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Previous|1...89101112131415|Next123456789101112131415 Image Lot # Item Title Quantity Time Left Your Bids 1101 GB: Royal Navy group comprising 1864 cover from Uruguay endorsed "From Wm Wiggett HMS Bombay SAmerica"; 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 'KIEL-MARINE-AKADEMIE/KANAL/[ ? ]' cds, small tear; and 1907 interna SymbolC Estimate$200StatusUnsold View details 1102 GB: Mail to Tasmania with 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 Sato. (12) 12 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCΔ Estimate$750Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 1103 GB: 1668 entire letter headed "Whitehall 18 March 1668" & signed "Lauderdaill" to "The Earle of Tweddale to be/ Communicated to the Rest of my Commissioners", carried privately with no postal markings, some light soiling otherwise remarkably fine; also 1779 large-part brief entire to "The Earl of Lauderdale/Hatton" with 'LAU/DER' b/s, soiling/staining on the address panel. [The first, a marvellous epistle from John Maitland, Second Earl of Lauderdale (and the only Duke of Lauderdale) to John Hay 2 SymbolCGradeA-/C Estimate$500StatusUnsold View details 1104 GB: 1861 cover to South Australia with very fine 6d lilac SG 70 tied by superb 'LONDON EC/ 12 /MY18/61 - 75' duplex, 'GPO/JY10/1861/ADELAIDE SA' arrival cds on the face. Superb! [With the enclosed letter from brother to sister] SymbolCGradeA+ Estimate$250StatusUnsold View details 1105 GB: 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. SymbolAGradeA- Estimate$380StatusUnsold View details 1106 GB: 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] GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPSGradeB Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold View details 1108 GB: 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 Estimate$350Price Realized$260StatusSold View details 1109 Hong Kong: Mint & used accumulation with quantity of QV issues including 2c red 'JUBILEE' overprint and postmark potential noted 'Y1' on 24c green, also perfins and company chops plus a few mint, KEVII used to $1 with bulk lower values, KGV definitives in quantity plus 'CHINA' overprints to $2 (Script CA wmk, Cat £250 but short corner perfs), 1935 Silver Jubilee sets used x40, 1948 Silver Wedding $5 mint (very light hinge mark) & fine used, KGVI definitives to $10 mint x2 (light toning), $1 Cen Symbol*/O Estimate$800Price Realized$1,300StatusSold View details 1110 Hong Kong: BRITISH POST OFFICES IN CHINA: 1917-21 KGV MCA Wmk 1c to $10 SG 1-17, very fresh & lightly mounted, Cat £2000. [NB: there is no SG 10] (16) 16 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbol*GradeA B1 Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,200StatusSold View details 1111 India: A largely untidy collection/array with lots of Officials, Convention States with 'JHIND/STATE' on unused QV 3r & 5r (no gum, Cat £1750) & attractive Gwalior range including mint blocks, Feudatory States with Dhar primitives sheetlets of 10 x3 & Hyderabad with many large used multiples, etc, postmark interest. Inspect. (many 100s) Symbol*ΩO Estimate$500Price Realized$3,600StatusSold View details 1112 India: Used accumulation 1860s-1900s QV and KEVII period in ancient packages apparently untouched for many years noted some Convention & Feudatory States plus a stockbook crammed full of similar & some still on paper, many official overprints including multiples, undoubtedly postmark interest & unchecked for 'used abroad', also a few revenues including on documents, condition variable but overall fine. (1000s) SymbolO Estimate$300Price Realized$340StatusSold View details 1113 India: Batch of covers including 1855 with ½a blue x2 in different shades on yellow envelope (attractive), 1858 part-outer with 1a red, 1858 with ½a blue tied by '138' cancel with 'BOMBAY GPO/1 Dely' unframed b/s, 1872 East India Railway Electric Telegraph Department lettersheet with ½a light blue tied by 'LOCAL/TPO BENGAL' oval d/s and North West Provinces 'F/NWP/No3' transit, 1911 with 'ALLAHABAD RMS/SET No1' TPO cds & French postage dues, 1922 insured parcel tag with KGV issues SymbolC Estimate$600StatusUnsold View details 1114 India: 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/destinat SymbolCGradeB Estimate$450StatusUnsold View details 1115 India: 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 Sing SymbolCGradeA Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold View details 1116 India: 1870 entire written in French with oval 'CAMIN LAMOUROUX & Co/CALCUTTA' merchant's cachet, to France "via Bombay Suez & France" with QV 8p purple x2 & 4a green tied by private 'Stamped' cachet in blue, superb 'PD/10/SEP/70/CALCUTTA' b/s in red, French 'POS AN V SUEZ/7/OCT/70/P AN A MARS' marine sorter cds in red alongside & boxed 'PD' h/s in black, minor edge faults & internally reinforced with archival tape. Very attractive. SymbolCGrade(B) Estimate$300StatusUnsold View details 1117 India: 1890s-1920s Inwards Mail mostly to Allahabad including BEA 1900 QV 2a registration envelope with 'KILINDINI' cds (dateline inverted), CofGH 1903 1d envelope with '126' & 'KABELJOUW'S RIVER' cds, Ceylon 1911 10c registration envelope, Japan 1908 Venus Pencils advertising postcards, Mexico 1906 uprated wrappers x2, New Zealand 1911 1d Universal cover mis-directed via South Africa with 'LOURENCO MARQUES' transit, Transvaal KEVII ½d postal card taxed with 'JHANSI/UNPAID' octagonal d/s, also SymbolCPS Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold View details 1118 India: 1910 envelope with United Provinces Exhibition imprint on back flap, KEVII ½a x5 tied 'UNITED PROVINCES EXHIBITION/16NOV/U/1910-11/P/ALLAHABAD' cds and blank 'R' label with 'U.P.EXHIBITION/ALLAHABAD' cachet, light fold and a couple of minor blemishes & annotations on back. Rare commercial mail from the Organising Committee before the official opening of the Exhibition in December 1910. The world's first official Aerial Post flight by French aviator Henri Péquet took place from the exh SymbolCLGradeB Estimate$300Price Realized$400StatusSold View details 1119 India: 1917 unfranked cover to India with 'HS TAKADA/On Active Service' cachet in purple and 'PASSED CENSOR /2/BOMBAY' circular cachet in violet on face, crowned 'OPENED BY CENSOR' label on back tied 'UMARIA' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. The Hospital Ship "Takada" was operating in the Persian Gulf. SymbolCGradeB Estimate$200StatusUnsold View details 1120 India: 1930s Airmail Covers selection noted 1927 'ROYAL AIR FORCE DISPLAY 1927/LAHORE' pictorial cds on KGV 1a brown, 1930 'Around the World' commemorative covers signed "Mildred Bruce" x6 carried on different legs within India, 1932 Wolfgang von Granau cover franked with Canada, Ceylon, India Japan, Netherlands Indies, Phillipines & USA stamps (a few faults), 1933 Rangoon-Sharjah with 'FIRST AIR MAIL' cancel & BAHRAIN' b/s, 1935 with 'QUETTA EARTH QUAKE POSTAGE FREE' cachet, also 1943 QANTAS Ca 15 SymbolCGradeA/A- Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 1121 India: 1931 Combination Franking of India KGV 1a x3 & 3a x2 and USA Airmail 5c Winged Globe on 'Woman's Hospital, American Baptist Mission' cover endorsed "Air Mail Karachi to Croydon and New York City to Denver, Colo" all tied 'GAUHATI/17SEP31' cds, 'PARIS/30 IX/1931/GARE DU NORD AVION' transit b/s & 'DENVER COLO/ OCT12/CAPITOL HILL STA/1931' arrival cancel on face, fine condition. [Acceleration by domestic airmail required pre-payment in US stamps until after the regulations of the 1929 UPU Co GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold View details 1122 India: 1933 Combination Franking of India KGV ½a & 1a3p tied by 'BOMBAY FOREIGN/7OCT33' cds and USA Airmail 8c Winged Globe on Dollar Steamship Lines cover endorsed "Via Air Mail to Europe/Via Air Mail New York City to California" from Purser on board the SS 'President