c1850s-1940s an old time world colln in 1920 "improved" album, extensive range of countries with good seln GB, NZ (noted Red Boy mint toned), Australia & States etc. About 4000 stamps, huge CV.
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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RECEIPT OF BIDS - Last time for receiving bids is 10am NZ time (GMT + 12) Saturday 7th March.
BUYER’S PREMIUM of 17% (plus GST on buyers premium for NZ buyers) will be added to the hammer price of each lot. (All buyers please note: no GST will be added to the hammer price of lots).
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Lot #2 - collections and accumulations
Ascension 1922-70s strong mint colln. Incls 1924 set to 3/-, GVI apparently all perf varieties etc; Silver Wedding etc. Over 300 stamps. SG cat £1500+.
Lot #3 - collections and accumulations
Ascension 1922-76 mint & used colln on pgs identified by SG No's. Noted mint: 1922 Badge ovpt set of 9; 1924 Badge set (3/- rounded corner); 1934 GV Picts set; 1935 Jubilee & 1948 Wedding sets; 1938 GVI Picts set with apparently all perf vars (27 stamps); 1956 & 1963 QEII Picts set. Used: 1922 Badge ovpt & 1924 Badge sets (both sets some toning); 1935 Jubilee set on cover to England. Good cv.
Lot #4 - collections and accumulations
Australia, NSW, Victoria 1890-1960 in depth colln of Postage Dues. Noted 6 x 5/- NSW; Victoria 4 x 10d blue & lake mint; 2/- & 5/- scarlet & green mint. Australia 1902 5/- used; 1904 8d used; many later mint & used, may be some better perfs. Also PO booklet on Dues.
Lot #5 - collections and accumulations
Australia 1913-2007 simplified colln, appears nearly complete, mainly used. Roos to 10/- (10/- is multiple A wmk, FU, 1 perf slightly short); 5/- Sydney Bridge postally used, small perf thin; Navigators to £2 FU/VFU. 2000s mainly mint/MUH. Some covers & m/s. Officials complete simplified.
Lot #6 - collections and accumulations
Australia 1913-66 simplified used colln, appears complete incl Roos to £2 & 5/- Harbour Bridge (CTO).
Lot #7 - collections and accumulations
Australia 1913-65 s/b, quite mixed incl Roos 4 x 4d & 3 x 5d used, 1/- mint 3rd wmk, 10/- used (C of A); Specimen ovpts, 10/- type B; £1 type D on 3rd wmk, 10/- to £2 type D on C of A wmk; 1932 Lyre Bird FD cancel (complete) on piece; 1935 1/- Anzac used x 2, Jubilee set used; BCOF set mint, also used to 1/- army cds. Over 1000 stamps. MUH/Mint/Used.
Lot #8 - collections and accumulations
Australia 1913-83 colln in 2 vol, clean Roo set to 2/-; 5/- 3rd wmk GU & multi A "OS" VFU; 1934 MacArthur to 9d used, Anzac mint, Robes to £1 incl FU/VFU; some 1940s in imprint blocks, group of GV 1d plate flaws, OS ovpt complete (VFU excl 1 GU); BCOF set mint/used. Nearly complete 1930s onward.
Lot #9 - collections and accumulations
Australia 1913-51 colln on 29 pages, Roos used to 5/- (4), Exbn m/s, handy commems in blocks of 4 (no 5/- Bridge). Mint & used.
Lot #10 - collections and accumulations
Australia 1914-1970s Commems near complete incl 5/- Bridge cto; Anzacs, MacArthur etc mint; 1938 Robes chalky 10/- imprint block mint/MUH; £1 imprint pair mint; Arms set to £2 LH mint; BCOF set mint. No Roos, GV Heads or sterling Navigators. Also 5/10d mint parcel label (embossed head & surrounds only). Over 500 stamps, predominantly mint. SG cat £1500+.
Lot #11 - collections and accumulations
Australia 1980s-1990s huge accum of CTO, mainly in sheets, blocks etc. Many thousands.
Lot #12 - collections and accumulations
Australian States 1850s-1913 5 vol colln with perf & wmk varieties carefully annotated. Useful earlies. Noted Queensland £1 MNG (SG 161 cat £325); 1/- fiscal mint no gum (SG F12 cat £225); Tasmania strong chalons; imperf 17 x 1d; 5 x 4d; 6 x 2d; 4 x 6d, 1/-; perfs 6 x 1d; 2 x 6d; 3 x 1/-; useful pictorials mint. 1000+ stamps. Few modern "State" issues.
Lot #13 - collections and accumulations
Australia States 1850-1912 simplified mainly used colln with some better. NSW Sydney Views 1d SG 9 4 margins; 2d SG 23, 3 margins; 6d SG 42, 3 margins, design cut into, 20/- SG 264 ovpt spec, thin; SG 281 ovpt spec; 10/- SG 239 used; Queensland 5/- SG 123 used; Tasmania 2d SG 34 10/- MNG 1+½+½ margins; 10/- SG 224 FU; Victoria 1d, 2d, 3d "half length"; 6d SG 33 4 ex margins, corner thin; SG 34; 3d SG 118 mint, little gum; Western Australia...
