Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3374
Symbol: *
Cat No: 102var
1932 Pictorials No Watermark 2½d Natives Working Cargo with the Vignette Inverted SG 102var, very lightly mounted, under-catalogued at £300. Ex Perkins Bacon from the posthumous release of unissued sheets. A similar stamp sold for $604 at our auction of 18.11.2006 (Sale 124 Lot 796). (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3375
Symbol: C
POSTAL HISTORY: 1898 (Aug 15) 'HMS ROYALIST' envelope to Sydney, Australia with Queen Makea Takau 1d blue & 1½d lilac and White Tern 6d purple tied by 'COOK ISLANDS/RAROTONGA' double-ring cds (month 'AU' inverted), 'R'-in-oval cachet at upper left, 'REGISTERED/No____/23AU98/AUCKLAND' transit backstamp, a couple of minor blemishes. BPA Certificate (1975). The Corvette 'Royalist' was converted to a Survey Ship in 1873, and visited Rarotonga from 11.8.1898 to 17.8.1898. (Image1)
