ARGENTINE: 1962 (Dec 30) philatelic cover with 'BASE GENERAL SAN MARTINO/...' cds & '[horse & carriage]/28NOV63/BUENOS AIRES...' b/s, with Posts & Telegraphs official cover (214x162mm) in which the cover was returned to the original sender in Texas with Austin arrival b/s of JUN/19/1964, plus the roneo'd advice in English stating the Base mail "was delayed & incorrectly handled by the...Base's staff..."
(Qty 3 items)
AUSTRALIAN: 1949 (Mar 12) OHMS cover to Hobart with Lyrebird 1/- block of 8 with 'ANARE MACQUARIE ISLAND/AUST' cds, French 'PER COMMANDANT/CHARCOT' ship's cachet in violet, Hobart arrival b/s of 21MR49. [The sender, NR Laird, was the botanist with the expedition]
AUSTRALIAN: 1964 (Feb 20) airmail cover to Cheshire with AAT 5d 8d & 1/- tied by 'MAWSON/ANARE/...' cds, 'MAWSON/AUST ANTARCTIC TERR' h/s in violet at L/L. The rate was 2/3d but the underpayment of 2d was not detected.
AUSTRALIAN: 1966 (Feb 10) airmail cover to Cheshire with Australian 2/3d ANZAC tied by 'MAWSON/ANARE/...' cds, autographs of three expeditioners on the face, minor blemishes. [The 2/3d Anzac is very scarce on cover & this is the only example we have seen used from the AAT]
AUSTRALIAN: 1966 Definitives sets on Australia Post official 'Emblem' covers with 'WILKES', 'MAWSON' & 'MACQUARIE ISLAND' Base Cancels, then sets of four Base Cancels FDCs with the latter two plus 'CASEY' & 'DAVIS' for 1971 Treaty singles & blocks of 4, 1972 Cook singles & blocks of 4, 1973 Pictorials blocks of 4 and larger on 48 individual covers, 1979 First Flight Anniversary singles & Ships Part I singles, condition very fine.
(Qty 86 covers)
AUSTRALIAN: 1968 ANARE PPC 'Thala Dan at Lewis Is' (with penguins) airmail to Hong Kong (!) with AAT 2c Penguin & 4c Ice Floes x2 tied by 'ANARE MACQUARIE IS' cds, the lengthy social message headed "En route to Macquarie Is" states "...incessant blare of the fog horn Jap fishing boats all we'd have hit...We're in the Nella Dan". A rare non-philatelic postcard usage to a most unusual destination from Antarctica. The rate had been 1/- which converted to 10c.
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.
Sale No: 6
Lot No: 859
Symbol: CTO
Cat No: Collection
BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY: 1963-82 collection on leaves complete including 1963 Pictorials set plus 1969 £1 red & brown-black, 1973 Explorers set plus 1975 Watermark Diagonal set, etc, condition generally very fine with just a few showing some very light toning mostly on perf tips, Cat £500+.
(Qty 116)
UNITED STATES: 1929 Byrd Expedition cover unusually to Australia with Washington 2c tied by 'SS/MAR/21/1929/ELEANOR BOLLING' cancel in purple with huge cachet in the same ink at U/L, Dunedin transit cds on the face.
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)
Selection with 6mm Spacing including '3d.' on 25pf SG 7 (with Sliced 'I' that may indicate it's a forgery), 5mm Spacing including '1d.' on 3pf with '1' for 'I' SG 16a, '3d.' on 30pf & '8d.' on 80pf, Marshalls '2d.' on 20pf with No Stop after 'd ' SG 53e, '4d.' on 40pf & '5d.' on 50pf, and a few others, condition very mixed so offered at a very modest estimate.
(Qty 25) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 700.00
Sold...AU$ 700.00
Closed..Oct-02-2021, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 700
Sale No: 6
Lot No: 1084
Symbol: *
Cat No: 2b
1914-15 6mm Spacing '1d.' on 5pf with Short '1' in '1d.' SG 2b, well centred, Cat £350. Briefmarkenprufstelle Basel mini-certificate (2014).
1914-15 6mm Spacing '3d.' on 25pf red & black/yellow with '1' for 'I' SG 7a, a couple of short perfs & tiny tonespots, Cat £1100. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2003).
1914-15 6mm Spacing '3d.' on 30pf black & orange/buff with 'I' for '1' SG 8a [Stg 1 Pos 10], well centred, small professionally repaired tear at L/R, oval Rabaul d/s in violet well clear of the variety, Cat £1500.
