REST OF THE WORLD, TRISTAN DA CUNHA, POSTAL HISTORY

Lot 901		Estimate: $50 Small group of covers, with 1954 6d on unaddressed cover, 1954 2d pair on 1956 unaddressed cover cancelled at Gough Island, 1960 ½d - 9d on unaddressed cover, and ½d - 6d on 1960 cover, 1965 ½d, 1d, 1½d, 1/-, 1/6 and 2/6 on PPC to Hong Kong, and 1971 cover with 6d National Savings opt block of 4 with University of Witwatersrand Medical Research Project cachet, all fine (6)
Lot 902		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $105 Postal Rates: A mounted one-frame exhibit of commercial mail demonstrating the postal rate changes from 1952 to 1994. Generally very fine and a very useful introduction to this subject (23 covers)
Lot 903		Estimate: $60 Realised Price : $55 1934 cover to St. Helena with Type V cachet in blue, taken by sailing ship 'Ponape' and apparently misdirected to Singapore (24 SE 1934 backstamp) before arriving at St. Helena NO 10 34, and with hexagonal 'T/CENTIMES' handstamp with mss '45', fine.
Lot 904		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $75 1937 cover to Simonstown, South Africa with Cachet V in deep blue (very fine), 'CAPE TOWN/PAQUEBOT' arrival cds (8 MAR 37) and with handstruck large '1D', South Africa 1d Postage Due affixed and tied by Simonstown cds, fine. Also another 1937 cover with Cachet V in blue, also to Simonstown with circular 'T/2D' and South Africa 2d Postage Due affixed and tied by Simonstown cds, 18 JAN 32 (patches of toning on front and back) (2)
Lot 905		Estimate: $60 Realised Price : $46 1937 (March) illustrated cover (208mm x 134mm) for the visit of HMS Carlisle bearing Type V cachet in purple and signed by Tristan mail officer, addressed to South Africa and bearing ½d Springbok block of 4 cancelled 'CAPE TOWN/PAQUEBOT cds, fine
Lot 906		Estimate: $70 1938 (Jan) two covers carried by SS 'Anatolia' bearing Type VI cachet in black, one with 1937 Coronation cachet to South Africa, 1d postage due affixed on arrival, the other to England with 1½d charge mark and G.B. ½d and 1d postage dues affixed (few cover stains) (2)
Lot 907		Estimate: $75 1938 (2 Feb) cover from Johannesburg to Tristan da Cunha with South Africa 1½d, endorsed on reverse 'Flown to England and forwarded by HMS Milford to Tristan', with 'REPOSTED/JOHANNESBURG' backstamp (27 JUN 38), Type VI cachet in purple applied at Tristan on arrival
Lot 908		Estimate: $50 Realised Price : $55 1939 (Feb) P&O printed letter card with views of the 'Viceroy of India' inside, used to England with fair strike of Type VII cachet in purple, cancelled in transit at Cape Town, and with octagonal 'T/15c' and '1½D.I.S./N.' charge marks, G.B. ½d and 1d postage dues affixed and tied by Weymouth cds, couple of very minor cover faults
Lot 909		Estimate: $60 Realised Price : $46 1939 cover to London with St. Helena ½d and 1d KGVI tied by Type VI cachet in black, probably taken from Tristan on SS 'Carinthia' 5 March 1939, fine. Also 1951 (Dec 19) cover to England with oval 'TRISTAN DA CUNHA/SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN' ds in violet, Ascension 2d pair cancelled 'CAPE TOWN/KAPSTAD/PAQUEBOT' cds, few tone spots (2 covers)
Lot 910		Estimate: $50 1949 (1 Dec) cover to Melbourne with 1948 Channel Islands Liberation set tied by boxed 'TRISTAN DA CUNHA/SETTLEMENT OF/EDINBURGH/SOUTH ATLANTIC' ds in violet, overstruck by 'CAPE TOWN/KAPSTAD/PAQUEBOT' cds, fine
Lot 911		Estimate: $40 1950 (Feb) cover to London with cachet Type IX (boxed 'TRISTAN DA CUNHA/SETTLEMENT OF/EDINBURGH/SOUTH ATLANTIC', carried on RMS 'Caronia', bearing South Africa 1949 Voortrekker 1½d tied by 'CAPE TOWN/KAPSTAD/PAQUEBOT' cds, very fine and with accompanying 'Caronia' picture postcard
Lot 912		Estimate: $75 Realised Price : $60 1954-1969 small accumulation of covers, about half of which are commercial, addressed to U.K. or U.S.A., wide range of adhesives and postal rates represented, some registered mail. Some covers with faults however a useful group (36 covers)
Lot 913		Estimate: $120 Realised Price : $90 1962 Resettlement Survey covers (6) with Type XII cachet, five with South African stamps, the other endorsed 'No stamps available', also 1963 (7 Mar) cover from SS 'Argentina' with South Africa 1c cancelled paquebot cds and with Type XII cachet, 1963 (9 Apr) resettlement cover with oval cachet and South Africa 2½c cancelled Paquebot cds, and 1963 (12 Apr) Resettlement 6d FDC carried on 1st helicopter flight from Tristan to USN 'Spiegel Grove' (9 covers)
Lot 914		Estimate: $75 1970s-1980s group of covers, mostly commercial and addressed to Australia or U.K., wide variety of adhesives and postal rates represented, with many registered. A few covers with faults, however a fine group (38 covers)
Lot 915		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1990s-2000s accumulation of commercial mail addressed to Australia, wide range of adhesives and rates represented, a proportion are registered, some cover faults but a scarce and useful group (80 covers)
Lot 916		Estimate: $200 1990s-2000s accumulation of oversized commercial mail (mostly envelopes, with some parcel fronts and used for sending philatelic material), virtually all addressed to Australia and largely registered, large variety of frankings including many high values. Due to their large size there are inevitably some with cover faults, however a very unusual lot (59 covers)
Lot 917		Estimate: $140 Incoming Mail: 1950s-1990s interesting range of incoming mail, origins include Australia, Bechuanaland, Canada, Greece, Scotland, Rhodesia & Nyasaland, and including a fine group of book post labels of partial fronts from South Africa. A few covers with faults but mostly fine and scarce material (31 covers and labels)
Lot 918		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 Gough Island: 1956-1978 assortment of covers including several from the 1955-56 Scientific Survey (incl two registered), the majority comprise souvenir or commemorative covers from the various South African voyages to and from the Gough Island Weather Office, franked with either South African or Tristan adhesives, and featuring a wide range of cachets, some minor duplication (57 covers)
Lot 919		Estimate: $120 Realised Price : $160 Gough Island: 1978-2004 assortment of covers from voyages to and from the Gough Island Weather Office franked with either South African or Tristan adhesives, and featuring a wide variety of souvenir or commemorative cachets as well as various ship markings. Very colourful (52 covers)
Lot 920		Estimate: $150 Official Mail: 1959-2003 OHMS 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 921		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 922		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 923		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 924		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 925		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 926		Estimate: $180 Realised Price : $135 Radio Station: 1965-2003 material related to the Radio Station with wide range of standard and commemorative cachets, assortment of QSL cards, some stamped, and with 1977 covers for opening of New Radio Station signed by Superintendent (2, with cachets in red and black) (28)
Lot 927		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $60 Ship Mail: 1957-1990s collection mounted on pages of covers with ship cachets, wide range of naval and commercial shipping, each cover accompanied by the postage stamps featuring the ships plus a few picture postcards (31 covers)
Lot 928		Estimate: $300 Ship Mail: 1966-71 range of covers mostly bearing ship cachets, and including 1955 'Caronia' and 1957 '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 'Albatross 2'. Generally very fine and a rarely offered group (33)
Lot 929		Estimate: $180 Ship Mail: 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 930		Estimate: $220 Ship Mail: 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 931		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 Ship Mail: 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 932		Estimate: $80 Ship Mail: 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 933		Estimate: $150 Ship Mail: 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 934		Estimate: $180 Ship Mail: 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 935		Estimate: $200 Ship Mail: 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 936		Estimate: $220 Ship Mail: 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 937		Estimate: $350 Realised Price : $270 Ship Mail: 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 938		Estimate: $80 St. Mary's Church: 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 939		Estimate: $140 Realised Price : $105 Fishing Vessels: Collection of commemorative and souvenir covers (1960s to 1990s) bearing handstruck or printed cachets of fishing vessels which operated around Tristan da Cunha, many different types represented (61 covers)
Lot 940		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 Tristan Crayfish Industry: A one frame exhibit featuring philatelic aspects of the crayfish industry, including many cacheted covers from fishing vessels, customs covers, covers with poaching cachets, 1½d photographic stamp essay featuring crayfish, and other ancillary material. An interesting group (12M, 25 covers)