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Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1841 |
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 POSTAL HISTORY: 1904 Malaya - Penang picture postcards to Shanghai posted on board ship with German Post Offices 'CHINA' overprint
10pf red tied by 'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/OST-/ASIATISCHE/HAUPTLINIE/ b' datestamp used on board the Sachsen, all bar one with 'COLOMBO' [Ceylon] transits, each carried on the Chusan with 'SINGAPORE-TO-HONG-KONG/ B /30 OC/04' marine sorter cds, two
additionally with 'HONG-KONG-TO-SHANGHAI/ C /4 NO/04' marine sorter also used on board the Chusan, views include 'Jetty Temple', 'Siamese Pagoda', 'Ayer Etam', 'Tinn [sic] Mine' & 'Burmah Road Chinese Quarter', a few aging marks & mostly minor
blemishes.
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Aug-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1842 |
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 POSTAL HISTORY: 1904 Singapore picture postcards (Undivided Backs) to Shanghai franked with KEVII 3c purple tied by 'SINGAPORE' cds
including 'Esplanade', 'Hindu Temple, South Bridge Road', 'Botanic Gardens' and various city views, all with 'SHANGHAE' arrival cancels, a few mostly minor blemishes.
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Aug-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1843 |
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 POSTAL HISTORY: 1905 Australian picture postcards to Shanghai from New South Wales x3, from South Australia and from Tasmania, each
with British 'SHANGHAI/NO24/05/B.P.O.' arrival cds, the last two also with 'VICTORIA/HONG KONG' transits, a few mostly minor blemishes.
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1844 |
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 POSTAL HISTORY: 1905 New Zealand picture postcards (Undivided Backs) to Shanghai including 'Port of Onehunga' & 'Willis Street,
Wellington', each with 1d Universal, 'VICTORIA/HONG KONG' transits & British 'SHANGHAI/NO24/05/B.P.O.' arrival cds, a few mostly minor blemishes.
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1845 |
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 POSTAL HISTORY: 1906 France picture postcards to Shanghai including 'Bretagne', 'Chateau de Brotz (L'Home-Chamondot)' &
'St-Jean-du-Doigt', each with Allegory 5c green at printed matter rates, French POs in China 'SHANG-HAI/CHINE' transits & 'SHANGHAI/LOCAL POST' arrival cds, a few with mostly minor blemishes.
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1846 |
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 POSTAL HISTORY: 1908 PPC ('A Chinese High Class lady') with message headed "China Inland Mission/ Yangchow/via Chinkiang", to NSW
with Coiling Dragons 2c green x2 tied by '[...]OWEH' cds, 'CHINKIANG' 'SHANGHAI' & 'HONG KONG' transits, minor blemishes. [Social message states "...[pray] for me that I may...learn the language quickly". The Mission was established in 1865. In 1868,
rumours were spread that the missionaries were kiling babies to make medicine. The subsequent rioting caused the British to send a gunboat to Nanking in a show of force] (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Aug-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1847 |
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 POSTAL HISTORY: 1910 'Lama Temple, Peking' picture postcard to Manchuria with 1909 Temple 7c purple & orange solo tied by 'PEKING'
character cancel, light but discernible 'MUKDEN/23.10.10/I.J.P.O' [Imperial Japanese PO] arrival datestamp in violet alongside, a few minor blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Aug-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1848 |
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 POSTAL HISTORY: 1941 (Jan 20) to Canada with Martyrs 50c green tied by Shanghai cds, envelope sealed on reverse with 'WAR EFFORT
STAMP/SHANGHAI' red & blue patriotic label of planes, ships & artillery pieces above city skyline, censored on arrival with Canada 'C.252' black/white label, a few minor aging marks. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1849 |
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 POSTAL HISTORY: 1952 cover with 'MACKINNIN, MACKENZIE & CO/SHANGHAI' cachet on the flap, to London "Via Czechoslovak" [sic] with
scarce Hyper-Inflation franking of Gate of Heavenly Peace $500f claret & $5000 pink plus Airs $10,000 grey-green & purple-brown tied by bilingual Shanghai cds of 52.9.3, vertical fold clear of the stamps. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Aug-28, 08:00 PM |
FIJI
FIJI
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Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1850 |
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 1878-1890s selection predominantly mint with 1878-90 issues including Perf 12½ 'Two Pence' on 3d, Perf 10 1d blue x2, 'Four Pence'
on 1d x2, Perf 11x10 set and Perf 11 4d x2 & 6d with shades, then 1881 1/- brown x4 (three different perfs) & 5/- plus 'used' remainders including 5/- imperf pair, 1890-92 Surcharges complete, 1891-98 range noted Perf 11x11¾ 1d black used (SG 100;
Cat £1500; a few uneven perfs at top), condition a little variable but most are fine to very fine, Cat £5000+.
