SAMOA continued...
SAMOA continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 2690 |
 TO |
 1914-24 'SAMOA' Overprint on New Zealand QV Postal Fiscals De La Rue Paper Rough Perf 14 10/- maroon & £1 rose-carmine SG 125 &
126, both CTO with two-bar diagonal corner cancel applied in New Zealand for presentation purposes, Cat £90+ for postally used. Scarce. (2)
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Get Market Data for [Samoa 125 & 126] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2691 |
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 1914-24 'SAMOA' Overprint on New Zealand QV Postal Fiscals De La Rue Paper Clean-Cut Perf 14½x14 £2 violet SG 133, well-centred,
minor gum tropicalisation, lightly mounted, under-catalogued at £250. Finally reinstated by Gibbons in 2024. (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [Samoa 133] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$340.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2692 |
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 POSTAL HISTORY: 1858 small folded entire letter headed "Matautu/18 Aug 1858" from the missionary Henry Nisbet to his daughter at
Safotulafai, Savai'i Island, which states "Here is someone going to Yap ... the vessel has some oil to take off here. I am just writing a hurried note ...", carried privately without postal markings, light vertical filing fold. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2693 |
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 POSTAL HISTORY: 1868 lengthy entire letter "No 8" apparently from a native headed "Malua Samoa March 7th 1868" and signed "Ever
affec from Sonfe Tamu [?]" to "The Reverend Henry Nisbet of Samoa/.../Mission House.../Finsbury/London", carried privately to Sydney with NSW Diadems Perf 12 6d purple tied by ' E / JY6/1868/SYDNEY - NSW' duplex, London arrival cds of '11SP68' in
red on the face, ironed-out central vertical crease, some minor splits with internal reinforcing. Henry Nisbet was with the London Missionary Society. He first arrived in Samoa in -.8.1841, moving to Tanna in the New Hebrides in 1842. He returned to
Samoa in -.2.1843, remaining until he died in 1879. The website of the National Library of New Zealand states Nisbet visited Australia in 1854 and 1867-68, and England in 1869-70. From this letter, it appears he continued to England from Sydney and
was in London probably by late-1867.
The writer states "...No 6 sent by the Mild Wave [?] in Jany and No 7...left Apia 3 days ago in the French iron steamer Coltwyn [?] Capt Didit for New Caledonia and Sydney...had a nice meeting with 1000 of the people over the reopening of the new
chapel...Mr King...just returned from a visit round as far as Tamata [Papua?]..." and lots more interesting commentary. Several references to a "Mr Davis", possibly the operator of the private postal service from 1886. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$1,500.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
SOLOMON ISLANDS
SOLOMON ISLANDS
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 2694 |
/ F |
 1907 Large Canoes Perforation Variants of Large & Small Holes comprising ½d strip of 3 all with Double Perfs, block of 4 (no gum) &
block of 6 (3x2; left-hand units truncated) from the top of the sheet, 1d strip of 3 with one line of Double Perfs, block of 4 & block of 6 (3x2) from the top of the sheet, 2d block of 8 (4x2) from the top of the sheet with 'X' engraved on the plate
(appears only on the 2d & 6d values), 5d used single with Double Perfs at both Sides, large-part gum with some units being unmounted, Cat £930+, for normal singles.
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
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 1907 Large Canoes ½d pale blue SG 1 marginal pair from the right of the sheet Imperf at Right, thinned at the base of the margin
only, large-part gum. Absent from 'Besancon'. John Darnell's very fine unmounted pair sold at our auction of 5.12.2003 for $905 (Sale 106 Lot 605).
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2696 |
# |
 1907 Large Canoes Fournier forgeries (paddle at rear of canoe touches the shore) ½d (grey) to 6d in close to the issued colours
Imperforate corner blocks of 4 on ungummed wove paper. Rare: the only blocks we have seen.
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2697 |
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 1907 Large Canoes 2½d yellow-orange SG 4 marginal pair from the right of the sheet Imperf at Right, light vertical crease in the
margin only otherwise superb with large-part gum. Absent from 'Besancon'. John Darnell's very fine corner block of 4 sold at our auction of 5.12.2003 for $2375 (Sale 106 Lot 611). (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [Solomon Islands 4] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$440.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2698 |
O |
 1914-23 KGV Keyplates Multiple Crown CA Watermark ½d to £1 simplified set SG 22-38, all with cds cancels, Cat £500. Much scarcer
used than mint.
