Collections in carton from 1920s KGV to 5/- (fiscal cancels from 2/-), 1937-87 mint & used, 1952-95 unmounted, 1953-88 mint in Seven Seas album, 1954-96 mint & used, 1963-85 used with duplicates, plus 1948 Silver Jubilee 5/- FDC, some QEII 20c Booklets, Aerogrammes and Postal Stationery, condition variable, Cat £4000+. Weighs 9kg. (100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1870-71 Fiji Times Express on Vertically Ribbed Paper 1d black/rose SG 5, good even margins, very fresh, unused without gum, Cat £1200. Superb. (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1876-77 Cakobau on Lithographed 'VR' Paper 1d blue Doubly Printed SG 28b horizontal pair Imperforate Vertically SG 28d, some slightly uneven perfs & light gum tropicalisation, lightly mounted, Cat £1100+ for two doubly-printed singles or £850 for imperforate between pair. A spectacular 'double - double' variety. (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1903 KEVII Keyplates Crown CA Watermark ½d to £1 stone & ultramarine set SG 104-114, fresh colours, some of the lower values unmounted, the others including the 5/- & £1 very lightly mounted, Cat £475+ for mounted. [Gibbons list the £1 as 'grey-black' & ultramarine, which is a much scarcer shade than the normal 'stone'] (11) (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1903 KEVII Keyplates Crown CA Watermark ½d to £1 stone & ultramarine set overprinted 'SPECIMEN' SG 104s-114s, fresh colours, a few including £1 with small hinge remainders otherwise lightly mounted, Cat £350. (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1906-12 KEVII Keyplates New Colours Multiple Crown CA Watermark £1 purple & black/red SG 124, almost imperceptibly mounted if at all, Cat £300. (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1912-23 KGV Keyplates Multiple Crown CA Watermark ¼d to £1 purple & black/red simplified set SG 125-137a, a few including the £1 with small hinge remainders otherwise lightly mounted, Cat £325. (13) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1912-23 KGV Keyplates Multiple Crown CA Watermark 3d purple/yellow with the Watermark Sideways SG 130a, very well-centred, unmounted, Cat £350+ for mounted (as it has been for at least 15 years). (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

CINDERELLAS: 1941 'FIJI BOMBER FUND/...' label complete sheetlet of 6 (2x3) with inscription in the top margin, minor crease in the top margin only otherwise superb unmounted. The finest of the few sheetlets we have seen. A sheetlet with five units unmounted sold at our auction of 20.1.2007 for $728 (Sale 125 Lot 858). (Image1)

Estimate AU$450

POSTAL HISTORY: 1936 (Aug 1) dealer's postcard endorsed "Mit Luftschiff Hindenburg" with '.../OLYMPIAFAHRT 1936' cachet in rosine, to Suva with Zeppelin 50pf tied by very fine 'Flug-und-Luftschiffhof/ d /FRANKFURT/(MAIN)/RHEIN-MAIN' cds, 'BERLIN-ZENTRALFLUGHAFEN' cds below, 'SUVA/1SP36/FIJI' arrival backstamp, redirected with superb 'PO/3SEP36/LAUTOKA-FIJI' arrival backstamp, water-stains & minor burn-marks. Terrific origin-destination mail with a distinct social flavour: "... I take the chance to send you a card by the Olympia airship of the Hindenburg ..." (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

POSTMARKS: 'POST OFFICE/FIJI/NAVUA' double-circle handstamp in violet superb strikes tying Pirogue 2d to two small pieces; straight-line 'GJ MARKS & C[o]' fine strike on Pirogue 2d rejoined pair; and smaller-font '[G]J MARKS & Co/POST OFFICE/[NAVUA, FIJI' large-part strike on Pirogue 2d; all in violet. Scarce quartet. (4) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300