Catalogue
Great Britain. Queen Victoria, Inland Revenue, 1892 one pound, green overprinted I. R. OFFICIAL (SG O19), postmarked 'Account Branch P.O. Glasgow, 27 Oc 93'. Fine used and well centred example lettered DL, with very small names stamped in two corners on the back, one being J&H Stolow.
Estimate $750
SOLD $680
Great Britain. Queen Victoria, Office of Works, various issues 1/2d vermilion and 1/2d blue-green (SG 031, 032), 1d lilac joined pair on piece (SG O33), 5d dull purple and blue on piece (SG O34) (illustrated) and Edward VII 1/2d blue-green (SG O36) all with O.W. OFFICIAL overprint (CV 1350 pounds). Very good - fine used. (6)
Estimate $250
SOLD $180
Great Britain. Queen Victoria, Army Official, 6d purple on rose red (SG 045) mint and Edward VII 6d dull purple (SG 050) both with ARMY OFFICIAL overprint; Edward VII, Admiralty Official various issues 2d, 2 1/2d, 3d, (SG O104-106) all with ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL, (CV 500 pounds). Very good - fine used, one mint. (5)
Estimate $120
SOLD $90
Great Britain. Queen Victoria, Government Parcels, various issues 6d green, 9d green (SG 062, 067), 1/- plate 13 (SG O64), 4 1/2d green and carmine (SG O71), 1/- green (SG O68) another green and carmine (SG O72) and Edward VII 9d dull purple and ultramarine (SG 077) 1/- green and carmine all with GOVT PARCELS overprint (CV 2440 pounds). Very good - fine used. (8)
Estimate $400
Not offered
Great Britain. Edward VII, Royal Household, 1/2d blue-green and 1d scarlet (SG 091, 092) both with R.H. OFFICIAL overprint (CV 330 pounds). Very good - fine used. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Great Britain. Edward VII, 1911 one pound, deep green (SG 320). Superb MUH.
Estimate $1,500
Not offered
Great Britain, Edward VII, 1911 2/6 (Aldgate My 13), 5/- (21 Jun 11) and 10/- (Registered.. Bury 10 Feb 1), (SG 317, 318, 319). Very good - fine well centred used. (3)
Estimate $200
SOLD $110
Great Britain. Edward VII, 1902-1911 set 1 1/2d, 2d, 2 1/2d, 3d, 4d (both colours, one with GS perforation), 5d, 6d, 7d, 9d, 10d, 1/-, (various SG). Mint, several without gum and heavy hinge remains. (12)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Great Britain. George V, 1913 one pound, green (SG 403). Fine, mint with hinge remains, fresh unused.
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $1,100
Great Britain. George V, 1915 2/6, 5/-, 10/- Del La Rue printings with patchy and yellow gum, 10/- slightly off centred, (SG 407, 409, 412). Fine, MUH with minor gum disturbance. (3)
Estimate $750
SOLD $700
Great Britain. George V, 1934 2/6, 5/-, 10/- (SG 450, 451, 452). Fine, mint with trace of hinge remains, minor gum disturbance. (3)
Estimate $250
SOLD $240
Great Britain. George V, 1929 one pound PUC, black (SG 438). Fine, mint with heavy hinge remain.
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
Great Britain. George VI, 1948, one pound brown, (SG 478b), another Royal Silver Wedding one pound blue (SG 494), 10/- dark blue (SG 478). First two MUH, last very fine used. (3)
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Great Britain, Coronation Elizabeth R 1953, QANTAS Coronation Day Air Mail Flight covers, England to Australia, Norfolk Island to England, Ceylon to England, unused cover, and Elizabeth II, 21st April 1953 First Day of Issue envelope postmarked Tempe Park, NSW, Aust. Used, a couple with foxing on edge. (5)
Estimate $50
Not offered
Italy, pre stamps envelope, date stamp Pallanza (a small town on Lake Maggiore, just below the Swiss border) 19.8.1862, addressed to a priest in the Bishopric of Novara. Used.
