Feb 09, 2008 Prestige Philately - General Public Auction No 133 Page: 1 Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD MISCELLANEOUS

Ex Lot 15 15 CPS British Pacific bundle with commercial mail from Tonga, Samoa, Papua etc, philatelic usage of Tonga formular aerogramme to Samoa, airmails, registered, ship cancels etc, condition variable. (29 items) 400T 19 */**O$ Consignment remainders including GB with attractive selection of revenues including QV Customs Duty £1, Audit £2 pair & £5, Australia Postage Dues to 5/-, Postal Stationery cut-outs, Customs Duty revenues to 1/-, WWII Motor Spirit ration tickets, New Zealand covers, PNG collection to 1983 mostly unmounted including 1952 Pictorials, etc. Condition variable. (100s) 250 THEMATICS & SUBJECTS - Ship Mail of the Pacific [We are pleased to offer the interesting collection formed by our long-standing friend Lloyd Perry, of Mount Gambier. Except where mentioned otherwise, all items are of a commercial or domestic nature]

Ex Lot 42 42 C A-/B FIJI: 1927 Oceanic Steamship Co (illustrated logo on flap) to United States via Sydney where KGV 3d cancelled with cds & with double-oval 'LOOSE SHIP/LETTER' alongside; and 1932 to Auckland with KGV 1d & 2d tied by 'MARINE POST OFFICE/...RMS NIAGARA' cds. (2) 200

Ex Lot 53 53 CPS NEW ZEALAND: Good lot including 1897 Letter Card with boxed 'LOOSE LETTER' h/s, eight 1930s covers with various Marine Post Office cds plus PPCs (6) of the ships on which they were used, etc. (23 items) 300

Lot 54 54 C A- NEW ZEALAND: 1868 (April 5) cover to Scotland "via Panama" with Chalon 6d brown tied by Dunedin duplex, London transit in red on the face & 'GIRVAN' arrival b/s, addressee's docketing on the face, minor flap fault. [Stated to have been carried on the 22nd voyage of "Rakaia", which departed Dunedin on 8/4/1868] 400T Feb 09, 2008 Prestige Philately - General Public Auction No 133 Page: 2 THEMATICS & SUBJECTS - Ship Mail of the Pacific (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 55 55 C A- NEW ZEALAND: 1903 USA PPC with message headed "San Francisco", to Madagascar! with US 2c tied by one of two fine strikes 'NZ MARINE PO/10DEC1903/RMS VENTURA' cds in purple, transit cds of 'SYDNEY', 'COLOMBO' & 'MAURITIUS' plus 'TAMATAVE/MADAGASCAR' arrival cds all on the addreess side. A remarkable & colourful origin-destination item. 750T

Lot 56 56 C B NEW ZEALAND: 1904 Oceanic Steamship Co illustrated advertising envelope of "Our Sister Ships" featuring "Sierra", "Sonoma" & "Ventura", printed 'S.S. Sonoma' at upper-right partly obscured by Wakatipu 2½d, to "Trébizonde/Black Sea/Turquie d'Asie", repaired tear at upper-left. Gorgeous item to a truly exotic destination. 400T

Lot 57 57 CL B SAMOA: 1906 usage of USA 5c Lincoln Envelope front affixed to rear of a larger envelope franked with 10c Webster (faults) & both stamps tied by New Zealand type 'LOOSE LETTER' h/s, to Samoa with typed "Str Sierra" on both sides & very fine strike of 'NZ MARINE PO/25JAN1906/RMS SIERRA' cds in blue on face of the larger item, 'APIA/(SAMOA)' arrival b/s, vertical fold at left. [See also Lot 46] 400

Lot 58 58 CL B SAMOA: a very similar item but somewhat truncated (no stamp on the larger item), typed "Str Ventura" on both sides 'NZ MARINE PO/4JAN1906/RMS VENTURA' cds in violet on face of the larger item, 'APIA/(SAMOA)' arrival b/s. By any measure, this and the previous item are most unusual pieces, especially as Postal Stationery usages. 250 Feb 09, 2008 Prestige Philately - General Public Auction No 133 Page: 3 THEMATICS & SUBJECTS - Ship Mail of the Pacific (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 60 60 CL B TONGA: 1894 stampless OHMS cover to Sydney with boxed 'LOOSE LETTER' h/s (Hosking #1544) & 'A'-in-bars both applied in transit at Auckland (b/s), minor toning. 200 CINDERELLAS 61 ** A Post Office Training Schools material from Australia with 1966 values to 30c Ibis (2 strips of 3) with 'SPECIMEN ONLY' h/s; New Zealand Fruit blocks of 4 to 40c plus 5 other values to $5 with Two Black Bars; and Great Britain KGVI 4 values and QEII 4 values plus 11d strip of 6 with Two Black Bars, also c.1971 Dummy Stamps set of 5 singles & blocks of 4. Scarce lot. (131) 200 COOK ISLANDS

