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A fine mint example with large part original gum. The albino impression can be seen 1½mm to right and 1mm above the inked overprint.

A scarce variety of the first British stamps overprinted 'NAURU".

Nauru was occupied by Australian forces following the outbreak of World War I. During this time, Australian stamps overprinted 'North West Pacific Islands' were used from 1914 to 1916. The British government took control of the island and British stamps were then overprinted 'NAURU' and were first issued in October 1916.

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A fresh and fine mint example with large part original gum.

Exceptionally rare as one of only two possible with this combination of varieties.

Provenance: Ex Keith Buckingham (Grosvenor 28/2/2006, lot 827).

Nauru was occupied by Australian forces following the outbreak of World War I. During this time, Australian stamps overprinted 'North West Pacific Islands' were used from 1914 to 1916. The British government took control of the island and British stamps were then overprinted 'NAURU' and were first issued in October 1916.

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A brilliant quality mint example with original gum. Couple of slightly shortish perforations, but still very fine for this rare printing variety, and plated to R4/7 of the setting by diagnostic flaws.

Provenance: Ex Keith Buckingham (Grosvenor 28/2/2006, lot 829, realised £211).

Nauru was occupied by Australian forces following the outbreak of World War I. During this time, Australian stamps overprinted 'North West Pacific Islands' were used from 1914 to 1916. The British government took control of the island and British stamps were then overprinted 'NAURU' and were first issued in October 1916.

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A fine mint example with original gum.

Only one pane originally existed, from 'I16' printing, and very scarce.

Provenance: Ex Keith Buckingham (Grosvenor 28/2/2006, lot 823).

Nauru was occupied by Australian forces following the outbreak of World War I. During this time, Australian stamps overprinted 'North West Pacific Islands' were used from 1914 to 1916. The British government took control of the island and British stamps were then overprinted 'NAURU' and were first issued in October 1916.

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A very fine unmounted mint positional block of four with full original gum. Trivial handling bends, immaterial to overall quality.

A very scarce and attractive piece in this positional form. Only two sheets originally existed.

Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £480+.

Nauru was occupied by Australian forces following the outbreak of World War I. During this time, Australian stamps overprinted 'North West Pacific Islands' were used from 1914 to 1916. The British government took control of the island and British stamps were then overprinted 'NAURU' and were first issued in October 1916.

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A fine mint positional block with large part original gum. Four of the stamps are unmounted mint. The bottom right stamp has tiny tone speck on reverse, inconsequential as a very attractive positional multiple with very fresh colour.

Scarce in this form and quality.

Nauru was occupied by Australian forces following the outbreak of World War I. During this time, Australian stamps overprinted 'North West Pacific Islands' were used from 1914 to 1916. The British government took control of the island and British stamps were then overprinted 'NAURU' and were first issued in October 1916.

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A very fine and fresh unmounted mint example with full original gum.

Rare as not distributed by the Universal Postal Union (UPU), with only part of a single pane (120 stamps) released by the British Philatelic Museum Archives.

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A brilliant quality mint block with original gum. Most importantly, the valuable printing varieties are unmounted mint. A beautifully presented philatelic piece.

Very scarce in this form and condition.

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £700++.

Nauru was occupied by Australian forces following the outbreak of World War I. During this time, Australian stamps overprinted 'North West Pacific Islands' were used from 1914 to 1916. The British government took control of the island and British stamps were then overprinted 'NAURU' and were first issued in October 1916.

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A fine mint example with large part original gum. Faintly yellowish gum, still fine and very rare.

Provenance: Ex Keith Buckingham (Grosvenor 28/2/2006, lot 815) and illustrated on p.78 of his book.

Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £400.

Nauru was occupied by Australian forces following the outbreak of World War I. During this time, Australian stamps overprinted 'North West Pacific Islands' were used from 1914 to 1916. The British government took control of the island and British stamps were then overprinted 'NAURU' and were first issued in October 1916.

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A fine and fresh unmounted mint positional block of four with full original gum. Some gum wrinkling, mentioned for accuracy, but a unique positional block from this printing.

Provenance: Ex Keith Buckingham (Grosvenor 28/2/2006, lot 810, realised £341).

Nauru was occupied by Australian forces following the outbreak of World War I. During this time, Australian stamps overprinted 'North West Pacific Islands' were used from 1914 to 1916. The British government took control of the island and British stamps were then overprinted 'NAURU' and were first issued in October 1916.

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A very fine mint strip of 3 with original gum. Most pleasingly, the variety is unmounted mint. R6/3 shows constant broken 'N'.

A very scarce variety of the first British stamps overprinted 'NAURU".

