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Cook Islands

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

1182

1909 (June 23), Hamburg South Sea Expedition, 1d postal card postmarked Raratonga, 21 Jun 1909; the card, which was written and signed by Expedition leader, Georg Friederici, bears the oval handstamp "Hanseatische Südsee Expedition" and is datelined "Atiu, Cook Inselir, 23. 6. 09" and sent to Altona, Hamburg, Very Fine. Very Rare.

From 1908 to 1910 Friederici, a German ethnologist, led expeditions to Bismarck Archipelago, German and Dutch New Guinea and the English and French possessions of the Pacific. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $350-500
SOLD for $190.00
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1183

62a

1920, 1d Avarua Waterfont, center inverted (Scott 62a), bottom sheet margin single, o.g., never hinged, post office fresh, Fine. Gibbons notes that inverted centers of the 1d & 1s were not available at the Post Office; they are priced in a footnote, with a 2020 Ceremuga certificate noting that "probably only 1 sheet of 60 was printed."
SG 71 var.; £850 for hinged ($1,100).
Scott $875 for hinged. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $750-1,000
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1184

86 var.

1922 Pictorials, 2d Maori Canoe, center inverted (Scott 86 var.), o.g., very lightly hinged, bright and fresh, Very Fine and rare.
SG 101 var.; £500 ($650).
Scott $3,500.

Both Scott and Gibbons price these stamps, which apparently were from printer's waste, in the footnotes below the issue. (Image)

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Estimate $750-1,000
SOLD for $650.00
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1185

87 var.

1922 Pictorials, 2½d,Unloading Ship, center inverted (Scott 87 var.), exceptionally fresh top sheet margin single, o.g., never hinged, bright and fresh, Very Fine and rare.
SG 102 var.; £300 ($390).

Gibbons price this stamp, which apparently came from printer's waste, in the footnotes below the issue. For some reason, Scott does not mention the 2½d. (Image)

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Estimate $300-400
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