Lot
2028
$1,500.00
Lot Type: C
Postage Due 1896 UNPAID POSTAGE DOCKET (#291455) with Te Awamutu 12 March 1896 date stamp & boxed purple REFUSED h/s separated from associated advertising card with 1d SSF (1d drop rate) also with purple boxed REFUSED h/s, Refused in red m/s & Auckland 16 March arrival cancel with ½d inserted in black m/s. The ½d postage due charge was only chargeable to NZ government departments. This is one of about 10 such known dockets. Ex Wregglesworth.
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Lot
2029
$1,500.00
Lot Type: P
Postage Due 1899 ½d green & carmine imperf proof block of 4, 2 oily spots.
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Lot
2030
$1,500.00
Lot Type: P
Postage Due 1899 ½d green & sepia imperf proof, block of 4, couple small oily spots.
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Lot
2031
$750.00
Lot Type: P
Postage Due 1899 ½d green & sepia, also ½d green & carmine imperf proof singles with enormous selvedges at LHS, & 2 small oily spots.
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Lot
2032
$1,750.00
Lot Type: P
Postage Due 1899 ½d x 5 imperf proof singles, range of centre & frame colours, as requested. Oily spots.
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Lot
2033
$350.00
Lot Type: S
Postage Due 1899 ½d SPECIMEN puncture reading up, mint
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Lot
2034
$5,000.00
Lot Type: S
Postage Due 1899 ½d to 2/- ULTRAMAR (= SPECIMEN) h/s in blue from Lisbon archives of UPU distributed stamps for Portuguese Colonies, also additional 3d & 2/- - latter with R6/6 chisel flaw (13v).
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Lot
2035
$2,000.00
Lot Type: S
Postage Due 1899 ½d, 5d, & 8d-2/- examples ex presentation sets with 2 diagonal lines at lower RHS, also ½d, 1d, 4d, 5d, 8d & 10d - similar - but with corner circular "dumb" cancels (12v).
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Lot
2036
$300.00
Lot Type: S
Postage Due 1899 10d x 2 examples of different presentation cancels, Types II & III.
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Lot
2037
$6,000.00
Lot Type: M
Postage Due 1899 ½d + 1d error; two different centre values printed! It appears that a sheet with the ½d centre impression was under-inked. It was re-inserted into the stack of sheets and was subsequently submitted into the 1d centre printing process. Ex Odenweller. BPA (1949) Cert - with explanation of its occurrence. This is the only recorded example of this value with a double value tablet, & is not listed by CP.
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Lot
2038
$4,000.00
Lot Type: M*
Postage Due 1899 ½d complete sheet (120v in 2 panes of 60 each) Type I frame [large N.Z.] with numerous flaws indicated. The Type I frame plate was used to print the following 1899 postage dues: ½d, 5d, 6d, 8d, 1/- and 2/-, mint/MUH. Cat $8,000+
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Lot
2039
$3,500.00
Lot Type: M*
Postage Due 1899 ½d upper half sheet (120v in 2 panes of 60 each) Type II frame [small N.Z.]. Also included is the corresponding lower half sheet (120v in 2 panes of 60), with numerous varieties indicated. The lower 2 rows of this sheet show a delightful green offset, which is not listed by CP. The Type II frame plate was used to print the following 1899 postage dues: ½d, 1d, 2d, 3d, and 4d, mint/MUH. Cat $6,000+
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Lot
2040
$750.00
Lot Type: M*
Postage Due 1899 ½d, small N.Z., horizontal lower left sheet folded corner block of 12 with printer's paper tape repair across 4 stamps, subsequently perforated through. A wonderful example of an attempt to reduce wastage of torn paper. Mint/MUH.
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Lot
2041
$2,500.00
Lot Type: /
Postage Due 1899 ½d, small N.Z. error: POSTAGE DUE appears at top owing to spectacular misperforation! Not listed CP, & possibly the only one extant. Cancellation part date (15 OC) only visible. Minor flaws indicate this stamp is from R2/5 from the lower right pane with a MUH upper right sheet corner block of 9. Ex Garlick, RPSNZ (2013) Cert.
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Lot
2042
$600.00
Lot Type: C
Postage Due 1899 ½d pair used on Boer War cover (22 April 1902 British Army field post office # 32 cds) to Mr R Kingsley, Nelson, New Zealand, indistinct Nelson arrival cds & 1d in blue pencil indicating concessionary rate for soldier's post.
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Lot
2043
$2,000.00
Lot Type: C
Postage Due 1899 ½d horizontal block of 10 (R5/2 - R6/6) affixed to German cover ex Burg (Fehmarn) 23 May 1900, addressed to German Consul, Dunedin (stamps cancelled Dunedin 10 June 1900) & subsequently readdressed to Queenstown. Also bears circular TO PAY / 5d / DOUBLE DEFICIENCY POSTAGE, & Queenstown 7 July 1900 arrival cds. A busy, but colourful cover.
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Lot
2044
$500.00
Lot Type: /
Postage Due 1899 ½d x 11 [pair, strip of 4 and a strip of 5], 5d x 3, 6d, 8d, 10d, 1/- & 2/- x 2 (20v) showing upper/lower external frame flaws, mint/used. Minor ageing on ½d. Jury cat $2300+.
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Lot
2045
$450.00
Lot Type: C
Postage Due 1899 ½d & 2d, on Boer War cover (3 July 1900 British Army field post office # 31 cds) ex NZMR Gus Mollinsky to Wellington, NZ British T (Taxe) mark & dues cancelled by Wellington 13 August 1900 cds.
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Lot
2046
$1,250.00
Lot Type: C
Postage Due 1899 ½d & 2d, on Boer War cover, ex Sgt JDG Shera in transit on a troop ship April-May 1900 in South Africa to his mother in Remuera, NZ. Due to postal privileges of soldiers' letter rate 2½d (until late 1900) in postage was due. It was collected upon delivery owing to lack of stamps on troop ships. Cover bears double boxed PACKET BOAT, circular TO PAY / ½d / DEFICIENT POSTAGE h/s with 2 inserted before ½d in indelible pencil & Wellington 24 July 1900 arrival cancel.
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Lot
2047
$3,000.00
Lot Type: M*
Postage Due 1899 1d upper half sheet (120v in 2 panes of 60 each) Type II frame [small D], with numerous varieties indicated, mint/MUH. Cat $6,000+
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