Stamps & Postal History (#126MG) 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) Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 901-1000 of 1348. Previous|1...7891011121314|Next Lot #906 1898-1907 W[crown]A 2d yellow imperforate block of 4 from the imprimatur sheet, full unmounted o.g. GSTex GSTSymbolP†Gradea View details Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold Lot #907 1901 Parliamentary Presentation Set ½d to 1/- being all the then current denominations plus Recess 2d 4d & 6d, all CTO with 7-bars canceller & with large-part o.g. Scarce. (14) SymbolvGradea b1 View details Quantity14Estimate$250Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #908 1902-11 V/Crown Single-Line Perf 12½ 2/- brownish red/yellow with the Watermark Sideways BW #W58Aaa, 'PARCEL POST/AP23/06/PERTH WA', Cat $500. [The ACSC states "...is rare in this perforation" with only one dated example recorded, of AU22/05. The same variety Perf 12x12½ BW #59Baa (SG 124a) is noted as "...not issued until 1909-1910"] GSTex GSTSymbolf†Gradea c1 View details Estimate$180StatusUnsold Lot #909 1905-12 Crown/A Perf 11 3d brown with the Watermark Sideways (Reversed) BW #W28aa (SG 153var), large-part o.g., Cat $750. Symbol*Gradea b1 View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold Lot #910 SPERATI FORGERIES: £1 orange-brown as SG 128 but with the Flawed Top of Second 'A' in 'AUSTRALIA' that is characteristic of the Sperati Forgery BW #W66c punctured 'WA', minor toning & soiling, very lightly cancelled, Cat $3000. RPSofV Certificate (2016). SymbolvGradeb b1 View details Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold Lot #911 REVENUES: Album with 'I R' Overprint in Green on 1d x7 plus various forgeries including in Red! on 6d, 'I R' Surcharges 1d, 2d x3, 3d & 6d x2 all postally used, Litho Long Swans good range including better values, small types to £5; Financial Emergency to £1, Hospital Fund long type to 10/- & Nurse five values to 2/-, Metropolitan Hospitals 6d, Telegraph Stamps 1d unused & postally used x5 and 6d with dubious cancel, etc, plus crude Swan forgeries x8. (240 approx) SymbolΩo View details Quantity240Estimate$800Price Realized$1,400StatusSold Lot #912 Handy batch of covers & PPCs with a few 1890s items including to Denmark (faults) & Sweden (with manuscript "Retur"), 1905 registered to GB, etc, PPCs include three 1902 usages, one cover & one PPC each with scarce franking of 'ONE PENNY' on 2d yellow, condition variable. (27) GSTex GSTSymbolC† View details Quantity27Estimate$300Price Realized$260StatusSold Lot #913 1872 (Sep 13) cover to Oxfordshire with scarce franking of Crown/CC Perf 12½ 6d indigo-violet SG 58 vertical pair (Cat £70+ x10+) tied by 15-bars '1' cancel of Perth (b/s), 'TETSWORTH/NO5/72' arrival b/s. Not in the Pope & Reynolds Census. GSTex GSTSymbolC†GradeB View details Estimate$500Price Realized$850StatusSold Lot #914 1874 (July 16) small cover to Oxfordshire with Crown/CC Perf 12½ 6d lilac SG 59 tied by 15-bars '1' of 'PERTH' (cds alongside), 'TETSWORTH/SP7/74' transit & 'CHINNOR' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. Not in the Pope & Reynolds Census. GSTex GSTSymbolC†GradeB View details Estimate$250Price Realized$280StatusSold Lot #915 1894 local cover with scarce franking of Long Type Postal Fiscals 2d SG F12 tied by Perth duplex, minor blemishes, Cat £80 x10+. GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb View details Estimate$250Price Realized$200StatusSold Lot #916 1897 overweight cover to "Black Flag South Gold Mine/Black Flag" with very scarce franking of 3d & 1/- tied by oval 'REGISTERED LETTER BRANCH/25JUN1897/POST OFFICE, ALBANY, WA' d/s (PMI #ORS2b) in violet, Kalgoorlie b/s but sadly with no Black Flag arrival, slightly truncated at left & a bit crumpled possibly from storage in a miner's vest pocket. SymbolclGradec View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold Lot #917 1900 Norddeutscher Lloyd PPC of "Königen Luise" with German 10pf tied by poor Seepost cds, to York with superb 'TRAVELLING POST OFFICE/ 1 /JA28/--/GSR WA' cds (no year slug) & light 'YORK' arrival duplex in purple. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$100Price Realized$80StatusSold Lot #918 1906-12 OHMS covers with punctured 'OS' 1d x2 (one underpaid to USA & taxed, the other to Switzerland with Swiss Postage Due 10c), 2d or 4d (locally registered but unclaimed), & 1907 with 'Fremantle Harbour Board' imprint to Melbourne with 1d x4 (no perfins), condition variable. (5) GSTex GSTSymbolCL†GradeB/C View details Quantity5Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot #919 1909 cover to Austria with ½d & 1d pair tied by 'DONNYBROOK' cds, Wien arrival b/s. Nothing special but included is the enclosed 'COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA/MONEY ORDER' for £1/3/- that was never cashed! (2) GSTex GSTSymbolC†GradeA View details Quantity2Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #920 FRANK HANDSTAMPS - PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/...' in blue very fine strike on 1898 envelope but overstruck on 'STORES MANAGER'S BRANCH PWD/...' h/s & both overstruck with Perth duplex; superb strike on similar 1900 envelope; and the rare 'PUBLIC WOBKS...' Error largely very fine strike on small piece. (3) SymbolcΔGradeB View details Quantity3Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Lot #921 FRANK HANDSTAMPS 'RAILWAY DEPARTMENT' Type 1 (6mm between 'R' of 'RAILWAY' & 'W' of 'WESTERN') superb strike in rosine partly obscured by equally superb 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/AU20/98' duplex on envelope to Sydney, minor blemishes. SymbolCLGradeB View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Lot #922 FRANK HANDSTAMPS 'RAILWAY DEPARTMENT' Type 3 (9mm between 'R' of 'RAILWAY' & 'W' of 'WESTERN'; and 'FRANK/STAMP' = 2mm High) very fine strike in purple on 1898 envelope to Fremantle, some toning. SymbolCLGradeB View details Estimate$100Price Realized$140StatusSold Lot #923 FRANK HANDSTAMPS 'RAILWAY DEPARTMENT' Type 3 (9mm between 'R' of 'RAILWAY' & 'W' of 'WESTERN'; and 'FRANK/STAMP' = 2mm High) largely very fine strike in violet on an unusual Railways Department "penalty" envelope, local usage at Kalgoorlie in 1898. Nice item. SymbolcGradeA View details Estimate$400Price Realized$460StatusSold Lot #924 FRANK HANDSTAMPS a very similar "penalty" envelope but with 'Her' over-stamped 'HIS' in Red, local usage at Kalgoorlie in 1901. SymbolcGradeA View details Estimate$400Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #925 FRANK HANDSTAMPS 'WORKS & RAILWAYS' superb large-part strike barely obscured by 'PERTH/MY21/1895/WESTERN AUSTRALIA - GPO' duplex, on envelope to Sydney (b/s), some faint toning. The latest recorded usage. [In 1895, this entity was split into the Public Works Department and the Railways Department] SymbolCLGradeB View details Estimate$250Price Realized$260StatusSold Lot #926 POSTAL FISCAL FRANKINGS: 1890s commercial covers 1) local usage with 1d; 2) to Queensland with 1d pair; 3) linen-lined to London with 3d & 6d plus Postage 2½d & 3d pair, defective; and 4) to Melbourne endorsed "Key enclosed" with 1/- tied by 'LOOSE SHIP LETTER' h/s of Adelaide (b/s), vertical fold at left. (4) GSTex GSTSymbolC/CL† View details Quantity4Estimate$500Price Realized$460StatusSold Lot #927 Range on Hagners with a good selection of Numerals including scarcer types, manuscript cancels, coloured datestamps, parcel post & ship mail types, 'LONDON/MB/...' (Mobile Box), etc, a few better stamps, condition variable; also "Postal Markings Compendium" by Goulder (2002). (160+ & book) Symbols/l View details Quantity160Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot #928 Extensive array about two-thirds on Swans, the balance on CofA mostly pre-decimal issues with many on piece, numerous very fine strikes & closed offices throughout, generally pedestrian but there are pickings. Inspection recommended. (many 100s) SymbolsΔ View details Quantity100Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot #929 Greenbushes Timber Mills: 10-bar dumb obliterator - not recorded in PMI - and very fine 'TIMBER MILLS GREENBUSHES/17DE1908/WESTERN AUSTRALIA' cds on PPC to Tasmania with 'BLACK-BRUSH/TAS' arrival cds. PO 1.5.1907; closed 30.10.1926. GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea a1 View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold Lot #930 Israelite Bay: Superb 1905 strikes on 2d orange Envelope to Albany (a bit spotty) & on a similar cut-out. (2) SymbolPSΔGradeA1+ View details Quantity2Estimate$100Price Realized$70StatusSold Lot #931 Mostly Postal Cards including ½d & 1d x2 each with 'SPECIMEN' handstamp, 1d CTO with concentric-circles cancel x2, 1½d on 2d with Double Surcharge (creased), 1½d CTO with Perth cds, 1d+1d & 1½d+1½d Reply Cards unused, etc, also 2d Letter Card & 2½d Envelope - corner fault - both CTO with concentric-circles cancel, & unused 3d Registration Envelope, a few blemishes but generally fine to very fine. (17) GSTex GSTSymbolPS† View details Quantity17Estimate$350Price Realized$280StatusSold Lot #932 Companion used group of mostly Postal Cards including 1899 1d to GB with '("1")/MORE TO PAY' h/s, ½d uprated to Croatia, 1d local usage with large framed 'LCR/PERTH - WA' duplex, 1½d on 3d x6, 1d on Surfaced Stock local usage & uprated to Germany, 1½d on 2d commercial usage to Adelaide, 'ONE PENNY' on 2d uprated with 'ONE PENNY' on 2d yellow to Germany, etc, also 2d Letter Card uprated to Switzerland (philatelic) & 2d Envelope uprated to Canada, condition variable but generally fine. (26) GSTex GSTSymbolPS† View details Quantity26Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #933 POSTAL CARDS: 1917 Re-Issue of Severed Reply Cards 1d(+1d) outward-half with 'THE ANNEXED CARD IS INTENDED/ONLY FOR THE REPLY' Barred-Out BW #P45, the card guillotined through the obliterated text, minor blemishes on the reverse, unused, Cat $8000. [John Sinfield's very fine example with the complete bars sold at our auction of 8/11/2013 for $8625] SymbolpsGradeb View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot #934 LETTER CARDS: Unused group with 1d Swan, 2d brown (scarcer than the 1d Swan), 2d blue with Text on Back x2 shades, 2d blue with No Text on Back, 'ONE PENNY' on 2d blue x2 shades, generally very fine. (7) GSTex GSTSymbolPS†Gradea/a- View details Quantity7Estimate$850StatusUnsold Lot #935 LETTER CARDS: 1d red with heading 'FOR USE WITHIN WESTERN AUSTRALIA' LC1, unused. [In WA in 1902, 1d paid the town letter rate only, 2d being the rate both intrastate and interstate, and also to New Zealand & Fiji. The 1d Letter Card is recorded from July 1902 & was withdrawn about October 1902. 2400 were delivered to Perth but very few examples have survived, especially used] SymbolpsGradea View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot #936 WRAPPERS: 1902 with Thick & Thin Border-Lines 1d rose-carmine #WR2 local usage with 'LC ROOM/PERTH WA - PO' duplex. GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Lot #937 WRAPPERS: 1903 with Thick Border-Lines ½d emerald #WR3, unused. GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold Lot #938 Large box of covers mostly related to China's Antarctic Programme, many on display pages, plus other Antarctic covers. Colourful. (100s) Symbolc View details Quantity100Estimate$200Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #939 AUSTRALIAN: 1911 Mawson Expedition cover with 'LOOSE SHIP'S LETTER/POSTED IN/ANTARCTICA/ [penguin]/SY AURORA/AAE' cachet overstruck with 'AUSTRALASIAN ANTARCTIC/EXPEDITION 1911/("JK Davis")/COMMANDER OF SHIP', to JJ Kinsey in New Zealand with Tasmanian 1d & Hobart cds of 11MAR13. "Aurora" returned to Antarctica in December 1912 to collect Douglas Mawson & his party. However, Mawson with Xavier Mertz & Belgrave Ninnes had set off in the same month on the Far Eastern Expedition. 300 miles out, GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea View details Estimate$1,850Price Realized$1,400StatusSold Lot #940 AUSTRALIAN: 1957-88 dealer's stock in two stockbooks, pre-decimal issues (at least 40 sets), 1966 Pictorials to $1 (20 sets), 1971 Treaty (40 sets), 1972 Cook (65 sets), 1973 Definitives (100+ sets), good range of later issues, mostly unmounted, plus some used/CTO. (Qty) GSTex GSTSymbol**ov†Gradea View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot #941 AUSTRALIAN: 1959 Pictorials 5d to 2/3d SG 2-5 x100 sets mostly in blocks, unmounted. Retail $1500. (500) GSTex GSTSymbol**†Gradea View details Quantity500Estimate$380StatusUnsold Lot #942 BRITISH: "The Heart of the Antarctic, being the story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909" by Ernest Shackleton (1909) published by William Heinemann, London, Volume One 371pp and Volume Two 418pp both bound with six-panel spines & raised bands, with gilt rules and titles, marbled endpapers, and a pocket at the back of Volume Two for maps etc. Outstanding pictorial content with photogravure frontispieces, four double-page photographic plates, 271 single-page photographic plates, 12 col GSTex GSTSymbolL†Gradea- View details Quantity2Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot #943 NEW ZEALAND: Mainly modern array of mostly corner blocks of 4 or 6, unmounted. Face value stated to exceed $NZ900. (few 100) Symbol**Gradea View details Quantity100Estimate$250Price Realized$220StatusSold Lot #944 NEW ZEALAND: 1911 return usage of German (10pf+)10pf Reply-Half unnecessarily with New Zealand ½d & 1d pair added, the message states "...the supply of Victoria Land stamps...is so limited that I am unable to comply with your request" & signed "JP Kinsey" over 'Official Representative/British Antarctic Expedition 1910'. Very unusual. GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold Lot #945 Mostly mint collection with 'ASCENSION' cds on GB KEVII 1d x5 & 2d, Overprints on St Helena plus 'SPECIMEN' Overpirnts, 1924-33 Badge set, KGV Pictorials & Jubilee, KGVI Pictorials apparently complete with listed perfs, Silver Wedding (**), QEII Pictorials & Birds, later unmounted issues, a few tonespots but generally very fine, Cat £2600+. (200 approx) some toning; estimate reduced to $400 Symbol*/** View details Quantity200Estimate$400Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #946 