Group of Specimen Overprints on 3 Different KEVII Issues and 8 KGV Issues, with both colours of the 1½d, 2d and 4d and two shades of the 3d. The surface printed 1½d brown orange stamp has a perf fault at top, else mostly fine. Uncommon material. (Image)

Estimate $ 250

1915-1927 ½d Yellow Green King George V Surface Printed Study Group, these can sometimes get overlooked, but can make for a fascinating collecting area. This grouping includes proof pairs, one black, two with different shades with "Colour Print" overprints. There is a trial "coil" single, printed watermark, many different shades, papers, and worn plates (which await your expert eye), plus a used single with a reversed watermark (CP NZ$375). The officials include different papers and perforations and the margin block of four includes one with "no stop after official". Overall fine to very fine, with 51 stamps in all. (Image)

Estimate $ 200

1915 King George V Definitives First Set Perforated 14 x 13½, Plus the War Tax Overprint, mint never hinged, each with two diagonal, hand applied, defacement bars that were given out each official guest at the new issue ceremony. Comes with the original glassine envelope. Certainly few can exist in this condition. (Image)

Estimate $ 200

Booklet Panes of the ½d Green King George V Perforated 14 x 15 on Jones Paper, having no advertisement, first block with 4 of the 6 stamps from the 1915 "dark green" pane, with "pair wide horizontal bar" (upper pair is lightly hinged, CP W4a(Y) - cat NZ$300 as two pairs). The complete pane of 6 (lightly hinged in upper selvedge only) is from the 1924 printing in a slightly lighter shade (CP W4c(Z) - catalogues NZ$300). Very fine. (Image)

CP NZ$ 600

Plate Proof Strip of Three ½d KGV Booklet Panes of Six in Black, on fully gummed, watermarked stamp paper, showing the side bars and the bars that are between 2 of the three panes present, very fine. These are often damaged due to their large size. (Image)

Estimate $ 300

1925 ½d Yellow Green Advertizing Booklet Pane of Six, with "Dainties" ad in the right and left selvedge, on perforated 14 x 15 "Cowan" paper, missing the top selvedge. A complete pane catalogues NZ$600 and three pairs NZ$375 (CP W4d (Y) or (R)). (Image)

Estimate $ 150

Group of Mint and Used ½d KGV Booklet Pairs, with 12 pairs and a block of four, some with advertisements some not. Includes Cameron Brothers (2 different ads) (CP - NZ$1475) as well as "Abdulla" "Jeyes", "Kodak", "Parisian" and no ad. Also includes a nice pair used on cover to the UK. Overall fine to very fine, and rarely offered. (Image)

Estimate $ 400

1915 ½d Yellow Green King George V Surface-Printed, Perforated 14, Part Imperforate, a mint never hinged upper margin block of four on the "chalky" Cowan paper, with the upper horizontal perforations missing. Lightly hinged at the top of the selvedge only, fine and scarce. Campbell Peterson # CP K13f(Y). (Image)

CP NZ$ 1,200

Preparatory Die Proof for the 1½d King George V Stamp, printed in black on thin card (39 x 44 mm), altered by removing and widening the value blocks from the ½d stamp, very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 400

Preparatory Die Proof for the 1½d King George V Stamp, printed in very deep, dark purple on glazed paper, this is a continuation of the previous proof, this time a "local plate" die proof with the denominations included. Prepared for the issue of April 1916 by surface printing, very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 350

Preparatory Die Proof for the 1½d King George V Stamp, being a third progression of the 1½d die proof, this time from the "London" plate, the actual (or very close) version that was printed in September, 1916. On thin, surface-coated card, very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 350

1915-1916 1½d Grey King George V Mint Study Group, with a plate proof block of four in black, and two "Colour Print" overprinted proof pairs in different shades. Blocks include "two-perf pairs" on the thin pictorial paper, as well as a block each of the two different pairs (one pair in each has no watermark due to misfeeding). An upper plate #14 pair rounds out this lot. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 150

1915-1916 2d King George V Mint Study Group, both colours of the 2d KGV "Recess printed" definitive are here. The purple shade has a block of plate proofs in black, a block of "Colour Print" overprinted plate proofs in purple, a lower right corner block of four and a two-perf pair. The 2d yellow has a "Colour Print" overprint on a perforated stamp (usually for approved colours), another two-perf pair and a block, plus a single with "no watermark" (listed but unpriced in CP). The never hinged block of 24 is the line perf 14 on "provisional "Pictorial" paper (CP K2g - catalogues NZ$720 in CP). Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 350

