Sale No: 6
Lot No: 866
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA: Stockbook with a duplicated used array with a few varieties noted, perf & postmark potential, condition variable. Hours of fun!
(Qty 260 approx) (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: 867
Symbol: *C/D
'CINDERELLAS': 1898 'EXCURSION AU CONGO' poster stamps in red or blue vertical strips of 3 with a few faults but large-part o.g., plus the cover of the 'Inauguration du Chemin de Fer' booklet (repaired tears) & 1948 Golden Jubilee of the Railway 2fr50c x8 on commercial airmail cover to New Zealand. [Travel on the Congo River was interrupted by the Livingstone Falls. The railway line was built to speed communications. Approximately 1900 people - most of them black - died in the construction phase]
(Qty 4 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 360.00
Sold...AU$ 360.00
Closed..Oct-02-2021, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 360
Sale No: 6
Lot No: 868
Symbol: O/CTO
BASUTOLAND: 1937-67 issues almost complete including 1938 KGVI Crocodile, 1948 10/- Silver Wedding, 1954-58 QEII Pictorials, 1961 Overprints (ex 50c & 1r), 1961-63 New Currency (ex 1r) and 1964 Block CA Wmk sets, condition generally very fine with just a few showing some very light toning mostly on perf tips, Cat £250+.
(Qty 100+)
BECHUANALAND: 1937-66 Issues almost complete including 1938-52 KGVI Cattle plus a couple of shades, 1948 10/- Silver Wedding, 1955-58 QEII Cattle, 1961 New Currency Overprints (ex 1r) and 1961 QEII Pictorials sets, condition generally very fine with just a few showing some very light toning mostly on perf tips, Cat £300+.
(Qty 92)
Sale No: 6
Lot No: 870
Symbol: F
Cat No: 1 block of 4
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: 1853 Perkins Bacon Triangles Deeply Blued Paper 1d pale brick-red SG 1 block of 4, margins just shaved to large except at one point where the design is a little cut-into, ironed-out corner crease, both units in the central pair are very fine, unusually fine 'C/G H' cancels, Cat £1800+
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: Mafeking Siege Stamps 1900 'MAFEKING/BESIEGED' Overprints on CofGH '1d.' on ½d green & '3d.' on 1d carmine SG 1 & 3 tied to separate small pieces by 'MAFEKING/CGH' cds, Cat £170.
(Qty 2)
NEW REPUBLIC: 1886-87 Blue Granite Paper With Embossed Coat of Arms 1d violet as SG 26 with printing date of '26 MAR 86', excellent centring, large-part o.g., Cat £150.
Sale No: 6
Lot No: 876
Symbol: **/*O
Cat No: Collection
SWAZILAND: Small stockbook with range of mostly modern issues mint & used with lots of thematic interest including 1987 Butterflies set ** and a few M/Ss, a few earlier noted 1935 Silver Jubilee set *, QEII 1956 Pictorials 2/6d & 5/- * & 1961 Pictorials to 1r *, etc, condition mostly fine to very fine.
(Qty few 100) (Image1)
Estimate AU$50
Opening AU$ 60.00
Sold...AU$ 105.00
Closed..Oct-02-2021, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 105
Sale No: 6
Lot No: 877
Symbol: O/CTO
Cat No: Collection
SWAZILAND: 1937-67 collection almost complete including 1938-54 KGVI set plus shade & perforation variants, 1948 10/- Silver Wedding, 1956 QEII Pictorials, 1961 Overprints (ex 1r & 2r) & 1961 New Currency sets and 1962-66 Pictorials set, condition generally very fine with just a few showing some very light toning mostly on perf tips, Cat £280+.
(Qty 100+)
Sale No: 6
Lot No: 878
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection
ZANZIBAR: 1936-66 fine used/CTO collection reasonably complete including 1936-52 Sultan set plus perforation variants, 1948 10/- Silver Wedding, 1952-55 Sultan set, 1957 Pictorials set, 1961 Pictorials to 2/-, 1964 Independence locally-handstamped set, overprints to 1/- & Jamhuri to 2/-, condition generally very fine with just a few showing some very light toning mostly on perf tips, Cat £300+.
