Carton containing album with Pre-Decimals 1940-66 ½d & 1d dates; Decimals 1967-1980 1c to $1 (large) dates, many appear to be from Unc sets; plus Uncirculated sets (19), and 1968-2004 Proof sets (14), condition virtually all Proof or Unc. Weighs 9kg.
(100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 400.00
Sold...AU$ 420.00
Closed..Jun-26-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 420
NEW ZEALAND
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3709
Symbol: */**
Selection of 1890s-1950s issues predominantly mint including 1898 Pictorials 6d red, 8d & 9d plus 1907-08 Small Format 6d, 1906 Christchurch Exhibition set, 1909 KEVII set plus 1/- 'OFFICIAL' overprint, 1914 Auckland Exhibition overprints set, 1915-33 KGV Heads range, 1919 Victory set x2, 1926-34 KGV Admiral 2/- & 3/- plus 2/- 'OFFICIAL' overprint, 1935 Pictorials 2/- Cook 'OFFICIAL' overprint, a few KGVI & QEII sets *, also Postal Fiscals QV Tall Stamps 10/- brown, Life Insurance 1891-1904 Lighhouse 'VR' 1d blue, 1913-37 without 'VR' 6d pink x2, etc, condition a little variable but mostly fine to very fine, Cat £2000+.
(100+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 500.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3710
Symbol: */**O
Carton of mint & used collections including QV with 1898 Pictorials to 2/- used & 5/- (fiscal cancel) including 2½d 'LAKE WAKATIPU' mint and used, KGVI Imprint and Plate Number blocks, QEII 1953 to 10/- mint (x2) and used, 1960 to £1 mint, Health issues including 1931 Smiling Boys 1d * & used and 2d used and later M/Ss, Officials, Life Insurance, Express Delivery, Stamp Duty, Postage Dues, and Ross Dependency, condition variable. Weighs 7kg.
(many 100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$800
Opening AU$ 600.00
Sold...AU$ 600.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3711
Symbol: **/*/
Extensive specialised collection starting with 1935 KGV Silver Jubilee Imprint and Plate Number blocks then a large quantity of similar KGVI and QEII Pre-Decimal blocks through to the mid 1990s with very high face value; varieties from 1960 Definitives through to 1967 Decimal Definitives with a few later issues including plated blocks, also coils & starters; shades by Campbell Paterson from Chalons onwards with plenty of KGV and KGVI period; club displays including some flight covers, and plenty more. Weighs 29kg.
(1000s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 4,400.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 4400
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3712
Symbol: O
Extensive used collection in three Lighthouse albums including a smattering of Chalons, Health Issues including 2d Smiling Boy fine used and various M/Ss, the main strength is from 1940s up to 2006, includes Ross Dependency, Postage Dues, Officials & Life Insurance, condition overall is very fine. Weighs 11kg.
(1000s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 500.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3713
Symbol: OC
Kiloware & covers in three archive boxes with a quantity of used sorted into envelopes and packets, then a range of covers including censored mail, airmails & first flights, as well as FDCs, plus small group of postcards from or to New Zealand. Weighs 15kg.
(1000s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 250.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 250
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3714
Symbol: *O
Seven albums with an assortment of 19th Century issues including a few Chalons and some 1898 Pictorials, Health M/Ss, Postal Fiscals Arms used, Postage Dues, also some Tokelau & Kiribati. Weighs 18kg.
(1000s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3715
Symbol: **
Decimals 1967-2006 accumulation in albums plus duplicates in packets including Health issues, M/Ss, sheetlets, booklets, and 1996-2006 corner blocks of six, face value stated to be NZ$4500+. Weighs 10kg.
(many 100s) (Image1)
1855-73 QV Chalons Hausberg reprinted imperforate plate proofs 3d, 4d, 6d & 1/- all in black on thin card in matching horizontal pairs, very fine impressions, margins close to large.
