Batch of mostly French Antarctic Territory frankings on 1970s-1980s philatelic covers with some better stamps & a plethora of Expedition & other cachets, some autographed by expeditioners. Thematics galore.
(48)
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1199
Symbol: **
Cat No: Collection
BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY: Clean collection on leaves to 2007 with 1963-79 issues complete, patchy to 1999, then complete including M/Ss, apparently all unmounted.
(230+ & M/Ss)
FRENCH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY: 1972-89 mint selection on Hagners including 1974 Iles Crozet se-tenant strip of 3, 1975 ARAKS rocket se-tenant pair with label, lots of thematic interest, very fine unmounted, Cat £900+.
(100+)
Pre-1920 selection with useful Classics some with very fine to superb postmarks including from Hungary, Lombardy & the Levant, later issues rather basic but including a very fine used pair of the 1908 Birthday 10kr, condition variable.
(250+)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
Banknotes
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 2308
Symbol:
1974 (27 Aug) 100 rupees P80, serial 'W/74 19597', light centre fold, aUnc. [The illustration is above Lot 2306] (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 85.00
Closed..Feb-22-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 85
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 2316
Symbol:
1951 E£100 (Saad) Pick 27, serial 'CD/4 068709', three light vertical folds, some soiling and 3mm tear at right margin, VF, Cat $US500 (2016). (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Feb-22-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 2350
Symbol:
Cat No: Collection
1949-1995 group including 1949 100 new rupiah purple on yellow P35G Unfinished Note - no serials, 1952 100r P44a Enschedé Printing, 1959 1000r P71a De La Rue Printing, 1960 100r P86, 1995 20,000r P135d consecutive run of three, all Uncirculated.
(12) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 210.00
Sold...AU$ 280.00
Closed..Feb-22-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 280
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 2351
Symbol:
RIAU ARCHIPELAGO: 1963 2½ rupiah Pick R7 serial 'KRG 068067', reverse overprinted 'RIAU' in red, traces of centre fold, aUnc/Unc. Scarce. (Image1)
1932 Mercury uncleared undenominated die proofs in black on tracing paper, in blue on handmade paper, and in red, orange, steel-blue, olive-green and black x2 on card, a number with pencil annotations on the face, very fine & attractive.
(8)
POSTAL HISTORY: 1654 brief entire from Scotland headed "Dumfries 14 May 1654" apparently written in Flemish (?) to "Antwerpen", repaired tear clear of the address panel & minor soiling; and 1765 entire mercantile letter headed "Lixa 24 Septemb 1675" to "Amberes" (= Anvers = Antwerp), beginning "Monsieur" but otherwise in Dutch, with a lengthy postscript also in Dutch but in a different hand, minor blemishes, docketing confirms the origin as "Lixboa" (= Lisbon).
(2)
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1204
Symbol: PSC*O
Cat No: Collection
POSTAL STATIONERY: Attractively presented pre-WWI collection in two bulging albums, principally Postal Cards but also with a good number of Letter Cards and Lettersheets, the majority are unused & most of the used are domestic, two with the 'Sunday Label' crossed-out as was permitted, some uprated including two Express and one Registered, some problems but generally fine to very fine (300 approximately); also a modest batch of covers including 1916 with oval 'LUTTICH-LUXEMBURG/BAHNPOST' datestamp; a colourful array of Exposition labels & other Cinderellas; and long run of the American 'Belgiophile' journal (1997-2016). Ex Michael Barden. Weighs 12kg.
(Qty) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 380
Coins
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 2313
Symbol:
1975 $100 gold (9.6g, 0.90) KM13, obv. QEII Arnold Machin bust, rev. Captain Cook, HMS Resolution, George III, Franklin Mint Brilliant Uncirculated. (Image1)
Estimate AU$700
Opening AU$ 625.00
Sold...AU$ 675.00
Closed..Feb-22-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 675
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 2314
Symbol:
1975 $100 gold (9.6g, 0.90) KM13, obv. QEII Arnold Machin bust, rev. Captain Cook, HMS Resolution, George III, Franklin Mint Brilliant Uncirculated. (Image1)
Estimate AU$700
Opening AU$ 625.00
Sold...AU$ 675.00
Closed..Feb-22-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 675
Cook Islands
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 2315
Symbol:
Cat No: Collection
1987 group comprising $3 P3a (x6, two runs of 3), and $20 P5a consecutive prefix trio 'CAP' 'CAQ' and 'CAR 001055', all Unc
(9) (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Feb-22-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 75
Estonia
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 2317
Symbol:
1922 25 marka uniface Proof P54s, serial '0012345 0067890', overprinted 'PROOW' diagonally in red, Uncirculated. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 170.00
Sold...AU$ 170.00
Closed..Feb-22-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 170
Fiji
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1261
Symbol: #*O
Extensive consignment remainders to the 1970s mostly on leaves with strength in 1870s to 1890s with 'CR' values x23, 1872 Surcharges x36, many later blocks, varieties and postmarks, condition variable. Inspection will be rewarded. Ex Gerald Patterson.
