1971 Island Families preliminary pencil sketch by the artist (R. Granger Barrett) for the first day cover on tracing paper (233mm x 150mm), together with the set used on FDC
Lot 885
Estimate: $120
1979 International Year of the Child large size (240 x 155mm) original coloured pencil drawing of 'The Padre's House', endorsed on reverse 'Darren Repetto Age 9 years', being the design subsequently adopted for the 50 value. Also two other large size drawings by children that were never adopted (3)
Lot 886
Estimate: $300
Postage Dues: 1957 Watermark Multiple Script CA 1d, 2d, 3d, 4d and 5d sheets of 60, superb MUH. SG D1-5, cat £600 (300)
Lot 887
Estimate: $100
Postage Dues: 1986 1p - 25p set in plate number blocks of 4 (x 2) and in sheets of 50, first day cover, and examples of philatelic usage on 1988 cover from Australia, 1994 cover from GB, 1995 covers from Pitcairn Island (2), 1996 cover from Italy, and on three picture postcards (348 M + 9 covers)
Lot 888
Estimate: $220
Realised Price : $170
Picture Postcards: Large accumulation with scenic views, flora and fauna, both black and white and coloured, some duplication and about 10% are stamped and/or with cachets. Also a small group of colour photographs of island scenery, buildings and people. A fine lot rarely offered in this quantity (212)
Lot 889
Estimate: $120
Realised Price : $90
Range of picture postcards and real photos showing ships associated with Tristan da Cunha, including Caronia, Franconia, Bergensfjord, Sagasfjord, Lindblad Explorer, and British naval ships including Jaguar, Protector, London, Juno, Kent, Eskimo, Arethussa, etc. Excellent collateral material (27)
Lot 890
Estimate: $50
Realised Price : $38
Small group of covers, with 1954 6d on unaddressed cover, 1954 2d pair on 1956 unaddressed cover cancelled at Gough Island, 1960 ½d - 9d on unaddressed cover, and ½d - 6d on 1960 cover, 1965 ½d, 1d, 1½d, 1/-, 1/6 and 2/6 on PPC to Hong Kong, and 1971 cover with 6d National Savings opt block of 4 with University of Witwatersrand Medical Research Project cachet, all fine (6)
Lot 891
Estimate: $70
1938 (Jan) two covers carried by SS 'Anatolia' bearing Type VI cachet in black, one with 1937 Coronation cachet to South Africa, 1d postage due affixed on arrival, the other to England with 1½d charge mark and G.B. ½d and 1d postage dues affixed (few cover stains) (2)
Lot 892
Estimate: $75
1938 (2 Feb) cover from Johannesburg to Tristan da Cunha with South Africa 1½d, endorsed on reverse 'Flown to England and forwarded by HMS Milford to Tristan', with 'REPOSTED/JOHANNESBURG' backstamp (27 JUN 38), Type VI cachet in purple applied at Tristan on arrival
Lot 893
Estimate: $50
Realised Price : $38
1949 (1 Dec) cover to Melbourne with 1948 Channel Islands Liberation set tied by boxed 'TRISTAN DA CUNHA/SETTLEMENT OF/EDINBURGH/SOUTH ATLANTIC' ds in violet, overstruck by 'CAPE TOWN/KAPSTAD/PAQUEBOT' cds, fine
Lot 894
Estimate: $40
1950 (Feb) cover to London with cachet Type IX (boxed 'TRISTAN DA CUNHA/SETTLEMENT OF/EDINBURGH/SOUTH ATLANTIC', carried on RMS 'Caronia', bearing South Africa 1949 Voortrekker 1½d tied by 'CAPE TOWN/KAPSTAD/PAQUEBOT' cds, very fine and with accompanying 'Caronia' picture postcard
Lot 895
Estimate: $75
1970s-1980s group of covers, mostly commercial and addressed to Australia or U.K., wide variety of adhesives and postal rates represented, with many registered. A few covers with faults, however a fine group (38 covers)
Lot 896
Estimate: $200
1990s-2000s accumulation of oversized commercial mail (mostly envelopes, with some parcel fronts and used for sending philatelic material), virtually all addressed to Australia and largely registered, large variety of frankings including many high values. Due to their large size there are inevitably some with cover faults, however a very unusual lot (59 covers)
Lot 897
Estimate: $140
Incoming Mail: 1950s-1990s interesting range of incoming mail, origins include Australia, Bechuanaland, Canada, Greece, Scotland, Rhodesia & Nyasaland, and including a fine group of book post labels of partial fronts from South Africa. A few covers with faults but mostly fine and scarce material (31 covers and labels)
Lot 898
Estimate: $150
Official Mail: 1959-2003 OHMS mail sent by the Administrator, nearly all with various types of 'ADMINISTRATOR/TRISTAN DA CUNHA' cachets and including a number of clearly commercial covers, the others mostly to well-known collectors, also 1953 and 1960 inwards covers to the Administrator from South Africa and Rhodesia & Nyasaland respectively (17)
Lot 899
Estimate: $180
Official Mail: 1970-2003 covers and postcards, a number unaddressed and the others largely philatelic to Great Britain or South Africa, and all bearing the cachets of various Government Officers, with Post Office (8), Treasurer (4), Public Works (2), Natural Resources, Police 2), Electricity Supply, Medical Officer, Island Operations Manager, Agriculture (2), Customs (2), Education (2). An interesting group (29)
Lot 900
Estimate: $150