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Get Market Data for [Solomon Islands 22-38] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2699 |
P |
 1969 Third South Pacific Games 3c imperforate proof in the issued colours affixed to Harrison & Sons printers' presentation card,
minor toning. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
Postal History
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 2700 |
/ |
 Batch of mostly pre-decimal commercial & philatelic airmail covers including 1941 & 1942 to Australia at 5d (from 'GIZO' by ship to
Rabaul, then by air), two from Yandina with dater cancels, 1959 registered to Saudi Arabia, and several formular aerogrammes including 1950 from a missionary to New Zealand & another (front only) with manuscript "Barakoma/22 9 53" cancels, a few
other Barakoma usages including Australian Territories (faults) & BSIP formular Aerogrammes and 1958 Last Day, mostly internal or to Australia but also noted usages to Fiji x2 and New Hebrides, a few registered, a good range of adhesives including
Commemoratives to 9d & a few KGVI/QEII mixed frankings, plenty of datestamp interest including a few 1980s postal agencies, generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2701 |
/ |
 Box of mostly commercial pre-WWII covers including 1907 large piece with Large Canoes 2½d & 5d (a further 4½d in stamps missing) +
NSW 1/- for forwarding to England (faults), Small Canoe 2d on covers to NSW (embossed 'GOVERNMENT RESIDENCE/TULAGI/...' on the flap) or GB x2, then mostly with KGV Keyplates including from 'AOLA' (1919), 'GIZO' (1916 underpaid to Japan but not taxed,
and 1928 to Samoa), 'SHORTLAND' (1921) & 'SHORTLAND ISLD' (1926) both to France, 'TULAGI' (1913 to Manitoba, Canada) and 'VANIKORO' (1927 to Washington DC), also 1920s underpaid to USA & taxed, 1937 (Apr 1) to NSW endorsed "First air mail from
Solomon Islands" (not recorded in the AAMC) and ship mail x11 with various 'PAQUEBOT' or 'Loose Ship Letter' markings of Tulagi or Australian ports, etc, condition variable but most are fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$800
SOLD for AU$600.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2702 |
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 1908 (late) Harding & Billings (Sydney) photo-mechanical PPC ('AOLA...', of native with rifle & a friend holding the day's catch
of exotic birds), to Sydney with Large Canoe 1d (corner fault) tied by fine strike of the seriffed straight-line 'S.S.UPOLU' handstamp (34x4mm) in violet, minor blemishes. Unrecorded by Don Franks. We have dated this card from the reference to
"...Hope you had a gay old time when the American Fleet was in [Sydney]...", which was early-September 1908. Don Franks records a similar strike also on the 1d - *FKS 210* - purporting to be from 1910, but by this time the sans-serif handstamp was in
use: see Lot 2169, and also Lot 2171. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,200
SOLD for AU$900.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2703 |
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 1908 Harding & Billings (Sydney) photo-mechanical PPC ('AOLA...', of three natives, two with rifles), posted aboard S.S. 'Moresby'
to NSW with Small Canoe 1d cancelled on arrival at Sydney on 21DE08 with very fine double-oval 'LOOSE SHIP/LETTER' handstamp alongside, Christmas greetings headed "Banika 5-12-08" & the sender asks "...What do you think of the new stamps" (issued
five weeks earlier). Not recorded by Don Franks, who listed only five Loose Ship Letter usages on Small Canoe covers. Banika (or Mbanika) is a sizeable island northwest of Guadalcanal. The largest town is Yandina, which had no post office until
1952. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2704 |
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 1912 (May 10) OHBMS cover signed by the Postmaster "FJ Barnett" at lower-left, to Essex with Small Canoe 4d red/yellow (Cat £13
x25+ on cover) tied by a light but legible strike of 'TULAGI/MY10/--12/...' cds ('19' omitted), 'EARLS COLNE/JY1/12/ESSEX' arrival cds & redirected to "Ramsgate", four different oval 'REGISTERED' datestamps, very minor blemishes. A beautiful cover.
*FKS338* The Empire Letter Rate was 1d plus 3d registration. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2705 |
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 1913 (circa) commercial cover with printed 'N WHEATLEY/ROVIANA' on the flap but scored-through, to Great Britain with Small Canoe
1d tied by light but obvious strike of the small sans-serif straight-line 'S.S. KULAMBANGARA.' handstamp (45x3mm) in violet, minor blemishes, part of the flap missing & minor repair at upper-left. *FKS 419*, dated to 1911-1916 but a similar cover -
*FKS 411* (shown as a small extract only) has a Sydney transit backstamp of OC7/1913. The ship was acquired by Levers in 1910 as a replacement for the 'Upolu'. Norman Michael Jackson Ernest Wheatley arrived in the Solomons in 1895, before declaration
of the Protectorate, and while cannibalism was still rife. Playing-off the different tribes & mission stations, he became a wealthy trader & plantation-owner, based at Lambeti on Roviana Lagoon. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2706 |
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 1940 (circa) cover with 'From: + Walter H Baddeley/Bp of Melanesia, Toroaniara BSIP' printed in blue on the flap, to Sydney with 2d
House & Canoe tied by indistinct Tulagi cds, scarce blue/white 'OPENED BY CENSOR' handstamp tied to the face by very fine boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR' in violet. Early use of this censor cachet at Tulagi, which is not recorded by Little (but does match
that used on the cover illustrated by him at page 151). The Bishop was not a 6.2.1942 evacuee, moving instead to Malaita. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2707 |
PSE |
 1942 usage of American 1c Postal Card from a US Marine with Forces endorsement at upper-left, 'U. S./ SEP/14/1942/NAVY' cancel &
very fine 'PASSED BY NAVAL CENSOR' cachet despite the message being headed "Solomon Islands/July 12 1942" which was contrary to regulations, to his sweetheart in New Zealand, minor wrinkles & grubby but a marvellous usage. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2708 |
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 1942 cover with "C Vance/Malaita/BSIP" endorsed at lower-left obscured by the blue/white censor label which is tied by a fine
strike of the boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR' handstamp, to Surrey with KGVI 3d Roviana Canoes tied by manuscript "16.9.1942" in blacklead pencil overstruck with 10-bars cancel of Brisbane (?), opened a bit roughly with two repaired tears at the top.
Another rare cover, believed carried per the medical vessel SS 'Hygaeia" from Malaita to Brisbane. Vance was a missionary with the SSEM.
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2709 |
PSE |
 1943 Japanese soldier's Postal Card with printed characters & box for censorship all in orange & with idyllic rural scene on the
reverse, from a member of OK1 1300 Corps based on New Georgia to Japan with faint small oval 'han' in scarlet, unusually fine for such items with only very minor blemishes. After their defeat on Guadalcanal in -.2.1943, the Japanese withdrew to the
north to New Georgia, the largest island in the western archipelago. The island was attacked by American forces on 30.6.1943, and victory was achieved by late-August. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
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