1935 3d chocolate p14 x 15 x 2 on Gisborne-Napier & return special airmail cover. Gisborne 16 AP 35, 6am cdss. B/s Napier 9.30am & Gisborne 12.30pm. Typed addressed to "B.C. JEFFREYS ESQ / BOX 287 / GISBORNE NZ". First day of stamp issue, 3 such covers recorded by Thackery, this & next lot are 4th & 5th. (Image)

1935 3d chocolate p14 x 15 x 2 on Gisborne-Napier & return special airmail cover (small tone spot on cover). Gisborne 16 AP 35 6am. B/s Napier 9.30am & Gisborne 12.30pm. Typed addressed to "B- C- JEFFREYS ESQ / BOX 287 / GISBORNE NZ". First day of stamp issue, 3 such covers recorded by Thackery, this & previous lot are 4th & 5th. (Image)

1901 1/0½d 2 panes of 6, 1d Universals ("booklet" plate stamps) numbered "5569A-1902" on back cover. Minor blemishes as to be expected. CP W2a. Cat $3000. MUH. (Image)

1935 2/- Pictorials - 4 panes 1d Kiwi Parisian advts, invtd wmks. CP W5a. Cat $1140. MUH. (Image)

1971 50c Pictorial incl 1c pane (3 stamps & 3 labels), missing blue. CP W10aYb. Cat $2250+. MUH. (Image)

1998-2003 Imperf errors: (a) $4 Scenic part booklet (8 of 10 stamps remain), front pane detached (no stamps). CP W66ay (cat $500 for complete booklet). (b) $5 Pohutukawa, 1 kiwi imprint, minor pane separation. CP W57bz. Cat $2000. (c) $9 Curio Bay, original print, 1 pane detached, some light crumpling & creases. CP W88ay. Cat $2500. (d) $7.50 Arrowtown, 2 stamps have paper clip indents. CP W92ay. Cat $2000. Also 1996 40c Scenic self adhesive imperf strip of 6, Air Ambulance backing paper. CP PE19a-24ay var. All MUH. (Image)

1911 x 3 Prohibition Campaign labels. Heslop G6, G7, G16. (Cat $850 2002). (Image)

1906 Christchurch Exbn seln on 4 Hagners - mint/MUH set in blks of 4 (½d no gum plus extra 1d blk of 4 no gum, 6d minor gum tone spots), set on special Centenary of Death of Nelson NZ Exbn envelope - 12 AP 1907 Exbn pmks (½d badly faded & stains on envelope); 4 x 3d singles on part envelope; 3d vert strip of 3 mint; FU set; about 6 sets plus various other extras. (Image)

1906 ½d, 1d Christchurch Exbn on FDC, stamps vert tied by "Exhibition 1 NO 06 1-PM CHRISTCHURCH" cdss "QUAD" (block) between "1" & "NO". Typed addressed "Mr Hawley. Gisborne". B/s complete "Christchurch 1 NO 06 1 45PM" "C" class & nearly complete Gisborne 3 NO "G" class cancels. Not one of the very few items recorded by Thackery. (Image)

1906 ½d, 1d Christchurch Exbn on FDC - stamps vert tied by "Exhibition 1 NO 06 1-PM CHRISTCHURCH" cdss - "QUAD" (block) between "1" & "NO". Typed addressed "Mr Hawley, Gisborne". B/s nearly complete "CHRISTCHURCH 1 NO 06 1 45 PM" "C" class & complete Gisborne 3 NO "G" class cancels. Not one of the very few items recorded by Thackery. (Image)

1913 ½d, 1d, 3d Auckland Exbn, also 1911 1d Victoria Land. Jury cat $1320. MUH. (Image)

1925 Dunedin Exbn, Map, Anzac, Jubilee & Commerce sets selns on Hagners. Noted: Dunedin Exbn set mint/3 MUH, lower LH corner blocks of 4 incl 4d "POSTAGF" flaw (R1/10); set on reg cover - 1 May 26 Exbn cancels. Map: Cowan blk of 4 FU; Anzac various position corner plate blks of 4 MUH; Jubilee set on reg cover (not FDI) & Commerce various position plate blks of 4. (Image)

1949 3d Royal Visit, HMS VANGUARD - prepared for use but unissued due to King's deteriorating health that resulted in the cancellation of the 1949 RoyaL Tour, MUH. Some creasing from being crumpled - as all 7 known examples have such/similar damage from being "rescued" from destruction. Nonetheless, this is a very rare stamp & is the original discovery made by Grattan. Also incls 1981 newspaper article, booklet by Grattan regarding rediscovery & 2017 article detailing this + the other known examples. Ex Gratton, Gluyas, Gerard McCoy. (Image)

1973 3c, 8c Anniversary double prints, 1975 18c Forest Park missing blue. CP S163a(z), S167a(z), S519a(z). Cat $950. MUH. (Image)

1974 New Zealand Day grossly mis-perfed m/s (vert cut 20mm to left). CP SM182-6z. Cat $1000. Mint (with normal). (Image)

1986 Scenic Bay m/s, perfs grossly misaligned - 20mm to left & 12mm upwards, small gum disturbance. Not listed by CP. MUH. (Image)

2004 45c Olympic Games John Walker complete sheet of 16 plus extra stamp straddling 3rd & 4th stamps in 3rd row which then has been (routinely) rouletted vert through the middle. This and next lot are the only 2 examples of this error we have seen. MUH. (Image)

2004 $2 Olympics (Peter Snell) invtd lenticular image on backing paper. CP S918az. Cat $4000. MUH. (Image)

1907 horiz pair, thin, hard Cowan paper wmk. Imperf. SG 374a. Cat £375. Mint. (Image)

1898 6d Kiwi green vert block of 8, 1 stamp faint tone fault. Lovely multiple. Jury cat $4750. Mint (5 MUH). (Image)

1900-7 range to 5/- mint, wmk incl redrawn Picts. Faults 9d, 1/- reduced. Jury cat $2400. (Image)

1901-6 covers: 1) 1½d Boer War Wellington 1901 pmk, 2) 1½d Boer War Picton 1901 pmk; 3) 2½d Wakitipu vert pair & 1d Universal x 2 on Express Delivery cover Blenheim 1 (MR) 01 squared circle pmks, b/s Wellington 1 MR. Note: Express Delivery service started 1 Jan 01, special stamp not issued until 1903. Also 3d Christchurch Exbn tied by Exbn 30 NO cds (not FDI). All addressed to members of Hawley family. Total 4 covers. (Image)

1902 6d Kiwi mint strip of 12, Lisbon superfine paper. The last row of sheet incl sheet no. 200442 & complete "New Zealand" wmk across stamps. Some light creasing. SG 265cd. Cat £1200. Ex Sir Gawaine Baillie. (Image)

1903 4d Taupo attractive error: blue & yellow-brown upper selvedge single, mixed perfs, fresh. Plate dot marking (in frame colour) in selvedge. CP E12e(1). Cat $2000. MUH (mounted on selv). (Image)

1903 5/- Mt Cook block of 4, p11, sideways wmk, fresh appearance. SG 317. Cat £1200 (Jury cat $5500). 2 Mint/2 MUH. (Image)