(Qty 133)
ANTIGUA: 1937-68 issues complete on a simplified basis including 1939-51 KGVI Pictorials set, 1948 Wedding, 1953-62 QEII Pictorials set with some shades and 1963-65 Block CA Wmk, 1966-70 Ordinary Paper set, etc, also Barbuda 1968 Map & Fish set, condition generally very fine with just a few showing some very light toning mostly on perf tips, Cat £300+.
(Qty 144)
BAHAMAS: 1937-69 issues complete on a simplified basis including 1938-52 KGVI set with three shades of 5/-, 1942 Columbus Overprints set plus shades of 2/ & 3/-, 1948 Tercentenary set, 1954-63 QEII Pictorials and New Constitution overprints sets, 1965 QEII Pictorials plus Decimal overprints & Decimal Currency sets with a few 1970 Whiter Paper issues, etc, condition generally very fine with just a few showing some very light toning mostly on perf tips, Cat £500+.
(Qty 176)
BERMUDA: 1937-59 issues reasonably complete with 1938-52 KGVI Pictorials with colour variants and a couple of shades plus Keyplates to 5/-, 1948 £1 Silver Wedding and 1953-62 QEII Pictorials, also 1970 QEII Pictorials New Currency Overprints set, 1970 Flowers set including Wmk Upright variants and a few later issues, condition generally very fine with just a few showing some very light toning mostly on perf tips, Cat £300+.
(Qty 120+)
BRITISH HONDURAS: 1937-68 issues complete on a simplified basis including KGVI 1938-47 Pictorials set, 1953-62 QEII Pictorials plus some perforation variants, shades & De La Rue printings, 1962 Birds set plus 1967 Block CA Watermark, etc, to 1968 Human Rights, plus Belize 1973 Animals & Fish set, condition generally very fine with just a few showing some very light toning mostly on perf tips, Cat £300+.
(Qty 144)
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: 1937-74 issues complete on a simplified basis including KGVI 1938-47 set and 1952 Pictorials set (plus another *), 1956-62 QEII Pictorials set plus 1c shade, 1964-68 QEII Pictorials set plus overprints, 1970-74 Ships to $1 only, etc, condition generally very fine with just a few showing some very light toning mostly on perf tips, Cat £300+.
(Qty 161)
CAYMAN ISLANDS: 1937-62 fissues complete on a simplified basis including 1938-48 KGVI Pictorials set plus perforation variants, 1952 KGVI Pictorials, 1953-62 QEII Pictorials plus 4d shade and 1962 QEII Pictorials set, condition generally very fine with just a few showing some very light toning mostly on perf tips, Cat £260+.
(Qty 80)
DOMINICA: 1937-54 issues complete on a simplified basis including 1938-47 KGVI Pictorials set (10/- *), 1951 KGVI Pictorials set and 1954-62 QEII Pictorials set (48c brown & violet *) plus 1968 'ASSOCIATED/STATEHOOD' overprints set, condition generally very fine with just a few showing some very light toning mostly on perf tips, Cat £300+.
(Qty 87)
MONTSERRAT: 1937-71 issues almost complete on a simplified basis including 1938-48 KGVI Pictorials set, 1948 5/- Silver Wdding, 1951 KGVI Pictorials set, 1953-62 QEII Pictorials set with some shades, 1965 Plants plus Surcharges (ex $2.50 & $5) & Block CA Wmk sets, 1970 Birds set (ex $5 & $10) plus 1971 Glazed Paper to $1, condition generally very fine with just a few showing some very light toning mostly on perf tips, Cat £300+.
(Qty 165)
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: 2003 12th Defense [sic] Ministers Conference '$1.00' on Fort George $3.75 with the Overprint Inverted corner block of 4 from the U/L of the sheet, unmounted.
