Stamps, Coins & Postal History (#63MG) 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 797. Previous|12345678|Next Lot #604 1908 PPC from Scotland to "Mrs Darling, Christmas Island, Straits Settlements via Singapore" with double circle 'SINGAPORE/AU7/1908' transit cds and 'CHRISTMAS ISLAND/AU18/1907' [Proud Type B] arrival cds. View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb Lot #605 1961 commercial usage of a privately produced linen-lined 'REGISTERED' envelope to Singapore with QEII 4c 6c & 20c tied by #2 cds, scarce 'CHRISTMAS ISLAND/(Indian Ocean) Aust' registration label, Singapore arrival b/s. A very scarce item. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$280StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- Lot #606 2007 Chinese New Year "circular" M/S with self-adhesive 50c x12 with the Gold Printing Omitted from all 12 stamps & the central designs, unmounted. The only example known to us. [Our vendor, a part-time dealer, found this remarkable error in a bundle of 100 M/Ss as received from Australia Post. He assures us it was the only error in the bundle] View details Estimate$5,000StatusUnsold Symbol**Gradea Lot #607 1969 Pictorials 1c to $1 complete set affixed to three PMG's Department Publicity Cards, a few minor blemishes. Very scarce. (3 cards) View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- Lot #608 1912-23 MCA 4d black & red/orange-buff SG 131b block of 4, unmounted, Cat £200+ (mounted). View details Estimate$100Price Realized$80StatusSold Symbol**Gradea b1 Lot #609 1922 commercial cover to a New Zealand Member of Parliament with KGV 2d grey tied by a very fine strike of the scarce straight-line 'BAULAILAI' cancel in violet & manuscript "8 11 22" and fair transit cds of 11/NOV/1922, Suva transit b/s, on arrival at Wellington redirected to "Greymouth" with 'LETTER CARRIERS/NZ/12DE22/WELLINGTON' cds, roughly opened with upper-left portion of the face missing which doesn't unduly detract from the otherwise very fine appearance. A rare & desirable straight-line View details Estimate$500Price Realized$700StatusSold SymbolcGradeb Lot #610 POSTAL STATIONERY: Box with a very good duplicated unused array of mostly QEII issues plus an excellent range of commercially used items with Aerogrammes including formular types curved NZ header from Nausori to USA & from Navua to Bermuda!, curved Fiji header x3 one from Vatukoula, 'AEROGRAMME/FIJI' with SS "Oronsay" cachet, 'OHMS/AIRLETTER/FIJI' for Fiji Customs to NZ, good lot of KGVI & QE issues including correct 3d usages & uprated forms one posted aboard SS "Oronsay" with US 10c tied by Ho View details Estimate$750Price Realized$550StatusSold Symbolps Lot #611 MARSHALL ISLANDS - NAURU: c.1908 (?) embossed 'KAISERL.DEUTSCHE POSTAGENTUR/[eagle]/NAURU/MARSHALL- INSELN' letter-seal, full unmounted o.g. Superb! View details Estimate$100StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradea+ Lot #612 MARSHALL ISLANDS - NAURU: 1907 philatelic cover with Marshalls 30pf & manuscript "Nauru/7 2 07", repaired tear at the top & some staining/toning. View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradec Lot #613 MARSHALL ISLANDS - NAURU: another similarly serviced but very fine philatelic cover of the same date with Marshalls 20pf - plausibly paying the double letter rate - a couple of tiny imperfections. Ex John Darnell. View details Estimate$600Price Realized$650StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- Lot #614 MARSHALL ISLANDS - NAURU: 1909 commercial cover (front only) to Austria with 10pf & 20pf tied by two light but clear strikes of the Nauru cds, 'Nauru/(Marshall Ins.)' registration label with the number amended as was common practice. View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- Lot #615 MARSHALL ISLANDS - NAURU: 1909 correctly rated philatelic cover to Germany with 3pf x2 & 25pf tied by light but clear strikes of the Nauru cds, 'Nauru/(Marshall Ins.)' registration label with the number amended, 'PFORZHEIM' arrival b/s, some very minor toning on the reverse only. View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- Lot #616 MARSHALL ISLANDS - NAURU: commercial usage of 10pf Postal Card to England with Nauru cds, message headed "SS Ocean Queen moored off Nauru (Pleasant Iland)" states "...ye sea off ye reef is too deep to anchor...wd be of little importce but for...large phosphate workings...sharks are a danger...Natives are rich & labourers have to be brought eg fr China (coolies) & ye Caroline Is kanakas..." Ex Keith Buckingham & John Darnell. [Illustrated by Buckingham at page 2] View details Estimate$350Price Realized$270StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolpsGradea- Lot #617 MARSHALL ISLANDS - NAURU: 1910 cover with private 'Drucksache' (= printed matter) h/s in blue & solo franking of 3pf tied by fine Nauru cds, to Germany with Sydney transit backstamp & manuscript endorsement on the face "Received in/Ship Room without/contents/GM/7.11.10", ironed-out vertical fold. Ex John Darnell. View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcGrade(a-) Lot #618 MARSHALL ISLANDS - NAURU: 1910 cover to Nauru with Marshalls 5pf pair tied by two fine strikes of