1945-89 Issues virtually complete to 1969 then rather patchy, includes 1945 Graz 'Osterreich' Overprints on Hitler (both settings of the High Values, no certificates) & 1946 Renner imperf corner examples, some hinge remainders but much is unmounted, Cat £3000+. (100s) Symbol*/** View details Quantity100Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot #947 1948 Costumes selection of mostly commercial covers either wholly or predominantly franked with this series, diverse range of destinations including Australia, Canada, France, Liechtenstein, Romania and Switzerland, noted two to Pusan (Korea), 1956 express airmail to Holland, 1957 censored airmail to Argentina with 2s x4, various to USA including 1950 censored airmail with 10s top value, 1951 large cover with 10c Postage Due for Customs Clearance and 1952 uprated illustrated postal card, also SymbolCpsGradeA/A- View details Quantity90Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold Lot #948 1946-48 Overprints ½d block of 8, 1d block of 10, 3d 6d & 1/- blocks of 16, 2/- & 5/- (Thin Paper, unusually well centred) blocks of 6, all marginal, unmounted, Cat $2900+ (SG £1850+). Advertised retail $2300+. (7 blocks) Symbol**Gradea View details Quantity7Estimate$1,000Price Realized$800StatusSold Lot #949 1946-48 Overprints ½d to 5/- both papers, well centred, unmounted, Cat $625. (8) Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Quantity8Estimate$200Price Realized$160StatusSold Lot #950 1946-48 Overprints ditto, plus 1d with Blue-Black Overprint, well centred, unmounted, Cat $725. (9) Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Quantity9Estimate$240Price Realized$180StatusSold Lot #951 1946-48 Overprints ½d to 5/- Thin Paper marginal blocks of 4, values to 1/- with Imprints, variable centring, unmounted, Cat $1600+. (7 blocks) Symbol**Gradea View details Quantity7Estimate$750Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot #952 1946-48 Overprints 6d with Blunt '4' being the second stamp in a lower-right corner pair, unmounted. Unlisted in the ACSC. GSTex GSTSymbol**†Gradea c1 View details Estimate$65Price Realized$100StatusSold Lot #953 1946-48 Overprints 5/- Thin Paper marginal example from the top of the lower pane with unlisted Missing Serif on 'B' & Break in Top of 'F', unmounted. GSTex GSTSymbol**†Gradea c1 View details Estimate$100Price Realized$120StatusSold Lot #954 1946-48 Overprints ½d to 5/- (Thick Paper) complete set tied to FDC sent airmail to Australia by 'AUST ARMY PO/-8MY47/241' cds used at BCOF Headquarters at Eta Jima, Cat $1500. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$400Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #955 Small mostly mint collection with a few 'C'-in-Bars on GB values, Surcharges on QV to 12pi on 2/6d used including 80pa on 5d with Small '0' SG 5a, KEVII 1911-13 to 24pi on 5/-, 1921 Seahorses, etc, & a few Control Blocks of 6; also a packet of covers including 1894 to GB with Small 'C'-in-Bars cancel & 'BRITISH POST OFFICE/CONSTANTINOPLE' cds in red, 1891 1d Postal Card to GB with hooded 'BEYROUTH/BRITISH POST OFFICE' d/s, 1894 wrapper from Smyrna to Germany with ½d orange, a few PPCs, etc, Symbol*oc View details Quantity218Estimate$500Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot #956 Mostly mint collection with Barbados including 1873 5/- (used, typically faded), QV to 5/-, 1892-1903 set, 1897-99 Jubilee White Paper 10d & 2/6d and Blued Paper 2/6d, 1905 set, 1906-07 Nelsons, 1912-16 KGV set, 1916-19 set, Victory set, 1921-24 set1925-35 & 1938-47 sets, Victory 1½d Two Flags on Tug in positional block, etc; British Guiana including 1931 Centenary, KGV Pictorials, KGVI Pictorials plus some perfs, etc; and Turks & Caicos with 1900-04 1909-11 1913-21 1922-26 1928 & 1938-45 sets, Symbol* View details Quantity100Estimate$1,000Price Realized$900StatusSold Lot #957 BAHAMAS: Mostly mint collection including QV to £1, KEVII to £1, Staircase sets, KGV both watermarks to £1, War Tax Overprints, KGVI to 5/- x4 (one unmounted) & £1 x2 (one unmounted), Columbus set, Weedding, UPU imprint blocks of 4 (**), Eleuthera set (hinge remainders), etc, also three covers, condition a bit variable, Cat £2300+. (300+) [some toning; estimate reduced to $600] Symbol* View details Quantity300Estimate$600Price Realized$650StatusSold Lot #958 BAHAMAS: Bundle of covers including 1878 to GB with 6d pair tied by 'AO5' cancels (badly stained), 1908 registered to USA with Staircase 5d x4, etc, handy Postal Stationery with Postal Cards including QEII 3d 4d & 5c all very fine unused, etc, condition variable; also three stamp forgeries. (33 + 3 stamps) Symbolcps View details Quantity36Estimate$75Price Realized$40StatusSold Lot #959 BAHAMAS: Bulging