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$1,000.00
Closing..Aug-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1851 |
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 1912-91 Collection missing the 1912 10/- and £1, includes a good range of shades and perforations & 1935 Jubillee 1½d with Dot by
Flagpole SG 242h mint (Cat £275), from QEII 1954 Pictorials all appears to be unmounted.
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Aug-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1852 |
V |
 1870-71 Fiji Times Express Quadrillé Paper 3d black/rose SG 2, margins good to large at left with black rouletting, neat manuscript
' # ' cancel in black ink, a little light overall aging & a tiny break in the paper along one of the quadrillés in the upper margin, Cat £6500.
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$900.00
Closing..Aug-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1853 |
V |
 1870-71 Fiji Times Express Quadrillé Paper 6d black/rose SG 3, margins good to large with portions of black rouletting at left &
base, neat manuscript ' # ' cancel in black ink, small thin at top where a hinge has been removed, Cat £3500. (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [Fiji 3] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$900.00
Closing..Aug-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1854 |
V |
 1870-71 Fiji Times Express Quadrillé Paper 1/- black/rose SG 4, margins good to close, neat manuscript ' # ' cancel in black ink,
Cat £3000. An unusually fine example of these rare and fragile issues. (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [Fiji 4] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$1,900.00
Closing..Aug-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1855 |
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 REVENUES: Ex-dealer's stock with QV values to £1 including Postage 5/- x5 on piece, 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' KEVII to £1 stone &
ultramarine with Customs cancel in red (beautiful & superb) and KGV to £1 including a piece with 5/- x8, and 'R' Overprints array mostly on small pieces including KEVII £1 black & purple/red x4, etc, condition variable but generally fine to very
fine.
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$650.00
Closing..Aug-28, 08:00 PM |
Postal History
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1856 |
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 Pre-WWII mostly commercial covers including 1895 front to NSW, early Postal Cards to Germany x2, France or Isle of Wight (message
headed "HMS Pylades Suva" refers to a cricket match - "We got horribly beaten" - carried per Naval Bag & cancelled at London, corner fault), a few registered including two from Levuka (one commercial to Victoria) and 1914 to Surrey paid 1d only but
not taxed, destinations include Hawaii x2 (one taxed with US postage dues), Canada, Belgium, Tasmania and British Guiana, a few Paquebot items including 1923 advertising cover from Auckland to Canada with NZ stamps tied by 'GPO SUVA' cds (stained),
etc, postmarks include commercial covers with 'MAKOGAI' (apparently from a missionary at the leper colony), 'PO NADI', 'NAUSORI PO', 'PO NAUSORI' and 'SAVU SAVU EAST', a few problems but generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$550.00
Closing..Aug-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1857 |
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 Carton of commercial and philatelic covers with some pre-WWII items including taxed to the Philippines x3, mostly QEII Patterson
Family/Company mail, a wide array of decimal frankings, several 2d & 2c town letters and scarce internal airmails, machine & meter cancels including scarce types, 80+ official covers with an array of departmental cachets & one with small ovoid 'FIJI
POST OFFICE/LEVUKA/SAVINGS BANK', a selection of different 'TELEGRAM' envelopes, and a batch of mostly unused modern postal stationery, condition variable but much is fine to very fine. Weighs 5kg. [See also Lot 2511]
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1858 |
PSE |
 1918 (Apr 8) commercial usage of KGV 1d+3d size G Registration Envelope to "Public Works/Port Moresby/Papua" with KGV 1d tied to
the face by light Suva cds, Sydney transit cds of 22AP18 and 'PORT MORESBY/12MAY18/PAPUA' arrival where redirected to "Samarai", minor blemishes. Very scarce origin/destination item. The additional 1d was for the War Tax that applied 1.12.1915 to
30.6.1920. It was not required to use the 'WAR TAX' stamps. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1859 |
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 1937 Karl Lewis cover captioned "Bay of Suva" with hand-painted Ship & Jetty illustration, to USA with KGV 3d blue tied by largely
very fine 'SUVA/FIJI' cds, a couple of very minor edge bends at top but most attractive. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$800
SOLD for AU$600.00
Closing..Aug-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1860 |
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 1941 (Dec 16) to "Pilot Office Mackay A, Italian Prisoner of War, PU 220, Italy" with KGVI Pictorials ½d x2 & '2½d' overprint on 2d
Map tied by 'BA/FIJI' cds, address endorsed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre, British Prisoner", censored locally with resealing tape at left tied by 'PASSED BY/CENSOR/5' oval handstamp and again in transit in New Zealand with resealing tape at
right tied by 'PASSED BY CENSOR/93' cachet, light central fold & minor blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Aug-28, 08:00 PM |
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