Collection in seven quality stockbooks with 1½ pages of Chalons, Sidefaces with a few better stamps, adverts on back plus 2d & 1/- with 'SPECIMEN' h/s in violet, Pictorials used to 5/- plus mint 6d red pair, Christchurch set mint & used (the 6d with bogus cancel), Auckland Exhibition set mint & used (non-contemporary Auckland cds), Smiling Boys mint & used, Admirals 2/- & 3/- with cds cancels, extensive but incomplete Decimals to 2002 both unmounted to $20 x2 & FU including M/Ss & setenants, also back of the book with a few Officials including used 2/- & 5/- Pictotials and Postage Dues, a selection of QV Revenues, etc, finally a range of common flight covers, condition of the pre-WWII material is variable. (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

'Back of the Book' collection with Express 6d red & violet x5; smattering of Postage Dues; Offical Overprints including QV 2/- x2 & 5/- x2, KGV Recess set, 1936 Pictorials, 1938 5/- & 1941-42 Pictorials; Lighthouses including 1913-37 set; etc, generally fine to very fine, Cat £3000+. (Qty 250 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1850s-1970s large accumulation including mostly used collection with Chalons 2d imperf No Wmk & 1/- perforated x3, Sidefaces partly-duplicated range, 1898 Pictorials simplified set with 5/- Cook No Wmk plus 'OFFICIAL' overprints with 5/- Cook Sideways Wmk, KEVII set plus 8d Inverted Wmk and 'OFFICIAL' overprints, KGVI 'OFFICIAL' overprints including 8d brown, KGV Admirals with 2/- 'OFFICIAL', Health issues including Similing Boys, range of Postal Fiscals, 1935 Pictorials simplified plus 'OFFICIAL' overprints, then largely complete to late 1970s including 1958 QEII '2d' overprint on 1½d 'Stars' error **, Health M/Ss and later issues */**, 1967 Pictorials 7c imperf block of 4 **, annotated varieties including 1970 Definitives 4c Purple-Brown Omitted ** and 10c Misplaced Perfs (two border lines at top) **, etc, condition generally fine to very fine. Weighs 3½kg. (Qty 1000s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1855-1970 collection including Chalons perforated 1d red, 1d brown x3, 2d blue x3, 2d orange x3, 3d, 6d brown x2 & 1/-, 1882 Second Sideface set used, 1898 5/- Mt Cook No Wmk & Single Wmk *, 1906 Christchurch Exhibition *, 1913 Auckland Exhibition *, KGV Admirals *, 1931 Airmails ** & overprints *, 1935 Pictorials Single Wmk & Multiple Wmk sets *, 1958 QEII Stars '2d' overprint error **, later issues mostly unmounted, Official overprints including 1898 Pictorials 2/- fine used and mint KGV Heads 8d, 1935 Pictorials (ex 4d; the 8d used & 9d with green overprint), KGVI Heads & 1940 Centennial, Health including 1931 Smiling Boys * plus later M/Ss **, some Postage Dues, range of Postal Fiscals with values to £5, also Life Insurance including 1891 'VR' set used, Antarctic 'King Edward VII/Land' overprint on 1d Universal with expedition cds and 'VICTORIA/LAND' overprint on 1d Dominion block of 4, plus a few FDCs, condition variable but mostly fine to very fine. Weighs 4kg. (Qty 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,200

1873-1936 collection on Leuchtturm hingeless pages with First Sidefaces to 5/-, Second Sidefaces to 1/-, 1898 No Wmk Pictorials, 1899 No Wmk Pictorials Perf 12-16 (the 5/- regummed) & Perf 11 sets, 1902-09 Wmk Pictorials simplified to 5/-, KEVII issues largely complete, Christchurch Exhibition set, KGV Recess to 1/-, Admirals both papers, Healths, 1935-36 Pictorials plus some extra perfs, etc, a few blemishes in the earlier issues but generally fine to very fine, Cat £7500+. (Qty 200+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1953-70 Counter Coils collection featuring a variety of types, formats & gutters with complete (or almost complete) range of numbers per value including 1953 QEII 2d x19, 3d x34, 4d x38, 6d x17, 8d x38, 9d x36, 1/- x70, 1/6d x55 and 1/9d x18, 1955 Larger Figures 2d x19, 4d x19, 6d downwards * x17 & upwards * x18, 1959 White Paper 3d x18 and 8d x18, 1960 2d black x22, 2½d x23, 3d x23, 4d x23, 6d x22, 8d x20, 1/- black x18 and 1/3d x19, 1967 similar range including 15c x28 and 20c x19, 1970 Trade 10c & 20c x19 each and a few 1970 Definitives, also a range of coil starter strips including 1955 6d x4, plus booklet panes including 1957-59 QEII 1d panes x3 and 3d pane, 1960 Definitives stapled panes x4 and stitched panes x15 (most with numbers), then range of 1967 & 1970 Definitives panes x40 (a couple used) and some airmail label panes, a little minor duplication, mostly unmounted, Campbell Paterson Cat NZ$15,000+ (for **), generally very fine. Weighs 3kg. An excellent basis for expansion. (Qty 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1970s-mid 2000s mint accumulation duplicated in parts, including se-tenants, self-adhesives, lots of M/Ss and plenty of thematic interest, plus a few pre-WWII issues. Face value NZ$2000+. Weighs 4½kg. (Qty 100s)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

