1919 1d DLR p,14 x 15 blk of 12 (R1/4-R4/6) on rear of opened out OHMS returned letter [Env. No. 61. (4014.)] to Christchurch, bearing TO PAY / 1½d / RETURNING FEE h/s in black, 1½d overwritten by 1/1½ in red m/s, 2 octagonal purple 21 June 1922 unclaimed d/s. Postage dues canc 23 June 1922 Christchurch Delivery counter & clearly showing the removal of 2 (1d & ½d) postage dues. Vendor states that this is one of a few recorded covers...
Public Stamp Auction #36
By: Mowbray Collectables
Mowbray Collectables Public Stamp Auction #36
Welcome to our 36th sale. This bi-annual auction comprises over NZ$1.2 million of estimates. We are honoured to feature stamps from several major collections of outstanding quality, including Hilton Dicken's estate, Peter Robertson's collection of NZ, NZ Postage Dues ex Jim Shaw, and collections and singles ex John Lovis.
Highlights:
• The presentation collection for former Governor General, The late Sir David Beattie (lot 123)
• 185 collections, all world, including about 50 New Zealand.
• A nice range of postal history and stationery.
• Extensive lots of Full Face Queens, about 1,500 in total.
• SG1 and the scarce 1d brown NZ wmk.
• Good range of early New Zealand to GV.
• Some good NZ decimal varieties.
• Over 180 Red & Blue Boy Healths.
• Strong NZ Life Insurance section.
• 1882 5/-, £400 QVLT Fiscals, unlisted by CP & SG.
• Over 90 lots Postage Dues
• Strong Great Britain and British Commonwealth.
• Overall the property of 175 vendors.
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Lot #877 - New Zealand - Postage Dues
1925 1d Cowan p14 x 15, x 2 pairs + single, + 2d p14 x 15 pair on double weight cover with illicit use of (isolated) Iraq 8a (camel) Official stamp ex 30 January 1928 Erbil, Mosul, Iraq to well-known philatelist in Palmerston North, NZ. Cover bears ERBIL MOSUL / DUE / AS undenominated bilingual horseshoe taxe mark in black, 12 inserted in pencil, circular T taxe mark in black, 90 in red pencil, OVERLAND MAIL bilingual red & white...
Lot #878 - New Zealand - Postage Dues
1925 1d & 1926 2d Cowan, p 14 x 15, on well-travelled, twice readdressed cover ex 13 NOV 1928, Baghdad, Iraq, to Palmerston North, then Kelburn & ultimately Marton, NZ bearing 1a Iraq stamp x 3, circular T (taxe mark) in black, 30 added in red m/s, TO PAY / 3D / DOUBLE DEFICIENT POSTAGE h/s in black, Wellington undated “A” class cancels on P Dues & 29 DEC 1928 Wellington “C” class transit cancel. Rear bears 15 NOV 1928 Baghdad...
Lot #879 - New Zealand - Postage Dues
1925 1d Cowan p14 x 15 strip of 6 on underpaid (sealed) commercial papers rate cover, ex 4 October 1932 Waiuku, to Hamilton, NZ, bearing ½d meter frank + ½d KG V, TO PAY (6d) h/s in black mostly obscured by P Dues with 10 October 1932 Hamilton "J" class cancel. Being sealed the cover incurred a 3d deficient postage fee + 3d fine.
Lot #880 - New Zealand - Postage Dues
1925 1d Cowan p14 x 15 pair (R2/10-11) on underpaid British cover to Palmerston North NZ, bearing 1½d GV, hexagonal T / 20 L London taxe mark in black, TO PAY / 2d / DOUBLE DEFICIENCY POSTAGE h/s in black, 4 Post Office officially sealed labels tied by treble lined oval N.Z. MARINE POST OFFICE / 10 JUN / R.M.S. NIAGARA date stamp in purple & 11 June 1934 Palmerston North registered "C" class cancel. P Due charged at 1d deficiency + 1d...
