GVI on cut down Crown album pages entirely m.m. Incls 1938 H/V's SG127-29. 1944 pictorials SG137-45, both these unchecked for wmk. Fiscal Arms 5/- x 2 & £1- pink. 1949 pictorial set. Cat £350+ (33). {MH} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £120.00)
Auction UPA 98
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Prezzi Realizzati
Jul 01, 2025 Europe/London
UPA UPA Auction UPA 98
Tuesday Jul 01, 2025 15:00 Europe/London
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Lot #5171 - cook islands 1892
Cook Islands Federation 1d Black, mint small h/r. Cat £38 {MH} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £18.40)
Lot #5172 - cook islands 1892
Federation 1d black mint block of four, disturbed gum, off centre Cat £152 (image available) {MH} [US7] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £19.20)
Lot #5173 - cook islands 1892
QV: Definitives. FU Cat £225 (image available) {U} [US6] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £44.80)
Lot #5174 - cook islands 1892
1d (no gum), 1½d, 2½d and 10d, some short perfs, usual bad centring, h/r, part o.g. Cat £250 (image available) {MH} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £26.40)
Lot #5175 - cook islands 1893
1d blue 'Queen Makea Takau' issue, perf 11, a fine mint side marginal block of six. Cat £30 [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £0.99)
Lot #5176 - cook islands 1893
BIRDS - 1s red (White Tern), mint with faintest of hinge trace but with paper undulation. Cat £55 (image available) {MH} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £8.00)
Lot #5177 - cook islands 1893
Queen Makea Takau - 2½d rose-carmine, wmk NZ and Star wide apart, perf 12x11½, mint with h/r, part o.g. Centred NE, frame at right cut by perfs. Cat £75 {MH} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £11.20)
Lot #5178 - cook islands 1893-1900
perf 12 x 11½ 1½d and 1s used, 2½d and 5d mint, perf 11 set to 1s mint incl. 1½d and 2½d shades, plus 1s used. Some toning, but a nice group. (17) Cat £515 {MX} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £84.80)
Lot #5179 - cook islands 1893-1949
Balance collection hinged on leaves spanning 1893 to 1949. Well written up with notes of re-entries and various printing dates, collection is mixed, (mainly) mint and used, note early issues with values to 10d and Kings ranges to 3s. Mixed condition, generally above average including fine. Estimated catalogue value £980. 136 stamps, useful to develop, fill gaps / runs. Includes odd damaged / toned reflected in estimate. {CC} [US4] (Start...
Lot #5180 - cook islands 1893-2010
Collection of 358 stamps, 10 MS & 1 sheetlet (in 2 parts) in blue stockbook with 16 black pages. Very high number mint but heavily duplicated (e.g. 27 x either SG101 or 108). Includes values from all sets to 1949 and a few from QEII. Estimated cv £1000+ with good potential re-sale value. {CC} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £69.60)
Lot #5181 - cook islands 1898
6d purple, wmk NZ and Star wide apart, perf 11. Horizontal pair, value in each corner offset on reverse. Mint, large part o.g. Cat £90 (image available) {MH} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £17.60)
Lot #5182 - cook islands 1899
Queen Makea Takau - 1d deep brown, wmk NZ and Star wide apart, perf 11. Mint with h/r, large part o.g. Cat £30 {MH} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £6.40)
Lot #5183 - cook islands 1899
½d on 1d, 1902 no wmk ½d, 1d (2) and 2½d, 1902 (Sept) 5d, 6d and 1s, 1913-19 set to 10d (1d is used), some toned perfs, h/r, m.m. (17) Cat £350 {MH} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £53.60)
Lot #5184 - cook islands 1900
1s deep carmine, wmk NZ and Star wide apart, perf 11. Mint with h/r, large part o.g. Creased horizontally along base of h/r. Centred NE, frame at right cut by perfs. Cat £55 {MH} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £4.80)
Lot #5185 - cook islands 1903
set to 2½d, 1917-18 vals incl. 1s both perfs, plus 1917-20, 1920 and 1924-27 sets, h/r, m.m. (26) Cat £148 {MH} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £31.20)
Lot #5186 - cook islands 1916
Queen Makea Takau - 1½d deep mauve, wmk Single NZ and Star, perf 14x15. Mint with h/r, large part o.g. Centred E where frame at right cut by perfs. Cat £22 {MH} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £4.80)
Lot #5187 - cook islands 1919
Overprints on New Zealand mainly mint collection on leaves(289) with many blocks, some mixed perf pairs, some minor varieties, a fine lot {CC} [US7] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £83.20)
Lot #5188 - cook islands 1920-36
Pictorials mint and used collection on leaves(213) including 1932 set mint and used, 4d lower left corner block of eight mint including compound perfs, some minor varieties, a fine lot {CC} [US7] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £97.60)
Lot #5189 - cook islands 1926-28
Admiral 2s light blue fine used b/4 tied to large piece by Raratonga 1938 cancels, Regd and Air Mail labels alongside Cat £160 {U} [US7] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £27.20)
Lot #5190 - cook islands 1931-2
Arms £5 indigo blue top marginal b/4 fresh mint, the stamps are unmtd, v.f. Cat £1200 {PF} [US7] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £249.60)
Lot #5191 - cook islands 1931-70
Balance collection neatly presented on stockpages almost all being very fine u.m. Incls: odd GV period to 1/-. GVI Coronation set x 2. Victory set. 10/- Fiscal Arms SG120 u.m. but faint fiscal cancel. QEII 1966 Airmail ovpt set SG185-93. 1967 surch part set SG205-218. Cat £125++ (93). {CC} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £22.40)
Lot #5192 - cook islands 1932
Pictorial definitive P14 group, SG 100c, 103a & 104a, No Wmk, NHM (3) Cat £41 {UM} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £17.60)
Lot #5193 - cook islands 1932
1d black and lake (Capt Cook), no wmk, perf 13 in SW corner block of 4, UM. Cat £44 {UM} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £0.99)
Lot #5194 - cook islands 1932
pictorial 1d to 6d, incl. 4d perf 13 and perf 14 x 13, 1933-36 ½d pair, fine l.m.m. (8) Cat £110 {MH} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £25.60)
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