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230
$500.00
Lot Type: CU
Postmarks on 1d Doms - 350+ different arranged alphabetically on album pages - further divided by opened & closed as about the 1970s. Many useful but nothing very scarce noted. Plus about 30 commercial covers & packets various pmks (about 100 stamps).
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231
$500.00
Lot Type: C
Kowai Bush Military Camp (CH 20 April-16 May 1914) fine complete "MILITARY CAMP/4" B-type cds 27 AP 14 on 1d Dominion on comic PPC, with light brown stains (tea?) over m/s message. To Ashburton. Temporary "territorial" camp PO. Rare.
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232
$300.00
Lot Type: C
Turangarere (WG, 1903-1909, to Turangaarere 16 JE 09) reg'd commercial cover (2 spike holes) to Australia ("Tats" cover), with strip of 4 x 1d Universal cancelled by 2 fine strikes of “H” class MY 22 05, with 3 transit/receipts b/s. A railway construction camp on NIMT line. Very scarce.
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233
$450.00
Lot Type: U
Waimate nice clear manuscript cancel on 6d red-brown FFQ (imperf, 2½ margins SG 43). Waimate (Northland) was the site of an early Anglican mission from the 1830s. PO opened in 1857 (North Waimate). Wooders 10.
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234
$650.00
Lot Type: C
White Island (RO 1927-30) very fine complete J-type cds 14 DE 28 on 1d GV on damaged cover (opening tears & deficits, vertical central fold). Readdressed from Reporoa (transit b/s) to Cambridge. PO at office of sulphur extraction works. With 1982 newspaper article & photo relating to this cover and its original sender (who briefly visited the island in Dec 1978). Rare d/s.
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235
$1,500.00
Lot Type: C
1860s-1980 varied colln of 237 covers & p/cs in large (modern) photo album, with numerous better items. Noted 1862 wrapper with imperf FFQ 2d SG 9 (3 margins but with strong crease), cancelled fine “7” barred obliterator of Wellington; 1881 cover ex GB with fine b/s R.T.P.O. (IN) “A” class cds; many SSF & 1st pictorial covers & p/cs, incl 20 regd; scarce pmks incl Otago Heads “F” class 1906 (in use only from 1904-11); 1926 Dunedin Exbn relief cds; Taniwha “F” class cancel 1932; 1940 WAITANGI AK relief cds; 1941 WINGATUI MC relief cds (13 AP); many RTPO & FFCs; 1937 Express cover (fine); 1941-2 WWII Prisoner of War cachet covers; 1942 Narrow Neck Military Camp cds; 1942 2NZEF folded Xmas card (art by Peter McIntyre); 1948 HMNZS Kiwi ex Campbell Islands & many 1950s+ collectors’ pmk covers with mostly “A” class or relief cds. Generally good/fine condition.
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236
$5,000.00
Lot Type: C
1862-73 colln, 32 covers all with FFQs (incl 5 only partial), written up on 21 album pages & 2 Hagners. Incl 17 inland & 15 to destinations abroad (to GB mainly or Australia). Noted 1d "drop letter"rate x 2; 2d basic inland rate x 12; 3d inland interprovincial rate x 3; 3d rate to Victoria, Australia; 6d rate to GB via Suez & Southampton x 9 (incl 1863 with imperf 6d black-brown Pelure paper, damaged corner, 1869 with pair 3d lilac p12½, & 1873 with pairs 1d brown & 2d vermilion p12½); 10d rate to GB via Suez & Marseilles x 2 (1866 p12½ 6d & 2 x 2d & 1867 part cover with p12½ 6d red-brown & 4d yellow, heavy cancel); & 1/- double rate to GB. Postmarks are mainly ex major towns, though 4 are ex same correspondence Queenstown to Scotland, 1865-66, addressed to Duncan Whyte. Condtion varies, fair to fine.
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237
$500.00
Lot Type: C
1865 cover addressed to Duncan Whyte to Scotland franked FFQ 6d & 2 x 2d p12½ (10d rate via Marseilles but no rate endorsement shown), each stamp canc unclear "25"barred obliterator. B/s very fine "QUEENSTOWN/OTAGO. NZ"cds NO 9 65, part red DUNEDIN cds NO 14 65 & 3 GB receipt cds 12-14 JA 66 incl Oban. Good condition.
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238
$1,750.00
Lot Type: C
1865 cover to GB, endorsed "Via Marseilles", with 3-colour franking of FFQ 6d red-brown (2 margins), 3d brown-lilac (3 margins), both imperf star wmk, & 1d carmine star wmk p12½, canc Auckland duplex pmk AP 7 65. Unclear receipt b/s. Opening faults & small deficit on back.
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239
$300.00
Lot Type: C
1866 cover franked FFQ 2d blue star wmk p12½, canc Dunedin duplex d/s AU 4 66, addressed to Waihemo Valley (North Otago). Receipt m/s on back "W 6/8/66"("W"for Waihemo), written by Postmaster, Waihemo. The Waihemo PO opened 7 Feb 1865 but did not receive a d/s until 1887. Use of manuscript cancel postulated by Marshall (1983) but no example recorded. Some added notation on front. Creasing & 1cm edge tear.
