REST OF THE WORLD, NIUE, POSTAL HISTORY

Lot 1218		Estimate: $1,200 Realised Price : $900 1861 (22 May?) entire written in native language and headed 'Niue', addressed to Rev. Nisbet in Samoa, hand-carried and without postal markings. Fine and a rare early letter from Niue
Lot 1219		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 1902 (12 Jul) registered 'Hambly' cover to Melbourne franked with 1902 ½d Green (7) and 1d Carmine (5) tied by Niue double-circle cds in purple, with mss 'Registered' in blue pencil, and 'R' in circle applied at Auckland, with Auckland and Melbourne backstamps. Some toning around perfs, but attractive
Lot 1220		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $210 1902 (Aug) registered cover to Wellington with 1902 1d Carmine tied by 'A' barred obliterator on arrival, and with manuscript 'Registered/Niue' in blue pencil. Clearly the registration fee has not been paid, however the letter seems to have been accepted as fully registered. Some spotting on cover, an unusual usage
Lot 1221		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 1902 (21 Oct) registered 'Bolitho' cover to Auckland with 1902 ½d, 1d and 2½d cancelled Niue double circle cds in purple, with manuscript 'registered' and Auckland arrival backstamp. Some minor tone spots, but an early registered usage
Lot 1222		Estimate: $120 Realised Price : $90 1903 (30 Apr) registered cover to Christchurch with 1902 ½d, 1d and 2½d tied by Niue double circle cds in purple, with Christchurch arrival backstamp and very fine
Lot 1223		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $170 1903 (9 May) cover to Christchurch with 1902 ½d pair tied by Niue double circle cds in purple, and with Auckland and Christchurch backstamps. Fine and seemingly commercial usage
Lot 1224		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $125 1903 (17 Jun) OHMS registered front to Messrs Wilcox Smith & Co. in Dunedin, with 1902 2½d Blue (3) and 6d Rose-red tied by Niue double circle cds in red, and with manuscript 'Registered'. Philatelic but very attractive
Lot 1225		Estimate: $150 1903 (14 Jul) registered cover (opened out for display) to Germany (readdressed from Dresden to Radebeul) with 1902-03 ½d pair, 1d, 2½d, 3d, 6d and 1/- tied by Niue double circle ds in magenta. Reverse with 'AUCKLAND/REGISTERED' transit cds and Dresden and Radebeul arrival ds. Cover with some tine spots and some peripheral toning on stamps, otherwise a good philatelic usage of the full set of current stamps (the 3d, 6d and 1/- had only been issued on 2 July 1903)
Lot 1226		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $150 1903 (6 Oct) long (220 x 94mm) registered cover to Christchurch, New Zealand with 1902 1d Perf 14 and 3d tied by Niue cds, and with manuscript 'Registered'. Light toning on right side of cover, and with vertical fold, reverse with Auckland transit and Christcurch arrival ds. A fine commercial usage
Lot 1227		Estimate: $120 Realised Price : $125 1904 (20 Jan) registered cover to San Francisco with 1902 ½d and 2½d (2) tied by Niue cds, with manuscript 'Registered', and with Auckland and San Francisco backstamp, very fine and attractive
Lot 1228		Estimate: $120 Realised Price : $125 1904 (28 Jan) registered cover to San Francisco correctly rated with 1902 ½d, 1d (2) and 3d tied by Niue cds, and with manuscript 'Registered', reverse with Auckland transit and San Francisco arrival ds. Clean and Attractive
Lot 1229		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 1904 (9 May) registered philatelic cover to Berlin with 1902 ½d Green, 2½d blue and 1/- Bright Red tied by Niue cds, printed 'Registered' endorsed by sender, backstamped at Auckland and on arrival at Berlin. Light stain at lower right, otherwise fine and very attractive, the 1/- is a difficult stamp on cover
Lot 1230		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $160 1905 (25 Aug) cover to Paris with 1902 ½d (3) and 1d tied by Niue cds, reverse with Auckland roller cancel transit. Fine, and correctly rated for 2½d foreign rate
Lot 1231		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $125 1907 (21 Feb) 'Tattersalls' cover to Hobart, Tasmania with 1d perf. 14 tied by Niue cds, with Auckland machine cancel backstamp and Hobart arrival cds, usual filing hole (skilfully repaired), and a fine commercial use
Lot 1232		Estimate: $120 Realised Price : $130 1907 (30 Apr) 'Tattersalls' cover to Hobart, Tasmania with 1d perf 14 tied by Niue cds, with Auckland machine cancel backstamp and Hobart arrival cds. Unusual filing hole, otherwise fine and scarce commercial use