Taxed Mail: 1952-1974 small group of covers, with 1952 to England with boxed 'T' marking obliterated and with South Africa ½d and 1d pairs affixed (uncancelled), 1953 coronation FDC to New York with boxed 'T ______ (10)c', 1956 to England with ½d, 1d and 3d and boxed 'INSUFFICIENT POSTAGE' and 'T _____ (6d)c', 1960 cover to England with pair, and boxed 'INSUFFICIENT POSTAGE', and 1963, 1974 (2) and 1975 covers to South Africa with the boxed 'T' markings. Couple of small cover faults, however a useful and scarce group (8)
Lot 901
Estimate: $100
Taxed Mail: 1952-1974 small group of taxed covers, with two locally addressed 1952 (1 Jan) FDC's each with 1½d and 6d, 1963 local cover with 2d (2), 1973 covers to UK (2) with 1p, and 1974 cover to South Africa with ½p, each with the boxed 'T ____ c' marking, and 1996 postcard to UK with 1p, and boxed 'POSTAGE/DUE' handstamp (7)
Lot 902
Estimate: $200
1956-1968 underpaid incoming mail from Great Britain (9), four with boxed 'T ______ d' handstamp, one with boxed 'POSTAGE/DUE', one with manuscript 'Due' inserted in Tristan da Cunha cds, and all but two showing Tristan adhesives affixed to indicate amount of postage due. A fine and scarce group (7)
Lot 903
Estimate: $120
Taxed Mail: 1955-75 covers from South Africa (5) or Nyasaland addressed to Tristan, underpaid and showing a variety of tax markings, both at despatch and receipt end, the 1955 Nyasaland cover showing use of 2d Tristan for collection of postage due. A scarce group (6 covers)
Lot 904
Estimate: $300
Realised Price : $230
Ship Mail: 1966-71 range of covers mostly bearing ship cachets, and including 1955 'Caronia' and 1957 'Bergensfjord' world cruises, 1963 MV 'Zeehan'(2), 1963 RMS 'Amazon', 1963 'Bornholm' (2), 1964 and 1965 'Jeanne d'Arc' covers, 1964 HMS 'Jaguar' (3) and HMS 'Protector', 1964 SS 'Brasil' (2), 1967 'Maria Martina', 1967 'Arethusa'1968 'Discoverer' (US Geodetic Survey), 1970 Yacht 'Stormy', 1970 RV 'Vema', 1970 'Lindblad Explorer'(2), 1971 MFV 'Hilary', 1971 'Albatross 2'. Generally very fine and a rarely offered group (33)
Lot 905
Estimate: $180
Realised Price : $135
Ship Mail: 1971-1972 Souvenir covers of visiting ships with a variety of cachets, including H.M.S. Argonaut and H.M.S. Devonshire, plus a range of covers commemorating various events or anniversaries, all with appropriate cachets. Also a few photographs of the ships represented by the covers (36)
Lot 906
Estimate: $220
Ship Mail: 1973-1974 souvenir covers and postcards of visiting ships with a variety of stencilled and more traditional cachets, some signed, including two covers of 28 July 1973 with cachet of M.V. Straat Algoa and with additional 'URGENT MEDICAL SUPPLIES LANDED' cachet. Also a number of picture postcards of ships represented by the covers (41)
Lot 907
Estimate: $80
Realised Price : $60
Ship Mail: 1979-1981 souvenir covers from visiting ships showing a variety of cachets, a number are signed, plus three picture postcards of the associated ships, also two commemorative covers related to the Type V and Type Va cachets (18)
Lot 908
Estimate: $150
Realised Price : $115
Ship Mail: 1983-1993 souvenir covers and postcards of visiting ships, including H.M.S. Endurance and H.M.S. Lowestoft, and with a number franked with foreign adhesives for paquebot usage, plus a range of cacheted covers for various commemorative events and anniversaries, and with a wide variety of cachets (some duplication). Most are addressed to Great Britain or South Africa, a few are unaddressed (25)
Lot 909
Estimate: $180
Realised Price : $135
Ship Mail: 1997-2001 souvenir covers and postcards of visiting ships showing a wide range of cachets, first day covers of the period, plus a few cacheted covers for commemorative events, including philatelic exhibitions, and two postcards with circular 'TRISTAN DA CUNHA/Hurricane/Damage' cachet (21 May 2001) (35)
Lot 910
Estimate: $200
Ship Mail: 2003-2006 souvenir covers of visiting ships, large group relating to Petrobus XXI Oil Rig which became stranded at Tristan in 2006, Earth Tremor 'souvenir' cover (29 Jul 2004), 27 July 2004 30p self-adhesive stamp FDC with airmail handstruck cachet due to shortage of labels, etc. Wide variety of cachets (35)
Lot 911
Estimate: $220
Ship Mail: 2007-2008 souvenir covers and postcards of visiting ships showing a wide variety of cachets, a number of which are arrivals for the purpose of construction projects, also cacheted covers prepared for various local events, including Destruction of Fishing Factory Building by Fire, Wind Damage to Public works Warehouse, Flu Outbreak Alert, Destruction of Petrobus XXI Oil Rig, Return of Yacht Cha-Lee due to Loss of Mast, etc. Fascinating examples of philatelic ingenuity, some duplication (46)
Lot 912
Estimate: $80
St. Mary's Church: 1973-2003 range of commemorative covers bearing cachets or inscriptions of St. Mary's Church or St. Mary's School, a number are signed, and including 1982 formular aerogramme with cachet, and 1997 picture postcard with 15p 50th Anniversary of End of World War II, with boxed 'EXCLUSIVE STAMP ARTIST/SIGNING FOR THE TRISTASN/HURRICANE RELIEF FUND/LIMITED EDITION OF TEN' (11)
