Lot
535
$1,750.00
Lot Type: M*
1935-42 seln of mint/MUH blocks on 5 Hagners: 1d booklet pane of 4; 2d; 4 blocks incl p14 pl block (2A); 2½d; B of 16 & Officials B of 4 (FU); 4d; 3 PBs - p14 x 13½ (2B), p12½ (2B) & p14 x 14½ (2A); 6d 2 B of 4s (incl 1 advance plate crack in selvedge); 5d x 3 PBs - p12½ fine (pl 1), p12½ coarse (pl 2) & p13¾ x 13½ (pl 1); 8d x 3 incl p12½ (pl 3) & p14 x 14½ (pl 3); 9d reduced x 2 B of 4s (single & mult wmks); 1/- B of 4. Good cv.
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Lot
536
$4,000.00
Lot Type: /
1935-36 1st single wmk paper, extensive specialised mostly mint/MUH colln of 250+, neatly laid out (& illustrated) on pages. Mint are almost all lightly hinged, often in block with 2 or 3 MUH. Noted 22 diff plate blocks of 4 (mostly ½d-2½d, but also 4d, 6d, 1/-, 3/-) & also several listed plate flaws, retouches & wmk variants, virtually all in fine condition. Highlights incl ½d "clematis" flaw R8/1 FU single (rare with 1st wmk); 1d CP L2b mint x 3 (incl pair) & FU; 1½d L3c "1A" plate block (cat $1250); 3d L6a block of 4 (3 MUH, 1 LH mint) & MUH single; 4d L7a pl "1" block of 4 & 2 right selvedge adjacent strips of 4 MUH with "letter" wmk; 5d L8b MUH & LH mint; 6d L9a pl "1" block of 4; 8d L10a "A2" plate block; 9d L11a block of 4 MUH; 1/- L12a "A1" plate block (cat $800) mint/MUH & L12a block of 4 MUH; 2/- L13a & L13b "COQK" flaw R1/4 (stamps MUH); 3/- L14b pl "1" block of 4 (cat $1400) & L14c FU (cat $500). Very clean & attractive old-time colln. CP cat approx $14,500. Ex K Moir.
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Lot
537
$400.00
Lot Type: M*
1935-42 plate blocks of 4 seln: 1) ½d Fantail single wmk plate 1A MUH; 2) 1d Kiwi single wmk plate B1 MUH; 3) 2d Whare fine paper plate 3B & coarse paper plates 3A & 3B MUH; 4) 2½d Lilies p14 comb plate mint & p13¾ x 13½ plate 4 MUH (5), 5d Swordfish p13¾ x 13½ plate 2 mint; 6) 2d Whare coarse paper Official plate 5A MUH. Also incl 1d Kiwi p14 x 13½ Die 2 booklet panes x 6 x 2 with binding selvedge upright & invtd wmk panes & 9d Maori Panel p14 x 15 wmk single with selvedge MUH. CP cat $1270+.
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Lot
538
$1,250.00
Lot Type: *
1935 3d Wahine chocolate block of 40, single wmk, p14 x 13½ (4 complete vert columns of 10 with sheet selvedge at top & bottom). Folded between rows 5 & 6. Fine. CP L6a. Cat $3200. MUH. Ex K Moir.
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Lot
539
$500.00
Lot Type: *
c1935 MUH block seln: 3d x 2 (single & mult wmks), 4d, 5d, 8d, 9d (original design), 1/- & 3/-. All blocks of 4 except 4d & 1/- horiz blocks of 6. Cat simpl about $1250.
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Lot
540
$600.00
Lot Type: M*
1935 5d Swordfish ultramarine plate "1" block of 4, single wmk, p13-14 x 13½. Upper 2 stamps with barely discernable previous hinge traces, lower 2 MUH. CP L8a. Cat $1500. Mint/MUH. Ex K Moir.
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Lot
541
$650.00
Lot Type: M*
1935 5d Swordfish ultramarine plate "1" block of 4, single wmk, p13½ x 14. Upper 2 stamps mint (& 1 with gum bends visible on back), lower 2 MUH. CP L8b. Cat $1800. Ex K Moir.
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Lot
542
$5,000.00
Lot Type: P
1935 2/- Cook deep olive-green, imperf die proof on unwmkd wove paper. Margins approx 10-14mm. Fine & rare item. CP KDP13(1). Cat $10,000. Ex K Moir.
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Lot
543
$2,250.00
Lot Type: U
1935 2/- Cook definitive extraordinarily detailed exhibition study of this one stamp, incl approx 550 used examples (265 plate flaws, plus 283 in 3 sheet reconstructions). On pages, arranged by sheet position of known plate flaws (with progressive states & retouches) & further subdivided into the various plate, wmk, perforation & paper variants. For each flaw, a range of diff versions is shown, eg: R1/4 "COQK" flaw x 8 diff, R1/6 "hat" flaw x 5, R6/1 "V" flaw x 4, R8/2 "coconuts" x 6, R9/2 "dot over bow" x 5, & R10/10 plate crack x 6. These 6 flaws alone cat approx $3000 by CP, but in addition there are 200+ plate flaws in this display, all carefully identified. The collection superbly illustrates (with fine hand-drawn illustrations) all the plate flaws listed by CP (& many others unlisted). The last 12 pages contain substantially complete sheet reconstructions of (multiple wmk) CP L13d 1939 p13½ x 14 (99 ex 120), L13e 1941 p12½ fine paper (84 ex 120), & L13g 1942 p14 x 13½ coarse paper (100 ex 120). With 1955 Centennial Stamp Exbn "highly commended" certificate. Collection apparently unmodified for almost 70 years! Ex K Moir.