Polk', the US stamp not accepted & boxed in blue crayon, taxed "25c" as underpaid for airmail to Europe and sent by surface mail with Indian 'INSUFFICIENTLY PAID FOR/TRANSIMISSION BY AIRMAIL' & US 'POSTAGE DUE 13 CENTS' GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA- Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold View details 1123 India: 1942 to Papua addressed to "The Venerable Archdeacon of the Mamba, Anglican Mission, Duvira, via Samarai" with KGVI ½a & 3a tied 'LONAVLA/12APR42' d/s and 'DHC/37' censor cachet but undeliverable with 'SERVICE SUSPENDED/RETURNED TO SENDER' boxed cachet in violet struck twice on face, couple of minor blemishes. Mail services had been suspended due the Japanese attacks on New Britain, New Ireland & the New Guinea mainland in January 1942. SymbolCGradeA- Estimate$400Price Realized$320StatusSold View details 1124 India: POSTAL STATIONERY: bundle including 1895 'GRAND XMAS RAFFLE' postal card sent with reply half still attached, 1899 1a on 2a6p envelope to Australia with '¼' overprint on ½a green x6 (one with Broken '1'), 1900 uprated postal card with Bombay-Aden 'SEA POST OFFICE' transit & Belgian 10c postage due, 1901 ½a CEF envelope with 'FPO No13' cds used at Wei Hai Wei, also official mail, registered usages, tax & instructional markings, postmark interest noted 'IRADUTNUGGER/NWP/222' duplex on SymbolPS Estimate$300Price Realized$420StatusSold View details 1125 India: AIRGRAPHS: KGVI Embossed 3a & 3a+1a, a few minor blemishes; plus Ceylon 10c+10c grey, very fine; all folded. ( ) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPSGradeA/B Estimate$300StatusUnsold View details 1126 India: CONVENTION STATES: Mostly postal stationery group with a few covers noted 1903 QV ½a without overprint tied 'GWALIOR-STATE/VICEROY'S CAMP POST OFFICE' hooded-circle d/s and 1910 registered with KEVII 3p 'CHAMBA/STATE' overprints x10 & provisional 'R' cachet on blank label, 1894 ½a envelope 'PATIALA/STATE' with 'BATHINDA RY STN' squared circle & 'POSTAGE DUE' cachet, also 'JHIND' and 'NABHA', most overprints in black but some in red or green, postmark interest, plus a few unused ... 48 SymbolCPS Estimate$400StatusUnsold View details 1127 India: FEUDATORY STATES: Covers & postal stationery group mostly Hyderabad noted two envelopes uprated with ½a red 'POST STAMP' blocks of 4 one with boxed registration cachet and a number of used ½a postal cards one 1897 with 'POSTAGE DUE/ONE ANNA' cachet (faults) but also Soruth 1880s 1a green covers x2 and Jaipur 1904 India KEVII ½a envelope re-directed with Sun God ½a blue added plus a couple of unfranked covers, potential postmark interest, also a few unused stationery items, condition m 39 SymbolCPS Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold View details 1128 India: FEUDATORY STATES: Jasdan 1942-47 Sun 1a bluish green Perf 8½-9 SG 6, native cancellation, Cat £325. SymbolVGradeA A2 Estimate$150Price Realized$220StatusSold View details 1129 Japan: 1942 First Anniversary of the Great Asian War 2s (Samarai) scenic Postal Cards set of three, minor blemishes, unused, Cat $HK1500. With the commemorative folder & insert. (5 items) SymbolPSGradeB Estimate$150StatusUnsold View details 1130 Japan: TAIWAN: 1930 PPC ("View of Takao City") to Western Australia with 3s red only tied 'TAINAN/TAIWAN/JAPAN' cds, 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. [Taiwan was ceded to Japan by Qing China after losing the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895 and became its first overseas colony] SymbolCGradeA- Estimate$300StatusUnsold View details 1131 Malaya: Single-volume collection with many better stamps from Straits Settlements including 1867 Overprints to 12c on 4a unused & used (query if the overprints are genuine) & 'B' of Bangkok on CA 10c, FMS $25 so lightly cancelled & with large-part o.g. that it could easily be passed-off as mint, States with quite a few values to $5 unused or fiscal usages, Kelantan Chef's Hats used to $1, Japanese Occupation that if genuine are worth a lot of money. (100s) SymbolΩO Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,300StatusSold View details 1132 Malaya: Carton of albums with an extensive but very patchy collection, the highlight is complete mint Silver Weddings mostly very lightly mounted, other pickings including some silly overprint forgeries, lots of duplication in some areas. (Qty) Symbol*O Estimate$400Price Realized$800StatusSold View details 1133 Malaya: STRAITS SETTLEMENTS: 1867 Surcharges on India 'THREE HALF-CENTS' x2 (one with large-part o.g) to '32 CENTS' on 2a SG 1-19 missing the 4c on 1a & 6c on 2a, characteristic wayward centring, the 8c on 2a & 24c on 8a a bit aged, Cat £1100. (8) 8 Symbol*OGradeA/B Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 1134 Malaya: STRAITS SETTLEMENTS: 1867-72 CC 2c brown with the Watermark Inverted SG 11w, a bit toned/aged, Cat £650. Symbol*GradeC C1 Estimate$100StatusUnsold View details 1135 Malaya: STRAITS SETTLEMENTS: 1906 KEVII Wmk MCA $25 grey-green & black SG 139 overprinted 'SPECIMEN', lightly mounted, Cat £475. Symbol*GradeA B1 Estimate$380Price Realized$460StatusSold View details 1136 Malaya: 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 Estimate$300StatusUnsold View details 1137 Malaya: SARAWAK - JAPANESE OCCUPATION: c.1943 commercial cover from Japan to Kuching with 5s, red/white censor label tied to reverse by Japanese-language cds, minor blemishes. SymbolCLGradeB Estimate$250Price Realized$360StatusSold View details 1138 Malaya: SARAWAK - JAPANESE OCCUPATION: 1944 locally addressed cover endorsed "First Day" with Revenue Overprints on 4c 5c 6c 8c x2 15c & 20c all tied by Japanese-style Kuching cds. SymbolCLGradeA Estimate$500StatusUnsold View details 1139 Malaya: SARAWAK - JAPANESE OCCUPATION: 1944 locally addressed cover endorsed "First Day" with Revenue Overprints on 4c 5c 6c 8c x2 15c & 20c all tied by Japanese-style Kuching cds. SymbolCLGradeA Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 1140 Malaya: SARAWAK: 1948 philatelic cover with 1934-41 19 denominations including the $2 to $10 SG 121-5 tied by 'KUCHING/22JA/48' cds, minor blemishes, Cat £350+. [By this time, both the BMA & Cypher Overprints had been released. These must therefore be considered a contrived non-contemporary "usage"] SymbolCLGradeB Estimate$150Price Realized$110StatusSold View details 1141 Middle East: IRAN: 1897-1906 Postal Stationery to India comprising 4ch postal cards uprated with 1ch violet x3, 5ch postal cards x4 including one forwarded to Singapore & another with 'DJOULFA-ISFAHAN/25-3-05' Railway TPO 'lemon' cancel, 1904 envelope '6/CHAHIS' on 10ch blue with '3/CHAHIS' on 5ch x2 added tied 'SULTANABAD' plus 12ch red envelopes x9 some with added frankings & all with either 'PROVISORE/1319' overprints or additional black imprint below value, the majority sent via Bushire som 21 SymbolPSGradeA/B Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold View details 1142 Middle East: 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. Attractive usage to a most unusual destination. SymbolPSGradeB Estimate$200StatusUnsold View details 1143 Middle East: SHARJAH: 1968 Shaikh Khalid & Arms 2r 3r 4r & 5r complete sheets of 25 each folded once, a couple of minor gum imperfections & some hinge remains on margins only, unmounted, Cat £1000+. (100) 100 Symbol**GradeA/A- Estimate$300StatusUnsold View details 1144 Nauru: 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) 13 SymbolF/VGradeA Estimate$450Price Realized$340StatusSold View details 1145 Nauru: 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) 3 SymbolFGradeA Estimate$350Price Realized$420StatusSold View details 1146 Nauru: 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 & 2 Symbol*/**VC Estimate$750Price Realized$550StatusSold View details 1147 Nauru: 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- Estimate$350StatusUnsold View details 1148 Nauru: 