Worldwide Stamps and Covers 'N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS' Overprints
Sale No: 239
Lot No:985
Symbol:*/**O
Cat No:99
Simplified selection with Roos to £1 (Third Wmk SG 99, very fine unmounted), KGV to 5d including New Colours, 1918 Surcharges and punctured 'OS' 5d & 1/- both used, Cat £1100+.
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Registered philatelic covers to the United States with various frankings including with Second Wmk 9d & 1/-, with Third Wmk 1/- & 2/-, 2/- with the Watermark Inverted, & 5/- (Holcombe Opinion), and with New Colours 1d violet & 2d orange, & 4d violet, etc.
(7 covers)
Blocks of 4 comprising Kangaroos First Wmk 2d types bc & Fifth Setting 2d, KGV 4d types ab & 5d type a, and New Colours 1d violet on separate registered covers to Australia x4 or USA. Nice lot.
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abc strips of 3 comprising KGV Heads ½d 1d 4d & 5d, Kangaroos First Wmk 2½d, Second Wmk 6d & 9d, and Third Wmk 2d & 3d on separate registered covers to England, four with 'Deulon' label overstamped 'RABAUL'.
(9 covers)
1915-16 Overprints on KGV 1d red Die I Substituted Cliché SG 67ba with 'KIETA' cds well clear of the Notch at Upper-Left Frame on Hawkins nonsense cover to London, Cat £1500.
1915-16 Overprints on Kangaroos First Wmk 10/- grey & pink SG 84 type c on registered Ewens cover to GB with German-pattern label, the cover a little soiled.
1915-16 Overprints on Kangaroos First Wmk 10/- grey & pink SG 84 type a plus Third Wmk 3d types a b & c singles on registered Oswald Marsh cover to GB with black/white label.
1915-16 Overprints on Kangaroos Second Wmk 5/- grey & chrome-yellow SG 92 type c plus Third Wmk 2/- brown SG 97 (rounded corner) registered to Switzerland with black/white label, the cover with minor blemishes.
1915-16 Overprints on Kangaroos Third Wmk 2/- pale brown with Dog-Leg Flaw from 'SHI' of 'SHILLINGS' SG 97var tied by faint Rabaul cds well clear of the flaw which is a very early (or retouched?) state.