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abacus auctions Sale: 6

Worldwide Stamps and Covers
Postal History - World War One
Sale No: 6
Lot No: 1131
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$140

Opening AU$ 180.00
Sold...AU$ 180.00


Closed..Oct-02-2021, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 180

Sale No: 6
Lot No: 1132
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..Oct-02-2021, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 115

Sale No: 6
Lot No: 1133
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$120

Opening AU$ 135.00
Sold...AU$ 135.00


Closed..Oct-02-2021, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 135

Sale No: 6
Lot No: 1134
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$250

Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00


Closed..Oct-02-2021, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 190

Sale No: 6
Lot No: 1135
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$250

Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00


Closed..Oct-02-2021, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 190

Sale No: 6
Lot No: 1136
Symbol: C

image 1915 (Aug 9) very fine almost complete strike of 'N.Z. Expeditionary Forces/16.AUG.1915/No.1 hosptial ship' boxed d/s in violet on Ceylon 'Technical College, Colombo' picture postcard sent unfranked to New Zealand from "Alice" with message including "we're somewhere in the Arabian Sea. A monsoon is on ... A good many of the nurses are sick ...", couple of minor edge bends. 'No.1 Hospital Ship' was the Union Steamship Line steamer 'Maheno', which had been converted to treat casualties from Gallipoli; this card was sent from a nurse on the outward voyage to the Dardanelles, where she arrived in late-August 1915.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Opening AU$ 250.00
Sold...AU$ 250.00


Closed..Oct-02-2021, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 250

Sale No: 6
Lot No: 1137
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$150

Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00


Closed..Oct-02-2021, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 115

Sale No: 6
Lot No: 1138
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$150

Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00


Closed..Oct-02-2021, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 115

Sale No: 6
Lot No: 1139
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$75

Opening AU$ 55.00
Sold...AU$ 55.00


Closed..Oct-02-2021, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 55

Sale No: 6
Lot No: 1140
Symbol: C

image 1916 (Jan 14) Trentham Military Camp envelope with largely very fine strike of 'N.Z. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE/18JAN1916/TROOPSHIP No.37' boxed d/s in violet sent to New Zealand by serviceman on board enclosing two-page letter on Trentham Military Camp stationery ('Trentham' crossed out & replaced with "HMNZT 37") with lengthy message including "... there is absolutely nothing to tell you, as we are not allowed to say where abouts we are right now, or what our next port might be ... I have been helping our two Chaplains censor the letters, we are opening the letters & sealing them up again ...", single-line 'PASSED BY MILITARY CENSOR' h/s in violet on face of envelope, which has a few edge faults at top. 'Troopship No.37' was the 'TS Maunganui' which departed New Zealand on 8.1.1916 with the 9th Reinforcements and arrived in Egypt on 8.2.1916. (Qty cover + letter)

Grade B/A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00


Closed..Oct-02-2021, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 115

Sale No: 6
Lot No: 1141
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$150

Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00


Closed..Oct-02-2021, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 115

Sale No: 6
Lot No: 1142
Symbol: C

image 1916 superb strike of 'N.Z. MILITARY POST OFFICE/14JUL1916/TROOPSHIP No.54' boxed d/s in violet on Zululand 'Native Hut' picture postcard sent unfranked to New Zealand endorsed "On Active Service", short message includes "it is very hot", straight-line 'CENSORED' h/s alongside, couple of minor blemishes. 'Troopship No.54' was the 'Willochra' which departed New Zealand on 27.6.1961 with the 13th Reinforcements and arrived in England on 28.12.1916; the postcard was presumably purchased when the ship stopped at Durban, Natal.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00


Closed..Oct-02-2021, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 75

Sale No: 6
Lot No: 1143
Symbol: C

image 1917 postcard showing troop transport steamship sent unfranked to Christchurch, endorsed from serviceman "Pt LR Willis" on board "On Active Service On the High Seas", 'PASSED BY CENSOR/[crown]/No.16 NZ' h/s applied after both his unit details and the name of the ship (inscribed on the view side) were obliterated, 'WELLINGTON/9-JL PAID 1½D' continuous machine cancel in red struck alongside, light central fold and minor edge bends.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00


Closed..Oct-02-2021, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 75

Sale No: 6
Lot No: 1144
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection

image 1917 Western Australia P Falk & Co 'Souvenir of Perth' postcard wallet with 8 colour views including St George's Terrace and Aborigines group, sent unfranked to New Zealand by NZ serviceman "Harold" on board troopship, on arrival 'PASSED BY CENSOR/[crown]/No.9 NZ' h/s applied on face, 'GREEN ISLAND/NZ' arrival b/s, minor edge bends.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00


Closed..Oct-02-2021, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 6
Lot No: 1145
Symbol: C

image 1917 Western Australia P Falk & Co 'Souvenir of Fremantle' postcard wallet with 8 colour views including Harbour & Victoria Quay with ships, Post Office, Railway Station and Rottnest Island 'used as a Military Prison during the War', sent unfranked to New Zealand by NZ serviceman "Harold" on board troopship, on arrival 'PASSED BY CENSOR/[crown]/No.9 NZ' h/s applied on face, 'GREEN ISLAND/NZ' arrival b/s, minor edge bends.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00


Closed..Oct-02-2021, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 75
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