Lot 795 795 C B 1902 registered cover to Wells Fargo at San Francisco with Torea ½d 2d 6d & 1/- tied by Rarotonga cds & superb 'R'-in-circle h/s, oval 'CHARLES W BANKS/29JUL1902/RAROTONGA' private d/s in violet on the reverse along with transit cds of Auckland & Honolulu, superb 'Received in Bad Condition at/San Francisco, Cal., b/s in purple & repaired at top with US brown/white perforated 'OFFICIALLY SEALED' label (folded over the envelope), light horizontal fold. 400T

Lot 796 796 ** A- 1935 Silver Jubilee ½d SG 114 upper-right corner block Imperforate Horizontally, all-over minor discolouration caused by the full unmounted o.g. A striking piece. Absent from the Fitzpatrick and Boulangier collections. 400T NEW ZEALAND 925 */** 1953-1992 mint collection with high degree of completion including 1953-70 long sets, 1954 Officials, Health M/Ss, decimals (1980 onwards **) including M/Ss & booklets. Generally fine condition. (100s) 150

Ex Lot 926 926 O "The Chalons from Hell" comprising imperf (14) & perf (6) nasties with all manner of faults. Spacefillers for the desperate! (20) 0T 927 *O Collection in Scott album with mint including KEVII set, KGV most values to 1/-, Peace, Dunedin, 2/- Admiral, 1935 & 1936 Pictorials, then virtually complete to the mid-1980s & some later issues with some being unmounted, used including KEVII set, Peace, set Auckland 3d, lots of later material, Health issues complete mint or used plus M/Ss mostly mint (many unmounted) but 1957 & 1958 used, generally fine. (100s) 400T Feb 09, 2008 Prestige Philately - General Public Auction No 133 Page: 4 NEW ZEALAND (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Ex Lot 928 928 *O "Back of Book" collection with Postage Dues including all sets simplified mint; good lot of Officials with mint 1907-11 1/- 2/- (2, one used) & 5/-, KEVII set, QV 2/-, KGV set, 2/- Admiral, 1936-61 Pictorials, Centennial & QE complete; Lighthouses 1891 set fine used, 1913-37 apparently complete mint &/or used; a few Newspaper & Railway Stamps used; Ross Dependency issues; a generally fine lot. (250+) 800T 929 OC Attractive old-time collection to 1958 including a nice group of Second Sidefaces, handy Pictorials, Christchurch to 3d, KEVII (2 sets), Peace, Admirals, Arms including 7/6d 12/6d £3 & £4 all with postal cancels, Officials including 2/- Pictorial and QV 2/- & 5/- etc, generally fine to very fine but with a 5/- Sideface that must be the worst example in existence!!; also duplicates in packets & a small stockbook including some Chalons and lots of Second Sidefaces; finally a group of indifferent covers including a Dunedin Exhibition Letter Card (faults). (100s) 400T

Lot 930 930 P A 1855 Chalons 1/- imperforate plate proof in black on thin card, margins clear to large. [NB: this is from the original 1855 printing and not from the much later Hausberg reprints] 300T

Lot 931 931 O B 1855-57 Blue Paper 1d red SG 4 with part-papermaker's watermark, cut very close but not into the design, untidy cancel, Cat £1800+. [See footnote after SG 6] 500T

Ex Lot 932 932 W* A 1857-71 Chalons selection on Hagners with Imperf (26, plus 1d forgery) & Perf (56, plus 6d forgery) issues, many attractive stamps & a few unused, condition is rather mixed so close inspection is strongly recommended. High catalogue value. [See complete scans on our website] (84) 1,000T Feb 09, 2008 Prestige Philately - General Public Auction No 133 Page: 5 NEW ZEALAND (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 933 933 W B 1857-63 White Paper No Watermark Imperf 2d blue SG 10, three good to large margins but a little cut-into at top, unused, Cat £1000. 400T

Lot 934 934 G A 1862 Perf 13 at Dunedin 1d orange-vermilion SG 68, indistinct numeral cancel, Cat £350. 250T

Lot 935 935 O B 1862-63 Pelure Paper Imperforate 1d orange-vermilion SG 81, margins just shaved (at upper-left) to huge, very minor thin, untidy cancellation, Cat £2500. Ex Inoue. Odenweller Certificate (2007). 1,000T