(4 pairs) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3718
Symbol: #
Cat No: 35 (CP A1e4
1862-64 Chalons Large Star Watermark Imperforate 1d carmine-vermilion SG 35 (CP A1e4), margins close to good, unused, Cat £1000 (CP NZ$2000). (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 210.00
Sold...AU$ 260.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 260
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3720
Symbol: F
Cat No: 106 (CP A6hY
1864 Chalons NZ Watermark Perf 13 at Dunedin 1/- yellow-green SG 106 (CP A6hY), characteristic uneven perfs, very fine large-part 'DUNEDIN/AU18/64' duplex datehead cancel, Cat £1000 (CP NZ$2500). (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3721
Symbol: G
Cat No: 10 (CP A2c3
1857-63 Chalons No Watermark Imperforate Thick Paper 2d blue SG 10 (CP A2c3) horizontal pair, margins just clear to good, two light strikes of Numeral '7' cancel, Cat £360+ (CP NZ$750+) for singles. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 220.00
Sold...AU$ 260.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 260
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3722
Symbol: E
1894 Private Essays (circa) Large Format Queen & Sailing Ship Design imperforate sheetlet of 10 (5x2) in red-violet on thick unwatermarked ungummed wove paper, a few minor blemishes on the face. A similar very fine sheetlet sold at our auction of 27.3.2025 for $2318 (Sale 259 Lot 2036). This and the next lot are the last of these items consigned to us. These essays were submitted to the New Zealand Post Office by Charles Lewis MP of Christchurch and bear the inscription 'THE LEWIS ENGRAVING PROCESS' in the ribbon below the portrait. They are considered by some to be part of the development process resulting in the iconic 1898 Pictorials series, or could simply have been submitted as samples of his printing process. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 1,900.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 1900
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3723
Symbol: E
1894 Private Essays (circa) Large Format Queen & Sailing Ship Design imperforate sheetlet of 10 (5x2) in red-violet on thick unwatermarked ungummed wove paper, largely very fine with just a few light marks in the right-hand margin. A similar sheetlet sold at our auction of 27.3.2025 for $2318 (Sale 259 Lot 2036). This and the previous lot are the last of the group consigned to us. (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,000
Opening AU$ 1,500.00
Sold...AU$ 2,600.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 2600
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3724
Symbol: *O
1898-1907 Small Pictorials & Penny Universals group including Double Perfs, Mixed Perfs, Grossly Misplaced Perfs, Official Repairs, Kiss Prints, Pre-Printing Paper Folds, ½d green Plate Number '2' block of 4, 1d Booklet Pane of 6, 1d Bi-Colour Plate (?) Number '9' corner single, also a few Second Sidefaces including ½d & 2½d used blocks of 4 and Penny Dominion Imperf Pair with fake cancel, Dominion 1d with cds including '1JA01' First Day of Issue x4, 'BRIT ANTARCTIC EXPD' on 1d and 'EXHIBITION/CHRISTCHURCH' on Universal 1d pair (very scarce on non-Exhibition stamps), generally fine to very fine. Good lot for the specialist.
(74) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 725.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 725
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3725
Symbol: F
Cat No: 335 (CP E14h
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3726
Symbol: *
Cat No: 370-373
1906 Christchurch Exhibition ½d to 6d set SG 370-373 characteristic rough perfs & variable centring, lightly mounted or with small hinge remainders, Cat £300.
(4) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 140.00
Sold...AU$ 140.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 140
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3727
Symbol: *
Cat No: 412-415
1913 Auckland Exhibition Overprints ½d to 6d set SG 412-415, lightly mounted, Cat £425. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3728
Symbol: P
1915 KGV Recess imperf plate proof blocks of 4 on ungummed watermarked paper 2d 3d 6d * 8d and unwatermarked 3d & 6d, also Typo 1½d 2d & 3d, good even margins, very fine to superb.
(9 blocks) (Image1)
Estimate AU$350
Opening AU$ 270.00
Sold...AU$ 270.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 270
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3729
Symbol: *
Cat No: 546 & 547
1930 Health 'Smiling Boy' 1d+1d red & 2d+1d blue SG 546 & 547, quite well-centred, lightly mounted, Cat £160.
(2) (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 125.00
Sold...AU$ 130.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 130
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3730
Symbol: **
Cat No: 564
1935 Pictorials 6d Harvesting SG 564 corner pair from the lower-left of the sheet with Crack through Plate Number '1' CP L9b4 Cat NZ$400; and marginal single with 'Official' overprint showing a slightly earlier state of the Crack, a bit aged; both unmounted. (2 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3731
Symbol: P
1953-59 QEII Definitives 1d orange imperforate plate proof in the issued colour on thick card, marginal horizontal pair from the right-hand side of the sheet. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3732
Symbol: P
1955-59 QEII Definitives imperforate plate proofs in the issued colours on gummed watermarked paper comprising Cream Paper 2d green and White Paper 2d green, 4d blue & 6d purple, all in horizontal pairs with wide margins, unmounted.
