PACIFIC ISLANDS
Auction # 142
Lot
Description
Est
Starting
Price
Price
PACIFIC ISLANDS :
Cook Islands.
884
1936 2/6 Deep Brown and £1 Pink "Cowan" paper and 1944 10/- Pale Carmine-Lake "Wiggins Teape" paper Arms Postal Fiscal O/P Cook Islands with Single NZ Star Wmk and 1943-46 2/6 Dull Brown and 5/- Green "Wiggins Teape" paper Arms Postal Fiscal O/P Cook Islands with Multiple NZ Star Wmk MVLH. Also Samoa 1932 £1 Pink "Cowan" paper Arms Postal Fiscal O/P Samoa, with Single NZ Star Wmk MVLH and well centered. Sg 118, 121, 123a, 131, 132 and 174. Catalogue Value £484.00.
120
140
sold
885
Collection of fine used stamps from 1892 Federation set to 1972 Hurricane Relief set, including a good range of early issues, watermark and shade variations, many sets and highly catalogued items, in loose leaf album. Mostly fine condition, with light duplication. High catalogue value.
180
170
sold
Fiji.
886
Selection of 24 early used stamps from 1874 to 1894 including 1874 6¢ on 3d Green O/P Gothic "VR" fiscally used, 1874 2¢ on 1d Blue O/P Roman "VR", 1875 2d on 6¢ on 3d Green O/P Gothic "VR" [tiny thin], 1875 2d on 12¢ on 6d Rose O/P Roman "VR" [tiny surface rub], 1876 2d on 3d Deep Green O/P "VR" on Wove paper, 1883-88 4d 12½mm and 14mm on 2d Mauve, 1892 ½d on 1d Dull Blue, 1892 5d 2mm on 6d Rose and more. Attractive range with odd fault. Catalogue Value £3,417.00. Also small range of Stamp Duty issues and 2d Pale Green Canoe remainders blocks of 20 (3) CTO with Suva 15 DEC 00 cancellations.
500
400
R
887
1900 Unissued 5/- Electrotyped printing in Dull Orange and Grey-Black CTO with part "Suva 15 DEC 00" cancellation. Noted by Gibbons in a footnote below Sg 69 "Examples are rare".
250
250
sold
Niue.
888
1942 10/- Pale Carmine-Lake Arms Postal Fiscal with Single NZ Star Wmk O/P Niue VFU and well centered. Sg 81. Catalogue Value £275.00.
100
80
R
Pitcairn Islands.
889
Collection of MLH stamps from 1940-51 KGVI Definitive set to 1977 Definitive set, including 1949 Royal Wedding set in Seven Seas Hingeless album.
50
40
R
890
Largely complete MUH collection from 1940-51 KGVI Definitive set to 2002 QEII Golden Jubilee M/S in Seven Seas Hingeless album with slipcase. 1940-51 KGVI set, 1946 Victory set, 1963 2/6 Freedom From Hunger and 1967 Death of Bligh set MLH. 1948 10/- Royal Wedding with faint toning and excludes a few recent issues only. Face value of Decimal issues $507.00.
225
180
R
891
Largely complete MUH collection from 1971 to 2004, including many sets and miniature sheets. Odd duplicate. Face Value $564.00.
180
350
sold
Pacific Islands.
Pacific Islands.
892
Dealers stock of mostly MUH stamps from French Polynesia, New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna Islands, mostly different, but with the odd duplicate on Hagner sheets. Catalogue Value £1,210.00.
275
325
sold
893
Fiji largely complete from 1953 Coronation to 2001 Air Pacific set, Pitcairn Islands largely complete from 1981 Scenic Views set to 2001 Cowrie Shells set and Samoa complete from 1962 Independence set to 2001 Butterflies set, mainly on Seven Seas Hingeless pages in 5 binders. Majority MUH with some early issues MLH or FU. Face value of mint Decimal issues $1,762.95. Also Cook Islands largely complete mint collection from 1967 Anniversary set to 1982 Norman Rokwell set, all MUH from 1975 onwards.
500
375
sold
894
Cook Islands, Fiji and Niue collection of hundreds of fine used stamps from 1891 to 1985, including a handy range of early issues, numerous sets and miniature sheets on Hagner sheets in 2 binders. High catalogue value.
250
200
R