(Qty) (Image1)
Estimate AU$800
Opening AU$ 1,000.00
Sold...AU$ 1,000.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1000
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1262
Symbol: *OC
The very last of Gerald Patterson's Fiji with thousands of stamps from 19th century to QEII pre-decimals, a few items of commercial mail, duplicated FDCs, etc, condition variable.
(1000s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 80.00
Sold...AU$ 480.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 480
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1263
Symbol: #*O
Cat No: Collection
1871-98 Victorian Issues duplicated array - heavy in parts - with many better stamps including CR 1d x3 (one used), 3d x4 (one used) & 6d, 'Two/Cents' on 1d & 'Six/Cents' on 3d, many 'VR' Underprints and 'CR' replugged as 'VR', QV 5/- mint x9 & CTO x20+ including an Imperf Pair, numerous Surcharges, many multiples, group with fiscal cancels, condition variable but many are fine to very fine, high catalogue value. Research opportunity. Ex Gerald Patterson.
(750 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 1,450.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1450
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1264
Symbol: *#
1871 Cakobau ('CR') 1d x4 (all unused), 3d x5 (four with large-part original gum) and 6d x5 (two with large-part original gum), Cat £1950, for unused. Ex Gerald Patterson.
(14)
1872 Decimal Surcharges 'Two/Cents' on 1d x20, 'Six/Cents' on 3d x16 and 'Twelve/Cents' on 6d x12 (one used), a few minor faults, about half with part- to large-part original gum, Cat £4000+, for unused. Ex Gerald Patterson.
(48)
1874 'V.R.' Overprints comprising Gothic Font 'Two/Cents' on 1d SG 16, 'Six/Cents' on 3d SG 17 and 'Twelve/Cents' on 6d SG 18 x3 (one with a large part of the design missing & not included in the catalogue value); and Roman Font 'Twelve/Cents' on 6d SG 21 x2 (one apparently unused but stained), good to fine, Cat £2400. Nothing expertised so offered "as is", at a modest estimate. Ex Gerald Patterson. (7)
1876-98 Issues with good ranges of 'VR' Underprints including imperf plate proofs 1d single and 6d blocks of 4 & 6, 'VR' Inserted for 'CR' with some better stamps, One Shilling mint x7 & used x23 and 1891-98 Designs, many with part- to large-part original gum, generally fine to very fine, Cat £3800+ plus the proofs. Ex Gerald Patterson.
(147)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 800.00
Sold...AU$ 800.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 800
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1268
Symbol: *O
Cat No: Collection
1903-27 Keyplates mostly mint collection with KEVII ½d green comple sheet of 120, blocks of 4 to 6d and 5d block of 12, 5/- green & black x6 (one used), 5/- green & red/yellow x6, £1 purple & black/red x2, Plate Number singles 6d & 1/- plus used 1d block of 4; KGV with values to 5/- block of 4 & £1 (no gum), page of Plate Number singles to 1/- plus 2/- block of 4, ¼d & 'WAR STAMP' ½d panes of 60, 'WAR STAMP' duo with 'SPECIMEN' Handstamp, ½d pair & 1d block of 4 from a booklet, etc, also Silver Jubilee group including Plate Number blocks of 4 and minor varieties, generally fine to very fine. Ex Gerald Patterson.
(700+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 1,050.00
Sold...AU$ 1,600.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1600
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1269
Symbol: *
1903-27 Keyplates with KEVII 1903 set (£1 with minor gumside blemishes), 1904 trio and 1906 New Colours to £1, KGV MCA to 2/6d x4 with most dies & shades, 'WAR STAMP' shades & 1d with Offset of the Overprint and 1922-27 Script set to 5/-, generally very fine, Cat £1200+. Ex Gerald Patterson.
