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ORDER OF SALE
Day One - Thursday October 2nd - To be sold at 12.30 p.m.
Ephemera, Memorabilia, Picture Postcards 1-16
Antarctica - Stamps and postal history of the 1901-22 Scott & Shackleton expeditions 17-117
Holy Land - The Martin Lynes Collection 118-224
American & West Indies Wreck Mail, from the Collection of Robin Gwynn, RDP 225-306
Boer War - a collection of origin & destination mail 307-326
Forces Mail, 1691-1955 Military and POW mail from the Martin Lynes Collection 327-705
Postal Mechanisation - The Martin Lynes Collection 706-728
British Post Offices Abroad - Crowned Circles, Egypt, Levant & South America, from The Mike Kitson Collection 729-800
Worldwide Postal History - a retiring dealers stock 801-910
Day Two - Friday October 3rd - To be sold at 12.30 p.m.
Literature, Worldwide & British Empire Stamps & Postal History 911-930
Thematics, Air Mails, Cinderellas, Perfins 931-954
Aden, Antigua, Ascension, Australia & States, Austria, Bahamas 955-974
Barbados, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil 975-991
British Honduras, British Levant, Br. Solomon Is., Brunei, Burma, Canada, Ceylon 992-1004
China, Cook Is, Cuba, Cyprus 1005-1031
Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Falkland Is. France & Colonies 1032-1051
Gambia, Germany & Colonies, Gibraltar, Gilbert & Ellice Is. 1052-1082
Gold Coast, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Hong Kong, Hungary 1083-1107
India & States, Iraq 1108-1138
Ireland 1139-1203
Italy & Colonies, Jamaica, Japan, KUT 1204-1248
Malaya, Malta, Mauritius 1249-1297
Montserrat, Morocco, Netherlands Colonies, New Hebrides, New Zealand 1298-1327
Nicaragua, Niger Coast, Nigeria, North Borneo, Norway, Nyasaland, Pakistan 1328-1340
Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Portugal & Colonies, Qatar, Rhodesia 1341-1370
Russia, St. Helena, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Salvador, Sarawak, Seychelles 1371-1390
Sierra Leone, South Africa, SWA, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Tonga, Transjordan 1391-1421
Trinidad, Tristan, Turkey, Turks Is., USA, Zanzibar 1422-1463
Great Britain
Stamps, QV Stamps on Cover, Locals, Telegraphs, Cinderellas 1464-1556
Postal History - mixed lots 1557-1578
Air Mails, Cancellations, Christmas, Exhibitions 1579-1607
Frees, Late Mail/Late Fees, Machines, Maritime Mail 1608-1644
Mulreadys, Pictorial Envelopes, Postage Dues, Postal Stationery 1645-1678
Railway Letters, Registered Mail 1679-1741
Telegrams, T.P.Os, Uniform 4d Post, Uniform 1d Post 1742-1769
Bristol, Channel Is., Devon, Durham, Isle of Man, Isle of Wight 1770-1778
Kent, Liverpool 1789-1819
London, Scilly Is., Scotland, Sussex 1820-1841
To Be Sold on Thursday 2nd October 2014at 12.30 p.m PreciselyEPHEMERA, AUTOGRAPHS & MEMORABILIA(Also see lots 27, 69-71, 100, 351, 359, 406, 408, 550, 948, 1040, 1351, 1555, 1575, 1775, 1831) |
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Four nineteenth century mail coach panels, each painted on metal with a crown and the coach number, two with "GR", another with "WR" (William IV), the last without the monarchs initials, presumably from the reign of Queen Victoria. Four rare and attractive items. (4). £1,200-1,500
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Metal cancellation devices comprising a French handstamp for "VIGNACOURT / SOMME" without date, and two German cancellers for "UELZEN (BZ HANNOVER 1)"; one a handstamp made in 1937 (with date 2.2.5), the other an unusual roller cancel with wavy lines dated 28.8.43. (3). £70-100
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Coins. A QV Gold Sovereign, dated 1901. Also imitation coins (2) and a 1977 Silver Jubilee medallion all in hallmarked silver, the three weighing 89g. (4). £150-180
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Autograph - Prince Charles. 1982 Typed letter concerning the Mary Rose Trust, signed "Charles" in ink, with the registered Official Paid cover bearing the "EIIR" cypher cachet. £80-100
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1705-1827 Ephemera with various printed receipts, handbills and business cards, some items illustrated, a few postally used, including items for ironmongers, hosiery and gloves, agricultural machinery, stoves, British wines; also a printed hop circular; coaching receipt from the Bull & Mouth Inn; 1726 plan of Gibraltar showing its fortifications; 1870 licences for dogs (6), carriages (4), armorial bearings, horses (2), male servants (3); 1788 letter written by the poet Henry Headley, etc. (73). £140-180
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Exhibitions/Royalty, etc. A large box with various QV-KGVI magazines and newspapers relating to royal events, G.B 1908-51 exhibition programmes and souvenirs, an album containing 24 good quality amateur photos taken at the 1924 British Empire Exhibition, also medallions, picture postcards, covers and fronts including Free Franks, Post Office display cards advertising new issues, Punch cartoons, etc. £80-100
