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 1433
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 1434
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 1435
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 1436
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 1437
Estimate: $300
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)