Auction #140 - Public Auction

32Be (43b) 1886 10s6d violet on blue (2 JUL 86), ERROR - "d" omitted, rare date, unpriced until 2007 but at a level that is irrelevant to its actual rarity!, well centered, small tone spot, OG,VLH, VF

38a var footnoted (49a) 1886 2d violet on yellow with embossed arms (24 NOV 86), ERROR - arms inverted, very rare date, unpriced in Stanley Gibbons, only recently listed and its existence went unrecorded for over 100 years after issue!, exceedingly rare and undercatalogued, OG,HR, F-VF

54b (91a) 1886 7/6 violet on yellow with embossed arms, horizontal pair with tête-bêche arms, unpriced in Stanley Gibbons and Scott, fresh, very rare, OG,HR, F-VF

3 (3) 1855 1' pale yellow-green Q Victoria Chalon Head on blued paper, wmkd Large Star, London (Perkins, Bacon) printing, imperf, margins clear to close, fine

6 (6) 1857 1' green Q Victoria on blue paper, unwmkd, Auckland printing, imperf, close margins, just in at top, lightly canceled, F-VF

7c (27) 1859 1d dull orange Q Victoria on hard or soft white paper, unwmkd, rouletted 7 at Auckland, barred oval numeral "15" cancel, signed Sismondo, VF, with Sismondo certificate

9h (14) 1857 6d pale brown Q Victoria on white paper, unwmkd, imperf, four margins (close at top), F-VF

13b (62) 1862 3d brown-lilac Q Victoria, unwmkd, rouletted 16 or 18 at Nelson, remarkably well centered, light cancel, signed Sismondo, VF, with Sismondo certificate

14d (41) 1862 6d black-brown Q Victoria, wmkd Large Star, imperf, four huge to large margins with portion of adjoining stamp at left, light cancel, a "GEM", SUPERB

15d (46) 1862 1' deep green Q Victoria "Chalon Head", wmkd Large Star, imperf, close margins at two corners, F-VF

59 (185) 1878 2' deep rose Q Victoria, wmkd NZ and Small Star Wide Apart, perf 12x11½ (comb), perfectly centered, light cds -- rare thus!, SUPERB

83 (259) 1898 5' vermilion Mt. Cook, unwmkd, perf 12 to 16, OG, VLH, VF