Lot
331
$1,500.00
Lot Type: C
1857 (Jan 22) mourning outer to Scotland with 2d blue on blue paper SG 5 (margins just touching at upper left & lower right - to large) tied by very fine "1" cancel of "AUCKLAND" b/s, rated "6" in black, London transit & superb "ABERDEEN / AP 10 / 1857" arrival b/s in green. Carried per "Simla", departed Sydney 11/2/1857; mail arrived Southampton 9/4/1857. Ex Benvie.
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Lot
332
$500.00
Lot Type: C
1859 cover to England via Suez & Southampton correct rate for an item not exceeding ½ ounce. Dated Auckland MY 07 1859; Halifax receiving pmk AU 09 1859; the route is by the "Columbian" from Sydney (14 May) or Melbourne (19 May) to Suez, connecting with the "Ripon" leaving Alexandria 22 July, arriving Southampton 06 August 1859.
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Lot
333
$850.00
Lot Type: C
1859 Oct 1 cover to Scotland with FFQ 6d pale brown SG 14 (margins good to large with a fragment of the adjoining unit below, small corner fault at upper right, cat £300 x 2+ on cover) tied by neat "15" cancel (Nelson), poor Dundee arrival b/s of DE 15 1859, a few ironed out creases that just impact the stamp at lower left. Carried per "Emeu", departed Sydney 14/10/1859, mail arrived 14/12/1859. Ex Gordon Kaye, Benvie.
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Lot
334
$1,500.00
Lot Type: U
1860 Top left corner of newspaper "British ..., A Monthly Journal Devoted to the Diffusion of Scriptual ..." No 86 April 2 1860 bearing an imperf (4 margins) 1d dull orange FFQ (SG 8) with barred cancel "18" (Otago) on face, barely tied. Stamp with light diagonal crease. Also bears a despatch cds "Otago JY 23 1860" & a handwritten destination "Ottepopo" (sic).
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Lot
335
$1,000.00
Lot Type: C
1862 Columbo wreck cover, Auckland to GB "via Marseille" bearing a single 1d (red, oxidised to brown) rouletted 7 on 3 sides (SG 47). Other stamps missing. Saved from the wreck of the Columbo cachet on reverse along with an Auckland "SP 1862" cds. Cover 'worn' as expected.
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Lot
336
$1,000.00
Lot Type: C
1862 Cover from Howick to (Rev Purchas) Onehunga with 2d blue (imperf 4 margins), m/s cancel "Howick 24 March 62" plus barred "1" cancel (Auckland). Also unframed Auckland h/s dated "MR 25 1862" is also present.
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Lot
337
$1,000.00
Lot Type: C
1862 cover Lyttelton to Holywell "via Marseilles" with 1/- deep green imperf (3 margins, LH selvedge, 4th damaged), Pelure paper, barely tied by a "16" obliterator (Lyttelton). Holywell cds (FE 12 63) on front & Lyttelton (DE 13 1862) on reverse. Cover travelled on "Northam" to Suez, then by "Vectis" to London. Cover aged.
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Lot
338
$3,000.00
Lot Type: C
1862 neat cover Lyttelton to London bearing 2 x 6d imperf (4 margins), 2d blue imperf (3 margins) & 1d orange imperf (3 margins), all canc with "16" obliterator (Lyttelton). Lyttelton cds (NO 14 1862) & London receiving stamp in red (JA 15 63) on reverse. Carried by "Madras". Ex: John Woolfe, Benvie.
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Lot
339
$750.00
Lot Type: C
1863 cover Dunedin to Melbourne with 6d black-brown imperf (3 margins), Pelure (see RPSNZ 1996 cert) SG 85, tied by barred Dunedin obliterator. Dunedin cds "FE 19 63" cds on reverse. Darkening visible on front.
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Lot
340
$5,000.00
Lot Type: C
1863 Waitahuna, NZ to Edinburgh cover with 1d, 2d, 6d black-brown, p13 FU (SG68, 70, 75) unbox "DEFICIENT POSTAGE FINE", "MORE TO PAY" circular cachet. Pmk "O16" cancellations of Waitahuna. "Goldfield A Otago" b/s, Dunedin Otago AU 15 63 transit, 4y Edinburgh OC 15 63 arrival b/s. Ex Benvie.
