1907-08 6d Kiwi, three blocks of four in pale carmine-pink, carmine-pink & deep aniline pink, two stamps UM on the first block, SG.376, Cat. £660++, CP E15a(1) (3) Cat. $1600. (Image)

Early cover selection, 1854 Auckland Crowned Circle to London, Dunedin Penny Universal FDC 1 JA 01 (CP $350), 1909 ON LAND AND INCOME TAX BUSINESS ONLY cover from Wellington to Canterbury cancelled with Moss TAXES 1d POSTAGE PAID meter mark and an attractive neat cover addressed to Major Leslie c/o Cox & Co franked initially with 1d Dominion cancelled WAIAU. Re-addressed to Rouen with Edward VII 1½d with Cox perfin and both stamps cancelled by LONDON roller cancellation. (Image)

1860's-1980's good to FU collection housed in printed album + several extra leaves, from earlies Perf Chalons 1d (4), 2d (3), 3d, 4d, 6d (6), 1s, QV Profile Heads ranges to 1s (2), Pictorial Defins to 2s, 1d Universals (duplicated range), KEVII & KGV Defins duplicated, Admiral 2s (5), 3s, Health sets incl. Smiling Boys, 1936-43 set + many extras, later to 1980's, OFFICIALS (various) some on stock cards, Life Insurance, odd Revenue, Christchurch Exhib, Cinderella stamps etc. (Image)

1864-71 Wmk Large Star, P.12½ at Auckland set of seven to 1s green, generally cheapest shades, SG.110/24, 4d deep rose - small thin, others with some minor imperfections but generally sound used. Cat. £620. (7) (Image)

1873-2012 M & U collection housed in black mounts in four SG One Country albums (1970 onwards appears complete UM stamps, M/Sheets & sheetlets), face value alone of decimal stamps is in excess of £1000 incl. 1898-1909 vals to 1s FU, 1906 Christchurch Exhib set M, KEVII defins to 1s M, KGV defins to 1s FU, 1920 Victory set FU, 1925 Dunedin set M, 1926 2s & 3s Admirals M, 1931 Smiling Boys M, 1935 Air M etc. Comprehensive coverage up to 2012, also Officials incl. 1907-11 ½d, 3d, 2s & 5s M, 1910-16 ½d, 1d, 3d & 1s M, 1913-14 Postal Fiscals 2s & 5s M, 1916-31 vals to 1s M, 1928 2s Admiral M, 1940 Centennial set M, 1947 KGVI set M etc. (Image)

1882-1989 M collection housed in SG printed album + extra leaves slotted in incl. 1898-1909 vals to 6d, various 1d Universals incl. block of four, 1902-06 2½d, 9d marginal, KGV Heads odd vals, 1936 Pictorial Defin set M, later general ranges to 1980's incl. M/Sheets etc. Officials incl. 1947 KGVI set M, Life Insurance incl. 1947 & 1967 sets etc. (Image)

1898 9d Terraces - a useful selection with seven M, two with minor re-entries and ten U, one with the Row 7 No. 10 re-entry, others with pmk interest, SG.256, CP E17a. Cat. $5100 (Image)

1898 a very fine lot of M 1d Taupo with blocks of 35, 22, 18, 12, 9, 8 (2), 6, 4 (9), strip of 4 with Sheet No. 27, strip of three with Sheet No. 192, a pair and 23 singles. Many have identified re-entries, SG.247, CP E2a Cat. $3035+ (Image)

1902-07 5s Mount Cook with upright watermark, very fresh M & nicely centred, SG.329a Cat. £225, CP E21f Cat. $800. (Image)

1902-07 6d Kiwi in a FU horizontal pair with upright watermark, a very scarce multiple. Centred to upper right, SG.312ab, Cat. £4000++, CP E14f, Cat. $7000. (Image)

1902-07 6d Kiwi, two M blocks of four in salmon & deep salmon, the second is ex Midas, two stamps are UM, SG.312, CP E14e(6). Cat. $5000 (Image)

1902-07 Local Print Watermarked P.11 2½d Wakatipu selection with two M blocks of four & singles in various shades, U with block of four, pair and singles in a wide range of shades, also single with reversed watermark (thin), SG.308, CP E8c. Cat. $2030 (Image)