(71)
1938-55 KGVI Pictorials heavily duplicated array with 5d 'Blue Canes' x25 * or U, 6d Die I x20 * or U, 6d violet-black x18 * or U, 5/- used block of 6 (a very scarce multiple), 10/- mint x8 (3 **) & used x5, £1 mint x6 (3 **) & used x5, etc, many varieties noted, also Commemorative issues and 1940 Postage Dues mint set x5 plus used 1d x2 2d & 6d, generally fine to very fine. Research opportunity. Ex Gerald Patterson.
(2000 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 800.00
Sold...AU$ 1,300.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1300
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1271
Symbol: */**O
1953-68 Issues heavily duplicated array with 1954-59 Pictorials blocks of 4 - three units unmounted - to £1, imprint blocks of 4 or larger ** to £1, 10/- imprint blocks of 4 */** & CTO, pieces with £1 x2 or £1 pair & 5/- Gold Mining, 1959-68 Block Wmk Pictorials 1964 & unmounted 1968 printings 10/- & £1 Imprint Blocks of 10, 1968 Pictorials to £1 unmounted blocks of 30, numerous other part-sheets & large blocks, generally very fine with a high proportion being unmounted. Research opportunity. Ex Gerald Patterson.
(Qty) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 1,600.00
Sold...AU$ 2,200.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 2200
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1272
Symbol: V
Cat No: D11-18
POSTAGE DUES: 1940 1d green to 1/6d carmine SG D11-18 complete tied to contrived local cover by 'SUVA/9JUL40/FIJI' cds, three vertical folds clear of the stamps, Cat £650.
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Selection of mostly low denominations but including 6mm Spacing '1d.' on 3pf SG 1 (that probably has a forged overprint?), 5mm Spacing '3d.' on 30pf & '5d.' on 50pf and '4d.' on Marshalls 40pf, a few are used, fine to very fine, Cat £1650 (plus the SG 1).
(19)
Multiples of lower denominations comprising 6mm Spacing '2½d.' on 10pf & '2½d.' on 20pf SG 5 & 6 blocks of 4; 5mm Spacing '2d.' on 20pf SG O19 pair; '2d.' on Marshalls 20pf SG 53 strip of 3 & corner block of 4; and 'O.S.' '1d.' on 5pf SG O2 strip of 3; all but the SG 53 strip with marginal inscriptions, very fine to superb and most units are unmounted, Cat £750++, for mounted singles.
(6 items)
1914-15 High Values with 3½-4mm Spacing '2s.' on 2mk blue SG 13, well centred, regummed, Cat £3500, for mounted mint. BPA Certificate (1973) "unused no gum". It looks like the regummer crudely amended this to "unused also gum". Nice try, but no cigar. Still it remains a very attractive example of this scarce stamp.
1914-15 5mm Spacing '8d.' on 80pf black & carmine on rose SG 26 vertical pair, both units with significant damage to all the type, unmounted, Cat £850++, for mounted singles. BPA Certificate (1982). [The overprint forme was a horizontal setting of ten positions. Therefore, vertical multiples will display the same variations in the type]
1915 'G.R.I./ 3d. ' Surcharges on German-Pattern Registration Labels Town Name in Sans-Serif Type 'Rabaul/(Deutsch-Neuguinea)' SG 33, straight-edge at right, tied to small piece by 'STEPHANSORT' "frozen" cds, Cat £325.
1915 'G.R.I./ 3d. ' Surcharges on German-Pattern Registration Labels Town Name in Sans-Serif Type 'Herbertshohe/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' SG 36 'No 1000' with the Surcharge Significantly Misplaced to the Left, 'RABAUL' cds, Cat £850. The misplacement is unusual but, also, we don't recall having previously seen a 'No 1000' label in these issues.
1915 'G.R.I./ 3d. ' Surcharges on German-Pattern Registration Labels Town Name in Sans-Serif Type 'Kawieng/ Deutsch Neuguinea ' with No Brackets SG 37b, unused Cat £325.
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 821
Symbol: #
Cat No: 42 block of 4
1915 'G.R.I./ 3d. ' Surcharges on German-Pattern Registration Labels Town Name in Seriffed Type 'Kawieng/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' SG 42 block of 4, no gum as usual, Cat £1000+, for singles.
