ex lot 2 - prestige philately · c fiji volumes eight & nine with whites aviation x2 (of only 4...

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MISCELLANEOUS

Ex Lot 2

C/CL Covers assortment with an array of modern Solomons commercial covers with lots of nice stamps, album pages with shipboard covers, 1933 Pitcairn Agency commercial cover, New Hebrides 1921 commercial to South Africa, Papua 1/6d Airmail registered FDC, New Zealand commercial airmails including 1940 5/9d via USA to GB & Aug 1940 "Horseshoe Route" to GB, etc, condition variable. Ex Gerald Patterson. (100+)

2

300

Ex Lot 7

C Shoebox of covers with New Zealand including a bundle of KEVII-KGV Period machine cancels many with slogans, 1896 OPSO wrapper to NSW with 'PRINTED MATTER ONLY' h/s, 1900 OPSO address label on parcel piece, commercial airmails, group of early PPCs etc; also a bundle of covers & postcards to Fiji from around the world; etc. Ex Patterson Family. (200+)

7

250


PICTURE POSTCARDSIn our auction of 29/3/2008, we successfully offered some 300 Pacific Islands PPCs from the "Cartophile" Collection. On this occasion, courtesy of Max Shekleton and Dr Don Welsh (Fiji only), we are delighted to bring you almost 1500 of these elusive and popular cards. The emphasis is on pre-1920 cards, with many "real photo" & other elusive types throughout. Please note that mixed condition is the order of the day. Having said that, the quality is generally good to fine, with very few cards of lesser standard, and many that qualify as very fine to superb.

Ex Lot 19

C FIJI - Fiji Based Publishers: LN Anderson Levuka Series 1 x6, 1a "Street Scene Levuka" (the only recorded view), 2 x6; Gus Arnold Suva Series 1 x4, 2 x7 & 3 x1; Arnold & Co Series 1 x2 & 2 x4; AM Brodziak & Co Suva Series 1 x24 including a few terrific subjects, 2 x1, 3 x3 & 4 x8; and J Butler Suva x4.

The Fijian cards in this sale were collected by Dr Don Welsh from Canada. Don collaborated with Elsie Stephenson for her book "Fiji's Past on Picture Postcards" (1997) & with John Dear for his catalogue "The Picture Postcards of Fiji" (2008). The collection was assembled as per the latter book so we have chosen to present it in the same manner. With a total of almost 900 cards, Don Welsh's collection offers a fascinating social blueprint of Fiji in the early years of the 20th Century. However, several thousand views are recorded, so a great opportunity exists to adopt an exciting new collecting interest. [The same comments as apply to Max Shekleton's cards are relevant here. The major difference is that a high proportion are used. We have not had the time to check for postmarks, destinations etc so close inspection is likely to be rewarded] (71)

19

500T

Ex Lot 20

C FIJI Volume Two with FW Caine Suva Series 1 x6, 2 x2, 3 x4, 4 x1, 5 x21, 5a x5 & 5b x1, 6 x3 & 6a x3; Caine's Studios/Caine Jannif Ltd Series 1 x5, 2a x5 & 2b x8; Fiji Museum x2; Fiji Post Card Coy Levuka "English Harbour, Fanning Island"; FW Gardiner Suva Series 1 x2 & 2 x6. (75)

20

500T

Ex Lot 21

C FIJI Volume Three with FW Gardiner Suva Series 4 x11, 4a x3, 4b x1, 5 x6, 6 x2, 6a x3, 7 x4 & 8 x1; GL Griffiths Suva x13; Hedemann & Co Levuka Series 2 x2 (both defective), 4 x2, 5 x1 & 6 x9; Le Faivre's Art Studios Suva x2; Henry Marks & Co x11; and EP Mendoza Levuka x1. (72)

21

500T

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Ex Lot 22

C FIJI Volume Four with Carl Meyer Suva x5; Michelmore Suva Series 2 x6 & 3 x1; Arthur Mills Suva Series 1 x6, 3 x12 & 4 x11; Morris Hedstrom & Co Levuka Series 2 x6, 2a x1 & 4 x14; Robbie & Co Levuka Series 1 x8. (70)

22

500T

Ex Lot 23

C FIJI Volume Five with Robbie & Co Levuka Series 2 x9; Stinson Studio Suva Series 1 x13, 3 x1, 4 x1 & 5 x5; Stinson-Perks Series 1 x38; Co-Operative (Anon) x16; Co-Op Copyright Series 1 x1 & 2 x9; many are from the 1940s. (93)

23

500T

Ex Lot 24

C FIJI Volume Six with Stinsons/Stinsons Ltd Series 1 x3, 1a x2, 3a x1, 3b x11, 3d x1, 3e x5 & 4 x75; mostly 1950s colour photos. (98)

24400T

Ex Lot 25

C FIJI Volume Seven with Stinsons/Stinsons Ltd continuation of Series 4 x27 & 5 x1 (1950s or later colour photos); L Turley x1; JW Waters Suva Series 1 x4, 2 x1, 3 x22 & 5 x23 (one of the most attractive series of Fijian cards); and Western Pacific Herald Suva Series 2 x4. (83)

25

500T


Ex Lot 26

C FIJI Volumes Eight & Nine with Whites Aviation x2 (of only 4 recorded, 1950s); and an array of modern cards x106. (108)

26200T

Ex Lot 27

C FIJI Australian & New Zealand Publishers: Volume Ten with a very scarce array including Hussey & Gillingham Adelaide x8; Kerry & Co Sydney x6; Sheldon Drug Co x5; etc, & a few modern cards. (56)

27500T

Ex Lot 28

C FIJI British & European Publishers: Volume Eleven including Raphael Tuck x22; Valentine & Sons x4; Bergeret & Cie France x3 (one used at Fanning Island); British & Foreign Imports Italy x9; a few US & a few modern cards. (49)

28

300T

Ex Lot 29

C FIJI Miscellaneous Publishers: Volume Twelve including two French missionary cards, a good range without publisher details including 'Pacific Island Series' complete set of 10 (56)

29400T


Ex Lot 30

C FIJI Volumes Thirteen to Fifteen with the balance of the collection, lots of anonymous publishers, Zieher-type "stamps" cards x8 (5 with inset views), real-photo types, advertising for President Suspenders x3, QSL ham-radio cards x10, a few oversized cards & some related items including an immaculate stereo card. (134)

30

500T


FIJI - MISCELLANEOUS LOTSVirtually all the untaxed Fijian lots are from the fine and extensive collection formed by our long-time client, Levuka-born Gerald Patterson, now from New South Wales. The collection was largely assembled prior to 1980, with most major purchases being in the 1960s & 1970s. In 1970, Gerald Patterson was presented with the Mail Coach Award, the top honour at Stampex in London. It can thus be seen that the vast majority of the collection is "new" to the market.

Ex Lot 82

OCPS Oddments including Fiji Times Express 1d SG 5 with manuscript cancel (Cat £2000), WWII Bomber Fund & 'FIJI/GIFTS/TO BRITAIN' labels, US Forces covers with various postmarks (8, & an airgraph), Postal Stationery including KGV 1d & 2d Envelopes & 2d Letter Card (optd 'SPECIMEN'), 1942 1d banknote, 1930 2d 3d & 6d meter impression proofs, carte de visite signed "Sir Harry Luke" etc. Ex Donald Welsh. (49 items)

82

500T

FIJI - 1876-1877 Script 'VR' UnderprintsWhile having the appearance of being overprinted, this issue was produced by printing the 'CR' designs on paper on which the fancy 'VR' Monogram was already printed!

Lot 156

C LAID PAPER: 1d deep blue & 2d deep green imperforate plate proof pairs plus Altered Dies 2d (corner fault) all tied by Suva cds of 26AU/1890 to 1890 cover to England, fine 'BISHOPS AUCKLAND' arrival b/s, two light vertical folds between the pairs & affecting the 2d single. A remarkable albeit philatelic franking, paying the correct 8d rate, current 7/12/1888 to 10/10/1890 only.

156 B

500

FIJI - Postage Dues

Lot 228

C 1917 Thick Yellowish Laid Paper ½d black SG D1 (excellent centring) & Narrow Setting 1d SG D5b tied to local Monckton cover by Sunburst, ¼d (surface fault) only tied by GPO cds of 14/JAN/1918, boxed 'T ("1½")' h/s, the flap removed, Cat £615 x6+ on cover.

228 A-

1,000

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Lot 231

C 1917 Thick Yellowish Laid Paper 2d SG D3 (unperforated at left) & 3d SG D4 vertical pair (unperforated at right, small fault at upper-right) tied to local stampless cover by Sunburst, GPO cds of 4/JUN/1918, boxed 'T ("8")' h/s, light horizontal fold clear of the stamps, Cat £320+ x6+ on cover. A rare commercial cover, and the highest franking we have seen with the early Postage Dues. Not recorded by Alford: his highest franking is a single 4d on two different covers]

231 B

1,250

Lot 239

C 1917-18 Second Issue with Narrower Setting ½d black SG D5a tied by Sunburst to 1917 cover from Australia to Norfolk Island & redirected to Suva (b/s), mss "T ½d" obscured by the Postage Due, minor blemishes, Cat £300 x6+ on cover. Another rare commercial cover. [The rate was initially correctly paid at the Australian & Territories printed matter rate of ½d per 2oz. However, the rate to other British possessions was 1d. The redirection attracted the deficiency only & no penalty. See Alford at p126]

239 A-

1,000

Lot 240

C 1917-18 Second Issue with Narrower Setting ½d & 1d SG D5a & 5b - both marginal examples - tied by Sunbursts to local Monckton cover franked ¼d only tied by GPO cds of 11/MAR/18, boxed 'T ("1½")' h/s obscured by the Postage Dues, minor blemishes, Cat £440 x6+ on cover. [In the Second Issue, the sheets were perforated on all outer sides]

240 A-

1,000

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Lot 246

C 1940 New Colours & Denominations 1d green SG D11 tied to 1941 commercial cover from Suva with 2d Map only by 'NAUSORI/8 FEB 41/FIJI' cds, rubber 'T/10' h/s in violet, Cat £70 x15+. [From 1/1/1941, a War Tax of ½d per article was payable. Don Welsh's similarly addressed cover from the same correspondence but with Postage Due 2d sold for $1380 (2006)]

246 A

1,000

Lot 247

C 1940 New Colours & Denominations 2d green SG D12 tied to apparently commercial cover from Hawaii with US 3c only by 'SUVA/3SEP40/FIJI' cds, American rubber 'T20' h/s in purple, minor blemishes, Cat £70 x15+.

247 A-

750

FIJI - "Cinderellas"

Lot 250

O 1892 Cake Fair large piece from 6d 'FIJI CAKE FAIR' Envelope with 1892-93 Perf 11x10 2d pale green SG 83 tied by 'GPO SUVA/19/JUN/94' cds, addressed to Maud Walker, creased through the adhesive. Rare. [A complete envelope with 2d used on the same date, sold for $A2310 at the Macray Watson auction of 29/7/1997. Rodger at page 182 recorded only two complete envelopes, dated 30/AUG/93 and 19/JUN/94]

250

500


FIJI - Postal History

Ex Lot 259

DC Extensive annotated collection of meter marks with many on cover & many with advertising slogans. Noted 1930 proof strikes of M1 (5) & N1 (3) machines, 1930s usages for Morris Hedstrom (4) & Michelmore Chemist, then an array of later types including a few from Lami, Lautoka, Nadi & Sigatoka. Ex Gordon Rodger. (100+ items)

259

200

C/CL Large carton crammed with a mostly QEII & Republic period quantity of commercial mail with a wide array of Definitives to 5/- Gold, 5/- Pigeon & $2 Bird and Commemoratives including higher values, some unusual rates including Second Class Airmail, 1c local delivery etc, many registered & lots of postmark interest, a few taxed & missent items noted. A goldmine for the "usage" collector. Mostly Patterson Family mail, including numerous airmails to Gerald in the UK. (1000+)

260

200

Ex Lot 261

C Packet of Post Office forms etc including Parcel Post Customs Declaration x3 (one an unused 1944 form printed on an old map), OHMS resealing labels on blue yellow or gold paper, telegrams (one with 'TELEGRAPH OFFICE/ LAUTOKA FIJI' cds) & telegram envelopes etc, mostly used. (20 items)

261 A/B

Offer

Ex Lot 262

C/CO Useful "scraps". Have a look. (60+ items)262 Offer

C/CL Box of mostly post-WWII official mail with an array of imprints, "Franks" etc, noted a registered 'TELEGRAM' envelope (most unusual), lots of duplication but an ideal basis for a new "budget" collection, mostly to members of the Patterson Family. (100+)

263

Offer

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Ex Lot 264

C/CL Shoebox of philatelic covers with FDCs, shipboard covers, airmails including 1930 pilot-signed x3 & "Adi Lagi" message printed in red (front only), Oct 1939 Fiji-Tonga & Tonga-Fiji per "Aotearoa", 16/3/1941 Tonga-Fiji (Bryan Jones says less than 25 have survived), 1941 Pan Am x18, 1945 "Coriolanus" pilot-signed x2, etc, generally fine to very fine. (150 approx)

264

500

Ex Lot 265

C/CL Shoebox of covers with some better material including 1896 DLO 'RETURNED LETTER' Envelope, unusual destinations, bundles of official covers & meter cancel covers, some scarce frankings & useful postmarks, condition variable. (200+)

265

400T

Lot 266

C 1848 missionary's lengthy entire letter headed "Ono Feejee June 17 1848" & signed "David Hazlewood", to his brother in Suffolk, British 'SHIP-LETTER' h/s, London transit b/s of 13AU13/1849 & 'BURY-ST-EDMUNDS' arrival b/s in blue across the flap, rated "8" for an incoming shipletter, rather decrepit & amateurishly "repaired" with glassine strips. [Illustrated by Alford at page 2. He records only six pre-1850 covers from Fiji, of which this is the latest. Ono is a small island in the Kadavu Group, south of Viti Levu. 14 months transit time from the Pacific Islands to England was not unusual in this period]

Rev David Hazlewood arrived in Fiji by early 1845 & was active there until 1853. He died in Maitland NSW in 1855. His publications include a Fijian/English Dictionary & a Fijian Grammar. In the letter, he states: "There are on all the islands together perhaps three hundred thousand inhabitants. Till within these last few years they were all heathen and savages, killing and eating one another...the enemies they killed they baked and ate, and then cut up their bones into large needles to sew the sails of their canoes with. They go almost naked, wearing only a bandage of a few inches around their loins. This is the case with men and women...Most of the chiefs have several wives and some of the principal chiefs have a score or two. When a chief dies some of his wives are strangled and buried with their husband...when any one is sick long, or old and infirm...they bury him alive [writer's emphasis]. These things I have witnessed with my own eyes...remember dear brother that England was once nearly as bad". See also Lot 668, under New Zealand]

266 C

1,000


Ex Lot 267

C/L 1861 unstamped cover to "Revd GH Nobbs/Norfolk Island" & endorsed "Favd by Smith Esqr", two rusty pinholes otherwise remarkably fine for a Nobbs cover, most of which were affected by damp &/or rats' droppings. An exceptional origin/destination item: acquired for $1322 at a Sydney auction in 2005. [With the 6pp letter headed "Mount Vernon/Ovalau/Apl 24th 1861" & signed "CBinner" who states "Colonel and Mrs Smythe...have been detained here for nearly 6 months...Col S was sent out by the British Government to inspect and report on Fiji with reference to the cessions now pending..."]

