1 (1) 1902 1d carmine Commerce of New Zealand handstamped "NIUE" in bluish green, Pirie paper, wmkd Double-lined NZ and Star, perf 11, scarce (only 1200 printed - most were used), with Sismondo certificate, part OG F-VF (Scott Retail $375.00) (Image)
...(Photo) SG $420.00
Opening US$ 230.00
Sold...US$ 230.00
Closed..Sep-08-2022, 16:00:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 136
Lot No: 1243
Symbol: [x]
Cat No: 1
1 (1) 1902 1d carmine Commerce of New Zealand overprinted "NIUE" in bluish green, perf 11, scarce (only 1200 printed), tied by a nice "9 APR 1902" (only three months after issue and first day of cds use) cds to a cover addressed to Wellington and redirected to Ashburton, backstamped Auckland (1 MY 02), transit (2 MY 02), and Ashburton (5 MY 02), a rarely encountered first issue on cover, F-VF (Image)
...(Photo) Net Est $1,750.00
Opening US$ 1,450.00
Sold...US$ 1,450.00
Closed..Sep-08-2022, 16:00:00 EST
Sold For 1450
Sale No: 136
Lot No: 1244
Symbol: *
Cat No: 3b
3a var footnoted (3b var) 1902 ½d green Mount Cook of New Zealand on "Basted Mills" paper, wmkd double-lined NZ and Star, perf 14, with red "NIUE. ½ PENI." surcharge SG Type 2, ERROR - surcharge inverted with the unlisted VARIETY - spaced "U" and "E" in horizontal pair with normal (inverted surcharge), centered as normal for inverted surcharge, extremely rare as Buckingham reported only 4 examples of this variety were printed (of which this is the only pair), spaced "U E" is OG, NH and the other stamp has HR, fine (Image)