Useful range on hagners/leaves/stockcards, useful QV issues with opt and surcharge types, KEVII to £1 mint (both colours), KGV to 5/-, KGVI to £1 with 5d 'Blue' Cane singles (23) and on covers (15, commem or flight types), QEII to £1, few modern etc, mixed condition throughout (100s)
Lot 630
Estimate: $700
Realised Price : $1,500
1876-77 'V.R.' opts on laid paper, selection from printer's remainders, trials/proofs, comprising imperforate 1d Blue shades (14) with Opt inverted strip of three, void corner, 2d (16, including strip of three, also single Opt inverted), 6d (8); perforated 1d 'Opt omitted' (4), 2d with 'V.R.' omitted (10), 'V.R. and Two Pence omitted' (5), 6d 'V.R. omitted’ (7, including block of four), also Imperforate 4d on 3d (7, one with 'Four Pence' at top), mixed condition (71). Ex Colonel Evans
1935 Silver Jubilee set in corner Plate No. blocks of four on individual philatelic registered covers to Apia, cancelled 'SUVA/28 DE 35'
Lot 633
Estimate: $200
Revenues: Obliterated with bar at left and 'R' - pieces bearing KEVII 6d block of ten, KGV 5/- and £1 strip of three and strip of five, another bearing 2/6d (2) and £1 singles (8), also individual bearing £1 (3), pen-cancelled and crayon strokes (6 pieces)
Lot 634
Estimate: $750
Postal History: 1901 (28 Sep) registered cover to Massachusetts bearing 1d, ½d, 4d and 6d tied by 'G.P.O./SUVA' datestamps, handstamped registration pane with mss. numbers, San Francisco transit backstamp, attractive four-colour franking. [Realised AU$1150 in our 2003 Rarities Sale]
Lot 635
Estimate: $100
Realised Price : $80
Postal History: 1932 (15 Jan) reg’d cover to Hawaii bearing KGV 6d tied by Suva cds, handstamped registration panel in black with rubber-stamped number, Suva and Honolulu backstamps
Lot 636
Estimate: $100
Postal History: 1952 (31 Oct) reg’d cover to Suva bearing KGVI 6d & 1d tied by Savu Savu datestamps, handstamped 'SAVU SAVU EAST' registration panel with mss. number, arrival backstamp
