Batch of mostly long KGVI to QEII official covers with various departmental cachets, boxed 'POSTAGE/[crown]/PAID' handstamps for Auki, Honiara & Munda (one with Gizo cds), 1938 stampless to Canada with Postage Due 4c, 1943 stampless NZ Forces usage "per Courier" with rare 'ARMY/RIGA 6.X.43/SIGNALS' cds, 1949 US War Dept cover with 'LUNGA' steel cds, 1962 telegram envelope with huge oval 'POSTS & TELEGRAPHS DEPT/HONIARA' datestamp, 1976 formular aerogramme with 'Office of the Chief Minister' cachet, also stampless internal mail, airmails some registered with frankings including KGVI to 6d & QEII to 2/6d or 25c, postmark interest, generally fine to very fine.
(74) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1311
Symbol: C
1908 (late) Harding & Billings (Sydney) photo-mechanical PPC ('AOLA...', of native with rifle & a friend holding the day's catch of exotic birds), to Sydney with Large Canoe 1d (corner fault) tied by fine strike of the seriffed straight-line 'S.S.UPOLU' handstamp (34x4mm) in violet, minor blemishes. Unrecorded by Don Franks. We have dated this card from the reference to "...Hope you had a gay old time when the American Fleet was in [Sydney]...", which was early-September 1908. Don Franks records a similar strike also on the 1d - *FKS 210* - purporting to be from 1910, but by this time the sans-serif handstamp was in use. (Image1)
Estimate AU$800
Opening AU$ 625.00
Sold...AU$ 625.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 625
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1312
Symbol: C
1908 Harding & Billings (Sydney) photo-mechanical PPC ('AOLA...', of three natives, two with rifles), posted aboard S.S. 'Moresby' to NSW with Small Canoe 1d cancelled on arrival at Sydney on 21DE08 with very fine double-oval 'LOOSE SHIP/LETTER' handstamp alongside, Christmas greetings headed "Banika 5-12-08" & the sender asks "...What do you think of the new stamps" (issued five weeks earlier). Not recorded by Don Franks, who listed only five Loose Ship Letter usages on Small Canoe covers. Banika (or Mbanika) is a sizeable island northwest of Guadalcanal. The largest town is Yandina, which had no post office until 1952. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1313
Symbol: C
1910-13 commercial/social covers with Small Canoe frankings 1910 with Arms in black on the flap to Brisbane with 2d tied by 'TULAGI' cds; 1911 to Ireland with 2d tied by 'TULAGI' cds; 1912 with Arms in blue on the flap to GB with 1d pair tied by 'TULAGI' cds; 1913 to GB with 1d tied by light but discernible '.../GAVUTU' cds (2-digit year & with the month slug 'DE' inverted); some minor soiling; also 1912 stampless official cover signed at lower-left by the Chief Postmaster "FJ Barnett" to Austria with Tulagi cds & damaged R label, light aging.
(5) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1314
Symbol: C
1912 (May 10) OHBMS cover signed by the Postmaster "FJ Barnett" at lower-left, to Essex with Small Canoe 4d red/yellow (Cat £13 x25+ on cover) tied by a light but legible strike of 'TULAGI/MY10/--12/...' cds ('19' omitted), 'EARLS COLNE/JY1/12/ESSEX' arrival cds & redirected to "Ramsgate", four different oval 'REGISTERED' datestamps, very minor blemishes. A beautiful cover. *FKS338* (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1315
Symbol: C
1913 (circa) commercial cover with printed 'N WHEATLEY/ROVIANA' on the flap but scored-through, to Great Britain with Small Canoe 1d tied by light but obvious strike of the small sans-serif straight-line 'S.S. KULAMBANGARA.' handstamp (45x3mm) in violet, minor blemishes, part of the flap missing & minor repair at upper-left. *FKS 419*, dated to 1911-1916. The ship was acquired by Levers in 1910 as a replacement for the 'Upolu'. Norman Michael Jackson Ernest Wheatley arrived in the Solomons in 1895, before declaration of the Protectorate, and while cannibalism was still rife. Playing-off the different tribes & mission stations, he became a wealthy trader & plantation-owner, based at Lambeti on Roviana Lagoon. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1316
Symbol: C/CL
1939-45 World War II commercial & military mails with 29.12.1939 airmail to GB (only three wartime airmail covers to GB recorded from the Solomons); 1942 & 1943 OHMS covers to Sydney with 'TULAGI/...' cds (the first of 23NO42, being the ERD at Auki); 1943 stampless coastwatcher covers to Australia from Guadalcanal or Choiseul with US or NZ Forces markings; 1943 endorsed "BSIP Defence Force" to NSW with oval 'LUNGA' datestamp; 1943 civilian usages of American 6c Envelope x2 or cover with US 6c Transport two from the Anglican Bishop of Melanesia at Taroaniara (one signed on the flap "Walter H Baddely") all with 'U. S./NAVY' cancels; 1944 two American V-Mails from New Georgia or Guadalcanal; and 1945 from the Catholic "Rev Bishop JM Aubin" to "Vicar Apostolic of Samoa" with 2d tied by Australian-pattern 'LUNGA' cds and superb straight-line 'PASSED BY CENSOR 2' handstamp; fine to very fine. Very scarce group.
