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 1101-1200 of 1348. Previous|1...7891011121314|Next Lot #1106 1934 Re-Engraved Seahorses 2/6d 5/- & 10/- (marginal example) SG 450-2, well centred, unmounted, Cat £575 mounted (Spec Cat £1120 unmounted). (3) Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Quantity3Estimate$600Price Realized$500StatusSold Lot #1107 1939-48 KGVI High Values 2/6d (both) to £1 SG 476-8c, well centred, all but the 5/- are marginal examples, unmounted, Cat £425. (6) Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Quantity6Estimate$300Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #1108 1948 Silver Wedding £1 SG 494 corner block of 4 with Control Number '1', excellent centring, Spec Cat £200+. Symbol**Gradea a1 View details Estimate$120Price Realized$90StatusSold Lot #1109 1951 Festival of Britain 2/6d to £1 SG 509-512 corner blocks of 4, well centred, unmounted, Cat £400+. (4 blocks) Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Quantity4Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot #1110 1952-70 "Queen Elizabeth II Pre-decimal Issues" complete as issued in expensive Gibbons "Oriel" album with slipcase with only the cheaper Definitive sets but including all the Phosphor commemoratives, unmounted, Cat £380+. (400+) Symbol**Gradea View details Quantity400Estimate$250Price Realized$220StatusSold Lot #1111 OFFSHORE ISLANDS: Expensive German hingeless albums with Guernsey, Isle of Man & Jersey all virtually complete to 1997 (Isle of Man) or 1998 including se-tenants, M/Ss & sheetlets, unmounted. (Qty) Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #1112 Royal Navy group comprising 1864 cover from Uruguay endorsed "From Wm Wiggett HMS Bombay SAmerica" which looks as if it was rescued from the fire that destroyed the ship!; 1866 large-part officer's front endorsed "Via Panama" with 1d & 6d and docketed "written at Vancouver/Febry 1866"; 1898 defective cover endorsed "From AE Ballard ERA HMS Surprise" with Malta ½d green pair; 1895 German 5pf Postal Card to an English sailor from HMS "Endymion" at Kiel, redirected to HMS "Tamar" in England with Symbolc View details Quantity5Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot #1113 Mail to Tasmania including 1850 small-part & 1857 banner from London Illustrated News both with 1d, 1856 with Embossed 6d pair (cut-square, the right-hand unit just touched at the base), 1862 with 1/- SG 72, 1869 entire with 10d (marginal with part 'TAGE' inscription), 1872 two Prices Current with 1d, etc, condition variable. Ex Koichi Sato. (12) GSTex GSTSymbolcΔ† View details Quantity12Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot #1114 1907 (Oct) "Daily Graphic" Expedition PPC of a Balloon over a Riverine Landscape, to London with Swedish 1o only tied by 'MELLERUD/12/12/1907' cds & with 'T'-in-octagon h/s, London arrival cds of DE16/07 & superb '2D/FB' h/s. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot #1115 1912 complete 'MARCONI'S WIRELESS TELEGRAPH CO/...CHELMSFORD' parcel label (150x95mm) with private 'PARCEL POST.' & '11APR1912' handstamps both in violet, KEVII 6d purple tied by heavy 'CHELMSFORD'-in-Bars cancel & with part large-boxed 'PARCEL [Coat of Arms] CHELMSFORD/...' datestamp at left confirming the postage of "6", addressed to "Marconi Operator/RMS Titanic/co The White Star Line/Southampton", affixed to a slightly larger piece from the packet, minor creasing & blemishes. A marvellous pi SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$20,000StatusUnsold Lot #1116 1912 three PPCs of the "Titanic" 1) unused with pencilled notes re the disaster; 2) used with 'BINGHAMTON NY/MAY2/1912' cancel, light crease; & 3) used with 'LYNN MASS/MAY4/1912' cancel & signed "Ella"; also PPCs of the sister-ship "Majestic" 1) by Irving Underhill (NY), unused; & 2) White Star Line advertising card used in 1927, bumped corners; plus small straining spoon with enamelled White Star emblem & 'RMS MAJESTIC'. [We are mindful of the fact that many "Titanic" cards are actually of her Symbolc/?Gradea/b View details Quantity6Estimate$500Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #1117 1933 flight cover to India with four fine to superb strikes - two on the back - of 'MONETARY & ECONOMIC CONFERENCE/29JU/33/LONDON' cds & Conference registration label. GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold Lot #1118 POSTAL CARDS: 1870 Smaller Size ½d lilac with 'GOTH' woodcut illustration of a Bacchanale dated 'March 8 1871' in black on the reverse, minor blemishes, unused. Ex Keith Harrison. [In about 1868, Ernest Claude Lee & a small circle of friends founded a society called "Picts & Goths". Their promotional postcards are among the very earliest pictorial types from Great Britain. A related "PICTS" card sold at our auction of 14.12.2015 for $529] GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradeb View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot #1119 POSTAL CARDS: 1878 1½d with (1891) 'ROYAL