Postal History
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Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1942 |
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 The eclectic remainders from John Gibson's collection with 1842 entire from Sydney to "Revd H Nibit/Tana" (rare & legible but in
poor condition), 1890s 'NEW HEBRIDES/VILA' cds on NSW x4 & 1905-07 usages x7, a partly-annotated range of WWII US Forces covers x26 + V-Mail & envelope, NZ Forces x3, three covers to NSW with black/white Vila censor labels, coastal TPO covers with
various Inter-Island cds, 1954 Second Class airmail to NSW with black/yellow 'A.O' (Articles Outre = other articles) label, etc, also Franchise Militaire essay (apparently an original), ANHCo group including mint blocks of 4 & a so-called 'Roast
Missionary' label in black/yellow on thick toned paper (status?), condition rather mixed but a red-hot bargain at the estimate.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 1943 |
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 Mostly 1950s-1970s commercial covers with a few mixed issue & commemorative frankings plus British/French combination frankings
x12, cds including 'LAMAP', 'LOLOWAI', 'MELSISI', 'NORSUP', 'TANNA' & 'TONGOA', registered x6 including with Australian-pattern R labels of 'LAMAP' & 'SANTO' x2 plus Avis de Reception cards x3, a few with company imprints, many airmails including
inter-island services and to Argentina (underpaid & taxed), Cameroun, Canada x2, Fiji, Finland, Guadeloupe (to a ship's passenger with crude 'NON A BORD' label), Holland, Solomons x5, Sweden and Tahiti x2, also to Victoria with boxed 'NOT ELIGIBLE
FOR/AERIAL MAIL. FEE/DEFICIENT/Vila No 1 (NH)' cachet (not recorded by Ted Proud) and to USA underpaid & taxed, Aerogrammes x7 unused/CTO, a few inwards items, generally fine to very fine. A very good lot.
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 1944 |
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 Official mail including 1942 to NSW with 'France Libre' 5c 10c & 15c and 'PORT-VILLA/...' (error) R cachet, 1945 to NSW with the
same error R cachet plus scarce local censor label & New Caledonia censor cachet, 1948-49 stampless to NSW x3, 1963 large piece with 1957 30c & 2fr x2, many addressed to Ray Baldwin or John Gibson with a good range of adhesives, also a variety of
'PAID' cds & town handstamps on provisional R labels, many airmail usages, condition variable but most are fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$350
Currently Opening at...AU$270.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 1945 |
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 Philatelic covers including many with better frankings notably First Overprints on Fiji to 1/- x2 & Second Overprints on Fiji to
1/-, First Overprints on New Caledonia set & Second Overprints 1fr, Idols & Weapons 1911 to 5/- or 1fr x2 and 1925 set to 5/-, four covers with various 1920 or 1924 Surcharges, later period with registered covers, ship mails, airmails, range of
postmarks from 1960s-70s offices including a few registered, many addressed to Ray Baldwin or John Gibson including four with 1957 Postage Dues, a few problems in the earlier material but otherwise generally fine to very fine. Very attractive.
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 1946 |
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 1842 lengthy Scottish social entire headed "Hutchesontown 30 May 1842" & signed "Your affectionate Sister/Isabella Nisbet" with
post scriptum "I finish this letter on the 29 of June at Rutherglen/this is number 2", to "Rev Henry Nisbet/Tana" carried per favor with no postal markings but docketed on arrival "Glasgow/May to June 42/Isabella", remarkably fine: superior to the
four 'Santo' 1841-42 unstamped entires that sold for an average of $980 each.
The London Missionary Society established a mission on Tanna Island in 1840. Rev Henry Nisbet was based on Tanna 1841-43 only, after which he relocated to Samoa. There was no post office in the New Hebrides until a NSW Postal Agency was opened on the
southern island of Aneityum on 1.8.1891. On 20.6.1892, it was relocated to Port Vila, about 500km NNE on Efate. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 1947 |
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 1892 usage of New South Wales ½d orange-red with superb strike of the 'NEW HEBRID[ES]/ DE30/1892/VILA' cds. The earliest recorded
date: see Hals & Collas at page 144. John Gibson states the cds was supplied from Sydney in August 1892. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 1948 |
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 1894-97 usage of New South Wales ½d grey pair on piece or 2½d Allegorical singles x3 or pair all with the 'NEW HEBRIDES/VILA' cds
including superb strike of DE24/--94 (century slugs omitted) and light strike of AP21/1897 in violet (not recorded thus by Hals & Collas).
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 1949 |
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 1897 large-part Hambly cover (reduced at left) to Sydney with combination franking of Australasian New Hebrides Company rouletted
1d pair tied by two very fine to superb strikes of the 'TRAVELLING POST/NEW/30JUN97/HEBRIDES/ANH CO LD' cds plus NSW Centenary 1d & 2d Emu pair tied by 'NEW HEBRIDES/VILA' cds (indistinct date), Sydney arrival backstamp of JY14/97, significant faults
but an apparently commercial double-rate usage. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 1950 |
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 1897 philatelic cover to Fiji with combination franking of Australasian New Hebrides Company rouletted 1d pair & strip of 3 + 2d
tied by multiple fine to very fine strikes of the 'PORT VILA POST/NEW/19JUN98/ HEBRIDES/ANH CO LD' cds, another strike tying New South Wales Jubilee 2½d violet, minor toning. The lack of any transit or arrival markings suggests the cover was not put
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 1951 |
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 1898 social cover to England with New South Wales Allegorical 2½d tied by large-part 'NEW HEBRID[ES]/ JY7/1898/VI[LA]' cds (month
slug before day slug), the reverse with superb 'SYDNEY/AU1/98/ 14 ' transit & London arrival of SP5/98, light vertical fold & minor opening fault. Very few usages on pre-1901 covers have been recorded. [The addressee, William R Dover, was an early
missionary in the islands] (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 1952 |
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 1902 social cover to Scotland with New South Wales Jubilee 2½d indigo tied by largely very fine 'NEW HEBRID[ES]/6NO/1902/VILA' cds
(day slug before month slug), the reverse with superb 'GLASGOW/ DE29/02/=20=' arrival cds, endorsed on the reverse "[sen]t by Dr John Paton/...", two light vertical folds. The 'Santo' 1907 cover to GB sold for $2800: see Lot 313223.