(12) (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1317
Symbol: C
1940 (circa) cover with 'From: + Walter H Baddeley/Bp of Melanesia, Toroaniara BSIP' printed in blue on the flap, to Sydney with 2d House & Canoe tied by indistinct Tulagi cds, scarce blue/white 'OPENED BY CENSOR' handstamp tied to the face by very fine boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR' in violet. Early use of this censor cachet at Tulagi, which is not recorded by Little (but does match that used on the cover illustrated by him at page 151). The Bishop was not a 6.2.1942 evacuee, moving instead to Malaita. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1318
Symbol: CPS
1940s-70s mostly commercial group including New Zealand Forces on Guadalcanal x20 including RNZAF cancels and numbered censor cachets, 1942 probably from Vanikoro with 2d tied by 'NEW HEBRIDES/VILA' cds, 1943 to BSIP Government-in-Exile in Sydney with 'VANIKORO' cds, four 'PAQUEBOT' items - one a large piece only - to Sydney, eight missionary covers from Barakoma Airfield, two 8c Spear Fishing Aerogrammes to Sydney both offering John Gibson serviced covers and requesting comics & newspapers in exchange, etc, generally fine to very fine. Ex John Gibson.
(36 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1319
Symbol: PS
1943 Japanese soldier's Postal Card with printed characters & box for censorship all in orange & with idyllic rural scene on the reverse, from a member of OK1 1300 Corps based on New Georgia to Japan with faint small oval 'han' in scarlet, unusually fine for such items with only very minor blemishes. After their defeat on Guadalcanal in -.2.1943, the Japanese withdrew to the north to New Georgia, the largest island in the western archipelago. The island was attacked by American forces on 30.6.1943, and victory was achieved by late-August. (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1320
Symbol: PS
1943 or 1945 usage of green/blue 'RNZAF/ACTIVE SERVICE' Envelope to New Plymouth NZ with light strike of the 'RNZAF/ C /NZAPO' cds, plain brown censor label tied by boxed 'CENSORED/RNZAF/...' cachet in violet, partial Wellington machine backstamp, minor blamishes. A very rare item. Ex John Gibson, with a circa 1980s magazine extract showing he paid £1265. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1321
Symbol: C/CL
1949-54 scarce social quintet comprising 1949 airmail at 3/6d rate from Munda to Algeria,1950 airmails to New Hebrides & PNG both at 7d rate and to Gilberts at 1/2d but with 'AIR SERVICE/COMPLETED/AT SYDNEY' cachet; and 1954 greetings card envelope Gizo to Honiara at 1d Printed Matter rate, fine to very fine.