Third Local Print Watermarked P.14 2½d Lake Wakatipu selection, M with many shades, UM block of nine, UM corner block of eight, five blocks of four, two pairs and several singles. Also a U selection with a strip of six, a strip of three and two pairs. Singles incl. SYDNEY cancellation, many shades, SG.320, CP E8d. Cat. $5460 (Image)

1907-08 6d Kiwi, fresh M singles in carmine-pink, pale carmine-pink, deep aniline-pink, red (pair) and deep red, SG.376/a, CP E15a(1,3,4,5) Cat. $600. (Image)

1907-08 6d Kiwi, UM bottom marginal block of eight with part arrow marking in the red shade, fresh & fine, SG.376a, Cat. £520++, CP E15a(5), Cat. $2400. (Image)

1907-08 6d. Kiwi P.14 x13, 13½ in a rare M block of four with the lower pair UM (some rough perfs), shows a good step in the perfs. SG.380, Cat. £1700, CP E15b Cat. $6400. (Image)

1908-09 6d Kiwi Small Format Kiwi Official P.14 x15, the two CP listed shades of pink and aniline-pink in FU blocks of four. The pink has an attractive blue PARCELS c.d.s. SG.O72, CP EO15d, Cat. $2080. (Image)

1909 PENNY DOMINIONS DLR unsurfaced paper in a rare horizontal block of eight (2x4), cancelled with six CH parcel cancellations, crease on the lower left stamp, o/w VF, SG.407, Cat. £1120, CP J3a Cat. $2700. (Image)

1909-16 KEVII Progressive Die Proof with the central KEVII vignette, crown and 'Dominion of New Zealand' wording at the top, printed in black on thin card (44x70mm). (Image)

VICTORIA LAND 1911-13 Scott Expedition 1d carmine M, SG.A3, another example - unused with opt 'no stop after LAND' variety, SG.A3/3a. (2) Cat. £480 (Image)

1914 (14 Feb) Nos. 17-20 Third Reinforcements 1d letter card (stains) to Waipawa cancelled by 'N.Z. MILITARY POST OFFICE./THIRD REINFORCEMENT/EXPEDITIONARY FORCE' d/stamp in violet and over-cancelled with Wellington machine d/stamp, strangely for the same date, and 1915 (11 Mar) postcard of Ceylon similarly cancelled, good strikes. (Image)

1914-16 selection of envelopes & cards (10) each showing 'N.Z. MILITARY POST OFFICE/EXPEDITIONARY FORCE' framed d/stamp in violet, one from the Tahiti in Ceylon with the date reduced to a jumble of bars and blotches for security reasons, one to London with light 'CENSOR,/NEW ZEALAND' h/stamp in violet; fair to very fine strikes. Also 1914 (9 Sep) PPC (no postal markings) of Wellington written on board 'Transport No. 7'. (Image)

Expeditionary Force Troopships in World War I Nos. 3-12, The Main Body and First Reinforcements 1914-16 selection of envelopes (3) & cards (6) each showing 'N.Z. MILITARY POST OFFICE/EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.' framed d/stamp in violet, one ex the Tahiti in Ceylon with the date reduced to a jumble of bars and blotches for security reasons, one with 'CENSOR,/NEW ZEALAND' h/stamp in violet and one with the cachet over-cancelled by triangular-framed censor cachet in red; fair to very fine strikes. (Image)

WWI Censor Handstamps collection of envelopes (8) & postcards (11) each showing circular-framed 'PASSED BY CENSOR/Crown/NO.3, N.Z' cachet and similar for Nos. 5 (3), 6 (2), 11, 12, 14, 16 (2), 19, 21, 23, 24, 26, 48, one with number unreadable and one marked 'At sea' and with 'PASSED BY THE/MILITARY CENSOR/N.Z' various coloured inks; faults in places though a scarce group. (Image)

1915 (19 July) Nos. 24-26, Fifth Reinforcements PPC's of Ceylon and Bombay, both Ex the Tahiti showing 'N.Z. MILITARY POST OFFICE /FIFTH REINFORCEMENT /EXPEDITIONARY FORCE' d/stamp in bright blue, the only troopship from the fifth reinforcements to use this ink, one (small faults) to Brightwater with arrival d/stamp for 18 August. (Image)