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240
$2,000.00
Lot Type: C
1866 cover to GB "Via Marseilles", franked FFQ 4d deep rose SG 119 & 6d red-brown SG 122 p12½, canc 2 unclear strikes of "11" barred obliterator (of Napier). B/s fine Napier A-type cds JY 14 66 & London receipt cds SP 14 66. Good condition.
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241
$400.00
1869 Coromandel goldmining exhibit page with a "New York Gold Mining Co" share certificate (1869) in fine cond (scarce); an 1872 Grahamstown tradesman'stoken featuring a quartz extraction mill & 2d blue FFQ (SG 115) cancelled with an A/3 duplex (Thames). Grahamstown and Shortland joined to become Thames around 1870.
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242
$1,000.00
Lot Type: C
1869 cover franked FFQ 1/- p12½ star wmk (GU, canc Dunedin duplex d/s NO 12 69, endorsed "Immediate"(by sender), to clergyman in Port Chalmers (receipt "PORT CHALMERS/OTAGO. NZ" cds same day). This cover must have been considerably overweight (the 1/- rate covered between 2 & 3 ounces, versus 2d for a ½ ounce letter). An extraordinary rate on an inland cover (which travelled no more than about 10 miles!) Good condition.
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243
$500.00
Lot Type: C
1881 cover to addressee at "Dry River Station, Waihenga, Wellington" NZ, franked FU 1880 1/- orange-brown, plate 13, rose spray wmk, SG 151 (cat £1800 on cover). Canc London W.C.7 duplex d/s MR 14 81. NZ receipt b/s of Wellington & Featherston (A-types) 6 MY 81. No Waihenga cds, though a PO opened there in 1876 & an A-type is known in use March 1880-Dec 1881. Good condition (minor soiling). Very scarce franking. Note: the stamp has been carefully lifted to verify the wmk & hinged back in place.
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244
$400.00
Lot Type: C
1887 Soldier's concession rate inward cover to NZ "Australian colonies" ex India from active serviceman William P Underwood, bearing 9p (SG 77) & labelled "Via Pont de Galle and Melbourne" in red. Countersigned by "Commanding Officer" on the side with Underwood's rank & regimental attachment along the top. Indian & NZ (Oamaru & RTPO) cds on reverse. Aged cover with tatty edging. Remarkably clear 4 page letter details his situation & states "Mr Gladstone should be hanged". Also several pages of research notes.
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245
$200.00
1900 NZ Post Office public poster (14 x 22.5cm, black on cream) headed "PENNY-POSTAGE" & dated 4th Dec 1900, for distribution to every post office in the country, "To be posted in a conspicuous place", announcing the inauguration of the new reduced basic letter rate (from 2d) both within NZ & to most of the British Empire (excl Australia) as from 1st Jan 1901. Printing order code: "[10,000/12/1900-8266". Three horiz folds (& minor separation at end of one), otherwise good condition. An important document in postal history. Rare.
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246
$450.00
Lot Type: C
1930 Wreck Mail RMS Tahiti salvaged foolscap envelope ex Dunedin, bearing indistinct "J" class cancel, originally addressed to "Carl O. Peterson Esq /c/- Byrd Antarctic Expedition/Hotel Biltrose/New York/U.S.A." The cover bears a purple "Postage Stamp Lost in Transit/G.P.O. N.Y. (D.D.)" h/s on the front across the Dunedin cancel & on the rear "Received in bad condition at ..." purple h/s with "GPO/Byl" inserted in pencil and a Grand Central Annex N.Y. / SEP 6 /10-am/1930 machine cancel on the rear. In addition, a US Post Office Department Officially Sealed label across the smaller of two flaps with an undated oval New York cancellation. The cover was subsequently redirected, in blue pencil, to "c/- Sir Henry Hotel/365 E 16 St./Bklyn N.Y." Also on the front, lightly written in pencil (this was on the ill-fated SS Tahiti) & a small piece of paper affixed with typed "Saved from the illfated/R.M.S "Tahiti". Carl Oscar Peterson was the radio operator on Byrd's 1928-30 Antarctic Expedition. Some 40+ mail bags were salvaged from the ship before it sank on 17 Aug 1940 some 480 nautical miles from the Cook Isl.
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247
$1,000.00
Lot Type: C
1946 China-Manchuria Harbin blockade cover ex NZ, with 1d Peace (+ a 2nd adhesive subsequently lost in transit) ex South Dunedin (?) JL 46 addressed to Harbin, China. Cover bears boxed 2-line cachet in red “Mail route to destination / blockaded, return to sender” (a quite good impression). Rear bears Chinese bilingual Changchun 17.9.35/24 cogwheel cds, Wellington C.1 / Returned Letter Office 27 JA 47 cds & purple Return to Sender pointing finger cachet (& another on front). Good condition. Rare. Note 1: The Chinese d/s year “35” refers to the 35th year of the Chinese Republic, which commenced in 1911 following the overthrow of the Chinese Empire. Note 2: Russian troops occupied Harbin & other parts of Manchuria after the USSR declared war on Japan on 8 Aug 1945. In April 1946, control of Harbin was passed to the Chinese communist army (the CPLA). Changchun in Northeast China remained under control of the Chinese Nationalist forces & for a time there was no postal communication with Harbin (266 km away). Only 3 covers with this blockade cachet (applied in Shanghai, 2025 km from Harbin) were recorded in a census in the Collectors’ Club journal of March/April 2011. This is likely to be a 4th example & the only one known from NZ. With copy of relevant article & map.
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