AUSTRALIAN: c.1930 philatelic cover with 1½d Sturt tied by superb strike of the undated 'BANZ/1930 [penguin] -31/ANTARCTIC RESEARCH EXP' cachet. Superb!
AUSTRALIAN: c.1930 philatelic cover with 1½d Canberra tied by superb strike of the undated 'BANZ/1930 [penguin] -31/ANTARCTIC RESEARCH EXP' cachet, plus almost as fine a strike in violet across the flap. Superb!
AUSTRALIAN: 1987 Antarctic Scenes (Third Issue) stampsize colour photographic essays of the five designs all denominated with the issued values endorsed below "2c 10c 20c 36c 60c", affixed to thin greenish card (230x170mm), a couple of tiny blemishes.
1850 Arms 2kr black Type IIIb, margins good to huge, '9-11 Fr/WIEN/6-XI' cds in bright red, Cat €600. Superb! Stated to have a Goller Certificate (2015), now lost.
1858 Embossed Type II 2kr yellow (poorly centred), 3kr (well centred with Wien cds in red) & 3kr green (very well centred with superb oval Wien d/s) Mi 10ii-12ii, Cat €470.
(Qty 3)
1933 Orval Abbey 5c+5c to 10fr+40fr Mi 354-365, excellent centring, very lightly mounted except for the top three denominations that are unmounted, Cat €2200. A superb set!
(Qty 12)
POSTAL HISTORY: 1920 illustrated Halifax & Bermudas Cable Co Ltd black/buff 'TELEGRAM/IMMEDIATE' envelope registered to "Baileys Bay" with Caravel 1d strip of 3 & grey-blue/white R label.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1926 illustrated Halifax & Bermudas Cable Co Ltd black/buff 'TELEGRAM/IMMEDIATE' envelope to "Inverurie Htl/Paget" with 'COME TO BERMUDA/THE ISLES OF REST' slogan cancel of Hamilton, the flap partly separated & rejoined; with the red/yellow form (major repaired tear).
(Qty 2)
POSTAL HISTORY: 1935-57 all-different illustrated 'TELEGRAM' envelopes for various firms, mostly blue/white types but also a blue & red/gold type, and a plain envelope with company's cachet, a few with 'CONFIRMATION COPY' h/s & a few with arrival b/s of 'BAILEY'S BAY', 'PAGET', 'WARWICK EAST' or 'WARWICK WEST', the first soiled otherwise fine.
(Qty 9) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..May-20-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Ceylon
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1145
Symbol: */**O
Cat No: numbers
1938-49 KGVI Pictorials partly sorted and annotated mostly mint array to R5 x3 with most SG numbers including 50c SG 394a, many shades noted as per the Commonwealth Catalogue, some used to R5 x2, generally fine to very fine. Potential.
(Qty 200+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 160.00
Closed..May-20-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 160
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1146
Symbol: */**
Cat No: F1
1938-49 KGVI Pictorials 2c to R5 complete including all listed perfs and shades plus the Postal Fiscal R10 SG F1, and a few extras, some characteristic minor tropicalisation, generally very fine lightly mounted or unmounted, Cat £1600+. A difficult set to complete.
(Qty 143)
BOOKLETS: 1r80c black/blue booklet cover with airmail labels, Coronation 6c pair & Silver Jubilee 6c pair affixed to the interleaving!!, Cat £1200+. A new discovery of a hybrid booklet, or someone having a bit of fun?
CINDERELLAS: 1949-66 selection of Anti-Tuberculosis labels including three different languages for 1953 1954-55 & 1956, hinged to small pieces.
(Qty 17)
TAMIL ARASU: 1961 Ship & Anchor 3c purple Postal Card and 10c dark blue Envelope x2 apparently from different printings, a few faults. Very scarce. [Tamil Arasu was the name given to the Tamil districts in the north (Jaffna) & east (Batticaloa) that declared independence from Ceylon. With an undated newspaper cutting stating 2500 envelopes & 1500 postcards had been sold]
(Qty 3)
TELEGRAPH STAMPS: Hagners of QV & KEVII upper-halves with lots of shades, some better values, surcharges & multiples, plus four pieces from telegram receipts, condition variable. Study potential.
