Pre-WWII mostly commercial covers including 1895 front to NSW, early Postal Cards to Germany x2, France or Isle of Wight (message headed "HMS Pylades Suva" refers to a cricket match - "We got horribly beaten" - carried per Naval Bag & cancelled at London, corner fault), a few registered including two from Levuka (one commercial to Victoria) and 1914 to Surrey paid 1d only but not taxed, destinations include Hawaii x2 (one taxed with US postage dues), Canada, Belgium, Tasmania and British Guiana, a few Paquebot items including 1923 advertising cover from Auckland to Canada with NZ stamps tied by 'GPO SUVA' cds (stained), etc, postmarks include commercial covers with 'MAKOGAI' (apparently from a missionary at the leper colony), 'PO NADI', 'NAUSORI PO', 'PO NAUSORI' and 'SAVU SAVU EAST', a few problems but generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1274
Symbol: CPS
Carton of commercial and philatelic covers with some pre-WWII items including three taxed covers to the Philippines, mostly QEII Patterson Family/Company mail, a wide array of decimal frankings, numerous internal at various rates including several 2d & 2c town letters and scarce internal airmail rates, numerous machine & meter cancels including scarce types, 80+ official covers with an array of departmental cachets including enormous types & one with small ovoid 'FIJI POST OFFICE/LEVUKA/SAVINGS BANK', a selection of different 'TELEGRAM' envelopes, and a batch of mostly unused modern postal stationery, condition variable but much is fine to very fine. Ex Gerald Patterson. Weighs 5kg.
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Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1275
Symbol: PS
1918 (Apr 8) commercial usage of KGV 1d+3d size G Registration Envelope to "Public Works/Port Moresby/Papua" with KGV 1d tied to the face by light Suva cds, Sydney transit cds of 22AP18 and 'PORT MORESBY/12MAY18/PAPUA' arrival where redirected to "Samarai", minor blemishes. Very scarce origin/destination item. The additional 1d was for the War Tax that applied 1.12.1915 to 30.6.1920. It was not required to use the 'WAR TAX' stamps. [The illustration is above Lot 1277]
1922 (circa) usage of KGV ¼d brown Wrapper to "Samoa Times/Apia, Samoa" with the characteristic undated "sunburst" cancel. Very scarce used. Ross Duberal at pages 77-79 states 100,000 were ordered but "The shortage of [used] examples...indicates...a high destruction rate". In 1915, the newspaper rate was halved from ½d to ¼d. It seems probable that newspapers were exempt from War Tax. The old rate was restored on 2.3.1923. It appears that the local rate also applied to Samoa (perhaps only for bulk mailings). Proud is silent on newspaper rates, and Rodger refers only to the 1923 increase. [The illustration is above Lot 1277]
1922-47 Advertising covers comprising 1922 for S Levy Jun & Co (Dunlop Tyres) to Ohio, 1933 Bank of New Zealand (Suva) to New Brunswick with Honolulu machine cancel & distorted 'PAQUEBOT.' cachet, 1934 & 1936 different patterns for AS Farebrother & Co (Agents), 1946 for Lilac Theatre to the Governor Sir Harry Luke, and 1947 for Emperor Gold Mining Co with 'PO VATUKOULA' cds, fine to very fine.
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Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1278
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
1941-45 commercial mail including airmail to USA with 1/5d pair & 'X 111' censor label, surface to USA with red/white censor label tied by ovoid 'PASSED BY/CENSOR/ 3 ' cachet at Suva, the earliest to New Zealand is defective but with 'FIJI BOMBER FUND' label tied by Suva slogan cancel, surface to India with superb Indian 'C / 4'-in-octagon, surface to Ireland double-censored, and American Forces in Fiji from APO 37 x4 (one endorsed "71st Station Hosp") or APO 913 x2, generally fine to very fine. Scarce group.
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Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1279
Symbol: C
1951 (Dec 10) surface cover to Hawaii with 3d Outrigger tied by 'STAMP OUT TB' slogan of Suva, apparently overweight & taxed with superb 'T/("12c")' handstamp, faint US-pattern 'POSTAGE DUE ("4") CENTS' handstamp at upper-left & precancelled pair of US 2c Postage Dues affixed, rough opening of the flap.
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1281
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
PICTURE POSTCARDS: Handy group from FW Caine x6 ('Panorama of Suva No 1' to '...No 6'), LN Anderson, AM Brodziak, Harry Gardiner x2, Kerry, Le Faivre x2, Stinson x3, Tuck and JW Waters, and a few others including an advertising PPC for Pat Costello's Lautoka Hotel with photo of European patrons outside the hotel, mostly unused, fine to very fine. Ex Gerald Patterson.
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Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1282
Symbol: O=
Cat No: Collection
POSTMARKS: Untidy collection with minor duplication including of scarcer markings, dozens of brass straight-line cancels & other early types including full strikes of longer names on multiple or piece, shipboard markings, some better stamps noted. Just the items illustrated here and on our website are worth the estimate. Ex Gerald Patterson.
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Estimate AU$1,250
Opening AU$ 950.00
Sold...AU$ 950.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 950
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1283
Symbol: C
POSTMARKS: KEVII to early-QEII covers with all-different cancels including 1928 'PO NAUSORI' (commercial), 1930s 'LEKUTU' cds with brass 'LEKUTU' as part of R marking, 'MAKOGAI' in violet, 'SAVU SAVU EAST' underpaid & taxed "T10c", 'POSTAGE PAID IN CASH/SUVA-FIJI' in red (on a commercial packet) & 'WAIYEVO', 1940s 'BUCA BAY' with brass 'BUCA BAY' as part of R marking (commercial), 'DREKETI' (mission mail), 'PO VUNIDAWA' and triple-oval 'VULAGA' (native mail), 1950s 'MOALA' in violet, 'NADI AIRPORT' (possibly commercial), rubber straight-line 'PO WAINUNU' and manuscript "Richmond", 1960s small undated Postal Agency types for 'BUA', 'DARIA' (commercial) & 'NASOROWAQA', etc, both the covers & strikes are generally fine to very fine. A very desirable lot.
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