Lot #881 - New Zealand - Postage Dues
1925 1d Cowan x 21, p14 x 15 on air cover ex 10 December 1934 London to Christchurch NZ, bearing British GV ½d & 4d stamps, British taxe mark obscured by blk of 4 1d P Dues on front, double ringed TO PAY h/s in black with 1/9 inserted in blue m/s. Cover’s rear bear an additional 17 P Dues, all canc 3 JAN 1935 on arrival. P Due deficiency calculated as being airmail deficiency of 10½d + 10½d fine = 1/9d.
Lot #882 - New Zealand - Postage Dues
1926 ½d Cowan p14 x 15 left selvedge block of 60 (R5/1 – R10/6) with damaged electro (R7/1) replaced & R10/12 patched in. Also similar 1d R7/1 substituted electro but in block of four. Mint/MUH.
Lot #883 - New Zealand - Postage Dues
1926 2d horiz pair, Cowan p14 x 15, on parcel tag ex 22 FEB 1932 Palmerston North to Utiku, bearing 2d GV x 3 on rear, TO PAY / 4d / DOUBLE DEFICIENT POSTAGE h/s in black & 23 FEB 1932 Utiku arrival cancel. Vendor states it appears that this parcel (probably containing car parts) travelled by train for it to be delivered the following day.
Lot #884 - New Zealand - Postage Dues
1928, 1935 & 1937 3d (Cowan p14, 14 x 15, & WT p14 x 15) in blocks of 4. GU/FU. CP cat $980.
Lot #885 - New Zealand - Postage Dues
1936 ½d Cowan p14 x 15, carmine & yellow-green, (R1/4 & R 2/4 frame plate flaw state) complete sheet of 120. This is 1 of 250 unnumbered sheets printed in 1935. As a security measure a 6-digit number commencing with 000 was added of which this is sheet # 000248. Mint/MUH. Cat $1,750.
Lot #886 - New Zealand - Postage Dues
1937-1938 p14 x 15 WT paper, mint/MUH/MNG/used research stock, in singles & multiples etc: ½d x 58 m, 15 u; 1d x 43 m, 38 u, 2d x 7 m, 52 u, 3d x 13 m, 27 u. Some variable cond. SG 37-40, CP Y15h, Y16f, Y17h, Y18c. Cat $7,400+.
Lot #887 - New Zealand - Postage Dues
1937 2d WT strip of 4 (R10/1-4) p14 x 15, + 1d on 1939 front ex British Columbia, endorsed via “Monowai” to Auckland, NZ bearing GVI 1c x 3 Canadian stamps, PLEASE ADVISE YOUR CORRESPONDENTS THAT / THE LETTER RATE FROM CANADA IS SIX CENTS / PER HALF OUNCE. Blue r/s, circular T /90 taxe mark in black, red COLLECT / d. / AFFIX STAMPS / BEFORE / DELIVERY r/s with 9 & initials inserted in pencil & P Dues canc 27 June 1939 on arrival....
Lot #888 - New Zealand - Postage Dues
1937 3d WT pair, also pair 1d on underpaid internal cover ex 28 DEC 1939 Auckland to Christchurch bearing GVI 1d red x 2, red TO PAY / 8D. / DOUBLE DEFICIENT POSTAGE h/s undated Christchurch cancel on dues.
Lot #889 - New Zealand - Postage Dues
1939 1d single wmk x 3 on 15 December 1942 Waipukurau cover to Ormondville, bearing TO PAY / 1D / DEFICIENT POSTAGE h/s in black m/s, Tax 3d in indelible pencil & covering the 16 DEC 1942 Ormondville canc P Dues is a pink R.M.D. 9. P Due form.
Lot #890 - New Zealand - Postage Dues
1939 1d 3rd type on 8 inwards covers: 1d x 3, 2d x 3 (incl 1945 Fanning Island underpaid censored cover), 6d x 1 & 2/6d x 1 (1947 overweight air cover from Scotland - 10 P Dues on front & 20 on rear!) Variable condition.