(4 pairs) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3733
Symbol: **/*
Cat No: 816a
1963 Health (Prince Andrew) 3d+1d Blood-Stained Finger SG 816a Original State in a block of 6 (**) and Retouched in blocks of 10 (5x2 **) or 15 (5x3 */**) x2, Cat £90+ for the first block. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3734
Symbol: **
1970-76 Definitives 10c Coat of Arms with the Rosine Printing (Hair Ribbon) Completely Omitted CP P12b[Z] Imprint/Plate Numbers block of 6 (3x2), unmounted, Cat NZ$900+, plus a premium for the imprint & plate numbers. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 320.00
Sold...AU$ 440.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 440
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3735
Symbol: O
ADVERTISING STAMPS ('ADSONS'): Extensive array with 1d & 2d partial reconstructions including a few pairs, a smattering of scarcer colours and a selection of higher denominations with 2½d x14 (one mint), 3d x5, 4d x14, 5d x2, 6d x5, 8d x2 & 1/- x3 and there may be others hiding, condition variable.
(500 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 420.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3736
Symbol: O
ADVERTISING STAMPS ('ADSONS'): 1d rose First Setting, Second Setting and Third Setting complete reconstructions of 240 mounted across twelve pages, condition variable, Cat £4280+ (2012). Ex Charles & Francis Kiddle: sold at our auction of 12.10.2012 for $1165 (Sale 176 Lots 635 639 & 641).
(720) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 1,150.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 1150
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3737
Symbol: O
ADVERTISING STAMPS ('ADSONS'): 1d rose First Setting complete reconstruction of 240 mounted across four pages, generally fine to very fine, Cat £1680+ (2012). Ex Charles & Francis Kiddle: sold at our auction of 12.10.2012 for $786 (Sale 176 Lot 636).
(240) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 700.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 700
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3738
Symbol: O
ADVERTISING STAMPS ('ADSONS'): 2d violet First Setting complete reconstruction of 240 mounted across four pages, condition variable, Cat £2160+ (2012). Ex Charles & Francis Kiddle: sold at our auction of 12.10.2012 for $874 (Sale 176 Lot 637).
(240) (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 850.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 850
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3739
Symbol: *
Cat No: D1 & 16
POSTAGE DUES: 1899-1900 Large 'D' ½d to 8d, Small 'D' 1d to 10d (missing only the 2d) plus 1/- & 2/- between SG D1 & 16, fresh with some characteristic irregular perfs,also 1919-20 De La Rue Perf 11 2d SG D20, part- to large-part gum, Cat £850.
(13) (Image1)
POSTAL FISCALS: 1882 Tall Stamps Perf 12 6d lake-brown SG F6, some characteristic rough perfs, superb 'CHRISTCHURCH/--AP82/ A - C ' postal duplex cancel, Cat £400. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 160.00
Sold...AU$ 210.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 210
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3743
Symbol: *
POSTAL FISCALS: 1931-58 Arms simplified selection comprising 10/-, 12/6d, 15/-, £1, 25/-, 30/-, £2 & £5 plus Surcharges set of 5 to '35/-' on 35/-, varying degrees of aging but most are of fine facial appearance, Cat £4000+ minimum.
(13) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 625.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 625
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3744
Symbol: *
POSTAL FISCALS: 1931-58 Arms simplified selection comprising 4/- x2, 5/- x2, 6/- to 8/-, 9/- x2, 10/-, £1 & 30/- x2 shades (both very fine with hinge remainders) plus '3/6' & '5/6' Surcharges & 5/- overprinted 'Official', condition variable but of very fresh appearance, Cat £1570 minimum.
(18) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3745
Symbol: *
POSTAL FISCALS: 1931-58 Arms simplified selection comprising 1/6d yellow-orange to 30/- (missing only the 12/6d), the 25/- with small hinge remainder, plus 5/- overprinted 'Official', very fresh & most are lightly to very lightly mounted, Cat £1700 minimum.
(15) (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 700.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 700
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3746
Symbol: *
Cat No: F186 (CP Z57a
POSTAL FISCALS: 1939 Value Overprint '35/-' on 35/- orange-yellow SG F186 (CP Z57a), well-centred, lightly mounted, Cat £950 for unmounted (NZ$995 for mounted). RPSNZ Certificate (2025). (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3747
Symbol: F
Cat No: F186 (CP Z57a
POSTAL FISCALS: 1939 Value Overprint '35/-' on 35/- orange-yellow SG F186 (CP Z57a), well-centred, large-part Christchurch 1954 cds cancel, Cat £550 (NZ$975). RPSNZ Certificate (2025). (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3748
Symbol: F
POSTAL FISCALS: Stamp Duty Arms Surcharges '£20' in Black on £20 blue & yellow, light diagonal crease, postally used with 'WELLINGTON/3SP43/NZ' cds. Unlisted by Gibbons. We have recorded at least two other postally used examples, and another on a parcel piece. High wartime airmail rates and usage from the country's capital city both allow for the use of very high denominations. (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 1,700.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 1700
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3749
Symbol: *
REVENUES: Stamp Duty Arms Surcharges '£6' on £6 brown-orange, '£7' on £7 maroon and '£9' on £9 rose-pink, light gum disturbance otherwise very fine mint. (3) (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 725.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 725
Postal History
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3750
Symbol: S=?C
Large plastic tub with a modest postmark collection on leaves, a huge quantity of registration labels plus hundreds of 1960s registered covers to Tattersalls in Melbourne.
