AUCTION 182 Closing Tuesday January 26, 2010 Lot 879 Lot 865 Lot 846 Lot 839 Auction Now On Line At www.aucklandcitystamps.co.nz PO Box 27646, Auckland 1440, New Zealand t Ph +64 9 522 0311 t Fax +64 9 522 0313 [email protected] t www.AucklandCityStamps.co.nz 108 112 104 Ex 163 Ex 150 Ex 151 153 Ex 272 Ex 276 Ex 279 Ex 287 Ex 285 Ex 284 Ex 280 Ex 301 252 Ex 385 Ex 261 347 373 376 379 370 375 338 342 329 326 349 351 380 164 247 248 Ex 399 Ex 401 Ex 394 Ex 504 Ex 458 Ex 594 608 619 624 627 638 546 538 Ex 555 Ex 525 Ex 523 497 501 503 509 505 Ex 916 762 Ex 674 789 806 809 820 836 837 838 849 850 851 847 880 881 912 832 914 968 970 976 Ex 992 996 Ex 1032 Ex 1041 Ex 1105 1148 1146 1151 1107 1190 1183 1188 1194 1159 1154 1127 Ex 1157 1204 1214 1218 Ex 1223 1220 1222 1234 1232 1450 1464 Ex 1527 1547 1371 1370 1572 1182 1376 1380 1379 1575 845 (6) 1261 1262 1817 1815 1808 1828 1827 1825 1822 1821 1843 1838 1855 1860 1832 Ex 1878 1866 1867 1864 1865 1871 1869 1872 1873 1874 1890 1889 1891 1886 1882 1892 1908 1909 1911 1906 1907 1913 1926 1938 Ex 1968 1969 1975 1972 1984 1985 2017 2022 2041 2105 2107 2106 2136 2158 2181 2117 2141 2290 2297 2322 1885 1941 1973 1997 2135 2154 2155 2176 2328 2307 2320 2329 2430 2423 2455 2439 2442 2444 2473 2484 2490 2482 2499 2506 2553 Welcome To Auckland City Stamps Auction 182 Postal Auction 182 is our final sale for 2009. It comprises over 2800 lots with a good offering of stamps and covers. The final part of this year has been particularly busy with this sale preparation and the publication of the 2010 Auckland City Stamps Colour Catalogue – which is on sale now. Please contact the office or visit our web site to purchase your copy. The four stamps on our front cover are all rare Great Britain £1 values. Lot 839, 1884 £1 Brown-Lilac (Est $1750); Lot 846 1902/10 KEVII £1 Green (Est $500); Lot 865 £1 Green Seahorse (Est $1100) and Lot 879 1929 £1 PUC (Est $1000). Highlights in the World Stamp Section include Lot 262 China 1897, 10c/12ca Overprint (Est $600); Lots 471 & 472, Fiji War Stamp Inverted Overprints (Est $900 & $1400); Lots 501 and 502 Fiji Revenues (Est $500 each). Great Britain has a nice range of Queen Victoria including1d Blacks. Also of note is Lot 814 a Plated Set of 15 Mint of the 1870 1/2d QV (Est $2500) and Lot 899, an illustrated Silver Wedding FDC (Est $500). In the World Postal History section, see Lot 1745 Gilbert & Ellice Islands 1937 Hand-drawn Solar Eclipse Cover (Est $500), also Lot 1781, Pitcairn Island NZ Postal Agency Early Registered No. 1 cover (Est $750). Of particular note in the New Zealand stamps section are lots 2044/2053 - a range of 1935 Pictorial Essays & Proposed Designs. In 1960 Pictorials there is a good listing of varieties, in particular Lot 2123 1/9 Plane with a striking Paper Fold (Est $750) and Lot 2126 a 1/9 Plane Red Colour Shift (Est $500). Lot 2291 in the Antarctica section features a First Day Cover of the 1/2d & 1d Victoria Land (Est $3000); in Cinderellas there is a range of WW1 Patriotic Labels - see Lot 2314 Mt Eden 1d Soldiers Memorial label (Est $1000). Of note in the Life Insurance Section is Lot 2441 - 1891 2d Plate Imperf Proof Block of 4 (Est $1500). We have another lovely selection of New Zealand Pre-Stamp Entires/Covers. See Lot 2739 a Nelson 1844 Straight Line cancel (Est $7500); also Lot 2735 a correspondence of 14 Entires/Covers written by Captain W Field Porter (Est $10,000). In the Military Section there is a nice lot of WW2 items – Lot 2649 MPO KW13 cancel which we have not seen before (Est $500). In the Postage Dues section of note is Lot 2704 a 1931 Cover showing the non use of Postage Due stamps (Est $600). The Auction closes on Tuesday January 26, 2010 and as usual please contact the office if you require scans of items or further information on any of the items in the auction. Remember, although we have spent over $200,000.00 on new material in the past three months, we are always buying. Please contact us if you are considering selling all or part of your collection. Finally we would like to extend a big thank you to all our clients for their support during 2009 and we look forward to an exciting 2010. Happy Holidays. David Holmes Nigel Shanks PO Box 27646, Auckland 1440, New Zealand t Ph +64 9 522 0311 t Fax +64 9 522 0313 [email protected] t www.AucklandCityStamps.co.nz Conditions of Sale 1. Bidding 6. Return Of Lots All Bids must be made in New Zealand Dollars. If you believe that a lot has been incorrectly described you must return it within 48 hours of receipt and if we agree with you a Bids can be made above or below our suggested estimate. Our replacement or credit will be arranged. In the event of a dispute estimate prices are a guide for your bidding and are conservative the