Australia 1913-94 used colln in 2 Seven Seas albums, all stamps in mounts. Incl specialised range of Roos to 2/- & GV Heads; some key early commems; then virtually complete from 1940 (no high val Navigators). Incl 1971 Xmas setenant block of 7.
Public Stamp Auction #37
By: Mowbray Collectables
Mowbray Collectables Public Stamp Auction #37
Welcome to our 37th sale. This bi-annual auction comprises nearly NZ$1.2 million of estimates. We
are honoured to feature stamps from several major collections of outstanding quality, including
Hilton Dicken's estate, NZ Postage Dues ex Jim Shaw, and a private client's massive Australia.
• 250 collections, all world, including about 40 New Zealand & 30 Australia.
• A nice range of postal history and stationery.
• SG1 and the scarce 1d brown NZ wmk.
• Some good NZ decimal varieties.
• Over 70 lots of Postage Dues
• Strong Great Britain and British Commonwealth, incl Cape of Good Hope 4d Perkins Bacon cancel.
• Overall the property of over 100 vendors.
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Lot #27 - collections and accumulations
Australia 1913-95 mint/MUH colln in Schaubek album. Scattered earlies, appears complete simplified from 1931 Airs excl 5/- Bridge.
Lot #28 - collections and accumulations
Australia 1913-1945 s/b "surplus" used Roos. Condition appears sound throughout & often FU. ½d, 1d, 2d c200; 2½d c40; 3d c60; 4d 20+; 5d 20; 6d c120; 9d c100; 1/- c120; 2/- brown c30; 2/- maroon 200+; 5/- c10 incl some punctured "OS". Around 1000 in total.
Lot #29 - collections and accumulations
Australia 1913-32 4 vol colln of GV defins. Highly specialised, items identified per BW. Many plate flaws identified incl rusty cliche etc. MUH/mint/used incl MUH later inscription blocks. 1d engraved incl double perf mint, 1d single wmk incl nearly complete MUH block of 120 (less 5 stamps from bottom row), much separation. Several thousand stamps. STC A$75,000.
Lot #30 - collections and accumulations
Australia 1927-c2015 nearly all FU range/colln in 5 s/bs incl few key early commems but nice range especially from c1990s. Incl AAT, Cocos & Christmas Isl. Several thousands, huge CV. Mint & used.
Lot #31 - collections and accumulations
Australia 1928-1980s 2 vol colln of stamp booklets. Incl SG B22, 27a, 28, 28a, 29, 30 x 3, 30a. Extensive later, carefully identified. 200+ booklets. MUH.
Lot #32 - collections and accumulations
Australia 1937-53 2 vol specialised colln GVI issues. Many imprint plate & flaw blocks etc. Noted scarcer no imprint defin blocks eg: 1942 6d (2), 1943 9d; 1941 1/- (2); 1948 2/-; 1952 2/6d (both printings). Also the 1937-38 3d, all 6 printings mint/MUH; Robes 10/- imprint block MUH x 2, £1 block MUH but small tone spot. STC A$19,000.
Lot #33 - collections and accumulations
Australia-BCOF 1946 specialised colln in s/b with imprint blocks, ovpt varieties etc incl 3 x 5/- mint, 2 used. BW cA$4000. MUH/mint/used.
Lot #34 - collections and accumulations
Australia 1953-65 specialised colln QEII pre-decimal in 2 vols. Noted Royal Visit 3½d retouch to forehead state II (BW 308ja) used; various plate flaws, pip types, misplaced perfs etc. Navigator high values in singles only.
Lot #35 - collections and accumulations
Austria 1858-1983 colln in Davo album, substantially complete m&u. Noted 1858 10k & 15k T1 used; 1861 grey Newspaper stamp 4 margin FU; 1878 25k used; 1910 80th Birthday set m&u excl 5k (2k & 10k m). Appears complete 1916-25 & 1946-83. 1925 & 1935 Airs m&u; 1945 long "Osterreich" ovpt 3RM MUH, short ovpt 5RM MUH; 1953 Airs used; 1894 50k Due used etc. Also UN, Vienna & WWI Field Post stamps incl Serbia 1916...
Lot #36 - collections and accumulations
Bahrain 1933-c1960 on 2 Hagner sheets, from a few GV incl SG 13 & 17, 1938 4as train SG 28, then 1942-45, 1948-49, Silver Wedding (MUH) & 1950 sets all complete. 53 stamps. Cat £757. Mint/MUH.
Lot #37 - collections and accumulations
Barbados 1852 1d & 4d imperfs fine unused, both good margins all round; later QV with 1860 ½d (2 diff), 1875 1/-, 1882 3d (both), 6d, 1/-; 1906 Nelson set; 1912 3/- top value; 1921 small Seahorses & 1935 Silver Jubilee sets; GVI simplified complete with extras. 145 stamps. Cat £1597. Mint.
Lot #38 - collections and accumulations
Bechuanaland 1885-1949 colln on pages & Hagner. Earlies incl SG 1, 2, 5, 33-36 (mint) & 4, 14 (unused), then QV 1897 set less 4d, EVII to 1/-, 1914 GV set complete with both 2d dies, 2/6 & 5/- Seahorses (BW printing), 1925 simplified set, 1932 to 6d, Silver Jubilee set, GVI set with shades, Silver Wedding set of 2, Postage Dues 1926 & 1932 (original printing) sets. 103 stamps. Cat £1255. Mint.
