Postal History continued...
| Lot |
Symbol |
Catalog No. |
Description |
Opening |
| 761 |
U |
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 Wright's Bush (IN 1885-1968) fine complete J-type cds 17 Mr 54 on ½d QEII on neat piece. Also good earlier strike (WRIGHT'S
clear & parts of BUSH), near complete, date unclear, on ½d Victory. (2). (Image)
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CLOSED
Closing..Apr-09, 06:00 AM |
| 762 |
U |
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 Wylie's Crossing (DN 1897-1931) good near complete A-type cds 26 AP 20 on ½d GV. Bottom half of -SSING has not struck. Very
scarce. (Image)
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CLOSED
Closing..Apr-09, 06:00 AM |
| 763 |
U |
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1902 "N.Z. MARINE P.O. / R.M.S. VENTURA" rubber cds, fine complete strike (in violet) 24 JUL 1902 on neat piece, alongside USA 5c Grant canc fine franked "PACKET BOAT." rubber h/s (violet).
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CLOSED
Closing..Apr-09, 06:00 AM |
| 764 |
C |
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1904 Heretaunga Mounted Rifles printed formula card (completed in m/s) advising militia member of upcoming company parade. Stampless, with clear r/s frank (violet) "L.W. Loveday [facsimile of signature], Major, Comndg. 2nd Welln. Battn., M.R."
[Mounted Rifles]. Wellington cds 1 OC 04. Fine & scarce. With photocopy of short biography of Major (later Colonel) Lambert William Loveday (1845-1916).
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CLOSED
Closing..Apr-09, 06:00 AM |
| 765 |
C |
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1904 Heretaunga Mounted Rifles printed formula card (completed in m/s) advising militia member of upcoming parade. Stampless, with largely illegible (very light) r/s frank (violet). Wellington machine d/s DEC 20 1904. Card fine.
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CLOSED
Closing..Apr-09, 06:00 AM |
| 766 |
C |
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1905 Heretaunga Mounted Rifles printed formula card (completed in m/s) advising militia member of upcoming company parade. Stampless with light but legible r/s frank (violet) "L.W. Loveday [facsimile of signature], Major, Comndg. 2nd Welln. Battn.,
M.R." [Mounted Rifles]. Fine & scarce. With photocopy of short biography of Major (later Colonel) Lambert William Loveday (1845-1916).
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CLOSED
Closing..Apr-09, 06:00 AM |
| 767 |
C |
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1917 Mary Pickford cover sent from Hamilton, NZ in 1917 addressed to her in New York! H/s "Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif" in purple, the cover has "New York forwarded" h/s in blue & various handwritten annotations. Cover is 1d GV postal stationery
with ½d GV green affixed. Some tone spotting. Mary P was a darling of the silent screen.
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CLOSED
Closing..Apr-09, 06:00 AM |
| 768 |
C |
|
 1918 WWI cover to London address franked GB ½d GV canc good-fine complete "NEW ZEALAND No. 5 STA. POST OFFICE" cds 29 SE 18.
Ex N.Z. Command Depot, Codford St. Mary, Wiltshire (PO open July 1916-June 1919). No sender's address on flap. Fine condition.
(Image)
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CLOSED
Closing..Apr-09, 06:00 AM |
| 769 |
C |
|
1918 WWI stampless OAS cover ex GB to France (to British Military PO "A.P.O. S.17"), canc good/fine complete New Zealand Sta. [Stationary] Post Office No. 6 cds 15 FE 18. Cds used at NZ No 2 General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, 1916-19. B/s
fine strikes of NZ Base Army PO cds 16 FE 18 & (British) army PO cds 18 FE 18. Small fault, otherwise fine. Unusual inter-unit use.
