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Lot Symbol Catalog No. Description Opening
201 C image1868 Governor Grey signed cover, Kawau Isl to Rev Atkin, Auckland. Cover bears a p12½ 2d blue FFQ, tied with an Auckland "1" barred cancel and endorsed on reverse "Kawau Aug 31st 1868" by postmaster A.T. Harris. This is only the second recorded example (G.I. Robertson, The Mail Coach, p208, 2018). Very fine condition. (Image)



SOLD for NZ$1,600.00
Closing..Sep-22, 04:30 PM
202 C image1868-75 covers (3) illustrating inadequate overland routes for mail delivery. 1) Dunedin to Oamaru per paddle steamer "Wallace" (2d blue FFQ, Dunedin duplex). 2) Dunedin to Christchurch per steamship "Rangitoto" (3d mauve FFQ, Dunedin duplex cancel). 3) Wellington to Porangahau "Per overland mail via West Coast" ie: beach route via Foxton (cds), bearing 2 x 2d FSF with Wellington duplex cancel (front only). (Image)



SOLD for NZ$600.00
Closing..Sep-22, 04:30 PM
203 U image1869 & 1872 FFQ stamps on piece, attached to copies of the original newspaper. 1) 1d brown p10 x 12½ tied by a "Manuherikia JU 5, 72" duplex (O24). Piece attached exactly to a copy of the masthead of "The Illustrated NZ Herald" March 15, 1872. 2) 1d orange-vermilion horiz pair p12½ tied to piece by a barred "O11" (Ahuriri) cancel, & piece attached exactly to a copy of the masthead of "The Hawkes Bay Herald" No 1,036, 1869. Paper mailed to Dunedin. Only 3 FFQ stamped newspapers are known (2008). (Image)



SOLD for NZ$1,350.00
Closing..Sep-22, 04:30 PM
204 C image1869 Lutheran missionary mail from Johann Friedrich Heinrich Wohlers, sole missionary on Ruapuke Isl to politician Hon Walter Mantell in Wellington. Mailed on 17.7.1869 ex Ruapuke (no PO) via Campbelltown (cds) per favour, arrived Wellington (7.8.1869). Appended 6d red-brown p12½ FFQ tied by a barred "5" cancel. Wohlers & his wife devoted their lives to improving the lot of the large Ruapuke Maori population. This letter concerns the local 'Native school', communication problems & use of OPSO. Fine historical document. (Image)



CLOSED
Closing..Sep-22, 04:30 PM
205 C image1870 "OPSO" entire from "Edward Butts" to "George Tucker, Campbelltown" (early name of Bluff) bearing an Invercargill cds on the front & good Campbelltown cds on reverse. Contents state "The Sheriff of Otago cannot receive letters unpaid unless they are franked by some person authorised to do so when on Public Service only", stamps on piece bearing Campbelltown & Bluff cancels also included. (Image)



SOLD for NZ$625.00
Closing..Sep-22, 04:30 PM
206 CU image1870 & 1880 Telegraphic communication, incl an 1873 handwritten NZ telegram ex Major Turner, signed "By Order" E.C. Meredith, clerk; a NZ Telegraphic Message (in reg) cover to London bearing a 6d blue FSF (Auckland duplex 17 AU 80) & a "paid" in red cds. Such official P&T envelopes contained follow-up hard copies; a £3 QVLT (7 SP 88 cds) postally cancelled (telegraphic payment) etc. (Image)



CLOSED
Closing..Sep-22, 04:30 PM
207 C image1870-88 Insurance covers/document: 1) GLI post-free reply entire to "Resident Gent", Timaru, return address "Commissioner, GLI, Wellington", dated 9.1.1888 on reverse. 2) NZ Insurance Co, post not paid, pre-printed "Manager NZI, Auckland" bearing 2d FSF tied by a Nelson duplex (31 Aug 76). 3) Imperial Insurance Co, Australasian Branch, Fire Insurance policy (1870) bearing a 1d QVLT. Insurance for £1000 attracted premium £16.5.0, exclusions detailed. Presented on annotated pages. (Image)



CLOSED
Closing..Sep-07, 11:29 PM
208 C image1870s-1900s interesting range of 27 covers & p/cs incl extraordinary 1898 cover redirected with approx 25 cancels on the back, 1906 PPCs franked ½d, 1d Christchurch Exbn canc exbn cds, 1876-81 x 7 covers franked FSF 2d (4), 6d (3 to GB), 1885 to GB with 6d SSF, covers x 2 c1900 advertising farm implements & 4 other advert covers ex USA (3), GB. (Image)