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- Estimate$750StatusUnsold View details 1149 Nauru: 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) 8 Symbol*GradeA/B Estimate$750StatusUnsold View details 1150 Nauru: 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 Estimate$750StatusUnsold View details 1151 Nauru: 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 Estimate$550StatusUnsold View details 1152 Nauru: 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 (well centred, aged gum) & 5/- SG 22 (small surface abrasions), Cat £950+. BPA Certificate for the 2/6d. (4) 4 Symbol*GradeA/B Estimate$350StatusUnsold View details 1153 Nauru: 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. (3) 3 Symbol**GradeA+ B1 Estimate$220StatusUnsold View details 1154 Nauru: 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 Estimate$750Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 1155 Nauru: 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 Estimate$250StatusUnsold View details 1156 Nauru: 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 Estimate$350Price Realized$280StatusSold View details 1157 Nauru: 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) 8 Symbol*GradeA/B Estimate$480Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 1158 Nauru: 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 Estimate$950StatusUnsold View details 1159 Nauru: 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+ Estimate$600StatusUnsold View details 1160 Nauru: WORLD WAR II CENSORSHIP: 1941 (May 24) apparently commercial cover to Tennessee with plain label with two strikes of the boxed 'OPENED BY CENSOR' h/s (Little #L2) & superb strike of the boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR/ NAURU' cachet (#H2), also with diamond ' 3 /PASSED/BY/CENSOR/ - ' with No Censor's Number cachet applied at Melbourne. Ex Neil Russell. [John Little recorded only three examples of the label. His beautiful illustrated cover to British Guiana sold at the Prestige auction of 5.3.2011 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA- Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 1161 Nauru: WORLD WAR II CENSORSHIP: 1941 (Oct 4) British Phosphate Commission cover to Melbourne with diamond 'NAURU/NOT/OPENED BY/ CENSOR' (Little #H3) in violet on the face, minor opening faults at the top. Ex Neil Russell. [John Little recorded only four examples of the label. His similar cover sold at the Prestige auction of 5.3.2011 for $483] GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeB Estimate$350Price Realized$270StatusSold View details 1162 Neth: 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) 62 Symbol*/** Estimate$350Price Realized$280StatusSold View details 1163 Neth Indies: Collection including 1864 10c imperf (small thin) & 1868 with minor perf faults used, 1905 Wilhemina 2½g mint, 1922 Bandoeng Fair set (ex 2½c) mint, 1923 Jubilee set mint, 1948 Wilhelmina set unmounted, some shades & postmark interest; also New Guinea reasonably complete mixed mint/used including 'UNTEA' overprints, Suriname mostly used including 1900 '50 cent' overprint on 2½g brown & green, 1927 Marine Insurance overprints and 1945 Wilhelmina 5g & 10g, Antilles 1980-91 Symbol**/*OGradeA/A- Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold View details 1164 Neth Indies: 1882 1882 7½c Postal Card to France with Weltevreden cds, superb strike of the rare French 'LIGNE P/ 3/JUIL/82/PAQ FR No 1' cds on the face, 'LIGNE N/28JUIL/82/PAQ FR No 9' transit b/s & 'MODANE A PARIS/4/AOUT/82' TPO transit cds in red on the face, Paris arrival b/s, minor blemishes. [The French Ligne P was a feeder service between Batavia & Singapore only. In almost every case, Raymond Salles illustrates and quotes a price or gives a rating for every marking. For Ligne P, he does SymbolPSGradeA- Estimate$750StatusUnsold View details 1165 Neth Indies: JAPANESE OCCUPATION: Japanese Naval Control Area (Ambon/Amboina) '10/TIEN CENT' surcharge on 12½c Envelope with Anchor