Stamps & Postal History (#148MG) Closed Auction Info View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViews Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1001-1100 of 1416. Previous|1...89101112131415|Next123456789101112131415 Lot 1001 Worldwide: British Commonwealth collection mostly of the smaller Colonies with many pickings throughout including Ascension KGVI mint set with perfs & unmounted QEII Pictorials, British Levant mint KEVII 12pi on 2/6d & 24pi on 5/-, Ceylon KGV 12c Dies I/II gutter block of 4 & KGVI unmounted blocks of 4 of the original values to 5r, Falklands both KGVI sets mint & Dependencies Thin Maps mint & used, Fiji Postage Dues 1917 1d used, Mauritius Express Delivery with Inverted Overprint SG E3a mint (ra Symbol**/*O View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$2,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1002 Worldwide: Worldwide balance including Egypt from 1860s onwards, France with 1936 Airmails 50fr Banknote & 10fr South Atlantic Flight used (both minor faults) but quite disorganised with Colonies scattered throughout, some mint from 1930s onwards and later issues unmounted, Greece with selection of Hermes Heads & an 1896 10d Olympics that appears too good to be true, Sweden with 1858 to 50ore rose used & 1872 including 4ore & 1rd, also Germany, Danzig, Iraq, Italy, Memel, Romania, USA & Hawaii, Symbol**/*OC View details Estimate$750Price Realized$850StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1003 Worldwide: Carton of Australia in packets including KGVI imprint blocks to 1/6d, FDCs, Stamp Packs, 1937 Coronation omnibus, Norfolk Island 1968 Flight Covers, GB FDCs & internal commercial cover from Sark with 3d Shakespeare, Commonwealth Royal themed M/Ss and two had held UV lamps with spare bulbs. (100s) SymbolC*/** View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1004 Worldwide: Carton of mostly British picture postcards with some better ones noted including Advertising, Royalty & Ships, also some post-WWII cards. NO RESERVE! (100s) SymbolC View details Estimate$50Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1005 Worldwide: Two expensive KaBe binders with slipcases, Seven Seas hingeless album for Australia & AAT 1999-12005 issues, and a packet of about fifty British FDCs hand-addressed to Australia. NO RESERVE! SymbolA/C View details Estimate$50Price Realized$60StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1006 Worldwide: Postal Administration presentation albums with stamps, M/Ss and some FDCs including China PRC 2008 Olympics three different books and 1999, 2000 & 2007 yearbooks, USA 1996 yearbooks x2, Great Britain Millennium Stamps book, Hong Kong 2000 annual stamp pack plus a few more and some loose items. (100s) Symbol**/CGradeA View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 1007 Worldwide: British Commonwealth QEII Pictorials complete sets comprising 1953 & 1960 Gibraltar, 1954 Dominica, Falkland Islands Dependencies & KUT, 1956 Jamaica & 1970 British Antarctic Territory Decimals, lightly mounted, Cat £900 for unmounted. Symbol*GradeA View details Estimate$200Price Realized$190StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1008 Worldwide: 1931-40 mostly flight covers to more unusual destinations comprising 1931 GB-Czechoslovakia x2 and registered to Antigua, 1934 New Zealand to France x2 and to Tonga, 1934 KLM "Uiver" cover returned to Rangoon, 1936 commercial covers to Sweden x2 both with London jusq'ua markings, 1939 registered surface mail to China with 'SHANGHAI' arrival, 1940 'STORY BRIDGE BRISBANE/QLD-AUST' cds to Papua with "Cinderellas", a few minor blemishes but generally fine. (11) SymbolCGradeA/B View details Quantity11Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 1009 Worldwide: Carton of schoolboy collections etc. No reserve. (1000s) Symbol*O View details Estimate$50Price Realized$130StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1010 Worldwide: AVIATOR AUTOGRAPHS: Mostly written-up group including Italy "Balbo" (1931 mass flight leader) & "Bruno Mussoloni" (son of Il Duce) on piece alongside "Caprini" "Paradisi" & "Mori", and Great Britain Air Marshals "J Boothman" & "RLR Atcherley", "MJ Adam" (altitude record holder), "RP Beamont" (test pilot) & "Jackie Moggridge" (first woman to fly jets), also a few related PPCs, photographs & newspaper clippings, condition generally fine. (17) SymbolC View details Quantity17Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 1011 Worldwide: ROCKET MAIL: Mostly European collection of vignettes including M/Ss & a few tete-beche items plus covers from Austria, Belgium, France & the Netherlands, generally very fine. A colourful lot. (60) Symbol*C View details Quantity60Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 1012 Worldwide: FORGERIES: Interesting array of forgeries by Spiro, Fournier & others for Australian Colonies, British Empire including Cape of Good Hope Triangles, etc including a few dangerous efforts, also a page of forged perforations in different gauges, plus some genuine stamps for comparison including NSW 1d Sydney View, South Australia Imperf 1/- orange & Western Australia 1d black, condition variable. Inspection highly recommended. (200 approx) SymbolΩO View details Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1013 Worldwide: THEMATICS: Animals & Plants including Cats, Dinosaurs, Flowers & Trees with minisheets, imperfs, overprints & some obviously bogus 'phantom' issues, strong in French Colonies with many complete sets up to 20f, Guadeloupe 1947 2fr Pineapple Bearer sunken die proof in violet & West Africa 1947 Airmails imperforate presentation proof, also some British Commonwealth, a few covers & postcards noted Madagascar 'maximum cards', huge quantity and no doubt other pickings, condition mixed... Symbol**/*OCGradeA/B View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1014 Worldwide: PHILATELIC LITERATURE: Worldwide Aerophilately titles noted 'An Airmail Collector's Notebook' issued privately still in 1960 shipping box from the UK, 'Newfoundland Air Mails 1919-39', 'Glider Mail' by Simini Short dedicated to Tom Frommer, 'Rocket Mail Catalog' by Ellington-Zwisler, China 'First Flight Covers 1949-95', also including books on Zepellins, crash covers and more, condition overall fine. (33) SymbolLGradeA/B View details Quantity33Estimate$200Price Realized$100StatusSold Lot 1015 Worldwide: PHILATELIC LITERATURE: Australian group with Victoria "Emblems" & "Barred Numerals" both by Purves, Prestige Philately auction catalogues "Cecil Walkley's WA Postal History", "Kevin Nelson's CofA Postal History", "David McNamee's Registered Mail of Tasmania", "Michael Blake's South Australia", "Seybrand Bakker's BCOF" & "Australian Postal Stationery" (John Sinfield's Postal Cards & Mark Diserio's Wrappers), and a few early journals. SymbolLGradeA View details Estimate$100StatusUnsold Lot 1016 Worldwide: PHILATELIC LITERATURE: 1988 ACSC hardbound catalogue, 2005 Sotheby's Sir Gawaine Baillie auction catalogue Vol III "Australian States & Commonwealth", Signoscope watermark detector (needs repairing) and 20cm UV desk light. (4 items) SymbolL/A View details Estimate$100StatusUnsold Lot 1017 Worldwide: PHILATELIC LITERATURE: "The Royal Philatelic Collection" by Sir John Wilson (1952), being a complete catalogue of the most important and valuable stamp collection ever formed, compiled by the Keeper of the Royal Collection himself. Without doubt, this is the finest philatelic book of all time, produced on the highest-quality paper, extensively illustrated with 64 black & white plates and 12 exceptional colour plates. This is the deluxe edition bound in red Morocco leather with the Ro SymbolLGradeA View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1018 Worldwide: PHILATELIC LITERATURE: "Album Weeds or How to Detect Forged Stamps" by Rev RB Earée (1905) in two volumes with clear dustjackets. ( ) SymbolLGradeA View details Estimate$50Price Realized$60StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1019 Worldwide: PHILATELIC LITERATURE: "The Postage Stamps of New Zealand: the Chalon Head Issues" by Odenweller (2009), 380pp hardbound with d/j. SymbolLGradeA View details Estimate$100StatusUnsold Lot 1020 Worldwide: PHILATELIC LITERATURE: stamps & postal history reference books noted Robson Lowe 'The Encyclopedia of British Empire Postage Stamps Volume V - North America', Billig's Handbooks Vol.34 & 35 for Great Britain including Mulreadys & postmarks & Hawthorn Press 'The Postal History of the Territory of New Guinea' by Powell, also titles on TPOs, Polar, Tin Can Mail, OAT, Paquebots, Censorship and more, condition generally fine. (25) SymbolLGradeA/A- View details Quantity25Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 1021 Antarctica: AUSTRALIAN: 1948 Operation Sinbad flight, 1949 & 1950 HMAS 'Labuan' covers x4 different, 1965 postcard with 'SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN EXPEDITION/[Penguin]/HEARD ISLAND' cachet signed by the ten expedition members, 1967 'MERCY VOYAGE TO MACQUARIE ISLAND' cachet on cover with 'COXSWAIN/HMAS PERTH' d/s alongside, 1973 MS 'Nella Dan' cover signed by captain with 'RADIO OFFICE/MACQUARIE IS' & ship cachets, etc, also Ross Dependency including 'GEOGRAPHICAL LABORATORY/SCOTT BASE' cachet signed by SymbolCGradeA/B View details Quantity73Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1022 Antarctica: NEW ZEALAND: 1908 'King Edward VII/Land' Overprint in Green on Royle Printing 1d rose-carmine SG A1 (CP #RD1a) marginal pair from the base of the sheet with part-Arrow & One Dot in the margin, characteristic rough perfs, CTO with the Expedition cds, Cat $NZ9000 for a block of 4. [Campbell Paterson states "Prior to overprinting, each sheet was divided into four panes of 60 stamps each. Thus, no complete "dot" plate markings can exist] GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolVGradeA C2 View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 1023 Antarctica: NEW ZEALAND: 1908 'King Edward VII/Land' Overprint in Green on Royle Printing 1d rose-carmine SG A1 (CP #RD1a) marginal block of 4 from the base of the sheet with part-Arrow & Two Dots in the margin, well centred, characteristic rough perfs, CTO with the Expedition cds, Cat $NZ9000. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolVGradeA B2 View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1024 Antarctica: 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. