Great Britain and British Commonwealth NAURU Nauru
Sale No: 236
Lot No: 1144
Symbol: */**O
Cat No: Collection
Collection with Seahorses 2/6d x5, 5/- x2 & 10/- x2, Ships Rough Paper set & Smooth Paper set (& another set with dodgy cancels), then apparently complete to 1986 including 1954 Pictorials imprint blocks of 4 (**) & Surcharges on Nauru House imprint strips of 4, etc, generally very fine with the decimal issues being unmounted.
(200+)
1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain KGV set to 1/- & Seahorses De La Rue printings, Freighters Shiny Paper set, 1935 Silver Jubilee & 1937 Corontation, generally very fine unmounted.
(36)
1916-18 registered covers with NWPI frankings to 9d including ½d & 4d abc strips, ½d block of 10, 3d strip of 3 etc, two with Inverted Day & Month Slugs in the cds, condition variable.
(9)
1907 cover to Germany with manuscript "Nauru/7 2 07" on Marshalls 20pf overstruck with 'DEUTSCHE-/SEEPOST/ JALUIT/LINIE' cds, 'PFORZHEIM' arrival b/s. Ex John Darnell & William Pate.
1909 correctly rated philatelic cover to Germany with 5pf & 25pf tied by Nauru cds with another very fine strike at lower-left, 'Nauru/(Marshall Ins.)' registration label with the number amended, no arrival b/s, very minor soiling. Ex John Darnell & William Pate.
1911 cover to Bohemia with 5mk greenish black & crimson Mi 25 - unusually well centred - tied by two strikes of 'NAURU/MARSHALL-/INSELN/21.9/11' cds, 'Nauru/(Marshall-Inseln)' registration label, 'KROMBACH/BOHMEN' arrival b/s, Noske and Vellrath guarantee handstamps on the reverse, Cat €900++ on cover from Jaluit. Beautiful & superb! Ronald Steuer Certificate (2001) states (translated) "...incredibly well preserved and decorative". Ex John Darnell & William Pate.
1912 philatelic cover to "Nauru/Western Pacific" with Gilbert & Ellice Islands 2d 2½d & 5d tied by '.../GPO/OCEAN ISLAND' cds, fine 'NAURU' arrival b/s. Attractive. Ex John Darnell & William Pate. [The British Empire foreign rate was 2½d + 3d registration (endorsed but not effected) so in any event the postage paid was excessive]
1912 commercial cover with ''THE/PACIFIC PHOSPHATE COMPANY/LIMITED.' imprint on the flap, to Sydney with 5pf strip of 4 tied by four fine to very fine strikes of the Nauru cds, very fine Sydney arrival b/s. Ex John Darnell & William Pate.
1916 covers to England with unauthorised frankings of Roos Large 'OS' 5d or Small 'OS' 1/- tied by 'PO PLEASANT ISLAND' cds, both with manuscript "Registered/Nauru No 831' or "...835", central vertical folds, Sydney & London transit b/s.
(2)
1916 cover to GB with NWPI 2d type b & 4d type a tied by 'PLEASANT ISLAND/...' cds, manuscript "Registered/Nauru No..." in red, Sydney & London transit b/s, minor blemishes.
1916 cover to GB - closed tear at the base - with NWPI 5d type b & Second Wmk 5/- type a tied by 'PLEASANT ISLAND/...' cds, manuscript "Registered/Nauru No..." in red, small straight-line 'CENSORED' h/s, Sydney transit b/s, a few blemishes.
1916 cover to NSW with NWPI 2d to 1/- (ex 4d) tied by 'PLEASANT ISLAND/...' cds, manuscript "Registered/Nauru No..." in red, small straight-line 'CENSORED' h/s, Sydney transit & 'COFFS HARBOUR' arrival b/s, a few minor tonespots.
1917 cover to GB with NWPI Second Wmk 1/- deep bright blue-green - a very scarce shade - tied by 'PO PLEASANT ISLAND/...' cds, superb boxed registration h/s & small straight-line 'CENSORED' h/s both in purple, Sydney transit b/s, a couple of very minor blemishes.
1917 cover to GB with NWPI Second Wmk 2d type c pair & Third Wmk 3d Die II type a pair tied by 'PO PLEASANT ISLAND/...' cds, superb boxed registration h/s in purple, Sydney & London transit b/s.
1917 cover to Georgia USA with NWPI Second Wmk 6d ultramarine tied by 'PO PLEASANT ISLAND/...' cds with Day & Month Slugs Inverted, boxed registration h/s in purple & large straight-line 'CENSORED' h/s in violet, San Francisco transit & Augusta arrival b/s.
JAPANESE OCCUPATION c.1943 Japanese Naval Forces Postal Card with Anchor & Chrysanthemum from a Japanese soldier to Chiba, censor h/s & censor's chop in different shades of red, return address translates as "c/- Yokosuka Post Office U68 U66-1-1". [U68 was Nauru]