opinion of a mutually agreed authority will be sought and such compared to retail prices. opinion will be final. Please tick the appropriate ‘Percentage Increase’ box on the bid The following lots are not returnable: form if you would like us to increase bids on your behalf in order for i. Items illustrated in the catalogue are not returnable for visible faults. you to win the item. ii. Items that have been immersed in water or subjected to Reserves are normally set at 80% to 90% of estimate. a chemical process subsequent to sale. iii. Collection, accumulation and kiloware lots. We do not under any circumstances accept bids under 80% of the iv. Lots that have been inspected by the purchaser prior to the sale. estimate. 7. Photocopies / Scans In the case of a tie, the first bid received will win the lot. These are available for most lots free of charge. Please contact our Buy Bids are accepted but are subject to our discretion. office prior to the sale closing date with your requests. We are unable to provide scans or photocopies of collection, Successful bidders will pay the lowest possible price for any lot. accumulation or kiloware lots. Generally this will be either the reserve, the estimate or 10% above the second highest bidder. 8. Viewing Of Lots Lots can be viewed by appointment at our offices before the sale. By placing bids, the bidder is entering into a legal and binding 9. Prices Realised contract to purchase all the lots won in the sale. All bidders, whether successful or not, will be sent a prices realised We accept bids by: sheet after the sale closes. Mail: PO Box 27646, Auckland 1440, New Zealand Telephone: +649 522 0311 Prices realised are also available on our website within 48 hours of Fax: +649 522 0313 the sale closing. Email: [email protected] 10. Postage & Insurance Costs Web Site: www.aucklandcitystamps.nz Without exception, every invoice will be subject to a modest 2. Multiple Lots postage, packing and insurance charge. We reserve the right to sell more than one lot where multiple lots Lots mailed to successful purchasers are covered by our insurance. are available. We will only exercise this right when such lots are 11. Payment identical to the description. Can be made by cash, cheque, bank deposit, bank draft, T/T, VISA, 3. Purchase Limit MasterCard or Amex You may nominate a ‘Maximum Purchase Limit’ by filling in the All accounts must be paid within 7 days of receipt of your invoice. amount on the front of the bid form. When the limit has been 12. Time Payment reached we will cancel all subsequent bids. Time Payment may be available to clients spending $2,000.00 or more in this sale. Please contact us with your time payment request 4. Guarantee prior to sending in your bids Every item is guaranteed to be genuine and/or as described. All 13. GST descriptions of condition are opinion and based on our 30+ years of GST is not charged to the buyer. It is charged on the vendor’s experience as professional stamp dealers. commission. 5. Catalogue Listings 14. Buyers Premium When describing lots we generally use the latest edition of either There is no buyers premium. The Auckland City Stamps Colour Catalogue of New Zealand Stamps, 15. Acceptance Stanley Gibbons World & British Commonwealth Volumes or The By placing a bid or bids in this sale, the bidder irrevocably accepts Campbell Paterson Catalogue Of New Zealand Stamps. and agrees to each of these terms and conditions. ABBREVIATIONS ** Unhinged Mint FU Fine Used L Literature m/s Miniature Sheet Unh Unhinged Mint CTO Cancelled To Order P Proof Blk Block * Mint Defs Definitives Pl.Blk Plate Block O.g. Original Gum C Cover Picts Pictorials Lm Lightly Hinged Mint env Envelope ACS Auckland City Stamps Catalogue Hinge Heavier hinge FDC First Day Cover Cat Catalogue Value CP Campbell Paterson Catalogue U Used reg Registered incl Including SG Stanley Gibbons Catalogue GU Good Used P/c Postcard st/bk Stockbook H&G Higgins & Gauge PHONE +64 9 522 0311 FAX +64 9 522 0313 | 1 Ngaire Ave Newmarket PO Box 27646 Auckland 1440 New Zealand | [email protected] LOT NZ$ LOT NZ$ WORLD STAMPS 56 ** 003 Christmas set unh (4) 11 ADEN 57 U 003 Coronation Min Sheet FU (1) 10 1 * 197 Dhow Definitives set to 8a SG 1/8 Hinged Mint (8) 50 58 ** 003 Coronation Min Sheet unh (1) 10 AITUTAKI 59 U 004 Bicentenary Royal Horticultural Society Min Sheet U 1914/15 1/d KEVII SG 19 Pmked Auckland/Loose FU (1) 10 Letters cds (1) 10 60 ** 004 Bicentenary Royal Horticultural Society Min Sheet ANGUILLA unh (1) 10 ** 1987 Easter Butterflies Min Sheet unh (1) 22 61 U 004 Bicentenary Royal Horticultural Society set FU (4) 1 ANTIGUA 6 U 004 Birdlife Min Sheet FU (1) 15 4 ** 1986 $5 Shell Min Sheet SG MS107 unh (1) 15 6 ** 004 Birdlife Min Sheet unh (1) 14 5 ** 1995