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPSGradeA View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 1025 Arctic: 1931 Wilkins-Ellsworth Trans-Arctic Submarine Expedition covers from Norway x2 - one registered & signed "Hubert Wilkins" - with 'LONGYEARBYEN' cds and from Great Britain x2 both signed, the registered one also by "Sloan Danenhower" Commander of the 'Nautilus' submarine, plus 1938 Greenland Expedition postcard with 'NORDOSTGRONLANDSEKSPEDITION' cancel and a few US & Australian polar flights. (11) SymbolCGradeA/B View details Quantity11Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 1026 Austria: Balance of the collection with two albums of mostly 1950s FDCs & commemorative covers such as 1955 Independence Anniversary, many sent to Australia with added frankings including Birds 5s & 10s plus some postal history including a few German 'Anschluss' period, stationery with 1872 5kr 'Frachtbrief' & picture postcards including 'Affaire Dreyfus' set of 12 used, then United Nations Vienna issues 1979-2004 unmounted & three albums of WIPA 1981 stamps & covers including souvenir items fro Symbol**/*OCGradeA/A- View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot 1027 Austria: 1850-1905 Collection in SAFE hingeless album mostly used & virtually complete (except for 1858 Franz Joseph & Imperial Journal issues; the 1851 Mercury set are reprints) noted 1861 Newspaper stamp, 1863 & 1867 issues with perforation & type varieties, 1900s issues with varnish bars including Mercury set, also Postage Dues with 1894, 1899 & a few 1920s-30s sets, generally fine with most classics neatly cancelled & in well above-average condition, Cat ‚¬1800+ (SG £1600+). (100s) SymbolOGradeA/B View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1028 Austria: 1858 Franz Joseph set Mi 10-15 (SG 22-27) comprising Types I & II of each of the 2kr yellow, 3kr black, 5kr red, 10kr brown & 15kr blue plus 3kr green on small piece, the Type I 2kr yellow & 3kr black (corner fault) together on piece tied 'RIGA' cds, centering a little mixed but all with neat cancels, Cat ‚¬1385 (£1700). (11) SymbolFGradeA/B View details Quantity11Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot 1029 Austria: 1858 Newspaper Stamps Franz Joseph (1.05kr) blue imperf Mi 16 (SG N28) with large to jumbo margins & partial 'VOLOSCA' cds - superb! - plus (1.05kr) lilac imperf Mi 17(SG N29) with fine to large margins & partial straight-line cancel, Cat ‚¬1100 (£1325). The former with Fritz Puschmann certificate (1993) "echt und einwandfrei" (= genuine and without faults). (2) SymbolFGradeA+/A View details Quantity2Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot 1030 Austria: 1905-1937 Collection in SAFE hingeless album mostly mint & virtually complete - except for 1933 WIPA issues & 10s Dollfuss - including 1908 Anniversary set with paper varieties and 1910 Birthday set with high values well-centred, 1925 New Currency set unmounted, then mostly unmounted from 1933 onwards including a number of marginal examples, also Airmails & Postage Dues, generally very fine, Cat ‚¬4800+ (SG £4000+ for mounted). (100s) Symbol**/*OGradeA/A- View details Estimate$1,200Price Realized$900StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1031 Austria: 1933 WIPA 50g on ordinary paper Mi 555 (SG 703) and also on granite paper Mi 556 (SG 704) both unmounted, Cat ‚¬1000 (£650 for mounted). (2) Symbol**GradeA B1 View details Quantity2Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1032 Austria: 1933 WIPA M/S Mi Block 1 (SG MS705), well centred, with the usual adhesion spots in the top margin but otherwise unmounted, with the original presentation folder from which it was removed, Cat ‚¬3950 including folder (£3500 for mounted). According to Michel Specialised around 90% of the 10,000 minisheets issued were sold lightly affixed in the folder, and these qualify for the "unmounted" valuation. Symbol**GradeA A1 View details Estimate$1,200Price Realized$900StatusSold Lot 1033 Austria: 1936 Dollfuss 10s slate-blue Mi 588 (SG 793) lower-right corner example tied to piece by '1 WIEN 1/25.VII.36/ OSTERREICHISCHER/VOLKSTRAUERTAG' d/s (= National Day of Mourning) commemorating the second anniversary of the assassination, Cat ‚¬1100 including cancel (£1500). SymbolVGradeA A1 View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1034 Austria: 1945 Overprints on Hitler comprising Russian Zone 'Osterreich' overprint set Mi 660-663 (SG 826-829) CTO plus un-issued 3pf Mi A IV unmounted with 'STURZEIS' expertising mark (unlisted in SG), Vienna diagonal 'Osterreich' in bars overprint set Mi 668-672 & Va-Vd (SG 861-867; un-issued Mark values not listed) with two types of 5pf CTO up to 12pf & higher values unmounted, and Graz vertical 'Osterreich' in prison bars overprint set Mi 674-696 (SG 830-852) unmounted with 1 Mark & 3 Mark T Symbol**/VGradeA View details Quantity44Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 1035 Austria: 1945-2003 Collection in seven SAFE hingeless albums virtually complete except for post-war overprints & Renner imperfs, the majority unmounted mint with a few Postage Due sets used or CTO, noted Costumes, Scenes & Birds with paper varieties, modern with M/S & sheetlets, fine condition, issues to 1960 Cat Mi ‚¬2000+ (SG £2300+). (100s) Symbol**/OGradeA View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 1036 Austria: 1946 Karl Renner imperforate sheetlets Mi 772B-775B (SG MS976), unmounted, Cat ‚¬2600 (£2500). (4 sheetlets) Symbol**GradeA View details Estimate$800Price Realized$600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1037 Austria: 1946 'Never Forget' Anti-Facist Exhibition 5+3gr SS Lightning Storm & 12+12g Hitler Death Mask Mi VI & VII, well-centred, unmounted, Cat ‚¬2600. Unissued: not listed by Gibbons. The Allied Control Commission objected to these designs. A re-designed version of the 5+3gr depicting a dagger striking the Map of Austria was subsequently issued. Symbol**GradeA A1 View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot 1038 Austria: TERRITORIES & OCCUPATIONS: Lombardy & Venetia including 1858 Franz Joseph 3s black Type I used, POs on Crete 1904 '25 CENTIMES' overprint with partial 'CANEA' cds, Levant with values to 20pia, Bosnia & Herzegovina reasonably complete, some Fieldpost issues including Italy, Romania & Serbia, condition overall fine, Cat ‚¬1500+ (SG £1400+). (100s) Symbol*/OGradeA/B View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1039 British West Indies: Carton of albums with a partly duplicated array mostly of little consequence but including some used Silver Jubilee sets, lots of mint KGVI with Keyplates from Bermuda 10/- to £1 marginal examples & Leewards 10/- x2 & £1 x7 including an unmounted pair, other KGVI long sets plus Antigua Dominica & St Kitts blocks of 4 to 5/-, various Weddings including Virgins £1 block of 4 (a little aged), a few postmarks noted & some truly appalling forgeries including of British Guiana Symbol*/**O View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1040 Burma: JAPANESE OCCUPATION: 1942 Handstamped with Peacock Device at Myaungmya on KGVI 1r purple & blue SG J18 block of 4, minor aging, unmounted, Cat £1800+. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbol**GradeB View details Estimate$550StatusUnsold Lot 1041 Burma: JAPANESE OCCUPATION: 1942 Farmer & Buffalo imperforate plate proof block of 6 in bright scarlet on ungummed laid batonné paper. SymbolPGradeA View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold Lot 1042 Canada: Collection including 1852 Imperf 3d Beaver with clear to large margins & part-imprint at top plus another four-margin & sound, 1859 perforated 5c x12, 12½c x5 & others, specialised Large & Small Queens annotated by perfs & shades, Jubilees to 10c mint & 15c used, Quebec to 7c mint & 10c used, then most sets complete used up to 1950s with extras of lower values & a smattering of mint plus quantity of used loose & unsorted, also some Colonies & Newfoundland with a few mint earlies includi Symbol*/OGradeA/B View details Estimate$800Price Realized$1,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1043 China: Mint & used accumulation with 1878 Coiling Dragon 1c green & 3c red x2 used, range of 1894 issues & overprints including '2/cents' on 3c yellow-green, 1897 Red Revenues overprints 'one cent' on 3c used (small thin) & '2/cents' on 3c unused (both apparently genuine), 1904 Postage Dues set mint, Sun Yat Sen & Martyrs including multiples, then some PRC and forerunners, also Treaty Ports including some used, groups of French, Japanese & Russian Offices in China, rather disorganised & conditio Symbol*/O View details Estimate$800Price Realized$2,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1044 China: Untidy accumulation of all sorts of things with many oddities including Provinces with Yunnan 1932-34 Sun Yat-sen simplified set to $5 between SG 29 & 51; Japanese Occupation; early Communist Period including North China 1948 Mao Lithographed at Pingshan Perf 10-11 $500 vermilion vertical pair & $1000 horizontal pair as SG NC62A & 63A but both Imperforate Between; green/white 'OFFICIALLY SEALED/...' label; airmail covers to Australia x3; PRC 1950-51 Redrawn Gate of Heavenly Peace unused $ SymbolΩOC View details Estimate$750Price Realized$1,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1045 China: 1945 stampless internee mail to NSW x2 or GB x2 (one endorsed on the flap "Lung Hwa CAC" = Civil Assembly Camp), three with boxed 'Internee mail free/of postage/Shanghai PO' cachet in violet (one of 7.9.45, the earliest recorded date), US Army PO 290 x2 or 627 datestamps, the two to England with 'By Special/Air Transport/ AUSTRALIA-GT BRITAIN' cachet or simply 'AUSTRALIA-GT BRITAIN' cachet both in violet. (4) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA/A- View details Quantity4Estimate$500Price Realized$440StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1046 China: 1968 People's Liberation Army 8f SG 2402 marginal block of 4 from the left of the sheet, unmounted, Cat £160+. Symbol**GradeA A1 View details Estimate$120Price Realized$130StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1047 China: JAPANESE POST OFFICES: 1901 (June 10) usage of Japanese 4s Postal Card to London uprated with Japanese Post Offices Overprints 5r & 1s tied by crude 'PEKING' cds, 'YOKOHAMA' transit b/s & London arrival d/s on the face, the message with 'NATIVE GENERAL HOSPITAL/CHINA EXPEDY FORCE' handstamp over "Chi-ych fu Palace Peking" and signed "LA Waddell". An excellent Boxer Rebellion item. [Lieutenant-Colonel Laurence Austin Waddell was an army surgeon & explorer in central Asia who learned Tibeta GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPSGradeA- View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 1048 Cocos: 1949 cover to ER Leigh Parkin at Direction Island with BMA Malaya 3c tied by superb strike of the 'C&W LTD/ 19NOV51/COCOS' cds, crude typeset 'Cocos-Keeling/Is' h/s on the reverse. Superb! GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA+ View details Estimate$400Price Realized$800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1049 Cocos: 1950 cover to the BPA in London sealed with a British 3d coin impressed in red wax & with five strikes (four on the reverse) of the crude typeset 'Cocos-Keeling/Is' handstamp (that on the face with manuscript date "13.1.50"), registered at Perth, minor blemishes. Rare "disaster mail", not recorded by Brian Peace. [The "Strathaird" arrived off Cocos on 13.1.1950. John Clunies-Ross, five other Europeans & 12 coolies, set off in two boats to collect the mail & provisions. However, rough seas GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1050 Cocos: 1950 Leigh Parkin airmail cover to his parents in Devon with typed 'R COCOS/0003' registration label & superb 'C&W LTD/1DEC50/COCOS' backstamp, Singapore 10c pair & 50c tied by 'MAXWELL ROAD/11DEC50/SINGAPORE' cds, the Cocos label not recognised & obscured by 'Singapore 10/2462' label (now removed but with the cover), Torquay arrival b/s of 15DE50, minor blemishes. An oustanding local administration registered cover. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1051 Cocos: 1950-52 TIN CAN MAIL SERVICE: 1951 Leigh Parkin airmail cover to Bucks with very fine strikes of the boxed 'TIN CAN MAIL/COCOS-KEELING IS' h/s & straight-line 'Per WAVE BARON' h/s both in violet, Ceylon 75c for airmail affixed & tied by Colombo cds of 22JA/51. [This was the only tin can mail per "Wave Baron". On 5.1.1951, an attempt by RMS "Orion" to collect the Tin Can Mail "barrel" failed. The "Wave Baron" passed the islands on 17.1.1951 & was able to collect the mail. Kim Dwyer's simil GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1052 Cocos: 1950-52 TIN CAN MAIL SERVICE: 1951 airmail cover to Encyclopaedia Britannica with Leigh-Parkin's endorsement & 'COCOS STAFF LIBRARY' cachet on the flap, fine strikes of the boxed 'TIN CAN MAIL/COCOS-KEELING IS' h/s & circular 'Per RMS ORION/("12.4.51")' h/s both in violet, Australian 1/6d applied for airmail & cancelled with Perth slogan of 17APR/1951, a little soiled. Ex Kim Dwyer: acquired at the Prestige auction of 24.6.2006 for $1150. [Believed to be the only cover recorded with the S GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$850Price Realized$800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1053 Cocos: 1950-52 TIN CAN MAIL SERVICE: 1951 philatelic cover by air to London with superb strike of the boxed 'TIN CAN MAIL/COCOS-KEELING IS' h/s & typset "R COCOS/0037' registration label, registered at Perth with Australian 8½d Aborigine x6 affixed. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$500Price Realized$600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1054 Cocos: INWARDS MAIL: 1915 local London cover to JS Clunies-Ross c/- his London address, stained at lower-right; also 1941 American Numismatic Association cover to "Mr JS Clunies-Ross/Governor of the Cocos Islands/Straights [sic] Settlement", Singapore Censor #5 cachet in violet, small tear at right. [Prior to 1933, when a Straits Settlements postal agency was opened, mail to Cocos had to be sent by various unofficial channels. The Straits post office was closed in 1938, after which mail was sent GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCLGradeB View details Quantity2Estimate$400Price Realized$420StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1055 Cocos: INWARDS MAIL: c.1941 commercial cover from England with 2d & 2½d tied by unclear rubber cds in violet, to "JS Clunies-Ross/ Keeling-Cocos Islands/co Caldbeck MacGregor/Singapore", Singapore Censor #87 cachet in violet, minor defects. A rare WWII-period commercial item. [This cover would have been forwarded per TSS "Islander"] GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCOGradeB View details Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1056 Cocos: INWARDS MAIL: 1951 (May 2) usage of GB 6d Aerogramme to ER Leigh Parkin c/- Cable & Wireless Ltd at Singapore with 'QANTAS/SURVEY FLIGHT/CATALIONA/VH-EBA/DARWIN-COCOS/VIA DJAKARTA' typed directly on the reverse, superb 'C&W LTD/30MAY51/COCOS' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. From the recipient's fiancée. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPSGradeB View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1057 Cocos: 1979 Apollo 11 Moon Landing M/S imperforate proof in issued colours unmounted, minor bend at upper right. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPGradeA- View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 1058 Cocos: 1979 Captain Cook Death Bicentenary M/S imperforate progressive colour proofs unmounted, one folded & another with blue pen circle around a plate flaw otherwise fine. (7) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPGradeA/B View details Quantity7Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 1059 Cocos: AITUTAKI: 1974 Shells imperforate set of 12 colour proofs 3-up in four separate blocks unmounted. (12) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPGradeA View details Quantity12Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot 1060 Cocos: AITUTAKI: 1974 UPU Centenary M/S imperforate progressive colour proofs unmounted. (7) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPGradeA View details Quantity7Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 1061 Cocos: AITUTAKI: 1974 Captain Bligh & Captain Cook Discovery of Aitutaki imperforate progressive colour proof block of the six se-tenant designs with black printing mis-placed, unmounted. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPGradeA View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 1062 Cocos: AITUTAKI: 1979 Captain Cook Death Bicentenary Paintings 50c & 75c imperforate progressive colour proof pairs x7 each, unmounted. (14) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPGradeA View details Quantity14Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 1063 Cocos: AITUTAKI: 1979 Captain Cook Death Bicentenary Paintings M/S imperforate progressive colour proofs, unmounted. (7) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPGradeA View details Quantity7Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 1064 Cocos: AITUTAKI: 1983 Scouting 75th Anniversary M/S imperforate progressive colour proofs, unmounted. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPGradeA View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 1065 Cocos: PENRHYN: 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games M/S imperforate progressive colour proofs, unmounted. (5) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPGradeA View details Quantity5Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 1066 Cocos: PENRHYN: 1988 Seoul Olympic Games Tennis $2.50 from M/S imperforate progressive colour proofs, unmounted. (8) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPGradeA View details Quantity8Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 1067 Ethiopia: 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 Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 1068 Fiji: 1938 KGVI Pictorials ½d green with Extra Palm Frond SG 249ba (Cat £190 used) + 2d tied - clear of the variety - to cover to Suva by 'PO/10MY--/BA-FIJI' d/s (year blocked out), 'LAUTOKA/11MAY52/FIJI' transit b/s. SymbolFGradeA B1 View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 1069 Fiji: WORLD WAR II CENSORSHIP: 1942-44 mostly commercial covers with 'OPENED BY CENSOR' red/white labels tied by 'PASSED BY/CENSOR/ 3 '-in-oval or similar No 9 cachet, black/white label tied by similar No 4 cachet, NZ-style labels 'OPENED BY EXAMINER/X 115' (to GB by air with 1/5d pair), '.../X 116' (to the USA), or '.../X 117' (to Queensland endorsed "Air Mail/Trans-Tasman"), also 1/5d airmail to GB censored at Sydney & surface mail to India with Indian ' C / 4 '-in-octagon h/s. Ex Neil Russell GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA/B View details Quantity8Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 1070 France: Covers including 1870 folded entire endorsed "par Ballon Monte" from Paris to Calvados with Napoleon 20c imperf, 1932 registered to Saigon via Air France & 1935 commercial airmails to Australia x2 one registered with 'TPO 1 SOUTH/1/NSW' transit, French India 1927 to China with 'PONDICHERY' & 'SHANGHAI' d/s, Madagascar 1934 to Australia endorsed "By Air Mail only Perth-Adelaide" & 1935 airmail to Belgium per Sabena with Belgian postage dues on face, Lebanon 1936 registered to Australia an SymbolCGradeA/B View details Quantity11Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 1071 France: 1850s-1977 Collection with earlies including a few imperfs used, a few mint from the 1900s onwards and then mostly complete, 1869 5f x2 both faulty (one cleverly derived from three separate stamps! & not counted in the catalogue value), 1926 Orphan's Fund mint set with some toning but 5f+1f fine, 1935 Art 50c+2f mint, 1937 Museums pair used, 1938 Clement Ader & 1941 '20f' overprint both used, 1945-51 Marianne complete, then mostly unmounted including 1947 500f Air, 1949-50 Airs used, Nat Symbol**/*O View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1072 France: 1937 PEXIP Miniature Sheet with 'EXPON PHIL QUE INTALE-A/2606/37/PARIS' hexagonal exhibition postmarks in all four corners clear of stamps, full unmounted o.g. Very pretty. SymbolVGradeA View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 1073 France: NEW CALEDONIA: WWII commercial mostly airmail covers with censor labels including local types in black/white x2, black/green x3, black/pink & black/buff, cachets including 'CENSURE ALLIEE/NOUVELLE CALEDONIE' Numbers 3 5 8 9 & 10, good range of frankings with values to 20fr (two different); also three surface covers from Polynesia including with 'Controle postal militaire' labels in black/white or black/rose. Ex Neil Russell. (14) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA/B View details