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abacus auctions Sale: 5

Great Britain and British Commonwealth
Postal History - World War One
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1516
Symbol: C/L

image Covers with cds of 'FEATHERSTON/MILITARY CAMP' and 'TRENTHAM MILTARY CAMP' or machine cancels of both camps & another from Timaru to "South Canterbury Corps/Expeditionary Camp/Palmerston North", plus a 3-page letter headed "New Plymouth/17th Oct 1914" that states "...I've been packed-up ready with the Expeditionary Force, but now they have gone and I'm left behind..." (Qty 6 items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$180

Opening AU$ 135.00
Sold...AU$ 135.00


Closed..May-20-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 135

Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1517
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection

image Real photo PPCs of 1) a sorry-looking group of soldiers & ½d x2 tied by 'TRENTHAM MILITARY CAMP' machine cancel; 2) a long column of soldiers marching, used under cover with message headed "Tauherenikau Rest/11.12.16" that states "...taken whilst on our first route march (8 miles)...we are still at the Olakens [?] House..."; and 3) an unused patriotic of children with flags & nurses uniforms; also 'NZ FREE LANCE POST CARD' "The Bully of Europe - Kaiser Bill Runs Amok" used at 'OHAUPO', a few problems; finally NZ YMCA card 'Our Little Grey Home at the Base'. Scarce group. (Qty 5) (Image1)

Estimate AU$60

Opening AU$ 46.00
Sold...AU$ 46.00


Closed..May-20-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 46

Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1518
Symbol: C

image 1914-16 PPCs from Perth, Ceylon or Egypt x3 with all-different boxed Troopship datestamps in violet including with 'FIRST' excised, the very scarce '.../SIXTH REINFORCEMENTS' (not listed by John Firebrace) & '.../TROOPSHIP No 36', endorsed "OAS" & one with Egypt 4m. (Qty 5)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00


Closed..May-20-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 190

Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1519
Symbol: C

image 1914 real photo PPC of nine soldiers at tea break, ½d (damaged) with very fine strike of the rare 'AWAPUNI/14SP14/NZ' cds (Wooders rated 9), soiling. PO 13/8/1914; closed 3/10/1914. Ex Gordon Darge. [Writer states "...We expect to leave for Well[ington] this week..."]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00


Closed..May-20-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 115

Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1520
Symbol: C

image 1915 (April) cover from '[?]OANGA' to a member of the 15th North Auckland Regiment endorsed "Deceased" in blue pencil & with very fine but confronting 'KILLED IN/ACTION' cachet (not recorded by John Firebrace) in violet, overall soiling & minor defects.

Grade C (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00


Closed..May-20-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 75

Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1521
Symbol: C

image 1915 (June to Sept) envelope with RAMC crest & three Maltese PPCs all from injured soldiers evacuated from Gallipoli aboard Hospital Ships to convalescent facilities in Malta. (Qty 4)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00


Closed..May-20-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 115

Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1522
Symbol: C

image 1915 (June 24) usage of a piece of rough cardboard apparently cut from an ammunition box with 'HEADQUARTERS' cds of 24JU15 & Censor #2640 cachet in rosine, minor blemishes. The message states "...I am looking forward to the day when I will be able to write you a descent [sic] letter..." [Makeshift postcards are a highly significant element of the Gallipoli Story. They are recorded from between 29.5.1915 & 3.8.1915 only. It is estimated that only some 25 exist from New Zealanders. Gordon Darge's four examples sold at the Prestige auction of 5.3.2011 for an average of $748 each]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

Opening AU$ 270.00
Sold...AU$ 270.00


Closed..May-20-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 270

Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1523
Symbol: C

image 1915 (July 4) usage of a piece of rough cardboard apparently cut from an ammunition box with message headed "Galipolli/4-7-15" [sic], 'AUST INF BDE FIELD PO/8JL15' cds & Censor #2211 cachet in purple, 'DEVONPORT' machine arrival b/s of 28AU-1915, reinforced vertical fold. [Makeshift postcards are a highly significant element of the Gallipoli Story. They are recorded from between 29.5.1915 & 3.8.1915 only. It is estimated that only some 25 exist from New Zealanders. Gordon Darge's four examples sold at the Prestige auction of 5.3.2011 for an average of $748 each]

