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Pitcairn Islands continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
581 cover 1916 image1916, "Posted on the high seas by the Islanders of Pitcairn Island, 26 Nov 1916", red manuscript endorsement on a cover to Wellington, N.Z.; handstamped framed "PACKET BOAT" and, upon arrival at Auckland, 1½d Postage Due (8 Dec 1916) with ½d & 1d Postage Dues added and canceled at Wellington; couple edge tears and 1d stamp damaged, otherwise Fine and quite rare. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $500-750
SOLD for $2,900.00
Will close during Public Auction
582 cover 1923 image1923, POSTED AT PITCAIRN ISLAND/NO STAMPS AVAILABLE (SG C5), violet handstamped endorsement on a cover to Montreal, Canada; postmarked Auckland New Zealand, 9 Jun 1923 and backstamped Montreal, 23 Jul; return address on the reverse is "S/S City of Bombay, Pitcairn Island, Pacific;" mounting remnants an edge wear, Fine.
SG £2,500 ($3,340). (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $750-1,000
SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction
583 cover 1924 image1924, POSTED IN PITCAIRN ISLAND/1924 NO STAMPS AVAILABLE (SG C9), handstamped endorsement on a cover to Sutton Goldfield, England; handstamped for 1½d Postage Due upon arrival in London (18 Jun 1924) with ½d & 1d Postage Dues added and canceled at Sutton Goldfields the next day; central vertical file fold not affecting stamps, Fine to Very Fine.
SG £2,250 ($3,000). (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $600-800
SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction
584 cover 1925 image1925, Posted at PITCAIRN ISLAND/No Stamps Available (SG C15), handstamped endorsement on a cover to Sutton Goldfield, Exeter, England; handstamped for 1½d Postage Due upon arrival in London (29 Dec 1925) with ½d & 1d Postage Dues added and canceled at Exeter, Fine to Very Fine. Very Rare: unpriced by Gibbons. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
585 cover 1930 image1930, Parcel Label from Pitcairn to Vancouver, B.C., Canada, cut-out from a wrapper franked with two 6d KGV tied by a mostly illegible Pitcairn, N.Z. Postal Agency c.d.s.; the reverse is a printed F.W. Woolworth, London parcel label addressed to Floyd H. McCoy on Pitcairn; the parcel to Vancouver apparently contained "3 Paintings on wood" and "2 Painted shells", Fine.


McCoy was a 4th generation descendant of the Bounty Able Seaman, William McCoy. (Image)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction
586 cover 1930.0117 image1930, Cover to the U.S. franked with Great Britain stamps, ½d & 1d (2) Postal Union Congress paying the 2½d rate and canceled Pitcairn Island, N.Z. Postal Agency, 17 Jan 1930; to Oakland, Calif., Extremely Fine. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction
587 cover 1937.0305 image1937, Karl Lewis handpainted cover, large Coastal Scene; pair of ½d green tied by Pitcairn/N.Z. Postal Agency c.d.s.s, 5 Mar 1937; typed address to Phoenix, Ariz. with a 30 Mar Phoenix receiver on the reverse along with Lewis' blue "chop". There seems to be an erased pencil address in the sky above the typed address, possibly prior to painting, otherwise Very Fine. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $500-750
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
588 cover 1937.0721 image1937, Karl Lewis handpainted cover, small Island Scene; two ½d green tied by Pitcairn/N.Z. Postal Agency c.d.s.s, 21 Jul 1937; typed address to Cleveland, O.; Lewis' blue "chop" on the reverse, Very Fine. A scarcer design. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
589 cover 1938.0318 image1938, Cover & Letter from Postmaster/Chief Magistrate, Richard Edgar Christian, an ALS, 18 Mar 1938, to Mrs. M.K.S. Altman, Brooklyn, N.Y., noting that Christian is "a real descendent [sic] of Fletcher Christian of the Bounty, I am the 5th generation…as follows. 'Fletcher Christian, then Friday Christian, then Thursday O. Christian, then Francis Christian, and Richard Edgar Christian'." the cover is franked with a New Zealand 1d Kiwi canceled Pitcairn on Mar 18, 1938 and also with a 1d Coronation previously canceled Pitcairn on 23 Jun, 1937 (perhaps kept by Christian to be used as souvenir covers), Very Fine. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Estimate $200-300
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
590 cover 1938.0318 image1938, Cover & Letter from Postmaster/Chief Magistrate, Richard Edgar Christian, an ANS to Miss Sarah Grace Altman, Brooklyn, N.Y., enclosing a hand-decorated leaf painted by Irma Christian; the cover is franked with a New Zealand 1d Kiwi canceled Pitcairn on 18 Mar 1938 and also with a 1d Coronation previously canceled Pitcairn on 23 Jun 1937 (perhaps Christian kept several of these envelopes on hand to send as souvenirs)., Very Fine. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Estimate $200-300
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
591 cover 1944-45 image1944-45, Twice-Forwarded Cover from Portland, Ore. to Pitcairn Island, censored cover franked with a 3¢ "Win the War" canceled Portland, 21 Nov 1944, and addressed to Frederick P. Ward on Pitcairn; it was then redirected to Wahroonga, N.S.W. with a 30 Jan 1945 Pitcairn c.d.s.; and from there to the the Australian Missionary College at Cooranbong, N.S.W. with a Wahroonga c.d.s. (2 May 1945) on the reverse., Very Fine. The reason for the long periods btw deliveries is that, during ww2, it was often six months or more btw Supply/Postal Ship arrivals at the island.


