Great Britain and British Commonwealth Postal History
Sale No: 44
Lot No: 231
Symbol: C
Kowai Bush Military Camp (CH 20 April-16 May 1914) fine complete "MILITARY CAMP/4" B-type cds 27 AP 14 on 1d Dominion on comic PPC, with light brown stains (tea?) over m/s message. To Ashburton. Temporary "territorial" camp PO. Rare. (Image)
Opening NZ$ 350.00
Sold...NZ$ 400.00
Closed..Mar-19-2024, 15:30:00 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 44
Lot No: 232
Symbol: C
Turangarere (WG, 1903-1909, to Turangaarere 16 JE 09) reg'd commercial cover (2 spike holes) to Australia ("Tats" cover), with strip of 4 x 1d Universal cancelled by 2 fine strikes of “H” class MY 22 05, with 3 transit/receipts b/s. A railway construction camp on NIMT line. Very scarce. (Image)
Opening NZ$ 210.00
Sold...NZ$ 210.00
Closed..Mar-19-2024, 15:30:00 EST
Sold For 210
Sale No: 44
Lot No: 233
Symbol: U
Waimate nice clear manuscript cancel on 6d red-brown FFQ (imperf, 2½ margins SG 43). Waimate (Northland) was the site of an early Anglican mission from the 1830s. PO opened in 1857 (North Waimate). Wooders 10. (Image)
Opening NZ$ 300.00
Sold...NZ$ 325.00
Closed..Mar-19-2024, 15:30:00 EST
Sold For 325
Sale No: 44
Lot No: 234
Symbol: C
White Island (RO 1927-30) very fine complete J-type cds 14 DE 28 on 1d GV on damaged cover (opening tears & deficits, vertical central fold). Readdressed from Reporoa (transit b/s) to Cambridge. PO at office of sulphur extraction works. With 1982 newspaper article & photo relating to this cover and its original sender (who briefly visited the island in Dec 1978). Rare d/s. (Image)
Opening NZ$ 475.00
Sold...NZ$ 600.00
Closed..Mar-19-2024, 15:30:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 44
Lot No: 235
Symbol: C
1860s-1980 varied colln of 237 covers & p/cs in large (modern) photo album, with numerous better items. Noted 1862 wrapper with imperf FFQ 2d SG 9 (3 margins but with strong crease), cancelled fine “7” barred obliterator of Wellington; 1881 cover ex GB with fine b/s R.T.P.O. (IN) “A” class cds; many SSF & 1st pictorial covers & p/cs, incl 20 regd; scarce pmks incl Otago Heads “F” class 1906 (in use only from 1904-11); 1926 Dunedin Exbn relief cds; Taniwha “F” class cancel 1932; 1940 WAITANGI AK relief cds; 1941 WINGATUI MC relief cds (13 AP); many RTPO & FFCs; 1937 Express cover (fine); 1941-2 WWII Prisoner of War cachet covers; 1942 Narrow Neck Military Camp cds; 1942 2NZEF folded Xmas card (art by Peter McIntyre); 1948 HMNZS Kiwi ex Campbell Islands & many 1950s+ collectors’ pmk covers with mostly “A” class or relief cds. Generally good/fine condition. (Image)
Opening NZ$ 1,050.00
Sold...NZ$ 1,400.00
Closed..Mar-19-2024, 15:30:00 EST
Sold For 1400
Sale No: 44
Lot No: 236
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
1862-73 colln, 32 covers all with FFQs (incl 5 only partial), written up on 21 album pages & 2 Hagners. Incl 17 inland & 15 to destinations abroad (to GB mainly or Australia). Noted 1d "drop letter"rate x 2; 2d basic inland rate x 12; 3d inland interprovincial rate x 3; 3d rate to Victoria, Australia; 6d rate to GB via Suez & Southampton x 9 (incl 1863 with imperf 6d black-brown Pelure paper, damaged corner, 1869 with pair 3d lilac p12½, & 1873 with pairs 1d brown & 2d vermilion p12½); 10d rate to GB via Suez & Marseilles x 2 (1866 p12½ 6d & 2 x 2d & 1867 part cover with p12½ 6d red-brown & 4d yellow, heavy cancel); & 1/- double rate to GB. Postmarks are mainly ex major towns, though 4 are ex same correspondence Queenstown to Scotland, 1865-66, addressed to Duncan Whyte. Condtion varies, fair to fine. (Image)
Opening NZ$ 3,500.00
Sold...NZ$ 3,500.00
Closed..Mar-19-2024, 15:30:00 EST
Sold For 3500
Sale No: 44
Lot No: 237
Symbol: C
1865 cover addressed to Duncan Whyte to Scotland franked FFQ 6d & 2 x 2d p12½ (10d rate via Marseilles but no rate endorsement shown), each stamp canc unclear "25"barred obliterator. B/s very fine "QUEENSTOWN/OTAGO. NZ"cds NO 9 65, part red DUNEDIN cds NO 14 65 & 3 GB receipt cds 12-14 JA 66 incl Oban. Good condition. (Image)
Opening NZ$ 350.00
Sold...NZ$ 350.00
Closed..Mar-19-2024, 15:30:00 EST
Sold For 350
Sale No: 44
Lot No: 238
Symbol: C