SOLD for NZ$475.00
Closing..Sep-22, 04:30 PM
209 C image1871 Franco-Prussian war cover carried "via Brindisi", since Marseilles route closed due to hostilities. Cover inscribed "first overland mail via Suez and Brindisi" ex Invercargill (cds JU 12, 71) via Melbourne 13.8.71 on the Evoca, arrived London 30.9.71 (red cds). Bears 3d, 6d p12½ FFQs (½oz). Torn flap on reverse. Plus a framed original microfilm produced by photographer Rene Dagron in Tours inscribed "La poste Pigeons Voyageurs du Siege de Paris 1870-1871", a 40x reduced 16 page messaged carried by pigeons into besieged Paris. A world first. Nice condition. (Image)



SOLD for NZ$1,650.00
Closing..Sep-22, 04:30 PM
210 C image1880s Chinese goldfield covers (x 2), both with ornate, colourful Chinese writing, plus 2014 newspaper clipping detailing the loss of Chinese miners' remains on SS Ventnor in 1902. One cover ex Laurence (cds 8 OC 81) to merchant Shew Hoy in Dunedin bears 2d FSF ("O17" cancel), personal seal in red & instructions in black. The other cover ex Black Diggings goldfield ("144" cancel on 2d, 6d SSF) to a Dunedin merchant. Reverse bears Chinese 'chops' (personal seals) in red plus "Waitahuna 9 NO 82" cds & RTPO Dunedin South (2nd type) cds. Both in nice condition. (Image)



SOLD for NZ$1,650.00
Closing..Sep-22, 04:30 PM
211 C image1884-9 Covers x 5 with different routing endorsements all with SSF stamps: 1884 (4 Mar) Blenheim to Bristol "Via Rio de Janeiro Per British Queen", franked 6d, b/ss incl Plymouth Ship letter; 1895 (13 Nov) Christchurch reg'd to Bremen "via Naples" franked 2½d & 3d, b/ss incl Colombo; 1897 (17 Mar) reg'd to Switzerland "via San Francisco", with ½d & 5d; & 2 with 2½ds, 1897 (27 Sep), South Dunedin to Edinburgh "via San Francisco"; & 1899 (29 Mar) Anderson's Bay to London "Via Vancouver" (cover tatty but did the route exist?) (Image)



SOLD for NZ$375.00
Closing..Sep-22, 04:30 PM
212 C image1892-97 Colln of covers & envelopes with SSF stamps. Incl ½d used on unsealed printed matter envelope, taxed at Wellington & 'not known' h/s applied; 1d rose incl envelopes franked 1d pair to make up the 2d rate & sent Registered; 2d lilac incl an advertising envelope to Melbourne & 2 covers posted by the same ship & to the same addresses, one with 'loose ship letter' boxed h/s applied; Registered covers & double rate covers; an 1892 envelope from the Bank of New Zealand to New York via San Francisco & franked with ½d rose Newspaper stamp, 2d lilac (2) & 3d yellow; a group all franked with 2½d blue incl an envelope sent Registered to Philadelphia, USA bearing 1d, 2d & 2½d; 1897 envelope sent Registered to Wisconsin bearing 8d blue etc. A lovely group with some more unusual destinations & mixed frankings (11 covers). (Image)

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SOLD for NZ$1,550.00
Closing..Sep-22, 04:30 PM
213 C image1894 SS Wairarapa wreck mail cover, Sydney (OC 23, 94 cds) to Auckland (stamp washed off as usual) bearing a cachet in blue "Saved from wreck of the Wairarapa". Fine condition. Also an Evening Post November 1, 1894 clipping detailing the catastrophe in great detail, and a (Weetbix) card/photo of the wreck. (Image)



CLOSED
Closing..Sep-22, 04:30 PM
214 C image1896-1900 Group of 3 advertising covers with SSF stamps comprising: 1896 (15 May) reg'd cover with 1d rose block of 4 & a single with 6 local Canterbury advts printed on reverse; 1899 (13 Nov) with 2d lilac & advertising "Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Co."; and 1900 (31 May) with 2d lilac Prohibition Cover from Rangitata to Christchurch with "strike out the top line only / at the / local option poll" on the front & detailed evidence on the reverse about the advantages of prohibition in reducing crime; fine and scarce. (Image)