Nauru was occupied by Australian forces following the outbreak of World War I. During this time, Australian stamps overprinted 'North West Pacific Islands' were used from 1914 to 1916. The British government took control of the island and British stamps were then overprinted 'NAURU' and were first issued in October 1916.

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A fine mint set with original gum and most of the stamps are unmounted mint. The 3d stamp has a tone spot and the 1s pair with faintly toned gum, but overall a fine, scarce and desirable group of the first British stamps overprinted "NAURU".

Nauru was occupied by Australian forces following the outbreak of World War I. During this time, Australian stamps overprinted 'North West Pacific Islands' were used from 1914 to 1916. The British government took control of the island and British stamps were then overprinted 'NAURU' and were first issued in October 1916.

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £600.

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A very fine unmounted mint positional strip of three with full original gum.

A scarce stamp as only 1,200 were originally issued, and particularly rare as a positional multiple. Accompanied with a matching strip on Watermark MCA paper (SG 34) for comparison. An attractive pair.

Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £397.50+.

The New Hebrides is an island group in the south-west Pacific. In 1878, they were recognised as an area of joint Anglo-French influence. The position was regularised by the Convention of 20 October 1906 which created a Condominium, the two nations having equal rights and shares in the administration of the islands.

A joint issue with the French authorities, inscribed "NEW HEBRIDES" over a design including the coats of arms of both France and Britain was denominated in British currency. These were in use for several years, but as the stocks ran out in 1920, the less-popular values had to be surcharged "1d." and "2d.". New stamps in different colours were released the following year, making such surcharged stamps now very rare.

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A superb unmounted mint pair with full original gum. Attractive example of this famous error and rare in this se-tenant positional form.

Accompanied with a Roumet Histoire Postale certificate of authenticity, (1999).

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A superb unmounted mint set with full original gum.

The 25f on 25c and 30f on 30c are very scarce.

These 1972 definitive stamps were overprinted with surcharges for the new currency in 1977 (100 centimes = 1 New Hebrides Franc).

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A very fine unmounted mint set of specimens with full original gum. Only minor condition issues, which do not detract, with the odd shortish perforations and minor separations.

Overall a fine quality set which are rare in this form as multiples.

These "SPECIMEN" examples were used solely by postal administrations for reference purposes to help spot any attempted forgeries.

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £700+.

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A fine unmounted mint complete sheet with full original gum. Some imperfections (portion of right margin missing, gum tones, light creases, marginal separation), but most stamps fine and fresh.

A remarkable item for philatelic study.

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £2,160+.

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A brilliant unmounted mint positional block with full original gum. Small marginal annotation by R2/1, row 5 with gum creasing and R6/1 with pinhole, inconsequential to what is an overall stunningly preserved piece.

A rare and splendid multiple, showing prominent constant overprint flaws on R2/4, R3/3-6, R4/3-4, R5/4-5, R6/3-4 and R7/5-6.

Campbell Paterson Specialised New Zealand catalogue price: NZ$5,150.

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A large well-centred example, nicely used with part "2 MR 07" circular date stamp. Light corner bend, but benefits from exceptional colour and much finer than most examples found.

Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £375.

An attractive New Zealand pictorial stamp issue, particularly striking in this colour, with Mount Cook holding deep spiritual significance and home to New Zealand's tallest mountain and longest glacier.

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A fine used pair for this issue.

A scarce multiple with the reversed watermark printing variety.

Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £200+.

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A fine used example for this issue with part circular date stamp.

An important New Zealand early pictorial stamp issue with Mount Cook holding deep spiritual significance and home to New Zealand's tallest mountain and longest glacier.

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £75.

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A fine mint block. The upper left stamp has a faint tone spot which is immaterial to overall quality and still very fine.

Provenance: Ex Michael Burberry, the recognised authority on varieties of the New Zealand pictorial stamps. and tentatively plated as R1/2/7-8.

Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £640+.

One of the most attractive designs from what was the first pictorial series from a major British colony. The design of Milford Sound is home to some of the most impressive waterfalls on Earth.

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A fine and fresh block with large part original gum and the lower pair being unmounted mint. There are folded vertical perforations, which barely detract from overall quality.

A very scarce multiple, particularly in such fine condition.

The Campbell Paterson Catalogue value is $550 for one unmounted mint example.

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A fine unmounted mint positional strip of five with original gum. Lightly toned but attractive and rare in this positional form, with full imprint. Surviving positional pieces usually show only a small part of the imprint.

Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £650+.

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A fine and fresh block with large part original gum and the lower pair being unmounted mint. There are a couple of shortish perforations, which are fairly inconsequential to overall quality.

A very scarce multiple, particularly in such fine condition.

The Campbell Paterson Catalogue value is $550 for one unmounted mint example.

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