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1899 Page from a Victorian album with a well painted picture of a man in a kilt dancing, given to Mr Oliver Fraser of the Fraser Clan; the reverse bears the signatures of 13 people who attended the Queen's birthday dinner given at the British Consulate, Lourenco Marques, on May 24th, with three stamps and the Consulate handstamp attached. £80-100
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(Also see lots 360, 380, 392, 400, 430, 502, 897, 1350, 1781, 1793, 1794, 1834, 1839, 1841) | |
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c.1900-1950 Postcards in a box, mainly pre-1930 British cards including Post Offices, topographical views, ships, railway cards, trains, poster cards, court cards, aviation, royalty, comic cards, East End siege, windmills, bridges, glamour, stations, "LL" cards, Channel Islands, Lanimer Queens, Hull Trawlers outrage, London Underground map and trains, South African Cricketer J. Darling, Henry Cooper signed card, large size panorama cards (4), an unusual cloth "mailbag from Ballachulish" with attached address tag posted in 1913 franked 1d, also foreign cards with many better French views, Messina earthquake (18), Falkland Islands (2), Japan, West Indies, Australia, China, Court Treatt Cape to Cairo motor expedition, Gruss Aus types, etc. (Approx 530). £250-300
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Mainly Edwardian cards depicting mail coaches (20), novelty mailing cards with postmen (3), Cadburys advert cards showing butterflies (7), etc. (37). £50-60
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Aeroplanes/Airships. Album of mainly KEVII and KGV period picture postcards featuring aeroplanes including photo cards of portraits taken in studio, prop planes, mailing novelty cards, greetings cards, comic cards with 'Airship' series cards, mostly British, a few French cards included. An interesting collection. (93). £180-200
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Art Nouveau. KEVII Postcards with art-nouveau pictures of pretty women including cards drawn by Raphael Kirchner (9, three from the "Mikado" series), etc. (13). £200-240
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Comic. KEVII and KGV Comic cards including cards by Tom Browne, Cynicus, E. Kinsella, Lance Thackeray, Fred Spurgin, Donald McGill etc., Tucks "Write-Away" series, courting couples, couples in aeroplanes, World War One, etc., all in an S.G. postcard album. (270). £280-350
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Glamour. KEVII and KGV Postcards showing pretty women including real photos, named actresses and artist drawn cards, also cards of courting couples. (118) £120-150
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Subjects. KEVII and KGV Picture postcards in three S.G. cover albums, various subjects including exhibitions, animals, novelty, 'Hold to Light', hand drawn, advertising, children, aeroplanes, royalty, boats and ships with an R.M.S "Titanic" card, silks, trains, rural scenes, castles, food, flowers, Christmas and birthday greetings, sea views, people, etc. (Approx 530). £350-400
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Topographical. c.1902-30 Real photographic postcards with various views including street scenes at Carstairs, Enfield, Lexden, Rickmansworth, Heavitree, Dorchester (Oxon), Masham, West Byfleet, Brockenhurst, Long Stratton, etc; Post Offices at Kington (with all the P.O staff), Thelwall, Thetford, Liphook and Scilly; Elizabethan procession at Burford; Lynn Fair, Hitchin Market, trains (4), a car, traction engines, beaches, The Lanimer Queen (3), canal barges, aeroplanes (9) and airships (3), Thames steam yachts, carts fording streams at Shere and Belstone, Torpoint ferry, building a chimney at Fordingbridge, wreck of the "Liverpool", etc. A fine carefully selected group. (69). £250-300
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Topographical. KEVII and KGV Topographical postcards in six S.G. postcard albums, a few better real photos noted including Redruth Show, Swindon Fete, a fair ground (posted at Liverpool), Soham Post Office, Ramsgate band concert, flooding at Ashford, Portscatho harbour, wrecked ship at Faversham, inside 'The Palace' at Douglas, the Widness to Runcorn bridge, fire at Barnet, Church Hill at Walthamstow, many other coloured cards including hop picking (12), a few foreign and some later KGVI cards. (Approx 1,200). £800-1,000
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A fine collection of the stamps and postal history from the 1901-22 Antarctic expeditions led by Scott or Shackleton. | |
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1901 (Aug 6) Wrench's 'Links of Empire' British National Antarctic Expedition postcard No. 1 depicting Captain Scott and the "Discovery" with the usual "ANTARCTIC / EXPDN 1901 / S.S DISCOVERY" cachet on the front, exceptionally addressed by Ernest Shackleton to E. Douglas in London and signed "EH Shackleton" on the front, posted from Cowes on the day the ship departed, franked ½d blue-green. These cards were usually mailed to subscribers from London on August 1st; this is the only such card we have recorded sent from Cowes or sent by an actual expedition member, and is exceptional signed by Shackleton. Photo on Page 7. £800-1,000
