1914 'G.R.I.' Overprints '2½d.' on 20pf blue with Double Overprint and additionally with No Fraction Bar in '½' SG 104ae, Cat £850+. BPA Certificate (1933) as Double Overprint but not mentioning the omitted fraction bar; Briefmarkenprufstelle Basel Certificate (2004) mentions both varieties and states "According to Gibbs unique". Robert Gibbs at page 267 indicates that only one mint example of the dual variety has been recorded. However, there is also an example in a used strip of 3. (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,500
Opening AU$ 1,900.00
Sold...AU$ 1,900.00
Closed..Sep-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 1900
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 2689
Symbol: **
Cat No: 113
1914 'G.R.I.' Overprints '3 Shillings.' on 3mk violet-black SG 113 marginal example from the right of the sheet, very fresh and unmounted, Raybaudi light pencil signature, Cat £1400. Superb. Raybaudi Certificate (2009) states "...in ottimo stato di conservazione..." (= "in the ultimate state of conservation"). (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 1,150.00
Closed..Sep-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 1150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 2690
Symbol: CTO
Cat No: 125 & 126
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) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Sep-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 2691
Symbol: *
Cat No: 133
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)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 320.00
Sold...AU$ 340.00
Closed..Sep-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 340
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 2692
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 2693
Symbol: C
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)