Quantity14Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 1074 France: 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 Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 1075 Gambia: 1938 KGVI Definitives SG 150-161 blocks of 4 , well centred, unmounted, Cat £600+. (13 blocks) Symbol**GradeA B1 View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1076 Germany: 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$350Price Realized$270StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1077 Germany: Mail to India group including 1903 Süddeutsche Schuhstoff-Fabriken cover endorsed "Drucksache" with Germania 25pf 'SFS' perfin single tied 'REUTLINGEN STADT' cds paying 5pf printed matter rate plus 20pf registration fee, another registered from 'MARKNENKIRCHEN' with Germania 10pf & 50pf, two 1904 with 'Cossebaude (Elbthal)' R labels and Indian boxed 'SEA PO...' registration markings in violet on face, most others with Bombay-Aden 'SEA/POST OFFICE' b/s, a few blemishes but condition SymbolCPSGradeA/B View details Quantity8Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 1078 Germany: 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$450StatusUnsold Lot 1079 Germany: DANZIG: Attractive collection largely complete to 1929 as per Scott pages. (180+) Symbol*O View details Estimate$150Price Realized$130StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1080 Germany: BERLIN: 1949 Berlin Relief Fund M/S, unmounted, Cat £1200. Symbol**GradeA View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 1081 Germany: SOUTH WEST AFRICA: 1905-07 postcards sent by German soldiers during the Herero Revolt with 'Soldatenbrief-/Stempel' cachets in violet variously inscribed 'Feldpostkarte' or with "Feld" added in manuscript to PPCs including Okahandja Fort, Troops Marching, Namalande & Windhoek Government Buildings and datestamps of 'BRACKWASSER', 'KUT', 'LUDERITZBUCHT', 'SEEIS', 'SWAKOPMUND' & 'WINDHUK', the last sent from 'Feldvermessungstrupp' to Italy with Germania 10pf added, generally fine. (6) SymbolCGradeA/B View details Quantity6Estimate$300Price Realized$240StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1082 Gilberts: 1948 (Nov 4) cover from England curiously addressed "Caroline Island/Gilbert & Ellice Island Colony" with Tarawa arrival b/s of 2JU/49, months later returned to Honolulu with arrival b/s of DEC/24/1949, 'HONOLULU, HAWAII/JAN/24/1950/DEAD LETTER BRANCH' b/s in purple plus 'REBUTS' & 'RETOUR' h/s in the same ink, British (?) 'RETURNED TO SENDER/SERVICE INTERRUPTED' & endorsed on reverse "Received back 7.3.50". [There was a series of typhoons in 1949 & we expect they impacted on mail to t GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 1083 Gilberts: WORLD WAR II CENSORSHIP: Mostly philatelic covers with unnumbered boxed cachets including to NZ with very worn '.../PO/ONOTOA' cancel & mss "2d/Postage/Due" and underpaid to BWI with Caymans 3d tied by 'T'-in-circle & 'CAYMAN BRAC' arrival b/s; and numbered cachets '.../No 1' used at Fanning, '.../No 5' used at Tarawa, and '.../No 6' used at Tarawa to NZ (commercial), etc. Ex Neil Russell. (7) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA/B View details Quantity7Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1084 Gilberts: WORLD WAR II CENSORSHIP: 1944 OAS cover to Auckland with undated '.../POST/OFFICE/TARAWA' h/s in violet & boxed '.../PASSED BY CENSOR/No 9' cachet (Little #H4-9; the only recorded example) endorsed "M Osborne/Capt 19.7.44" with 'TANGOWAHINE/4AU44/NZ' arrival b/s. Ex Neil Russell. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$250Price Realized$700StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1085 GB: Accumulation from QV in stockbooks up to modern on piece, quantity of booklets & presentation packs with substantial face value plus covers including commercial mail & albums of FDCs, also some Guernsey, Jersey & Isle of Man, plus two dozen or so 1990s PNCs with coins up to £5, condition overall fine. (100s) Symbol**/*OC View details Estimate$750Price Realized$700StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1086 GB: Collection in stockbooks, Lighthouse and Schaubek albums, mostly used QV to KGV with 1d black, £1 PUC, £1 Silver Wedding ** and used, used duplicates in packets including QV 1d red plates and QEII Castles with pairs and blocks, QEII pre-decimals mint including Phosphors, then decimals to 1979, 1990-91 Stamp Packs, also Postage Dues, Guernsey & Jersey mint including some sheets and M/Ss plus Ireland on Hagners, condition varied. (100s) SymbolO*/** View details Estimate$500Price Realized$550StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1087 GB: Huge accumulation starting with four-margin Penny Black cancelled black Maltese Cross, 2d blues imperf x4 plus group of perforated, stockbook of Penny 'Stars' & 'Plates', later QV to 10/-, KGV & KGVI issues mostly used, QEII issues in duplicated quantity mint & used incuding Castles, Wildings, Regionals, Machins & commemoratives with some booklets & minisheets and substantial face value in the unmounted Decimals, generally fine. (1000s) Symbol**/*O View details Estimate$800Price Realized$650StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1088 GB: QV-QEII in albums, packets and