Plenty of KEVII, KGV, KGVI & QEII issues with some postmark potential, 1890 Postal Fiscal 2c lilac SG F8 postally used (Cat £50), also some unmounted including 1997 handover period. Weighs 3kg. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1812
Symbol: D
1930s (circa) outline-coloured map (333x390mm) of 'Hong Kong and New Territories' printed by Waterlow & Sons, London & Dunstable including roads, railways, police stations and navigation lights, folded as issued, a couple of tiny blemishes in the margins otherwise very fine. [The printer's inscription without 'Watford' dates the map to the early 1930s. Waterlow & Sons, Watford operations were closed not long after the Bank of England in 1928 took over printing banknotes which had until then been printed there under contract for the Treasury. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1813
Symbol: P
1987-88 Queen Elizabeth II Definitive Imperforate printer promotional cards from Leigh Mardon, the 10c to $2 are printed without value shown whereas the $5 to $50 have been printed showing the value. Great item to add to a display of these issues.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1940 (Apr 24) censored cover to Holland with 'BY AIR TO LONDON ONLY' & KGVI 10c x2 & $1, jusqu'a bars in red & boxed 'NO SERVICE/RETURN TO SENDER' h/s in violet applied at London, boxed 'RETOUR' h/s & Hong Kong RLO b/s of 5JY40. [Germany had invaded the Netherlands 10.5.1940]
POSTAL HISTORY: 1959 (May 7) vice-regal air cover to Singapore (b/s of 9.5.1959), on-forwarded to North Borneo (21.5), then to Sarawak (24.5) & finally to Fiji (27.6) via Sydney where the airmail label was crossed through & 'AIR SERVICE/COMPLETED/AT SYDNEY' h/s applied in violet, from Suva (29.6) again redirected to the Colonial Office in London, minor wrinkling. [The addressee, Sir Kenneth Owen Roberts-Wray, was a high-ranking civil servant & key adviser in respect of colonies seeking independence from Britain]