NAVAL EXHIBITION/TOP OF EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE' & illustration of the Lighthouse in Blue on the reverse, two examples with Exhibition pictorial datestamp in violet (a light but clear strike) or blue (superb strike); another with 'GARDENING AND FORESTRY EXHIBITION 1893' & illustration of the Lighthouse in Blue on the reverse, very fine Exhibition pictorial datestamp of OCT14/1893 in violet (Cat £400) and very fine 'CHISWICK' arrival datestamp; minor blemish GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea-/b View details Quantity3Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold Lot #1120 POSTMARKS: Three volumes of PPCs all selected for the postmarks with two volumes of mostly duplex cancellations & one volume of squared-circle datestamps plus a selection of Mobile Boite dock-side usages, numerous very fine to superb strikes, many cards are used from the towns depicted, many better cards with some Undivided Backs including one with photo affixed to the view-side, many towns & villages, smaller churches, Cornwall & Wales, etc, advertising cards for P&O x2, "The Great Anglican Symbolc View details Quantity100Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot #1121 1992-97 Miniature Sheets comprising 1992 $10 Columbian Stamp Expo x23, 1996 $10 Olympics x64, 1997 $5 Serving the Community x77 & Year of the Ox x179, unmounted. Face value $HK3400 approximately. (343) GSTex GSTSymbol**†Gradea View details Quantity343Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSold Lot #1122 1840 (Jan 2) entire headed "Ship Mount Stuart Elphinstone" & signed "Sam Thomas" to New South Wales "pr Indus" with boxed 'CALCUTTA/GPO/SHIP LETTER/10FEB10/1840' datestamp in red on back, rated "1/7" in black to collect for 1/- packet rate, 3d coastal ship letter rate plus 4d inland rate, carried via Port Phillip with first type 'MELBOURNE/JE30/1840/NEW.S.WALES' d/s transit on face and 'GENERAL POST OFFICE/JY12/1840/SYDNEY' arrival b/s (White # S5), minor defects. A scarce origin/destination ite SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot #1123 1848 cover to "Mr J Walch/Care of Major Walch/Wellington Bridge/Hobart Town/Van Diemen's Land" endorsed "Via Singapore/..." with very fine boxed 'POONA/1848JULY30/Paid ("2A")' d/s in red, very fine boxed 'SINGAPORE/SHIP LETTER/184("8 Sep 5th/Bearing' (Proud #SL1; rated 3000 points) & almost superb 'GPO/[crown]/NO*28/1848/ SOUTH AUSTRALIA' transit b/s & small '19DE19/1848' arrival b/s of Hobart. An outstanding origin/destination item in this period, especially for the scenic route via Singapore & SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold Lot #1124 1858 entire letter headed "Calcutta 22nd Feby 1858" to Launceston "p Scotia" with East India 1a brown (consignee's rate?) & fair 'CAL/GPO' b/s in red, diamond arrival b/s of 26MY26/1858, forwarded to Hobart with rounded-boxed arrival d/s of the next day on the face, ironed-out horizontal filing fold. A very scarce origin/destination cover. GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb View details Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot #1125 1948-79 mostly mint with tabs in two Lighthouse hingeless albums with 1949 10pr Stamp Anniversary M/S * & virtually complete from 1951 including 1000pr Menora **, 1951 Officials, 1952 Postage Dues,1955 Tribes of Israel **,1963 55a Bird in Hand full sheet of 16 booklet stamps (includes 4 têtê-bêche pairs) **. (100s) Symbol*/** View details Quantity100Estimate$300Price Realized$340StatusSold Lot #1126 WORLD WAR I PRISONERS OF WAR MAIL: Excellent group from the camps at Aongahara with two covers to Germany, a beautiful 1918 POW Christmas card to Germany, & POW envelope with printed boxed '.../AONGAHARA' in pale blue to Schleswig-Holstein with British & German censor labels; Bando envelope with printed boxed '.../Bando' & huge oval POW cachet in rosine, and 1919 letter to China with printed 'Bando ben' in red at upper-right; Fukuoka Japanese PPCs to Germany & Switzerland and cover to Germany, t GSTex GSTSymbolcps†Gradea/b View details Quantity15Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,000StatusSold Lot #1127 TAIWAN: 1930 PPC ("View of Takao City") to Narrogin, Western Australia with Chrysanthemum 3s red tied 'TAINAN/17.5.30/TAIWAN/JAPAN' cds underpaying the 6s foreign postcard rate and taxed with 'CTMS/T' h/s in violet and manuscript "T"-in-circle alongside, Sydney arrival of 9JY30 on view side but no evidence of collection of postage due, message written in Esperanto giving "671 Kagi Formosa Japanujo" as return address. [Taiwan Province was ceded to Japan by Qing China after losing the First Sino-J SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot #1128 Inwards mail 1915 Turkey to Mozambique forwarded to "Kiboscho/Kilimanjaro DOA"; 1915 Greek Occupation of Chios 5L Postal Card uprated to "Arucha Deutsch-ost-Afrika" censored on arrival with 'Zensur passiert/Deutsch-Ostafrika' Eagle cachet in red on