Ward served on Pitcairn for seven years as a Seventh-Day Adventist teacher and minister. He returned to Australia in September of 1944, a month before this letter was mailed. He would return to Pitcairn in 1946 and serve for another five years. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $350-500
SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction

Stephens Collection of New Zealand Revenues

Non-Revenues
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
592 404a-d imageNew Zealand, Mint & Used Holding of #404A-404D, 1967, Very similar in design to the Postal-Fiscals, mostly used copies of #404A-D on black stocksheets featuring the following quantities: 404A (58), 404B (51), 404C (44), 404D (67), generally Fine to Very Fine, fully viewable online. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

Estimate $100-200
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
593 O O38-O40 image1911-14, Queen Victoria, 2s, 5s & £1 (Scott O38-O40), neatly canceled, the £1 with "WELLINGTON, N.Z." straightlines, Fine to Very Fine.
SG O82-O84; £900 ($1,200).
Scott $878. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
594 O O57 image1953, Coat of Arms, 5s green (Scott O57), bright, fresh and neatly canceled, Fine to Very Fine.
SG O113; £500 ($670).
Scott $450. (Image)

Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction
Ad Valorem
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
595 O R1a image1868, Queen Victoria, Ad Valorem, Embossed monogram, 10% brown & blue (Kiwi R1a), c.d.s. cancel, "Otago, N.Z. (crown), 2 AU 78, F", three large margins, just touching at the right, minute pinhole where cancel breaks paper, Fine to Very Fine.
Kiwi $675 ($530). (Image)

Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction
596 O R1a image1868, Queen Victoria, Ad Valorem, Embossed monogram, 10% brown & blue (Kiwi R1a), partial Auckland c.d.s., large margins to just touching; horizontal document crease and small thin, Fine to Very Fine appearance.
Kiwi $675 ($530). (Image)

Estimate $75-100
SOLD for $80.00
Will close during Public Auction
597 O R2a image1868, Queen Victoria, Ad Valorem, Embossed monogram, 1½% brown & blue (Kiwi R2a), canceled c.d.s. ("MY 7 1880") and dual slits, Fine to Very Fine.
Kiwi $750 ($590). (Image)

Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
598 O R3 image1868, Queen Victoria, Ad Valorem, 3½% brown & blue (Kiwi R3), c.d.s. cancels, fresh and sound, cut close, Fine.
Kiwi $750 ($590). (Image)

Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
599 O R6a image1868, Queen Victoria, Ad Valorem, Embossed monogram, 7% brown & blue (Kiwi R6a), partial c.d.s. ("6 JA 83"), good margins to just in at the bottom, Fine to Very Fine and rare. Not priced used.
Kiwi $900 for mint ($710). (Image)

Estimate $250-350
SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction
600 O R7a image1868, Queen Victoria, Ad Valorem, Embossed monogram, 10% brown & blue (Kiwi R7a), c.d.s. cancel, "MY 14 73", nice margins, faint vertical document crease, Very Fine.
Kiwi $750 ($590). (Image)

Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction
Beer Duty
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
601 og/O R27, R29-R32, R38 image1883, Queen Victoria, Beer Duty, 6d//13s, Five different (Kiwi R27, R29-R32, R38), 6d & 1s3d mint, o.g.; others used with usual usage flaws (4s6d thinned) - see online images, Fine to Very Fine for the issue.
Kiwi $1,080 ($850). (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction
602 O R30 image1883, Queen Victoria, Beer Duty, 2s6d green (Kiwi R30), neatly favor-canceled by a "Lion Brewing Co. Ltd./ Auckland/ Nov 30, 1915" double oval with full, lightly hinged o.g., Extremely Fine.
Kiwi $300 ($240).