album of QEII philatelic covers 'ABRAHAM BAY' to 'WILLIAMS TOWN' with numerous tiny POs & great names including 'BINNACLE HILL', 'CHEROKEE SOUND', 'DEADMANS CAY', 'DEVILS POINT', 'GREAT GUANO CAY', 'JAMES CISTERN', 'TRUE BLUE', 'WEMYSS BIGHT' etc, many rubber datestamps including 1962 'BIMINI' in blue, 1962 'FOX TOWN', 1963 unframed 'INAGUA' in blue, 1961 'KEMPS BAY' (very worn), 1940s 'LANDRAIL POINT', 1962 'McKINNONS' (LRD), 1970 'MARSH HARBOUR' (commercial), 1963 'PIRATES WEL Symbolc View details Quantity112Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold Lot #960 BARBADOS: Postal Stationery group including Envelopes QV "Penny Pink" & '½d.' Handstamp on "Penny Pink" complete packs with Post Office bands inscribed 'TWENTY-FOUR/POSTAGE ENVELOPES/...', '½d.' on 1d locally used, and a good all-different range of mostly oversize unused QV Registration Envelopes including Size K x2 & Size F fine used to GB in 1887 with black/white registration label, some minor spotting/soiling. A good lot. (18 + two packs) SymbolpsGradea/b View details Quantity18Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold Lot #961 BERMUDA: 1938-53 KGVI Keyplates £1 purple & black/red SG 121 corner block of 4 (margins reduced) with 'HAMILTON/26JUN41/BERMUDA' cds & £1 deep reddish purple & black/pale red SG 121c block of 4 with 'ST GEORGES/29JUL43/BERMUDA' cds; Cat £700++. (2 blocks) SymbolvGradea b1 View details Quantity2Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold Lot #962 BRITISH GUIANA - REVENUES: Inland Revenue Palmtrees to $20 x3 including mint $1 $5 & $6 plus apparently Imperforate $12 & $16, 1888 Surcharges 72c to $4 complete, 1889 Ships $2.40 to $12 complete set; Summary Jurisdiction 1865-87 issues to 96c x2, condition variable but many are fine to very fine. [On small pages stated to be from the reference collection that was the basis for the 1920s Forbin revenues catalogue] (63) Symbol*o View details Quantity63Estimate$400Price Realized$480StatusSold Lot #963 ST VINCENT: 5/- rose-red Perf 11-12½ SG 32, characteristic rough perfs, lightly mounted, Cat £1100. Symbol*GradeA A2 View details Estimate$500Price Realized$440StatusSold Lot #964 JAPANESE OCCUPATION: 1942 Handstamped with Peacock Device at Myaungmya on KGVI 1r purple & blue SG J18 block of 4, minor aging, unmounted, Cat £1800+. GSTex GSTSymbol**†GradeB View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot #965 NEWFOUNDLAND: 1933 "Labrador" Airs 5c to 75c complete set of die proofs in black on wove paper, each with Die Number in reverse at upper-left (incomplete on the 30c & 75c). Very scarce. [We have been advised by John Walsh, editor of the "Newfoundland Specialized Catalog" that only three sets exist. If these were Australian die proofs of similar vintage & rarity, they would be worth $15,000+ each] (5) GSTex GSTSymbolP†Gradea View details Quantity5Estimate$4,000StatusUnsold Lot #966 1834 clean entire with almost fine '[crown]/COLOMBO/POST FREE' d/s, 1888-90 three stampless entires to the Government Agent at Jaffna, 1889 document with large 'KHACHACHERI/JAFFNA' cds, 1968 commem cover, and embossed 'CEYLON/STAMP [crown] DUTY/ONE THOUSAND/RUPEES' in orange strip of 3. (7) GSTex GSTSymbolC† View details Quantity7Estimate$200Price Realized$160StatusSold Lot #967 1900-2000s collection in three albums mostly mint including KEVII CA set with fine 2r25 and MCA set with fine 5r & 10r with rounded corner, KGV to 50r (toning) with 5r x4, 10r x2 & a very fine 20r Die 2 (Cat £325), 'War Stamp' double and inverted overprints, 1927 to 10r, 1935 Pictorials, KGVI Pictorials & 10r Revenue, 1951 Pictorials, thereafter mostly unmounted including 1958 Redrawn Pictorials, 1964 Pictorials, 1971 Surcharges 15c on 10c March and 25c on 6c Lamp both with the Surcharge Invert Symbol**/*OGradeA/A- View details Quantity100Estimate$400Price Realized$1,000StatusSold Lot #968 1832 large-part OHMS entire endorsed "Ratnapoora Catchery June Sixteen 1832" & signed at lower-left, to Kandy with largely very fine strikes of the previously unrecorded 'RATNAPOORA' & 'FREE' handstamps, overall damp-spotting that is not unattractive. An exciting new discovery of a significant rarity. Ted Proud states Ratnapura opened only in 1861, while Geoff Oxley's ERD for any Ratnapura marking is 1858. Here is proof that there was a post office at Ratnapura as early as 1832. [The strikes are GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradec View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #969 REVENUES: Collection mounted on small pages with Foreign Bill 1862 Long Types x9 values to £1, 1862 embossed 1/8d & 3/4d, good range of Surcharges, KEVII to 3r x3; 'JUDICIAL' Overprints QV to 20r, Surcharges including 1r on 2r & 1r on 100r, KEVII to 5r; Stamp Duty 1872 Lilacs