Ex Lot 936 936 W* A 1871 Large Star 1d brown (Worn Plate) SG 132a, unused; and 2d orange SG 160, large-part o.g.; Cat £350. (2) 250T Feb 09, 2008 Prestige Philately - General Public Auction No 133 Page: 6 NEW ZEALAND (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 937 937 * A 1872 No Watermark 4d orange-yellow with Watermark of Double-Lined Letters SG 139a, characteristic rough perfs, large-part o.g., Cat £275. An unusually fine example of this underrated variety. 400T

Ex Lot 938 938 *O A/A- 1873-92 Newspaper ½d Wmk 'NZ', No Wmk, Wmk Star & Wmk NZ/Star between SG 143 & 151, all with large-part o.g., plus used examples of each, centring typically all over the shop, Cat £400+ minimum. (8) 200T

Ex Lot 939 939 *O 1874-1900 Sidefaces selection on Hagners with First Sidefaces mint 2d single & pair, 1/- & 2/-, and used including 1/- (2) & 2/-; Second Sidefaces mint ½d, 1d (2, one with "Ellipse" Flaw), 2d (3), 3d (2), 4d, 5d, 6d (2), 8d & 1/- (2), and used to 1/- (3); also with Advertisements on the Reverse comprising 1d (14, one in blue), 2d (6), 2½d (3), 3d (5), 4d (2), 5d, 6d & 1/- (2); condition a bit mixed, high catalogue value. (79) 600T

Ex Lot 940 940 *O 1898-1909 Pictorials selection on Hagners with No Wmk Perf 12-16 mint 3d 4d 6d 8d 9d & 2/-, used 2d apparently imperforate vertically, 5d 8d 9d 1/- & 5/-; Perf 11 mixed No Wmk/Wmk mint to 1/- (2) & used to 2/- plus 5/- fiscal; Wmk Perf 14 mint 6d 9d 1/- & 2/- (2); etc, condition variable. (73) 350T Feb 09, 2008 Prestige Philately - General Public Auction No 133 Page: 7 NEW ZEALAND (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 941 941 P A+ 1909-12 KEVII Typo ½d die proof in dull blue-green on glazed card (47x60mm). Superb! Ex Sir Gawaine Baillie: sold for £345 at auction in May 2007. 1,000T 942 B */**CB 1953-2006 comprehensive mint collection in four Seven Seas albums with better including 1958 2d on 1½d "Stars" ** (1984 BPA Certificate) plus many extras including FDCs and commemorative covers, M/Ss, coil strips, booklet panes and cinderellas, also a little back-of-book including Ross Dependency. Stamps are mounted to 1972, thereafter mostly unmounted with high face in the modern decimal issues. (100s) 600

Lot 943 943 ** A 1996 Health (Teddy Bear) M/S as SG MS2002 but from the original printing with the Teddy Bear & Baby Facing Forwards, unmounted, STC €12,000. See Gibbons' footnote. Unlisted by Campbell Patterson. [The design caused an outcry because the baby should have been facing the rear of the car to comply with safety regulations. The stamps were immediately withdrawn & redesigned. However, some were released "in error". According to our sources, the original M/Ss had been distributed by the printers, Enschedé in the Netherlands, to their staff before the recall was announced] 2,400T

Lot 944 944 ** A 1996 Health ditto, but incorporating the Capex 96 logo at lower-right, unmounted, STC €12,000. 2,400T 945 B Booklets: 1960-2006 comprehensive collection including 1990s-2000s "Prestige" types, in three albums, many duplicated. Painfully high face value. (100s) 500

Ex Lot 946 946 * A Postal Fiscals: Mint selection comprising QV 5/-, Arms 1/3d (3), 2/6d, 4/-, 5/-, 7/-, 7/6d, 8/-, 9/-, 12/6d, 15/- & £3 (SG F164), Surcharges 3/6d (3) & 5/6d, Decimals $4 $6 & $10, Cat £900+. (21) 500T Feb 09, 2008 Prestige Philately - General Public Auction No 133 Page: 8 NEW ZEALAND (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Ex Lot 947 947 O Revenues: Stamp Duty selection on Scott pages with QV including most values to £10 mostly with cds cancels, then Arms £2 & £5 with fake cancels and postally used group to £2 & $10. (72) 250T NEW ZEALAND - Postal History

Lot 948 948 C A+ 1867 tiny envelope to "Ngatimoti/Motueka" with very fine Perf 12½ 1d carmine-vermilion pair, fine '15' cancels & superb 'NELSON' cds alongside. Ex John Woolfe. [Route was Nelson-Takaka by sea, then by horse to Ngatimoti, which had no post office until -/2/1870] 500T