(Qty 180 approx) (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: 1154
Symbol: C
WAR SAVINGS: WWII 'CEYLON WAR SAVINGS STAMP CARD' printed in blue/buff with 20c Tea Plucking x13 & 25c Temple of the Tooth affixed within, minor blemishes.
SLOGAN POSTMARKS: Album of covers from KGV to 2001 with a range of slogans or meters including a defective 1924 cover with 'SUPPORT/THE KANDY SHOW/...' h/s that may be seen as a precursor of the machine types; also 'The Machine Postmarks of Ceylon' by Harsha Rupesinghe; and a few unrelated covers.
(Qty 140 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$60
Opening AU$ 170.00
Sold...AU$ 220.00
Closed..May-20-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 220
Egypt
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1186
Symbol: C
POSTAL HISTORY: 1914 (June 6) illustrated Eastern Telegraph Company red/buff 'TELEGRAM' envelope with 'NO CHARGES TO PAY' at U/R, to a ship's captain at Port Said with double-oval 'GRINDLAY & Co/PORT SAID' arrival cachet on the reverse, minor crease at right; with the enclosed red/pale buff inwards form with 'PORT SAID STATION' header.
(Qty 2 items)
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1187
Symbol: C/L
Cat No: Collection
TELEGRAMS: Marconi Radio Telegraph Company of Egypt group with crimp-sealed 'TELEGRAM' forms black/white x2 or blue/white all with British Forces d/s, various forms - one to Belgian Congo - with a range of cachets & two with words excised by the censor, two different blue/buff 'MARCONIGRAM' forms from Alexandria or Cairo (with its blue/brown 'MARCONIGRAM' envelope), condition variable. A very interesting lot.
(Qty 12 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..May-20-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
Fiji
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1188
Symbol: F
Cat No: 10-12
1871 Cakobau 'CR' 1d 3d & 6d SG 10-12, a few small faults, each with a part- to large-part strike of the rare undated 'G.P.O./FIJI' cancel, Cat £770, as they have been for at least 12 years. Ex Gerald Patterson. (3)
1872 Surcharges 'Two/Cents' on 1d deep blue SG 11a horizontal strip of 3, one toned perf otherwise superb!, large-part o.g., Cat £165++. A scarce multiple. Ex Gerald Patterson.
1874 Local 'V.R.' (Crown Colony) Overprints 'Two/Cents' on 1d blue with Inverted 'A' for 'V' SG 16e, hint of a small repair at lower-right, Sunburst cancel just clear of the variety, Cat £1000, as it has been for at least 12 years. Ex Gerald Patterson. [The Inverted 'A' has a small upwards protrusion on the central bar]
1912-23 Multiple Crown/CA 3d purple/yellow with the Watermark Sideways SG 130a, very lightly mounted, Cat £350, as it has been for at least 12 years. Ex Gerald Patterson.
1912-23 Multiple Crown/CA 3d purple/yellow with the Watermark Sideways SG 130a, excellent centring, very lightly mounted, Cat £350, as it has been for at least 12 years. Ex Gerald Patterson.
1912-23 Multiple Crown/CA 3d purple/yellow with the Watermark Sideways SG 130a, significant rubbing (to erase blue-pencil registration lines), Cat £500, as it has been for at least 12 years. Ex Gerald Patterson.
1912-23 Multiple Crown/CA 3d purple/yellow with the Watermark Sideways SG 130a, minor rubbing (to erase blue-pencil registration lines), Cat £500, as it has been for at least 12 years. Ex Gerald Patterson.
1915-19 'WAR STAMP' Overprints 1d deep rose SG 139d with Strong 'WAR TAX' Offset on the Reverse SG 139d(var) corner block of 6 (3x2) from the upper-right of the left-hand pane, a couple of very minor blemishes, unmounted. Ex Gerald Patterson.
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1196
Symbol: **
Cat No: 249-267
1938-55 KGVI Pictorials complete set SG 249-267 including all listed dies, shades & perforation varieties, plus ½d Perf 13½ Sheet Number corner block of 4, unmounted, a few with minor gum tropicalisation, Cat £450+.
(Qty 39 stamps)
1938-55 KGVI Definitives 2d Government Offices Perf 13½ SG 255 complete sheet of 60 (6x10, missing the upper selvedge) with De La Rue Imprint and Plate Numbers '1', Pos R10/2 with Scratched Building SG 255aa (Cat £75), unmounted, Cat £110+.
