FINE STAMPS AND COVERS OF THE WORLD, REST OF THE WORLD, NAURU

Lot 546		Estimate: $1,250 Realised Price : $1,100 1916-23 KGV overprints ½d to 1/- set of eleven values, each with \'N/P/IMPRIMATUR\' underprint, unmounted mint (11)
Lot 547		Estimate: $1,000 1916-23 KGV 12½mm overprint on 1d Bright Scarlet variety \'NAUP.U\', SG 2a, fine mint
Lot 548		Estimate: $1,000 Realised Price : $2,200 1916-23 KGV 12½mm overprint on 1d Carmine-Red variety \'Double overprint, one albino\' and \'Short \'N\', SG 2cb variety. [Only two examples recorded]
Lot 549		Estimate: $700 Realised Price : $850 1916-23 KGV 12½mm overprint on 3d Bluish Violet variety \'NAUP.U\', SG 7a, in pair with adjoining unit showing broken \'N\', fine
Lot 550		Estimate: $7,500 Realised Price : $5,750 1916-23 KGV De La Rue overprint on 10/- Pale Blue variety \'Treble opt, two albino\', SG 23 variety. 2005 RPSL Certificate. A very rare unlisted variety, with the non-red overprints both being true albinos. Lightly mounted
Lot 551		Estimate: $5,000 Realised Price : $5,500 1935 Silver Jubilee 2d marginal pair variety \'IMPERFORATE AT LEFT\'. One of the gems of Nauru philately
Lot 552		Estimate: $2,000 Realised Price : $1,700 1921 registered cover from Vienna, Austria, addressed \'To the/Jaliut Gesellschift/Nauru/ Pleasant Island/South Seas’ via Copenhagen where datestamp of 20.10.21 applied, other transit datestamps of 10.1.22 for Rabaul and 18.1.22 for Sydney, on arrival \'RETURN TO SENDER\' (earliest recorded use) and registration cachet applied in violet, Melbourne transit of 3.3.22 (British Phosphate Co. was then Melbourne base) and London marking in red 16.4.22. An amazing cover. [Jaliut Gesellschift ceased to operate after WWI]
Lot 553		Estimate: $1,250 Realised Price : $1,000 c.1930 cover to Australia bearing Ships ½d strip of three cancelled by two very fine strikes of the \'S.S. \'NAURU CHIEF\'\' straight-line cancel. Superb maritime cover