The writer was the wife of Revd John Binner, the training master at the Wesleyan Mission in Levuka. He was also a major trader. In 1858, one of his boats was taken by natives at Waea, who killed and ate the crew, one of whom was an American. A force aboard the US ship "Vandalia" attacked Waea, killing 20 natives & wounding a similar number, then burning their fort and town. (2 items)

267 B

1,500

Lot 268

CX 1872 (Dec 28) complete edition (two separated leaves) of the "Fiji Times" newspaper bearing 'Two/Cents' on 1d blue SG 13 (a couple of surface abrasions) tied by 'GPO/=LEVUKA-FIJI=' cds, the mailing wrapper with the address has been discarded, some foxing but still most presentable. A rare survivor: acquired for $2016 at our auction of 25/1/2003. [Interesting content, including postage rates as at 28/12/1872 including "Newspapers, out of Kingdom of Fiji 2 cents/for Kingdom of Fiji Free..." Also, "A delivery of town letters will be made...at a charge of 2 cents on letters not exceeding half an ounce". Illustrated by Alford at page 28]

268 C

1,500

Lot 269

C 1874 cover to London with rare franking of 'Twelve/Cents' on 6d SG 15 tied by an exceptional strike of the enormous undated oval 'JAMES LEVICK & [CO]/Merchants/LOMA LOMA/FIJI.' cachet, Sydney transit b/s of FE26/74 & London arrival b/s of MY4/74, repaired opening tear clear of the postmark & repaired upper-left corner. By far the finest & most complete strike of this marking we have seen: most examples are small-part strikes on single stamps. Ex Sir Lacon Threlford.

269 (B)

3,500


Lot 270

C 1874 flapless cover to London "Via San Francisco" with rare franking of 'Twelve/Cents' on 6d carmine-rose SG 15 (a couple of surface abrasions) & two strikes of 'GPO/MY12/1874/=LEVUKA-FIJI=' cds, unusual Foreign Branch arrival cds of 6JY/1874 on the face, repaired at upper-left where roughly opened. RPSofV Certificate (2012). [Mentioned by Alford at page 29]

270 B

1,500

Lot 271

C 1876 cover to Melbourne (b/s) with a very fine example of 1874 Gothic V.R. 'Twelve/Cents' on CR 6d rose SG 18 (Cat £200 x5+) tied by light sunburst cancel, 'GPO/AU30/1875/=LEVUKA-FIJI=' backstamp. Quite lovely. RPSofV Certificate (2011) states "has been professionally cleaned, and the stamp belongs to the cover".

271 A

3,500

Lot 272

C 1877 cover to Victoria with 'VR' Underprints Laid Paper 6d carmine-rose SG33a (small fault at top) tied by Sunburst cancel of 'LEVUKA' (cds at left), Melbourne arrival b/s, docketing at left, minor stain at the base.

272 A-

1,000


Ex Lot 273

C/CL 1880-1906 with pre-KEVII frankings including 1883 "Fiji Times" to Lower Rewa but with the stamp ripped-off, 1884 to GB with 2d strip of 4, 1887 part-cover with 1d x6 including a massive corner stamp, 1891 to Melbourne with 1d pair, 1891 to GB with '2½d. on 2d, 1892 bank cover with 'Four Pence' on 1d SG 41, 1893 to NZ with 'FIVE/PENCE' on 6d SG 75, 1897 'Ai Tukutuku Vakalotu' wrapper front, 1899 PPC of Suva Harbour to Germany, 1900 & 1901 long covers with frankings including QV 1/-, condition variable but many are fine to very fine. (31 items)

273

1,500

Lot 274

C 1881 cover to New Zealand "Per SS Southern Cross" with Altered Dies 2d green tied by a largely fine strike of the very rare undated "capsule" 'SUVA FIJI' handstamp, 'LEVUKA/AP17/1881=FIJI=' cds on the face, Auckland transit & Napier arrival b/s. The only recorded example of this marking on cover & the only date of use recorded by Proud: illustrated by Alford at page 69, where he states "Three other incomplete strikes of the handstamp are known". [Message below the flap states : "...I do not wish to miss this mail. Communication is so uncertain between this place [Suva] & Levuka". Two years later the capital - and GPO - was transferred to "this place"!]

274 A-

4,000

Lot 275

C 1882 commercial cover to Saxony with Altered Dies Perf 12½ 2d & 6d SG 37a & 38 tied by 'LEVUKA' cds, very fine strikes on face & reverse of the impressive 'DETAINED FOR ("2D")/ADDITIONAL POSTAGE' h/s, Perf 10x12½ 2d SG 47 (a deeper shade) added & tied by Sunburst cancel, London transit & superb 'KIRCHBERG i SACHSEN' arrival b/s, curious 3-line h/s of a Saxony educator in violet on the face, some soiling. A remarkable cover, illustrated by Alford at page 70. [The only example of this cachet noted by us. Proud at page 301 records only a 'DEFICIENT POSTAGE/FINE' h/s for Levuka, used 1887-93. Proud's 1888 cover to Samoa with Deficient Postage h/s of Suva sold for $3190 at the Macray Watson auction of 26/10/1999]

275 B

2,500


Lot 276

C 1884 cover to New Jersey "via Sydney" with scarce franking of Altered Dies 'Four Pence' 12½mm Overprint on 2d mauve SG 42 x2 tied by Suva cds, 'SAN FRANCISCO CAL/RECD' transit cds & 'US CHARGE/TO COLLECT 5 CENTS' h/s. Most attractive.

276 A-

750

Lot 277

C 1886 (c.) address panel fashioned from a piece of grey card (224x158mm) with a single small hole at each side where attached to a larger article, to GB "via San Francisco" with beautiful 3-colour franking of Altered Dies Perf 10 1d & 6d SG 39a & 45 - both enormous marginal stamps, the 1d from the left of the sheet & the 6d from the base of the pane & perforated at the base - & Perf 10x11¾ 2d SG 51 (issued 3/9/1886) tied by three fine "sunburst" cancels. A remarkably fine, attractive & significant item. [Alford records no parcel items from this period. This may be the earliest recorded parcel article from Fiji]

277 A

2,000

Lot 278

C 1890 commercial cover to France - an unusual destination from Fiji - with rare franking of Altered Dies Perf 10 'Four Pence' 14mm Overprint on 2d dull purple SG 43 (Cat £140 x8+ on cover) & 6d rose SG 48 tied by 'LEVUKA' cds, Suva transit & '...LES LYON/RHONE' arrival b/s, a little truncated on opening at right. A rare 10d rate cover.

278 B

750

Lot 279

CL 1891 Bank of New Zealand cover to Victoria "Per SS Birksgate" with Altered Dies 6d dull rose (an enormous corner example, unperforated at left), Melbourne arrival b/s, vertical fold.

279 B300


Lot 280

C 1893 Captain Herrold cover to Auckland (b/s) with scarce albeit philatelic 'FIVE/PENCE' on 6d 2mm Spacing SG 74 vertical pair (unperforated at left, the lower unit with Retaining Pin-Hole used to secure the sheet for overprinting, Cat £140 x5+ on cover) tied by 'LEVUKA/FIJI' cds, oval 'REGISTERED/LEVUKA FIJI' cachet (Proud #R1, recorded 1874-78 only) at lower-left, some spotting mainly on the reverse. Ex Gordon Rodger (2007): acquired for $1265. [Not listed by Alford]

280 B

850

Ex Lot 281

CL 1897 commercial linen-lined cover (reduced to 228x124mm) with Hedemann Evers & Co Levuka cachet on the flap, to the parent company in Germany "Via Vancouver" with remarkable solo franking of QV 5/- SG 69 (very fine) tied by Levuka cds, Suva (b/s), Liverpool & London transits & very fine Hamburg arrival b/s, two vertical folds well clear of the stamps, a bit soiled & with minor peripheral faults caused by the bulky contents. A highly significant cover, being the only commercial 5/- franking known to us.

Illustrated by Duberal at page 38. Duberal lists &/or illustrates 13 other 5/- covers, all of which are overtly philatelic creations. Alford at page 83 states "All covers seen must be philatelic, given the postal rates of the time". However, this cover passes the usual tests for a commercial usage: the sender was indeed a Levuka branch of a German company; it is reasonable to expect bulky documents to be sent between their offices; and the rate was correct for a letter weighing between 10½ & 11oz (2½d x22 = 4/7d + 4d registration + 1d late fee - see Proud at page 155 - = 60d or 5/-). In 1917, Hedemann Evers & Co was closed down for being an "enemy" business. The lot also includes a 1916 double-rate Hedemann Evers cover to Switzerland with KEVII 4d & 5d] (2 covers)

281 B

2,000

Lot 282

C 1898 usage of complete 'FIJI/PARCEL [coat of arms] POST/[For use for Parcels between Fiji and New South Wales]/FORM OF CUSTOMS DECLARATION.' form affixed to a parcel piece to England, GPO Suva cds & rare commercial franking of QV 1/- tied by bold Sunburst cancel, a bit soiled at the right; also the small associated 'FIJI/FOREIGN/AND/COLONIAL/PARCEL POST' label that had been removed from the parcel & affixed to the larger form by an earlier owner. A rare & desirable item. [Illustrated by Alford at page 79 & by Duberal at page 33. On 19/1/1897, the basic parcel rate to the UK was reduced to 1/- for the first pound (16oz) or part thereof. The packet of photographs weighed 9oz]

282 B

500


Lot 283

C 1898 cover to Victoria with Altered Dies Perf 11 6d dull rose SG 57 (Cat £60 x8+ on cover) tied by GPO cds, superb 'ALEXANDRA' arrival b/s, redirected to "Lorne", Melbourne b/s unusually after the redirection, minor blemishes. [The addressee, Rev HW Lane, was a leading philatelist. However, this may well have been a letter from a missionary. The rate of 2d + 4d registration - reduced from 5d in 1896 - is correct. See above Lot 282]

283 B

250

Lot 284

PS 1901 stampless OHMS 'RETURNED LETTER.' Envelope with 'Dead Letter Office, Fiji.' imprint at lower-left, to Suffolk with 'NEWMARKET' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. A rare & very early DLO item. [This is a good example of Postal Stationery that is excluded from the torturous FIP definition, because it doesn't bear an imprinted value]

284 B

500

Lot 285

F 1903 commercial double-rate cover to France originating at an outlying village or island with scarce franking of KEVII ½d 2d 2½d & 4d cancelled with ink lines, overstruck at Levuka where light boxed registration cachet applied, minor blemishes. [The rate was 2½d x2 + 4d registration = 9d]

285 B

150

Ex Lot 286

C 1904-11 covers with KEVII frankings including 1904 to South Africa with huge '1D' h/s for redirection fee, 1906 to German Samoa with 'APIA' b/s, 1907 double-rate to USA, 1909 Indian indentured labourer's registered cover to India with numerous b/s (opened-out for display), six Fijian PPCs, etc, condition variable. (15 items)

286

250


Lot 287

C 1906 stampless native cover endorsed "OHMS" but also with mss "T2d" in blue, superb strike of the brass straight-line 'LAKEBA' h/s in bluish-black, 'GPO SUVA/15/MAY/06/FIJI' arrival cds on the face, repaired tear at upper-left & minor spotting. A very early straight-line cover that is greatly enhanced by the official usage: the address translates as "The Government Minister, Native Lands Department, Suva". Ex Gordon Rodger (2007): acquired for $3335. [The brass straight-line cancels were issued to country post offices from 1905. Most are very elusive on commercial covers, and very few are recorded on KEVII period commercial covers]

287 B

2,500

Lot 288

C 1907 cover with printed Imperial Eagle over embossed 'KAISERLICH DEUTSCHES/KONSULAT.' to the Governor of Samoa with KEVII ½d & 1d x2 tied by 'LEVUKA' cds, light 'APIA' arrival b/s, minor defects.

288 B

150T

Ex Lot 289

C/CL 1913-36 bundle with KGV frankings including official & registered mail, destinations including Philippines, Samoa & Kenya, two 1914 PPCs to Germany with London 'UNDELIVERABLE/L.P.S.' h/s, very early M2 meter cover, illustrated cover for Davuilevu Boys' School x2, a few useful postmarks, War Stamp 1d pair with Plate '6' & Sheet Number, machine cancels etc, condition variable. (60+)

289

500


Lot 290

CL 1914 stampless OHMS cover with superb strike of the brass straight-line 'WAIVOU' h/s, 'GPO SUVA/28/OCT/ 1914/FIJI' arrival cds on the face, boxed 'T ("2d")' & a largely fine strike of the rare boxed 'PLEASE RETURN ENVELOPE/TO GPO WITH/NAME OF SENDER' (Proud #I27, recorded 5/12/1912 only) both suggesting that this was an unauthorised use of an OHMS envelope, duly endorsed "From S Lalanaisu/Fijian - Waivou", overall soiling & with pinholes at upper-left from being affixed in a Post Office file. Ex Gordon Rodger (2007): acquired for $4140. [The later of only two recorded examples of the boxed handstamp]

290 C

2,500

Lot 291

C 1917 OHMS 'RETURNED LETTER./Dead Letter Office, Fiji.' Envelope with 'RETURNED' & 'Dead' obliterated, 'FIJI/OFFICIAL/C.P./PAID' h/s at lower-left & 'G.P.O./[crown]/FIJI' impressed in wax on the flap, to Yorkshire with late usage of KGV 5d tied by 'SUVA FIJI/REGISTERED' cds & registration cachet at upper-left, London transit & 'BURSTWICK' arrival b/s, minor soiling. A most unusual emergency usage.

291 B

400

Lot 292

CL 1923 solicitor's cover to NSW with 2d grey tied by a superb strike of the very scarce boxed 'VISIT THE FIJI COURT/ British/Empire Exhibition/1924' cachet (ERD) in violet, GPO cds of 8NO/1923 below, central fold & folded at left for display. [Recorded by Proud 9/11/1923 to 2/1/1924 only. A similarly cancelled Wilcox Smith cover - see Alford at page 180 - sold for $1792 at our auction of 24/1/2004]

292 B

1,250


Lot 293

CL 1923 fine but light strike of the 'VISIT THE FIJI COURT/British/Empire Exhibition/1924' cachet (LRD) in violet on OHMS cover to Tonga, GPO cds of 25MR/1924 & Lands Department cachet in rosine, 'NUKUALOFA' arrival b/s, roughly opened at right but folded to mask the defects. Illustrated by Alford at page 179. [Almost 3 months later than Proud's LRD]

293 B

1,000

Lot 294

C 1937 commercial shipboard cover to London with scarce combination franking of Fiji 2d grey & New Zealand 1d Kiwi x2 tied by 'HONOLULU' duplex, very fine "Paquebot' h/s (HDM #1685) in purple.

294 A-350

Ex Lot 295

C 1939 commercial Empire Air Mail Scheme 1) cover from 'BA' with 2d Map but overweight so Ba 'T ("40c")' h/s applied & GB Postage Due 2d pair tied by Leicester cds, opened a bit roughly; and 2) PPC of the "Mariposa" with 1½d Die I (No Man in Canoe); both to GB. [Mail went by surface to Australia, then by air. The EAMS rate commenced 20/7/1938 & was suspended 5/9/1939. Examples, especially of postcards, are very scarce. (2 items)

295 B

250

Ex Lot 296

C 1941-45 partly annotated WWII group with civil censor label 'X 113', 2-line 'Passed by Censor/ 5 ' & '.../ 9 ', oval 'PASSED BY/CENSOR/ 2 ' '.../ 8 ' & '.../ 9 ', others with US or Indian censors, airgraphs to & from GB, NZ Forces x3, US Forces x12, etc, generally fine. (32 items)

296 A/B

250


Lot 297

CL 1949 commercial airmail cover to England with rare franking of 5/- Silver Jubilee & 1/5d Arms, Nausori cds & registration cachet, Suva transit b/s. [The rate was 1/6d per ½oz x4 + 3d registration, so overpaid by 2d]

297 A

200

Lot 298

C 1956 cover to Samoa with the stamp washed-off leaving part-Suva cds only, minor peripheral damage from immersion in seawater, superb 'SOILED MAIL EX VASU' h/s in violet. Very scarce. Ex Oatcroft. [On 14/6/1956, the Burns Philp vessel "Vasu" was abandoned in Tongan waters & sank]

298 B

400

Lot 299

C COMMEMORATIVE COVERS: 1894 1½d(+1½d) Reply Card message-half with woodcut 'EDWARD [crown] SEVENTH/ CORONATION' Pirogue & Palmtree design printed in dull olive-green on the face, Suva cds of AU9/1902 (Coronation Day), pencil address & endorsed "from/Leslie Walker/Fiji", a little soiled. Rare: Don Welsh's example sold for $1344 (2005). [Walker was the Suva postmaster, who was also the initiator & designer of the Cake Fair labels & envelope: see Lots 248 to 253. Edward's Coronation was scheduled for 26/6/1902 but was postponed when the King fell ill. It was finally held, with little pomp, on 9/8/1902]

299 B

750

FIJI - PostmarksC Large shoebox of mostly post-WWII covers, the majority philatelic 1950s to 1970s from offices

throughout the islands, many registered, also noticed taxed & official mail, commercial airmail, instructional handstamps, slogan cancels etc. A good lot. (100s)

308

250


GERMAN COLONIESSee also Michael Courtis's collection of German (Deutsch) New Guinea: Lots 358 to 468..