1980s-2015 mint accumulation mostly unmounted including packs, M/Ss and sheetlets, self-adhesives, booklets, etc, 1990s issues and onwards often duplicated with many x4 each or more, huge face value in excess of NZ$12,500+. Weighs 20kg. (Qty 1000s)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$5,000

1996-2016 'Best of' Minisheets duplicated array of 1996-2000 issues with 3 to 5 of each in their folders, then 2002-2016 one set of each plus a few extras. Face value NZ$750+. (Qty 120 approx)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

Packet of airmail labels including a range of large blocks, Great Barrier Island mint labels x3 different, 1938 pigeongram with the commemorative envelope, etc, also a few compulsorilly registered commercial covers. (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Chalons comprising Large Star Imperf 6d, 1864-71 1d carmine-vermilion, superb 4d rose with cds & mint 4d yellow (light bend), and Perf 12½ 2d vermilion mint; Cat £850. (Qty 5)

Grade A-/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

1855-58 Blue Paper No Watermark 1d red SG 4, margins close to good, light numeral cancel, Cat £2000. Robert Odenweller Certificate (2011). An unusually fine example of this scarce stamp.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$900

1857-63 No Watermark Imperf 2d deep ultramarine SG 8a horizontal pair, 2d pale blue SG 9 & 2d blue SG 10, all with full margins, Cat £2360+.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1857-63 No Wmk with Experimental Separations Serrated Perf 16-18 at Nelson 1/- blue-green SG 26, small closed tear at L/R, neat BN '15' cancel of Nelson, Cat £7000. A very rare stamp. Ex Major KM Beaumont. RPSofL Certificate (1942). [Sold at a Frank Godden auction in 1942 for £20/10/-, the equivalent today of more than £5000. Far superior to Joseph Hackmey's obviously defective example that sold in 2009 for US$2760]

Grade (A) (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1862-64 Large Star Imperf 2d blue SG 39, good even margins, unused, Cat £750.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1862-63 Pelure Paper Imperf 6d black-brown SG 85, close even margins, unused, Cat £3500. An unusually fine example of this rare stamp. Robert Odenweller Certificate (2012).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1873 No Watermark 4d orange-yellow with part-Papermaker's Watermark '...DE...' of 'TH SAUNDERS' SG 139a, the watermark clearly visible from the face, unused, Cat £450.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1898 Pictorials Waterlow Printings imperforate colour trials on ungummed wove paper comprising 2½d 'WAKATIPU' in indigo, 3d Kea in indigo, 6d Kiwi in dull purple and 9d Pink Terrace in rose-pink rose-carmine & four shades of purple. (Qty 9)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1899-1903 Pictorials Wellington Printings imperforate colour trials in the issued colours on ungummed wove paper comprising 2½d 'WAKATIPU', 3d, 5d, 6d green, 8d, 9d, 1/-, 2/- & 5/- pair (a couple of minor tonespots). Very attractive. (Qty 10)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1901-06 Penny Universals collection on leaves set out by printings & paper with selection of mint including block of 6 **/* with re-entry, then predominantly used including Waterlow Plates Mixed Perfs 11x14 and Royle Plates Mixed Perfs 14x14½, pages of annotated re-entries, re-touches, flaws including Cracked Plate x4, watermark varieties, etc, also booklet stamps including imperforate at top or sides used x5, 'OFFICIAL' overprint pane of 6 */** plus used pairs x2, some postmark interest, condition variable but mostly fine to very fine. Ideal for further study. (Qty 300+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1915-30 KGV Recess 2d bright violet upper-left corner block of 4 with complete Plate Number '16', excellent centring, unmounted, C&P Cat NZ$800+ (mounted). Superb!

Grade A+ A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1915-30 KGV Recess 4d violet upper-left corner block of 4 with complete Plate Number '44', well centred, faint stain in the upper margin, mounted in the margin only the stamps being unmounted, C&P Cat NZ$4500+ (mounted).

Grade A- B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

POSTAGE DUES: 1899-1900 ½d to 2/- SG D1-16 complete, characteristic perfs & centring, large-part o.g., the 4d 10d & 1/- are unmounted, Cat £630+. (Qty 14)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

LIFE INSURANCE: 1891-1969 specialised collection by paper, watermarks & perforations with minor varieties annotated, reasonably complete from First Issue (ex 1/-) with many extras noted 1913 De La Rue paper 1½d black block of 4 (three units **) & 6d marginal pair **; 1925-31 Cowan paper 1d Perf 14x15 vertical pair (one unit **), 3d Perf 14 strip of 5 plus variety Closed Top Loop in 'S' of 'SECURITY' x2 (single & in strip of 3) all used, 6d pink used; 1937 Wiggins Teape Paper 6d used x5; 1944-47 Multiple Wmk 3d used x2 & 6d used x2; 1967 Pictorials overprints in blocks */**, etc, two covers also, condition generally fine, Cat £1500+. (Qty 180+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1886-90 QV Perf 12½ 15/- blue-green, two short perfs at L/R, part o.g., Cat £1200 minimum.

Grade A- C2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500