1914-23 KGV Keyplates 'POSTAGE-POSTAGE' Multiple Crown CA Watermark 2/6d deep purple on Toned Paper SG 64 corner block of 8 (2x4) from the lower-right of the sheet, the central four units (two vertical pairs) Imperforate Horizontally Between Stamps SG 64ba, characteristic variable centring, lightly mounted or with small hinge remainders, Cat £900+ for two pairs. A rare & striking multiple. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Sep-09-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 2896
Symbol: *
Cat No: 104
1914 'G.R.I.' Overprints '2½d.' on 20pf blue SG 104 block of 36 (4x9) from the left of the sheet with margins at left & base, all units in the fourth row with Damaged Stop after 'G' and all units in the fifth row with the Fraction Bar Omitted SG 104a, some perf separation & hinge-reinforcing, large-part gum with some faint toning, Cat £2480+ for singles. Ex Don Mee. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 420.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Sep-09-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 2897
Symbol: F/V
Cat No: 112-114
1914 'G.R.I.' Overprints '2 Shillings' on 2mk blue, '3 Shillings' on 3mk purple-black & '5 Shillings' on 5mk carmine & grey-black SG 112-114, well above-average centring, each with guarantee handstamp or signature on the reverse, German-pattern Apia cds, Cat £5450. A lovely trio. Briefmarkenprufstelle Certificates (2001) for the 2/- & 3/-. (Image1)
Estimate AU$4,000
Opening AU$ 3,000.00
Sold...AU$ 3,000.00
Closed..Sep-09-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 3000
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 2898
Symbol: D
1935 Pictorials series of AJ Tattersalls Photo Studios sepia prints (254x203mm or 203x254mm) with the firm's cachet on the reverse, one being the original photograph for the 2/- Lake Lanuto'o stamp, unfortunately creased at the top. The others are indigenous studies of 1) Seated Dancers, apparently adapted by James Berry for the 1939 NZ Control 2½d, and an unused postcard with the same view; 2) three rows of dancers, the back row saluting; 3) natives with long spears & the day's catch of turtles; and 4) natives outside two thatched huts. Evocative images.
(6 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Sep-09-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 2899
Symbol: **
Cat No: 1330-1332
2015 Marine Life $6.25 to $45 SG 1330-1332, unmounted, in complete setenant sheetlets with postal rates in the tabs between stamps, face value T38,400, Cat £27,000. A wholesale opportunity. Sealed as received from the printers.
(100 sheets) (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,500
Opening AU$ 1,900.00
Sold...AU$ 1,900.00
Closed..Sep-09-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 1900
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 2900
Symbol: C/D
POSTAL HISTORY: 1855 stampless envelope to "Revd Henry Nisbet/Salatulafa/Savau" unusually fine, with the 4pp letter headed "Saluafata 30 Dec 1855". The rather scandalous letter states "...your kind letter of 10th Nov found me at Malua...my island partner [!] has now gone to her rest & I am left desolate..." Friedrich Steuer Certificate (1992) states the letter is unsigned. Our assessment is that is is signed but the autograph is illegible.
(2 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Sep-09-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 2901
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)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 1,150.00
Closed..Sep-09-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 1150
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 2902
Symbol: CL
POSTAL HISTORY: 1916 (May 27) New Zealand stampless OHMS with fine strikes of the rare 'RADIO . APIA/27MY16' cds and 'CENSORED/OC WIRELESS' cachet with initials alongside, to California with 'APIA/29MY16' cds, unfolded & with only very minor imperfections. A very desirable New Zealand Occupation cover. We have offered only one other cover with the 'RADIO . APIA' cds, and that was from 1926, and only one other WWI cover with the 2-line cachet. This combination must be very rare. (Image1)
