Carton containing album with Pre-Decimals 1940-66 ½d & 1d dates; Decimals 1967-1980 1c to $1 (large) dates, many appear to be from Unc sets; plus Uncirculated sets (19), and 1968-2004 Proof sets (14), condition virtually all Proof or Unc. Weighs 9kg. (100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Selection of 1890s-1950s issues predominantly mint including 1898 Pictorials 6d red, 8d & 9d plus 1907-08 Small Format 6d, 1906 Christchurch Exhibition set, 1909 KEVII set plus 1/- 'OFFICIAL' overprint, 1914 Auckland Exhibition overprints set, 1915-33 KGV Heads range, 1919 Victory set x2, 1926-34 KGV Admiral 2/- & 3/- plus 2/- 'OFFICIAL' overprint, 1935 Pictorials 2/- Cook 'OFFICIAL' overprint, a few KGVI & QEII sets *, also Postal Fiscals QV Tall Stamps 10/- brown, Life Insurance 1891-1904 Lighhouse 'VR' 1d blue, 1913-37 without 'VR' 6d pink x2, etc, condition a little variable but mostly fine to very fine, Cat £2000+. (100+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

Carton of mint & used collections including QV with 1898 Pictorials to 2/- used & 5/- (fiscal cancel) including 2½d 'LAKE WAKATIPU' mint and used, KGVI Imprint and Plate Number blocks, QEII 1953 to 10/- mint (x2) and used, 1960 to £1 mint, Health issues including 1931 Smiling Boys 1d * & used and 2d used and later M/Ss, Officials, Life Insurance, Express Delivery, Stamp Duty, Postage Dues, and Ross Dependency, condition variable. Weighs 7kg. (many 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

Extensive specialised collection starting with 1935 KGV Silver Jubilee Imprint and Plate Number blocks then a large quantity of similar KGVI and QEII Pre-Decimal blocks through to the mid 1990s with very high face value; varieties from 1960 Definitives through to 1967 Decimal Definitives with a few later issues including plated blocks, also coils & starters; shades by Campbell Paterson from Chalons onwards with plenty of KGV and KGVI period; club displays including some flight covers, and plenty more. Weighs 29kg. (1000s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

Extensive used collection in three Lighthouse albums including a smattering of Chalons, Health Issues including 2d Smiling Boy fine used and various M/Ss, the main strength is from 1940s up to 2006, includes Ross Dependency, Postage Dues, Officials & Life Insurance, condition overall is very fine. Weighs 11kg. (1000s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Kiloware & covers in three archive boxes with a quantity of used sorted into envelopes and packets, then a range of covers including censored mail, airmails & first flights, as well as FDCs, plus small group of postcards from or to New Zealand. Weighs 15kg. (1000s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Seven albums with an assortment of 19th Century issues including a few Chalons and some 1898 Pictorials, Health M/Ss, Postal Fiscals Arms used, Postage Dues, also some Tokelau & Kiribati. Weighs 18kg. (1000s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Decimals 1967-2006 accumulation in albums plus duplicates in packets including Health issues, M/Ss, sheetlets, booklets, and 1996-2006 corner blocks of six, face value stated to be NZ$4500+. Weighs 10kg. (many 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