Grade (B) (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

Opening AU$ 270.00
Sold...AU$ 270.00


Closed..May-20-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 270

Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1524
Symbol: C

image 1915 (Aug 31) two covers with NZ 1d Dominion tied by 'FIVE RIVERS' cds (PO 26.8.1911; closed 30.4.1919) from different senders to the same soldier at Gallipoli, one soiled. Inwards mail to war zones is much scarcer than outgoing mail. [Private Clarence Ward was wounded at Gallipoli during the August offensive & invalided back to New Zealand on HMHS 'Maheno'] (Qty 2)

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00


Closed..May-20-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 150

Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1525
Symbol: C

image 1915 cover with very fine strike of the rare 'HEADQUARTERS/OTAGO/27AUG1915/MOUNTED RIFLE/REGIMENT' datestamp in rosine (Firebrace #NZ30; ERD) & endorsed at L/L "(initials) OC No 2 Mobile Sect/NZVC", light HQ cds, minor blemishes & repaired corner at U/R clear of the h/s. Ex Gordon Darge. [The sender was Sgt John Blackie of the Veterinary Corps, who survived the war]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00


Closed..May-20-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 150

Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1526
Symbol: C

image 1915 (Dec 3) cover endorsed "NZ Division" & self-censored "HA Davies" at U/R, to GB with 'HEADQUARTERS/...' cds of 3DE15 (ERD on Gallipoli) & British-pattern 'PASSED BY/[crown]/No 2950/CENSOR' cachet in rosine. [The NZ Headquarters Field PO was moved from Mudros Island to Gallipoli only in mid-November, and was sent back to Egypt 15.12.1915. The cds is recorded used at Gallipoli between 3rd & 7th December only. Captain Henry Davies was killed on the Western Front]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00


Closed..May-20-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 150

Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1527
Symbol: C

image 1915 New Zealand Expeditionary Force Christmas/New Year greetings card with photograph within 'Landing at Anazac Cove (Dardenelles) 25th April 1915' & signed "John Langridge Lieut Canty Bat NZR", minor soiling. Rare ephemera. [Quite ironic, because all troops were withdrawn from Gallipoli in December 1915]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00


Closed..May-20-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 75

Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1528
Symbol: C

image 1915-16 covers x5 & PPCs x2 from Egypt with NZ Forces datestamps '.../POST OFFICE/NZ DIVISION' x2, '.../POST OFFICE/NZ & A DIVISION', '.../NO 1/STATIONARY APO', '.../ADVANCED/BASE/ARMY POST OFFICE' x2 (one an OHMS cover also with boxed 'NEW ZEALAND/ADVANCED BASE PO/RETURNED/LETTER BRANCH' d/s) and oval 'NZ MILITARY POST OFFICE/EXPEDITIONARY FORCE'. (Qty 7)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Opening AU$ 170.00
Sold...AU$ 170.00


Closed..May-20-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 170

Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1529
Symbol: C

image 1916 Egyptian PPC with racist message headed "Alexandria Jan 1st" with superb Indian-pattern 'PASSED BY CENSOR/FORCE IN EGYPT/ 14 ' cachet in red allocated to No 2 NZ Rifle Brigade as part of the Western Frontier Force. Rare. [On 17.11.1915, a force of New Zealanders Australians & Britons marched into the Libyan Desert to confront the querrelsome Sunussi tribes. The Kiwis were withdrawn at the end of December 1915]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00


Closed..May-20-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1530
Symbol: C

image 1916 cover with double-framed 'NZ EXPEDITIONARY FORCE/3APR1916/No FIELD AMBULANCE' d/s (not recorded by John Firebrace), 'NEW ZEALAND/RIFLE/BRIGADE/...' cds & British triangular Censor #3816 cachet in red, central fold. [Posted from Egypt after the evacuation of the Dardenelles in December 1915, and just before the troops were sent to the Western Front]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00


Closed..May-20-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 150


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