• Login (enter your user name) and Password
    Please Login. You are NOT Logged in.

    Quick Search:

  • To see new sales and other StampAuctionNetwork news in your Facebook newsfeed then Like us on Facebook!

Login to Use StampAuctionNetwork.
New Member? Click "Register".

StampAuctionNetwork Extended Features

StampAuctionNetwork Channels
Back to NEW ZEALAND

Records 1 to 11 of 11

abacus auctions Sale: 248

NEW ZEALAND
Postal History
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 1430
Symbol: C

image 1900s picture postcard usages comprising 1903 from GB endorsed "Retd from/Empire Hotel" & with octagonal 'NZ/CHRISTCHURCH/8DEC/1903/UNCLAIMED' d/s in violet, minor blemishes; 1908 tinselled PPC at ½d rate from 'PETONE' to Wellington endorsed "Inadmissible" & with superb 'PROHIBITED.' h/s both in rosine; 1906 Sanatoria Home 'stamps' PPC, lightly stained on reverse, unused; 1909 hand-illustrated both sides with ½d "tied" by hand-ruled 'machine cancel' & message "I did not send this through the post because...[if it rained] the rain would smudge the ink", small tear at the top; and undated real photo of patrons outside a country pub, message states "This is a photo of the best pub in Whatatutu...", small corner crease & soiled on reverse. (Qty 5)

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00


Closed..Aug-03-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 190

Sale No: 248
Lot No: 1431
Symbol: C/L
Cat No: Collection

image 1907 & 1927 covers from London to USA or locally both addressed in the characteristic scrawl of Major-General Horatio Gordon Robley with sketches of Maori designs on the reverse (one of moko tattooing), the accompanying letters both signed "G Robley", the first stating "...I got a head from there lately...", the second "...There is a national collection being made of indigenous races [in Boston]...my Maoris have a place..."; also 24pp brochure 'Robley - Soldier with a Pencil' by LW Melvin (1957); a few faults. [Major-General Horatio Gordon Robley saw service in New Zealand during the Maori Wars of the 1860s, retaining a lifetime fascination with the country & her indigenous people. He even fathered a child by a Maori woman. An enthusiastic collector, Robley managed to acquire no fewer than 35 mokomokai (the heads of heavily tattooed Maori that were severed after death & treated for preservation). His 1896 book on moko was key in reviving what had become a lost art] (Qty 5 items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00


Closed..Aug-03-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 380

Sale No: 248
Lot No: 1432
Symbol: D

image 1914-19 World War I ephemera including letters from Minister of Defence signed "J Allen", NZ Defence Forces, NZ Military Forces, War Expenses Office, Soldiers Financial Assistance Board and Discharged Soldiers' Information Department; also NZEF 'Last Will and Testament' (faults), 'The Soldier's Guide' (3rd Edn, 80pp, some staining but overall quite fine), NZ YMCA booklet 'Blighty', 1918 Forces in France satirical Christmas card of a Maori soldier rowing a bound German soldier to dinner (central fold), handpainted essay for a social programme for the visit of Admiral Jellicoe to New Zealand (a delightful piece of work), 1919 handmade Christmas card from SS 'Rimutaka', New Zealand YMCA two oversized PPCs of Torquay England (unused), and a few others, condition variable but many are fine to very fine. A fascinating lot. (Qty 30+ items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00


Closed..Aug-03-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 380

Sale No: 248
Lot No: 1433
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection

image 1915 Gallipoli Campaign OAS usage of a piece of rough cardboard apparently cut from a stores box with message dated "30.5.15", to Hawera with 'HEADQUARTERS/FIELD/7JU15/POST OFFICE/NZ DIVISION' cds & Censor 2239 cachet in rosine, creasing & the writing a bit faded but legible. An early example. [The French supply ship 'St Louis V', carrying a stock of stationery, was sunk by the Ottomans. The consequent 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 our auction of 5.3.2011 for an average of $748 each]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00


Closed..Aug-03-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 380

Sale No: 248
Lot No: 1434
Symbol: C

image 1915 Gallipoli Campaign OAS usage of a piece of rough cardboard apparently cut from a stores box with message dated "17.6.15", to Auckland with 'INFANTRY BRIGADE/FIELD/17JU15/POST OFFICE/NZ DIVISION' cds & Censor 1564 cachet in rosine, faint blemishes but unusually fine & legible. ["Cousin Harold" states "Just a piece of cardboard it is all that I have...The news of the fighting here must have been a great shock to New Zealand, but I do not think it can last much longer, the worst is over I think...cardboard is very scarce around here..." & on the reverse "Sorry there is no view on this side" (!)]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00


Closed..Aug-03-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 460

Sale No: 248
Lot No: 1435
Symbol: C

image 1915 Gallipoli Campaign OAS usage of a piece of rough cardboard from a captured Ottoman soap packet with message headed "June 5th", to Ponsonby with 'INFANTRY BRIGADE/FIELD/10JU15/POST OFFICE/NZ DIVISION' cds & Censor 2634 cachet in rosine, minor blemishes. [The writer advises his aunt "...We are still in the firing line..." The similar Gordon Darge/Gary Diffen example - with clipped corners - was stated to be "the only recorded usage of a postcard being created from a Turkish box". Remarkably, this item appears to be the other half from the face of the same packet!]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00


Closed..Aug-03-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 575

Sale No: 248
Lot No: 1436
Symbol: C

image 1915 Gallipoli Campaign usage of a piece of rough cardboard apparently cut from a stores box with hand-drawn 'stamp' of an uncomfortably-happy sender & on the reverse his rendering of the '[crown/snake]/NZ MEDICAL CORPS' badge, the message dated "June 27th/1915" is largely illegible from wear, to Hastings with 'HEADQUARTERS/FIELD/28JU15/POST OFFICE/NZ DIVISION' cds & superb Censor 2698 cachet in rosine, unusual illustrated usage & remarkably fine.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00


Closed..Aug-03-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 575

Sale No: 248
Lot No: 1437
Symbol: C

image 1915 Gallipoli Campaign British Over-Seas Club postcard accompanying a gift parcel for the troops, OAS usage with message headed "EE Section/ANZAC Signal Office/ANZAC MEF 19.10.15" and signed "H Westwood Lieut RE" thanking schoolchildren for "...the presents you so kindly sent us...received by a Cable Section...whose work is to maintain communications in the field...", 'AUST & NZ ARMY CORPS/ HEADQUARTERS/20OC15/...' cds. [Westwood had been seconded to ANZAC HQ] (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00


Closed..Aug-03-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 150

Sale No: 248
Lot No: 1438
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection

image 1915-16 Gallipoli group with 1) piece of rough cardboard apparently cut from an ammunition box with 'INFANTRY BRIGADE' cds of 24JU15 & Censor #2640 cachet in rosine; 2) cover with very fine strike of the rare 'HEADQUARTERS/OTAGO/27AUG1915/MOUNTED RIFLE/REGIMENT' datestamp in rosine; 3) cover with 'HEADQUARTERS/FIELD/3DE15/POST OFFICE/NZ DIVISION' cds (used on Gallipoli 3 to 7.12.1915 only); 4) NZEF Christmas greetings card with photograph within 'Landing at Anzac Cove...'; also 5) 1916 Egyptian PPC with racist message & 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; fine to very fine. (Qty 5)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00


Closed..Aug-03-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 380

Sale No: 248
Lot No: 1439
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection

image 1920s 'Big Tree Petrol' Advertising Campaign related group of comic cards of police & clueless motorists with advertising messages on the address-sides reflecting the antics & captions on the viewsides where 'BIG TREE FOR BIG MILEAGE' has been added, all but one with '.../POSTAGE/TE ARO - ½D - No2/PERMIT/PAID/...' printed indicium in blue & roneo'd addresses, one with a 10mm tear, one soiled, the others fine to very fine. (Qty 5) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00


Closed..Aug-03-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 1440
Symbol: C

image 1920s 'Big Tree Petrol' Advertising Campaign utilising comic PPCs mainly of George E Studdy's 'Bonzo the Dog' with advertising messages on the address-sides reflecting Bonzo's antics & captions on the viewsides, mostly with various types of Postage Permit imprints but the first three with two different rare handstamped versions in black (2) or violet, and one - stated to be "unique" - with handwritten propaganda & no permit indicium, all but the handwritten card with roneo'd addresses & one with scarce 'NGATORO' arrival cds, a couple defective but most are fine to very fine. Gerald Ellott's Gold Medal One Frame exhibit, on his display pages. [NB: the picture-sides are all British Bonzo cards with the same cartoons. See also Lots 1240 & 1428 above] (Qty 16 + 16 plain cards) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00


Closed..Aug-03-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 750
StampAuctionCentral and StampAuctionNetwork are
Copyright © 1994-2022 Droege Computing Services, Inc.
All Rights Reserved.
Mailing Address: 20 West Colony Place
Suite 120, Durham NC 27705
Back to Top of Page