face; 1916 Turkey to "Kiboscho/Kilimanjaro BEA"; then 1944-45 four Greek Hyper-Inflation items to Tanganyika; condition variable. Remarkable origin/destination group. (4) SymbolC View details Quantity4Estimate$400Price Realized$700StatusSold Lot #1129 BRITISH EAST AFRICA: 1895 BEA Overprints on BEAC 7½a black with the Overprint Double SG 41a, 'MOMBASA' squared-circle cancel, Cat £650. GSTex GSTSymbolf†Gradea b1 View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot #1130 STRAITS SETTLEMENTS: 1906 KEVII Wmk MCA $25 grey-green & black SG 139 overprinted 'SPECIMEN', lightly mounted, Cat £475. Symbol*GradeA B1 View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot #1131 STRAITS SETTLEMENTS: 1915 (Mar 24) usage of 3c Postal Card with mss cancellation only, to Switzerland with 'LUZERN/27.1V.15/ BRIEFTRAGER' cds where redirected to Germany. From a German POW at Singapore who states, in English, "...I was indeed jolly pleased that Erwin has got the Iron Cross...he must have done some excellent work...for our Fatherland...all we prisoners will be transferred to Australia at the beginning of next week from reasons I cannot tell you...". Ex Neil Russell. [The censor w GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea View details Estimate$500Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #1132 JAPANESE OCCUPATION: 1943 Malayan Postal Union Postage Dues 4c green with vertical Type 2 Overprint SG JD36 marginal block of 10, couple of minor gum spots, unmounted, Cat £650+. Symbol**GradeA- A1 View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot #1133 1918 usage of 'Prisoners of War' Lettersheet to Germany with letter headed "Malta 5 September 1918" & endorsed on the flap "William Langner.../St Clements Camp/Malta", light oval 'SERVICE OF PRISONER OF WAR/MALTA' cachet in violet. Ex Neil Russell. [Stated to be from a sailor from the SMS "Emden", sunk off Cocos Islands in 1914] GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea- View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold Lot #1134 1858-2000s collection on Hagner pages including 1900 Arms to 2r50, KGV Script set, later unmounted including KGVI 10r purple, 10r Silver Wedding, 1953 QEII Pictorials, 1965 Birds & 1969 Marine Life, a few problems but generally fine condition. High thematic content. (100s) Symbol**/*GradeA/A- View details Quantity100Estimate$400Price Realized$480StatusSold Lot #1135 IRAQ: Collection with duplicated ranges of Mosul Overprints & Iraq Overprints including 1918-21 to 10r on 100pi mint & used plus Imprint blocks of 4 or larger to 5r on 50pi, and a similar group of 'ON STATE SERVICE' overprints, some scarce used multiples, a few minor varieties, postmark interest. (100s) Symbol*o View details Quantity100Estimate$500Price Realized$1,200StatusSold Lot #1136 IRAQ: Mostly commercial covers with various Iraq Overprint frankings including 'ON STATE SERVICE' overprints, noted a couple of OAS covers including with 'IEF' Overprints on India & 'PASSED/ D /CENSOR' cachet, 1919 American Consular Service registered to USA with 12a on 5pi, eight other registered covers including one endorsed "Air Post/Baghdad-Cairo" with 16a franking, two other airmails at 9a rate, etc, condition variable. (17) Symbolc/cl View details Quantity17Estimate$500Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot #1137 IRAQ: 1921 usage of '1 An' on 20pa Envelope to Spain (!) with Overprints '½An' on 10pa x2 & '1An' on 20pa tied by Indian 'FPO/No 140/22OCT21' cds used ar Ur Junction, minor blemishes. An attractive usage of a scarce item to a most unusual destination. SymbolpsGradeb View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot #1138 KUWAIT: 1929-37 Overprints on India KGV 5r SG 27 (very fine) & 10r SG 28 (tonespots), Cat £440. Symbol*Gradea/c View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot #1139 PALESTINE: 1944 Arabic cover from Egypt with superb 'T'-in-box h/s & Egyptian censor mark, Palestiniain 'TO PAY/("24"/MILS' h/s plus Postage Due 4m green & 20m olive tied by Jerusalem cds. GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea- View details Estimate$150Price Realized$160StatusSold Lot #1140 SAUDI ARABIA - HEJAZ: 1917 Zig-Zag Roulettes 1pa to 2pi Scott #L8-13 complete blocks of 4 x2 & blocks of 15, also the Postage Dues set #LJ1-3x23 sets in blocks including blocks of 15 with Plate Numbers, unmounted, Cat $US1250+. Ex Australian War Memorial archival sale (1995). Symbol**GradeA+ View details Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSold Lot #1141 SAUDI ARABIA: 1977 King's Second Anniversary original artwork for the 80h with the corrected Arabic date, in watercolour on art paper (150x220mm). With the issued stamps SG 1199-1200. Ex "Whiskers". SymboleGradea View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold Lot #1142 Mostly mint collection with Overprints on Gibraltar group including 1899 set with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint (all stuck to page) + 20c with Broad Top to 