Africa: Cover range comprising Kenya 1933 reg'd airmail Naivasha to Canada bearing 5c, 20c pair and 50c; Mozambique 1933 Beira to London with seven adhesives and bilingual airmail vignette; Senegal 1905 reg'd Dakar to France bearing 25c and 15c; Togo 1898 PPC Lome to Germany bearing 10pf 'Togo' on German adhesive, 1915 reg'd Lome to Grand Popo bearing KGV 1/-, 6d and 3d, censored; Zanzibar 1937 to N.Z. bearing 6c solo franking (6). Interesting group with various transit and backstamps
Lot 2
Estimate: $200
Realised Price : $150
Airmail covers: 1931-74 range incl 1933 Singapore to UK by Imperial Airways, 1936 Sthn Rhodesia to NSW bearing Admiral 1d (2), 6d + Jubilee set, with red and blue/yellow 'FIRST SOUTHERN RHODESIAN AIR RALLY' vignette affixed to reverse and tied by arrival datestamp, few Australia, New Guinea FFC, etc, mixed condition (19 covers)
Lot 3
Estimate: $450
Realised Price : $525
Asia: Large accumulation sorted into sleeves including China, mostly People's Republic including some Mini Sheets, reproductions, Republic of China, Korea, mostly South with large quantities CTO part sheets, more modest ranges of Hong Kong. Rykuyus, Vietnam, Laos, etc, mostly issues from 1960s onwards, mixed condition (1000s)
Lot 4
Estimate: $80
Realised Price : $85
Australia and New Zealand: Used accumulations in stockbooks and loose on piece, mostly from decimal period, plus a stockbook of New Zealand FDCs (1968-77), also small range of world used in stockbook
Lot 5
Estimate: $400
Realised Price : $575
Australia and Pacific: Eclectic range on hagners/stockcards incl Australia few Roos and KGV used, later issues m/muh, Cook Islands 1892 set to 10d, Queen Makea Die Proofs (3, one a framed pull, 1d and 10d), Nauru Ships to 10/- used, New Guinea GRI opt 1d on 3pf 'OS', 3d Kawieng registration label, N.Z. 1939 Postage Due set mint, Life Insurance 2nd issue to 6d mint, Arms £3/10/- and £4/10/- fiscal datestamp and perfin, few Papua, etc; also Grenada 1892 2d on 6d Postage Due (SG D6), variable condition (few 100)
Lot 6
Estimate: $200
British Commonwealth: Selection of Malayan States 1949 U.P.U. sets for Malacca, Penang, Perak and Selangor in corner blocks of 6 or 4 (Malacca with Plate No.), last three with imprint, also Falkland Is Dependencies 1949 Wedding set in blocks of 4, 1/- with imprint. Fresh unmounted (96)
Lot 7
Estimate: $300
Realised Price : $360
British Empire and Foreign oddments, sighted Hong Kong 1949 U.P.U. set muh, Post Offices in China KGV to $2, modern BWI few Mini Sheets, covers, mixed condition (few 100)
Lot 8
Estimate: $150
Realised Price : $115
British North America: Photographic reproductions of Sperati forgeries for Vancouver Island 5c and 10c Die Proofs, stamps 5c (8), 10c (5), Newfoundland 4d and 1/- unused pairs (enlarged), singles 4d (10), 6d (4), 6½d (6), 1/- (5), some photos taken in composite
Lot 9
Estimate: $500
Realised Price : $380
Cinderellas: Selection of 'De Landre' 1914 propaganda labels for French, Italian, and Spanish patriotic types, also Red Cross types (2), all in imperf pairs, 1917 Red Cross 1d+1d labels for Montserrat imperf (5, incl pair) and perf (2) (total 18)
Lot 10
Estimate: $300
Realised Price : $320
Cover range in small box including useful Australia punctured 'OS' on covers used from W.A., various modern including AAT base sets of covers, world commercial mail with some addressed to Australia, etc, mixed condition (few 100)
Lot 11
Estimate: $80
Cover group 1917 to the one addressee in Sydney from Fiji bearing 1d 'WAR STAMP' pair, New Caledonia printed envelope from Noumea bearing 25c, and New Zealand bearing ½d 'WAR STAMP' strip of three, minor staining
Lot 12
Estimate: $150
Realised Price : $120
Cover selection including Australia 1931-34 flight covers (3), 1932 2d Bridge cover with gold foil, 1936 S.A. Centenary set on registered with Exhibition cancels, Ireland 1865 entire letter to Wales, Tonga tin can cover, Switzerland 1915 Red Cross card, etc, mixed condition (12 items)
Lot 13
Estimate: $400
Realised Price : $300
Great Britain: Selection of 1985-91 presentation folders prepared by Harrison & Sons Limited, each containing a set of commemorative stamps (44)
Lot 14
Estimate: $600