Lot #891 - New Zealand - Postage Dues
1939 2d on small neat postally used FDC 16 August 1939 Wellington reg'd cds.
Lot #892 - New Zealand - Postage Dues
1939 2d vert pair on rural mail window envelope ex 29 February 1940 Hamilton, to Walton, bearing red RMD 9 POSTAGE DUE notice (printing order # 50,000/2/37-18423]) with 1 March 1940 Walton M.O.&S.B. purple octagonal date stamp requesting 4d uncancelled stamps to be attached affixed to front, & Walton 1 March 1940 "J" class cancel on front. The rear inadvertently bears red 2d meter frank prepaying inland letter rate postage. The...
Lot #893 - New Zealand - Postage Dues
1939 James Berry unadopted 2d essay on thin tracing paper featuring the attractive Mokau Falls.
Lot #894 - New Zealand - Postage Dues
1939 3d on unpaid small, neat typed cover ex 15 August 1939 Porangahau to Waipukurau, NZ, bearing TO PAY / DOUBLE DEFICIENT POSTAGE h/s in black, 2d inserted in pencil, subsequently crossed out with 3d in red pencil inserted, 2 in red pencil & Waipukurau 16 August 1939 "J" cds. Interesting single use commercial, non-philatelic FDC.
Lot #895 - New Zealand - Postage Dues
1939 3d vert block of 6 + 1d single on overweight commercial cover ex 27 July 1939 New Westminster, Canada, to Auckland, NZ., bearing Canadian 2c + 5c stamps, oval T taxe mark with 190 inserted in pencil, COLLECT / d. / AFFIX STAMPS / BEFORE / DELIVERY h/s in red with 1/7 inserted in pencil, & 21 AUG 1939 Auckland "C" cds. In 1939 Canada withdrew from the all-up British Empire letter scheme. The then letter rate to NZ was 6c per ½oz,...
Lot #896 - New Zealand - Postage Dues
1939 3rd Type in combination with postage stamps used as P Dues on 6 inwards covers & 1 rear: ½d x 9 + 6d GVI (1951 10½d P Due cover), 2d + 1/- Peace [inscribed Postage / Due in blue ink] (1947 1/2d P Due), 2d + ½d GVI (1949 2½d P Due), 2d x 3 + 1d + 1/- Centennial x 9 (1941 9/7d P Due rear), 3d x 2 + 1/- GVI (1947 1/6d P Due), 3d x 2 + 1/- GVI x 2 (1949 2/6d P Due), & 3d x 2 + 2/- GVI (1950 2/6d P Due). Various instructional markings...
Lot #897 - New Zealand - Postage Dues
1939 x 3 different FDCs: a) ½d, 1d & 2d (Waipukurau); b) 1d, 2d & 3d (Queenstown); c) set in blocks of 4 on plain cover with FIRST DAY COVER r/s in blue (Blenheim), first FDC we’ve seen with blocks of 4. Also, unstamped RNZAF cover ex 19 March 1941 Levin Air Force to Morrinsville (1d x 2 + 2d P Dues) & set on Last Day Cover (Dunedin). 5 covers.
Lot #898 - New Zealand - Postage Dues
1939 set on plain hand addressed FDC - Masterton 16 AU 39 cds. Cat $650.
Lot #899 - New Zealand - Postage Dues
1939 simplified set in MUH blocks of 4 & FU in block of 4. Jury cat $402.
Lot #900 - New Zealand - Postage Dues
1943 3d multiple upright wmk, vert block of 12 (3 x 4) + 1d on opened out underpaid commercial airmail cover ex 17 December 1945 Montreal, Canada, to Auckland, NZ, bearing Canadian 8c, 10c & 20c stamps, T / 370 taxe indicator in pencil, somewhat indistinct COLLECT / d. / AFFIX STAMPS / BEFORE / DELIVERY h/s in red with 3/1 inserted in pencil & initialled, on front. Rear bears 7 JAN 1946 Auckland P Due "C" class cancels. P Due charged...
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