Lot 326

C CAROLINE ISLANDS: JAPANESE OCCUPATION: 1914 stampless naval cover endorsed on the reverse as being from the Imperial Japanese Warship Number 6 "Kawachi", to Japan with Japanese boxed Field PO cachet in red & Caroline Islands cds of 3.10.24 (24th October), transit b/s of two days later. Ex "A Journey of Ingenuity". Florian Eichhorn Certificate (1998) states that such covers from the earliest days of the Occupation are exceptionally rare: "Postgescichtliche Raritat von ausserordentlichem Rang". Attractive, with bold calliigraphy.

At the outbreak of World War I, the Australians were expected to occupy the Carolines, Marianas & Marshalls, and had prepared the North West Pacific Islands overprints for use there. However, they were beaten to the punch by the Japanese Navy. Rather than destroy the NWPI overprints, and despite the designation being quite inappropriate, the stamps were issued in New Guinea]

326 A-

2,800T

Lot 336

C SAMOA: 1905 commercial usage of Gruss aus Samoa PPC to Austria with 10pf, redirected several times including twice within Lombardy & Venezia with 'LAVAPONE' & 'PIEVE DI LEDRO' transit cds. [See also Lots 72 & 73]

336 A-

300

GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS

Lot 337

C c.1930 commercial cover front to "Ronorono/Beru" with KGV 1d violet tied by fine strike of the undated 'GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS COLONY/P.O./NONOUTI/ISLAND' h/s in violet.

337 C100


NEW GUINEA (German) - Forerunners (Vorlaufer)We are pleased to offer the extensive collection of German New Guinea formed by our long-time client, Perth pharmacist Michael Courtis. Having previously sold his Papua and NWPI collections through our predecessor companies, this is the third time that Michael has been one of our major vendors

Ex Lot 358

D 1890 'FINSCHHAFEN', 1898 'FRIEDRICH-WILHELMSHAFEN' on 50pf strip of 4, 1891 'HERBERTSHOH' x2, 1896 'MATUPI' & 1894 'STEPHANSORT/ * ' & 1898 'STEPHANSORT/* * *', fine to superb strikes. (7 items)

358 A

400

Lot 359

C 1888 very early private commercial cover to Germany with 20pf vertical pair - paying the double-rate - tied by two of three strikes 'FINSCHHAFEN/27 2/88' cds, endorsed on the flap "Abs WAhrens/an bord v [?] Bark/Florence Danvers/ Finschhafen/Neu Guinea", transit backstamps of 'COOKTOWN', 'BRISBANE' & 'BRINDISI', superb 'DANNENBERG' arrival b/s, a little truncated at the sides. One of the earliest covers from German New Guinea, from only the second Finschhafen-Cooktown run. Acquired for $3105 at our auction of 12/5/2007. [Most early covers are from the Neu-Guinea Compagnie: private mail is rare. From December 1887 until late-1888, the steamer "Ottilie" operated the route to Cooktown]

359 B

3,000

Lot 360

C 1889 commercial cover to Germany with doubled but still very fine strike of the rare 'KERAWARA/3 12/89' cds, Berlin arrival b/s of '19/2' (1890), ironed-out vertical fold. This cover would have been carried on the "Ottilie" to Soerabaja. A rare cover from this small outpost. Acquired for $5520 at our auction of 12/5/2007.

360 A-

5,000

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Lot 361

C 1890 registered linen cover to Potsdam (b/s) "via Genua" with 10pf x2 singles and 2 pairs tied by three strikes of the 'FINSCHAFFEN/12 5/90' cds, imperforate registration label (Einfeldt #1), on arrival readdressed to 'ACKENDORF' (b/s). The overall even toning/aging is typical of linen articles exposed to tropical conditions. Steuer Certificate (1994). Acquired for $1380 at our auction of 12/5/2007.

361 C

1,250

Lot 362

PS 1891 philatelic usage of 10pf Envelope with an almost fine strike of the rare 'HATZFELDTHAFEN/23 6/91' cds uprated with 5pf x2 & 20pf tied by three further poor to fair strikes of the cds, imperforate registration label (Einfeldt #1, fault at lower-left, gum-stained), 'SOERABAIJA' & 'WELTEVREDEN' transit & 'AUSG' arrival b/s. [Carried by the steamer "Schwalbe" on its second New Guinea-Singapore run. Acquired for $2530 at our auction of 12/5/2007]

362 A-

2,000

Ex Lot 363

C 1892 commercial single- & double-rate covers to Germany with 20pf or 5pf x2 10pf & 20pf tied by very fine strikes of the 'STEPHANSORT' cds, the first with 'WIESBADEN' arrival b/s, the other unusually with no backstamps. (2)

363 B

500

Ex Lot 364

PS 1893 two German 10pf red/blue Envelopes 147x104mm or 147x109mm both uprated with 3pf x2 & 5pf tied by very fine to superb strikes of the 'HERBERTSHOH' or 'FRIEDRICH-WILHEMLMSHAFEN' cds, 'GERA (REUSS)' arrival b/s. Scarce albeit philatelic usages. The second with Dr Friedrich Steuer Certificate (1989). (2)

364 A-

600


Lot 365

C 1893 registered commercial double-rate cover to Berlin (b/s) with 20pf pair tied by 2 good to very fine strikes of the 'HERBERTSHOHE' cds, imperforate registration label (Einfeldt #1). The covered has been crumpled-up and subsequently ironed-out to make it presentable. [Acquired for $460 at our auction of 12/5/2007]

365 (B)

400

Lot 366

PS 1897 internal usage of German 5pf Postal Card to Herbertshöhe with very fine 'MATUPI' cds, brief message.

366 A250

Lot 367

C 1897 commercial double-rate cover with oval 'Hernsheim & Co/MATUPI/.Bismarck-Archipel' cachet in blue on the flap, to Hong Kong with 20pf pair tied by 'STEPHANSORT' cds, very fine 'SINGAPORE' & poor 'SINGAPORE/TO HONG KONG' marine sorter transit backstamps, minor soiling.

367 B

750

Lot 368

C 1897 commercial cover to Germany with 20pf pair tied by two fair to fine strikes of the 'MATUPI' cds, imperforate registration label (Einfeldt Type 1), 'FREIBURG' arrival b/s, minor blemishes.

368 B750


Lot 369

C 1898 philatelic cover to Sydney with 3pf pair 10pf 20pf & 50pf tied by 'STEPHANSORT/* * *' cds, 'SINGAPORE' transit b/s & seven different NSW b/s, light 'C'-in-diamond (= Called) h/s in red on the face, two vertical folds clear of the stamps.

369 B

250

Lot 370

C 1898 commercial cover to the Rheinland with 20pf tied by very fine strike of the 'FRIEDRICH-WILHELMSHAFEN' cds, 'BARMEN' arrival b/s. Ex Fred Pearson: acquired for $358 at our auction of 5/12/2003.

370 A-

400

Ex Lot 371

PS 1898-1900 commercial usages to Germany of 5pf Postal Cards x3 (one uprated with Overprints 5pf), also 1904 usage of German 2pf Postal Card uprated with 3pf Yacht, all from Herbertshöhe. (4)

371 A/B500

Lot 372

PS PARCEL CARDS: 1888 Neu Guinea Compagnie 2mk Lion red & black/blue-grey 'Packetadresse/Parcel Address' card, unused. The finest example we have seen.

372 A400


Lot 373

PS PARCEL CARDS: ditto, with a good strike of the rare '[lion]/NEU GUINEA COMPAGNIE' cachet in blue, central fold & small repaired tear at the top, unused. [It has been speculated that the cachet was used as some form of control mark. A similar item sold for $604 at our auction of 19/10/2007]

373 (B)

400

Lot 374

PS POSTAL CARDS: 1890 usage of 10pf red & black with sensational strike of the 'FINSCHHAFEN' cds. Very early Postal Card usage in New Guinea.

374 A500

Lot 375

PS POSTAL CARDS: 1890 usage of 10pf red & black with 10pf added (why?) & tied by 'HERBERTSHOH' cds, to Bavaria with superb 'AUSBACH II' arrival cds, minor toning.

375 B350

Lot 376

PS POSTAL CARDS: 1897 usage of 10pf '595i' registered to Germany with 10pf x2 added & tied by very fine 'MATUPI' cds, manuscript "R 401" in red, 'HONG KONG' transit & 'DORTMUND' arrival cds, Mansfeld guarantee h/s. Registered Postal Cards are rarely encountered.

376 A-

500


NEW GUINEA (German) - Later Usage of German Stamps (Mitlaufer)

Ex Lot 377

PS 1898-1902 usages of various German Postal Cards x4 (one registered) and 10pf Letter Sheet x3 (from different post offices, one registered), two uprated with Overprints & two with Yachts, generally fine to very fine. Scarce albeit philatelic material. (7)

377 A/B

350

Lot 378

PS 1899 usage of German 10pf Postal Card overprinted 'Nur für Marine-Schiffsposten' with message headed "Matupi 26.7.99" & 'SMS Möwe" at the base, to Kiautschou with two strikes of '.../MARINE-/SCHIFFSPOST/No 7' cds ('No 7' is illegible), minor corner crease at upper-right.

378 A-

250

Ex Lot 379

PS 1900 & 1902 two German 10pf Letter Sheets to Germany uprated with Overprints 50pf (registered, some split perfs) or Yachts 10pf tied by 'FRIEDRICH-WILHEMLMSHAFEN' or 'MATUPI' cds, 'COLDITZ' or 'HALLE (SAALE)' arrival b/s. Scarce albeit philatelic usages. (2)

379 A-

400

Lot 380

C 1901 commercial cover to Germany with Germania 10pf & 20pf plus 'Herbertshöh' registration label all tied by 'HERBERTSHOHE' cds in blue, Frankfurt arrival b/s, redirected to Switzerland with very fine 'LINTHAL/(GLARUS)' arrival b/s.

380 A-

750

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Lot 381

PS POSTAL CARDS: 1901 commercial usage to Germany of German (2pf+)2pf Reply Half uprated with DNG 3pf tied by 'HERBERTSHOHE' cds, Sydney transit ('10' year slug error for '01') & 'HALLE' arrival cds. Most unusual. [Message headed "Ralum Bism Arch", Queen Emma Forsayth's plantation. Acquired for $345 at our auction of 24/10/2009]

381 A-

300

Lot 382

PS POSTAL CARDS: 1899 use of 10pf '1192f' to Germany with 20pf added & tied by very fine 'MATUPI/31 5/99' cds, held for four days then cds applied again, imperf 'Matupi' registration label (Einfeldt Type 1; damaged before being affixed) tied by 'BADEN-BADEN' arrival, forwarded to 'FRIEDRICHROVA'. Most attractive and rare albeit philatelic usage.

382 A

400

Lot 383

PS POSTAL CARDS: 1900 usage of 10pf '598f' to Germany with superb 'STEPHANSORT/ * ' cds & 'COLDITZ' arrival cds.

383 A250

NEW GUINEA (German) - Issued Stamps

Ex Lot 384

*F 1897-99 Overprints 3pf (three shades) to 50pf Mi 1-6 mint & another set (only two 3pf) used on small pieces, then mint 1900-08 Yachts (most values to 1mk are unmounted) plus 50pf & 80pf optd 'Specimen', 1914-19 Watermark 3pf x3 5pf 10pf x2, and 5mk x3 Mi 23Ai 23Aii & 23Bi, also 1914 Zeppelin Expedition 2pf, two different "mourning" stamps & three blue/white letter wafers, Cat €1100+. (46)

384 A

500

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Lot 385

** 1897 Official Printing for the Universal Postal Union 3pf to 50pf Mi 1B-6B, each with Bothe guarantee handstamp on the reverse, unmounted, Cat €5000. Superb! [The first set we have offered. Friedemann at page 728 states this issue "may be recognised by the especially heavy overprint...but particularly through the conspicuously different colour of the 3pf stamp...It is possible that the Berne Printing also served as an essay for the overprints..."]

385 A+ B1

3,000

Ex Lot 386

** 1897-99 Overprints 3pf olive-brown to 50pf chocolate zwischenstegpaaren (= gutter pairs) blocks of 4 Mi 1a-6ZS, a few are a bit fragile, unmounted, Cat €960+ (for unmounted gutter pairs). [Tim Rybak's 50pf unmounted gutter block of 4 sold for $437] (6 blocks)

386 A B1

750

Lot 387

F 1897 Overprints on Germany 25pf orange zwischenstegpaare (= gutter pair) Mi 5ZS block of 4, well centred, 'STEPHANSORT' cds. Very scarce: unpriced used by Michel. [Tim Rybak's similar 20pf block of 4 sold for $333]

387 A B1

250T

Lot 388

* 1897-99 Overprints 25pf orange with the Overprint Inverted Mi 5bK, well centred, Dr Lanteme guarantee handstamp on the reverse, very lightly mounted, Cat €2800. Superb! Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2004) states "Only one sheet of 100 printed". [Tim Rybak's unmounted example sold for $6037. See above Lot 387]

388 A+ B1

2,000


Ex Lot 389

F 1900-08 Yachts 3pf to 5mk Mi 7-19 each on a small piece, various cds cancels, Cat €1000. (13)389 A 500

Ex Lot 390

F 1900-08 Yachts 3pf to 5mk Mi 7-19 complete on two philatelic covers registered from Rabaul to Germany, Cat €1600+ on overfranked covers. (13)

390 A750

Ex Lot 391

* 1900-08 Yachts 3pf to 5mk Mi 7-19 each overprinted 'Specimen', mostly well centred, very lightly mounted, undercatalogued at €1300. Superb! [Tim Rybak's very fine set sold for $3450] (13)

391 A+2,000

Lot 392

* 1914-19 Watermark Lozenges 5mk carmine & greenish black the so-called Wartime Printing with 25x17 Perforation Holes & Vignette Type III Mi 23Bii (SG 23a), well centred, Cat €1000. BPA Certificate (1988).

392 A B1

500

Lot 393

* "CINDERELLAS": 1914 German-British Airship Expedition 2pf ultramarine, well centred, very lightly mounted. [The proposed venture was cancelled on the outbreak of World War I]

393 A B1200


Lot 394

C "CINDERELLAS": 2pf ultramarine affixed across the flap of 1921 cover to Switzerland, the label not cancelled or otherwise tied.

394 A250

Lot 395

** "CINDERELLAS": ditto, 1mk red blue & black, well centred, unmounted. Superb! [Tim Rybak's unmounted 2pf & 1mk sold for $3680]

395 A+ B12,750

GERMAN NEW GUINEA - Postal History - General

Lot 396

C 1898 cover to Germany with Overprints 5pf pair 10pf & 20pf tied by good to fine strikes of the 'HERBERTSHOH' cds, perforated 'Herbertshöh/Eingeschrieben' registration label, superb 'FRANKFURT' arrival b/s. Superb!