Estimate $30
Not offered
Pacific Islands, covers mostly OHMS without stamp usage but cancelled as official paid mail, all c. 1970s, from Fiji (2), Rarotonga, Bairik, Gilbert Islands, Tonga and Solomon Islands, Norfolk Island, several with registration and mostly with additional Air Mail cancellation. Mostly fine. (7)
Estimate $50
Not offered
Papua New Guinea, album with some MUH, including block of four Queen Elizabeth II, £1; 1988 Australia set First Day Cover, 1977; cigarette cards. Some MUH. (approx 100)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Papua New Guinea, two sheets of 50 each for the 15, 25 and 60t of the 1976 series of ships of the 1930s (SG 298-300); FDC of 1966-1974, Goroka Show 1966 butterflies (2); West Highlands Show 1967 (SG 113-116); 3rd South Pacific Games (6) (SG 156-8); Christmas Missionaries (11) (SG 227-230); Telecommunication Project (11) (SG 231-6); Multicoulourd series 6t and $2 issues (11) (SG 244, 259) others (11) 1t-40t; 75th Anniversary (18) incomplete one or two per cover (SG stamps (SG 260-5); Royal Visit (11) (SG 268-9); Self Government (11) (SG 266-7); Birds Heads (11) (SG 270-272); Flora (10) (SG 273-6); Independence (12) (SG 294-5); other miscellaneous issues 1965-1973 (42) and unused covers (28). MUH and used. (lot)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Poland, mixed collection housed in two clip-lock on leaves, in hagners with a range of issues from 1919, includes Russia 1865-1918 (80) and Polish (17) covers and cards 1940s-1950s, including 1948 cycling tour of Poland special set, noted M/S (2) of 1945 Dachau Committee red cross (Fischer [2006] Vol.2 p.186); 1921 Tabromik pair MUH (Fisher L1-2); 1943 Govt. in exile set of 8 in pairs; 1958 M/S of 50 Zl (SG Ms1078a); many issues from 1961 a few MUH in blocks, but very incomplete, selected issues to 1990s, lot includes Fischer catalogues Vo.I and II but many pages removed and kept separate. MUH, mint and used. (100s)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
United States, ten cents 1847 imperf. probably a reprint of 1875, (SG 2) (illustrated) mint with some gum; ten cents 1858 Washington perf issue used (SG 39); others one cent Franklin (SG 11 [used], 26); three cents Washington (SG 13a, 28). Otherwise mint unless noted, imperfs cut into frames. (6)
Estimate $300
SOLD $150
United States, 1890 issue, 30 cents black (Jefferson), (SG 233). MUH corner perf missing.
Estimate $60
SOLD $30
United States, Trans-Mississippi Exposition, 1898 set of 1 cent Marquette on the Mississippi; 2 cent Farming in the West (2 copper red and brown red); 4 cent Indian Hunting Buffalo; 5 cent Fremont on Rocky Mountains; 8 cent Troops Guarding Train; 10 cent Hardships of Emigration; 50 cent Western Mining Prospector; 1 dollar Western Cattle in Storm; 2 dollars Mississippi River Bridge, (SG 291-199). Mint. (10)
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,300
World, The Challenge Postage Stamp Album, by G.F. Rapkin, with some initial pages in very poor condition and binding broken, contents mostly intact with some Australia, GB, NZ, Canada and USA removed, Europe, Asia and South America are countries best represented and these from 19th - mid 20th century, some pickings but much duplication. Mint (mostly stuck into album) and used. (100s)
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
World, Lincoln Postage Stamp Album with clip lock oblong edition 5th series, contents mostly intact with some Australia and States, GB, NZ, Canada and USA removed, Europe, Asia and South America strong for most countries in these areas from 19th - mid 20th century, full of useful pickings. Mint (mostly stuck into album) and used. (several 1000)
Estimate $400
SOLD $800
World, a small selection of covers housed in a Spirax Sketch book, postcards, pre-stamped envelopes etc, includes GB pre-stamped covers and newspaper wraps of Queen Victoria - Edward VII 1/2d (6), 1d (5), pre-stamped cards from Jersey 1877, London 1899, Belgium 1892 (4), France 1891, Germany, 1892, 1902 (2), Portugal 1893, 1911 (2), Cape Verde 1893, others from Philippines, Chile, Uruguay, Mexico, Egypt, Thailand, etc.; covers FDC from Australia (3), Hong Kong (2), India 1894 (2), South Africa 1925 (2), Canada, Cape of Good Hope, Great Britain 1856 to Winchester, Ireland 1923 as a post card, British Bechuanaland with overprint 2x2d 1893 registered, Netherlands 1928, part cover postmarked Wiesbaden 8.9.1869 to London fixed with North German Confederation fixed with 5 groschen bistre, rouletted (SG 10); a nice group from Funchal (Madeira) some registered (9) c.1894; others covers and cards from Norway 1951, Switzerland, Russia and Cochin pre-stamped covers (7), U.S.A (3), etc. Used. (70)
Estimate $100
SOLD $340
World, a large accumulation spread over 11 stock books of mostly used with scattering of mint/MUH, noted pre-decimasl Navigators to 10/-, some decimal mint, a box of loose stamps and an album of international covers mostly from Italy addressed to Prince Michael Romanoff, some FDC and aerogrammes (8), several PO packs etc. MUH, Mint and used. (100s)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
World, in three stock books with much duplication to 1945 (many 100s), noted Australia KGV (several hundred, good for study purposes), Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, France, Germany, Gold Coast, Great Britain, India, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, U.S.A, a few Australian States, etc., together with The United States Presidential Dollar Coin Collection in special product folder fully described from Washington to Van Buren issues from 2007-2008, (18 $1 coins). Used for stamps, unc for coins. (lot)
Estimate $30
SOLD $60
German New Guinea, five mark, 1894A. Uneven grey tone, nearly extremely fine and very scarce in this condition.
Estimate $2,500
Not offered
German New Guinea, five mark, 1894A. Very fine.
Estimate $750
SOLD $1,300
German New Guinea, two mark, 1894A. Toned, a little rubbed, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $600
SOLD $450