Lot 949 949 C A- 1871 cover to Christchurch (b/s) with scarce franking of 1d orange-vermilion (noted as having a re-entry) & 3d mauve tied by fine 'D/NZ/HOKITIKA/SP14/71 - C/21' duplex, flap fault & a few very faint tonespots hardly detract from the very fine appearance. Ex John Woolfe. [On 1/8/1870 the inter-provincial rate was reduced from 3d to 2d per half-ounce] 600T

Lot 950 950 C A- 1900 commercial cover to Auckland (b/s), Pictorials 1d pair with clear manuscript cancellation "Tutamoe/7 6 00", 'KAIHU' & 'DARGAVILLE' transit b/s. Rated 10 by Wooders. Ex John Woolfe. [A previous owner "corrected" identification of the town to "Tutaenui". However, that PO was in Wanganui District, whereas Tutamoe, Kaihu & Dargaville are all in the Whangarei District] 300T Feb 09, 2008 Prestige Philately - General Public Auction No 133 Page: 9 NEW ZEALAND - Postal History (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 951 951 PS (A-) 1909 'ON LAND AND INCOME TAX BUSINESS ONLY' envelope to Sydney (b/s) with fine strike of the rare 'TAXES/3D/POSTAGE PAID' meter & d/circle 'WELLINGTON/PAID/ 4 ' h/s, 'GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS/WELLINGTON' cds & blue registration label, repairs to a couple of peripheral tears. A rare & remarkable usage, being both registered, and to an overseas address. 1,500T

Lot 952 952 C A 1910 stampless cover to Ireland with 'NELSON/1D/ 3 /POSTAGE PAID' meter impression x3, 'NELSON/ 19 /PAID/NZ' h/s in red x2 & Nelson cds x2. 400T

Lot 953 953 C A 1916 New Zealand OHMS 'RETURNED LETTER' Envelope from Egypt to France with double-boxed 'NEW ZEALAND/ADVANCED BASE APO/APR 5 1916/RETURNED/LETTER BRANCH' d/s in violet, 'ALEXANDRIA' transit b/s. A remarkable external usage. 400T

Lot 954 954 C A- 1941 (Feb) commercial airmail cover Auckland to NSW with Tasman 2d x3 only & very fine 'TO PAY/("8d")/DOUBLE DEFICIENT POSTAGE' h/s, Australian Postage Due 2d strip of 4 tied by 'BATHURST/NSW' cds, a couple of very minor blemishes. 100T Feb 09, 2008 Prestige Philately - General Public Auction No 133 Page: 10 NEW ZEALAND - Postal History (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 955 955 C A 1942 cover to United States with NZ Censor tape & Passed #69 h/s & tiny roneo'd enclosure "Postage stamps enclosed/in this letter have been/abstracted and returned to/the sender as the trans-/mission of such enclosures/is not permissible". Not seen by us before. 150T NEW ZEALAND - Postal Stationery 956 PS Extensive array in a box with many better issues including Postal Cards with scenic types & printed adverts, QV Letter Cards on coloured stocks, Registration Envelopes etc, mostly unused & generally fine to very fine. An opportunity to acquire a fine basic collection for a limited outlay: note the estimate is less than a dollar per item! (600+) 500T

Lot 957 957 PS A Postal Cards - PTPO: 1892 Newspaper ½d cigarette card-cum-postcard for Austin Walsh with superb 'KAITANGATA' (coalmining town) cds, Dunedin transit & Auckland arrival b/s. Remarkably fine. [The world's smallest postal card. The sender answered a multiple-choice question about "Atlas" cigarettes to be entered into a prize-draw] 250T

Lot 958 958 PS B Wrappers: 1892 usage of QV ½d rose uprated with ½d rose adhesive tied by 'TAPANUI' cds, to Sweden, minor blemishes. An unusual destination. 150T Feb 09, 2008 Prestige Philately - General Public Auction No 133 Page: 11 NEW ZEALAND - Postal Stationery (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 959 959 PS A Wrappers - Official: 1901 'POSTAGE/ER/FREE' on wrapper with imprint of the Printing & Stationery Department at lower-left, addressed to the postmaster at Auckland with an instruction to deliver to a private individual "on payment of costs as advised". [Not seen by us before & Samuel unfortunately didn't list items not considered postal stationery by the FIP, though of course he did include the stamped telegram. It would appear that the enclosure was an item - perhaps a newspaper - on which postage had not been paid] 500T NORFOLK ISLAND - Postal History

Lot 962 962 C B 1959 commercial airmail cover to Auckland with rare two-issue franking of 1958 10d Salt House & '8d' on 8½d Barracks Gate, minor defects. 200T

Lot 963 963 C B 1960 commercial airmail cover to Auckland with late usage of Ball Bay 4d plus Pictorials 9d Cereus (flower: rare on cover), opened a bit roughly at left & a piece missing from the back. 150T