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Lot
341
$1,500.00
Lot Type: C
1864 Auckland, NZ to Sydney, Australia, NZ Maori Wars era, 6d red-brown imperf (SG 43). (Correct 6d rate for officer) with indistinct 'Queens Redoubt' pmk, unframed Auckland JY 13 1864 b/s, double circled New Zealand JY 13 1864 d/s. "SHIP LETTER SYDNEY AU 1 1864" arrival b/s. Sender was quartermaster Robert Laver of the 12th Regiment of Foot (East Suffolk).
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Lot
342
$750.00
Lot Type: C
1864 cover to Telbury, Gloucestershire re-addressed to Daventry, with 6d red-brown imperf (2 narrow margins) just tied by "Mahurangi APL 2 64" cds (also on reverse). Note: Mahurangi became Warkworth & is rare. Clear b/s: London "JU 4 64", Telbury "JU 24 64" & Daventry "JU 25 64".
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Lot
343
$750.00
Lot Type: C
1865 Auckland to Hull, England cover with 2d blue x 2, 6d brown pmk "1" of Auckland & red "LONDON PAID". B/s "Auckland JA _ 65, Hull MR 15 65".
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Lot
344
$1,500.00
Lot Type: C
1865 cover Auckland to Middlesex with 2 x 6d red-brown (imperf, both 3 margins) tied by barred "1" duplex Auckland cancel (AP 24 65). Red London receiving h/s dated JY 1 65. Travelled on "Bombay" to Aden, then on the "Candida" to Southampton.
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Lot
345
$2,500.00
Lot Type: C
1865 cover Wanganui to Galway, Ireland with 1/- imperf (3 margins, 4th just touching) & 6d p12½, the 1/- tied by light barred cancel. "Registered 402" in red has been written vertically on the front & cover has been rated "2" in red. Wanganui, Wellington (AU 5 1865) & Galway (OC 23 65) cds on the much torn reverse. Cover has horiz fold. Provenance ex "Emerald", Benvie.
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Lot
346
$1,000.00
Lot Type: C
1865 Nelson to Bombay cover with 6d red-brown p12½ (SG 122) tied by Nelson pmk various Bombay pmks & too late h/s on reverse. Endorsed "GONE TO ENGLAND" and "SHIP/TYBURNIA", carried per Bombay, depart Sydney 22/11/65, arrived Galle 15/12/65. Ex Ellott, Woolfe, Benvie.
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Lot
347
$1,250.00
Lot Type: C
1865 Weatherstone Goldfield to Dunedin cover with vert strip of 3 x 2d. Lightly cancelled "O18" in brownish ink, with "GOLDFIELD / OTAGO NZ JU 1". "DEFICIENT POSTAGE FINE" cachet and large h/s "4" on front. B/s "DUNEDIN JN 1 65". This goldfield 4d deficient postage cover is unique, some ageing. Ex Jury.
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Lot
348
$2,500.00
Lot Type: C
1865-6 Cover inscribed "via Marseilles" with 4d rose (SG 119) & 6d brown tied by Invercargill DC 1865 duplex, addressed to Hawick Scotland. B/s Hawick FE 13 66 cds.
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Lot
349
$1,500.00
Lot Type: C
1865 cover Coventry (England) with 4 x 1d FFQ carmine-vermilion imperf (2 x 3 margins, 2 x 4 margins) & 4 x 2d blue (worn plate), tied by barred "1" cancel (Auckland), b/s "Auckland MR 6 1865. Arrived Marseilles 13.1.1865 & Southampton 17.1.1865. Carried on "Northam" which departed Sydney 22.3.1865.
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Lot
350
$1,250.00
Lot Type: C
1866 (Mar 13) cover (cut at base) to Lancashire inscribed "Per Ship Chile" with scarce franking. P12½ 2d deep blue plate II & a very fine 4d rose tied by "NZ/DUNEDIN/C - OTAGO" duplex, rare usage of "PAID/A/JU25/66/LONDON SHIP LETTER" transit stated to be the only example recorded on a cover from New Zealand (in red on the face & "BOLTON/JU29/66" arrival b/s, roughly opened, ironed-out & repaired. Ex Benvie.
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