REST OF THE WORLD, TRISTAN DA CUNHA, POSTAL HISTORY
Lot 1318
Estimate: $300
1966-71 range of covers mostly bearing ship 'Bergensfjord' world cruises, 1963 MV 'Zeehan'(2), 1963 RMS 'Amazon', 1963 'Bornholm' (2), 1964 and 1965 'Jeanne d'Arc' covers, 1964 HMS 'Jaguar' (3) and HMS 'Protector', 1964 SS 'Brasil' (2), 1967 'Maria Martina', 1967 'Arethusa'1968 'Discoverer' (US Geodetic Survey), 1970 Yacht 'Stormy', 1970 RV 'Vema', 1970 'Lindblad Explorer'(2), 1971 MFV 'Hilary', 1971 'Albatros 2'. Generally very fine and a rarely offered group (33)
Lot 1319
Estimate: $180
1971-1972 Souvenir covers of visiting ships with a variety of cachets, including H.M.S. Argonaut and H.M.S. Devonshire, plus a range of covers commemorating various events or anniversaries, all with appropriate cachets. Also a few photographs of the ships represented by the covers (36)
Lot 1320
Estimate: $220
1973-1974 souvenir covers and postcards of visiting ships with a variety of stencilled and more traditional cachets, some signed, including two covers of 28 July 1973 with cachet of M.V. Straat Algoa and with additional 'URGENT MEDICAL SUPPLIES LANDED' cachet. Also a number of picture postcards of ships represented by the covers (41)
Lot 1321
Estimate: $80
1973-2003 range of commemorative covers bearing cachets or inscriptions of St. Mary's Church or St. Mary's School, a number are signed, and including 1982 formular aerogramme with cachet, and 1997 picture postcard with 15p 50th Anniversary of End of World War II, with boxed 'EXCLUSIVE STAMP ARTIST/SIGNING FOR THE TRISTASN/HURRICANE RELIEF FUND/LIMITED EDITION OF TEN' (11)
Lot 1322
Estimate: $150
1975-1978 souvenir covers and postcards of visiting ships (some signed) including a number with spectacular handcut stencilled cachets, along with a number of more traditional shipping cachets, also a few covers with commemorative cachets, 'The Great Kettle robbery' of 18 April 1975 being noteworthy (27)
Lot 1323
Estimate: $80
1979-1981 souvenir covers from visiting ships showing a variety of cachets, a number are signed, plus three picture postcards of the associated ships, also two commemorative covers related to the Type V and Type Va cachets (18)
Lot 1324
Estimate: $150
1983-1993 souvenir covers and postcards of visiting ships, including H.M.S. Endurance and H.M.S. Lowestoft, and with a number franked with foreign adhesives for paquebot usage, plus a range of cacheted covers for various commemorative events and anniversaries, and with a wide variety of cachets (some duplication). Most are addressed to Great Britain or South Africa, a few are unaddressed (25)
Lot 1325
Estimate: $180
1997-2001 souvenir covers and postcards of visiting ships showing a wide range of cachets, first day covers of the period, plus a few cacheted covers for commemorative events, including philatelic exhibitions, and two postcards with circular 'TRISTAN DA CUNHA/Hurricane/Damage' cachet (21 May 2001) (35)
Lot 1326
Estimate: $200
2003-2006 souvenir covers of visiting ships, large group relating to Petrobus XXI Oil Rig which became stranded at Tristan in 2006, Earth Tremor 'souvenir' cover (29 Jul 2004), 27 July 2004 30p self-adhesive stamp FDC with airmail handstruck cachet due to shortage of labels, etc. Wide variety of cachets (35)
Lot 1327
Estimate: $220
2007-2008 souvenir covers and postcards of visiting ships showing a wide variety of cachets, a number of which are arrivals for the purpose of construction projects, also cacheted covers prepared for various local events, including Destruction of Fishing Factory Building by Fire, Wind Damage to Public works Warehouse, Flu Outbreak Alert, Destruction of Petrobus XXI Oil Rig, Return of Yacht Cha-Lee due to Loss of Mast, etc. Fascinating examples of philatelic ingenuity, some duplication (46)
Lot 1328
Estimate: $350
2009-2011 souvenir covers and postcards of visiting ships showing a wide variety of cachets, also a wide range of other souvenir covers and postcards commemorating various events or anniversaries, including a large group for the 50th anniversary of the evacuation, arrival in England and issue of the St. Helena Tristan Relief stamps, many are signed (141)
Lot 1329
Estimate: $150
Official Mail: 1959-2003 O)HMS mail sent by the Administrator, nearly all with various types of 'ADMINISTRATOR/TRISTAN DA CUNHA' cachets and including a number of clearly commercial covers, the others mostly to well-known collectors, also 1953 and 1960 inwards covers to the Administrator from south Africa and Rhodesia & Nyasaland respectively (17)
Lot 1330
Estimate: $180
Official Mail: 1970-2003 covers and postcards, a number unaddressed and the others largely philatelic to Great Britain or South Africa, and all bearing the cachets of various Government Officers, with Post Office (8), Treasurer (4), Public Works (2), Natural Resources, Police 2), Electricity Supply, Medical Officer, Island Operations Manager, Agriculture (2), Customs (2), Education (2). An interesting group (29)
Lot 1331
Estimate: $150
Taxed Mail: 1952-1974 small group of covers, with 1952 to England with boxed 'T' marking obliterated and with South Africa ½d and 1d pairs affixed (uncancelled), 1953 coronation FDC to New York with boxed 'T ______ (10)c', 1956 to England with ½d, 1d and 3d and boxed 'INSUFFICIENT POSTAGE' and 'T _____ (6d)c', 1960 cover to England with pair, and boxed 'INSUFFICIENT POSTAGE', and 1963, 1974 (2) and 1975 covers to south Africa with the boxed 'T' markings. Couple of small cover faults, however a useful and scarce group (8)
Lot 1332
Estimate: $100
Taxed Mail: 1952-1974 small group of taxed covers, with two locally addressed 1952 (1 Jan) FDC's each with 1½d and 6d, 1963 local cover with 2d (2), 1973 covers to UK (2) with 1p, and 1974 cover to South Africa with ½p, each with the boxed 'T ____ c' marking, and 1996 postcard to UK with 1p, and boxed 'POSTAGE/DUE' handstamp (7)
Lot 1333
Estimate: $200
1956-1968 underpaid incoming mail from Great Britain (9), four with boxed 'T ______ d' handstamp, one with boxed 'POSTAGE/DUE', one with manuscript 'Due' inserted in Tristan da Cunha cds, and all but two showing Tristan adhesives affixed to indicate amount of postage due. A fine and scarce group (7)
Lot 1334
Estimate: $120
Taxed Mail: 1955-75 covers from South Africa (5) or Nyasaland addressed to Tristan, underpaid and showing a variety of tax markings, both at despatch and receipt end, the 1955 Nyasaland cover showing use of 2d Tristan for collection of postage due. A scarce group (6 covers)
Lot 1335
Estimate: $80
Realised Price : $60
First issue of 'Tristan da Cunha Newsletter' (1970-71) outlining details of stamp and philatelic facilities to which was attached a sheet showing strikes of various official and private cachets in black; also a later (19773) sheet with strikes of the postal markings and administration handstamps and cachets in violet. Unusual and scarce