(5) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1322
Symbol: CPS
1952-58 Barakoma Airfield study of missionary mail mostly to New Zealand comprising 1952 initial flights cancelled in transit at 'LAE' (paid 2d only; faults) or 'RABAUL' (at 1/-); full manuscript cancels on 1953 Voyce philatelic covers signed (Sister) "WB Poole" or (Rev) "T Shepherd"; 3.5.1955 initialled "MCF" (schoolteacher Miss M Fraser) & 2.2.1956 initialled "DC" (Miss DJ Clark) both paid 1/5d plus large-part quintuple-rate cover initialled "DC" with small dater paid 7/1d (very rare; the Regulations allowed for aerogrammes & letters to ½oz only), 10.3.1955 "Barakoma/GS" (Gloria Shepherd) to NSW at 1/2d (faults), 1955 formular aerogrammes at 8d with "Barakoma/MCF" or small dater only; small 'BARAKOMA AIRFIELD' (withdrawn 2.7.1957) 1955 at 1/5d and 1957 at 1/2d or 2/4d both to NSW and another at 1/2d but taxed "1/6" on arrival (why?); 9.4.1957 to NSW with small dater only; large 'BARAKOMA AIRFIELD' (used 16.7.1957 to 11.2.1958 only) at 1/2d to Victoria (First Day of Use; faults) & 1/5d x2 (one in violet); and boxed 'BARAKOMA/AIRFIELD' (used for three mails only) at 1/5d & at 1/2d to Sydney (Last Day); generally fine to very fine. A very desirable lot. From 18.4.1950, QANTAS operated weekly flights Lae-Rabaul-Barakoma (on Vella Lavella)-Yandina-Honiara & return. Until the new Munda Airfield opened in 1958, the local Methodist Mission was allowed to operate a postal agency.
(20) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1323
Symbol: S=C
POSTMARKS: Desirable group comprising 'BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS/AOLA' light but obvious strikes on Small Canoes 1d block of 8; triple-oval 'L.P.P.L./10NOV1907/GAVOTU' light but legible large-part strike in violet on Large Canoe 1d red, being the most complete example of one of the rarest & most desirable Solomons markings, and the only example with a clear date; 'TULAGI' on Australia Kangaroos 1/- & 2/- brown (defective) on piece from a commercial packet; and 1928 probably philatelic cover to GB; manuscript "Post Office/Tulagi/6.4.1942" in blue-pencil tying KGVI 2d to small piece; and Barakoma three pages of KGVI values to 2/- x3 all with various manuscript cancellations identified by user including two tiny parcel tags (one with the address but faint cancel), and 1957 airmail piece with large straight-line cancel.
(32 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1324
Symbol: C
POSTMARKS: 'HMGY BELAMA/13JUL23/BRITISH SOLOMON IDS' two light but obvious strikes on KGV ½d & 1d on cover with oval 'BURNS PHILP SOUTH SEAS COY/ FAISI / LIMITED' imprint in blue on the flap, to Sydney. The 'Belama' was in service between 1911 & 1921, when it was wrecked on Santa Ysabel. It was replaced by the 'Ranadi', on which this cover was apparently posted. Faisi, near Shortland Island, was part of German New Guinea but was never developed by the Germans. In 1895, the island was sold to Nicholas Tindal who later mortgaged it to Burns Philp, to whom ownership passed in 1906. During WWII, Faisi was the first of the Solomons Group to be occupied by the Japanese. Ex Ray Baldwin, Robert Taylor, John Darnell and John Gibson. (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1325
Symbol: S
POSTMARKS: S.S. Kulambangra the so-called 'KULAMBANGR[A]' "shark" handstamp large-part very fine strike in violet on Small Canoes 1d. A very unusual marking. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1326
Symbol: S
POSTMARKS: SS Kulambangra straight-line handstamp (letters 4mm high) '[S.S. KU]LAMBANGRA.' two large-part superb strikes in violet on Small Canoes 1d block of 4 (a few short perfs). (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1327
Symbol: S
POSTMARKS: italicised 'S.S. Mataram' straight-line handstamp three fine strikes in violet on KGV 'POSTAGE - POSTAGE' 1d block of 7 (4x2, missing the upper-right unit), minor tonespots & some perf separation/ reinforcing. Rare. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 85.00
Sold...AU$ 85.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 85
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1328
Symbol: S
POSTMARKS: 'S.S. MINDINI' straight-line handstamp two superb strikes & three partial strikes all in dull blue on KGV 'POSTAGE - POSTAGE' 1d block of 6 (2x3). (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1329
Symbol: C/CL
POSTMARKS: Tulagi display pages including 1913 to Canada with Small Canoe 1d tied by superb cds, 1916 local real photo PPC to GB, 1924 to USA & 1928 registered to the Bahamas both with large boxed '.../[crown]/cPAID/TULAGI' cachet in black or violet, OHBMS to GB with very fine strike of the rare 'MONEY ORDER/TULAGI/13DE27/.../OFFICE' cds (vertical folds), 1930 & 1938 registered to USA both with huge 'PROTECTORATE POSTMASTER/TULAGI' cachet (the later also with small boxed '.../POSTAGE/PAID/ TULAGI' cachet), 1933 to Denmark with 3d, 1937 to France with cds in blue (faults), 1937 unpaid to Australia & shortpaid to USA both with 'TULAGI/TAX/("3")D/...' cachet, 1938 two covers at 4½d by sea to Australia then by air to Sydney, 1936 & 1937 two covers at 1/7½d by sea to Australia then by air to GB, etc, condition variable but most are fine to very fine.