(many 1000s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3751
Symbol: CPS
Medium box with a partly annotated selection with World War II censored mail including to Denmark & registered to Newfoundland and roneo'd 'POSTAL CENSORSHIP/...' insert, Suspended Service covers to France Italy & Sweden, POW Aerogrammes 1/- & 'SIX PENCE' on 1/- both to Germany, formular aerogramme with NZ 6d from a soldier in Italy to a civilian in North Borneo with 'NO SERVICE/RETURN TO SENDER' cachet, surface cover to an airman in Canada with red/white '..../died on war service/...' label across the flap, also some ship mail including two WWI postcards from Hospital Ship 'Marama' (one with message "...nearing Durban, having left Suez a fortnight ago...Our sisters were all put ashore at Suez...") and several ship PPCs including Hospital Ship 'Maheno', etc, generally fine to very fine. Ex George Speirs.
(100+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3752
Symbol: CPS
1900 trio from Boer War soldiers comprising 1) stampless endorsed "John Ross" & "4th Cont NZRR" (= Rough Riders) & countersigned at lower-left with 'FIELD POST OFFICE BO/...' cds, NZ 'TO PAY/1d/DOUBLE DEFICIENCY' & Postage Due 1d tied by faint cds; 2) endorsed "Corporal G Payton/H Company/2 Gloster Regiment 6th Division/..." with GB 1d lilac tied by 'FIELD PO/BRITISH ARMY S AFRICA' cds, a bit spotty; and 3) endorsed "4th Reg NZ Rough Riders" & signed "RJ Seddon" with Cape 1d pair tied by very fine 'MAFEKING' squared-circle, a bit spotty; also 1d Postal Card 'Some Riders in the Rough' used in NZ, thinned at the back. The last is from the second son of NZ Premier (& later Prime Minister) Richard Seddon to his sister May (another sister was Mary!).
(4 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3753
Symbol: #NAME
Batch of 1930s commercial airmail covers to England with a variety of frankings to 4/- Arms, a few with advertising, some commemorative covers, album of TPO material including some covers, etc.
(200+ items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3754
Symbol: P
POSTAL STATIONERY - ENVELOPES: 1936 KGV Oval 1d reprinted die proof (Die 1F) in violet on wove paper 160x185mm) with printed technical information tacked-in as page 212 of the Pacific 97 (San Francisco) Congress Book to accompany 15pp specialised article "The KGV Embossed Envelope Dies" by Robert Samuel. Superb. Available only in this format. (Image1)
Estimate AU$50
Opening AU$ 38.00
Sold...AU$ 38.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 38
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3755
Symbol: CO
POSTAL STATIONERY: Selection of 1899 to 1935 issues unused & used (19) including 1899 1d green 'Galatea, Auckland' Scenic Postal Card, 1900 1d brown Boer War Postal Cards, also other bits & pieces. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 160.00
Sold...AU$ 160.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 160
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3756
Symbol: =C
REGISTRATION LABELS: Mostly Decimal period unsorted accumulation in packets etc and about 200 mostly commercial registered covers including many from small towns & numerous provisional R labels.
(1000s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
NEW ZEALAND DISASTER MAIL Air Mail Incidents
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 2217
Symbol: C
1920 (Aug 27) apparently commercial cover endorsed "First Flight/North to South Island/Wellington/to/Blenheim" with light 'AERIAL POST' handstamp & signed by the pilot "Euan Dickson", with 2d yellow tied by 'OAMARU' machine cancel, light central horizontal fold. The mail arrived late at Trentham Airfield, arriving at Blenheim in stormy conditions which caused the onward flight to Christchurch to be delayed & then cancelled. See Volume One at pages 132 (where illustrated) to 135. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 2218
Symbol: D
1920 (Aug 28) Wellington-Blenheim-Christchurch 'NEW ZEALAND SHORT WAYBILL' for mail from Wellington with 'AERIAL POST' cachet in violet & 'BLENHEIM/28AU20/NZ' arrival cds & signed by the pilot "Euan Dickson", soiled, multiple folds & a few separations repaired with archival tape. The onward flight was delayed by poor weather, the mail eventually being forwarded by road & delivered to Christchurch on 1.9.1920. See Volume One at pages 132-5, illustrated at page 132. This was the first-ever north to south air crossing of Cook Strait. (Image1)