to 20r, 1872 New Colours to 20r, 1873-81 Wmk CA selection of Surcharges, KEVII to 20r; Warehouse Warrant 1871 1/- (unused), Overprints including 1873 5c with Red Overprint; etc, condition variable but many are fine to very Symbolo View details Quantity300Estimate$1,200Price Realized$1,900StatusSold Lot #970 SRI LANKA: 1960s-1990s colourful array of M/Ss with minor duplication, some CTO, unmounted. High thematic content. (120) GSTex GSTSymbol**V†GradeA/A- View details Quantity120Estimate$150StatusUnsold Lot #971 SRI LANKA: Box of First Day Covers with minor duplication, condition variable with lots of staining/toning in the earlier issues, unaddressed. High thematic content. Stated to be 728 items. GSTex GSTSymbolC† View details Estimate$200Price Realized$260StatusSold Lot #972 Chinese New Year collection in two bulging albums, another album, packets & display pages with stamps, M/Ss, covers etc from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong & Macau plus some related material from the Philippines and Australia & Territories, etc, a few problems noted but generally very fine. Lots of bang for your buck! (Qty) Symbol**oc View details Estimate$500Price Realized$950StatusSold Lot #973 1897 'IMPERIAL CHINESE POST' $5 imperforate plate proof horizontal pair in deep green & pale rose on ungummed watermarked paper from the right of the sheet. [Jane & Dan Sten Olsson's single sold 31.7.2010 for $HK1840] GSTex GSTSymbolP†Gradea View details Estimate$500Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #974 1962 Mei Lan-Fang 4f to 50f as SG 2037-2044 but Imperforate set of marginal imprint singles, the 22f with a few very minor adhesions on the reverse otherwise unmounted, Cat £11,000. (8) Symbol**Gradea-/a+ View details Quantity8Estimate$6,500StatusUnsold Lot #975 1980 Chinese New Year (Monkey) 8f Macaque SG 2968, characteristic minor black marks on the reverse, unmounted, Cat £1600. Symbol**Gradea a1 View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,900StatusSold Lot #976 1980 Chinese New Year (Monkey) 8f Macaque SG 2968 tied to unaddressed China Stamp Company First Day Cover by 1980.2.15 cds in red, Cat £750 as a used stamp. SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,600StatusSold Lot #977 1980 Chinese New Year (Monkey) 8f Macaque SG 2968 on registered internal cover, Cat £750 as a used stamp. SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$500Price Realized$900StatusSold Lot #978 PROVINCES - COMMUNIST: North China: 1948 Mao Tse-tung Lithographed at Pingshan Perf 10-11 $500 vermilion vertical pair & $1000 horizontal pair as SG NC62A & 63A but both Imperforate Between, no gum as issued. Unlisted by Gibbons. SymbolΩGradea View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot #979 1963 PPC ("Cocos Island/Altitude 10 Feet") to the USA correctly rated with 1963 Pictorials 1/- tied by #3 cds of 10DE63 & endorsed "Recd 12-16-63" (16th December) proving carriage by air. SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot #980 Five stockbooks of decimal Cook Islands/Aitutaki/Penrhyn/Niue/Tokelau array with lots of blocks of 4 including OHMS Overprints, unmounted. Terrific thematic content. (100s) Symbol**Gradea View details Quantity100Estimate$250Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #981 1921-27 Surcharges on Pictorials accumulation of large blocks, part-sheets & some complete sheets between Scott #136 & 153 with innumerable "errors" noted on the interleaving, includes impressive quantities of many values including 1g on 3t #146 sheet of 100, ½g on 8g #148 sheet of 100 & 1g on 12g #153 block of 40 & half-sheet of 50, etc, the vast majority are very fine unmounted mint. An exceptional research or wholesale opportunity. (many 100s) Symbol** View details Quantity100Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot #982 1951 Abbaye Bridge die proof of the frame only in indigo & 1955 Ethiopian Airlines die proofs of the frame only in green (weak impression at right), maroon or red, all on thin wove paper with large margins. Very attractive. Ex De La Rue Archives. (4) SymbolPGradea View details Quantity4Estimate$150StatusUnsold Lot #983 POSTAL HISTORY: 1931 four apparently commercial covers to Dire-Daoua all with current adhesives (three roughly opened), also flight covers from Djibouti 1930 with '2.SERVICE AVION/Djibouti-Addis' h/s x2 (both roughly opened, one possibly commercial) & 1931 with similar h/s for the Fifth Flight & registered, 1942 Au Service du Maréchal registered cover with Somali '10F' on 5fr, & a few others. Scarce material. (13 items) Symbolc/co View details Quantity13Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot #984 1878-79 No Watermark 6d blue-green SG 3 corner block of 10 (4x3, missing units 9 & 10) from the