Handstamp on Wilhelmina values x10 to 1gld all tied by undated Amboina cancels, a couple of small defects, unaddressed. Ex Stuart Hardy: acquired at a Melbourne auction in 2013 for $690. SymbolPSGradeB Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 1166 Neth Indies: JAPANESE OCCUPATION: Japanese Naval Control Area (Ambon/Amboina) '10/TIEN CENT' surcharge on 12½c Envelope with Anchor Handstamp on Pictorials etc x11 different all tied by undated Amboina cancels, unaddressed. Ex Stuart Hardy: acquired at a Melbourne auction in 2013 for $575. SymbolPSGradeA Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 1167 New Guinea - German: Steel mailbag seal inscribed 'KAISERLICH-DEUTSCHE POST/[crown]/KAEWIENG/ (DEUTSCHE-/NEU GUINEA)/[posthorn]', the steel a little rusty & the top of the wooden handle broken-off but still quite serviceable. An extremely desirable artefact. [A similar non-postal brass seal for the Government Station at Stephansort sold at our auction of 29.6.2016 for $1860] Symbol?GradeB Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,300StatusSold View details 1168 New Guinea - German: Brass (?) seal inscribed 'KAISERLICHES GOUVERNEMENTS HAUPTKASSE/[eagle]/RABAUL' (= Treasury) with the manufacturer's name 'THEODOR KAISER/BERLIN SW12' inscribed on brass pin at top of the wooden handle. Another rare artefact. [The eagle is a lovely example of the die-sinker's art] Symbol?GradeA- Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,200StatusSold View details 1169 New Guinea - German: 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] GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeB Estimate$500StatusUnsold View details 1170 New Guinea - German: 1904 usage of PPC ("Landschaft bei Nusa") with the message headed "SS Gotha" (?), to NSW with 5pf only tied by 'MATUPI' cds, rare 'T.'-in-octagon h/s over mss "6¼cts", CofA Filled Tablet 1d Postage Due with blue cross cancel. SymbolCGradeB Estimate$150StatusUnsold View details 1171 New Guinea - German: INWARDS MAIL: 1890 Bavarian 10pf Postal Card to Stephansort, 1897 triple-rate cover from NSW, 1905 uprated Russian Postal Card to "Sattelberg/bei Finschhafen", 1906 re-use of German 2pf+3pf Postal Card with 5pf Yacht added, 1908 uprated Austrian Postal Card, 1910 PPC from Japan, and three others, condition variable. (9) 9 SymbolCPS Estimate$600Price Realized$480StatusSold View details 1172 New Guinea - German: INWARDS MAIL: usage of Hong Kong '4 CENTS' on 3c Postal Card (reply half) to the ship's doctor aboard SMS "Möwe" c/- the German Consulate at Matupi with superb 'AMOY/ A /FE20/00' cds & Hong Kong transit cds, apparently missent to Sydney where endorsed in red "Matupi/New Britain", full message headed "Amoy ab SMS Irene 12 II 00", some soiling & repaired tear at right. Ex Murray Collins: sold for $935 at the Macray Watson sale of 31/3/1998. SymbolPSGrade(B) Estimate$750StatusUnsold View details 1173 New Guinea - GRI: Deutsch Neu-Guinea 6mm Spacing '1d.' on 5pf with Short '1' SG 2b (a bit aged, Ceremuga Certificate) & '2½d.' on 10pf (very fine, unmounted), 5mm Spacing '3d.' on 25pf x2 (one with hinge remainder; the other with a rounded corner) & '5d.' on 50pf (short perfs), Cat £1150. (5) 5 Symbol* Estimate$400Price Realized$320StatusSold View details 1174 New Guinea - GRI: 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) 4 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbol*/**GradeA B1 Estimate$450Price Realized$340StatusSold View details 1175 New Guinea - GRI: 1915 'G.R.I./3d.' on German Registration Labels selection comprising 'Rabaul/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' SG 33 x3, 'Herbertshohe/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' SG 36, 'Manus/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' SG 39, Seriffed Town Name 'Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen/(Deutsch-Neuguinea)' SG 41 & 'Kawieng/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' SG 42 x7, condition rather mixed, a