boxes, mostly used including 1d black x5, other line-engraved with imperf / perf 1d 'Stars', 1d plates, and 2d blues, Surface Printed to 1883 5/-, KGV Seahorses to 10/-, KGVI £1 Silver Wedding x2, QEII pre-decimal and decimal Castles, Commems, Machins and Regionals etc, condition varied. (many 100s) SymbolO*/** View details Estimate$800Price Realized$650StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1089 GB: 1858 Penny Red Stars huge accumulation partly sorted into albums plus hundreds of annotated envelopes, noted Ivory Heads, numeral & spoon cancels, also some earlier imperfs, postmark & plating paradise. (1000s) SymbolO View details Estimate$300Price Realized$550StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1090 GB: 1924-1970 collection including 1924 & 1925 Exhibitions mint, fine used £1 PUC, Re-Engraved Seahorse set, reasonably complete mint from KGVI onwards including £1 Wedding marginal block of 4 **/*, QEII mostly unmounted with Castles De La Rue & Bradbury printings, pre-decimal phosphor issues, Machins up to first decimal set, booklets £1 Wedgwood x2 (both ½d single bands with good perfs) & £1 Stamps for Cooks, generally fine condition. (100s) Symbol**/*OGradeA/A- View details Estimate$800Price Realized$650StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1091 GB: 1971-2015 collection in quality stockbooks almost complete plus many extras including Machins, M/Ss, Sheetlets, Self-Adhesives, Non-Denomated & Smilers plus Booklets with many Prestige types, also Regionals. Plenty of thematic interest & substantial face value. (1000s) Symbol**GradeA View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$2,400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1092 GB: PRESENTATION PACKS: 1960 Forerunners '10s 6d Eighteen Low Value Stamps', SG Spec SPP1(a) Type A for sale in the UK, containing SG 570-586, usual minor wrinkles, unopened, Cat £275. SymbolPRGradeA- View details Estimate$150Price Realized$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1093 GB: PRESENTATION PACKS: 1960 Forerunners De La Rue Castles inscribed '£1 18s', SG Spec TPP1(c) Type C, SG 595-598, packaging lightly wrinkled, unopened, Cat £1400. Scarce. [The Type C pack was sold at the 1960 Festival Hall International Stamp Exhibition] SymbolPRGradeA- View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1094 GB: PRESENTATION PACKS: 1960 Forerunners '3s 8d Sixteen Experimental Stamps', Type A, (for sale in the UK), SG Spec SPP2(a), SG 599-609, containing two of each denomination of the Phosphor-Graphite experimantal issue, usual minor wrinkles, unopened, Cat £300. SymbolPRGradeA- View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold Lot 1095 GB: PRESENTATION PACKS: 1964-70 complete run in album with slipcase including German text issues with 1967 Paintings, 1968 January to August issues, Christmas, 1969 Ships, Concorde, Low Value Definitives (scarce), High Value Definitives, Anniversaries, Architecture and Investiture of Prince of Wales. (50) SymbolPRGradeA View details Quantity50Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1096 GB: PRESENTATION PACKS: 1970-2012 Definitives including high values to £10, self-adhesives, 1st, 2nd, Europe & World no-value-indicated, Special Delivery, Recorded Signed For, M/Ss including 'Stamp Show 2000' SG 2147, PO pack #M03. (64) SymbolPRGradeA View details Quantity64Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 1097 GB: PRESENTATION PACKS: 1971-2012 Special Issues apparently complete in nine albums with self-adhesives, 1st, 2nd and Europe no-value-indicated, M/Ss, se-tennants, noted 1972 Silver Wedding Japanese language pack, 1997 Diana Welsh language pack and Postage Dues. (100s) SymbolPRGradeA View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1098 GB: PRESENTATION PACKS: REGIONALS: 1960 Forerunner Presentation Packs '7s 3d Twelve Regional Stamps', Type A, (for sale in the UK), SG Spec XPP1(a), containing one of each ordinary 3d, 6d & 1/3d from Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, minor wrinkles, unopened, Cat £100, plus 1970 Scotland 3d - 1/6d Regional Definitives P.O. Pack #23. (2) SymbolPRGradeA- View details Quantity2Estimate$100StatusUnsold Lot 1099 GB: PRESENTATION PACKS: 1974-2008 definitive low denominations in album with slipcase, Post Office and Royal Mail issues for England, Scotland, Ulster & Wales including NVI types, M/S, single-region and multiple region packs. (64) SymbolPRGradeA View details Quantity64Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 1100 GB: Mail to India including 1877 with 6d Plate 15 single, 1881 with 5d indigo pair, 1882 with 2½d blue pair, 1885 with 5d green single, 1889 1d Envelope registered with Jubilee 6d added and another with Jubilee 2½d taxed 'VALUE OF STAMPS 2½d/DEFICIENCY 2½d' cachet & 'OVERLAND POSTAGE/DUE' cds, 1893 registered with Jubilee 2d & 2½d and British 'R' label partly removed but Indian oval cachet with manuscript number alongside, 1894 with Jubilee ½d block of 4, 1901 Dawson & Sons cover with 1d l SymbolCPS View details Quantity40Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Items per page 102550100 Previous|1...89101112131415|Next123456789101112131415 Previous 123456789101112131415 Next Previous 123456789101112131415 Next