396 A+

400

Lot 397

C 1899 commercial cover with 'NEU GUINEA COMPAGNIE' imprint at the top, to 'SINGAPORE' (b/s of AP24/99) with Overprints 20pf x2 tied by fair 'STEPHANSORT' cds (date error '98' for '99'), perforated 'Stephansort/ Eingeschrieben' registration label (Einfeldt #1a), minor wrinkles. [Acquired for $690 at our auction of 26/4/2008]

397 B

600

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Lot 398

C 1899 linen-lined cover to Germany with Overprints 50pf tied by fine strike of the 'FRIEDRICH-WILHELMSHAFEN/17 12/00' cds, private 'Einschreiben' h/s in violet & manuscript registration number, superb 'COLDITZ' arrival b/s. [Acquired for $299 at our auction of 19/10/2007]

398 A

300

Ex Lot 399

C 1900 three registered philatelic covers to Germany each with Overprints 3pf to 50pf (one with no 25pf but 3pf yellow-brown pair), from 'HERBERTSHOHE' (2, one with manuscript registration endorsement in red) or 'MATUPI', German arrival backstamps. (3)

399 A/B

300

Ex Lot 400

C 1901-13 commerical covers mostly to Germany from 'FINSCHHAFEN' x2 (one with 'Ewald Weber/.../Finschhafen Umboi' imprint), 'FRIEDRICH-WILHELMSHAFEN' x2 (one registered), 'HERBERTSHOHE' x4 (one to Sydney & one registered), 'KAEWIENG', 'MATUPI (to NSW, corner fault) & 'RABAUL' x2 (with 'JO Mouton/Kinigunan B.A.' imprint to Sydney, the other registered with 'Curt A Schultze Lebrechtshot, Kawieng...' imprint), condition variable. (9)

400 A/B

750

Lot 401

PS 1902 commercial usage to NSW of German New Century 5pf Postal Card with DNG 10pf tied by 'MATUPI' cds, Sydney arrival cds on the face. Rare. [German stamps were by this date invalid so the "up-rating" with 10pf was correct. We have been advised that only two other examples of this card are recorded commercially used in New Guinea, both to Germany. The message is from Alice Kaufmann - whose husband owned a cotton plantation at Kuragakaul - to her mother. Acquired for $552 at our auction of 24/10/2009]

401 A-

500


Ex Lot 402

C 1903-12 registered philatelic covers to Germany with various Yachts including 1mk & 2mk x2, cds & registration labels from 'FINSCHHAFEN', 'FRIEDRICH-WILHELMSHAFEN' with 'Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen/(Deutsch Neu- Guinea)' h/s in lieu of label, 'HERBERTSHOHE' (to the USA), 'KAEWIENG', 'MATUPI (to Italy), 'RABAUL', 'SIMPSONHAFEN' & 'STEPHANSORT', fine to very fine. (8)

402 A/B

600

Lot 403

PS 1904 commercial usage of Yachts 5pf+5pf Reply-Card HG 10 to NSW "p Dpfr Prinz Sigismund" with 5pf added & tied by 'MATUPI' cds, 'BRISBANE' transit & 'HURSTVILLE' arrival b/s, the Reply-Half addressed to Germany with Shield 1d affixed obliterating the imprinted 5pf stamp, shield 'NSW/T/ 5 ' h/s for the deficiency only, fair 'HALLE (SAALE)' arrival cds, minor blemishes. A most unusual "third-party" usage. [The foreign postcard rate from GNG was 10pf. UPU Regulations permitted return use of such cards but a second 5pf stamp had not been affixed. The re-sender thus needed to add at least ½d postage. But, the situation is unclear where cards were forwarded to a third country. Adding 1d was probably correct, for the standard postcard rate from NSW to a foreign country was 1½d (imprinted 5pf = ½d). However, by covering the GNG stamp, the card was technically underpaid]

403 B

500

Lot 404

C 1904 missionary cover to France with Yachts 5pf 25pf & 50pf paying quadruple rate tied by 'HERBERTSHOHE' cds, 'BEAUMONT S SARTHE' arrival b/s. [From a large Catholic mission correspondence that continued into the 1930s. Acquired for $529 at our auction of 24/10/2009]

404 A

450


Lot 405

PS 1906 commercial usage to Germany of German 2c+3c Postal Card with 5pf Yacht tied by 'FRIEDRICH- WILHELMSHAFEN' cds but the now invalid imprinted stamps not cancelled until arrival at 'WILHELMSHAVEN', minor bends. A rare usage. Ex Stuart Leven.

405 B

500

Lot 406

C 1907 commercial registered cover from "Matupit/Neu Pommern" (endorsed on the flap), to Germany with 20pf pair tied by 'SIMPSONHAFEN' cds & registration label, large-part superb strike of 'T.'-in-octagon h/s applied at Rabaul (?), 'FRANKFURT' arrival b/s & readdressed to India, largely very fine strike of the unusual boxed 'SEA POST OFFICE/ 6 /BOMBAY___/16FE08/NO...' registration (?) d/s in purple on the face & 'DHARAMTALA/CALCUTTA' arrival b/s, minor blemishes & a little truncated at the top.

406 B

750

Lot 407

C 1909 commercial cover from a sailor on SMS "Planet" (endorsed on the flap), to Germany with 10pf tied by 'SIMPSONHAFEN' cds, with the enclosed letter on Japanese bark-paper (fragile).

407 A-200

Lot 408

C 1910 cover to Germany with scarce albeit philatelic franking of Yachts 25pf 30pf 50pf & 80pf tied by Rabaul cds, 'Simpsonhafen' registration label amended by hand to "Rabaul", small repaired tear at lower-left, Wittmann guarantee handstamp. Ex Tim Rybak: acquired for $437.

408 A-

400


Lot 409

C 1912 cover with "Paetsch Herbertshoehe" on the flap to Germany "Via Siberien!" with 30pf tied by light strike of the 'HERBERTSHOHE' cds, 'Herbertshohe/(Deutsch Neu-Guinea)' registration label (Einfeldt Type 3a; with brackets), Berlin arrival b/s. [Acquired for $506 at our auction of 22/4/2006]

409 A

400

Lot 410

C 1912 commercial triple-rate orange cover endorsed "via Hongkong u/Sibirien", to Germany with 50pf tied by 'RABAUL' cds, 'Rabaul/(Deutsch- Neuguinea)' registration label, '14'-in-circle postman's h/s on the reverse.

410 B

300

CO 1912 large cover (282x191mm) with 'NEW GUINEA COMPAGNIE, RABAUL' imprint at the top, to Automobilfabrik Benz in Germany with 25pf corner pair tied by 'RABAUL' cds, marginal 'Rabaul/(Deutsch-Neuguinea)' registration label, very fine 'MANNHEIM/WALDHOF' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. An impressive exhibit.

411 B

500

Lot 412

C 1913 commercial cover endorsed "über Siberien", to Germany with 5pf & 25pf tied by 'RABAUL' cds, 'Rabaul/ (Deutsch-Neuguinea)' registration label. Very attractive. [Acquired for $391 at our auction of 24/10/2009]

412 A

400

Lot 413

C 1913 local commercial cover with 5pf tied by 'RABAUL/8-9V' cds (with time), slightly truncated at left.413 A- 250


Lot 414

C 1914 cover with 'NEU GUINEA COMPAGNIE. BERLIN' imprint at the top, to Germany with 40pf tied by superb 'RABAUL/8-9V' cds (with time), 'Rabaul/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' registration label, 'BERLIN' arrival b/s.

414 B

400

Lot 415

C 1914 commercial cover to Germany with 10pf tied by one of two strikes of the 'MOROBE' cds. [Acquired for $977 at our auction of 19/11/2011]

415 A800

Ex Lot 416

CPS INWARDS MAIL: Interesting commercial mail from Germany x5 (3 with 'HERBERTSHOHE' arrival cds, one of those to SMS "Condor", & one with 'MAX WARMING' label tied by cds & 'STEPHANSORT' arrival cds), others from Ost-Asiatische Hauptlinie (with 'PENANG TO SINGAPORE' marine sorter cds & Herbertshöhe arrival cds), Moravia, Japan x2 (one with the stamp removed) & New Zealand (to Governor Hans Klink, toning), condition variable. (10)

416

1,000

Lot 417

C INWARDS MAIL: 1889 cover from Wurttemburg to "Finschhafen/Kaiser Wilhelmsland/Neu Guinea" with 10pf pair tied by 'URACH' cds, Genoa & Soerabaja transit b/s, surprisingly fine for such an early inwards item. Ex Fred Pearson: acquired for $2128 at our auction of 5/12/2003. [The first postal agency in German New Guinea opened at Finschhafen in 1888, and closed in 1892. This is the earliest inwards item to New Guinea that we have seen. The addressee, Dr Carl Weinland was Medical Officer with the Neu-Guinea Compagnie]

417 A

2,000


Lot 418

C INWARDS MAIL: 1890 commercial cover to Dr Carl Weinland at Stephansort with 10pf pair tied by very fine 'MORSUM' cds, fine 'FINSCHHAFEN' backstamp.

418 A500

Lot 419

CL INWARDS MAIL: 1897 triple-rate cover endorsed "p Lark" from NSW to the Landes Hauptmann (= army captain) at Friedrich- Wilhelmshafen with 2½d & 5d tied by Sydney duplex, central fold & a little truncated at left, some soiling.

419 B

350

Lot 420

PS INWARDS MAIL: 1900 usage of Hong Kong '4 CENTS' on 3c Postal Card (reply half) to the ship's doctor aboard SMS "Möwe" c/- the German Consulate at Matupi with superb 'AMOY/ A /FE20/00' cds & Hong Kong transit cds, apparently missent to Sydney where endorsed in red "Matupi/New Britain", full message headed "Amoy ab SMS Irene 12 II 00", some soiling & repaired tear at right. An excellent origin/destination item. Ex Murray Collins: acquired for $935 at the Macray Watson sale of 31/3/1998.

420 (B)

1,000

PS INWARDS MAIL: 1900 usage of British 2d Size K Registration Envelope with rare franking of Jubilees 1½d & 1/- green vertical strip of 3 (one badly damaged) tied by oval 'REGISTERED/EXCHANGE-LPOOL' d/s & superb J & W GOFFEY' (shipping company) cachet at lower-left, to "Ralum/New Britain/Bismarck Archipelago", flap fault & central fold. [The rate was 2½d per ½oz x15 = 3/1½d + 2d registration. The addressee was Emma Forsayth, known colloquially as Queen Emma. Born in Samoa & a descendant of King Malietoa, she & her blackbirder husband traded around New Guinea from 1878. She moved to the Gazelle Peninsula in 1881 where she established large coconut & cocoa plantations, including at Ralum on Blanche Bay, near Rabaul]

421 C

400


Lot 422

PS INWARDS MAIL: 1902 usage of Tasmanian 2d Letter Card ("WESTERN SILVER MINE...") to "Mission House/Raluana/Neu Pommern/Bismarck Archipelago", Sydney transit b/s & superb 'MATUPI' arrival cds on the face, a couple of minor tonespots.

422 A-

400

Lot 423

PS INWARDS MAIL: 1902 usage of New Zealand ½d Wrapper to a missionary at "Ulu/New Launberg/New Britain/South Sea Islands", minor blemishes. [Acquired for $381 at our auction of 23/6/2001]

423 B

300

Lot 424

PS INWARDS MAIL: 1902 usage of South Australian 1d Postal Card with ½d GPO tied by 'NURIOOTPA' squared-circle, to the Lutheran Mission at Simbang (near Finschhafen), Sydney transit on the face, overall soiling. Ex Stuart Leven: acquired for a miserable $264.

424 C

400

Lot 425

PS INWARDS MAIL: c.1900 usage of Queensland ½d Wrapper (front only) uprated with a similar cutout tied by GPO roller cancel, horizontal fold. [Acquired for $368 at our auction of 26/1/2002]

425 B300


Lot 426

PS INWARDS MAIL: 1906 usage of French 25c Letter Card to "Kabakon/Herbsertshöhe Deutsch Neu Guinea/Australien" with Singapore transit & 'HERBERTSHOHE' arrival b/s. [In 1902, the addressee, August Engelhardt, moved from Germany with some 30 followers and established a nudist colony on Kabakon. Strict vegetarians, their staple dietary item was the venerable coconut. They also operated a coconut plantation, presumably specialising in the raw product (pun intended). Engelhardt was interned early in 1915 but his nudist tendencies probably hastened his release back to Kabakon, where he died in May 1919]

426 A

250

Lot 427

PS INWARDS MAIL: 1906 usage of Victorian 1½d Postal Card to a missionary at "Raulana/German New Guinea", five Dutch Indies transits including 'N.I. AGENT SINGAPORE' marine sorter squared-circle & superb 'SINGAPORE' cds all on the face, tonespots. [The writer asks to exchange shells]

427 C

250

Lot 428

C INWARDS MAIL: 1908 registered cover from Japan with 10s pair tied by Nagasaki cds in violet, to "Matupi/Bismarck Archipel", 'REGISTERED/GPO HONG KONG' transit b/s.

428 A400


Lot 429

C INWARDS MAIL: 1915 (Jan) cover to a Samoan missionary at the Rhennish Mission in "Friedrich Wilhelms Hafen/Deutsche Neu Guinea" with Overprints 2½d tied by Apia cds but apparently considered invalid at some point & marked with a red-pencil box but not taxed (as indeed it should not have been), the address amended to "formerly/German New Guinea/via Sydney", Sydney transit b/s, minor faults. An exceptional origin/destination item. Ex J Edgar Williams: acquired for $506 at our auction of 5/12/2009. [Illustrated above Lot 428]

429 B

400

GERMAN NEW GUINEA - Seepost & SchiffspostSee also Lot 432.

Lot 446

C OST-ASIATISCHE HAUPTLINIE: 1907 commercial double-rate cover endorsed on the flap from a ship's officer at ".../Simpsonhafen/Neu-Guinea", to Germany with Germania 10pf x2 & 20pf tied by three light to good strikes of the code 'b' cds used aboard SMS "Preussen", minor blemishes, Mansfeld guarantee handstamp. [Acquired for $448 at our auction of 12/5/2007]

446 B

350

Ex Lot 447

C AUSTRALISCHE HAUPTLINIE: 1895 commercial cover to Germany with 20pf tied by the code 'f' cds used aboard SMS "Möwe", 'COLOMBO' b/s & French 'LIGNE N/PAQ FR No 4' marine sorter cds on the face, superb 'NORDEN' arrival b/s, flap fault; also an early unused PPC of "SMS Moewe". [The cover was transferred to a French vessel at Colombo] (2 items)

447 B/A

400

Prestige Philately - Auction No 176 Page: 41Oct 12, 2012GERMAN NEW GUINEA - Seepost & Schiffspost (continued)Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Ex Lot 448

CPS NEU-GUINEA ZWEIGLINIE: 'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/NEU-/GUINEA-/ZWEIGLINIE' cds on 1905 cover to Germany, 1909 cover & 1912 PPC ("Westkarolinen/Dorfstrasse") from the Carolines, 5pf & 10pf Postal Cards to Germany, 1906 Gruss aus PPC ("Alexandra auf dem Hilgen") to Germany & 1910 Norddeutschen Lloyd Neu-Guinea PPC ("Wohnhäuser auf der Station Matupi") to New Zealand, condition variable. (7)

448

600

Lot 449

C NEU-GUINEA ZWEIGLINIE: 1895 commercial cover endorsed on the flap "H Groth SS Ysabel Fr-Wilhelmshafen" to Germany with German 20pf tied by 'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/NEU-/GUINEA-/ ZWEIGLINIE - b ' cds, 'SINGAPORE' transit & poor arrival b/s, small repaired tears at the top. Ex Stuart Leven: acquired for $747.

449 B

600

Lot 450

C NEU-GUINEA ZWEIGLINIE: 1899 commercial cover to Holland with German 20pf tied by 'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/NEU-/GUINEA-/ ZWEIGLINIE - b ' cds, light 'TEGELEN' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. Unusual destination. [Acquired for $672 at our auction of 12/5/2007]

450 B

500

Lot 451

PS NEU-GUINEA ZWEIGLINIE: 1905 philatelic usage of Papuan 1½d Postal Card to SS "Willehad" at Samarai, superb BNG cancel & 'SAMARAI/BNG' cds alongside, plus 'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/NEU-/GUINEA-/ZWEIGLINIE - a ' cds at lower-left.