(22) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
SOLOMON ISLANDS
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1304
Symbol: *O/CT
Selection of mostly better items including 1907 Large Canoes set * & used, 1908-11 Small Canoes set * plus 2/- & 5/- used, 1939-51 KGVI Pictorials set used, 1965 QEII Pictorials set **, 1966-67 New Currency overprints set used, 1976 Birds set used, etc, also Postage Dues 1940 set used & CTO, condition generally fine to very fine, Cat £1700+. Ex Jerry Blair.
(100+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1305
Symbol: */**
Mint collection from 1907-08 Large Canoes set plus ½d and 2d blocks of 4, 1908-11 Small Canoes set, 1935 Silver Jubilee set, 1939-51 KGVI Pictorials & 1966-67 QEII Pictorials (**) sets, condition generally fine to very fine, Cat £900+.
(69) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1306
Symbol: */**#
Collection from 1907 Large Canoes set * & used plus blocks of 4 ½d (marginal; re-joined) to 5d unused and 1908-11 Small Canoes set *, used & 'SPECIMEN' overprints, 1913 KGV Keyplates 'POSTAGE-POSTAGE' set * & 'SPECIMEN' overprints, 1914-23 'POSTAGE-REVENUE' Multiple Crown CA Wmk set * & used with extra 5/-, 10/- & £1 x2 used and plus shades & papers including 5/- on orange-buff * & used, 1922-31 Multiple Script CA Wmk set * & used plus extra 10/- used, 1939-51 KGVI Pictorials set */**, used & 'SPECIMEN' punctures plus blocks of 4 mostly **, 1948 Wedding 10/- Bradbury Wilkinson Imprint & Plate Number '1a' block of 12 (6x2) ** and separate blocks of 4 **, 1956-63 QEII Pictorials set **, used and Waterlow & Sons Imprint blocks of 4 **, extra £1 block & Plate Number '1' block and a range of booklet panes, covers and complete 4/- booklet, plus 1963-64 Block Wmk set & blocks of 4 **, 1965 QEII Pictorials Plate Number blocks of 4 sets ** x2 (the first all '1A', the second including '1B') and blocks of 4 CTO, 1966-67 New Currency Surcharges Wmk Upright set blocks of 4 ** & CTO and Wmk Sideways set blocks of 4 CTO, 1968-71 QEII Pictorials Plate Number blocks of 4 CTO, and later issues to 1975, etc, also Postage Dues 1940 set blocks of 4 ** & CTO singles, condition generally fine to very fine, Cat £9000+. Ex Jerry Blair.
(few 100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,500
Opening AU$ 1,900.00
Sold...AU$ 1,900.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1900
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1307
Symbol: */**
Cat No: 8-17
1908-11 Small Canoes ½d to 5/- set SG 8-17 blocks of 4, generally well-centred, one unit on the 4d block with a pulled perf, most with a little light gum tropicalisation, the lower values with the upper units lightly mounted or with small hinge remainders and the lower units unmounted, the 2/-, 2/6d & 5/- blocks each with one unit lightly mounted & three units unmounted, Cat £900+ for mounted singles. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1308
Symbol: *
Cat No: 15s-17s
1908-11 Small Canoes 2/- 2/6d & 5/- with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint SG 15s-17s each additionally with Portuguese 'ULTRAMAR' [= Overseas] handstamp in violet, small hinge remainders. (3) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1309
Symbol: **
Cat No: 38
1914-23 KGV Keyplates 'POSTAGE-POSTAGE' Multiple Crown CA Watermark £1 purple & black/red SG 38 block of 4 from the lower-right corner of the sheet with Plate Number '3' in the lower margin, well-centred, the two left-hand units a couple of natural gum bends mentioned for accuracy only otherwise superb unmounted, Cat £1000+ for mounted singles. Gorgeous. (Image1)