'M' SG 11 in pair & KEVII 2pi SG 23 used, Overprints on GB KGVI to 2/6d, Srahorses 2/6d x6 including a corner pair & 5/-, 1935-37 set & KGVI issues complete, Spanish Currency with KEVII to 6pta on 5/-KGV to 6pta on 5/- & Silver Wedding etc; French Currency selection; & Tangier apparently complete, generally fine; also a few covers. (400+) Symbol*oc View details Quantity400Estimate$500Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot #1143 Interesting remainders with Marshall Islands values to 40pf x2 all with 'NAURU' cds plus 3pf & 10pf on pieces with different "Nauru" manuscript cancels, NWPI 2½d tied to small piece by Pleasant Island cds, then mostly mint including Overprints on GB to 1/- mint & used plus shades, useful varieties including Short 'N' on ½d 2d 2½d 3d & 9d, Controls including ½d blocks of 6 x7, 1d 'J 17' block of 6, 1½d 'U 23' single & 4d 'J 17' pair, 2/6d Seahorse with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint (BPA Certificate) Symbol*oΔc View details Quantity100Estimate$1,200Price Realized$1,400StatusSold Lot #1144 GERMAN PERIOD: 1901 Marshall Islands Yachts 3pf to 5mk Mi 13-25 plus duplicates to 50pf, all with 'NAURU' cds, the High Values datestamped twice as required by the Regulations, Cat €1300+. (13) Symbolf/vGradea View details Quantity13Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot #1145 GERMAN PERIOD: 1901 Marshall Islands Yachts 1mk on piece, 2mk & 5mk Mi 22 23 & 25 each with 'NAURU' cds struck twice as required on the High Values, Cat €840. Chris Ceremuga Certificates (2002) for the 2mk & 5mk. (3) SymbolfGradea View details Quantity3Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot #1146 GERMAN PERIOD: 1908 commercial usage of Marshalls 10pf Postal Card with lengthy message headed "Nauru 21 Okt 08", to Germany with very fine 'NAURU/MARSHALL-/INSELN' cds & 'BRESLAU' arrival cds. SymbolpsGradea View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold Lot #1147 AUSTRALIAN OCCUPATION PERIOD: 1917 William Ackland cover with NWPI Overprints ½d to 4d tied by 'PO PLEASANT ISLAND/23AU/17/(NAURU)' cds (the day & month slugs inverted), small boxed registration handstamp in purple & superb 'CENSORED.' cachet, no arrival b/s. GRI & NWPI PERIOD SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$250Price Realized$200StatusSold Lot #1148 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain KGV Heads annotated exhibit pages with shades, 1½d x6 singles, 2d Die I with the Watermark Inverted & Reversed and vertical gutter pair with Double Overprint One Albino on the upper unit only, 2d Die II x6, Thick/Thin Overprint Pairs of all values except the 1½d, numerous Overprint Varieties including Short 'N' [R1/8] ½d to 6d complete in multiples (the 1½d 5d & 6d in unmounted strips of 3) plus 9d & 1/- singles, etc, a few CTO including ½d 1d & 2½d Symbol*/**vc View details Quantity197Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot #1149 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain KGV Heads philatelic registered covers with Low Overprints to Australia (10 values, front only), GB (10 values), USA (½d, 1d x4 & 2½d) or Switzerland x2 (with ½d 1d & 2½d pairs; or ½d 1d 2d & 2½d), two with manuscript "Registered/Nauru..." in red, the others with boxed cachet (very fine early impression on the first item); also Central Overprints 1½d pair on philatelic cover to Canada. (6 covers) SymbolcGradea/a- View details Quantity6Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot #1150 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain KGV Heads display pages of Control Blocks comprising ½d green 'H 16' (two states), 'I 16' Plates 33 34 & 35, 'J 17', 'P 20' & 'V 23' x2; 1d red 'F 15' x2, 'H 16', 'I 16' (strip of 3), 'J 17' x2, 'M 19' with & without perfs through the margin, 'N 19', 'P 20' & 'V 23'; 1½d brown 'U 23' (unmounted); 2d orange Die I 'H 16', 'I 16' Plates 3 & 4, & 'J 17' x2; 2d orange Die II 'V 23'; 2½d blue 'G 15' (CTO), 'H 16' x2, 'I 16' & 'J 17'; 3d violet 'I 16' with Symbol*/** View details Quantity48Estimate$2,500Price Realized$3,200StatusSold Lot #1151 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain KGV Heads ½d green First Printing 'F 15' Control block of 4, central 'PO PLEASANT ISLAND/SE2/16/(NAURU)' (First Day of Issue) cds, on piece. [John Darnell's similar block of 4 sold for $632] SymbolvGradea View details Estimate$450Price Realized$340StatusSold Lot #1152 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain KGV Heads ½d green with 'NAUP.U' SG 1a being the central unit in a marginal strip of 3 [R6/1-3], the last unit with Short 'N' (unmounted); 1d scarlet with NAUP.U' (Early State); 2d orange Die I wih 'NAUP.U' SG 4a being the second unit in a block of 4, a little aged & perfs reinforced; and 2½d blue with NAUP.U', hinge remainder; Cat £2075++ (mounted). BPA Certificate (1989) for the 2½d & Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2002) for the 2d block. (4 items) Symbol*/**Gradea/a- View details