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abacus auctions Sale: 265 COOK ISLANDS COOK ISLANDS Sale No: 265 Lot No: 2712 Symbol: ** Cat No: 1805-1807 2014 Entomology $4 to $13.60 SG 1805-1807 complete setenant sheetlets with postal rates printed in the gutters, unmounted, face value NZ$17,400, Cat £27,000. Packed as received from the printers. A wholesale opportunity. (100 sheets) (Image1) Estimate AU$2,000 Opening AU$ 1,500.00 Sold...AU$ 1,500.00 Closed..Sep-09-2026, 19:30:00 EST Sold For 1500 Sale No: 265 Lot No: 2713 Symbol: C AITUTAKI: 1854 stampless entire letter headed "Aitutaki Nov 9 1854" and signed "Henry Royle Missionary" to the Wesleyan "Mission House Bishopsgate/.../London" endorsed at lower-left "Per John Williams", then apparently carried per New England whaler with American 'NEW BEDFORD/APR/24/MASS' cds & small 'SHIP' handstamp both in blue, the reverse with 'BOSTON/25/APR/AM PKT' and British 'AMERICA/ LIVERPOOL/MY8/55' cds, variously rated "22" (cents), "9" (pence) corrected to "8" and "4/1", also with minor docketing intruding on the face & central vertical filing fold. The brief letter requests payment of "the enclosed bills". Ex Whitney and Richard (Dick) Burge. A great Pacific Islands rarity. This is believed to be the earliest recorded mail from Aitutaki: see 'The Postage Stamps of New Zealand Volume V: Postal History of the Dependencies" at page 379. The first mission vessel named 'John Williams' was in service between various Pacific missions between 1844 & 1864, when it was wrecked in the Cook Islands. Rev Henry Royle was in service on Aitutaki from 1839 until 1876. In 1865 he wrote 'The Wreck of the Mission Barque John Williams', on which he & his daughter had been passengers! (Image1) Estimate AU$7,500 Opening AU$ 5,750.00 Sold...AU$ 5,750.00 Closed..Sep-09-2026, 19:30:00 EST Sold For 5750

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