Lot 1233		Estimate: $120 Realised Price : $125 1908 (15 Sep) registered cover to New york with 1902 ½d and 2½d tied by Niue cds, with a second strike on provisional registration label, and with Auckland, Seattle and New York backstamps, very fine
Lot 1234		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $170 1909 (25 Jan) registered use of New Zealand 1d lettercard with 1902 1d Perf 14, 2½d and 3d, all tied by 'APIA/SAMOA' bridge-type cds, and with straight line 'Paquebot' and Apia registration label, addressed to Hobart, and redirected to Altenburg, Germany (24 March 1909 arrival backstamp). No message and presumably philatelic in origin, but a scarce use of New Zealand stationery from Niue
Lot 1235		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $100 1909 (18 Dec) cover to Samoa with 1902 ½d and 1d pair tied by Niue cds, with Apia arrival backstamp. Some mild toning of perfs and vertical fold, however attractive and to a less common destination
Lot 1236		Estimate: $100 1911 (4 May) cover to Oxford, England with 1902-03 1d, 2½d and 3d and 1911 ½d tied by Niue cds, few minor peripheral tone spots on adhesives, otherwise fine
Lot 1237		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1913 (18 Aug) cover to Coffs Harbour, N.S.W. with 1902 ½d Green pair and 2½d Blue pair tied by Niue cds, backstamped Sydney roller cancel. and with Coffs Harbour arrival cds on face. Fine and Attractive
Lot 1238		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $190 1915 parcel tag with 1902 1d pair and 3d and 1911 6d tied by Niue cds (date indistinct), addressed to 'Private Kalotau/Niue Contingent/Maori Camp/Narrow Neck/Auckland'. Some creasing and damaged where removed from parcel, but very rare. 150 Niue islanders served with the New Zealand Maori contingent in Egypt and France during World War I
Lot 1239		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $90 1915 (14 Apr) cover to Montreal, Canada with 1902 1d Carmine pair and 1911 ½d Green tied by Niue cds. Vertical fold otherwise fine and an unusual destination
Lot 1240		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1918 (9 May and 11 Nov) pair of 'Wilson' registered covers to Birmingham, the first franked with 1911 ½d Green (2) and 1917-21 1d Carmine and 1½d slate, the other with 1917-21 1½d Slate and 3d Chocolate, each tied by Niue cds with an additional strike on provisional registration label, very fine (2 covers)
Lot 1241		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $150 1918 (5 Jun) N.Z. stationery envelope uprated with 1917 1d block of 4 addressed to Auckland, tied by Niue cds, and prepaying 2d postage plus 3d registration fee, with blank registration label with Niue cds. Some minor marks, but otherwise attractive and a scarce use of postal stationery from Niue
Lot 1242		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $135 1918 (5 Aug) OHMS cover to Auckland with 1917-21 1½d Slate tied by Niue cds, sent via Samoa (Apia 28 AU 18 backstamp), where the letter was censored and struck with boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR/3/G.R.I./SAMOA', fine and very scarce
Lot 1243		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $135 1918 (14 November) registered cover to Wilmington, California, with 1902 3d Yellow-brown and 1917 3d Chocolate tied by Niue cds, with additional strike on provisional registration label, Auckland and San Francisco backstamps. A few minor blemishes but attractive
Lot 1244		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $250 Group of covers franked with 1920-31 Pictorial issues, all but three registered and largely philatelic usages, and including 6d and 1/- solo frankings, 1d pair on 1924 cover to Dublin, 2½d block of 4 on 1928 cover to New Jersey, 1d, 3d and 4d on 1931 cover to Toronto, Canada, and 1931 2d on 1½d block of 4 on cover to Wellington. Some small faults but generally very fine (10 covers)
Lot 1245		Estimate: $75 Realised Price : $60 1920 (3 Mar) cover to Christchurch with 1911 ½d Green and 1917 1d Carmine tied by Niue cds, fine and apparently a commercial usage
Lot 1246		Estimate: $75 1920 (23 Nov) registered cover to Auckland with 1917-21 2½d block of 4 cancelled central Niue cds, with an additional strike on provisional registration label. Couple of minor marks, otherwise very fine
Lot 1247		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1923 (7 Apr) registered 'Meister' cover to Kansas with 1917-21 1½d Slate, 1½d Orange-brown and 3d Chocolate tied by Niue cds (unusually in a watery purple ink), with additional strike on provisional registration label. Addressed to Leavenworth and forwarded to Wichita, with Honolulu and arrival backstamps, fine