Lot #14 - collections and accumulations
Australian States c1850-1900 accum of c1100 mainly used comprising NSW (c320), Queensland (c180), S Australia (c230) and Victoria (c390) in a large, near new Davo s/b. Stamps are arranged chronologically within each state with no annotation. Good representation of older issues incl imperf, roulettes, "OS" & a few stamp duty. Considerable dupn, denominations to 5/- noted. Condition varies. Mint & used.
Lot #15 - collections and accumulations
Austria 1945-98 MUH colln in 2 L/H hingeless albums with slipcases, appears complete except no Postage Dues. (Pages only to 1994 - 1995-8 stamps in PO packs).
Lot #16 - collections and accumulations
Austria 1945-2003 colln, nearly complete, in 4 looseleaf albums (Vols 1-3 are high quality Borek German hingeless, Vol 4 is "Wiljef" album). Noted many 1990s-2000s m/s or sheets of 4, 8 or 10. Very attractive colln. SG approx £6000. MUH.
Lot #17 - collections and accumulations
Balkans 1879-c1940s mostly mint/MUH collns in s/b. Incl Bosnia, Herzegovina good range all issues to 1919, ditto good seln Croatia, German Occupation Serbia, noted 1941 Smederevo perf m/s FU & 1943 War Invalids m/s set of 2 mint (light corner hinges). About 700 stamps.
Lot #18 - collections and accumulations
Belgian Congo 1886-1960 virtually complete colln on annotated pages. Mix mint & used. Noted 1886 5f purple, mint (minor gum blemish); 1887 5f purple, 5f grey (both used) & 10f orange, mint; 1887 3f 50 on 5f violet ovpt, FU; 1889 5f grey ovpt, mint (back thin). All these 6 stamps have cert marks. Also 1941 Albert Memorial sets perf mint & imperf MUH. About 400 stamps. STC £5675 + US$120 (imperf set).
Lot #19 - collections and accumulations
Belgium, Belgian Congo 1890s-1990s interesting colln incl occupation issues & flight covers. Various Exposition stamps. Scarce block Ships Memorial Fund (HHS Vindictive), 7 diff 1912 set on 2 reg covers "Le Havre" Special; p/c with German Occupation stamps refranked in Netherlands for redirected postage to Russia (x 1915), Eupen & Malmedy set on R cover, Allemagre Deutschland set mint, 1936 35c & 1F stamps with ord labels (ex...
Lot #20 - collections and accumulations
British Africa 6 stamps (a) Bechuanaland 1932 GV 5/- VFU; (b) N Rhodesia 1925 GV 7/6d VFU (correct pmk); (c) Rhodesia 1913 GV Admiral Die II p14 3/- & 7/6d VFU (small tone spot on 3/-); (d) Tanganyika 1923 Giraffe 10/- mint; (e) Transvaal 1892 £5 VFU (possibly the reprint - sold as is). SG cat £1165 (ex Transvaal).
Lot #21 - collections and accumulations
British Commonwealth 1840-c1980s colln in 3 albums GB incl 4 margin 1d Black, 1883 2/6d possibly on blued paper; 1883 1/- good colour strip of 3 (1 short perf, toning); Canada incl 1859 1c MNG; 1908 Tercentenary 10c & 20c mint, 15c used - all w/c; useful Gibraltar incl 1948 £1 Silver Wedding MUH.
Lot #22 - collections and accumulations
British Commonwealth 1900s-1950s old style colln incl GB EVII 2/6d FU; Somaliland GVI 1R & 2R VFU (cat £180); Gold Coast 1928 5/-, Silver Jubilee & Silver Wedding used; Tanganyika 1922 Giraffes to 5/- mint; useful Rhodesia. Also a few world thematics. STC £8827.
Lot #23 - collections and accumulations
British Commonwealth 1900s-1950s old style colln in Cathedral album mainly used. Noted: Aden 3 diff Silver Weddings mint; Basutoland GV 2/6d & 5/- used; Bechuanaland GV 3/- & GVI 10/- used; strong Br Guiana; Falkland 1938 2/6d & 5/- used; Gamiba 1921 5/- used; incl 1 x GV 25R used; Montserrat GVI set used; Newfoundland 1919 15c used; N Borneo 1947 set mint; N Rhodesia GV 10/- used; GVI set used; Turks 1938 set used etc. STC £...
Lot #24 - collections and accumulations
British Commonwealth 1937-53 GVI issues, extensive colln in special SG illustrated album (220 interleaved pages) with space for every stamp issued during the reign. Very good representation, incl many complete mint defin sets & some used. Generally very clean (noted some tone on India). CV must be considerable. A fine colln.
Lot #25 - collections and accumulations
British Commonwealth in 2 s/bs with strong GVI, notably Ascension, Ceylon, North Borneo, Seychelles etc. 1000+ stamps. Mint/MUH.
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