upper-right of the left-hand pane, a couple of minor varieties noted, some perf separation/rejoining, large-part o.g. with two units being unmounted, Cat £1100++. A rare & desirable multiple. Symbol*/**Gradea View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot #985 1933 Centenary of British Administration 5/- Penguin SG 136, well centred, the gum a little aged, Cat £950. GSTex GSTSymbol*†Gradeb b1 View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #986 1933 usage of blue/white formular Registration Envelope size H, to Switzerland with rare franking of Centenary 1/- Government House (Cat £100 x5+), the registration label damaged on opening, minor blemishes. [A philatelic registered cover with the 6d Whale sold at auction in -/11/2014 for £456] SymbolpsGradeb View details Estimate$240Price Realized$180StatusSold Lot #987 POSTMARKS: 'NADI AIRPORT/PO FIJI' undated triple-circle rubber three fine to superb strikes in violet with separate date handstamp of '6JUN1947' on KGVI 5d pair & 1/- x2 on airmail cover to USA paying double 1/5d per ½oz rate, light vertical fold clear of stamps and markings hardly detracts. Rare & desirable. [In use for 18 days only from opening of PO on 26.5.1947] SymbolCLGradeA- a1+ View details Estimate$600Price Realized$650StatusSold Lot #988 LAOS: De Luxe Proof sets (130mm x 100mm) plus imperf sheetlets of 4 (127mm x 85mm) for each denomination as sent from the Ministry of Posts and Communications to the Australian Ambassador, comprising 1961 Temples & Statues, 1962 King Savang Vatthana, Malaria Eradication, Philatelic Exhibition and 1963 Freedom from Hunger, also 1963 Freedom From Hunger SG MS131a (2) & FDCs (9), Centenary of Red Cross SG MS134a (4) & FDCs (2), 4k Human Rights SG135a imperf vertical pair ** & FDCs (4), 1964 Nubian Symbol**CGradeA View details Quantity60Estimate$200Price Realized$160StatusSold Lot #989 NEW CALEDONIA: Airmail group with 1931 (May 4) internal flight Kone-Nouméa per Clifford Brown & Victor Roffey, 10c 15c & 25c x2 each tied by private 'PAR AVION' h/s, Nouméa arrival b/s, 1939 (Mar 24) Nouméa-Paris with typed "Par Avion MARTINET", 90c 1fr 2fr & 5fr each with private flight cachet & tied by 'NOUMEA' cds, Paris arrival b/s of 4-4/39. See AAMC #845, 1966-2000 flights by UTA x10 including to & from Bahrain, AOM x5, Air Caledonie x2; also Wallis et Futuna 1947 TRAPAS x7 SymbolCGradeA/B View details Quantity40Estimate$200Price Realized$260StatusSold Lot #990 SOMALI COAST: 1942 'FRANCE LIBRE' Overprints 5fr 10fr & 20fr SG 340-2 upper-left corner blocks of 4 with engine-turning in the margins, unmounted, Cat £700+. Pristine! (3 blocks) Symbol**Gradea+ b1 View details Quantity3Estimate$350StatusUnsold Lot #991 NORTH GERMAN CONFEDERATION: 1870 cover front to Melbourne "via Marseilles" with Numerals Rouletted 5gr brown and Perf 14x14½ 1gr red & 2gr blue tied 'BONN/24 2/70' cds paying 7gr letter rate + 1gr surcharge for carriage via France with 'PRUSSE/25/FEVR/70/3 ERQUELINES 3' Travelling Post Office transit cds in blue & 'PD' h/s in red on face. [Includes the original letter, in English] SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot #992 Two expensive Leuchtturm hingeless albums with West Germany including 1949-53 issues SG 1033-1098 complete, 1955 Relief Fund set, then sparse coverage to 1977; and Berlin 1949-54 Buildings, Goethe 20pf & 30pf, and oddments to 1978; Cat £1600+. Symbolo View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot #993 Heavy Safe hingeless albums with 1960-80 issues for West Germany and West Berlin both about 95% complete including M/Ss, unmounted. (100s) GSTex GSTSymbol**† View details Quantity100Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot #994 WEST GERMANY: Two volumes collection with mint including 1949 Relief Fund, 1950 Bach, Posthorns 90pf (hinge remainder), 1951 St Mary's Church 10pf & Relief Fund, Rontgen block of 4 (gum blemishes), 1953 Transport Exhibition & Relief Fund 30pf, Heuss set to Dm3, 1954 Relief Fund, etc etc; plus excellent used material including 1949 Parliament x2 sets, UPU x4 & Relief Fund x3 sets, 1950 Bach x4, Posthorns set, 1951 St Mary's Church + extra 20pf, Exhibition & Relief Fund, 1952 Youth Hostels Symbol*/**o View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,600StatusSold Lot #995 WEST GERMANY: Eight slim volumes of philatelic & commercial covers and Postal Cards. NO RESERVE. (100s) Symbolcps View details Quantity100Estimate$75StatusUnsold Lot #996 EAST GERMANY: 1948-85 issues largely complete except for the better M/Ss, generally very fine. (100s) Symbolo View details Quantity100Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSold Lot #997 1933-41 illustrated album published by 'Volk und Reich Verlag, Berlin' (1937) filled with used stamps and