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263
$525.00
Lot Type: C
1835 & 1853 two covers relating to "Hutt" naming. 1) 1835 'free front' London to Sussex rated "free" (h/s) signed by M.P. William Hutt (whom the Hutt River was named after). 2) 1853 cover addressed to "River Hutt", prepaid "2"d (+ Wellington crowned circle in red). Hutt River was an early name for the settlement, hence Lower Hutt & Upper Hutt on lower & upper river.
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264
$3,000.00
Lot Type: C
1840 OHMS letter from Kororarika to Sydney, sent 7th Dec 1840, arriving 27 Dec 1840. Handstruck "Kororarika" oval d/s 1840 on reverse, "Free Kororarika NZ" (boxed in red) on front. "8" m/s crossed out by postmaster on realising this was official mail. Ex Gahagan.
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265
$600.00
Lot Type: C
1841 Private Ship mail, Auckland to Edinburgh. H/s boxed "Ship Letter" on reverse applied in London when letter arrived on private ship in England. London (14 March) Edinburgh (15 March) in red on reverse. M/s 3 (3d paid by sender, Sydney to England rate), 1s4d in black (to be paid by recipient).
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266
$825.00
Lot Type: C
1841-8 Early Auckland traders mail (3). 1) 1841 to GB sent Oct 13 arrived Louth 6.5.42 (black cds), rated "8"d, prepaid "3"d. Ship-letter & red receiving stamps on reverse. Writer complains about money scarcity / 20-30% interest, Governor Hobson & business slowdown, slow supplies ex GB, slow immigration etc. 2) 1848 entire Nelson Jan 29 arrival Auckland Commercial Bay Feb 19 via Wellington, "4" to be paid, to tin plate worker. Nice clear cdss. 3) 1848 entire ex Sydney to Rev Purchase, Auckland via "Emma", has red crowned Sydney ship letter marking, a "3"d in red & a "4"d in black. Arrived Oct 11. Request for building supplies.
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267
$600.00
Lot Type: C
1842 Wellington-London entire with h/s Wellington crown oval (7 Sep), London receiving pmk (9 May), "Ship Letter" in black, all on reverse. M/s "6" & "8".
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268
$500.00
Lot Type: C
1843 Wellington-London entire, Wellington crown oval d/s AU 22 1843, "Ship Letter", arrival d/s 29 JA 1844 on reverse, m/s "6" & "8".
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269
$2,900.00
Lot Type: C
1843 Kororareka mail: Entire ex Revd W.C. Dudley (Paihia) via Kororareka PO ("Paid at Kororarika" h/s in red) to the C.M.S. London, assessed as "6"d in black replaced by "8"d (2d for Captain's gratuity) arrived London (red cds) 13.9.43 "Ship letter" in black. Contains important historical information re Dudley's trip on foot to Turanga (later named Gisborne) & Ahuriri with Archd. W. Williams, meeting with Bishop Selwyn at Patanga and near death illness.
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270
$750.00
Lot Type: C
1845 Sydney to Wellington entire, oval crown Sydney, & boxed "Parramatta Post Paid" in red, Wellington crown oval in black (FEB 26 1845) on front. M/s "8" & "Per First Ship". Edges of cover somewhat worn.
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271
$500.00
Lot Type: C
1845 Mail from first Auckland PO, to London bearing a type 1 "Imperial" cds (New-Zealand DE 10 1845) on reverse plus GB receiving stamp 20 MY 1846 in red. On front "4"d in red "Paid at Auckland" h/s in red for transit to GB & "1/-" in black assessed on arrival. Fine condition.
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272
$750.00
Lot Type: C
1846 Auckland-London entire with h/s, "Paid at Auckland" in red on front with New Zealand unframed MY 15 1846 cds on reverse. M/s "4" & 1" (indicating 4d & 1/- respectively). Ex Gahagan.
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273
$500.00
Lot Type: C
1847 Settler's entire to London, "via Hobart Town". Rated "8"d & "4"d in red with a crisp "Paid at Wellington" crown-on-circle (red). Superb Wellington crown-in-oval 1847 cancel in black + light black "Ship letter" h/s. Settler Henry Chapman describes Lt Governor Eyre (New Munster) as "a perfect nincompoop" now referred to verbatim in the Encyclopaedia of NZ (1966) pp 604-5. Treasurer Petre described as a "mere booby" plus other comments.
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274
$500.00
Lot Type: C
1848 Auckland-London entire. H/s crown oval "Paid Ship Letter JA 20 Sydney" on front, arrival d/s AR 1 JU 1848 on reverse, m/s "3" in red prepaid in Sydney, 1 (1/-) being paid on receipt being packet boat rate. Letter has no NZ postal markings but has been handed into Sydney Post Office by Captain or crew of ship for posting to London.