451 A-

300


Lot 452

C NEU-GUINEA ZWEIGLINIE: 1910 commercial usage of homemade wrapper from a passenger aboard SS "Coblenz" (endorsed on the flap) with boxed 'Reichspostdampfer/Coblenz' h/s, to Switzerland with German 20pf pair tied by faint Seepost cds & very scarce 'Deutsche Seepost/Neu-Guinea-Zweiglinie' registration label, superb 'BURGDORF' arrival b/s, minor creasing. A most unusual item. [Acquired for $784 at our auction of 19/3/2005]

452 B

600

Ex Lot 453

CPS NEU GUINEA ZWEIGLINIE (SINGAPORE): 'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST//NEU-GUINEA-/ZWEIGLINIE/(SINGAPORE)/ a ' cds fine to very fine strikes on philatelic 1901 cover, 1901 5pf Overprints & 10pf Yacht Postal Cards, and a large piece from a homemade wrapper. (4 items)

453 A/B

800

Lot 454

C NEU GUINEA ZWEIGLINIE (SINGAPORE): 1903 commercial PPC ("Strand von Matupi - Fischreuse" = fish basket: a terrific photo) to the German Legation in Japan with 5pf pair tied by light but obvious strike of the '.../NEU-GUINEA-/ZWEIGLINIE/(SINGAPORE)/ b ' cds, Brisbane & 'NAGASAKI' transit cds, Japanese language arrival cds, minor soiling. [Unusually carried first on the southbound voyage: missent?]

454 B

500

Lot 455

C NEU GUINEA ZWEIGLINIE (SINGAPORE): 1903 Bergmann PPC (group of natives - 3 smoking - with 'Gruss/zum/Neuen Jahre' sign) to Germany with Germania 10pf tied by light but obvious strike of the '.../NEU-GUINEA-/ZWEIGLINIE/(SINGAPORE)/ a ' cds, superb 'COLN' arrival cds, blemishes on the viewside.

455 B

350


Lot 456

C SHIPS' CANCELLATIONS: 1896 "Kind Greetings from Apia" PPC with message headed "Matupi 15XII96", to Germany with German 10pf tied by '.../MARINE-/SCHIFFSPOST No 3' cds used aboard SMS "Falke", 'FRANKFURT' arrival cds, a couple of minor blemishes. [Very early Pacific Islands PPC. Acquired for $448 at our auction of 12/5/2007]

456 B

400

Ex Lot 457

C SHIPS' CANCELLATIONS: 1899 "Gruss aus Matupi" (four photos) & 1903 "Gruss aus Ralum" (three views of Queen Emma's home) PPCs to Germany with German 10pf or DNG 5pf tied by '.../MARINE-/SCHIFFSPOST No 7' cds used aboard SMS "Möwe", the second with the message headed "Matupi", very minor blemishes; also very fine unused PPC of the ship. (3)

457 A/A-

400

Lot 458

PS SHIPS' CANCELLATIONS: 1904 NSW 1d Postal Card ("FAIRY DELL" in black) + ½d green tied by Sydney duplex, to a naval officer at Germany's main naval base at Kiel where on-forwarded to SMS "Condor" in New Guinea waters with '.../MARINE-/SCHIFFSPOST/No 60/19 3/05' used aboard "Condor" on the face, returned to Kiel with arrival cds of 3.5.05, corner bends & soiling mostly on the viewside. ["Condor" arrived at Herbertshöhe 20/3/1905 & proceeded from there to the Solomons]

458 C

400

Postal HistoryPS Box of about 100 KGVI & QEII formular aerogrammes with a good range of types & quite a number

commercially used including to Ceylon & Sarawak, variety of frankings including two with Official stamps, plus bundles posted on the 1958 Trans-Tasman commemoration flight & 1959 Auckland-Brisbane flight (illustrated); generally very fine.

663 A

100

C/CO Commercial airmails 1) 1938 Empire Scheme oversize double-rate cover with "Calpurnia" crash cachet in violet; 2) 1946 underpaid from GB; & 3) underpaid from USA with KGVI 3d & 1/- in lieu of Postage Dues. (3)

664 B

Offer

Prestige Philately - Auction No 176 Page: 44Oct 12, 2012Postal History (continued)Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 665

C 1840 missionary's entire headed "Sept 18th 1840/Maraetai" & signed "WT Fairburn", to London with largely fine strike of the boxed 'PAID AT/KORORARIKA/- N.Z -' h/s in red & largely superb '[crown]/KORORARIKA/28*DE/ 1840/NEW ZEALAND' b/s, rated "7d" in red (4d NZ-Sydney + 3d inwards shipletter), 'PAID SHIP LETTER/ JA*1/1841/ SYDNEY' transit in red on the face & largely superb '[crown]/GENERAL POST OFFICE/ JA*11/1841/ SYDNEY' b/s, stepped 'SHIPLETTER/FALMOUTH' h/s across the flap & London arrival b/s of 3JU3/1841 in red, rated "8" in black for an inwards shipletter, ironed-out vertical filing crease just touching the 'PAID AT/...' marking. Carried per "Hannah" from the Bay of Islands; "Lord Eldon" from Sydney to England. Kororarika RO 1831; PO -/3/1840 as a NSW office (the first in New Zealand); renamed Russell 1844. Both markings continued in use until the change of name; 1840 examples are extremely desirable. Ex John Woolfe.

A rare entire letter from the New South Wales Period: New Zealand was declared a separate Colony on 2/5/1841. The writer states "...we have been moving about from place to place forming new [mission] stations ever since we came [here]...more than twenty-one years hard service in New Zealand...nearly 100 have been baptized at this place and there are at this time upwards of 60 candidates..."

665 B

10,000T

Lot 666

C 1843 internal entire on legal matters headed "Auckland 20th May 1843" & signed "Thos Outhwaite" to the Supreme Court at Wellington, rated "6", fine '[crown]/GENERAL POST OFFICE/MY*20/1843/AUCKLAND' backstamp, minor soiling. [Thomas Outhwaite was a prominent lawyer in Auckland who later became Registrar of the Supreme Court]

666 B

600T

Ex Lot 667

C 1849 outer, 1854 cross-written entire and an 1863 envelope all to London with light but clear strikes of the '[crown]/PAID/AT/AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND' h/s & similar Crown Circles from Port Victoria & Nelson respectively SG CC1 CC6 & CC2, minor blemishes, Cat £2600. An unusual opportunity. (3)

667 B

1,200T


Lot 668

C 1850 (Oct 14th) lengthy entire letter signed "D Hazlewood", to his brother in Suffolk with 'AUCKLAND/-NEW- ZEALAND' b/s, London transit b/s of 21MR21/1851 & 'BURY-ST-EDMUNDS' arrival b/s in blue, rated "8" for an incoming shipletter, soiled & internal reinforcing along the folds. Ex Gerald Patterson.

The writer was the missionary David Hazlewood on leave from Fiji: see Lot 266. He states: "...[I was on the John Wesley] when she struck on the reef in going from Somosomo to Rewa. She stuck fast for 10 hours...She has just sailed out of Auckland harbour today with...Rev Joseph Waterhouse for Feejee...There is a population of about ten thousand white people in New Zealand, and perhaps eighty thousand natives...formerly cannibals..."

668 C

400

Lot 669

C 1857 (Dec) outer with Blue Paper 2d blue SG 5 (margins just clear - at left - to large) tied by light numeral cancel of 'WELLINGTON' (b/s), 'NEW PLYMOUTH' arrival cds on the face, Cat $NZ2500 on cover. Superb! Ex Joseph Hackmey. Illustrated by Odenweller at page 252.

669 A+

1,000T

Lot 670

C 1860 (Mar 3) cover with Imperf 2d blue SG 10 (margins just clear to large) tied by crisp '1' cancel of 'AUCKLAND' (b/s), very fine Wellington arrival cds on the face, the tail-end of the letter is under the flap!

670 A-

450T


Lot 671

C 1861 stampless cover to London rated "6" in red and with largely very fine strike of the shortlived 'DUNEDIN/ OC15/1861/OTAGO NZ' cds, London arrival b/s of DE19/62 in red. Carried per "Northam", departed Sydney 22/10/1862; "Bengal", departed Galle 20/11/1862; "Pera", departed Alexandria 6/12/1862, arrived Southampton 19/12/1862.

671 A

450T

Lot 672

C 1861 cover to Kent with No Wmk Imperf 6d brown SG 13 (margins just clear to large) tied by neat BN '10' of Wellington (poor b/s of SP9/1861), Margate arrival b/s of NO20/61, minor repaired tear at the top well clear of the stamp. Carried per "Salsette", departed Sydney 23/9/1861; "Candia", departed Galle 20/9/1861; "Ceylon", departed Alexandria 6/11/1861, arrived Southampton 19/11/1861.

672 A-

500T

Ex Lot 673

C 1861-73 internal covers franked with No Wmk 2d blue SG 10 (almost full margins, the cover repaired) 'AHURIRI' to 'PETRE', 2d blue Plate I (Worn) to 'BLENHEIM/MARLBOROUGH' with '14' cancel of Nelson, 2d blue Plate II x3 (one with '8' cancel), 2d vermilion with superb '11' cancel or 3d lilac with '9' cancel & 'N PLYMOUTH/N ZEALAND' cds, a few faults (7)

673 B/(B)

450T

Ex Lot 674

C 1865 1868 & 1871 covers to Sydney, Scotland (with remnants of British 'CAUTION' label on the reverse) or London each with 6d brown, the last with ' 4 /ONEHUNGA/ A ' cancel (frame worn-off) & 'ONEHUNGA' b/s, minor blemishes. (3)

674 B

600T


Lot 675

C 1868 cover to London "Via Panama" with Perf 12½ 6d red-brown SG 122 tied by 'N/1'-in-bars & 'A/NZ/NELSON/ AP6/68' cds alongside, London arrival cds of 28MY68 in red on the face, minor soiling. Carried per "Rakaia", departed Wellington 8/4/1868; "Tyne", departed Colon 6/5/1868; "Douro", departed Kingston 10/5/1868; arrived Plymouth 27/5/1868. [Only five homebound sailings, between Jan & May 1868, were routed via Jamaica: see Tabeart Vol 1 at page 305]

675 B

400T

Lot 676

C 1869 cover to England with Chalons 6d brown SG 122 tied by a superb strike of the 'Z'-in-Bars cancel of the Marine Post Office with superb 'NZ/MARINE/PO/("4:1:69")' cds alongside, 'LYNN' arrival b/s of JA29/70. Ex John Woolfe: acquired for £3335 (= $A7000+ at the time) on 3/10/2006. BPA Certificate (2007). A wonderful cover. Carried per "Rakaia" on its 30th and last voyage to England.

676 A

9,000T

Lot 677

C 1870 stampless OPSO partly-printed Post Office letter endorsed "CPO/I'gill 1-4-70" & signed "Edwd Butts" with very fine 'INVERCARGILL/SOUTHLAND NZ' cds & largely fine 'CAMPBELLTOWN/SOUTHLAND NZ' arrival b/s, minor faults. [The letter states "...the Sheriff of Otago cannot receive letters unpaid unless they are franked from persons authorised to do so when on public service only..."]

677 B

300T


Lot 678

C 1872 cover to England "Via San Francisco" with Perf 12½ 3d lilac SG 117 pair (concealed fault at the top), manuscript "WW" cancels of Windwhistle House (rated 10 by Wooders) overstruck with indistinct barred cancel that leaves the manuscript cancels largely unobstructed, fair Christchurch b/s of SP26/72 & superb 'MARKET DRAYTON/NO27/72' b/s, minor defects. Carried per "Nebraska", departed Auckland 4/10/1872; "Idaho", departed Honolulu 22/10/1872, arrived San Francisco 4/11/1872; thence by rail; then per "Manhattan", departed New York 13/11/1872, arrived Queenstown 25/11/1872. [Sheep farming community 24km S of Coalgate. PO 1/7/1864]

678 B

500T

Lot 679

C 1875 cover to England "Via Suez & Brindisi" with excellent First Sidefaces franking of 1d 2d & 6d tied by fair to superb strikes of '08'-in-bars cancel & largely very fine strike of the 'ARROW RIVER/AU25/75/OTAGO' cds (rated 7 by Wooders), Dunedin & 'CARNFORTH/OC25/75' transit & very fine 'BURTON/WESTMORELAND' arrival b/s, ironed-out horizontal fold at the base. [Goldmining, 19km NE of Queenstown. PO 3/2/1863; closed 1/12/1887]

679 B

650T

Lot 680

C 1878 cover with Hayman & Co embossing in blue on the flap, to Cromwell with rare franking of First Sidefaces 2d rose Perf 11¾ SG 158 (exceptional centring, Cat £190 x2+) tied by Dunedin duplex of MR 1 78, minor blemishes. [A very early usage of this stamp]

680 B

600T

Lot 681

C 1880 OPSO Envelope with 'TREASURY./[crown]/NEW ZEALAND.' printed at upper-right, to Christchurch (b/s) with very fine Wellington cds clear of the frank, minor blemishes.

681 B200T


Lot 682

C 1886 homemade wrapper to Germany "per SS Arawa" with rare franking of 'STAMP/DUTY' 1d green & lilac tied by Christchurch cds, minor fault at right. A rare usage. [At this time, there was no 1d rate to Germany. There was a book post rate of 1d for up to 1oz but this applied only to items sent within New Zealand or to the British Empire. It would appear that the sender used this rate in error but got away with it as no postage due was raised]

682 B

500T

Lot 683

C 1892 cover to Tasmania, 2d with manuscript "Merrivale/23 May/92" (rated 9 by Wooders), 'OTAUTAU/23MY92' & Invercargill transit b/s of the next day, 'NEW TOWN' arrival b/s of MY31, minor blemishes. Merrivale PO 14/4/1892; closed 28/2/1919.

683 A-

400T

Lot 684

C 1893 stampless OHMS cover with 'PALMERSTON RIFLES' imprint at upper-left & signed "JGrant/Capt PR" at upper-right, very fine 'PALMERSTON' cds & Dunedin arrival b/s, a couple of very minor blemishes.

684 A-

300T

Lot 685

PS 1896 stampless NSW OHMS 'RETURNED LETTER' envelope to the German ship SMS "Falke" at Brisbane, readdressed to "Apia/Samoa", however apparently redirected at Auckland back to Sydney (arrival b/s of 28FE97), some soiling.

685 B

100


Lot 686

C 1908 large-part cover to Samoa with superb 'AUCKLAND NZ/ ½D / 64 /POSTAGE PAID' & similar '3D' "meter" impressions that were valid only on internal mail, consequently with "T50c" in blue pencil & converted on arrival to "40" (pf), 'NUKUALOFA/TONGA' transit & German 'APIA' arrival b/s, central vertical fold. Unusual external use.

686 B

300T

Lot 687

C 1942 cover with 'HOUSE OF/NZ/REPRESENTATIVES' imprint on the flap & 'OFFICIAL/MINISTER/WAR CABINET' frank h/s in violet, to a soldier at Pahautanui Military Camp amended to "Judgeford" with superb strike of the rare 'JUDGEFORD MC/26OC42/ 1 /NZ' "skeleton" cds on the face, redirected to NZAPO 50, opened a bit roughly at the top & overall soiling. Only a few covers are recorded with the Judgeford MC cds, making this a key WWII item. [Judgeford was one of several Military Camps in the Porirua District. The PO was open 1/9/1942 until 9/11/1942, just over two months. It was a staging post for the NZEF en route to Norfolk Island. The first troops arrived on the island 9/10/1942 & NZAPO 50 opened two days later]

687 C

1,000


PAPUA - 1885-1901 The Queensland Stamps PeriodThe lots in this section are from the Missionary Mail collection formed by Rev Roger Lee from England: see Lots 795 to 822.

Lot 691

D PORT MORESBY: 'PORT MORESBY/1DE/87/NEW GUINEA' cds (Lee #1 - with no code letter - rated F) light strike tying Lined Background 2d to a small piece with a second superior strike slongside. [Peter Troy's good strike on 2d on small piece - Ex Tom Belknap & Tim Rybak - sold for $1322]

691 A B1

1,250T

Lot 692

D PORT MORESBY: 'N.G'-in-Bars cancellation (Lee #2; rated D) two superb strikes on Lined Background 4d yellow x4 on piece. Stunning! [Far superior to Peter Troy's single fine strike on 1d & 6d that sold for $506]

692 A A1+

1,000T

Lot 693

D PORT MORESBY: 'REGISTERED/PORT MORESBY NG' (Lee #3; rated F) superb strike across Lined Background 1d & 2d pair on piece.

