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.
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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: 2908
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$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-09-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 2909
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$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Sep-09-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 2910
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 with only very minor blemishes. After their defeat on Guadalcanal in -.2.1943, the Japanese withdrew 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$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Sep-09-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 2911
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$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Sep-09-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 2912
Symbol: PS
1950-56 formular aerogrammes to GB x3, the earliest to Mildred Hodson but with full letter, private type from a missionary to NZ with thumbtack cancels & manuscript "Barakoma/2.7.54/MCF" (schoolteacher Miss M Fraser), 1956 with 'BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS/PROTECTORATE' Heading from an accountant to NSW with small 'BARAKOMA AIRFIELD' handstamp & simple dater, and another of the same type philatelically used in 1956.
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Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-09-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 2913
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.
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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: 2914
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.
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Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Sep-09-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 2915
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$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 80.00
Closed..Sep-09-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 80
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 2916
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, then mortgaged to Burns Philp, who took over in 1906. During WWII, Faisi was the first of the Solomons to be occupied by the Japanese. Ex Ray Baldwin, Robert Taylor, John Darnell and John Gibson. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Sep-09-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
SOLOMON ISLANDS
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 2904
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+.
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Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 120.00
Sold...AU$ 120.00
Closed..Sep-09-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 120
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 2905
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$300
Opening AU$ 290.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Sep-09-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 2906
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)
