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724
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Cook Isl 1892 Federation x 5 sets (+ extra 1d, 1½d & 2½ds) mint but some stuck together, some no gum. Plus 1d, 1½d & 2½d x 3 FU. Also various other British Comm stamps incl Pitcairn 1957 Picts set (no 4d School) mint.
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$500.00
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725
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C*
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Cook Isl 1893 Queen Makea set of 5 diff imperf die proofs on unwmkd wove paper, ungummed (with approx 4mm margins): 1d pale brown, 1½d mauve, 2½d carmine-lake, 5d plum, 10d ultramarine. Also imperf black plate proofs of central vignettes of 1920 1½d Cook (block of 4) & 1927 2½d Chief (plus the 2 issued stamps MUH). Also 1892 1d "Stars" p/c (blue) PU canc Rarotonga A-class cds 12 FE 94 to GB (message in Maori) & 1894 1d Makea p/c, blue on buff unused (both fine) (11 items).
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$750.00
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726
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C
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Cook Isl 1896-7 2 reg'd covers addressed to WJ Hawley, Wellington. 1) 1d blue, 1½d, 2½d, 5d & 10d Queen Makea's, all p12 x 11½, tied by Rarotonga 5 AP 96 double ring cdss. 2) 1d blue, 1½d & 5d p12 x 11½; 2½d & 10d p11 tied by 28 MY 97 Rarotonga double ring cdss.
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$450.00
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727
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Cook Isl 1932 ½d to 1/- Pictorial set of 7 as imperf plate proof blocks of 4 in issued colours. Also similar centre plate (for 4d) block of 4 in black.
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$400.00
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728
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C
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Pacific Isl c1880s-1910 postal stationery range of 8 diff items incl: Tonga x 3 diff 1906, 1911 series Pictorial 1d p/cs (1 PU to Europe 1924); Fiji 1895 1d + 1d violet Canoe reply-card; French Oceania 1913 20c Wahine p/c; Hawaii 1883 1c + 1c Queen R/C, 1893 1c Queen p/c, 1894 2c Map p/c. All fine unused unless stated. Also NZ range 1897-1903, all Pictorial, incl 4 diff 1d p/cs & 1903 EVII 1d L/C. Attractive lot incl scarce types. (13 items).
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$400.00
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729
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M
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Pacific Isl c1915 GV recess top LH corner plate blocks of 4 - Rarotonga 3d pl 18; 7½d pl 24 (both minor tone spots); Aitutaki pl 18. Niue: 6d pl 38; Samoa 3d pl 19, also 6d pl 22 single. NZ equivalent cat £7650 & these much scarcer! Mint.
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$1,500.00
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730
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Samoa 1877-80 specialised colln of the initial "Samoan Express" issues in mounts on 15 annotated pages. Noted 1st state used (SG 1-3), 2nd state 3d, 6d (x 2) & 2/- used, 3rd state p12½ (1d, 3d & 2/- mint) & p12 (1d x 2, 6d damaged perfs used & 2/- mint). Also incl reprints (p12½ set CTO & sheets of 40 x 4) & 3 diff forgery sets (incl Fournier). SG cat £6000.
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$3,000.00
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731
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Samoa 1914 seln of 19 (18 used) G.R.I. surcharge stamps on 2 pages. Incl short set of 9 to 9d on 80pf GU/FU (4 stamps on piece), no fraction bar varieties (½d on 3pf, ½d on 5pf & 2½d on 20pf, each GU/FU on piece) & "1" to left of "2" in "½" varieties (½d on 3f mint & used, ½d on 5pf vert pair with selvedge on piece, 2½d on 20pf). SG cat £751.
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$500.00
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732
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Samoa 1980 defaced plate reprint sheets of 120v for museum presentation of 2½d King Malietoa x 2; 5d Flag x 3. Also Palm Trees ½d x 12, 1d x 10 (+7 smaller units of 8 to 30); 2d x 9; 4d x 6; 6d x 18; 1/- x 8 & 2/6d x 14. Most are imperf & printed in a range of colours. Each shows various means of defacement, sometimes multiple devices used on plates. Housed in large album with photocopies of c1900 correspondence re these stamps (82 defaced reprint sheets of 120v). Also, similar sheet Cook Isl 1d Queen Makea.
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$5,000.00
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733
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C
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Tokelau (Union Isl) 1945 (Sept) x 3 envelopes to Wellington, each with Western Samoa 1d (the only stamp available at the time) & cancelled respectively at Fakaofo, Atafu & Nukunono; the 3 Post Offices of the then 'Union Islands'.
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$200.00
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