Lot 1248		Estimate: $75 Realised Price : $60 1924 (17 Apr) registered 'Meister' cover to Dorrance, Kansas, with 1917-21 ½d Green and 6d Carmine tied by Niue cds, with a further strike on provisional registration label, with San Francisco transit cds on reverse in violet, and straight line 'REGISTERED' in same colour, fine
Lot 1249		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $210 1926 (15 Sep) OHMS registered cover to San Jose, Costa Rica with 1917-21 2½d KGV pair and 1920 Pictorial ½d, 1d and 1½d tied by Niue cds, and with provisional registration label similarly tied, reverse with Cristobal (Canal Zone) transit and San Jose arrival ds. A fine and apparently commercial usage to an extraordinary destination
Lot 1250		Estimate: $150 1929 (9 May) photographic picture postcard with 1920 4d Pictorial tied by Niue cds to picture side, no addressing so apparently posted again under cover. The message on the reverse reads 'A view on the reef looking out on the Pacific. The three gentlemen in uniform are Officers of the HMS Laburnum of the NZ Naval Station paying annual visit'. Fine and scarce
Lot 1251		Estimate: $250 1931 (2 Oct) cover to London with 1920 Pictorial 3d pair tied by Niue cds, endorsed 'Via Vancouver Canadian Air Service', underpaid and double circle 'T/20/CENTIMES' applied (presumably at Niue), and on arrival at London with '2d/S.E.1' and 2d postage due affixed. Fine and very scarce
Lot 1252		Estimate: $280 Realised Price : $360 Group of covers franked with 1932 No Wmk and 1932-36 Wmk NZ and Star Pictorials issues, mostly philatelic franking with eleven registered, and including 1935 ½d printed matter rate to Switzerland, 1d on 139 cover to N.S.W. cancelled at Danger Island, ½d - 1/- set on 1939 cover to England, ½d and 2d on 1936 cover to Canada, ½d strip of 3 and 1d on 1932 cover to Virginia, and other combination franking, mostly to N.Z. and England. Few with small faults but mostly fine to very fine and a useful group (16 covers)
Lot 1253		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $65 1940 (21 May) OHMS cover addressed to R.J.G. Collins at Christchurch, with double circle 'OFFICIAL/NIUE./PAID.' frank in violet, initialled and tied by Niue cds. Fine and scarce
Lot 1254		Estimate: $120 Realised Price : $90 1943 (18 Oct() registered cover to Rotorua, N.Z. with 1932-36 2d Pictorial pair and single tied Niue cds, with Niue Black and blue registration label, and with 'OPENED BY EXAMINER/D.D.A./26' sealing tape tied by octagonal 'Crown.PASSED/DDA/26' censor mark in purple. Few minor marks but scarce censored mail
Lot 1255		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 1946 parcel label addressed to Woolworths, Wellington, NZ, showing the use of the circular 'OFFICIAL/NIUE/PAID' frank in purple with 'OFFICIAL' scored through and 'Postage' added in red manuscript ink. This provisional use occurred when a large consignment of hats and baskets was despatched from Niue and the Postmaster feared there may be a shortage of higher value adhesives. Light diagonal crease and some minor spotting, but scarce
Lot 1256		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 1946 parcel label addressed to Woolworths, Wellington, NZ showing use of the circular 'OFFICIAL/NIUE/PAID' frank in purple with 'OFFICIAL' scored through and 'Postage' added in red manuscript ink. This provisional use occurred when a large consignment of hats and baskets was despatched from Niue and the postmaster feared there may be a shortage of higher value adhesives. Two very minor crease otherwise fine
Lot 1257		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 Range of covers bearing the 1950 Pictorial issue, mostly commercial, and including 1d and 6d on 1966 covers to NZ (2), 1d and 4d on 1967 cover to NZ, 1d and 3d pair on 1967 cover to NZ, 6d pair and 9d on 1964 cover to England, 6d and 1/- on 1957 cover to USA, 3d pair on 1964 cover to Tonga (with an amazing '31' year slug error), 3d on 1957 cover to England. Plus a few philatelic covers, including FDCs. Few small faults, but mostly fine, and a useful group (14 covers)
Lot 1258		Estimate: $350 Trio of parcel labels bearing the 1950 Pictorial issue, comprising 1952 (5 Nov) with 9d, 1/- and 3/-, and two dated 1955 (10 Jan) with 2d and 3/- plus 1953 6d Coronation, and with 1d, 9d and 3/-, addressed to New Zealand, the first to The Commercial Bank of Australasia, and the other two (with N.Z. Parcel post labels) to Woolworths. Fine and very scarce commercial uses (3)
Lot 1259		Estimate: $60 Realised Price : $46 1951 (13 Jun) formular aerogramme to New Jersey franked with 1944-46 1/- Pictorial tied by Niue cds, a philatelic but scarce usage