693 A A1400T

Ex Lot 694

SD PORT MORESBY: 'PORT MORESBY/BRITISH NEW GUINEA' cds (Lee #6) superb strikes on 4d yellow, 6d green & 2/6d vermilion (rare), and 8-bars 'B.N.G' (Lee #7) superb strikes on 2½d rose x2 (one on piece with the cds alongside) & 1/- mauve. (6 items)

694 A2/A1+

400T


PAPUA - Postal History

Ex Lot 779

C/CL First Day Covers including 1935 Jubilee imprint pairs with Accent Varieties, 1937 postcard from Hungary to "Mr Boe Vagi" - the chief on the 1934 Protectorate 1d & 3d ! - with fair 'UNCLAIMED AT/PORT MORESBY' h/s, etc, some toning. Ex EC Harris. (7)

779

100

Ex Lot 780

PS 1911 & 1914 commercial usages of BNG 1d Postal Cards to EC Harris at Bonagai or at Samarai (as Collector of Customs), rarely seen this fine. (2)

780 A300

Lot 781

C 1917 philatelic cover to London with Large 'PAPUA' 2d bisect, Solomons KGV ½d pair & on the reverse a block of 6 plus Australia 2d Roo bisect all tied by 'KIETA' cds, no transit or arrival d/s which suggests it was sent under cover. A bit of fun.

781 B

100

Lot 782

C 1932 cover endorsed "Purely Personal" to "Mr President H Hoover/The White House/ Washington DC", Bicolours 3d pair with poor 'IOMA' cds & imperf red & black/white registration label with tiny 'IOMA' (stated to be the only recorded example), very fine 'POST OFFICE/*SAMARAI, PAPUA *' b/s (Lee #36 - LRD; rated E) in red, damaged on the reverse where roughly opened & minor repaired tear at the top.

782 (B)

200T

Prestige Philately - Auction No 176 Page: 53Oct 12, 2012PAPUA - Postal History (continued)Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 783

C 1939 (May 23) Cooktown-Melbourne registered & signed by the pilot "Ray Parer" & his passenger/co-pilot "W Schaufhausen", pilot at the Catholic Mission at Madang: see AAMC #P145. [Although this was carried by Parer & Schaufhausen en route to New Guinea, at Cooktown it was posted back to Victoria. On 6/8/1939, pilot Schaufhausen & three priests were killed when the plane crashed at Sek Aerodrome]

783 A-

250T

Lot 784

CL COMMERCIAL AIRMAILS: 1934 (Sep 20) cover to England with typed "Australian Services/Karachi-London" at upper-left, exceptional franking of Pictorials 3d 4d & 2/- plus Aeroplane Overprint 1/-, Brisbane & Perth transit b/s. An outstanding commercial multi-rate airmail cover. [The rate was Empire letter rate 2d per oz x2 + internal Australian airmail 3d per ½oz x4 + Karachi-London airmail supplement 6d per ½oz x4 + 3d registration = 3/7d]

784 A-

750

Ex Lot 785

C COMMERCIAL AIRMAILS: 1935 (Dec 23) registered cover from London to Port Moresby with the stamps washed-off & overall soiling, Melbourne b/s of 17JA36 & Port Moresby arrival b/s of 6FE36, with roneo'd notice with - 'SUPT MAILS/MELBOURNE' cds in red - re the item having been aboard the "City of Khartoum" that crashed in Egypt AAMC #575, Cat $325+. [Very few examples of Papuan external crash mail have been recorded] (2 items)

785 C

300T


Lot 786

C COMMERCIAL AIRMAILS: 1936 (Feb 12) cover with 'JOHN MACDONALD/PORT MORESBY/PAPUA' cachet on the flap, to "Koranga Gold Slucing [sic]/Koranga Creek/Wau/New Guinea" with Papuan ½d & 3d cancelled on arrival, a few blemishes & opened a bit roughly.

786 C

250T

Lot 787

C COMMERCIAL AIRMAILS: 1936 (Aug 6) cover endorsed "Australia-Singapore-England Airmail' with Aeroplane Overprints 3d x2 & 1/- tied by Samarai cds, minor stains & British boxed 'DAMAGED BY WATER' h/s, minor flap fault. Carried per "Scipio", which crashed at Mirabella Bay, Crete: with unused artist PPC of the flying boat. [Stated only two covers recorded from New Guinea or Papua]

787 B

400T

Lot 788

C COMMERCIAL AIRMAILS: 1936 (Nov 22) cover endorsed "Per Lockheed Air Mail" to Scotland with Birds 2d & 1/- tied by 'BULOLO' cds. light vertical fold, Cat $425. [The rate was 2d per oz, plus 6d per ½oz x2 for the Karachi-London airmail supplement. This was carried on Tommy O'Dea's second charter flight Lae-Sydney AAMC #P108a, Cat $425]

788 A-

250T

Ex Lot 789

C/CL COMMERCIAL AIRMAILS: 1937 (June 4) two covers from Kokopo AAMC #P112 or 113 to Sydney, a few faults; also stampless OHMS cover endorsed "Air Mail/Franked" also to NSW but returned; Cat $1200. [Emergency airmails were flown in the aftermath of the volcanic explosions at & evacuation of Rabaul] (3)

789 A-/B

500T


Lot 790

C COMMERCIAL AIRMAILS: 1937 (Sep 24) cover to Switzerland endorsed "Dr C Schumacher POD Bamu River" on the flap with 9d Fisherman & 1/- Air Mail tied by Daru cds. Most attractive. [The Bamu River Mission was active in native education]

790 A

150T

Lot 791

C COMMERCIAL AIRMAILS: 1939 (Oct 27) KNILM-Fairchild Aerial Survey cover to their office in Los Angeles with very scarce franking of 1939 Airmails 2d & 1/- + 2/- Artefacts, full strike of the boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR/...Asst Censor' cachet in violet, Townsville transit b/s. [The rate was 3/2d for all-the-way airmail via England]

791 A-

400T

Lot 792

C COMMERCIAL AIRMAILS: 1939 (Nov 4) Dutch cover with 'KP/M' insignia & typed "Capt Kramers ss Tasman" on the flap, Pictorials 4d & 1/3d paying the 1/7d rate, complete red/white 'OPENED BY CENSOR' label, Townsville transit b/s, jusqu'a bars in red applied at London as airmail to Europe had been suspended.

792 A-

200T

Lot 793

C COMMERCIAL AIRMAILS: 1940 (Jan) to HMS "Grasshopper" at Singapore with Pictorials 1d & 3d + Airs 5d tied by light 'DARU' cds, small 'PASSED BY CENSOR' h/s in red (of Daru?; unlisted by Lee) & red/white censor label, Townsville transit b/s, opened a bit roughly at left. [The rate was 9d for airmail to the Straits Settlements. The "Grasshopper" was sunk at Singapore in Feb 1942]

793 C

150T


Lot 794

C COMMERCIAL AIRMAILS: 1943 (Sep 9) OAS cover to Melbourne per Catalina AAMC #963a with 'FIELD PO/9SE43/069' cds used at Tambu Bay, AMF Censor h/s in violet, minor water-staining & associated wrinkling with minor peripheral tears, Cat $1000. Unlisted in the Papuan section of the catalogue & unlisted by Nierinck. [The flying boat, en route from New Guinea, crashed in Cleveland Bay at Townsville. The pilot & 12 others were killed. There were four survivors. The AAMC states "Some mail was salvaged"]

794 C

600T

PAPUA - Missionary MailWhen Rev Roger Lee sold his postal history in our auction of 5/12/2003, he retained his Missionary Mail. Roger, a Methodist minister with a passion for the history of the Methodists, has now decided to release this fascinating material to the market. The collection includes the earliest covers into Papua, and many other rare items, so it is far more than just a topical sideline!

Lot 795

L 1881 4pp letter in French headed "HMS Wolverene [sic] 16 Sept 1881" & signed "N Miklouho-Maclay", to Sir Arthur Gordon (Governor of Fiji) in which he states "...I intend...to undertake...a new excursion in New Guinea probably in the company of Rev James Chalmers...". [The Russian noble Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay was a prominent explorer/ethnologist in the South Pacific. From 1871-74 he was the first white resident of the Astrolabe Bay area. He was an anti-Colonialist, a supporter of indigenous rights, and an opponent of "blackbirding" (the capture of Islanders & their enforced labour in Queensland). HMS "Wolverine" was flagship on the Australian Station 1875-82]

The London Missionary Society (LMS) was the first to establish a permanent presence in BNG. Rev Samuel McFarlane arrived in 1871, followed by Rev WG Lawes in 1873, and Rev James Chalmers in 1877, each with South Seas lay assistants. The Methodists arrived in 1875; the Catholics in 1882; and the Lutherans in 1886.

795 A

400T

Prestige Philately - Auction No 176 Page: 57Oct 12, 2012PAPUA - Missionary Mail (continued)Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 796

L 1885 4pp letter in French on Sacred Heart Mission notepaper headed "au Général Scratchley, Port Moresby" & signed "LA Navarre supérieur/de la Mission du Melanesie/et Micronesie/a Thursday Isld", light strike at upper-left of the triple-oval 'ASST DEP COMMR/RECEIVED/NEW GUINEA' cachet in violet, with Scratchley's notation in red pencil "Capt Musgrave would you reply if necessary, say I have left & asked you to reply PHS". This is the earliest recorded letter into British New Guinea. [On 22/11/1884, Major-General Sir Peter Henry Scratchley was appointed Special Commissioner for British New Guinea. Way ahead of his time, he declared BNG "must be governed for the natives & by the natives". He arrived at Port Moresby the very day this letter was written. His note relates to the first of two trips he made into the hinterland. On the second trip, he contracted malaria, was sent back to Sydney but died at sea 2/12/1885. He was succeeded by Captain Anthony Musgrave.]

The Sacred Heart Fathers established a Catholic Mission on Yule Island. The letter speaks of the Mission's work at Yule Island & of their "petit lugger" traversing between Yule & Thursday Islands.

796 A

1,000T

Ex Lot 797

C/L 1885 stampless cover to "Captain A Musgrave/Assistant Deputy Commissioner British New Guinea", endorsed on the face in pencil "Received PM/Per Ellengowan/1 Oct 85", minor repaired opening tears at right & pinholes at upper-left. This is the earliest recorded cover into British New Guinea. [With the enclosed letter - illustrated by Lee at page 3 - in English signed by Bishop Navarre, thanking Musgrave for visiting Yule Island & assisting Rev Fr Verjeis "and his sick comrades", superb strike at upper-left of the triple-oval 'ASST DEP COMMR/RECEIVED/ ("4.10.85")/NEW GUINEA' cachet in violet]

There was no organised postal service at this time & mail was carried per favor by any available vessel. The "Ellengowan" was the 36-tons steam yacht owned by the London Missionary Society. (2 items)

797 B/A-

5,000T


Lot 798

C 1886 cover with embossed "The Argus" (newspaper) on the flap, to Musgrave at "Granville/British New Guinea" & endorsed "Per SS Victory", with Victorian 6d blue tied by Melbourne duplex of DE17/86 fine strike of the triple-oval 'ASST DEP COMMR/RECEIVED/("14.1.87")/NEW GUINEA' cachet in violet on the face, minor blemishes. This is the earliest recorded postal cover into British New Guinea. [Illustrated by Lee at page 4. Acquired by Roger Lee for £2500, in 1982!]

With copy of a newspaper notice of 30/4/1885 advising that Burns Philp had been granted a contract to run a monthly mail steamer service between Thursday Island, Port Moresby & East Cape New Guinea for three years. The "Victory" was the first vessel to operate this service.

798 B

7,500T

Lot 799

C 1889 flapless cover to "Sir William MacGregor/Government House/British New Guinea" with Victorian 1d green pair tied by Melbourne duplex of SE25/89, Brisbane & Cooktown transit b/s & a superb strike of the rare 'GRANVILLE/OC18/89/B.N.G' arrival b/s (Lee #4; rated F), a couple of repaired opening tears. A marvellous inwards cover. [This is the finest strike of only four examples of the 'GRANVILLE' cds recorded on cover. Tim Rybak's May 1889 cover with a messy strike of the cds on the face sold for $43,700]

799 B

15,000T

Lot 800

C 1895 (May) cover to the LMS in London with Queensland 2½d rose tied by a large-part strike of the 8-bar 'B.N.G' cancel of 'PORT MORESBY' (cds alongside), Brisbane transit & London arrival b/s, redirected to Oxford (arrival b/s), central fold & minor soiling. [The cover was addressed by Rev WG Lawes, who John Conley (1959) noted as having founded the LMS station at Port Moresby in 1874. Lawes had a hand in the formation of the BNG administration. Captain Anthony Musgrave lived in Lawes' home]

800 B

800T


Lot 801

C 1900 (Mar 29) cover with embossed '[crown]/B.N.G.' on the flap & endorsed "GR Le H/Lt Govr BNG" at lower-left, to Sydney "By LMS SS John Williams" & endorsed "Telegraph Enclosed", Queensland Four Figures 2d tied by 9-bars 'BNG' cancel of 'SAMARAI/BNG' (26mm cds alongside), central vertical fold & minor opening tear at the top. [At this early period, there was no telegraph link with Australia. The SS "John Williams IV" was commissioned by the LMS in 1894]

Sir George Ruthven Le Hunte succeeded MacGregor as Lieutenant-Governor in 1899. He supported the "civilising influence" of the missions. When LMS missionaries James Chalmers & Oliver Tomkins were killed & eaten, Le Hunte lead the force that killed some 24 Goaribiri, burned their ceremonial houses and smashed their war canoes. The LMS praised his "moderation" and "humanity"!, and in 1903 he was appointed Governor of South Australia.

801 B

1,250T

Lot 802

C 1900 (June 25) cover with embossed '[bishop's mitre]/M.J.S.-W.' on the flap, to Sydney, Queensland Four Figures 2d tied by 9-bars 'BNG' cancel of 'SAMARAI/BNG' (26mm cds alongside), small faults & some soiling. Ex Tim Rybak: acquired for $862.

In 1891, an Anglican Mission was established at Samarai but relocated to Dogura, on Milne Bay, the next year. In 1898, Montagu John Stone-Wigg was appointed the first Anglican Bishop of New Guinea. In 1902 he spoke at Cambridge University on the similarities between Christianity and Papuan religions]

802 B

750T

Lot 803

C 1902 usage to England of LMS PPC ("Trading Canoe") with printed 'Vatorata/B New Guinea' & message signed "WG & F L", the stamps unusually uncancelled, Port Moresby Cooktown & Brisbane cds all on the face and Queensland S&W TPO b/s. [In 1894, Rev William George Lawes & his wife Fanny established a LMS training college at Vatorata, near Kapa Kapa]

803 A-

400T


Lot 804

C 1905 (Nov 9) PPC to "Figi" [sic] with BNG 1d tied by Port Moresby cds of 5DE05 (another superb strike below), very fine 'SUVA' arrival cds. Unusual destination. The message, from Mrs Fanny Lawes, states "Yours just received per SS John Williams..." [Superb blue PPC of "A Gilbertese Warrior, in armour..."]

804 A

400T

Lot 805

C 1905 LMS PPC ("Koitapu Chiefs") with 'Vatorata' crosed thru & "Port Moresby" added, to a child in Brisbane with BNG 1d tied by one of two strikes of 'PORT MORESBY' cds, a few faults. [Most children of British missionaries were sent to school in Australia]

805 C

200T

Lot 806

PS 1907 commercial usage of 1½d BNG Postal Card with message in French headed "Yule Island 30 Dec 1907", to Holland with 'PORT MORESBY/2JAN08/PAPUA' cds, Amsterdam arrival d/s & postman's 'A103' h/s both on the face, minor faults & a bit aged. An excellent origin/destination item. [From a Catholic missionary to his nephew. Although British New Guinea was officially renamed Papua in 1906, late commercial usage of the BNG Postal Cards is recorded into the early 1920s]

806 C

350T

Lot 807

CL 1908 OHMS cover with Government Secretary's Department imprint at lower-left, to London with Small 'Papua' Overprints 1d pair, Brisbane transit & London arrival b/s, slightly truncated at left. [The addressee, Rev George Cousins, wrote "The Story of the South Seas" (1894)]

807 B

400T


Lot 808

C 1914 cover to Scotland with Monocolour Perf 14 1d scarlet cancelled with an untidy strike of the scarce 'POST OFFICE RIGO C.D/3SEP14/PAPUA' cds (Lee #83; rated D) overstruck with Glasgow machine cancel. PO 1/6/1913; Receiving Office 26/7/1919; closed c.1942. [According to Lee, only three commercial covers are recorded from Rigo. Roger's 1913 long cover, also untidily cancelled, sold for $952 (2002)]

Sent by Rev Robert Lister Turner, to his mother. Lister served in Papua c.1900-39 and spent a period in charge of the LMS Training College at Vatorata.

