REST OF THE WORLD, NIUE, 1902-03 OVERPRINTS ON PICTORIALS

Lot 1056		Estimate: $60 1902 2½d Blue Pictorial, the mint collection including blocks of 4 (5), variety 'No Stop After PENI' (2, one with 1992 BPA Certificate), also a presentation stamp cancelled parallel lines. Toning on some but generally fine (31)
Lot 1057		Estimate: $75 1902 Pirie Paper Perf 11 2½d Blue solo franking on 1915 (14 April) to Montreal, Canada. Central vertical fold, otherwise attractive albeit probably a philatelic usage
Lot 1058		Estimate: $1,200 Realised Price : $900 1902 Pirie Paper Perf 11 2½d Blue error 'Surcharge Double' large part OG and very fine, a rare stamp with 1990 BPA Certificate. SG 2b, cat £2500
Lot 1059		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $600 1902 Pirie Paper Perf 11 2½d Blue error 'Surcharge Double', part OG and somewhat heavily hinged, but of fine appearance and a rare stamp. SG 2b, cat £2500
Lot 1060		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $360 1902 Cowan Paper ½d Green, 1d Carmine, 3d Yellow-brown, 6d Rose-red, 1/- Bright Red, plus 1902 Pirie Paper 2½d Blue, affixed to small pieces and with 'ULTRAMAR' handstamp in blue, as applied at Lisbon to U.P.U. specimen stamps for distribution to Portuguese Colonies. 3d with toned perfs at right, others generally fine, a scarce group (6)
Lot 1061		Estimate: $120 Realised Price : $95 1902 Cowan Paper ½d Green, 1d Carmine, 3d Yellow-brown, 6d Rose-red and 1/- Orange-red, plus 1902 Pirie Paper 2½d Blue, each with diagonal parallel lines cancellation across lower right corner for presentation purposes, generally fine with part OG and scarce (6)
Lot 1062		Estimate: $180 1902 ½d Mount Cook, the duplicated mint collection on hagner, with Basted Mills paper (14, including blocks of 4 (2) and strip of 3), plus variety 'UE spaced' (2, one in pair); Cowan paper (63), including variety 'UE spaced' in block of 15, strips of 4 (2) and pair. Some minor toning but mostly fine with many MUH (80)
Lot 1063		Estimate: $220 1902 Basted Mills Paper Perf 14 ½d Green error 'Surcharge Inverted', centred top right with large part OG, with 1999 RPSL Certificate. SG 3b, cat £325
Lot 1064		Estimate: $220 1902 Basted Mills Paper Perf 14 ½d Green error 'Surcharge Inverted', centred left and part OG, fine with 1992 BPA Certificate
Lot 1065		Estimate: $900 Realised Price : $950 1902 Basted Mills Paper Perf 14 ½d Green error 'Surcharge Inverted' block of 4 with small part OG and otherwise fine, the upper left unit being the variety 'Spaced UE'. Ex William Frazer, the only recorded block of the error and even more significant including the major surcharge variety. SG 3b, cat £1300++
Lot 1066		Estimate: $1,000 Realised Price : $800 1902 Basted Mills Paper Perf 14 ½d Green error 'Surcharge Double' centred top right with small part OG, light staining on lower portion of reverse does not detract. A very rare error, of which only several examples have been identified, and a major Niue rarity. With 1989 BPA Certificate
Lot 1067		Estimate: $220 Realised Price : $170 1902 Basted Mills paper 1d Universal, with Perf 14 M, and variety 'UE Spaced' in M pair, and Perf 11 x 14 (32), including M blocks of 4 (3, shades), variety 'Spaced UE and No Stop after PENI' M and in M pairs (2), and 'Broken E of NIUE' in M pair. Generally fine with part OG. SG 4/5, cat £320+ (35)
Lot 1068		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $150 1902 Cowan Paper Perf 14 1d Universal, the virtually all mint collection including blocks of 12, 9, 6 (2), and 4 (6), many with re-entries on the basic stamp identified, varieties 'Spaced UE' and 'No Stop After PENI' including multiples, and the combination showing both varieties on the same stamp (SG cat £50) M (2) and in M pairs (2). Mostly very fine, with many stamps MUH (89)
Lot 1069		Estimate: $120 Realised Price : $90 1902 Cowan paper Perf 14 1d Universal block of 60 cancelled-to-order with Niue cds (25 MY 12), with overprint varieties noted, including 'No Stop after PENI' (x 5), and 'UE Spaced' (x 2). Very fine with large part OG
Lot 1070		Estimate: $800 Realised Price : $600 1902 Cowan Paper Perf 14 1d Universal 'Surcharge Double' unusually well-centred and very fine with large part OG, and with 1982 BPA Certificate. SG 9a, cat £1800
Lot 1071		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $575 1902 Cowan Paper Perf 14 1d Universal error 'Surcharge Double' fine with large part OG, and 1980 RPSL Certificate. SG 9a, cat £1800
Lot 1072		Estimate: $700 Realised Price : $575 1902 Cowan Paper Mixed Perfs 11 and 14 1d Universal block of 4 showing mixed perfs horizontally between (and partially also at base), very fine with large part OG (lower pair MUH), and the lower right unit variety 'Spaced UE'. SG 12, cat £1200
Lot 1073		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $575 1902 Cowan Paper Mixed Perfs 11 and 14 1d Universal block of 4 with mixed perfs horizontally (repaired by gummed strips), the bottom right unit being variety 'Spaced UE'. Some tone spots on reverse, and lower pair with horizontal crease, with 1990 BPA Certificate. SG 12,12a, cat £1200
Lot 1074		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $200 1902 Cowan Paper Perf 11 3d, 6d and 1/- mostly mint range, with 3d block of 4 and 6d block of 6, 1/- Bright Red (4) and 1/- Orange-red (3), plus 3d (2), 6d (2), 1/- (2, both shades) used. Generally fine, with a few stamps MUH. SG cat £600+
Lot 1075		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1903 Overprints on NZ 3d Yellow-brown block of 4 from top of sheet variety 'Imperforate at Top" large part OG and lightly hinged
Lot 1076		Estimate: $450 Realised Price : $340 1902 Cowan Paper Perf 11 1/- Brown-red 'Tahae Sileni', a superb copy from the left side of the sheet (some gum thinning in selvedge), large part OG and very lightly hinged - the Famous 'Thief Shilling' error of which only one sheet was issued in error. SG 15 cat £650
Lot 1077		Estimate: $900 Realised Price : $675 1902 Cowan Paper Perf 11 1/- Brown-red 'Tahae Sileni' horizontal pair from left side of sheet, large part OG and of very finer appearance. A rare multiple from the only sheet issued in error. SG 15, cat £1300+
Lot 1078		Estimate: $1,200 Realised Price : $1,050 1902 Cowan Paper Perf 11 1/- Brown-red 'Tahae Sileni', the unique error showing 'T' defective and corrected by 'Ta' being printed twice, very fine from left side of sheet with large part OG and lightly hinged. Ex William Frazer and unlisted by SG