1871 UNWATERMARKED PERF. 12½ continued...
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Lot Description |
CV or Estimate |
2481 |
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2d. vermilion block of four, fresh bright color and with very large part original gum, all but the upper left stamp remaining unmounted mint; one pair with a faint fox mark between,
otherwise very fine. Sc. 48; S.G. 138, £600+. (Image) |
Est. $400-500
SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2482 |
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2d. vermilion block of four, fresh light
color and with part original gum; most attractive. Sc. 48; S.G. 138, £600+. (Image) |
Est. $300-400
SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2483 |
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2d. vermilion block
of four with wide perforation separation at left, deep color and fresh unused with part original gum. Sc. 48; S.G. 138, £600. (Image) |
Est. $300-400
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2484 |
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2d. vermilion (3 with one in a delicate pale shade) and 4d. orange-yellow (3, one with trace of "t.h. saunders" papermaker's
watermark), unused with part original gum; generally fine. B.P.A. Certificate (1955) for one 4d. Sc. 48, 49, 49 var.; 138, 139, 139a, £935. (imagea)
(imageb)
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(imaged)
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(Image) |
Est. $400-500
SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2485 |
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2d. vermilion retouched, a block of four, Rows 13-14/11-12, with full sheet margin at right, the right-hand vertical pair sharing a semi-circular patch of
weakening and with Row 13/12 showing retouching in the engine-turning to the right of the head, fresh unused with large part original gum, the lower pair remaining unmounted. Sc. 48; S.G. 138, 138a, £650+.
(Image) |
Est. $300-400
SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2486 |
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2d.
vermilion, a horizontal strip of three, Row 16/1-3, with all three showing some damage to the design, fresh with part original gum. Sc. 48; S.G. 138, £450+. (Image) |
Est. $200-300
SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2487 |
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2d. vermilion, Row 17/9 and Row 20/3, fresh with large part original gum. R.P.S. Certificate (1951) for the latter. Sc. 48; S.G. 138a, £400. provenance:
Harry Lacoste Bartrop, October 1984, for the latter (imagea)
(Image) |
Est. $200-300
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2488 |
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4d.
orange-yellow, a block of six (3x2) in a deep rich shade, fresh unused with large part original gum; fine and most attractive. Sc. 49; S.G. 139, £1,080+. (Image) |
Est. $750-1,000
SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2489 |
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4d. orange-yellow, three examples with part to large part original gum, fresh colors, one well-centered for this stamp. R.P.S. Certificate (2006) for each. Sc. 49; S.G. 139, £540.
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(Image) |
Est. $200-300
SOLD for $280.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2490 |
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1d. brown (4, one with Row 14/12 re-entry and showing damage at foot caused by faulty perforations, and one with small part cancellation at left) and 2d. vermilion (5,
one in a very deep shade cancelled "5", two retouched); generally good to fine. Sc. 47, 48; S.G. 137, 138, 138a, £1,095. provenance: Gerald Ellott
(Image) |
Est. $40-500
SOLD for $575.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2491 |
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1d. brown with a previously unrecorded elaborate script watermark comprising large part "CC" in reverse, indistinct cancellation at foot. Highly unusual and possibly
unique. Odenweller Certificate (2004). Sc. 47 var.; S.G. 137a var. provenance: Consul Alfred Weinberger Note: This stamp was first reported in the "London Philatelist" and has now been
written-up and illustrated in "The Postage Stamps of New Zealand, 1855-1873" by Robert P. Odenweller. (Image) |
Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $2,000.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2492 |
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2d. vermilion retouched, eight examples comprising Row 17/1, Row 18/3, 18/4, 18/7 and 18/8, Row 19/7 and Row 20/3 and 20/6, variously cancelled and generally fine. Sc. 48; S.G. 138a, £700. (Image) |
Est. $400-500
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2493 |
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2d. vermilion showing part "C" of "WT&Co" papermaker's watermark in script letters, a deep shade cancelled with part Dunedin duplex and with small part c.d.s. in red at lower
right corner; very fine. Sc. 48 var.; S.G. 138b, £1,300. provenance: Gerald Ellott (Image) |
Est. $500-750
SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2494 |
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2d. vermilion with plate damage at top, Row 1/10, and showing parts of "WT&Co" papermaker's watermark in script letters, neatly cancelled "H/1" in oval of bars; small
faults though of good appearance. Scarce. R.P.S. Certificate (1967). Sc. 48 var.; S.G. 138b, £1,300. provenance: "Adam Hunter", July 1980, Gerald Ellott
(Image) |
Est. $300-400
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2495 |
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2d. vermilion block of six (3x2), Rows 13-14/1-3, the right-hand block of four sharing "t h s" of "t h saunders" papermaker's watermark in double-lined capitals; a few small faults though a very scarce used multiple incorporating the papermaker's watermark. Sc. 48 var.; S.G. 138, 138c, £3,110+. provenance: Christie's Robson Lowe, October 1989, Gerald Ellott (Image) |
Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2496 |
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2d. vermilion horizontal pair with the right-hand stamp showing "er" of "t h saunders"
papermaker's watermark in double-lined capitals, lovely rich color and neatly cancelled with part Christchurch "c" duplex; very fine and most attractive. Holcombe Opinion (1988). Sc. 48 var.; S.G. 138, 138c, £805+. provenance: Gerald Ellott, "Antipodes", October 1988 (Image) |
Est. $500-750
SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2497 |
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2d. vermilion, two examples showing portions of "T H SAUNDERS" papermaker's watermark in double-lined capitals, one with part "ND" and neatly cancelled "5", the other
with small portions of two letters and bars cancellation, small thin at top. Sc. 48 var.; S.G. 138c, £1,500. provenance: Gerald Ellott
(imagea)
(Image) |
Est. $500-750
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2498 |
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4d. orange-yellow neatly cancelled with a superb centrally struck complete strike of the "n. plymouth/n. zealnad" c.d.s. for
17 November 1873; very fine and a most attractive example of this scarce stamp. Sc. 49; S.G. 139, £750. provenance: H. Gordon Kaye, April 1991
(Image) |
Est. $500-750
SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2499 |
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4d.
orange-yellow, indistinct oval of bars cancellation; a sound example of this scarce stamp. R.P.S. Certificate (1931). Sc. 49; S.G. 139, £750. (Image) |
Est. $300-400
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2500 |
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1872 (22 Oct.) small ladies envelope from Featherstone, complete with letter headed "Pigeon Bush", to Wellington, bearing 2d. vermilion in a bright shade and neatly
cancelled "3" in oblong of bars, the reverse with light despatch c.d.s.; a few light age marks in places, otherwise fine and scarce. Holcombe Opinion (1994). Sc. 48; S.G. 138. (Image) |
Est. $200-300
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction |