Sale No: 3
Lot No: 3100
Symbol: *OC
Cat No: Collection
Collection remainders with pickings in the stamps plus a few booklets & 100+ covers including official, registered & commercial airmails, condition variable. Weighs 5kg.
(Qty 100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Nov-22-2020, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 3
Lot No: 3101
Symbol: PS
POSTAL STATIONERY - AEROGRAMMES: 1948 (Oct 18) commercial usage of formular 'AIR LETTER' with 3d Canoe tied by light 'MAKOGAI' cds, to NSW with 'LEVUKA' transit b/s of 25OC48 indicating carriage by sea to that point. [Between 1925 & the 1960s, Makogai was a leper colony]
POSTAL STATIONERY - AEROGRAMMES: 1949 (Dec 15) social usage of KGVI 3d for the inter-island rate, to South Africa with UPU 2d & 3d tied by 'LEVUKA' cds & unnecessarily overpaying the 7d rate. Scarce destination.
POSTAL STATIONERY - AEROGRAMMES: 1951 (Oct 18) commercial usage of KGVI 3d for the inter-island rate, to New York with 2d Parliament House pair tied by 'BA' cds, light 'NADI AIRPORT' transit b/s.
POSTAL STATIONERY - AEROGRAMMES: 1954 (Dec 29) commercial usage of KGVI 7d to Oregon, the letter headed "Ellington Postal Agency/Ellington School/Raki Raki" but cancelled at 'LAUTOKA', severed horizontally & rejoined with 'sticky tape'.
POSTAL STATIONERY - AEROGRAMMES: 1957 (Aug 7) commercial usage of QEII 3d for the inter-island rate, to New York with QEII 2½d pair tied by 'NADROGA' cds. [The writer was apparently the proprietor of the Sigatoka Hotel, but seems to have lived at Nadroga, 40km inland]
POSTAL STATIONERY - AEROGRAMMES: 1960 (Apr 3) social usage of formular 'AIR LETTER' with 'Form approved by the Postmaster General No 71995/2E' imprint on the reverse, to the American Consulate in New Caledonia with QEII 6d Map tied by Suva cds, Noumea arrival b/s & readdressed to Fiji, light soiling on the reverse, Unusual destination.
POSTAL STATIONERY - AEROGRAMMES - OFFICIAL: 1958 (July 29) 'OHMS/AEROGRAMME/FIJI' formular with printed 'PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT' letterhead, to Singapore with very fine 'POSTAGE PAID IN CASH/SUVA-FIJI' cds.
POSTAL STATIONERY - AEROGRAMMES - OFFICIAL: 1963 (July 29; yes, exactly five years after the previous item) 'ON HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE/COLONY OF FIJI' formular with printed 'PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT' letterhead & DPW cachet in violet, to GB with interesting contents about dissatisfaction with pay rates etc, filing holes clear of the address panel.
POSTAL STATIONERY - AEROGRAMMES - OFFICIAL: 1967 (Apr 6) formular with printed coat-of-arms within, to GB with very scarce 'SOUTH PACIFIC OFFICE/SUVA-FIJI' cds in violet, a couple of tonespots. [The South Pacific Office was in the grounds of Government House]
POSTAL STATIONERY - AEROGRAMMES - OFFICIAL: 1969 (July 17) 'ON HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE/GOVERNMENT OF FIJI' formular with printed 'PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT' letterhead & DPW cachet in violet, to GB with very fine 'POSTAGE PAID IN CASH/SUVA-FIJI' cds, filing holes clear of the address panel.
