1882 commercial cover to Saxony with Altered Dies Perf 12½ 2d & 6d SG 37a & 38 tied by 'LEVUKA' cds, very fine strikes on face & reverse of the impressive 'DETAINED FOR ("2D")/ADDITIONAL POSTAGE' h/s, Perf 10x12½ 2d SG 47 (a deeper shade) added & tied by Sunburst cancel, London transit & superb 'KIRCHBERG i SACHSEN' arrival b/s, curious 3-line h/s of a Saxony educator in violet on the face, some soiling. A remarkable cover, illustrated by David Alford at page 70. Ex Gerald Patterson. [The only example of this cachet noted by us. Ted Proud at page 301 records only a 'DEFICIENT POSTAGE/FINE' h/s for Levuka, used 1887-93. Proud's 1888 cover to Samoa with Deficient Postage h/s of Suva sold at the Macray Watson auction of 26.10.1999 for $3190]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1892 Cake Fair 6d grey-blue on an envelope with Surcharges '½d.' on 1d blue pair affixed & three strikes of the 'SUVA/28JU/1892/ FIJI' cds, to "Hugh Worthington Esq/HMS Curacoa/Suva Harbour", light horizontal bend well below the impression & minor blemishes. Ex Gerald Patterson. [David Alford at pages 100-101 records 10 used envelopes, several of which have significant faults. This is the earliest of them, the only one from the first year of use, & perhaps the only "commercial" example. Colonel Harrie Evans' 1893 example & Don Welsh's 1894 example sold at our auctions of 29.9.2001 & 14.4.2005 for $3960 & $4370 respectively]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,000

1893 Captain Herrold cover to Auckland (b/s) with scarce albeit philatelic 'FIVE/PENCE' on 6d 2mm Spacing SG 74 vertical pair (unperforated at left, the lower unit with Retaining Pin-Hole used to secure the sheet for overprinting, Cat £150 x5+ on cover) tied by 'LEVUKA/FIJI' cds, oval 'REGISTERED/LEVUKA FIJI' cachet (Proud #R1, recorded 1874-78 only) at lower-left, some spotting mainly on the reverse. Ex Gordon Rodger (2007) & Gerald Patterson. [Not listed by David Alford]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1908 (March 2) 'TSS Kyarra' real photo postcard sent to Queensland with KGV 1d red (corner fault) tied 'LEVUKA' cds, 'GPO SUVA' transit of next day and fine 'S.S. SUVA' ship's handstamp in violet at U/L, minor blemishes.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100