Italy: 1945-78 collection in album incl 1945-48 values to 100L (SG 669 mint), 1945-47 Airs, 1948 St Catherine to 200L used, 1949 100L Roman Republic used, 1949 Volta mint, 1950 UNESCO mint, Holy Year mint, Radio both mint and used, good range of later issues, mixed condition, some MUH, variable condition (800+). STC £1400+
Lot 15
Estimate: $600
Realised Price : $480
Japan: Collection in eight binders and on leaves, plus two stockbooks containing early to modern ranges of stamps, Mini Sheets, sheetlets, some FDCs, earlies doubtful, wide range of issues, some blocks in later issues, mixed condition (100s)
Lot 16
Estimate: $200
Realised Price : $150
New Zealand: Collection in two stockbooks, from 1880s to 1966, virtually all mint from 1920, Healths complete except for 1931 Smiling Boys, missing many higher values (100s)
Lot 17
Estimate: $600
Realised Price : $500
New Zealand: Largely used range in stockbook incl KEVII values to 1/- (few multiples), 1d Universal (5 mint) and imperf varieties punctured at sides and with indentations at sides, KGV Heads values to 1/- (few wmk varieties), ½d Green block of 4 with double perfs on three sides CP K13a(Y) (slightly toned), and the ½d on cut-out stationery (2) showing provisional 'HALFPENNY' overprint. Mixed condition, still a good basis for study (qty)
Lot 18
Estimate: $2,000
Realised Price : $2,100
New Zealand: 1967-1998 large accumulation of decimals in singles and blocks in 19 Chinese stockbooks, face value approx NZ$4200. Heavy - buyer to remove
Lot 19
Estimate: $600
Realised Price : $600
New Zealand: Accumulation of stamp packs and year packs from 1972 to 1990s, plus a range of first day cover packs. Mint stamps FV approx NZ$1230
Lot 20
Estimate: $100
Pacific Islands: 1966 Churchill issues in blocks of four for British Solomon Islands, Fiji, Gilbert & Ellice, New Hebrides both British and French, Pitcairn Island, unmounted (96). Retail approx AU$240
Lot 21
Estimate: $125
Realised Price : $95
Pacific Islands/Aust Territories: Useful oddments in N.Z., P.N.G., Pitcairn, sighted New Guinea 1932-34 Undated Birds set to £1 mint (some toning), mixed condition (few 100)
Lot 22
Estimate: $1,000
Saint Lucia: Mint collection on leaves including 1860 QV 1d, 1863 1d, 4d and 6d, 1864-76 1d, 6d, 1/- (2), 1881 Surcharges ½d and 2½d, 1883-87 Die I 1d, 1891-92 Surcharges including Die I & II ½d on 3d, 1902-10 KEVII issues SG 58-77 complete, few KGV, 1937-51 KGVI issues complete, Postage Dues 1930-81 complete, few unused, mostly fine (120+). STC approx £2000
Lot 23
Estimate: $800
Realised Price : $600
Saint Vincent: Mint collection on leaves including 1883-84 QV ½d, 6d and 1/-, 1885 1d on 2½d on 1d, 1885-93 values to 5/-, 1890-93, 1892, 1893-94 and 1897 Surcharges, 1909 to 10/-, KEVII 1902 to 5/-, 1904-11 1d to £1, 1907-08, 1909 and 1909-11 sets, KGV War Stamps, 1937-51 KGVI issues, some shades, mostly fine (140+). STC £1720+
Lot 24
Estimate: $125
Realised Price : $95
U.S.A.: Interesting selection of perforation 'freaks and oddities', definitives (15, incl 2 blocks of six), commemoratives (5) and revenues (3), mixed condition (23)
Lot 25
Estimate: $350
Realised Price : $300
World collection in 'The Ideal Postage Stamp Album' (5th edition) sparsely filled with British Empire and Foreign to 1912, strength largely in New Republic Arms issues (11) with values to 1/6d and Transvaal, few earlier types, later to £5 (doubtful), St Petersburg, etc, stamps poor to fine (few 100). Album, while having minor blemishes, is well above usual condition
Lot 26
Estimate: $200
Realised Price : $240
World range in carton containing two shoeboxes of commercial, FDCs and commemorative cancel covers, some Australia, various stamp remainders on leaves and stocksheets, South Africa exhibitions, Australia aerogrammes, N.Z. 4c Butterfly in envelopes (20,000!); also Literature WWII Postal History by Collas (minor stains) and 'Perfins' by Matthews (new), mixed condition (1000s)
Lot 27
Estimate: $100
Realised Price : $105
World range in carton containing stockbooks, printed pages, albums, on paper, etc (100s)
Lot 28
Estimate: $150
Picture Postcards: c.1900s 'Stamps' embossed or printed VSM or Zieher style from Sth Aust (used), Bavaria (used), China, G.B. (used from France and Japan), mixed condition (5). Very scarce used