few with part-o.g., Cat £3400+. Unusual opportunity. (13) 13 SymbolΩ* Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,200StatusSold View details 1176 New Guinea - GRI: 1915 'G.R.I./3d.' on German Registration Labels 'Manus/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' SG 39 Setting C [2, light crease, large-part o.g.], [3, faults], [4, a few short perfs, large-part o.g.] & [5, large-part o.g.], Cat £1300. (4) Symbol*Ω Estimate$450Price Realized$440StatusSold View details 1177 New Guinea - GRI: 1915 'G.R.I./3d.' on German Registration Labels Seriffed Town Name 'Kawieng/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' SG 42 Setting A [1, short perfs at left), [2], [4, short perfs at top] & [5, large-part o.g.] and Setting B [1], Cat £1250. (5) 5 Symbol*ΩGradeA/B Estimate$500Price Realized$460StatusSold View details 1178 New Guinea - GRI: 1914 Overprints on Marshall Islands selection comprising '1d.' on 5pf x3 (one with '1' & 'd' Wider Spaced SG 51e, ink mark on the face, Ceremuga Certificate), Second Setting '2d.' on 10pf pair [9] & block of 5 [9-10], and '2d.' on 20pf x12 (all plated), condition a bit variable, Cat £900+. (20) 20 Symbol*/**GradeA/B Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 1179 New Guinea - GRI: 1914 Overprints on Marshall Islands '1d.' on 3pf brown with Flat Top on '1' SG 50c being all units in the first & second columns of an upper-left corner block of 15 (3x5) with Plate Number '1', variable centring, unmounted, Cat £2350++ (mounted). An exceptional specialist piece. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbol**GradeA Estimate$1,900StatusUnsold View details 1180 New Guinea - GRI: 1914 Overprints on Marshall Islands '4d.' on 40pf & '5d.' on 50pf SG 56 & 57, unmounted, Cat £470+ (mounted). (2) 2 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbol**GradeA B1 Estimate$300StatusUnsold View details 1181 New Guinea - GRI: 1914 Overprints on Marshall Islands '8d.' on 80pf SG 58 block of 4 (Setting 2; Positions 1 & 2, split vertically & skilfully rejoined with hinge reinforcement), Cat £1900+. A very scarce multiple. Brun/Shanahan (1957) & Holcombe (1995) Certificates. Symbol*GradeA B1 Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 1182 New Guinea - GRI: 1915 (Jan) Additional Surcharge '1' on '2d.' on 10pf red SG 63, mint & with light oval Rabaul d/s, Cat £475. (2) 2 Symbol*VGradeA C1 Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold View details 1183 New Guinea - GRI: 1915 (Jan) Additional Surcharge '1' on '2d.' on 10pf SG 63 horizontal strip of 3, the second unit with slight Misplacement of '1' to Left, excellent centring, minor perf reinforcing, Cat £600++. Jurgen Kilian (1985) & RPSofL (1986) Certificates. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbol*GradeA A1 Estimate$380StatusUnsold View details 1184 New Guinea - GRI: 1914 (late) philatelic cover with German New Guinea 5pf x16 tied by nine good to very fine strikes of the defaced 'KAISERLICHES BEZIRKSGERICHT/[Eagle]/FRIEDRICH-WILHELMSHAFEN' court seal & another clear strike on the reverse, central horizontal fold clear of the stamps. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeB Estimate$750StatusUnsold View details 1185 New Guinea - GRI: POSTAL CARDS: DNG '1d.' on 5pf two different & '2d.' on 10pf x3 (one CTO), and Marshalls '1d.' on 5pf, a few minor blemishes, unused. (6) 6 SymbolPSGradeA/B Estimate$150Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 1186 New Guinea - NWPI: 1915-16 KGV ½d bright green SG 65a complete forme of 30 with Types acccbc on the last row, unmounted. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbol**GradeA Estimate$400Price Realized$320StatusSold View details 1187 New Guinea - NWPI: 1915-16 Kangaroos Second Wmk 5/- grey & chrome-yellow SG 92 abc strip, well centred, the two lower units are unmounted, Cat £300++. Symbol*/**GradeA B1 Estimate$380Price Realized$290StatusSold View details 1188 New Guinea - NWPI: 1915-16 Kangaroos Third Wmk 3d olive Die I SG 96 complete forme of 30, very fresh with most units unmounted, Cat £175++ as mounted singles & abc strips. Symbol**/*GradeA C1 Estimate$300Price Realized$440StatusSold View details 1189 New Guinea - NWPI: 1918 Surcharges 'One Penny' on KGV 5d SG 100 (exceptional centring) & Kangaroo 1/- SG 101 (two units uncancelled) abc strips of 3, CTO with large-part o.g., Cat £800+. (2 strips) Symbol*VGradeA Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 1190 New Guinea - NWPI: 1918-23 Fifth Setting 2½d blue SG 108 complete forme of 30 from the left-hand pane [L1-30] with listed varieties White Scratch off Cape Leeuwin, Islands to East of Cape York [11] and Islands South-West of Western Australia [30, rounded corner] BW #11(2)e f & g, minor perf splitting/rejoining but most units are unmounted, Cat £450++ as normal mounted singles. Symbol*/**GradeA Estimate$300Price Realized$440StatusSold View details 1191 New Guinea - NWPI: 1918-23 Fifth Setting 3d olive Die I SG 109 complete forme of 30, generally well centred, most units are unmounted, Cat £690++ as mounted singles. Very scarce. Symbol**/*GradeA Estimate$500Price Realized$500StatusSold View details 1192 New Guinea - NWPI: 1918-23 Fifth Setting 6d ultramarine Die II SG 110 complete forme of 30, generally well centred, most units are unmounted, Cat £140++ as mounted singles. Very scarce. Symbol**/*GradeA Estimate$300Price Realized$800StatusSold View details 1193 New Guinea - NWPI: 1918-23 Fifth Setting 1/- emerald SG 113 complete forme of 30, generally well centred, all units are unmounted, Cat £195++ as mounted singles. Very scarce. Symbol**GradeA Estimate$600Price Realized$1,100StatusSold View details 1194 New Guinea - NWPI: 1918-23 Fifth Setting 1/- pale blue-green SG 113a complete forme of 30, all units are unmounted, Cat £420++ as mounted singles. Very scarce. Symbol**GradeA Estimate$750Price Realized$1,500StatusSold View details 1195 New Guinea - NWPI: 1917 Blatter cover with Second Wmk 5/- type b tied by 'RABAUL' cds, very fine '[crown]/PASSED CENSOR/30NOV1917/ RABAUL' cachet in violet & German-type registration label, Sydney & Bern b/s, soiled. SymbolCGradeB Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold View details 1196 New Guinea - NWPI: 1923 two real photo PPCs of Native Village and Native Girls both with 1d violet tied to the views by typically light but discernible strikes of the rare 'WITU/NEW GUINEA' cds. (2) 2 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA-/B Estimate$400StatusUnsold View details 1197 New Guinea: 1931-32 'AIR MAIL' Overprints Huts, Undated Bird & Dated Birds complete sets, mostly fine but a few lower values have minor problems, Cat £1275. (43) 43 SymbolOGradeA/A- Estimate$500Price Realized$650StatusSold View details 1198 New Guinea: 1932 Undated Birds plus the Airmail & 'OS' Overprints each individually recessed in three presentation cards (260x222mm), some minor toning, all in a blue folder with "gold"-embossed 'TERRITORY/OF/NEW GUINEA' on the face, some age damage. Rare: very few sets would have been prepared. SymbolPRGradeB Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold View details 1199 New Guinea: 1932 Undated Birds 'AIR/MAIL' overprint £1 SG 203 marginal example with partial 'JOHN ASH' imprint, fine used with light part 'WAU' cds cancel, Cat £55+. Very scarce. SymbolVGradeA B1 Estimate$100StatusUnsold View details 1200 New Guinea: 1935-39 Bulolo Goldfields Airmails ½d to £5 SG 204-05 & 212-25, the 10/- & £2 with above-average centring and the £5 lightly cancelled, some of the lower values and the £1 have hinge thins, Cat £1440. (16) 16 SymbolOGradeA/B Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold View details 1201 New Guinea: 1935-39 Bulolo Goldfields Airmails Panelli forgeries £1 olive-green & £2 dull violet both of fine appearance but with some gum blemishes, plus "die proof" of the £2 on thin ungummed paper in very fine condition. 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