Lot #39 - collections and accumulations
Belgium 1849-2011 extensive colln in 6 Davo standard albums. Comprehensive coverage with very few gaps incl "back of book". Noted Epaulettes x 2 used, Medallions x 17 used (mixed cond); 1866 50c grey Telegraph; 1869 & 1882 Railway Parcels sets used; 1911 unshaded & shaded ovpts sets (1c, 2c, 10c shaded mint, rest FU); 1918 Red Cross ovpt set mostly mint (incl 10f small tone spots); 1919 Albert set (2f dubious cancel, 10f mint);...
Lot #40 - collections and accumulations
British Bechuanaland 1885-1938 colln on Hagners incl 1885-7 wmk crown CC set of 3 (4d short corner); 1885 ½d, 1d, 2d wmk anchor; 1888 short set to 6d, 1912 1d GV; 1913 GV simple cypher wmk set to 1/- with shades etc; 1925 wmk block cypher set; 1938 GVI Picts set. Cat £1100+. Mint.
Lot #41 - collections and accumulations
British Commonwealth 1841-1936 mint/MUH in 2 well filled good cond New Imperial albums. Noted GB: QV 1d red plate numbers x 25 diff (cat £1240), EVII to 1/- (2), GV to 10/-; Ascension 1934 set; Bechuanaland QV to 10/-, 1888 ovpts EVII to 1/- (2), GV 1914, 1925, 1932 sets; Ceylon 1867-70 4d, 6d, 8d x 2, 1/- & 2/- (cat £820), 1c double surcharge SG 337a; Cyprus 1934 set; Gambia 1886 & 1898 sets incl 6d "sloping label" var; Gibraltar...
Lot #42 - collections and accumulations
British Commonwealth 1860s-1950s small group better Commonwealth items: Barbados 1812 3/- FU; British Guiana official scarce ovpt SG 158 mint (cat £900); GV set to 96c mint; Brunei Japanese Occupation; useful Sarawak, Seychelles etc; Samoa 3 x GRI ovpts & Tasmania 1857 1d red imperf etc. Cat c£2500.
Lot #43 - collections and accumulations
British Commonwealth Isl 1932-87 interesting colln. Barahoma Isl cover addressed New Guinea, straight line cancel & h/s date 28 MAR 57 on Solomons ½d, 1½d & 1/-. Thursday Isl 1932 cover on Papua 1½d, "book print" in manuscript. Marion Isl x 6 covers. Tristan 2 x cachet VI on 2 x 1d Bechuanaland 1938 cover; cachet VI on 5c US & 1½d h/s on 1946 cover; cachet IX on 1950 cover, mixed Channel Isl & NZ, franking to NZ, 3 other...
Lot #44 - collections and accumulations
British Guiana-Guyana 1860-1966 specialised colln on Hagners. Noted 29 pre DLR Badge design (nearly all used); 1876 Badge wmk crown CC; 1888 Inland Revenue ovpt short set to 72c; 1889 wmk crown CA set (no 24c); 1913 GV wmk crown CA set; 1921 GV wmk script CA set; 1905 $2.40 Postage & Revenue "specimen" ovpt; 1898 Jubilee sets mint & FU; 1938 GVI Picts incl perf vars & 1966 QEII Pict ovpt with many vars. Cat £2250+. Mostly mint...
Lot #45 - collections and accumulations
British Guiana 1869 1c with 1888 set to 40c, 1898 Jubilee set & ovpts less 10c, 1913 set to 60c & 96c, 1931 Centenary set, 1934 Pictorial set, 1935 Silver Jubilee set, GVI set with both 24c wmks, 1940 Postage Due 2c & 12c & set 3v perf horseshoe SPECIMEN. 110 stamps, cat £1107. Mint/MUH.
Lot #46 - collections and accumulations
British Levant c1905-51, noted: GV to 2/6d, Middle East Forces with GVI & Postage Due sets, Muscat with 1948 defins & Silver Wedding (latter MUH) & Tripolitania 1948, 1950 & 1951 sets complete. Also 1944 Muscat set of ovpts on India. 116 stamps. Cat £700+. Mint/MUH.
Lot #47 - collections and accumulations
British Occupation of Former Italian Colonies c1942-51 GVI mint defin sets on 4 pages with MEF/Eritrea (5 diff sets). EAF/Somalia & Tripolitania (each 3 different sets). 114 stamps. Cat £766. Mint.
Lot #48 - collections and accumulations
British Virgin Islands 1867-1952, 1868 6d rose SG 13, fine marginal block 4 of 1/- black & carmine with coloured border SG 19 (2 LHM, 2 MUH), EVII set to 1/-, GV to 2/6, then complete simpl from 1935 Silver Jubilee set with 1938 GVI to £1, 1948 Silver Wedding set of 2 (MUH) & 1952 to $4.80. 96 stamps. Cat £1000+. Mint/MUH.
Lot #49 - collections and accumulations
Bulgaria 1879-1940 strong colln with very good earlies incl scarce ovpts & strength throughout incl 1931 Balkan Olympic Games set of 7 (mint), 1932 Air issues (mint). Mint/Used.
Lot #50 - collections and accumulations
Burma 1937 GV set to 1R; 1938-40, 1945, 1946, 1947 sets, with some extras incl clear double ovpt on 1947 3pi (unlisted). Service issues GV set to 2R, 1939 set to 5R less 1R, 1946 & 1947 sets complete. 149 stamps. Cat £1140. Mint/MUH.
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