Quantity4Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot #1153 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain KGV Heads Double Overprints (One Albino) comprising ½d (unmounted), 1d (heavy hinge remainder), 2½d (a little aged but unmounted), 3d (minor hinge remainder), 4d, 5d, 6d & 9d SG 1b, 2cb, 6b to 10b & 11a, Cat £2090. A scarce group. BPA Certificate (1971) for the 6d with odd comment "...not unusual in this issue", and Peter Holcombe Certificates (1992) for the 5d & 9d. (8) Symbol*Gradea/b View details Quantity8Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot #1154 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain KGV Heads 1d scarlet with 'NAUP.U' SG 2a (Late State), a little aged, lightly mounted, Cat £700. Symbol*Gradea- b1 View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot #1155 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain KGV Heads 3d violet with 'NAUP.U' SG 7a being the central unit in a block of 9, the sixth unit with Break in 'N', the variety unit is unmounted, Cat £475++. Symbol*/**Gradea c1 View details Estimate$400Price Realized$320StatusSold Lot #1156 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain KGV Heads 4d grey-green with 'NAUP.U' SG 8a being the second unit in a marginal block of 4, Cat £700+. BPA Certificate (1987). Symbol*Gradea b1 View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #1157 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain KGV Heads 5d yellow-brown with 'NAUP.U' (Early State) SG 9a, unmounted, Cat £2250+ (mounted). Symbol**Gradea a1 View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot #1158 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain KGV Heads 5d yellow-brown with 'NAUP.U' (Advanced State) SG 9a being the second unit a marginal horizontal pair, lightly mounted, Cat £2250+. Symbol*Gradea b1 View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #1159 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain KGV Heads 6d purple with 'NAUP.U' SG 10a, faint toning, lightly mounted, Cat £1600. [Keith Buckingham didn't have a mint or used example of this stamp, which is the highest denomination on which 'NAUP.U' appears] Symbol*Gradea- b1 View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot #1160 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain KGV Heads SPECIMEN OVERPRINTS: 1/- x2 with italicised 'SPECIMEN' (one with Broken 'S' in 'SPECIMEN'), 2/6d SG 19 (exceptional centring, aged gum) & 5/- SG 22 (small surface abrasions), Cat £950+. BPA Certificate (2002) for the 2/6d. (4) Symbol*Gradea/b View details Quantity4Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot #1161 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain KGV Heads ½d 2½d 3d 4d 5d 9d & 1/- all with Italicised 'SPECIMEN', the 4d to 1/- all with aged gum. The 'SPECIMEN' is 11½mm long & appears to be a handstamp. They are probably forgeries but they may be of proof status. Not recorded by Keith Buckingham, and absent from his collection. (7) Symbol*Gradea/c View details Quantity7Estimate$100Price Realized$500StatusSold Lot #1162 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain KGV Heads ½d 1d & 2½d each with irregular Upright Sans-Serif 'SPECIMEN' Handstamp (Samuel #GB26), no defacement on the reverse, unmounted. Superb! Ex National Postal Museum, Keith Buckingham & John Darnell. [Despite being derived from the same sheets as the defaced "imprimaturs", generally the Specimen stamps are held in higher regard by collectors] (3) Symbol**Gradea+ b1 View details Quantity3Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot #1163 1923 Central Overprints on Great Britain KGV Heads mint & used sets plus ½d CTO pair & 1½d with Double Overprint One Albino SG 15a, Cat £600; plus Control 'U 23' 1d & 1½d - unmounted - blocks of 6 & 2d single. (12 + 2 blocks) Symbol*/**v View details Quantity14Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot #1164 1923 Central Overprints on Great Britain KGV Heads ½d green SG 13 complete sheet of 120 (12x10) with full margins & 'U 23' Control at lower-left, some minor toning & perf separation, except for the upper-right corner block of 8 all are CTO 13JL23, Cat £6200++. SymbolvGradea/b View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot #1165 1923 Central Overprints on Great Britain KGV Heads 1½d brown with Double Overprint One Albino SG 15a, unmounted, Cat £225+ (mounted). [Keith Buckingham's & John Darnell's mounted examples sold for £195 & $368 respectively] Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold Lot #1166 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain Seahorses - WATERLOW PRINTINGS: 5/- rose-carmine SG 17, CTO with non-contemporary Madame Joseph 'PO PLEASANT ISLAND/NO2/24/(NAURU)' cds forgery, large-part o.g., Cat £2250. Friedl Certificate (1980). SymbolfGradea c1 View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot #1167 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain Seahorses 10/- indigo-blue SG 18, exceptional centring, CTO (no gum), Cat £5000. Superb! BPA Certificate (1975). [Of superior appearance to Keith Buckingham's two very fine examples that sold for £3105 (fake cancel) & £4025 respectively] SymbolvGradea+ a1 View details Estimate$4,000Price Realized$3,000StatusSold Lot #1168 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain Seahorses 10/- indigo-blue SG 18 with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, excellent colour, no gum, Cat £1000. SymbolΩGradea- c1 View details Estimate$400Price Realized$340StatusSold Lot #1169 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain Seahorses DE LA RUE PRINTINGS: 2/6d shades comprising Sepia-Brown SG 19 with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint (minor toning), Yellow-Brown SG 20 x4 (one noted as "Deep Yellow Brown - a rare shade"), Brown SG 21 x3 (one noted as "Chestnut" & one as "Rare Deep Brown", also 5/- carmine SG 22 x3 (shades), Cat £1140 minimum. (8) Symbol*Gradea/b View details Quantity8Estimate$650StatusUnsold Lot #1170 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain Seahorses 2/6d deep sepia-brown SG 19 with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, well centred & lightly mounted, Cat £350. Ex Marcus Samuel. BPA Certificate (2004). Symbol*Gradea b1 View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot #1171 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain Seahorses 2/6d deep sepia-brown with Double Overprint One Albino SG 19a marginal example from the right of the sheet, a couple of short perfs at upper-right, unmounted, Cat £1700. BPA Certificate (1968). [Keith Buckingham's very fine but mounted example sold for £1725] Symbol**Gradea- b2 View details Estimate$1,250StatusUnsold Lot #1172 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain Seahorses 2/6d shades with varieties comprising Damaged 'A' Type 1, Damaged 'A' Type 2 x2 (one an advanced state), Split 'N', Split 'N' & Damaged 'A' Type 2 and Dropped (Sloping) Cliché, Cat £490++ minimum (as normal stamps). (7) Symbol*Gradea/a- View details Quantity7Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold Lot #1173 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain Seahorses 5/- bright carmine SG 22 marginal block of 4, the two right-hand units with Broken Left Foot of 'A', upper units lightly mounted, lower units unmounted, Cat £400++ (as mounted singles). A very attractive multiple. GSTex GSTSymbol**/*†Gradea b1 View details Estimate$340StatusUnsold Lot #1174 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain Seahorses 5/- shades with varieties comprising Damaged 'A' Type 1, Damaged 'A' Type 2 x2 (one an advanced state), Split N' Damaged A Type 1 & Shaved 'U', Split 'N' & Shaved 'U', and Dropped (Sloping) Cliché x2, Cat £800++ (as normal stamps). (8) Symbol*Gradea/a- View details Quantity8Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #1175 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain Seahorses 10/- pale blue SG 23 x3 (one an intermediate shade) & 10/- deep bright blue SG 24, plus Pale Blue with Split 'N' & 'A' (CTO), Dropped (Sloping) Cliché, and on a 1917 Blatter registered cover to Switzerland, Cat £1950++ as normal singles. (6 + cover) Symbol*VCGradea/a- View details Quantity6Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,300StatusSold Lot #1176 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain Seahorses 10/- deep bright blue SG 23d, excellent centring, the gum a little aged, Cat £500. Symbol*GradeA- A1 View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot #1177 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain Seahorses BRADBURY WILKINSON PRINTINGS: 2/6d chocolate SG 24, 2/6d pale brown SG 25 lower-right corner pair (unmounted), both shades with Double Overprint One Albino SG 24b (Ex John Darnell) & 25a (Ex Keith Buckingham), Cat £1250+ (mounted), plus varieties Brown with Damaged 'A' Type 1 and Split 'N' & Damaged 'A' Type 2. (7) Symbol*/**Gradea/a- View details Quantity7Estimate$850Price Realized$650StatusSold Lot #1178 1966 Decimals 2c Netting Fish Plate Number '1' block of 10 (5x2) from the top of the sheet & 1968 Overprints 2c Plate Number '1' block of 10 from the base of the sheet, unmounted. Very scarce. (2 blocks) Symbol**Gradea View details Quantity2Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold Lot #1179 1966 Decimals $1 Map die proof in the issued colour in recessed presentation mount. Rare & superb! [This is a genuine die proof. Some alleged "proofs" of similar appearance actually have had issued stamps inserted: usually, the perforations are visible! We have even seen some of the photogravure denominations offered as "die proofs"! Only those values produced by the engraved process can exist as "die" proofs] SymbolPGradea+ View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot #1180 POSTAL HISTORY: c.1936 apparently commercial cover to a Frenchman (?) on Nauru, from Spain during the Spanish Civil War (!) with plain censor tape tied by large 'REPUBLICA