1915-1916 2½d Blue King George V Study Group, the 2½d is a bit different from the rest of these offerings, in that most of the stamps are used, which is actually better this way, including an upper left corner "Plate 17" block of four (with oily postmarks, Campbell Paterson NZ$900 as mint, unpriced used) and a two-perf block of four (CP NZ$700 as used). Also includes a mint single. Fine-Very fine overall (Image)

Estimate $ 250

1916 3d Chocolate King George V Study Group, this issue's offering starts with blocks of plate proofs on thin card and on unwatermarked paper, followed by a proof pair with a watermark reading "PAPER". Two "Colour Print" singles are in different shades, and there are mint and used shades, perforations, two-perf pairs, and the "Provisional" issue of 1916 on "Pictorial" paper (with a mint sheet margin block that is "double gummed"). The officials include a good two-perf pair and nice upper corner block of the "Pictorial" paper. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 200

1915-1922 4d Orange-Yellow King George V, Perforated 14 x 13½, Plate 20, a mint never hinged complete sheet of 120 which includes a Campbell Paterson-listed re-entry at position 4/10 (KV5a(b) c.v NZ$300). Has been folded in a couple of directions over the years, and one stamp in the middle has a stain which is visible on both sides, otherwise very fine, and Scott catalogue value is for the sheet without the re-entry. (Image)

Scott U$ 2,100

1915 4d Yellow King George V Study Group, starts with a proof block in black (with partial "Specimen" watermark), a proof single in black overprinted "Cancelled", an orange-yellow "Colour Print" proof single, and a similar block in a much darker shade, a couple of mint singles and a used single apparently with a retouching are completed with a used two-perf block with a Plate 20 re-entry on the upper left stamp (CP K5c(Z) - NZ$800). Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 250

1916 4d Violet King George V Study Group, starting with a fresh mint two-perf pair with a plate 20 re-entry on the upper stamp (CP K5f(Z) - NZ$800.) a two-perf pair and block of four in different shades. There is a used plate 20 single (CP NZ$250 as mint) and two mint plate 44 singles (CP NZ$400. each as singles). last but not least are a mint and a used Official. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 350

1915 4½d Deep Green King George V Mint Study Group, this is one of the simpler denominations in this set, but can still make for an interesting study. The black proof block is on unwatermarked paper, the pair is also unwatermarked but came from the unwatermarked portion of a watermarked sheet. The two "Colour Prints" blocks include a deep olive-green shade and a second shade much closer to the colour of issue. There are also two mint singles with different perforations and a two-perf vertical pair. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 200

1922 5d Blue King George V, a mint never hinged (hinged in margin only) upper left corner plate 43 block of four, with bright, fresh colour and very fine. Different shades exist, we have counted it as the least expensive in the 2019 Campbell Paterson at NZ$1,600. (Image)

CP NZ$ 1,600

1922 5d Blue King George V Study Group, includes a lower sheet margin proof block of four in black, on watermarked paper, two singles of each perforation and a used two-perf pair (CP K7c - catalogues NZ$700). Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 200

1922 5d Blue King George V, Imperforate, mint never hinged vertical pair, with bright colour and large margins, very fine. A scarce item which is not often seen, or offered. CP K7a(Y). (Image)

CP NZ$ 1,600

1915 6d King George V Plate Proof in Black, a striking upper left corner block of 20, on ungummed, watermarked stamp paper (WMK inverted), showing plate "38" in upper left margin, alongside "72" and "B" pencil notations, very fine. A block of the issued stamp with plate 38 catalogues NZ$1,400. (Image)

Estimate $ 250

1915-1916 6d Carmine King George V Study Group, with two proof blocks in black (one on unwatermarked paper, the other with an upright watermark) and a perforated pair with near issued colour overprinted "Colour Print". There is a mint and a used single of the different perforations, a two-perf block. The sideways block is on "pictorial" paper, indicated by its sideways watermark and the reversed stamp in the picture has no watermark. The "Official" overprints include a nice study of shades and perforations including a two-perf block. Fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 250

1915-1920 7½d Deep Red Brown King George V Study Group, with an upper left corner plate 24 proof block of six on unwatermarked paper, plus two different trial shade imperforate blocks overprinted "Colour Trial". Also a lower sheet margin block and single representing the two different perforations and a sheet margin two-perf vertical pair. Fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 200