postal cards including some Occupation issues, noted 1933 Zeppelin 'Chicagofahrt' overprints set (Schlegel expertising handstamps) and 'Nothilfe' Wagner Operas, 1934 Airmails and 'Nothilfe' Professions, 1935 Ostropa minisheet, 1936 Berlin Olympics including minisheets, 1939 overprints on Danzig, Officials 1934 and 1938, also Bohemia and Moravia 1939 overprints (Gilbert expertising handstamps SymbolO/PSGradeA/A- View details Quantity100Estimate$1,200Price Realized$900StatusSold Lot #998 1933-45 mint collection mostly complete from late 1933 onwards with many extras including positional pieces, blocks, shade & gum varieties, noted 1933 Hindenburg 'Lozenges' Watermark set, 1933 Nothilfe Charity Anniversary overprints strip of 4 from minisheet, 1934 Airmails, 1935 Ostropa block and singles (gum removed), 1939 Car Expo set plus overprints, 1939 overprints on Danzig, Charity semi-postals complete from 1934 onwards, minisheets for Berlin Olympics including Thick Paper, Hitler's Birth Symbol**/ΩGradeA/A- View details Quantity100Estimate$3,600Price Realized$2,700StatusSold Lot #999 1933-45 used collection complete with many extras including some on piece, First Day and Commemorative cancels, marginal markings and positional blocks, noted 1933 'Chicagofahrt' Zeppelin overprints plus extra 1 Mark tied 'FRIEDRICHSHAFEN' d/s on piece with Zeppelin cachet, 1933 Wagner Operas with both perforations plus a few FDI cancels and se-tenant blocks, 1933 Charity 10th Anniversary overprint singles, 1935 Ostropa minisheet and separate block of 4, Brown Ribbon Horseracing minisheets and SymbolO/ΔGradeA View details Quantity100Estimate$3,600Price Realized$2,700StatusSold Lot #1000 1933-45 mint range including some positional pieces and varieties, noted 1933 Hindenburg 'Lozenges' Watermark set plus 'Swastika' Watermark set with rotary press margins, 1933 Frederick the Great, 1934 Airmails, 1936 Olympics & 1937 Relief booklet panes, 1941 Hitler booklet panes and se-tenants, 1942 Postal Congress plate flaws x2, also 1934 Officials, mostly in fine unmounted condition, Cat €3500+. (100+) Symbol**GradeA View details Quantity100Estimate$1,000Price Realized$800StatusSold Lot #1001 1933-45 used range mostly with cds cancels including numerous on piece some with commemorative cancels, noted 1933 'Chicagofahrt' Zeppelin overprints set, 1933 Wagner basic set x2 plus extra 40pf, 1935 Ostropa minisheet x2 and set x2, 1937 Brown Ribbon Horseracing overprinted minisheet, 1939 Car Racing overprints set x2 on piece, 1945 Last Issue with presumably back-dated cancels (not counted), condition generally fine, Cat €6,000+. (100+) SymbolO/ΔGradeA View details Quantity100Estimate$1,800StatusUnsold Lot #1002 1933-45 mint selection of Michel-listed plate flaws including 1933 8pf Hindenburg 'Open D', 1936 25pf Händel '1585 for 1685', 1936 6pf Guericke 'Extra Lock of Hair' (with Schlegel 2010 photo certificate), 1936 3pf Community Congress 'M for IV', 1940 6pf Behring 'Mark on Cheek', 1941 6+4pf Mozart 'Dot above O', 1942 Postal Congress group, 1943 8+22pf Hitler's Birthday 'Lower Right Frame Line', 1943 24+26pf Munich March 'Dot on Collar' in block (listed but unpriced), 1944 54+96pf Hitler 'Broken Symbol**GradeA View details Quantity153Estimate$1,800StatusUnsold Lot #1003 1933-45 used selection of Michel-listed plate flaws including 1935 25pf Railways 'Eisenbahr', 1935 Party Day pair both with 'Missing Shading In Eagle's Feathers', 1937 15pf Relief 'Dipstick On Weathervane', 1940 6pf Behring 'Mark On Cheek' in positional block of 4, 1941 6pf Vienna Fair 'Line Through 6', 1942 3pf Postal Congress 'Dot Before 3', 1943 3pf Workers 'Light Cap Emblem' and 1945 Volkssturm 'Mark On Head', also 1935 Party Day pair both inverted watermark, 1936 Berlin Olympics minisheets SymbolOGradeA View details Quantity32Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold Lot #1004 Deutsche Reichspost Presentation Folder containing 1935 Railways Anniversary set, 40pf Lufthansa Anniversary, Nothilfe Charity Costumes set and 1937 Winterhilfswerk Charity Ships set, bound with red, white and black ribbon and stamps mounted in place, along with the embossed cover note for presentation of folder by the German Delegation to the 1938 International Telecommunications Conferences in Cairo. Symbol*GradeA View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot #1005 1933 Hindenburg 3pf to 100pf 'Lozenges' Watermark Mi #482-495 unmounted set all with rotary press upper marginal inscriptions, a couple of stamps with very minor gum imperfections, Cat €2700+. (14) Symbol**GradeA/A- View details Quantity14Estimate$800StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1...7891011121314|Next1234567891011121314 Previous 1234567891011121314 Next Previous 1234567891011121314 Next