NZ Post 'Limited Edition' books 63, 68, 72, 73, 77 x2, 78 x2 & 79 containing M/Ss, colour separations, FDCs, etc. (9) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1855-73 QV Chalons Hausberg reprinted imperforate plate proofs 3d, 4d, 6d & 1/- all in black on thin card in matching horizontal pairs, very fine impressions, margins close to large. (4 pairs) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1862-64 Chalons Large Star Watermark Imperforate 1d carmine-vermilion SG 35 (CP A1e4), margins close to good, unused, Cat £1000 (CP NZ$2000). (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1864 Chalons NZ Watermark Perf 13 at Dunedin 1/- yellow-green SG 106 (CP A6hY), characteristic uneven perfs, very fine large-part 'DUNEDIN/AU18/64' duplex datehead cancel, Cat £1000 (CP NZ$2500). (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1857-63 Chalons No Watermark Imperforate Thick Paper 2d blue SG 10 (CP A2c3) horizontal pair, margins just clear to good, two light strikes of Numeral '7' cancel, Cat £360+ (CP NZ$750+) for singles. (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1894 Private Essays (circa) Large Format Queen & Sailing Ship Design imperforate sheetlet of 10 (5x2) in red-violet on thick unwatermarked ungummed wove paper, a few minor blemishes on the face. A similar very fine sheetlet sold at our auction of 27.3.2025 for $2318 (Sale 259 Lot 2036). This and the next lot are the last of these items consigned to us. These essays were submitted to the New Zealand Post Office by Charles Lewis MP of Christchurch and bear the inscription 'THE LEWIS ENGRAVING PROCESS' in the ribbon below the portrait. They are considered by some to be part of the development process resulting in the iconic 1898 Pictorials series, or could simply have been submitted as samples of his printing process. (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1894 Private Essays (circa) Large Format Queen & Sailing Ship Design imperforate sheetlet of 10 (5x2) in red-violet on thick unwatermarked ungummed wove paper, largely very fine with just a few light marks in the right-hand margin. A similar sheetlet sold at our auction of 27.3.2025 for $2318 (Sale 259 Lot 2036). This and the previous lot are the last of the group consigned to us. (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1898-1907 Small Pictorials & Penny Universals group including Double Perfs, Mixed Perfs, Grossly Misplaced Perfs, Official Repairs, Kiss Prints, Pre-Printing Paper Folds, ½d green Plate Number '2' block of 4, 1d Booklet Pane of 6, 1d Bi-Colour Plate (?) Number '9' corner single, also a few Second Sidefaces including ½d & 2½d used blocks of 4 and Penny Dominion Imperf Pair with fake cancel, Dominion 1d with cds including '1JA01' First Day of Issue x4, 'BRIT ANTARCTIC EXPD' on 1d and 'EXHIBITION/CHRISTCHURCH' on Universal 1d pair (very scarce on non-Exhibition stamps), generally fine to very fine. Good lot for the specialist. (74) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1902-07 Pictorials NZ Star Watermark Compound Perf 14x11 6d Kiwi carmine-rose SG 335 (CP E14h), quite well-centred, fine large-part '[AU]CKLAND/21MY06' cds cancel, Cat £750 (CP NZ$2000). (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1906 Christchurch Exhibition ½d to 6d set SG 370-373 characteristic rough perfs & variable centring, lightly mounted or with small hinge remainders, Cat £300. (4) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1913 Auckland Exhibition Overprints ½d to 6d set SG 412-415, lightly mounted, Cat £425. (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1915 KGV Recess imperf plate proof blocks of 4 on ungummed watermarked paper 2d 3d 6d * 8d and unwatermarked 3d & 6d, also Typo 1½d 2d & 3d, good even margins, very fine to superb. (9 blocks) (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

1930 Health 'Smiling Boy' 1d+1d red & 2d+1d blue SG 546 & 547, quite well-centred, lightly mounted, Cat £160. (2) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1935 Pictorials 6d Harvesting SG 564 corner pair from the lower-left of the sheet with Crack through Plate Number '1' CP L9b4 Cat NZ$400; and marginal single with 'Official' overprint showing a slightly earlier state of the Crack, a bit aged; both unmounted. (2 items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1953-59 QEII Definitives 1d orange imperforate plate proof in the issued colour on thick card, marginal horizontal pair from the right-hand side of the sheet. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1955-59 QEII Definitives imperforate plate proofs in the issued colours on gummed watermarked paper comprising Cream Paper 2d green and White Paper 2d green, 4d blue & 6d purple, all in horizontal pairs with wide margins, unmounted. (4 pairs) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1963 Health (Prince Andrew) 3d+1d Blood-Stained Finger SG 816a Original State in a block of 6 (**) and Retouched in blocks of 10 (5x2 **) or 15 (5x3 */**) x2, Cat £90+ for the first block. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100