1915 Overprints on German-Pattern Registration Labels 'Rabaul/(Deutsch-Neuguinea)' SG 33d, well centred, perfs at the top trimmed, small-part oval Rabaul d/s in violet, Cat £550.
1915 Overprints on German-Pattern Registration Labels Town Name in Seriffed Letters 'Friedrich Wilhelmshafen/(Deutsch-Neuguinea)' SG 41, faults, unused, Cat £275. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2004).
1915 Overprints on German-Pattern Registration Labels Town Name in Seriffed Letters 'Kawieng/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' SG 42, well centred, a couple of short perfs at right, large-part o.g., Cat £250.
1915 Overprints on Marshall Islands '1d.' on 5pf with Straight Top Serif on '1' in '1d.' SG 50c, excellent centring, oval Rabaul d/s in violet, Cat £300.
1915 Overprints on Marshall Islands '1d.' on 5pf green Spaced '1 d.' SG 51e being the central unit in a horizontal strip of 3 [Stg 3 Pos 7-9] from the base of the sheet with the complete 'Marshall-Inseln' imprint, well centred, perf separation/reinforcing between the first two units, faint aging, Cat £460+. Ex 'Ello' (Erich Schlieper): sold at our auction of 14.3.2009 for $315.
1915 Overprints on Marshall Islands '1d.' on 5pf green Spaced '1 d.' SG 51e, unusually late usage with Rabaul cds of 11FE18, Cat £325. [This variety occurs only on the Marshalls '1d.' on 5pf]
1915 Overprints on Marshall Islands '5d.' on 50pf black & purple/buff as SG 57 with Defective (and Faint) 'd', well centred, ironed-out vertical crease, superb straight-line 'Herbertshöhe' cancel in violet, Cat £300+. Unlisted by Gibbons but listed by Gibbs as #8c. Peter Holcombe Opinion (1991) states "Traces of the top of the 'd'" and "Gibbs lists a variety 'd' Omitted - SG 57f - but all examples I have seen have a minute trace of the 'd' as on this copy [sic]". Ex 'Ello' (Erich Schlieper): sold at our auction of 14.3.2009 for $490.
World postal stationery including some formular issues from 19th Century to 1960s, a few better items including German SWA 10pf+10pf philatelically used, Southern Nigeria QV 1d Postal Card to Transvaal via Canary Islands, Zanzibar 1950s 30c Aerogramme to BBC in London with message in Arabic, Kenya & Uganda KGV 50c Registration Envelope to GB in 1926 with 'FORT PORTAL/UGANDA' cds & provisional R label, commercial formular aerogrammes from an English officer in the Independent Congo x3, etc, the early material in rather mixed condition, the later items generally very fine.
(Qty 60 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Oct-02-2021, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
German (Deutsch) New Guinea
Sale No: 6
Lot No: 1082
Symbol: **
1897 Overprints on Germany 50pf purple-brown Mi 6 block of 4, well centred, Gebruder Senf & Steuer guarantee handstamps, unmounted, Cat €480++ for singles.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1932 Iremonger cover to GB with three very fine strikes - one on the reverse - of the impressive 38mm 'POST OFFICE/1JUL1932/KIETA' cds; plus three other philatelic covers.
(Qty 4)
Varieties comprising Fifth Setting 1d red Die II unmounted & FU and Damaged R/H Frame ACSC 71(3)g mint, 1d violet with Dot before '1' mint and 4d violet Weeping '4' mint, Cat £300+.
(Qty 5)
1915-16 Overprints on Kangaroos First Watermark 3d olive SG 76 Plate 2 Third Setting with Types acccbc at the Base large-part forme of 27/30 from the base of the right-hand pane [2R34-36/55--60] with Deformed Bight [R38], generally well centred, some short perfs at right & ironed-out horizontal crease across the central row, unmounted, Cat £560++ for mounted singles.
1915-16 Overprints on Kangaroos Second Watermark 6d ultramarine SG 88 Plate 2 large-part forme of 29/30 from an unidentified position with Hollow Stops on units [6, 12 & 18], overall light gum-aging, most units including four abc strips are unmounted, Cat £290++ for mounted singles
1915-16 Overprints on Kangaroos Second Watermark 6d ultramarine SG 88 Plate 2 complete forme of 30 from an unidentified position with unlisted Break in Inner Frame to R of Cape York [2] and early state of Oil Tanker off Darwin [26] plus Hollow Stops on units [6, 12,16, 18, 20 & 27], overall light gum-aging/toning, the upper units are lightly mounted, the lower units are unmounted, Cat £300++ for mounted singles. Ex Colonel Harrie Evans.