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SOLD for NZ$425.00
Closing..Sep-22, 04:30 PM
215 C image1898-1900 group of covers (4) with SSF stamps comprising: 1898 (22 Jun) "Booth, Macdonald & Co." envelope to Bell Block & redirected to Wellington bearing ½d black; 1898 (Dec) envelope sent reg'd to Ashburton bearing 2½d blue pair with 1898 4d Pictorial; 1900 (8 Sept) envelope sent reg'd to Canada bearing 3d with ½d Pictorial & 2½d tied by "Woodville" cancellations, "Windsor/Ont.", "Paris/Ont." & "London & Windsor" transit b/ss; 1899 (Dec) envelope sent reg'd to New York via San Francisco bearing 2½d & 4d (2); various registration markings on the reverse & transit markings; a few peripheral creases & faults but an attractive group. (Image)

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SOLD for NZ$450.00
Closing..Sep-22, 04:30 PM
216 C image1900 (6 July) envelope from Berne to Sydney, bearing 1900 UPU set of 3 with Express cds, missent to NZ due to the lack of a country in the address with "Australia" added subsequently, showing boxed "MISSENT TO / INVERCARGILL" (31 x 8mm) (the sole recorded example of this h/s), with the reverse showing Invercargill cds "R.P.O. DN S/2" TPO (14.8), Sydney (23.8) and Kogarah cds. This mail was sent by northbound train from Invercargill to Dunedin & exchanged with the southbound train at the "crossover" station of Waipahi. Ex Jury, Wood. (Image)



SOLD for NZ$400.00
Closing..Sep-22, 04:30 PM
217 C image1900s-40s interesting range of 21 covers/PPCs incl 1926 scarce Dunedin Exbn machine d/s (½d & 1d Exbn stamps); 1929 Health on 1930 cover; 1933 Health used in 1934 x 2; 1923 large Official reg'd cover with GV 3d, 1½d ex Patent Office, c1902 Tourist Dept PPCs x 4 (1 used with 1d Christchurch Exbn); "Pelorus Jack" PPCs x 2; scarcer 1930s pictorial FDCs (incl 1935 Jubilee set); 1935 Picts set on cover; 1947 Life Insurance "last day" cover (fine) canc Wellington cds 31 JL 47. Also Ross Dep 1967 decimal set FDC (plain) canc fine FDI cds; 1924 x 2 provisional unused postal stat items ½d + 1d on 1½d GV p/c & 1d Map (& 1½d on 2d GV) lettercard. (Image)



SOLD for NZ$800.00
Closing..Sep-22, 04:30 PM
218 CU image1951-87 NZ Forces colln of covers on annotated pages incl 1951 Korean War, 1959 North Borneo, 1970-3 Vietnam War covers (12) incl 2 1973 covers from surgical team at Qui Nhon (special cachets), 1979 cover marking the 120th Anniv of the Canterbury Regiment signed by Charles Upham (VC & Bar) & 2 other VC's Hinton & Bassett, 1977-8 Forces Concession mail from South East Asia etc. 22 covers (& several pmks on stamps). (Image)



SOLD for NZ$375.00
Closing..Sep-22, 04:30 PM
Postal Stationery
Lot Symbol Catalog No. Description Opening
219 C image1899 ½d Mt Cook, 1d Terraces foolscap envelopes, small fault on 1d. Scarce. Samuel CA1c, CA2a. (Image)



CLOSED
Closing..Sep-22, 04:30 PM
Definitives - Full Face Queens Collections & Accumulations
Lot Symbol Catalog No. Description Opening
220 U imageColln of 37 used (mostly FU) on pages. Incl imperf: SG 5 (4 mgn, small thin), 8 (4 mgn, poor cond), 9 (3 mgn FU), 13 (no mgns), 14 (close mgns FU), 15 & 16 (poor cond), 33 (close cut, oxidised), 38 (4 mgns, thin FU), 41 (x 2, 3 & 4 mgns), 45 (3 mgns, small thin), 55 (roulette 7, 3 sides) 77 (FU). Perf: 110, 111 (oxidised), 114, 117, 117a (single), 119 (short corner), 120, 122a, 125 (short corner), 132a, 135 (fine). The balance of perf & imperf all have faults. SG cat c£7000. (Image)



SOLD for NZ$700.00
Closing..Sep-22, 04:30 PM

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