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275
$800.00
Lot Type: C
1850 Immigrant's mail: 1) 1858 Steerage passenger's contract ticket for £56 detailing family, ages, food allowances etc plus a handwritten personal reference ("peaceable, inoffensive, full communication with church" etc). 2) 1853 cross-written entire ex Auckland to GB, prepaid "2"d (red) with "8"d (black) and "Paid at Auckland" h/s in red. New arrival, Mary Dyer describes a horrendous trip, New Plymouth a "horrid hole", gales in Cook Strait etc. 3) Cover front to migrant John Rule per "Agra" ex Aberdeen. "8"d paid "2"d to pay, 4 cdss plus "Aberdeen Paid JY 5, 1852" red h/s.
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276
$600.00
Lot Type: C
1852 Wellington-Launceston entire with "Paid at Wellington Crown Circle" h/s in red, Wellington circular unframed dispatch d/s in black on reverse. Jan 12, Launceston receiving 13 Feb. M/s "3" & "8" on front. Includes 5 page letter.
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277
$1,000.00
Lot Type: C
1853 mourning cover London to New Plymouth, carried by Ships captain for Henry Willis & Co (commission agents) from London. Letter entered mail system in Auckland. H/s Auckland unframed circular dispatch stamp (June 10), New Plymouth receiving 'crown within oval' d/s (June 18). Also Henry Willis oval cachet, all on front. M/s "2". Scarce commission agents cover to NZ.
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278
$300.00
Lot Type: C
1854 Mail re Provincial schools: unstamped entire ex Wellington to "Hobart Town" (unframed Wellington cds) prepaid "2"d (Colonial rate) arrived 30 MY (red, ship letter inwards paid in red). Reverse L(aunceston) 29 MY 1854 cds. Writer, Commissioner Thomas Mason comments on prevention of well-funded religious groups having excessive control of new provincial schools. As commissioner, he was working to prevent this.
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279
$20,000.00
Lot Type: C
1855-1901 Early Hawkes Bay mail 36 page colln. Noted 1855 manuscript "PO Ahuriri" endorsement (only 2 known), on GB cover to Colenso. M/s "Paid at Ahuriri" on 1856 cover to Wellington (only 3 known); 1858 cover to UK with strip of 3 2d FFQ (SG 10); 1858 cover to London with strip of 3 2d blue (SG 5); 1860 m/s O.P.S.O cover to Napier, b/s Ahuriri; 1862 cover to London with 6d FFQ pair (SG 14); 1863 m/s "On Public Service Only", Auckland to Napier, "Free Auckland New Zealand" h/s; 1863 cover Turanga m/s cancel & pmk 11 obliterator & m/s "Too Late"; 1865 cover Napier to Auckland, "Too Late" h/s. 1870 cover Napier to Canada via San Francisco with h/s "5" (USA to Canada postage fee); 1869 cover "Wainui" m/s cancel on 1d FFQ pair; 1872 Gwavas m/s cancel on 2d FFQ cover to Wellington. 1874 "Ruataniwa" m/s on 3 x 2d FSF cover to Ireland; 1882 cover Takapau to Edinburgh with 2d, 6d FSF, with handmade obliterator unique to Takapau; 1882 cover m/s Petane to England with 2 x 1d, 2d FSF, b/s Napier 13 June; 1887 On Public Service mail to Okawa with m/s "Not Okawa", "Not Found" and "Not Known By Letter Carrier Napier H.B" h/s. Napier d/ss 13 AP, 1 JE (latter in red). 1888 p/c pmk "Mataiwi 14 NO 88" believed only known postmark/datestamp from Mataiwi post office. A remarkable colln of 37 covers in overall fine condition. Ex John Gahagan.
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280
$575.00
Lot Type: U
South Isl range of 14 Perkins Bacon barred obliterators (issued 1855), mostly ((11) on FFQs, incl "16" of Lyttelton or Kaiapoi (5), "17" of Christchurch or Rangiora (6), "18" of Dunedin or Port Chalmers (3). Noted 3 imperf no wmk 6d: SG 13, 14, 15 FU (alone cat £1650).
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281
$1,000.00
Lot Type: C
1855 Port Victoria to Dublin entire. H/s Port Victoria crown circle on front, h/s unfranked Port Victoria (3 May), Australia Packet Liverpool (OC 20) on reverse. M/s "2" & "6" (packet boat rate) on front. Ex Gahagan.
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282
$2,500.00
Lot Type: CU
c1860s-2000s extensive colln of postal history of Dunedin formed over a long period. Arranged in 17 old springback binders in 2 cartons. Approx 1500 postmarks on stamp or piece & 1200 covers or p/cs. Noted many scarce or unusual items in largely good to fine condition. Much commercial mail, much official mail incl some early with r/s signature franks, many diff special purpose cds incl 25+ near complete 1920s large parcels cds, undeliverable mail, postage due, machine d/s, telegraph, RTPO, commemorative pmks, registered (incl regn labels), range of 30 PPCs of University of Otago mostly 1900s-20s, fine 1939 Express cover with FU 6d ED stamp, fine 1869 cover ex Scotland with FU GB 6d SG 108 (cat £275 on cover), 1977 Royal Visit with frank cover, nice early postal stationery items used. One album ex Robin Startup colln. A remarkable array. Weight 18.5kg. Ex Jeff Long.
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