808 A-

750T

Lot 809

C 1927 cover with 4-line Kwato Extension Association imprint at upper-left, to GB with Bicolours 1½d addressed in the hand of Rev Charles Abel.

Rev Charles William Abel served in Papua 1900-30, establishing a mission on Kwato Island near Samarai. His practical methods were at odds with other local missionaries & in 1917 he persuaded the LMS directors to lease the Kwato Mission to him personally, from where he oversaw as many as 27 outstations.

809 A-

150T

Lot 810

C 1930 black/buff Postage Due docket to "Pastor Tausa/co Rev Rankin Moru" advising 3d due on a letter, Bicolours 1½d pair (left-hand unit damaged) tied by Port Moresby cds, printer's imprint at lower-right shows 2000 were printed in -/11/1927. [Rev Robert Rankin was an LMS missionary at Moro in the Gulf Division where he was assisted by Pastor Ta'usa, believed to be a Samoan]

810 A-

300T


Lot 811

C 1931 native cover to "Samoan Hospital/Pago Pago/Samoa" (American Samoa) endorsed on the flap "From Pastor L Tuliau/Moru Papua" with ½d pair & 2d tied by Port Moresby cds. Excellent destination item at the 3d foreign rate.

811 A-

200T

Lot 812

C 1935 commercial airmail cover to England with remarkable & very scarce three-issue franking of 3d Dandy x5, Declaration 1d & Silver Jubilee 2d tied by 'CAIRNS/QLD' cds, superb boxed 'PAQUEBOT' h/s (HD&M #1356) at the base, readdressed on arrival. [The sender was Mary K Abel - daughter of Rev Arthur E Abel & niece of Rev Charles Abel - who was a teacher at Kwato Mission from c.1929]

812 A-

300T

Lot 813

C 1936 surface cover from England to "Kikiri/Papua/Australia", Port Moresby cds of 9JY36 & very fine 'MISSENT' handstamp (Lee #i23; rated G) on the face, forwarded to Samarai (b/s of 18JY36) but returned to England where forwarded to Anglesey, light vertical fold. [We have recorded only one other example of the Missent h/s]

Missionaries were in charge of most health care services & hospitals in Papua. The addressee, Rev Dr GEG ("Cecil") Gill, a brother of Rev SRM Gill, worked 1926-33 at the Gona Anglican Hospital.

813 B

750T


Ex Lot 814

C/L 1937 cover endorsed "from Duvira Mamba to Ioma by bush track, by plane from Ioma..." with very fine 'IOMA.P.O.' cds, minor tonespots, with the enclosed letter signed "SRM Gill" stating "...the Magistrate at Ioma is my next door neighbour, and though only about 50 miles away by river, it takes one three days to get up to him. He has made a drome there and planes are starting to make calls..." (2 items)

814 B/A

100T

Lot 815

C 1937 stampless OHMS cover to Raukele with largely very fine strike of the rare double-oval 'ASSISTANT RESIDENT MAGISTRATE/("18.5.37")/RIGO, C.D.' cachet - see Lee at page 65 - & Port Moresbyarrival cds of 22MY37, minor blemishes. The cachet is occasionally seen on PO documents: this is the only example recorded on cover. [Rev HJE Short was with the LMS mid-1920s to mid-1930s. Raukele is a village near Port Moresby]

815 B

300T

Lot 816

CL 1937 commercial airmail cover to England with Aeroplane Overprints 3d x2 & 1/-, with very fine strike of the rare 'TOO LATE' h/s (Lee #120A; rated F) at upper-left, minor wrinkling. [The cover was addressed by Russell Abel, son of Rev Charles Abel, to his cousin Mary]

816 B

450T

Lot 817

CL 1940 OHMS cover to London with superb 'GOVERNMENT ANTHROPOLOGIST/PAPUA' cds at lower-left & endorsed "Air to Sydney", 5d Air tied by Port Moresby cds, boxed Censor cachet (part only, as usual). [Many missionaries were keen anthropologists and ethnologists]

817 B

150T


Lot 818

C 1940 (June) commercial surface cover to France endorsed "Sister M Paul/Yule Island" on the flap with 3d Dandy cancelled at Port Moresby where red/white 'OPENED BY CENSOR' label affixed, inspected in Sydney where boxed 'UNDELIVERABLE/RETURN TO SENDER' h/s in violet applied, minor blemishes. Very few such covers from Papua have been recorded.

818 B

300T

Lot 819

C 1941 commercial airmail cover from Uruguay "via USA" to "Convent du Kubuna/Catholic Mission/Yule Island/ Papua", censored at Sydney, sender's endorsement "Monique de Boismenu" on the flap. Terrific origin/destination cover. [The sender was almost certainly a relative of the Catholic Bishop of Papua. Kubuna was a Catholic Mission north of Port Moresby. However, the cover was probably delivered to Yule Island]

Bishop Alain Marie Guynot de Boismenu succeeded Bishop Navarre in 1908. He opposed the government's "spheres of influence" policy that limited mission activities to defined areas. He challenged the LMS "heretics" at Kwato, and expanded Catholic mission activities into the Highlands.

819 A-

300T

Lot 820

C 1941 (Sep) commercial cover with 'EVA STANTON/MADIRI/via DARU & PORT MORESBY' handstamp on the flap, to Auckland with 2d Bird tied by 'DARU' cds, 'OPENED BY CENSOR' tape unusually tied by complete strike of the large boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR' h/s in violet.

820 A-

200T


Ex Lot 821

C 1942 (Jan & Feb) commercial covers from 1) the LMS to NSW by air with Airs 2d & 3d, repaired flap; or 2) from Yule Island (?) to USA by surface with Bird 2d x2; both with McCracken Printing ½d added for the war tax. Scarce pair. [The war tax was introduced 1/12/1941; civil administration in Papua ceased 16/2/1942] (2)

821 (A)/A

300T

Ex Lot 822

C The annotated balance of the collection including 1901 cover to "Rev HM Dauncey/Delena" with BNG set to 1/-, 1903 cover with BNG 2½d (fault)& small 'SAMARAI/BRITISH NEW GUINEA' cds, 1904 damaged cover to GB with BNG ½d & 1d pair, 1919 cover to England with war tax unpaid & GB Postage Dues ½d pair, 1938 from Yule Island to France, 1941 internal registered cover to Kwato Mission, etc & a couple of PPCs, condition variable. (15 items)

822

600T

PAPUA - Ship and Paquebot MailThe material in this section has also been consigned by Rev Roger Lee. "HDM" = "Paquebot Cancellations of the World" by Hoskins Dovey & Morris (2010).

Lot 823

C 1909 commercial cover to NSW with Small 'PAPUA' 1d x4 (two vertical pairs) cancelled with three strikes of the Queensland BN '178' of 'COOKTOWN' (cds at left), Sydney transit & 'BATHURST' arrival b/s, a little truncated at left & corner fault at lower-left, some soiling mostly on the reverse.

823 B

1,000T

Prestige Philately - Auction No 176 Page: 66Oct 12, 2012PAPUA - Ship and Paquebot Mail (continued)Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 824

PS 1910 usage of BNG 1½d Postal Card with message in Dutch headed "Port Moresby", cancelled with two fine strikes of unframed-ovoid 'LOOSE/SHIP/LETTER' handstamp (HDM #1513 - LRD; rated F) of 'THURSDAY ISLAND' (cds alongside), Amsterdam machine arrival & 'A 206' postman's h/s, faults but appealing.

824 D

250T

Lot 825

C 1916 commercial cover BNG Development Co imprint on the flap, to Japan with Monocolours 2½d + 1d cancelled 'SAMARAI ED/31MAR16/PAPUA', two fine to very fine strikes of the very rare octagonal 'LATE/FEE' h/s (Lee #117B; rated G), Singapore transit & 'KOBE' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. A delightful and highly significant cover. [Lee recorded only three covers with variants of this h/s, two from Samarai & one from Kulumadau (to which we can add one more). The similar Ex Belknap/"Sepik" cover sold for $2530 at the Macray Watson sale of 31/3/1998]

825 B

1,500T

Lot 826

CL 1916 commercial cover to Victoria with NWPI 2d Kangaroo tied by 'SAMARAI/16MAY1916/PAPUA' cds, 'TAX' h/s of Samarai (Lee #102B; rated D) & 'T ("2d")'-in-Oval h/s applied at Melbourne where Postage Due 2d affixed & manuscript-cancelled, a couple of very minor blemishes. A remarkable cover. [Most NWPI covers cancelled in Papua were carried overland to Ioma. This item was apparently carried by coastal ship to Samarai]

826 A-

1,500T


Lot 827

C 1925 real photo PPC of a topless Papuan maiden to the USA with GB 1½d tied by boxed 'PACKET BOAT' h/s of 'AUCKLAND/FMB' (cds below), message headed "Port Moresby/New Guinea" [sic] states "...Can't see why anyone bothers with clothes here..."

827 A

150T

Lot 828

C 1926 Bank of NSW double-rate cover to New York with Bicolours 1½d x3 (one with 'POSTACE' at Right) tied by worn strike of the framed-ovoid 'LOOSE/SHIP/LETTER' h/s (HDM #1358; rated E) & Brisbane slogan cancel, minor blemishes. [The rate was 3d for the first ounce + 1½d for each additional ounce]

828 A-

400T

Lot 829

C 1931 cover to Sydney with Bicolours 2d + 1d (for late fee) cancelled at 'CAIRNS' with framed-ovoid 'LOOSE/SHIP/ LETTER' h/s (HDM #1376; rated F) below, vertical fold at left.

829 B300T

Lot 830

C 1934 Bank of NSW cover to NSW with Pictorials 1d (uncancelled) & 3d, circular 'LOOSE/SHIP/LETTER' h/s (HDM #1360; rated E) & Brisbane slogan cancel, ironed-out central fold.

830 (A-)200T


Lot 831

C 1938 Hamburg-Amerika Linie PPC of the "Reliance" to Germany with Aeroplane Opts 3d overpaying the 2d postcard rate. Scarce item.

831 A100T

Lot 832

C 1938 Burns Philp cover to NSW with "MONTORO" ship h/s in purple, 2d Bird tied by Brisbane 'PAQUEBOT' slogan cancel (HDM #1361 - LRD; rated C).

832 A200T

Lot 833

C 1939 Burns Philp cover to Samarai with superb straight-line 'TSMV BULOLO' cachet in violet, Australia KGV 2d tied by small 'PAQUEBOT' h/s of 'SAMARAI' (cds alongside). Unrecorded by Hosking Dovey & Morris, whose earliest paquebot handstamp for Samarai is 1958.

833 A-

250T

Ex Lot 834

DC The balance of the consignment including philatelic covers with 'MONTORO' or 'MV MACDHUI' h/s (both with a PPC of the ship), Williamson cover with 'PAQUEBOT' h/s & 'HONIARA' cds, 1914 large piece with unframed 'LOOSE/SHIP/LETTER' h/s & 'THURSDAY ISLAND' cds, 1930 Bank cover (address excised) with framed 'LOOSE/SHIP/LETTER' h/s & 'CAIRNS' cds, etc, & a few postmarks on smaller pieces. (13 items)

834

350T


PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Australian Stamps used in TPNG - Postal HistoryWe are pleased to present the fine and impressive collection formed by our long-time client John McNabb from Melbourne: Lots 882 to 974. With almost 100 lots, this is by far the most comprehensive collection of the Territory of Papua New Guinea that we have ever handled. In fact, we are confident that this is the most extensive collection of Papua New Guinea ever offered at auction anywhere in the world. This is the second time that John has been a major vendor with Prestige Philately.

Ex Lot 882

C Commercial airmail covers with all different cds including 'FINSCHAFEN' (error, registered with 'FINSCHHAFEN' label), 'HIGATURU', 'RELIEF No 3' used at Lae (to Fiji), 'RAN POST OFFICE/NUMBER 3' used at Lombrum, 'LORENGAU' (registered), 'MADANG' (registered with hand-drawn "cachet"), 'MAPRIK', 'RELIEF No 5' used at Namatanai (registered, with the very scarce 'MAMATANAI' label), 'RELIEF No 5' used at Rabaul (registered), etc including nine more registered, condition variable. Scarce lot. (32)

882

600

Ex Lot 883

C Philatelic covers with all different registration labels including from 'BAININGS', 'ESA'ALA', 'FINSCHHAFEN' (with 'FINSCHAFEN' cds error), 'GAROKA' (with 'POSTAL DEPT D4' cds), 'GASMATA' (with 'KANDRIAN' cds), 'HIGATURU', 'IHU', 'KUKIPI', 'SAMARAI' (added in transit to cover from 'LOSUIA' with pre-WWII datestamp), 'MAPRIK', 'MAMATANAI' error (with 'NAMATANAI' cds), 'RIGO', manuscript "Sohana/Reg No 2" or "SOHANO" (both with 'BUKA PASSAGE' cds), 'SOHANO' (with 'SOHANA' cds), etc, a few provisional types & a few with Relief cds, many low numbers noted, generally fine. (59)

883

1,000

Ex Lot 884

C Mostly philatelic covers with all different provisional registration markings with handstamps from 'BULOLO', 'RAN PO No 3' (commercial), 'PORT MORESBY' (Opening Day cover), 'PO RABAUL' (not registered) and 'WEWAK'; manuscript from "DARU", "KAVIENG", "LAE" (with superb 'SUB-DISTRICT OFFICE/FINSCHHAFEN' cachet), "MADANG", "Manus", "Sohana/Reg No 4" or "SOHANO" (both with 'BUKA PASSAGE' cds, the latter is commercial) & "Wewak"; and makeshift labels from Namatanai & Rabaul; etc, variable condition. A scarce group. (17)

884

500

Prestige Philately - Auction No 176 Page: 70Oct 12, 2012PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Australian Stamps used in TPNG - Postal History (continued)Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Ex Lot 885

C/CL Commercial covers from 'ESA'ALA' x2 (one to Australia), Goroka, Kairuku, Kieta (to Buka Passage), Kikori, Kokoda, Kukipi, Madang & Popondetta, also unstamped cover with oval 'DISTRICT OFFICE/SOHANO' d/s & OHMS group comprising four with "relief" cds used at Port Moresby (three registered, two with 'TITLES COMMISSION BRANCH/...' cachet & 'PORT MORESBY/ T ' labels), airmail with oval 'SUB-DISTRICT OFFICE/KANDRIAN' d/s, stampless with 'GOVERNMENT HOUSE/PORT MORESBY' cachet, condition variable. (18)

885

350

Ex Lot 886

C 1945-47 Re-Opening of Civil Post Offices registered covers from Abau, Buin, Buka Passage (not registered), Higatura (with Port Moresby label), Kavieng (with mss "K10" & Rabaul label), Kokoda, Lae, Madang, Manus & Port Moresby (not registered), five with "relief" cds. (10)

886 A/B

250

Lot 887

C 1946 philatelic cover to Victoria with ½d 2d & 6d tied by two fine to very fine strikes of the rare 'SALAMAUA/ 6FE46/PAPUA-NEW GUINEA' cds - with another very fine strike on the reverse, 'SALAMAUA' red & black/white registration label number '10', 'No7 AUST BASE PO/ A ' & Melbourne transit & Hawthorn arrival backstamps. One of the great rarities of PNG philately: acquired for $6820 at our auction of 30/9/2000. Very few registered covers are believed to exist.

