA-PAKA' on perf 'OS' 1d, '[W]ITU', 'BUKA PASSAGE' in violet, 'MARIENBERG', etc, poor strike SymbolsΔ Estimate$1,250Price Realized$2,800StatusSold View details 721 Hut Airs (hinge remainders, the 10/- is oxidised), Dated Airs mint, Undated Birds used, Undated Airs mint & used, generally fine to very fine, Cat £1500. (74) Symbol*o Estimate$600Price Realized$550StatusSold View details 722 1931 Dated Birds 1d to £1 SG 150-162, generally well centred, very fresh & unmounted, Cat £425 (mounted). (13) Symbol**Gradea/a+ Estimate$500Price Realized$550StatusSold View details 723 1931 Dated Bird Airs ½d to £1 SG 163-176, generally well centred, very fresh & unmounted, Cat £300 (mounted). (14) Symbol**Gradea/a+ Estimate$400Price Realized$420StatusSold View details 724 1932-34 Undated Birds 1d to £1 SG 177-189 plus the unissued ½d, also the Air Overprints SG 190-203, generally well centred, a couple of almost insignificant blemishes otherwise very fresh & unmounted, Cat £600 (mounted). Chris Ceremuga Certificates (2001) for the three high values in each set. (32) Symbol**Gradea-/a+ Estimate$600Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 725 1932-34 Undated Bird Airs ½d to £1 SG 190-204, unmounted, Cat £250 (mounted). (16) GSTex GSTSymbol**GradeA B1 Estimate$300Price Realized$320StatusSold View details 726 1935 Bulolo High Values £2 bright violet & £5 emerald-green SG 204-5, well centred, very fresh & unmounted, Cat £1100 (mounted). A delightful duo. Symbol**Gradea b1 Estimate$1,250Price Realized$1,100StatusSold View details 727 1939 Bulolo Airs ½d to £1 SG 212-225, very lightly mounted or unmounted, Cat £1000+ (mounted). A premium- grade set. (14) Symbol*/**Gradea b1 Estimate$600StatusUnsold View details 728 1939 Bulolo Airs ½d to £1 SG 212-225, unmounted, Cat £1100 (mounted). (14) Symbol**Gradea b1 Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,200StatusSold View details 729 1939 Bulolo Airs ½d to £1 SG 212-225, well centred, very fresh & unmounted, Cat £1100 (mounted). (14) Symbol**Gradea b1 Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 730 'OS' OVERPRINTS: 1931 Dated Birds 1d to 5/- SG O31-41, unmounted, Cat £225 (mounted). Superb! (11) Symbol**Gradea+ b1 Estimate$300Price Realized$280StatusSold View details 731 'OS' OVERPRINTS: 1931 Dated Birds 1d to 5/- SG O31-41, all marginal examples, generally well centred, very fresh & unmounted, Cat £225 (mounted). (11) Symbol**Gradea/a+ Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold View details 732 'OS' OVERPRINTS: 1932-34 Undated Birds 1d to 5/- SG O42-54, generally well centred, very fresh & unmounted, Cat £275 (mounted). (13) Symbol**Gradea/a+ Estimate$300Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 733 'STAMP/DUTY' OVERPRINTS: 1925 Huts 1d with the Overprint Double Barefoot #1b imprint strip of 5 from the top of the sheet, a little aged/toned & with minor perf reinforcing, Cat £625++ used; unpriced mint. [RAD Heward's toned single sold for $445 at our auction of 6/3/2015] Symbol*Gradeb Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold View details 734 Postmarks arranged as per Powell including double-circle 'POST OFFICE/PO KOKOPO', 'D[ISTRI]CT OFF[ICE]/[MA]DANG', 'POST OFFICE/AITAPE', '[DISTRICT O]FFICE/AITAPE', 'KAEWIENG', 'DISTRICT OFFICE/KAVIENG' in red, 'DISTRICT OFFICE/KIETA', superb 'POST OFFICE/KIETA', 'DISTRICT OFFICE/MANUS', 'DISTRICT OFFICE/AMBUNTI', 'WIWIAK', 'ANGORAM', 'MAPRIK' & 'BULWA' etc, also a few paquebot & arrival cancels, condition a bit variable but both stamps and strikes are generally fine to very fine. (84 items) SymbolsΔ Estimate$600Price Realized$2,200StatusSold View details 735 1926 & 1927 commercial covers 1) with 'MAN HING CHEONG BROS/.../MADANG, T.O.N.G.' imprint & Undated Birds 1d x2, to NSW; and 2) with 'BORAM ESTATE/WEWAK' imprint largely obscured by Undated Birds 2d & Airs 3½d bright pink x6, by air to Scotland; both with boxed 'PAQUEBOT' h/s & 'CAIRNS/QLD' cancellations. (2) SymbolcGradea- Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold View details 736 1938 commercial cover to Sydney with Undated Birds 2d tied by a superb strike of the enormous 64x9mm 'PAQUEBOT' h/s of 'TULAGI/BRITISH SOLOMON IDS' (cds alongside), minor creasing. SymbolcGradeb Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSold View details 737 1931-87 Collection in two KaBe hingeless albums with Health issues including Smiling Boys *, M/Ss, Life Insurance, 1953 Definitives to 10/- *, 1960 Pictorials to £1 unmounted, basic used collection in Gibbons One Country album, also Norfolk Island 1947-83 complete mint (*/**) as per KaBe pages. (100s) Symbol*/**O Estimate$500Price Realized$420StatusSold View details 738 BOOKLETS: 1967 Decimals 3c Flower Imperforate block of 12 (3x2 + 3x2) being two uncut booklet panes, folded in the central gutter & with a couple of minor wrinkles, unmounted. Ex De La Rue Archives. [Only two other similar pieces have been recorded] GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradea/a- Estimate$1,000Price Realized$850StatusSold View details 739 PIGEON POST: 1899 (Aug 24) 1/- 'SPECIAL POST' overprinted 'MAROTIRI/Pigeongram' CP #VP5 marginal example from the left of the sheetlet, a couple of stained perfs at the top, large-part o.g., Cat $NZ5500 (2009). RPSofNZ Certificate (2010). [Sir Gawaine Baillie's two examples sold for £1265 & £1495 (a corner example)] Symbol*Gradeb Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold View details 740 Mounted selection of mostly PPCs including a few Maori subjects, Tourist & Health Resorts type, etc, also 1903 Grand Lodge of NZ mourning cover with ½d Mount Cook, 1901 1d on 1½d Letter Card with 'LUMSDEN' cds, KEVII ½d Envelope uprated with ½d Mount Cook, etc, good postmark content especially early machine types, condition variable. (69) Symbolcps Estimate$250StatusUnsold View details 741 1901 & 1902 commercial covers 1) to New York with NSW 1d & 2d x2, some toning; & 2) US 2c Envelope from California to Adelaide with 3c violet, trimmed at left on opening; both with boxed 'LOOSE LETTER.' cancel & 'NZ MARINE PO/RMS SONOMA' cds in greenish blue. Also an American advert for the Oceanic Steamship Co with "Sonoma", "Sierra" & "Ventura" (and on the other side a lovely Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway advert for "Golf in California"). Ex Roger Hosking. (3 items) Symbolc/clGradec/b Estimate$400StatusUnsold View details 742 1938 stampless commercial cover endorsed "SUNDAY ISLAND MAIL/NO STAMPS AVAILABLE", to Scotland with Christchurch cds, boxed 'PACKET BOAT.' h/s & 'T/10/CENTIMES' tax marking, British 1d Postage Due tied by 'DUNDEE' cds, minor toning mostly on the reverse. Ex Roger Hosking. SymbolcGradeb Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold View details 743 REGISTRATION ENVELOPES: Size K (290x150mm) 1) QV 3d blue to Germany in 1903 with Birds 3d & 1/- tied by Wellington cds, minor faults, and 2) KGV Oval 4d brown, very fine unused; also Tonga size H2 (225x102mm) with Embossed Arms on the Flap 6d (a few faults) & 4d with '1 APRIL 93' Printed Under the Flap (fine), both unused. (4) Symbolps Estimate$400Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 744 1895 No Watermark £10 black & orange-vermilion SG 30, double-circle 'TSHIROMO/SP5/95/BCA' cds, Cat £5500. SymbolfGradea c1 Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,700StatusSold View details 745 Imprint strips of 3 with Bicolours to 1/- including 1½d Mullett, 4d Ash, 6d Ash & 1/3d, Surcharges and 'OS' 9d & 1/3d, also 1938 Declaration Airs imprint pairs (**), Double Monogram strips of 3 of the 1917 Surcharges (except 1d on 2½d) & 3d 'AIR MAIL' Double Monogram block of 10, condition a bit mixed. (31 items) Symbol**/* Estimate$250Price Realized$260StatusSold View details 746 Collection on Hagners with BNG Watermark Horizontal set & Watermark Vertical set (the 2/6d is superb!), Small 'Papua' Overprints to 2/6d x3, 1907-10 Large 'PAPUA' 2/6d x3, Small 'PAPUA' range to 1/- x6, Large 'PAPUA' set to 2/6d x2, Bicolours set including most shades, Monocolours & Surcharges, 1930 Aeroplane Overprint 1/- with Dark Carmine Overprint ** (with Ceremuga Certificate), Pictorials to 1/3d ** (some toning), 1938 & 1939-41 Airs **, etc, also perf 'OS' Monocolours to 1/- & 'OS' Overprin Symbol*/** Estimate$1,500Price Realized$3,200StatusSold View details 747 Collector's duplicates on Hagners with a few earlies, Monocolours *, Bicolours to 10/- including shades, varieties & 5/- with 'CA' Monogram, a few 'OS' perfins used, 'OS' Overprints set * etc, some duplication, condition variable. (180 approx) Symbol*o Estimate$300Price Realized$800StatusSold View details 748 1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Horizontal Thick Paper ½d to 2/6d SG 1-8, mostly well centred, some hinge remainders, Cat £850. Symbol*Gradea/a- Estimate$500Price Realized$440StatusSold View details 749 1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Horizontal Thick Paper ½d black & yellow-green on Thin Paper SG 1a, exceptional centring, very lightly mounted, Cat £325. Rare; most examples seen are misidentified. BPA (1987) & Jerry Blair (2015) Certificates. Symbol*Gradea a1 Estimate$500Price Realized$420StatusSold View details 750 1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Vertical Thick Paper ½d to 1/- SG 9-15 & Thin Paper 2/6d SG 16a, Cat £750. (8) Symbol*Gradea b1 Estimate$600Price Realized$600StatusSold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345678|Next Previous 12345678 Next