ESPANOLA/CENSURA' cachet in green, horizontal fold at base. GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot #1181 Modest collection in Davo album with Imperf set, 1864 & 1867 sets, 1946 High Values, 1949 2½g & 5g mint, 1951 Seagulls *,1952 Exhibition set *, etc, also some Colonies, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (few 100) GSTex GSTSymbol*o† View details Quantity100Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold Lot #1182 Collection in three Davo albums with a few earlies, useful Charities, modern sets, booklets & M/Ss etc, plus a large stockbook of duplicates with some useful mint material & an album of First Day Covers, also two Davo albums of Dutch Colonies mostly Antilles & Suriname, many of the later issues are unmounted. (Qty) Symbol*/**oC View details Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold Lot #1183 Collection in matching boxed Davo albums with lightly mounted including 1940 Surcharges to '500', 1950 Bombed Churches & 1953 High Values, issues from 1960 to 1970 about 50% complete & mostly unmounted; also an album of used issues including 1864 set, 1913 Centenary to 50c, some useful Charities, etc, condition variable; and an album of Germany mostly Inflation Period. (many 100s) Symbol*/**o View details Quantity100Estimate$250Price Realized$220StatusSold Lot #1184 Attractive used collection in boxed Davo album with 1852 & 1864 sets, William to 2g50c, Young Wilhelmina to 1g + damaged 2g50c, 1913 Centenary to 5g & '2.50' on 10g, 1923 Jubilee set, 1925-39 issues complete plus Interrupted Perfs including 1926-33 Charitiy sets, 1947-60 Commemoratives & Charities complete, then good coverage to 1995, "back of book" with 1951 Seagulls 15g & a few M/Ss, Postage Dues, Court of Justice, etc, a generally fine to very fine & clean collection. (many 100s) Symbolo View details Quantity100Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold Lot #1185 Collection in eight expensive Davo hingeless albums, very little pre-1936, then late-1930s Charity sets, 1940-47 Definitives to 10g (superb), 1940 Surcharges, 1942 Legion Fund M/Ss, 1943-49 issues complete, 1951-69 issues complete (no Seagulls), 1970-87 & 1991-99 issues virtually complete, 2000-05 patchy & 2009-11 complete, virtually everything we checked is unmounted, also "Nederland Mooi" (Dual Currency) volume & an album of booklets & M/Ss. A very fine collection with high thematic content. Symbol**Gradea/a+ View details Quantity2,000Estimate$1,200Price Realized$950StatusSold Lot #1186 1925-30 Definitives all with Interrupted Perfs, some hinge remainders noted but generally lightly mounted with a few unmounted, STC €1100 approximately. Acquired at a Melbourne auction in 2002 for $730. (62) Symbol*/** View details Quantity62Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot #1187 NETHERLANDS INDIES: Collection in expensive Lighthouse hingeless album with mint including 1864 Imperf 10c with large-part o.g. & guarantee handstamp, 1870-88 set to 2g50c, 1892-97 Wilhelmina set to 2g50c, 1900 Surcharges, 1902-09 to 1g, 'JAVA' Overprints to 50c plus 9 values to 50c with the Overprint Inverted mint or used, 1908 'BUITEN - BEZIT' Overprints to 1g x2, 1922 Industrial Exhibition Overprints, 1923 Jubilee, page of boxed 'SPECIMEN' Handstamps in Red (status?), 1928-38 issues complete, Symbol*oc View details Quantity100Estimate$3,000Price Realized$2,300StatusSold Lot #1188 Postmarks collection in Hagner album with lots of duplication but many better items throughout on both NWPI & Mandated Territory issues including straight-line 'Herbetshoh' x2, 'KOKOPO/QUEENSLAND', 'POST OFFICE/PO KOKOPO', rubber 'POST OFFICE/AITAPE', 'KAEWIENG', 'DISTRICT OFFICE/KAVIENG', rubber 'POST OFFICE/ KIETA', rubber 'DISTRICT OFFICE/MANUS', 'MOKARENG', 'BITA-PAKA', 'MAPRIK', 'BULWA', etc, also a few Radio Station types, Nauru & arrival cancels, some better stamps including NWPI to 5/- & SymbolsΔ View details Quantity500Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,800StatusSold Lot #1189 1889 commercial cover to Germany with German 20pf x2 tied by two fine strikes of the 'FINSCHHAFEN/15 4/89' cds, 'TRIER/1 6/89' arrival b/s, a little aged with minor toning around the stamps & a few small repaired peripheral tears. [The sender was Neu-Guinea Compagnie employee Eugen Dollman, to his father. Dollman arrived in August 1888 & died at Finschhafen in October 1891] GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot #1190 1893 Neu Guinea Compagnie cover to Germany with three-colour franking of German 5pf green x2, 20pf blue & 50pf chocloate all tied by 'STEPHANSORT/ * ' cds, imperf registration label at upper-left, superb 'FRIEDRICH- WILHELMSHAFEN' transit cds on both sides & 'KIEL' arrival b/s, central fold, roughly opened & with a few repairs. A very early registered cover from German New Guinea. GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradec View details Estimate$1,150Price Realized$950StatusSold Lot #1191 1906 usage of Austral-Japan-Linie