the 'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/ JALUIT-/LINIE/1.7/10' cds used aboard the "Germania", Jaluit transit b/s of the next day & Nauru arrival b/s of 17.9/[10]. Friedrich Steuer Certificate (1995). [The "Germania" was en route to Hong Kong. The cover was offloaded at Jaluit to be put on the next southbound vessel] View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea Lot #619 MARSHALL ISLANDS - NAURU: 1911 commercial usage of 5pf Postal Card to Germany with superb strike of the Nauru cds, the message signed "PH Kayser/Nauru/Marschall-Inseln" (with the archaic 'c' in 'Marschall' crossed-out) requests copies of two books on technical drawing. Ex John Darnell. View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolpsGradea- Lot #620 MARSHALL ISLANDS - NAURU: 1913 5pf Postal Card with commemorative overprint '2. Oktober/1888***1913/...' on the reverse, locally addressed & CTO, Bothe guarantee handstamp on the reverse. [The overprint was for the 25th Anniversary of the German flag being raised in Nauru] View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolpsGradea- Lot #621 MARSHALL ISLANDS - NAURU: 1913 5pf Postal Card to Berlin with very fine Nauru cds, message signed "HH Grimme" requests electrical catalogues & asks for a quote for a wholesale order. To whom did he expect to on-sell them!? View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolpsGradea- Lot #622 Valuable selection with 1847 Embossed 6d 10d &1/- all cut square (close), Watermark Maltese Cross 5/- rose, 10/- greenish-grey with Manchester Accounts cds, £1 brown-lilac (heavy cancel), Wmk Anchor £5 orange with two Glasgow cds (scuffed & staple holes at left), 1883 High Values 2/6d (x7), 5/- (x4) and 10/- with light registered oval, also some pre-decimal and decimal Postage Dues and other remainders, Cat £18,000+. (28 + remainders) View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$2,000StatusSold SymbolO Lot #623 Selection in small homemade album with some better items including imperf/perf 1d 'stars', Embossed 6d, 10d & 1/- all cut-square, Surface Printed to 2/-, Jubilee 5d Die I, KEVII to 10/-, KGV Seahorses to 5/-, 1924 Wembleys and Officials with QV 'I.R.' to 2½d, KEVII ½d 'ARMY', 1d 'I.R.', 'GOVt./PARCELS' & 'ADMIRALTY'. (220+) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$750StatusSold SymbolO* Lot #624 1840 "Penny Black" 1d black six presentable examples with 3 to 3½ margins, three on piece (one with 'PONTEFRACT/FE20/1841' b/s), Cat £2250 (minimum). (6) View details Estimate$250Price Realized$380StatusSold Symbolo Lot #625 1840 "Penny Black" 1d black twelve generally attractive examples all with full margins, one with an ironed-out crease, a few with minor stains, Cat £4500 (minimum). (12) View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,600StatusSold SymboloGradea/b Lot #626 1840 "Penny Black" 1d black three horizontal pairs, two with full margins - just clear in places - and one (noted as Plate 4) slightly cut-into at upper-right, Cat £3600 (minimum). View details Estimate$750Price Realized$1,100StatusSold SymboloGradea/a- Lot #627 1840 "Penny Black" 1d black SG 2 [NG], margins close to large with a fragment of the adjoining unit at right, large-part o.g., Cat £12,500. A handsome example of the World's First Stamp. [2015 is the 175th Anniversary of the Penny Black's release on 6/5/1840] View details Estimate$6,000Price Realized$4,500StatusSold Symbol*Gradea Lot #628 1840 "Penny Black" 1d black SG 2 Plate 3 [LJ], good even margins, neat red M/C, Cat £500. A lovely example of the world's first adhesive stamp. View details Estimate$350Price Realized$380StatusSold SymbolfGradea Lot #629 1840 "Penny Black" 1d black Plate 1b with the Watermark Inverted SG 2e, margins close to good, ironed-out vertical crease, untidy black MC cancel, Cat £2500. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$240StatusSold SymbolhGrade(a) Lot #630 1840 "Tuppence Blue" 2d blue five sound to fine examples in various shades, two with three margins & two with four margins, Cat £4500 (minimum). View details Estimate$500Price Realized$650StatusSold SymboloGradea-/b Lot #631 1840-64 unused QV group with 1d black (2 margins, poor re-gumming), 1841 1d reds x4 (no gum or re-gummed), 1854-64 1d Plates (45) with some better centered original gum examples. (52) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$800StatusSold SymbolΩ*GradeB Lot #632 1855-1986 fine used collection in SG One Country album, a few better items noted with QV 2/- blue, Lilacs & Greens to 1/-, KEVII to 10/-, KGV Seahorses to 10/- including Re-Engraved, PUC £1, KGVI High Values including Silver Wedding, QEII Castles and Phosphor issues. View details Estimate$600Price Realized$800StatusSold SymbolO Lot #633 1865-1969 unused in Lighthouse hingeless album including 1865 4d vermillion Plate 10, 1870 ½d (4), 6d Without Hyphen Plate 9, 1873 3d rose, 1880-83 Wmk Imperial Crown including 2½d blue Plate 21 & 1/- orange-brown Plate 13 (2), Lilacs & Greens to 9d, 1886 2/6d & 5/-, 1887 Jubilee set to 1/- (both) plus 2½d marginal block of 4, KEVII 1902-10 ½d to 1/- plus High Values 2/6d, 5/- & 10/-, KGV Definitives to 1/-, plus some Control singles, Seahorses 