1865 cover to GB, endorsed "Via Marseilles", with 3-colour franking of FFQ 6d red-brown (2 margins), 3d brown-lilac (3 margins), both imperf star wmk, & 1d carmine star wmk p12½, canc Auckland duplex pmk AP 7 65. Unclear receipt b/s. Opening faults & small deficit on back. (Image)
Opening NZ$ 1,250.00
Sold...NZ$ 1,250.00
Closed..Mar-19-2024, 15:30:00 EST
Sold For 1250
Sale No: 44
Lot No: 239
Symbol: C
1866 cover franked FFQ 2d blue star wmk p12½, canc Dunedin duplex d/s AU 4 66, addressed to Waihemo Valley (North Otago). Receipt m/s on back "W 6/8/66"("W"for Waihemo), written by Postmaster, Waihemo. The Waihemo PO opened 7 Feb 1865 but did not receive a d/s until 1887. Use of manuscript cancel postulated by Marshall (1983) but no example recorded. Some added notation on front. Creasing & 1cm edge tear. (Image)
Opening NZ$ 210.00
Sold...NZ$ 210.00
Closed..Mar-19-2024, 15:30:00 EST
Sold For 210
Sale No: 44
Lot No: 240
Symbol: C
1866 cover to GB "Via Marseilles", franked FFQ 4d deep rose SG 119 & 6d red-brown SG 122 p12½, canc 2 unclear strikes of "11" barred obliterator (of Napier). B/s fine Napier A-type cds JY 14 66 & London receipt cds SP 14 66. Good condition. (Image)
Opening NZ$ 1,400.00
Sold...NZ$ 1,400.00
Closed..Mar-19-2024, 15:30:00 EST
Sold For 1400
Sale No: 44
Lot No: 242
Symbol: C
1869 cover franked FFQ 1/- p12½ star wmk (GU, canc Dunedin duplex d/s NO 12 69, endorsed "Immediate"(by sender), to clergyman in Port Chalmers (receipt "PORT CHALMERS/OTAGO. NZ" cds same day). This cover must have been considerably overweight (the 1/- rate covered between 2 & 3 ounces, versus 2d for a ½ ounce letter). An extraordinary rate on an inland cover (which travelled no more than about 10 miles!) Good condition. (Image)
Opening NZ$ 700.00
Sold...NZ$ 1,150.00
Closed..Mar-19-2024, 15:30:00 EST
Sold For 1150
Sale No: 44
Lot No: 243
Symbol: C
1881 cover to addressee at "Dry River Station, Waihenga, Wellington" NZ, franked FU 1880 1/- orange-brown, plate 13, rose spray wmk, SG 151 (cat £1800 on cover). Canc London W.C.7 duplex d/s MR 14 81. NZ receipt b/s of Wellington & Featherston (A-types) 6 MY 81. No Waihenga cds, though a PO opened there in 1876 & an A-type is known in use March 1880-Dec 1881. Good condition (minor soiling). Very scarce franking. Note: the stamp has been carefully lifted to verify the wmk & hinged back in place. (Image)
Opening NZ$ 350.00
Sold...NZ$ 375.00
Closed..Mar-19-2024, 15:30:00 EST
Sold For 375
Sale No: 44
Lot No: 245
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1900 NZ Post Office public poster (14 x 22.5cm, black on cream) headed "PENNY-POSTAGE" & dated 4th Dec 1900, for distribution to every post office in the country, "To be posted in a conspicuous place", announcing the inauguration of the new reduced basic letter rate (from 2d) both within NZ & to most of the British Empire (excl Australia) as from 1st Jan 1901. Printing order code: "[10,000/12/1900-8266". Three horiz folds (& minor separation at end of one), otherwise good condition. An important document in postal history. Rare. (Image)
Opening NZ$ 140.00
Sold...NZ$ 475.00
Closed..Mar-19-2024, 15:30:00 EST
Sold For 475
Sale No: 44
Lot No: 246
Symbol: C
1930 Wreck Mail RMS Tahiti salvaged foolscap envelope ex Dunedin, bearing indistinct "J" class cancel, originally addressed to "Carl O. Peterson Esq /c/- Byrd Antarctic Expedition/Hotel Biltrose/New York/U.S.A." The cover bears a purple "Postage Stamp Lost in Transit/G.P.O. N.Y. (D.D.)" h/s on the front across the Dunedin cancel & on the rear "Received in bad condition at ..." purple h/s with "GPO/Byl" inserted in pencil and a Grand Central Annex N.Y. / SEP 6 /10-am/1930 machine cancel on the rear. In addition, a US Post Office Department Officially Sealed label across the smaller of two flaps with an undated oval New York cancellation. The cover was subsequently redirected, in blue pencil, to "c/- Sir Henry Hotel/365 E 16 St./Bklyn N.Y." Also on the front, lightly written in pencil (this was on the ill-fated SS Tahiti) & a small piece of paper affixed with typed "Saved from the illfated/R.M.S "Tahiti". Carl Oscar Peterson was the radio operator on Byrd's 1928-30 Antarctic Expedition. Some 40+ mail bags were salvaged from the ship before it sank on 17 Aug 1940 some 480 nautical miles from the Cook Isl. (Image)
