1950s-90s x 20+ polar covers/PPC/ FDCs, expedition cachets etc.
Postal Stamp Auction #526
By: Mowbray Collectables
Mowbray Collectables Postal Stamp Auction #526
Our monthly postal stamp auction #526 has a great range of 3,688 lots, worldwide, suitable for all
collectors!
Every lot is covered by our “Satisfaction Guarantee”.
Remember all estimates are in New Zealand Dollars. (NZ$1 = approx. US66c, €56c, £0.51)
There is no Buyer’s Premium added to the sale price of our postal stamp auctions. (For New Zealand
bidders 15% GST will be added to the sale price)
Once payment is received, items are dispatched in a timely manner, well packaged, with a view to
keeping the postage/courier costs as low as possible.
The closing date for the auction is Tuesday 1 st September, and bids should be received by midnight
(NZ time is GMT + 12).
For further information on any lots or to request scans, please email [email protected]
Download a PDF of the catalogue here https://www.mowbrays.co.nz/files/28ffcb63-6d75-4866-
a738-2795b7d5e8cd.pdf
Sale Terms
Lot #2075 - POLAR
AAT 1966 defin set of 11, MUH in unopened pack, some toning on leaflet, stamps fine. SG 8-18. Cat £40.
Lot #2078 - POLAR
Argentina 1987 25th AnniversaryAntarctic Treaty set & m/s. SG 2030-32. Cat £13+. MUH.
Lot #2082 - POLAR
BAT 1973 Explorers set of 15, plus ½p extra shade. Original wmk. SG 44-57. Cat £38. MUH.
Lot #2083 - POLAR
Chile 1984, 1987 Chilean Antarctic Territories & Arturo Prat Antarctic Naval Base sets. MUH.
Lot #2085 - POLAR
FID 1946 ½d-1/- GVI & map, original thick lines set of 8, & 1948-49 ½d/1/- thin lines set of 9. SG G1-8, G9-16. Cat £113. Mint.
Lot #2086 - POLAR
FID 1946 ½d GVI & map, 1st printing, plate variety missing "I" in "Is". Mint (gum adhesions on top). SG G1b. Cat £325.
Lot #2087 - POLAR
FID 1948-56 small colln of 28 diff mint on page, incl 1948 ½d-1/- GVI & Map "thin lines" set of 9 (1d small tear), 1954 ½d-1/- QEII Ships short set. SG cat £144.
Lot #2090 - POLAR
Mongolia 1997 25th Anniv Greenpeace set & 2 diff m/s (Antartica). SG 2576-80. Cat £37+. MUH.
Lot #2091 - POLAR
NZ/USA 1967 souvenir cover (no address) with large blue NZARP Scott Base pictorial cachet (penguin, NZ flag & base) & 2 other NZARP cachets. Franked 4 x 5c US stamps, canc US Pole Station d/s JAN 12 1967. M/s "Mr R. Exton, Lat 77°51S Long 166°45E" (expdn member?). Fine South Pole Station cachet on back (sailor holding up globe). Vert central fold (unobtrusive). Attractive.
Lot #2092 - POLAR
NZ 2001 Centenary of Departure of SS Discovery to Antarctica souvenir cacheted cover with Capt R F Scott pictorial pmk & set of 4 diff cinderella sheets celebrating arrival of SS Discovery at Lyttelton.
Lot #2094 - POLAR
NZ 1983 season's first flight to Scott Base silk cacheted cover, featuring US Helicopter, NZARP purple cachet & Scott Base 3 October 1983 arrival b/s.
Lot #2096 - POLAR
NZ 1985 Antarctic Research m/s with Nat'l Youth Philatelic Exbn (+ 2 Penguins) ovpt. C$75. MUH.
Lot #2097 - POLAR
NZ 1987 1c Frama on handwritten NZ Post Vesting Day FDC to Scott Base, b/s 21 JE 87 on arrival. NB: the 1c Vesting Day rate was only for hand addressed covers & only on 1 April 1987.
Lot #2098 - POLAR
NZ 2006 $1.25 Kiwipex 2006 set of 4 diff Antarctic related cinderellas x 4 diff m/s. MUH.
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