TRINIDAD: 1850 (June 6) cross-written entire to "Speights/Barbados" with mss "4" in black on the face, 29mm 'TRINIDAD/JU6/1850' despatch & 25mm 'BARBADOES/JU09/1850' arrival b/s, internal tear repaired with archival tape. A very attractive prestamp cover. [Speightstown, 19km N of the capital Bridgetown, is the second largest town, & was once the largest port for sugar and slaves on Barbados]
BOOKLETS: 1r80c black/blue booklet cover with airmail labels, Coronation 6c pair & Silver Jubilee 6c pair affixed to the interleaving!!, Cat £1200+ for a complete booklet. A new discovery of a hybrid booklet, or someone having a bit of fun?
POSTAL HISTORY: 1936 (Aug 13-14) two commercial airmail covers to GB each with KGV Pictorials 9c Tea tied by Colombo cds, with superb 'Damaged By SEA WATER' or largely very fine boxed 'DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER I.S.' cachets, the latter attractively water-stained. From the flying boat 'Scipio' which crashed on landing at Crete on 22.8.1936.
(Qty 2 items)
SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL POST: 1896 Handstamped Surcharges 'SIX CENTS/...' on 20c mauve Typo with Litho Inscriptions horizontal pair, the right-hand unit with the Surcharge Inverted creating a tete-beche setenant pair, exceptional centring, Local Post cds of JU2/96 in blue, Cat £100++.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1920 commercial cover to London "via Siberia" with Junks 10c pair tied by 'AMOY/...' bilingual cds with scarce 'PAQUEBOT' h/s alongside. [Presumably landed at Vladivostok to connect with the Trans-Siberian Railway but there are no transit markings]
Duplicated array of mint sets blocks & M/Ss to the 1990s plus a later postally used array - some cancelled on the island - including Chinese New Year setenants & M/Ss, many blocks of better values, etc, condition variable.
(Qty 100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Oct-02-2021, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 6
Lot No: 897
Symbol: **/*
Cat No: 1-6
1963 Pictorials 3d to 2/3d ACSC CK1-6 (SG 1-6) Authority Imprint blocks of 4, each with one unit very lightly mounted, otherwise unmounted, Cat $215 for unmounted imprint blocks (£80+ for unmounted singles).
(Qty 6 blocks)
OFFICIAL STAMP: 1991 'OFFICIAL PAID/MAINLAND' on 90c SG O1 marginal block of 4 from the top of the sheet, undated 'CTO' cancel, unmounted, Cat £360+. Blocks are very scarce.
Sale No: 6
Lot No: 900
Symbol: *#O
Cat No: Collection
Collection remainders in high-quality Lindner 64pp stockbook with a handy range of mostly pre-1920 issues including a few better stamps, a couple of varieties & multiples etc, condition rather mixed.
(Qty 180+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 170.00
Closed..Oct-02-2021, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 170
Sale No: 6
Lot No: 901
Symbol: P
1893 Queen Makea Cousins Die Proofs in black on wove paper for the 1d 1½d 2½d & 10d, wide margins.
(Qty 4)
1901 Cession (Crown) Overprint 1d brown with the overprint over a large void area caused by damage from separating the sheets prior to overprinting, without gum; another example with the left-hand portion of the Crown Omitted, large-part o.g., Cat £360+. The latter with RPSofV Certificate that states "not a catalogued variety of SG 22". [The certificate also mentions "expected defects", but while the Committee may have expected them, they aren't present!]
(Qty 2)
1927-28 Admirals Cowan Paper 2/- light blue & 3/- mauve SG 91-92 matching marginal blocks of 8 (4x2) from the left of the sheets, unmounted, Cat £360++ for mounted singles. Superb!
(Qty 2 blocks)
POSTAL HISTORY: 1947 airmail to Canada with Pictorials 2/- Native Village paying British Empire airmail rate, plus 1948 (circa) airmail to USA with 2/- pair for the Trans-Pacific rate and 'ENTERPRISE INC' merchant cachet on back, both with light 'RAROTONGA' cds, fine condition. Scarce solo & multiple frankings; Cat £160+ for the three used stamps alone.