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CLOSED
Closing..Apr-09, 06:00 AM |
| 770 |
|
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1919 post WWI fine complete strikes x 5 on GB GV ½d, 1d, 1½d, 2d, 3d stamps on separate neat pieces, of "New Zealand Stationary A.P.O. No. 5" cds 5 FE 19. Probably souvenir strikes. This cds used July 1916 to c April 1919 at NZ No. 3 General
Hospital & NZ Command Depot at Codford Camp, on the edge of Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire. Fine.
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CLOSED
Closing..Apr-09, 06:00 AM |
| 771 |
U |
|
 1926 Dunedin Exbn relief d/s on 3/- mauve QVLT (Jones paper), cds dated "-7 JA 26". Unusual usage. Stamp cat $32 (CP Z4h). (Image)
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CLOSED
Closing..Apr-09, 06:00 AM |
| 772 |
C |
|
1927 stampless N.Z. P. & T. Dept printed (red) OHMS toll account, to "Railway Station, Eketahuna", with small rouletted section removed. Two examples: 1 canc Telegraph Office, Eketahuna steel cds, 1 canc Eketahuna M.O & S.B. octagonal rubber d/s.
Folded for posting.
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CLOSED
Closing..Apr-09, 06:00 AM |
| 773 |
U |
|
1939-45 WWII NZ Middle East Forces cds cancellations on Egypt 10m Red Army Post. Packet of 100+ items (on stamps or piece), full to small part strikes.
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CLOSED
Closing..Apr-09, 06:00 AM |
| 774 |
U |
|
1939-45 WWII NZ Middle East Forces cds cancellations on NZ (& some GB) stamps or pieces. Packet of 82 (about 50 are NZ GVI 3d pieces ex aerogrammes). Full to small part strikes.
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CLOSED
Closing..Apr-09, 06:00 AM |
| 775 |
C |
|
 1945 WWII stampless German printed Prisoner of War lettersheet ex NZ POW held at Stalag 388. "Dumb" cds 17.2.45 & partial camp
censor h/s. To his mother in NZ, c/o NZ House, Strand, London, GB. Fine. (Image)
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CLOSED
Closing..Apr-09, 06:00 AM |
| 776 |
C |
|
1945 Roughly opened RNZAF censored cover ex Los Negros (Admiralty Isl), New Guinea RNZAF / 25 JL / 45 / NZAPO cancel, in use Dec 1944 to 9 Nov 1945.
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CLOSED
Closing..Apr-09, 06:00 AM |
| 777 |
U |
|
1947 post WWII occupation of Japan: fine complete 34mm J-type cds "NEW ZEALAND A.P.O. 22 A" 20 JE 47 on NZ 2d, 4d Peace on neat piece. Used at Iwakuni, Japan May 1947-Feb 1948.
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CLOSED
Closing..Apr-09, 06:00 AM |
| 778 |
U |
|
 1947 post WWII occupation of Japan: fine large part strike (violet) of oval rubber d/s "[NEW Z] EALAND A.P.O. / 222 / d" (??)
JAN 1947 on NZ 2/- Cook (probably ex parcel). Used at NZ Army PO 222 F.P.O.4, Chofu, Japan. Rare marking (only 1 example, 15 FEB 1947, recorded by Proud & Startup). (Image)
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CLOSED
Closing..Apr-09, 06:00 AM |
| 779 |
U |
|
1953 piece with NZ 2d GVI & 3d Royal Visit, canc almost complete "SUVA/FIJI" cds 15 DE 53. Ex maritime loose letter mail. Fine.
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CLOSED
Closing..Apr-09, 06:00 AM |
| 780 |
U |
|
1954 Disaster mail: cutout piece 7 x 5.5cm ex aerogramme, with NZ 5d GVI & 3d Royal Visit, canc Wellington d/s (1)1 MAR 54, with near complete boxed cachet (red) "SALVAGED MAIL AIRCRAFT CRASH SINGAPORE 13.3.1954". NZAMC 421, cat $150 on cover.
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CLOSED
Closing..Apr-09, 06:00 AM |