2/6d, Re-Engraved 2/6d (3), 5/- (2) & 10/- (3), We View details Estimate$5,000Price Realized$5,500StatusSold SymbolΩ*/** Lot #634 1873-80 Surface Printed group with Wmk Orb 2½d rosy-mauve Plate 3, Wmk Crown 2½d blue Plate 23, '3d' on 3d lilac, Wmk Large Garter 4d sage-green Plate 16, 6d on 6d lilac and 1/- orange-brown Plate 13, unused, Cat £5300. ( ) View details Estimate$600Price Realized$600StatusSold SymbolΩ Lot #635 1883-1936 mostly mint with QV Lilacs & Greens to 1/- (4d & 5d used), High Values 2/6d, 5/- (creases & adhesions) & 10/- with Birmingham cds, Watermark Orbs £1 lilac-brown SG 186 with Clearing House Branch boxed cancel and telegraph cds, Jubilees to 1/- (both), £1 green with SG 212 Guernsey cancel, KEVII 1902-10 to 1/-, High Values 2/6d dull purple, 5/- (creases) 10/- (heavy crease and hinge remainders) and £1 green SG 266 with indistinct Lombard Street cds, KGV 1924 to 1/- , Wembleys, Re-Engrave View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$2,400StatusSold Symbol*OGradeB Lot #636 1952-1983 mint collection in Lighthouse hingeless album, complete including Phosphors, Machins and Postage Dues, unmounted except for early definitives and Castles. (100s) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$400StatusSold Symbol*/**GradeA Lot #637 1970-2010 mint issues in three quality Lighthouse hingeless albums, noted 1970 Anniversaries 1/- Gold Omitted, virtually complete to 2003 including Machins, Castles, M/Ss, Regionals and Postage Dues, then mostly complete thereafter (ex M/Ss and self adhesives). (100s) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$500StatusSold Symbol**/*GradeA Lot #638 POSTAL HISTORY: Box of mostly pre-stamp covers with some postmark interest, includes 1840 Mulready Envelopes 1d black Stereo 'A180' (faults on the reverse) & 2d blue Stereo 'a208' (light vertical fold otherwise fine) both unused, and six mostly scruffy covers with solo "Penny Blacks", etc, condition very mixed. However, inspection is likely to prove fruitful. (200 approx) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$2,600StatusSold Symbolcps Lot #639 1861-1978 range in two albums including Hermes imperfs with Athens and Belgian Printings, 1901 Tall Hermes to 5D, 1906 Olympics (ex 1D), 1922 Overprints, 1926 Airmail mint, 1930 Centenary, 1954 Union with Cyprus mint and used, thereafter mostly unmounted. (100s) View details Estimate$250Price Realized$600StatusSold Symbolo*/**GradeA/B Lot #640 BAHAWALPUR: 1947 cover with the Amir's multicoloured personal crest beautifully embossed on the flap & oval 'MUSHIR-I-TASRIFAT/TO HH OF BAHAWALPUR' cachet below, to the Sadiq Garh Palace with the rare Star & Crescent handstamp in violet on KGVI 1r tied by "bridge"-type 'DEH-RAWAL/21SEP47/BAHAWALPUR' cds, another strike ties part of a coupon to the reverse (the detached portion apparently returned as an Advice of Delivery), two very minor stains at the base otherwise in superb condition. PFP Cert View details Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea Lot #641 BAHAWALPUR: 1949 cover with fancy embossed Arabic monogram on the flap, to "Fort Abbas/Bahawalnagar" with ½a Amir SG 20 pair tied by superb 'SADIQ-GARH' cds, Isani & Abid Cat £400 on cover (for a single only). PFP Certificate (2011). View details Estimate$100StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea Lot #642 BAHAWALPUR: 1949 cover with embossed Coat-of-Arms on the flap, to "Old Depot/Bahawalpur Cantt" with rare franking of UPU Perf 17½x17 9p & Perf 13 1a tied by an indistinct cds of --NOV49, small opening fault at the base & a little aged, Isani & Abid Cat £2000+ on cover (for the 9p only). PFP Certificate (2011). View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb Lot #643 Album of 1963-78 unaddressed FDCs, and an album for 2500th Anniversary of the Persian Empire with FDCs for Iran & Ethiopia etc, also for Fujeira perf & Imperf sets plus M/Ss etc. Good thematic content. View details Price Realized$50StatusSold SymbolcGradea/b Lot #644 SAN MARINO: Collection in four hingeless Lindner albums with a high degree of completeness with early issues simplified, 1894 Palace, 1903 Definitives to 1L complete, 1918 War Casualties & Overprints, 1929 St Francis (**), 1931 Airs 10L, 1932 Garibaldi, 1935 Delfico, 1945-46 Arms plus 10L & 20L panes of 10, 1945 Palace M/S perf & imperf, 1947 Roosevelt & Reconstruction, 1948 Workers (**), 1949 Garibaldi (**), 1949 UPU including 200L imperf (**), 1950-51 Views, 1951 Red Cross (**) & Exhibition (* View details Estimate$1,200Price Realized$2,200StatusSold Symbol*/** Lot #645 Modern collection on French pages with KUT KGVI 10c black & green Mountain Retouch SG 135a in pair,1953-75 issues complete including M/Ss & 'OFFICIAL' overprints; and Kenya 1963-73 complete, Gemstones set, 1979-83 issues virtually complete & 1967-73 Postage Dues; all lightly mounted, Cat £350+ (unmounted). View details Estimate$100Price Realized$100StatusSold Symbol*Gradea Lot #646 Very fine 'NEBONG/[crown]/T[IB]AL' on CA 2c rose, superb 'S'-in-bars of Sarawak on CC 6c lilac, very fine 'MEDAN' (Dutch indies) on CA 8c orange, very fine 'PENANG' cds on French 80c, fine 'NI POSTAGENT PENANG' squared-circle on CA 6c lilac, etc, also a few security "chops" including 'JOHN LITTLE & Co' on CA 96c & oval '[FOR]WARDED/[...]ANDS BETTI[...]