IMPERFORATE: 1d orange SG 81 (CP A1g; Scott 21), margins close to good, small expert repair at lower-right, Cat £12,000 (NZ$25,000; US$12,000). An attractive example of this very rare stamp. RPSofNZ Certificate (2000). Joseph Hackmey's superb example sold for US$16,800.

Grade (A) (Image1)

Estimate AU$4,000

IMPERFORATE: 1d orange-vermilion SG 81 (CP A1g; Scott 21) with a Pre-Printing Paper Fold at the top, margins just clear - at lower-right - to good, tiny ink spot on 'Y' of 'PENNY', light numeral cancel, Cat £2750 (NZ$6000; US$2750). RPSofNZ Certificate (2023) refers to the paper-fold as a "horizontal printing pleat". A rare stamp, that was absent from Joseph Hackmey's collection. The 'Lionheart' New Zealand example sold for £960.  [The illustration is above Lot 961]  

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

IMPERFORATE: 2d dull violet-blue SG 82 (CP A2f; Scott 22), good colour, margins close to good, unused, Cat £10,000 (NZ$20,000; US$5500). Peter Holcombe's Certificate (1992) states "A fine margined copy [sic] of a rare stamp". 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$5,000

IMPERFORATE: 2d dull violet-blue SG 82 (CP A2f; Scott 22), margins good to large, complete 'DUNEDIN'-in-Bars cancel, Cat £1200 (NZ$2500; US$1100). RPSofNZ Certificate (2023). The 'Lionheart' New Zealand example sold for £960.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

IMPERFORATE: 2d dull violet-blue SG 83 (CP A2f2; Scott 22c), good colour & an unusually strong impression, margins just touching at lower-right to good, thinned behind 'EAL' of 'ZEALAND', unused, Cat £9000 (NZ$18,000; US$6000). RPSofNZ Certificate (2020). 

Grade C (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

IMPERFORATE: 2d pale dull violet-blue SG 83 (CP A2f2; Scott 22c), significant plate-wear, margins close to large, shallow thin at upper-right, unused, Cat £9000 (NZ$18,000; US$6000). Peter Holcombe's Certificate (1992) states "A fine copy [sic] of this rare & delicate stamp". [The so-called "ultramarine" shades SG 82 & 83 are nothing of the sort]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,500

IMPERFORATE: 6d black-brown SG 85 (CP A5d; Scott 24), margins close to good, a couple of tiny (natural?) thin spots otherwise superb, unused, Cat £4250 (NZ$7500; US$3500). Peter Holcombe Certificate (1992).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,750

ROULETTED 7 AT AUCKLAND: 1d orange-vermilion SG 87 (CP A1gY; Scott 21b), rouletting except at right where cut from the sheet clear of the design, two small concealed defects, light but untidy cancel, Cat £8000 (NZ$16,500; US$6500). An attractive example of this very rare stamp. Ex Ernest Collins and Joseph Hackmey: sold for US$3900. RPSofL Certificate (1922; unqualified) and RPSofNZ Certificate (2023). 

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,500

ROULETTED 7 AT AUCKLAND: 6d black-brown SG 88 (CP A5dW; Scott 24b), rouletting on all sides, light cancel, Cat £750 (NZ$1500; US$550). RPSofNZ Certificate (2023) states "the roulettes on the right margin have been faked", which we find strange because that side has a margin & why would you bother faking roulettes to narrow the margin or if the margin was imperforate??

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

ROULETTED 7 AT AUCKLAND: 1/- deep green SG 89 (CP A6fZ; Scott 25bc), rouletting except at the top where cut from the sheet well clear of the design, a couple of minor separation faults at the base, light cancel largely clear of the Queen's portrait, Cat £2000 (NZ$5000; US$2000). RPSofNZ Certificate (2023) states "slight thinning on the right edge", which we cannot see. [Joseph Hackmey's very fine example sold for US$1920]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

PERF 13 AT DUNEDIN: 1d orange-vermilion SG 90 (CP A1gW; Scott 21a), an unusually tall stamp with characteristic erratic perfs resulting in fragments of three other units being present, unused, Cat £18,000 (NZ$37,500; US$16,000). Superb. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2016). Joseph Hackmey's example - described as "exceptionally rare" - sold for US$7500.

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$7,500

PERF 13 AT DUNEDIN: 1d orange-vermilion SG 90 (CP A1gW; Scott 21a), light but indistinct numeral cancel, Cat £4500 (NZ$10,000; US$3750). Ex Major KM Beaumont. RPSofL Certificate (1958). [Joseph Hackmey's better centred example sold for US2280]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

PERF 13 AT DUNEDIN: 2d dull violet-blue SG 91, perfs at top and right "manipulated/improved", 'DUNEDIN'-in-Bars cancel well clear of the Queen's portrait, Cat £1200. RPSofNZ Certificate (2023).

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

PERF 13 AT DUNEDIN: 2d pale dull violet-blue SG 92 (CP A2fY; Scott 22a), well centred, characteristic faint discolouration, unused, Cat £10,000 (NZ$20,000; US$8250). Peter Holcombe Certificate (1993). Of superior appearance to Joseph Hackmey's example, that sold for US$5400.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$5,000

PERF 13 AT DUNEDIN: 2d dull violet-blue SG 92 (CP A2fY; Scott 22a), 'DUNEDIN'-in-Bars cancel, Cat £1400 (NZ$3000; US$1175). RPSofNZ Certificate (2023).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

PERF 13 AT DUNEDIN: 6d black-brown SG 93 (CP A5dY; Scott 24a), Bars cancel well clear of the Queen's portrait, Cat £500 (NZ$1000; US$450). A very attractive example. RPSofNZ Certificate (2023).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

SERRATED PERF 16 AT NELSON: 6d black-brown SG 95 (CP A5dV; Scott 24c), traces of serrations, numeral '17' cancel, Cat £6500 (NZ$13,000; US$6250). A very rare stamp.  RPSofL (1978) and RPSofNZ  (2023) Certificates both state "genuine so far as one can say". [Joseph Hackmey's very fine example sold for US$4500]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,500