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1901 Wrench's 'Links of Empire' British National Antarctic Expedition postcard No. 2 with Cape 1d cancelled at Cape Town (Oct 7) and postcard No. 3 with N.Z 1d cancelled at Lyttelton (Dec 24) both with the usual "ANTARCTIC / EXPDN / 1901 / S.S DISCOVERY" cachets on the front, both addressed to Karachi, India, with arrival datestamps of Tuticorin and Karachi. Card 2 also with a Durban c.d.s and card 3 with Christchurch and Colombo datestamps. Both cards with corner wear resulting in slightly rounded and creased corners, nevertheless an exceptional destination; most of these cards were sent to Britain and these are the first cards to India we have recorded. (2). £400-500
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1904 (Apr 25) Wrench's 'Links of Empire' British National Antarctic Expedition postcard No. 4 amusingly depicting a Polar Bear in the Antarctic, with the usual "ANTARCTIC / EXPDN / 1901 / S.S DISCOVERY" cachet on the front, bearing N.Z 1d tied by Christchurch c.d.s., unusually sent to France with a Boulogne arrival c.d.s. Exceptionally fine condition. Photo on Page 7. £200-250
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1901 (Dec 17) Cover with "DISCOVERY ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1901" crest depicting a penguin on the flap, bearing N.Z 1d tied by Christchurch c.d.s, addressed in the handwriting of Captain Scott to his sister Mrs Ellison Macartney in London. Torn through the crest with a piece (mainly from the flap) torn out upon opening and rejoined. A scarce cover from Scott sent four days before the "Discovery" left Lyttelton. Photo on Page 7. £500-600
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1903 Cover with "DISCOVERY ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1901" crest depicting a penguin on the flap, written by Captain Scott and addressed in his handwriting to his sister Miss Scott in London, carried from the Antarctic by the S.Y "Morning" and posted upon its arrival at Lyttelton (March 25) franked by N.Z 1d, also bearing the very scarce blue vignette "NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION" with "DISCOVERY" written upon it in manuscript, backstamped at Christchurch. A fine and rare cover from Scott on the "Discovery", sent by the First Relief Expedition ship "Morning". Photo on Page 7. £1,600-2,000
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1903 (Dec 26) Christchurch Weekly Press postcard depicting "The Discovery, Kaiapoi Maoris Song of Welcome" on the front and "The Discovery Penguins" on the reverse, written by Len Burgess, a crew member on the Second Relief Expedition ship "Morning", to Master Leonard Storey in Christchurch. Written from the Ross Sea with the message "I should like you to be hear now we are punching into the ice, it is just like thunder going off", posted three days after the ship returned to Lyttelton, with a N.Z 1d tied by Lyttelton squared circle (April 4), and a Christchurch arrival c.d.s. A fine and rare use of this card from the Antarctic, written on the Second Relief Expedition ship "Morning". Photo on Page 7. £800-1,000
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1904 (Jan 5) Christchurch Weekly Press postcard depicting "The Discovery's Captain" on the front and "The Discovery in Lyttelton Graving Dock" on the reverse, written by Len Burgess, a crew member on the Second Relief Expedition ship "Morning", to Miss Janet Storey in Christchurch. Written on the day the ship reached the ice at McMurdo Sound with the message "We can now see the Discoverys masts. Capt. Scott is on the ice waiting to come on board as soon as we get made fast. He & Dr Wilson are together", posted three days after the ship returned to Lyttelton, with a N.Z 1d tied by Lyttelton squared circle (April 4), and a Christchurch arrival c.d.s. A fine and rare use of this card from the Antarctic, written on the Second Relief Expedition ship "Morning". Photo on Page 7. £800-1,000
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1904 (Jan 5) Christchurch Weekly Press postcard depicting "The Discovery in Lyttelton Harbour" on the front and "The Stern, Rounded to Resist Ice Pressure" on the reverse, written by Len Burgess, a crew member on the Second Relief Expedition ship "Morning", to Master Leonard Storey in Christchurch. Written on the day the ship reached the ice at McMurdo Sound with the message "We have arrived at last. Capt. Scott & Dr. Wilson came on board as soon as we made fast. They report all well on board & a nice fine winter. Capt. Scott & Dr. Wilson looked very well", posted three days after the ship returned to Lyttelton, with a N.Z 1d tied by Lyttelton squared circle (April 4), and a Christchurch arrival c.d.s. A fine and rare use of this card from the Antarctic, written on the Second Relief Expedition ship "Morning". Photo on Page 7. £800-1,000