The post office at Salamaua re-opened 14/1/1946 & was closed on 16/4/1946. The cds is generally regarded as the rarest post-WWII PNG datestamp. Tim Rybak's Jan 1946 cover sold for $8337. [With a postcard-size photo of gold prospector "Shark Eye" Park's shack on the "main street" & a 2005 article by John McNabb]

887 A-

6,000

Lot 888

PS 1946 red & black/white 'SALAMAUA' registration label #13 (the highest number recorded), a little aged. Probably rarer off-cover than on-cover! [The illustration is above Lot 886]

888 B100


Lot 889

C 1946 stampless YMCA cover with typed "No Stamps Available", to New Zealand with Rabaul cds of 9AU46, minor blemishes. Rare. [Buka Passage PO re-opened 27/8/1946. Prior to that date, mail from the southern end of Bougainville was endorsed "NSA" & sent via the ANGAU Unit at Cape Torokina]

889 B

150

Lot 890

C 1948 (May 11) commercial airmail cover to Sydney with 5½d (another stamp lost) tied by 'BUKA PASSAGE' cds & 'SOHANA' registration label, defective & stained and endorsed "Damage by Rats/while awaiting transit/Reg Clerk" in red. One for the vermin enthusiasts!

890 C

200

Lot 891

C 1949 Voyce airmail cover to the United States, unclaimed & returned with American DLB markings in purple & 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE/PORT MORESBY' cachet G&H #DL1 in violet on the face (no date added) & back (with date h/s '21FEB1950'). [Garwood & Heward state "Strikes of the DLO h/s are rare" & that only one example without date added has been recorded]

891 B

250

Lot 892

C 1950 local commercial cover with 'UNCLAIMED PORT MORESBY' & 'RETURN TO SENDER' h/s both in violet, flap missing. [Garwood & Heward imply that only one cover - of 1947, also with both markings - has been recorded]

892 B

250


Lot 893

C 1951 Thompson cover with ½d imprint pair, 2½d Mitchell & 5½d Peace tied by three very fine strikes of the scarce 'BAININGS/PAPUA-NEW GUINEA' cds (another strike on the reverse), 'BAININGS/ 18 ' registration label, Rabaul transit & Sydney arrival b/s. Rare. PO 1/3/1951; closed 1/3/1953. [A similar cover sold for $515 at our auction of 19/3/2005]

893 A

300

Lot 894

C 1951 commercial airmail cover to Hobart with ½d x2 & 5½d pair tied by three strikes of the scarce 'BAININGS/ 8JE51/PAPUA-NEW GUINEA' cds, 'BAININGS/ 20 ' registration label, Rabaul & Brisbane transit & Hobart arrival b/s, light central fold. Rare.

894 B

500

Lot 895

C 1952 (Aug 4) commercial airmail cover to New Zealand with 6½d green only & 'DEFICIENT POSTAGE TAX ("3d")' h/s, NZ KGVI 3d added in lieu of Postage Dues & tied by 'PICTON' cds, minor blemishes. [The airmail rate to NZ increased to 8d on 1/8/1952]

895 B

150

Lot 896

C 1952 registered cover to the United States with outrageous franking of Arms £2 green marginal block of 4 from the base of the sheet, central 'LAE' cds of 6OC52, various backstamps. Superb!

896 A+250


Ex Lot 897

C/CL 1952-53 commercial (3) & OHMS (2) internal covers with Australia/PNG combination frankings comprising Aust ½d + PNG 3d (2); Aust ½d & 1d + PNG 1d x2; Aust 1/6d black + PNG 2d & 3½d (with Bulolo Gold Dredging Ltd imprint); and Aust 3d pair + PNG ½d (flown from Momote to Townsville & cancelled on arrival); the two long covers have been folded. Very scarce group. [PNG stamps were issued 30/10/1952. Australian stamps continued to be valid only until 28/2/1953] (5)

897 A/B

500

Lot 898

C 1953 commercial airmail cover to Sydney with late but valid combination franking of KGVI 7½d pair & PNG 3½d tied by very fine 'KANDRIAN' cds of 21JA53, very early usage of 'KANDRIAN' registration label, minor blemishes & two vertical folds. Very scarce.

898 B

150

Lot 899

C 1953 (Mar 10) commercial airmail cover to Port Moresby with invalid Australian 1½d x2 (underpaid in any event) uncancelled with 'SOHANA' cds below, correctly treated as wholly unpaid, fine 'DEFICIENT POSTAGE TAX ("1/1d")' h/s, Pictorials 1d & 1/- affixed in lieu of Postage Dues & tied by Port Moresby cds.

899 A

150


Ex Lot 900

C** FLIGHT COVERS: (Jan 8) Rabaul-Sydney flight cover with the black & blue Qantas label & signed by the pilot "J Bonnington"; also plain typed cover Port Moresby-Rabaul AAMC #P165 with cds of "16JA47" & Rabaul arrival b/s of 17JA47, plus the similar Sydney-Rabaul label (pristine, unmounted). [The entire Sydney-Rabaul mail disappeared. Unused vignettes are the only survivors of the flight to Port Moresby. The Port Moresby-Rabaul cover is the only recorded proving cover for the inwards flight. #P165 is not priced & this intermediate is not even listed] (3 items)

900 A/A+

1,000

Lot 901

C FLIGHT COVERS: 1951 Buin-Rabaul-Barakoma Airfield possibly commercial cover endorsed "Per Bird of Paradise" with 3d & 6d Kookaburra tied by suoerb 'BUIN' cds of 30JY51. Unlisted in the AAMC.

901 A-400

Ex Lot 902

D POSTMARKS: Packet of pieces with wide array of cds including "reliefs", many on registered pieces with labels including 'BAININGS' #10 & 'GASMATA' #7 (both the lowest numbers recorded), also oval 'POST OFFICE/RABAUL' & 'POST OFFICE/ RABAUL PNG' d/s, good range of stamps including 10/- & £1 Robes, very minor duplication. (65 items)

902

250

Ex Lot 903

C POSTMARKS: The balance of the annotated collection in four binders with virtually every office represented (no Salamaua), includes Opening Day covers, a Last Day of Australian Stamps cover, ship mail, airmail & postage due covers etc, also 10/- & £1 (2) Robes on separate covers, 'AUST WAR GRAVES MAINT UNIT/LAE (NG)' cachet on 1947 front, a good number are commercial & about half are registered. An unusual opportunity. (230 approx)

903

1,500


PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Postal History

Ex Lot 964

C/CL Shoebox of commercial mail from all over PNG with a number of scarce frankings including two with 1/7d Cattle, 7d x6 on Special Delivery airmail to NSW, 2/- Malaria on airmail to Ireland, 21c Bird & 30c National Day on registered airmail packet, etc, some better postmarks noted, about half are OHMS covers with a good range of frankings to 2/6d, departmental cachets etc. We noted lots of registered & airmail items, a couple of Postage Due items, scarce instructional handstamps etc, condition variable. (150+)

964

800

Ex Lot 965

C 1952 Bulley cover to Victoria with 3½d Native tied by a superb strike of the 'BAININGS' cds, the cover a little charred at the top. PO 1/3/1951; closed 1/3/1953. Very scarce on PNG stamps as they were available only from 30/10/1952, the local population was only 20 Whites, and the PO closed only 4 months later. [With letter of 14/1/1953 from the Bainings postmaster advising "The letter was apparently one of a bag partly burnt on a ship which took mail from this office to Rabaul"] (2 items)

965 B

150

Ex Lot 966

CS 1954 unstamped OHMS cover with oval 'POMIO PATROL POST/NEW BRITAIN' d/s, 1955 Voyce cover with boxed 'PATROL POST/POMIO' d/s, & 10/- Map pair with oval 'PATROL POST/OKAPA EHD/TERRITORY OF PAPUA & NEW GUINEA'. Rare trio. (3 items)

966 A/A-

250

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Lot 967

C 1956 commercial cover to Mosiraka Village Mission with 3½d Native tied by a superb strike of the 'MADANG/3FE56/PAPUA-NEW GUINEA' cds G&H #MA-2. A little-known & underappreciated rarity: believed to be the most elusive cds of PNG. Ex Max Bulley: acquired for $2796 at a Melbourne auction in 2004. [Garwood & Heward state "...was in use from 16/1/1956 to early -/2/1956", when it was withdrawn from service. This is one of the finest of the few recorded covers]

967 A

1,000

Ex Lot 968

C 1956-57 Police Runner Mail covers including two OHMS (one roughly opened), another definitely commercial item & a couple that may be commercial, etc, three with boxed 'WAKUNAI' h/s. Very scarce material. (13)

968

400

Ex Lot 969

C 1960s-1970s bundle of Opening Day covers from all different post offices including 'RABAUL AIRPORT', 'WAPENAMUNDA' (error) & 'WEST GOROKA', all but a few are registered including many with the labels "tying" 'RELIEF' cancels, some with altered or provisional labels, generally fine to very fine. (67)

969

450

Ex Lot 970

C 1966 unpaid commercial airmail cover from Victoria with Postal Charges 1d & 9d tied by 'RABAUL AIRPORT' cds, and unpaid philatelic cover - no flap - from 'RABAUL AIRPORT' with Postal Charges 1/- tied by superb 'TOBOI' cds. Rabaul Airport PO 26/1/1966; closed 31/8/1967. (2)

970 B

200

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Ex Lot 971

PS POSTAL STATIONERY: Registration Envelopes 1/0½d unused & internal commercial usages x2, 1/7d unused & philatelically used x2 (one on First Day of Issue), Envelopes x10 (including commerically used pictorial types x3), Aerogrammes x12 unused, and Iinternational Reply Coupons x3. (31 items)

971 A

400

Ex Lot 972

D POSTMARKS: Packet of postmarks on piece including very fine 'BAININGS' on 6½d, 'MINJ' on Postal Charges, a few registration receipts etc. (45 items)

972100

Ex Lot 973

C POSTMARKS: The balance of the collection 'ABAU' to 'YOMBA' in seven bulging albums, strength in the 1960s & 1970s with virtually every office represented including 'BAININGS', 'RABAUL AIRPORT' & 'WEST GOROKA' (registered), some earlier & scarce later material, a high proportion of registered covers including PO Opening Days & First Days of cds, "tied" relief cds etc, also pictorial types, ship mail, airmail, circular & boxed 'GPO BRISBANE/POSTED LATE FEE/PORT MORESBY' d/s, etc; many better stamps including a good number of the 1/7d Cattle, some minor duplication, generally fine to very fine. Basis for expansion or a re-seller's delight! (800 approx)

973

2,500

PS REGISTRATION LABELS: Collection mounted on a set of Henk Teunis' reference pages, virtually all different with many scarce types including handstamps & provisionals plus complete strips of 5 for 'KIETA', 'KONEDOBU', 'LORENGAU', 'RIGO', 'TALASEA' & 'WAU'. (100s)

974

250


SOLOMON ISLANDS - Postal History

Ex Lot 989

C/CL Useful bundle including 1936 registered with Jubilee set, 1938 with huge DLO b/s, 1944 with 'RNZAF/ C /NZAPO' cds, 1946 with 'AUKI' rubber cds, 1951 with 'NEW HEBRIDES/VILA - PAQUEBOT' cds, Fairymead Sugar Co cover with date h/s used at Yandina & registered at Honiara, two Aerogrammes with small 'BARAKOMA AIRFIELD' h/s, etc, generally fine. (21)

989 A/B

300T

Ex Lot 990

C/CL 1907-52 official covers comprising 1907 OHBMS front with Large Canoes set, 1913 & 1921 to France with 'POSTAGE - POSTAGE' 3d & 11d or MCA 5d (with letter), 1937 stampless with 'PROTECTORATE POSTMASTER' dated cachet, & 1952 with 'His' amended to "HER" by hand, all but the first are registered. (5)

990 A/B

500T

Ex Lot 991

C 1910-13 registered covers with scarce albeit philatelic frankings 1) & 2) Large Canoes set or 1/- solo franking; 3) to 5) Small Canoes set on three covers; & 6) Small Canoes 1d pair 4d pair & 1/-; a few blemishes, Cat £670+ as used stamps. (6 covers)

991 A/B

300T

Lot 992

CL 1913 triple-rate registered commercial cover to Sydney with Small Canoes ½d block of 4 & 2½d plus 'POSTAGE - POSTAGE' ½d & 1d tied by Tulagi cds, Sydney arrival b/s, minor blemishes & slightly trimmed at both ends.

992 B

400T

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Ex Lot 993

C 1913-32 mostly commercial covers with KGV frankings comprising 1913 PPC to Hungary, 1913 to NSW, 1917 to Harvard University with 2½d & readdressed to the Bureau of Entomology, 1919 front to GB with Postage Due 1d affixed on arrival, 1927 to the Philippines, and 1932 Burns Philp cover to Brisbane with Tulagi cds & huge 'PAQUEBOT' h/s, a few blemishes. (6)

993 A/B

400T

PS 1959-72 commercially used Aerogrammes comprising 1) Australian Territories 'BY AIR MAIL' from a native to USA with 'MUNDA' cds; 2) Australian Territories 'Overseas Service' from a missionary with 'WORLD UNITED/AGAINST MALARIA' h/s in blue; & 3) 8c Fishing (rare used) to Germany with message in German. A very scarce trio. (3)

994 A

300

PS 1978 usages of formular Registration Envelopes sizes G & H, the first used internally with enormous 'BATUNA POSTAL AGENCY/...' cds alongside 1c & 20c plus 'BATUNA/("Reg No 69") and Honiara registration h/s applied on arrival, the other to NSW with 5c 15c & 20c tied by Honiara cds, 'CROWS NEST' arrival b/s. (2)

995 A+

150

Lot 996

S POSTMARKS: '[SS K]ULAMBANGRA' straight-line h/s - the so-called "shark" - largely superb large-part strike in violet on Small Canoe 2d. Ex John Darnell: acquired for $760 at our auction of 19/3/2005. [Don Franks #445. John Darnell stated that less than 10 examples are recorded, of which this is one of the finest]

996 A- A2

750T

PHILATELIC LITERATUREL "The Colonel Harrie Evans Collection Part 4: Australian Colonies and Pacific Islands" Premier auction

catalogue (4/5/2002), a few faults, 1142 lots softbound. An important sale.1001 B

25

L GILBERTS & ELLICE ISLANDS:: "The Postal History of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands and New Hebrides" by Ted Proud (2006), 280pp hardbound with d/j. Retail $130.

1006 A65

L GILBERTS & ELLICE ISLANDS:: "Philatelic Handbook of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands" by DH Vernon (1973), 274pp hardbound; plus the "Corrigenda, Amendments & Addenda Issue No.1", softbound. (2)

1007 A-

40

L NEW ZEALAND: "The Joseph Hackmey Collection of New Zealand 1855-1872, Part II" Spink (New York) auction catalogue (20/05/2010), 530 lots de-luxe hardbound, bumped corners.

1008 A-30

L NEW ZEALAND: "The Postage Stamps of New Zealand: 1855-1873: The Chalon Head Issues" by Robert P Odenweller (2009), minor blemishes but generally fine, 362pp hardbound with d/j.

1009 A-60

L NEW ZEALAND: "New Zealand " Robson Lowe auction catalogue (30/10/1969) including the George Boucher Collection, illustrations, minor creasing, 259 lots staplebound.

1010 A-25

L NEW ZEALAND: "New Zealand and the Universal Postal Union to 1907" by C Capill (1993), RPSofNZ Monograph Series No 11, 133pp softbound. No 241 of 350.

1011 A10

L NEW ZEALAND: "Airmails of New Zealand Vol. II: The Overseas Flights 1928-1940" compiled by DA Walker (1986), 346pp hardbound with d/j.

1012 A25

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Lot 1013

L NEW ZEALAND: "Mails by Rail in New Zealand" edited by Alan Berry (2001), 220pp hardbound with d/j.

1013 A30

L NORFOLK: "Norfolk Island: A Postal and Philatelic History 1788-1969" by Collas & Breckon (1997), minor creasing, 84pp staplebound.

1015 A-Offer

L SOLOMONS: "The Postal History of the British Solomon Islands and Tonga" by Ted Proud (2006), 296pp hardbound with d/j. Retail $130.

1017 A50

L TOKELAU: "The Postal History and Postage Stamps of the Tokelau/Union Islands" by AH Burgess (1977), published by the Pacific Islands Study Circle, 147pp, hardbound. (2)

1018 A-25

L TONGA: "The Postal History of the British Solomon Islands and Tonga" by Ted Proud (2006), 296pp hardbound with d/j. Retail $130.

1019 A50

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