(Qty 2)
Sale No: 6
Lot No: 905
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
POSTAL HISTORY: 1960-66 airmails group comprising 1) Matson Line formular aerogramme to USA with 8d Native Hut solo; 2) 1960 registered to Australia with 3d Map, 6d Penrhyn Village & 8d Native Hut tied 'MANIHIKI' cds with large 'R' in red on face and blank 'R 326' label on back with another stike of the cds plus transits; 3) 1964 'Quinn's Bar, Papeete, Tahiti' postcard to USA with 1/- Oranges solo; and 4) 1966 second-class airmail to Scotland with 8d Tuna fish solo tied 'MANIHIKI' cds, scarce usages in fine condition.
(Qty 4)
PICTURE POSTCARDS: 'A two foot cocoanut tree AVARUA RAROTONGA (Cook's Islands)' showing native family & buildings around the tree, sent 1914 to St Louis (USA) with Queen Matea Takau 1d red tied 'RAROTONGA' cds, on arrival address corrected with 'No Such Number' cachet and '3/DS/3' circular h/s, then re-addressed to "Waldorf Astoria" hotel in New York, fine condition.
PENRHYN - POSTAL HISTORY: 1920 Pictorials 6d Native Huts tied to 1926 cover to Michigan by 'PENRHYN ISLAND/NZ' cds, another superb strike ties the blue/white R label, Rarotonga transit & Detroit arrival b/s, the cover a little aged.
1937-60 issues complete on a simplified basis including 1938-51 KGVI Pictorials set plus colour & perforation changes and 1955-60 QEII Pictorials set plus 'Republic' overprints, condition generally very fine with just a few showing some very light toning mostly on perf tips, Cat £330+.
(Qty 67)
1866 Overprints seven values to 10pi (2) imperforate plate proofs on white ungummed unwatermarked paper, and 1871 Penasson Sphinx & Pyramid essays on gummed unwatermarked paper comprising 1pi orange red imperf x2 (one a little oxidised), 1pi blue Perf 15x12½ & 1pi blue Perf ImperfxPerf 12½.
(Qty 12)
Sale No: 6
Lot No: 910
Symbol: *
Cat No: 41 and 42
1898 High Values 2/6d blue & 5/- red SG 41 and 42, both unusually well-centred, the 2/6d with a couple of uneven perfs at left, a small hinge remainder & light gum wrinkles, the 5/- very fine lightly mounted, Cat £525.
(Qty 2)
1904-12 KEVII Multiple Crown CA Watermark set SG 43-50, fresh colours and above-average centring, small hinge remainders, the 3/- with light aging on a couple of perf tips at top, the 5/- very fine, Cat £475.
(Qty 8)
1921-28 KGV Multiple Script CA Watermark set SG 73-80 plus additional shade variants, some with small hinge remainders & a couple with slightly aged gum, the 1/- & 3/- very fine lightly mounted, Cat £250+.
(Qty 17)
POSTAL HISTORY: 1962-63 commercial airmail covers to Denmark with solo frankings of QEII Pictorials 1/- Oystercatcher Birds, 1/- Radio Communications and 1/- Freedom from Hunger respectively tied 'PORT STANELY' cds cancels, couple of minor blemishes.
(Qty 3)
SOUTH GEORGIA: 1932 philatelic cover endorsed "Per ss Discovery II" to Melbourne with Victorian 1d x5 tied by light strikes of the 'SOUTH GEORGIA/19DE/32/ + ' cds, uncancelled Falklands 1d on the flap with a poorly struck 'FALKLAND ISLANDS GOVERNMENT/[crown]/SHIP DISCOVERY II' oval caceht alongside, arrival cds of 13MR33, peripheral wear & some light toning. [The route endorsement at U/L states that the cover was sent from Australia across the Pacific, around Cape Horn & posted back to sender from South Georgia. Wikipedia states that 'Discovery II' made visits to Australia (probably Melbourne) between October 1932 & May 1933, suggesting that this cover was carried on the ship Melbourne-South Georgia-Melbourne]
