Mowbray Collectables Sale

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Postal History continued...

Lot

Symbol

Catalog No.

Description

Opening

701

1900 Boer War stampless OAS cover to NZ, endorsed in m/s, "No. 1[?] Company, No. 1508 N.Z.R.R. On Active Service. No stamps available" & (in separate hand) "J. Pringle, Captain". [N.Z.R.R. = NZ Rough Riders"]. Red m/s "1d" (1d postage due), but apparently not collected in NZ. Fine cds "Field Post Office / British Army S. Africa / 16" OC 12 00. Three NZ receipt b/s, incl fair-good Clareville A-type cds 21? NO 00. Some creasing, repaired opening tear. Good frontal appearance.

CLOSED
Closing..Mar-05, 06:00 AM

702

1901-58 Telegrams x 9 with accompanying envelopes, also 2 diff message forms & 3 diff addressed envelopes. 3 are dated before 1910.

CLOSED
Closing..Mar-05, 06:00 AM

703

1901 cover Sierra Leone to NZ pmk "Freetown JA 14", and Paid Liverpool packet 28 JA 01 cds in red. We know of nothing earlier to NZ.

CLOSED
Closing..Mar-05, 06:00 AM

704

1904-5 PPC ex Malta (fine town scene, with Malta ½d EVII canc fine oval Valletta d/s 1 DE 04 on picture side). Charged 5 gold centimes postage due. On arrival in NZ, 1d Postage Due added & canc Devonport 9 JA 05. Readdressed to Otorohanga. Total of 5 diff NZ pmks (all fine) on address side. Fine cond.

SOLD for NZ$90.00
Closing..Mar-05, 06:00 AM

705

1906 commercial cover ex NSW to NZ franked NSW 1d Arms, canc unclear duplex d/s JY 28. M/s "Printed Matter Only", then (in another hand) "Not sufficiently opened", & with large blue pencil m/s "10T". On back, irregular block of 10 (1 damaged) x NZ 1d Postage Due type 2, p11 SG D19, canc blue pencil m/s, over top of Wellington & Dunedin receipt machine d/s. The U.P.U. "T" (= taxe) markings on international mail indicated French gold centimes. In this case, "10" = "10c" = 1d; double the deficiency would be 2d to be paid, not 10d. So, misunderstood in NZ? Opened 3 sides, good cond. Note SG D19 was used for 1 year only.

CLOSED
Closing..Mar-05, 06:00 AM

706

1908 PPC ex Helsinki bearing Finnish 2p stamp on view side, cancelled 15 V 08, boxed T & 10c added on address side, TO PAY/1d/DOUBLE DEFICIENCY black h/s & 1d postage due, cancelled in Christchurch on arrival.

CLOSED
Closing..Mar-05, 06:00 AM

707

1916 WWI stampless OAS PPC (Temple of Isis, Egypt), to GB, canc fine complete "AUST. & N.Z. ARMY CORPS HEADQUARTERS FIELD P.O." cds 13 FE 16, over top of fine square Censor No. 2284 h/s (red). From an ANZAC soldier at Ismailia, Egypt. Fine. (Image)

SOLD for NZ$67.00
Closing..Mar-05, 06:00 AM

708

1916 WWI stampless OAS PPC to NZ (showing mosque, Port Said, Egypt), with fine boxed frank (black) "On Active Service / N.Z. Hospital Ship / Marama", canc good/fine cds "New Zealand Advanced Base Army Post Office", 23 JA 16, with also ship's "Passed by Censor ..." straight-line h/s. Sent from Alexandria after coaling at Port Said on the ship's first commission. Fine.

SOLD for NZ$110.00
Closing..Mar-05, 06:00 AM

709

1916 1d GV postal stationery envelope + ½d GV adhesive ex Richmond 24 January to Chicago, USA, bearing purple PASSED BY THE/MILITARY CENSOR/N.Z., & 10 March arrival commercial d/s. Pinholed & bent at left.

CLOSED
Closing..Mar-05, 06:00 AM

710

1916 WWI stampless printed Field Service p/c, ex Egypt to GB, canc good complete Mounted Brigade Field Post Office N.Z. Division cds 21 JU 16. Just prior to the Battle of Romani in the Sinai Desert. Signed "W.F. Galpin". Fine & scarce.