John Gibson Paton (not a typographical error) was the first of three generations of Presbyterian missionaries in the New Hebrides. He arrived at Tanna in -.11.1858, endured numerous dangerous situations, was absent for many years to raise mission
funds, returned in 1867 & retired to Australia in 1881. Anti-French & anti-slavery, he urged Britain to annex the islands. He made several later visits to the islands & died in 1907. His brother, James, authored Paton's so-called 'Autobiography'
(London, 1889). His sons, Frank Hume Lyall Paton and Frederick James Paton, were born on the island of Aniwa & continued the mission work in the islands. FJ's nephew, Wilfred Paton, continued their work. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,000
Currently Opening at...AU$1,500.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 1953 |
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 1905 social usage of Victorian Undivided Back PPC to England with New South Wales Jubilee 1d Arms only tied by largely very fine
'NEW HEBRIDES/4JA/1905/VILA' cds, Sydney machine backstamp of JAN21/1905 & shield 'NSW/ T / 5 ' handstamp (for the ½d deficiency only), very fine London '1D/I.S./H.' handstamp & 'LIVERPOOL/FE25/05' arrival cds, brief social message, minor
blemishes. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 1954 |
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 1905 social cover to France with New Caledonia 15c tied by one of two light but discernible strikes of 'NLLES HEBRIDES/6/--/05/PT
SANDWICH' cds, the reverse with 'NOUMEA/5/SEPT/05/...' transit & Paris arrival of 28-10/1905. Most usages of the Port Sandwich cds are on PPCs, that didn't even pass through the mails. Usage on covers is rare. Ex Colonel Harrie Evans: sold in 2000
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Estimate AU$850
Currently Opening at...AU$650.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 1955 |
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 1905-08 usage of New South Wales ½d blue-green on French postcard piece (cds of 13JA/1908), 3d affixed to ribbed card (superb
strike), and 1/- Kangaroo (plus defective ½d) tied to three separate pieces by the 'NEW HEBRIDES/VILA' cds. (3) (Image1)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 1956 |
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 1907 social cover to County Durham with New South Wales 2d ultramarine tied by largely very fine 'NEW HEBRIDES/10AP/1907/VILA' cds,
light but obvious 'DARLINGTON/MY28/07' arrival backstamps, light horizontal & vertical folds. Ex 'Santo': sold for $2800. RPSofL Certificate (1987). An important postal history item: this is probably the earliest (and only?) 2d-rate cover from the
NSW Agency period. The 2d letter rate (and 1d postcard rate) was approved 4.7.1905 but not implemented until -.03.1907. New Hebrides is not in Richard Breckon's Australian Postal Rates Guide list of Empire destinations to which the reciprocal 2d rate
was applied, but this cover provides empirical evidence that it was included. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,500
Currently Opening at...AU$1,900.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 1957 |
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 1907 social usage of local PPC (Kanakas on a banana plantation) to New Zealand with New Caledonia 10c Kagu tied to the viewside by
'PORT-VILA/11/MAI/07/NELLES HEBRIDES' cds. Unusual destination. The sender states "...mail only goes from here about once a fortnight...", minor blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 1958 |
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 1907 unaddressed local PPC ('Tangoa Natives, Santo') with New Caledonia 10c Kagu tied by one of two very fine strikes of 'NLLES
HEBRIDES/11/MAI/07/PT SANDWICH' cds (all date slugs inverted). The similar 'Santo' PPC, addressed but not posted, sold for $728. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 1959 |
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 1907 usage of Melbourne PPC to France with message in French headed "Port Villa [sic] le 5 7 07" and France Sower 15c grey-green
overprinted 'F.M.' (= Franchise Militaire) tied by 'PORT-VILA/6/JUL/07/ NELLES HEBRIDES' cds, redirected on arrival & the stamp overstruck with 'RAMBOULLET/SEINE ET OISE' cds, minor soiling. Before the Condominium was formalised in 1908, British &
French naval ships visited the islands in alternate months. Roland Klinger has recorded only three other such French naval items from the New Hebrides, one of which is defective. See also the next lot. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 1960 |
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 1907 usage of New Zealand PPC with the message headed "HMS Prometheus/Vila/New Hebrides/Aug 12th 07", to Devon with Great Britain
KEVII 1d cancelled at London OC5/07, minor blemishes. In 1906, Britain & France declared the New Hebrides to be "a neutral territory", with ships of one or the other nation visiting in alternate months. This is the latest of only four items recorded
from British ships under these arrangements. John Gibson states it was carried in a naval bag, firstly per Burns Philp 'Tambo', arriving 26.8.1907; then per P&O 'India', arriving Brindisi 2.10.1907; then by train. See also the previous lot. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