1915 on Marshall Islands with Additional Surcharge '1' on '2d.' on 10pf red SG 63, oval Rabaul d/s in violet, Hoffmann-Giesecke guarantee handstamp, Cat £275. [The illustration is above Lot 815]
PICTURE POSTCARDS: WWI-era real photo card of New Guinean dancers, the reverse with an illustrated & perforated St George & the Dragon label twice inscribed 'NEW GUINEA' in place of a stamp, unused. A very scarce card, and we have not previously seen the label.
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 939
Symbol: *O
Cat No: Collection
Two massive ledgers with a way-above-average 1930s-40s schoolboy World collection, mostly short sets but lots of other pickings and a few surprises to be found (see illustration above: all except the Leewards £1 are **), condition variable but most are fine to very fine. A winter's worth of fun in this lot. Weighs 12kg.
(1000s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$850
Opening AU$ 800.00
Sold...AU$ 2,800.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 2800
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 940
Symbol: */**O
Cat No: Collection
Two cartons of European collections on Hagners in boxed albums, strength in Scandinavia with some Classics, complete sets, booklets & M/Ss, modern Italy with numerous large-format commemoratives, two volumes of Poland with attractive and unmounted modern issues & M/Ss, range of British FDCs for better Machin issues & a few others, and Victoria 3d lilac x2, etc, condition of the early material is rather mixed but the modern issues are generally fine to very fine & much is unmounted.
(few 1000) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 675.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 675
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 941
Symbol: *OC
Cat No: Collection
Carton of oddments with a basic South Africa collection, a few hundred philatelic covers including flights & SWA 1980s covers from small towns, several earlier Australian Year Books, British 1918 complete front panel from a Red Cross care package to a POW in Germany and several Ruhleben Camp Post stamps, five pages of Cilicia including multiples and errors, a card of Rhodesia with high value fiscals & 'RHODESIA' £1 mint with large-part original gum, etc, condition variable but much is fine to very fine. Ex Dr Cecil Walkley.
(Qty) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 420.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 420
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 942
Symbol: **/*/
Former dealer's retail display books of mainly lesser British Commonwealth KGVI & QEII issues, some New Guinea, Papua & PNG, and three binders of Australia 1966 to 1978 duplicated array mostly with neat corner cancels. Weighs 14kg.
(1000s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 500.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 943
Symbol: **/O
Former dealer's display books mainly lower-priced items of the 1950s to 1980s, all priced and ready for you to take to a car boot sale or similar. Weighs 19kg.
(1000s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 944
Symbol: */**O
Cat No: Collection
British Commonwealth extensive accumulation in packets by country in a large carton, high thematic interest including M/Ss, a potential goldmine? Weighs 4kg. [See next Lot for the companion foreign material]
(many 1000s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 1,700.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1700
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 945
Symbol: */**O
Cat No: Collection
Extensive foreign accumulation in packets by country in a large carton, high thematic interest including M/Ss, a potential goldmine? Weighs 5kg. [See previous Lot for the companion British Commonwealth material]
(many 1000s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 525.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 525
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 946
Symbol: O
Dealer's large wooden cabinet with 40 drawers of envelopes of Australia from First Wmk Kangaroos to 2007 with many better issues, Great Britain to 2013, and New Zealand to 2013, all carefully sorted. Buyer to collect or arrange shipping.
(10,000s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 1,800.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1800
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 947
Symbol: O*/**
A very scrappy miscellany but including NZ imperf revenues x5, Victoria unmounted 2½d block of 12 & 5d strip of 4 (both items "suntanned"), and New South Wales unmounted pairs of the 6d orange, 8d Lyrebird (strip of 3), 'NINEPENCE' on 10d and 10d, etc, plus a bundle of Postal Stationery including superb unused examples of the 1908 1½d American Fleet postal cards from NSW & Victoria, and Australian 1d Military Letter Card (faults on the back) with the original & very scarce band for 6 of them.
(few 100) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 600.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 948
Symbol: #*O
Asian mélange with two pages of Tuva, good range of Vienna Printings for Indonesia, Afghani imperfs, Saudi earlies, lots of Persia/Iran, etc, condition variable.
(400 approx)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 949
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection
Collector's remainders with a mix of Australia in bulk, various countries in stockbooks and pages, a huge number of stamps to keep you busy over many weekends. Weighs 46kg.
(many 1000s) (Image1)