1938-55 KGVI Definitives 6d Map Die II with Degrees Perf 13½ SG 261 complete sheet of 60 (6x10, missing the upper selvedge) with De La Rue Imprint and Plate Number '1', some minor perf separation/reinforcing otherwise unmounted, Cat £660+.
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1199
Symbol: **
Cat No: 280-295
1954-59 QEII Pictorials complete set SG 280-295 plus 1959-63 Pictorials set SG 298-310 and 1962-67 Pictorials set SG 311-325, unmounted, a couple of lower values with minor gum tropicalisation, Cat £170+.
(Qty 43)
POSTAGE DUES: 1917-18 Second Issue with Narrower Setting ½d black SG D5a with Fraction Bar Closer to 'F' of 'FIJI', characteristic rough perfs, unused with no gum as issued, Cat £500, having barely budged for at least 12 years. Ex Gerald Patterson. [On all other examples we have inspected, the fraction bar ends 1mm above the 'F'. On this stamp, the space is only ½mm]
POSTAGE DUES: 1917-18 Second Issue with Narrower Setting ½d black SG D5a horizontal pair, light Sunburst cancels, Cat £600+, as it has been for at least 12 years. A rare & very attractive multiple. Ex Gerald Patterson.
CINDERELLAS: 1941 Fiji Bomber Fund label & selvedge from the sheetlet tied on local cover endorsed "First Day Cover" with Suva cds of 15FEB41. Ex Gerald Patterson. [The only such First Day Cover we have seen]
LITERATURE: 'The Postage Stamps Etc. of the Fiji Islands' by Charles J. Phillips (1908), 116pp and 15 photogravure plates, original paper binding that has split in places but the pages & plates are very fine. Rebinding recommended for this classic text by the then proprietor of Stanley Gibbons.
LITERATURE: 'Compendious Grammar of the Feejeean Language with Examples of Native Idioms' by the Reverend David Hazlewood (1850), 12pp octavo bound with thread in non-contemporary paper cover (which has a fault at the back). Rare: published at the Wesleyan Mission Press at Vewa and considered one of the most important early works published in the Islands. [This is the first 12pp of 72. A complete copy in non-contemporary case-binding with Hazlewood's Feejeean-English Dictionary is currently available online for US$2500. The seller records eight other copies, all in major institutions including the British Library, the Bodleian Library and at Cambridge University. There is also a copy in the National Library in Canberra]
1914-15 '1d.' on 3pf to '4d.' on 40pf simplified 'set', well centred, lightly mounted, a few with guarantee handstamp or initials & the last signed "PL Pemberton" in pencil, Cat £900+; also the 'O.S.' Overprints, a little aged, Cat £135.
(Qty 11)
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1414
Symbol: (*)
Cat No: 9 var.
1914-15 6mm Spacing '4d.' on 40pf SG 9var, small faults, unused, Cat £450++. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2003) as "so-called [Pos 1A], being from an intermediate or single setting related to Stg 1, or [Pos 10] of a modified state of Stg 1. Very rare".
1915 German Registration Labels Overprinted 'G.R.I./3d.' Town Name in Sans Serif Letters 'Rabaul/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' SG 33, full unmounted o.g., Cat £275+ for mounted. Superb!
1915 German Registration Labels Overprinted 'G.R.I./3d.' Town Name in Sans Serif Letters 'Rabaul/(Deutsch-Neuguinea)' SG 33d, trimmed perfs at the top, oval Rabaul d/s in violet, Cat £550. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2003) as Stg D [Pos 4].
1915 German Registration Labels Overprinted 'G.R.I./3d.' Town Name in Sans Serif Letters 'Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' SG 35, well centred, unused, Cat £250.
1915 German Registration Labels Overprinted 'G.R.I./3d.' Town Name in Sans Serif Letters 'Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen/(Deutsch-Neuguinea)' SG 35f, unused, Cat £275.
1915 German Registration Labels Overprinted 'G.R.I./3d.' Town Name in Sans Serif Letters 'Herbertshohe/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' SG 36, unused, Cat £300. Superb!
1915 German Registration Labels Overprinted 'G.R.I./3d.' Town Name in Sans Serif Letters 'Kawieng/(Deutsch Neu-Guinea)' SG 37b, unused, Cat £325. Superb!