PPC ("Wohnhäuser auf der Station Matupi") with message datelined "Mioko 24.11.06", to Germany with 10pf tied by fine 'SIMPSONHAFEN' cds of 3.12/06. [Mioko, Kabakon & Kerawara are small islands in the Prince of Wales Group] GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot #1192 Useful selection with 6mm Spacing '1d.' on 5pf pair, '2d.' on 20pf & '4d.' on 40pf all used, 'GRI/3d' Registration Labels 'Rabaul' SG 33 (used on piece), 'Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen' SG 35f & 'Manus' SG 39 both with large-part o.g., Marshalls '2d.' on 10pf block of 4 */**, '2d.' on 20pf with No Stop after '2d ' singles x2 & two units in a block of 4, also a piece of "blanket" with '1d.' on 5pf & '2d.' on 10pf pairs, 'O.S.' Overprints '1d.' on 3pf block of 4 */** & '1d.' on 5pf **, etc, generally ve GSTex GSTSymbol*/**o† View details Quantity49Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,150StatusSold Lot #1193 Mostly mint selection including 6mm Spacing '2½d.' on 10pf x3, 5mm Spacing '2½d.' on 10pf & '8d.' on 80pf (crease), 'G.R.I./3d.' on Registration Labels SG 35 x2, 37b, 39, 41 & 42, 'O.S.' '1d.' on 3pf x6 & '1d.' on 5pf; plus used 6mm Spacing '1d.' on 5pf & '5d.' on 50pf (small defect at top), 5mm Spacing '3d.' on 30pf on tiny piece & 'O.S.' '1d.' on 3pf; condition variable; and unused '1d.' on DNG 5pf Postal Card. (32 + card) Symbol*Ωo View details Quantity32Estimate$750Price Realized$1,000StatusSold Lot #1194 1914-15 6mm Spacing '1d.' on 3pf to '4d.' on 40pf SG 1-9, SG 1 & 4 with hinge remainders, otherwise lightly mounted & a couple of low values are unmounted, Cat £2500+. (9) Symbol*Gradea/b View details Quantity9Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #1195 1914-15 6mm Spacing '1d.' on 5pf, '2½d.' on 10pf, '2½d.' on 20pf (unmounted) & '3d.' on 30pf SG 2 5 6 & 8, lightly mounted, Cat £750+. (4) GSTex GSTSymbol*/**†Gradea b1 View details Quantity4Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot #1196 1914-15 6mm Spacing '2d.' on 20pf & '4d.' on 40pf SG 4 & 9 both tied to small pieces by '-*RABAUL*-/*Oct 17 1914*' d/s in violet being the First Day of Issue, Cat £600+. (2) GSTex GSTSymbolf†Gradea b1 View details Quantity2Estimate$500Price Realized$650StatusSold Lot #1197 1914-15 6mm Spacing '2d.' on 20pf with unlisted 7½mm Spacing & Dropped 'I.' tied to small piece by oval Rabaul d/s in violet, a little aged. Presumed to be a forgery but...??? GSTex GSTSymbolg†Gradea- a1 View details Estimate$100Price Realized$200StatusSold Lot #1198 1914-15 6mm Spacing '5d.' on 50pf SG 10, well centred, lightly mounted, Stolow guarantee h/s, Cat £850. Symbol*Gradea b1 View details Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold Lot #1199 1914-15 5mm Spacing '1d.' on 3pf to '5d.' on 50pf SG 16-25 (ex '2½d.' on 20pf), variable centring, lightly mounted, Cat £1300. (9) Symbol*Gradea View details Quantity9Estimate$850Price Realized$650StatusSold Lot #1200 1914-15 5mm Spacing '2d.' on 10pf, '3d.' on 25pf, '5d.' on 50pf & '8d.' on 80pf SG 18 22 25 & 26 tied to three small pieces by very fine strikes of the straight-line 'Rabaul' h/s in bluish black, Cat £1300+. (4) GSTex GSTSymbolv†Gradea c1 View details Quantity4Estimate$1,000Price Realized$800StatusSold Lot #1201 1914-15 5mm Spacing '3d.' on 25pf (perfs trimmed at right), '3d' on 30pf (excellent centring), '4d.' on 40pf marginal pair and '5d.' on 50pf (excellent centring) SG 22-25 tied to philatelic covers by oval Rabaul d/s in violet, the '4d.' on 40pf cover with embossed 'KAISERL DEUTSCHE POSTAGENTUR' wafer on the flap, Cat £1400+. [Despite the first item having a 'HUNTERS HILL/3APR1915/NSW' b/s, it is unlikely that any of these covers actually went through the mail system] (4 covers) GSTex GSTSymbolv/f†Gradea/b View details Quantity4Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,700StatusSold Lot #1202 1914-15 5mm Spacing '8d.' on 80pf SG 26 tied to small piece by frozen" 'STEPHANSORT/___/13/ * ' cds, Cat £600. Superb! BPA Certificate (1977), GSTex GSTSymbolv†Gradea+ b1 View details Estimate$450Price Realized$460StatusSold Lot #1203 1915 'G.R.I./3d.' on German Registration Labels 'Rabaul/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' SG 33, large-part o.g. & 'Rabaul/(Deutsch-Neuguinea)' SG 33d, unused, Cat £700. Symbol*ΩGradea b1 View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #1204 1915 'G.R.I./3d.' on German Registration Labels 'Rabaul/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' SG 33, oval Rabaul d/s in violet, Cat £325. SymbolfGradea b1 View details Estimate$250Price Realized$280StatusSold Lot #1205 1915 'G.R.I./3d.' on German Registration Labels 'Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' & 'Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen//(Deutsch-Neuguinea)' SG 35 & 35f, unused, Cat £525. SymbolΩGradea b1 View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1...7891011121314|Next1234567891011121314 Previous 1234567891011121314 Next Previous 1234567891011121314 Next
