REST OF THE WORLD, NEW ZEALAND, POSTAGE DUES ON COVER

Lot 1149		Estimate: $120 Realised Price : $145 First Issue Postage Dues on 1905 picture postcards (3) two used internally franked ½d and charged 1d due, each with 1d Type II Small 'D' affixed, other from Victoria franked at 1d charged 2d due and with 1d Type II Large 'D' pair affixed. Also 1903 unstamped Auckland cover charged 2d due and with ½d pair and 1d Type II Large 'D' affixed (4)
Lot 1150		Estimate: $1,000 1899 (21 Apr) handmade postcard with G.B. ½d Vermilion used locally but undeliverable, and readdressed to Dunedin, N.Z. Various instructional markings applied, and two tax markings crossed through, but apparently eventually delivered with 4d postage due tied by Dunedin squared circle ds, 2 DE 99. A remarkable item posted eight months before the issue of New Zealand's postage dues, and showing use of the 4d stamp on the second day of issue. An important cover
Lot 1151		Estimate: $250 1900 (16 Apr) cover from Rangoon, Burma franked India ½a pair tied by cds, addressed to Auckland and underpaid 1½a, struck with 'T' in circle and with circular 'TO PAY/3d/DOUBLE DEFICIENCY POSTAGE' applied on arrival. ½d Type I Large 'D' pair and 2d Type II Large 'D' affixed and cancelled with indistinct cds. Some cover wrinkles and few stains on reverse, but attractive and from an unusual origin
Lot 1152		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $105 1900 (23 Nov) cover from London to Dunedin, G.B. 1d tied by London machine, underpaid 1½d for U.P.U. foreign rate and struck with 'T/15' in hexagon, circular 'TO PAY/3d/DOUBLE DEFICIENT POSTAGE' applied on arrival and wth 3d due tied by Dunedin cds. Few minor marks otherwise fine
Lot 1153		Estimate: $300 1900 (18 Dec) cover from Maseru (Basutoland) with Cape of Good Hope 1d tied by cds, addressed to Dunedin. Underpaid 1½d to U.P.U. foreign rate, and struck with 'T.15c' in octagon, and with circular 'TO PAY/3d/DOUBLE DEFICIENT POSTAGE' applied on arrival, 3d due affixed and tied by Dunedin cds. A few small peripheral tears and some creasing at base, however a most unusual origin/destination cover
Lot 1154		Estimate: $350 1901 (10 May) cover from the South African Campaign endorsed 'Soldier's letter' and '4266/N.Z.M.R.' plus 'On active service no stamps available', addressed to Auckland and with Durban double circle despatch cds. Circular 'TO PAY/1d' applied on arrival and 1899 1d due Type II Large 'D' affixed and tied by Auckland cds. Some tone spots and peripheral damage, but a scarce Boer War cover
Lot 1155		Estimate: $180 Realised Price : $170 1907-34 group of taxed covers bearing Second Type postage dues, with 1907 unstamped local postcard and cover with 1d pair and 2d respectively, 1907 picture postcard from G.B. with 1d, 1908 local unstamped cover with 1d pair, 1914 U.S. 1c reply card with 1d, 1920s picture postcards from G.B. (3) with 1d, or 1d + ½d, 1923 local postcard with 1d, 1926 picture postcard from Argentina with 1d (3), 1934 airmail cover from Canada with 1d strip of 3, and 1938 local cover with 1d and 3d. Range of associated tax markings, and mostly fine, a good group (12 covers)
Lot 1156		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $250 1935 (27 Jun) airmail cover from Montreal, Canada, to Auckland, with 6c Airmail and underpaid, with oval segmented 'T' with '29c' inserted in mss, and circular 'TO PAY' with mss 2/5' inserted applied on arrival. This amount was collected with 1d and 2d pair postage dues, plus 1935 2/- Pictorial tied by Auckland cds. Some minor cover faults but a scarce combination use of postage dues with a postage stamp to collect postage
Lot 1157		Estimate: $150 1938 (15 Sep) cover from Cambridge U.K. to Hamilton with ½d KGVI strip of 3 (one damaged), overweight and thus underpaid, and 'T' in hexagon and '30' handstamp applied. Circular 'TO PAY/3d/DOUBLE DEFICIENT POSTAGE in rose-pink struck on arrival and 3d postage due tied by 'POSTMEN'S BRANCH/HAMILTON' cds. Subsequently unable to be delivered, and various instructional markings added front and back, including boxed 'PLEASE ADVISE SENDER THAT/LETTERS SHOULD BE PREPAID/1½D FOR EACH HALF OUNCE', eventually arriving at Wellington Dead Letter Office 13 NO 38. Some creasing but an interesting item
Lot 1158		Estimate: $180 1939 series group of three covers, with ½d block of 4, 1d, 2d and 3d on First Day Cover (scarce, CP cat NZ$600); 1939 cover from Otaki to Auckland franked ½d KGVI, with 1d and 3d block of 3 affixed, plus 1/- Pictorial used for postage due (the 1/10d due being the total for an unspecified quantity of covers), and 1956 U.S. naval cover franked 8c, with 2d pair added (3 covers)