/[P]ENANG' in blue on 12c on East India 4a, stamps Cat £400++. (12) View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Symbols Lot #647 Superior group comprising 1858 stampless entire to Mauritius "p City of London"; 1867 stampless entire with 'PENANG/11/DEC/1867/P.O.' cds & French 'POS.ANG.V.SUEZ/P.AN.A.MARS' mailboat cds in red; 1867 badly dessicated cover to Bombay with East India 4a cancelled at Singapore; 1873 double-rate cover to India with 12c x2 & 'SINGAPORE/ A /JA9/73/PAID' cds in red; 1874 outer to "Baden/Germany" endorsed "via Triest" with 12c tied by a company's cachet in blue & poor 'PENANG - D17' duplex; 1874 cover View details Estimate$750Price Realized$950StatusSold Symbolc Lot #648 1855 (c.) piece with part-flap, Indian 1854 Imperf 1a (3½ margins, just touched at upper-left, creased at the top) just tied by very fine diamond-of-dots cancel (Proud #K1; rated 7500 Pts) with largely fine 24mm double-circle 'PENANG/P.O.' cds (Proud #D2; illegible date) in red. [The cds was introduced mid-1855. The diamond-of-dots was replaced by the octagonal 'B/147' cancel about 6 months later] View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold SymbolΔGradeb Lot #649 1866 mercantile entire headed "Singapore 20 Jany 1866" & signed "Wm McDonald & Co", to Bombay rated "4" in red with East India 4a blue-green tied by boxed 'WM Mc DO/NO...' security "chop" & a poor octagonal 'B/172' cancel of Singapore (unusually with no datestamp), very fine ' 1M /BOMBAY/FE4/66' arrival b/s in red, some damage likely caused by immersion in sea water, still quite presentable. Rare shipwreck mail, possibly the only recorded example. P&O "Jeddo", out of Hong Kong, departed Singapo View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$2,600StatusSold SymbolcGradec Lot #650 1867 part-entire to India "Per P&O Str Emeu" with scarce franking of '[crown]/THREE CENTS' on 1a brown SG 3 single & strip of 3 (Cat £380+ x20+ on cover) tied by 'B/172'-in-octagon h/s of Penang, superb 'GPO/MADRAS/OC12/1867/OVERLAND MAIL' (TPO ?) b/s in red. The Overprints were issued 1/9/1867. View details Estimate$500Price Realized$700StatusSold SymbolcGradea- Lot #651 1870 cover to Scotland "via Brinidisi with 2c brown single & pair and 32c pale red SG 18 (small faults, Cat £70 x12+ on cover) tied by 'PENANG/DE8/70 - D17' duplex (Proud #KD5), fair arrival b/s of JA9/71, minor soiling & repaired flap fault. [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] View details Estimate$500Price Realized$800StatusSold SymbolcGradeb Lot #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/ View details Estimate$850Price Realized$1,200StatusSold SymbolcGradeb Lot #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. View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold SymbolcGradec Lot #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. View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold SymbolcGradeb Lot #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. View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold SymbolcGradec Lot #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. View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold SymbolcGradea Lot #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) View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold SymbolpsGradea/b Lot #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. View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold SymbolcGradeb Lot #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 View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,600StatusSold SymboloGradea/b Lot #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. View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold SymbolsΔGradea/a- Lot #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 View details Estimate$600Price Realized$800StatusSold SymbolsΔ Lot #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) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$900StatusSold SymbolcpsGradea/b Lot #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) View details Estimate$150Price Realized$260StatusSold SymbolsΔc Lot #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] View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold SymbolsGradea a2 Lot #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) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$600StatusSold Symbolg/fGradea Lot #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] View details Estimate$400Price Realized$360StatusSold SymbolfGradea b1 Lot #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) View details Estimate$600Price Realized$850StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradea b1 Lot #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) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$300StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea/a- Lot #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) View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolv/fGradea/a- Lot #670 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain KGV Heads 2d orange Die I with the Watermark Inverted & Reversed SG4y, unmounted, Cat £120+ (for mounted). View details Estimate$100Price Realized$120StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradea c1 Lot #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. View details Estimate$1,800Price Realized$2,800StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradea/a+ Lot #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. View details Estimate$150Price Realized$280StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradea b1 Lot #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. View details Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolfGradea c1 Lot #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) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$460StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea/a- Lot #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] View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$2,200StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea b1 Lot #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. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$320StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea b1 Lot #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] View details Estimate$350Price Realized$420StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea b1 Lot #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. View details Estimate$150Price Realized$320StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb Lot #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) View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolc/clGradea/b Lot #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. View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb Lot #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 View details Estimate$750Price Realized$550StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- Lot #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! View details Estimate$300Price Realized$200StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea Lot #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. View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb Lot #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. ( ) View details Estimate$120Price Realized$90StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea Lot #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 View details Estimate$1,400StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolclGradeb Lot #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). View details Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcoGradeb Lot #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). View details Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSold SymbolcGradeb Lot #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. ( ) View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold SymbolpsGradeb Lot #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) " View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold SymbolpsGradea- Lot #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. View details Estimate$175StatusUnsold SymbolpsGradea Lot #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. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$300StatusSold SymboloΔc Lot #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. View details Estimate$200Price Realized$220StatusSold SymbolLGradeb Lot #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 View details Estimate$400Price Realized$320StatusSold Symbolcps Lot #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) View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Symbolcps Lot #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 View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$2,000StatusSold SymbolcGradea Lot #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] View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold SymbolcGradeb Lot #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. View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold SymbolclGradeb Lot #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. View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold SymbolpsGrade(b) Lot #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. View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold SymbolpsGradec Lot #700 INWARDS MAIL: 1890 commercial cover to Dr Carl Weinland at Stephansort with 10pf pair tied by very fine 'MORSUM' cds, fine 'FINSCHHAFEN' backstamp. View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold SymbolcGradea Lot #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] View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold SymbolpsGradeb Lot #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] View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold SymbolpsGrade(b) Lot #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. View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold SymbolpsGradea- Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345678|Next Previous 12345678 Next Previous 12345678 Next