The use of Beer Duty stamps was abandoned on December 1, 1915—the day after this stamp was "canceled." (Image)

Estimate $100-150
SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction
603 O R32 image1883, Queen Victoria, Beer Duty, 4s6d maroon (Kiwi R32); typical usage flaws, Fine to Very Fine for this.
Kiwi $400 ($320). (Image)

Estimate $100-150
SOLD for $60.00
Will close during Public Auction
604 nh R39 image1908, King Edward VII, Beer Duty, 26s6d maroon (Kiwi R39), a pristine mint example of this rare stamp, o.g., never hinged, Extremely Fine. Exceedingly rare—very few examples have survived.
Kiwi $10,000 for used ($7,900). (Image)

Estimate $3,500-5,000
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
Counterpart - Passport Fee
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
605 O R42 image1901, Queen Victoria, Counterpart, 2s6d brown, perf. 11 (Kiwi R42), violet oval cancel (unpunched), Fine to Very Fine.
Kiwi $300 ($240). (Image)

Estimate $60-80
SOLD for $50.00
Will close during Public Auction
606 Z R51a image1924, Queen Victoria, DENOTING, 15s green (Kiwi R51a), tied on a small piece by neat handstamped ("29.JL.39") and punched cancels, fresh and Very Fine.
Kiwi $750 ($590). (Image)

Estimate $250-350
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
607 O R67a, R67b image1922-26, King George V, FINE PAID, 2s & 3s, Cowan paper (Kiwi R67a, R67b), handstamped and punched cancels; 2s with a nibbed lower right corner, Fine to Very Fine.
Kiwi $450 ($360). (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $75-100
SOLD for $60.00
Will close during Public Auction
608 O R68//R85 image1928, Queen Victoria, FINE PAID, 2s//£5, 12 different (Kiwi R68//R85), consists of R68-R69, R72-R79, R83 & R85; the 2s6d, 5s, 10s & £5 are unpunched, fresh and generally Fine to Very Fine.
Kiwi $1,825 ($1,440). (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $350-500
SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction
609 O R80 image1928, Queen Victoria, FINE PAID, 25s blue (Kiwi R80), a lovely unpunched example, c.d.s. & embossed cancels, fresh and Fine to Very Fine.
Kiwi $500 ($400). (Image)

Estimate $100-150
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction
610 O R81 image1928, Queen Victoria, FINE PAID, 25s blue (Kiwi R81), fresh and beautifully centered with c.d.s. & embossed cancels, fresh and Very Fine.
Kiwi $800 ($630). (Image)

Estimate $250-350
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction
611 O R88//R104a image1931, Coat of Arms, FINE PAID, 1s3d//£5, Group of 18 (Kiwi R88//R104a), consisting of R88a (2), R89-91, R91c, R92-94, R96, R96b, R96d, R97, R97a, R98, R102, R104 & R104a; eight stamps are unpuched, including the £2, generally Fine to Very Fine or better.
Kiwi $1,715 for punched ($1,360). (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $500-750
SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction
612 O R107//R116a image1935 Pictorials, FINE PAID, 2d//2s, Five different (Kiwi R107//R116a), consisting of R107, R110, R114, R115 & 116a, the 6d & 1s are unpunched, Fine to Very Fine.
Kiwi $465 ($370). (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $100-150
SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction
613 O R118//R126 image1938-47, King George VI, FINE PAID, 3d//3s, Seven different (Kiwi R118//R126), a lovely group consisting of R118-120, R122 & R124-126, all unpunched, Fine to Very Fine.
Kiwi $650 ($510). (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
614 O R173 image1926-30, Queen Victoria, Passport Fee, 5s green (Kiwi R173), light oval handstamped cancel, Very Fine.
Kiwi $1,750 ($1,380). (Image)

Estimate $500-750
SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction
615 O R174 image1926-30, Queen Victoria, Passport Fee, 10s maroon (Kiwi R174), light oval handstamped cancel "Internal Affairs, Wellington, 27 Feb, 1932", Very Fine and rare.
Kiwi $1,750 ($1,380). (Image)

Estimate $500-750
SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction
Queen Victoria General Purpose Revenues
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
616 O R208 image1867, Queen Victoria, die I, imperf, 4s4d green & brown (Kiwi R208), pen canceled "3/5/71" with excellent margins; few tiny pinholes, Very Fine appearance.
Kiwi $1,250 ($990). (Image)

Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
617 O R209 image1867, Queen Victoria, die I, imperf, 4s6d gray brown & blue (Kiwi R209), fresh and neatly pen-canceled with good margins except just clear at the bottom; shallow thin spot, Fine to Very Fine appearance.
Kiwi $1,250 ($990). (Image)

Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction
618 O R210 image1867, Queen Victoria, die I, imperf, 4s8d blue & black (Kiwi R210), an outstanding example, neatly pen-canceled "23/2/69," with good margins, Very Fine.
Kiwi $1,250 ($990). (Image)

Estimate $350-500
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
619 S R212-S image1867, Queen Victoria, die I, imperf, 5s4d gray brown & green, overprinted "SPECIMEN" (Kiwi R212-S), wonderfully fresh with full margins, Very Fine. Kiwi price for the issued stamp is NZ$1,250 used. (Image)

Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction
620 S R214-S image1867, Queen Victoria, die I, imperf, 5s8d gray brown & blue, overprinted "SPECIMEN" (Kiwi R214-S), o.g., exceptionally fresh with excellent margins, Very Fine. Kiwi price for the issued stamp is NZ$1,250 used. (Image)

Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction

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