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Lot
544
$550.00
Lot Type: M*
1935 2/- Cook deep olive-green plate "1" block of 4, 1st issue, single wmk, p13-14 x 13½. CP L13a. Cat $1600. Upper 2 VLH mint, lower 2 MUH (incl 1 with light gum crease).
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Lot
545
$750.00
Lot Type: M*
1935 2/- Cook deep olive-green plate "1" block of 4, single wmk, p13½ x 14. Rare. CP L13b. Cat $2000. Upper 2 VLH mint - virtually MUH, lower 2 MUH. Ex K Moir.
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Lot
546
$1,500.00
Lot Type: M*
1935-42 2/- Cook plate I study covering all 120 plate positions, mix of different printings, mostly used. On annotated pages, each showing the rigging configuration. About 750 stamps incl 6 x R1/4 ("COQK" flaw) incl 1 MUH. Excellent study. Also "The 2s Pictorial of 1935-1942, Plate I" by RJG Collins.
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Lot
547
$750.00
Lot Type: M*
1935 3/- Mt Egmont sepia & yellow-brown plate "1" block of 4, 1st issue, single wmk, p14-13 x 13½. CP L14a. Cat $1750. 2 VLH mint, 2 MUH. Ex K Moir.
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Lot
548
$750.00
Lot Type: /
1936-42 mult wmk colln on s/b pages with a good range of multiples, shades, perfs, paper types, flaws & varieties incl: 2/- COQK flaw both m & u (2), 3/- wmk invtd mint, 3/- block of 8 with R3/3 re-entry etc. Mint & used.
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Lot
549
$4,000.00
Lot Type: M*
1936-42 ½d - 3/- extensive specialised mint/MUH colln of 380 stamps, multiple wmk paper, neatly laid out on pages. Mint are almost all light hinged, often in block with 2 or 3 MUH. A feature of this colln is the large number (80) of blocks of 4 (or larger), incl many shades, plate flaws, retouches & plate number blocks of 4, virtually all in fine condition. Plate blocks (all diff) incl ½d x 5, 1d x 5, 1½d x 2, 2d x 5, 2½d x 3, 3d x 1, 4d x 2, 5d x 6, 6d x 4, 8d x 3, 1/- x 1, 2/- x 3, 3/- x 1. Noted 2d with "tekoteko" flaw (2 fine examples in blocks of 4, cat $1350), 2d p14 plate blocks 2A, 2B (cat $800), 3d block of 4 (3 MUH), 3d plate 2 block of 4, 3d invtd wmk block of 4 with selvedge MUH, 5d p12½ fine paper pl 1 block of 4 MUH (1 faint gum tone spot), 5d ditto pl 2 coarse paper block of 4 MUH (each cat $800), 6d p13½ x 14 pl 1 block of 4 with large plate crack MUH, 9d x 2 diff single wmk multiples (block & pair) with some gum tone, 2/- p12½ coarse paper pl 1 block of 4. Generally a very clean & attractive lot. CP cat $13,500. Ex K Moir.
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Lot
550
$700.00
Lot Type: M*
1936 1d Kiwi red plate "B2" block of 4, single wmk, p13½ x 14 (selvedge at left imperf horiz). 2 LH mint, 2 MUH. CP L2b. Cat $2000. Ex K Moir.
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Lot
551
$750.00
Lot Type: M*
1936 1½d Maori Cooking red-brown set of 2 plate blocks of 4, single wmk invtd & reversed, p13½ x 14. Plate "1A" MUH & "1B" mint/MUH (2 VLH mint, 2 MUH). CP L3c. Cat $2250. Ex K Moir.
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Lot
552
$650.00
Lot Type: *
1936 1½d Maori Cooking red-brown plate "1A" block of 6 (rather than 4), single wmk invtd & reversed, p13½ x 14. MUH (2 with light gum bends visible on back). CP L3c. Cat $1450. MUH. Ex K Moir.
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Lot
553
$300.00
Lot Type: M*
1936 5d Swordfish ultramarine plate "1" block of 4, mult wmk, p13-14 x 13½, (with horiz perfs extending through left selvedge). One stamp mint, 3 MUH (1 with gum bends). Also similar plate block of p14-13 x 13½ variant (no horiz perfs in left selvedge). One VLH mint, 3 MUH. CP L8c. Cat $800. Ex K Moir.
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Lot
554
$1,500.00
Lot Type: U
1936-42 2/- Cook, multiple wmk, complete sheet reconstructions of the following plate 1 variants: 1936 p13-14 x 13½ (CP L13c), 1939 p13½ x 14 (L13d), 1942 p12½ coarse paper (L13f) (original state of plate), 1942 (Sept) p12½ (final state, with extensive re-entries or retouches). Used (almost all sound). Total 480 stamps, on old linen-hinged album pages. Each variant laid out in 3 groups of 40 (each page 10 rows of 4, R1/1 to 10/4, 1/5 to 10/8, 1/9 to 10/12). Each group incl all the plate flaws etc. Listed by CP. Incl these, CP cat approx $4000. This reconstruction is believed to have been made by RJG Collins himself (who wrote the definitive monograph on the 2/- Plate 1). A copy of the monograph is included. Ex K Moir.
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