SOLD for NZ$54.00
Closing..Mar-05, 06:00 AM

711

1916 WWI stampless OAS PPC (local scene) Egypt to NZ, canc near complete New Zealand Advanced Base Army Post Office cds 3 JA 16 & with 2 fine overlapping strikes in red of circular h/s "Passed by Censor/Force in Egypt/14". Fine.

CLOSED
Closing..Mar-05, 06:00 AM

712

1916 WWI stampless OAS PPC to NZ (view of Valletta, Malta), with fine boxed frank (black) "On Active Service / N.Z. Hospital Ship / Marama" & fine "Passed by Censor ..." ship's straight-line h/s. No d/s present & message is undated, but associated correspondence confirms c April 1916. The Marama, on its first commission, arrived at Malta 10 April 1916, then left for Southampton, where it arrived 20 April. Fine.

CLOSED
Closing..Mar-05, 06:00 AM

713

1917 NZ Parcel Post counterfoil receipt card, canc fine octagonal Eketahuna M.O. & S.B. d/s (violet) 7 AUG 1918. For parcel to GB. Fine scarce.

CLOSED
Closing..Mar-05, 06:00 AM

714

1917 WWI printed "YMCA" stampless OAS cover to Auckland, m/s endorsed as from soldier at Trentham Camp. With fine "Trentham Military Camp" double-circle cds 9 JL 17. 6.45AM & fine circular "TO PAY 2d" h/s. With 2d Postage Due p14 (SG D21) added & canc "Letter Carriers / Auckland" cds 10 JL 17. Repaired opening tears. Note: until they embarked on ship for overseas, troops were not considered as being "on active service"! Most soldiers were sharper than this one.

CLOSED
Closing..Mar-05, 06:00 AM

715

1918 WWI stampless OAS PPC (view of Beaulieu, GB), ex GB to NZ, canc good/fine "New Zealand Stationary A.P.O. No. 2" cds 7 JL 18 from a NZ nurse newly arrived at NZ No. 1 General Hospital (which used this cds), Brockenhurst, near Southampton. Note: the "2" in the cds is not very clear (but must be this number). Very fine condition.

CLOSED
Closing..Mar-05, 06:00 AM

716

1918 WWI stampless OAS cover ex GB to NZ, canc very fine "New Zealand Stationary A.P.O. No. 4" cds 31 OC 18. Used at NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, Essex. B/s Owaka, NZ cds 2 JA 19. Vert central fold, otherwise fine.

SOLD for NZ$48.00
Closing..Mar-05, 06:00 AM

717

1918 WWI inwards, blue, printed Salvation Army OAS cover to Omata, bearing red circular PASSED BY CENSOR & CROWN/No. 9 N.Z. cachet, with fine red continuous POSTAGE PAID WELLINGTON N.Z./12 SP 1918 cancel & Omata 14 SP 1? A class cancel on rear.

CLOSED
Closing..Mar-05, 06:00 AM

718

1918 WWI stampless OAS cover (pencilled address) to NZ, stated to be from a crew member of the N.Z. Hospital Ship "Maheno" (though no sender's details shown). On front & back, near complete framed h/s "Passed By Base Censor E.E.F." (Egypt Expeditionary Force). Also on back: partly unclear "Military Post Office/Alexandria" cds 4 SP 18, "Base Army Post Office Z" cds same day, & Waverley (NZ) receipt cds 2 DE 18. Good cond.

CLOSED
Closing..Mar-05, 06:00 AM

719

1918 WWI stampless OAS cover ex GB to NZ, canc fine "New Zealand Stationary A.P.O. No. 4" cds 2 NO 18. B/s Owaka, NZ cds 2 JA 19. Fine condition.

CLOSED
Closing..Mar-05, 06:00 AM

720

1922 PPC, ex Mexico City bearing 2d postage due, because stamps were incorrectly affixed to picture side & thus deemed unpaid, with Mexican 30c deficient postage h/s, but only 2d & not 3d charged postage due. (Ex J Shaw). (Image)

CLOSED
Closing..Mar-05, 06:00 AM

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