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1904 (May 9) Canterbury Times second series postcard depicting "Discovery in Winter Quarters" sent to Leonard Storey in Christchurch by Leonard Burgess, a crew member on the "Morning", bearing a N.Z 1d tied by Lyttelton squared circle. The short message is headed from H.M.S "Morning", and was written five weeks after the ship's return from the Antarctic; a month later the "Morning" left New Zealand for England via the Falkland Islands. A rare use of a Canterbury Times postcard by a crew member from the Antarctic Expedition. Photo on Page 7. £600-700
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1904 "Weeks Ltd" picture postcard illustrating the route taken from England to the Antarctic by the "Discovery" and "Morning" during the 1901-04 Antarctic Expedition, franked N.Z 1d booklet stamp tied by Lyttelton squared circle of 1st April, the day the two ships arrived back in New Zealand, signed by W. Colbeck, Captain of the "Morning". Addressed to J.J Kinsey, agent for the 1901-04, 1908-09 and 1910-13 Scott and Shackleton Antarctic Expeditions, in Christchurch with an arrival datestamp. Kinsey has subsequently applied a King Edward VII Land 1d and tied it by the "BRIT. ANTARCTIC EXPD / N.Z" c.d.s of MR 4 09 (the day "Nimrod" sailed back past Cape Royds and the final day of use of the 1908-09 Expedition c.d.s), and two Victoria Land 1d stamps each tied by the same Antarctic Expd. c.d.s for 9 FE 11 (when the "Terra Nova" was at Cape Evans) or 31 JA 12 (when the ship was in pack ice, en route from Robertson Bay to Cape Evans). An interesting souvenir of three great British Antarctic Expeditions. Photo on Page 13. £500-600
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Two fine original real photos of the "Nimrod", one showing the ship's departure from Lyttelton on January 1st 1908 (140x96mm), the other a small photo cut to a vertical oval shape (approx. 47x68mm) showing the ship under sail. (2). £80-100
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1907 (Dec 21) Piece headed "P.O. No. 264 / MEMO." bearing proof impressions of the "BRIT. ANTARCTIC EXPD / N.Z" c.d.s and "BRIT. ANT. EXP. / (crown)" intaglio mailbag seal, applied on the day the two handstamps were manufactured. One similar piece is known and is illustrated in "New Zealand Antarctic Postal History to 1941" by R. Duns. A rare item; the c.d.s was not used on philatelic mail until 1st January 1908 (and expedition mail on Jan. 15th) whilst the mailbag seal is only known on these two 21 Dec. pieces. Photo on Page 10. £400-500
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King Edward VII Land 1d mint, one short perf at the upper right corner, also used singles (2) and pairs (2). S.G. A1, £715. (7). Photo on Page 10. £150-200
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King Edward VII Land 1d fine mint. S.G. A1, £475. Photo on Page 10. £150-180
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King Edward VII Land 1d horizontal pair superb mint, lightly mounted, scarce. S.G. A1, £950. Photo on Page 10. £300-400
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King Edward VII Land 1d mint block of twelve, a few tiny stain spots on the reverse, otherwise fine mint, lightly mounted on the upper row of four stamps only, the other eight stamps unmounted, superb appearance and a great rarity. The KEVII Land stamps were not sold to the general public and only about 5% of the 24,000 printed stamps are estimated to have remained unused; this block is the largest known mint block of this issue. S.G. A1, £5,700+. Photo on Front Cover. £3,000-3,500 |
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King Edward VII Land 1d, twelve used singles showing variations in both the position and depth of colour of the overprint. Also two stamps with crude forgeries of the overprint. S.G. A1, £480+. (14). £150-200
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King Edward VII Land 1d marginal blocks of four all showing marginal alignment arrows, three blocks with plate 3 or plate 4 (2) marginal dots close to the central arrow in the lower margin, all C.T.O with FE 27 08 or MR 4 09 datestamps. S.G. A1, £1,760. (11 blocks). £550-650
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King Edward VII Land 1d marginal block of six C.T.O with MR 4 09 datestamps. S.G. A1, £240+. £100-120
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King Edward VII Land 1d marginal block of twelve C.T.O with MR 4 09 datestamps, the lower right stamp torn, otherwise fine with alignment arrow in upper margin. S.G. A1, £440+. Photo on Page 10. £200-240
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King Edward VII Land 1d block of six C.T.O with FE 3 08 datestamps, an uncommon date for C.T.O stamps. S.G. A1, £240+. Photo on Page 10. £100-120
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King Edward VII Land 1d C.T.O with FE 27 08 datestamps comprising pairs (2) and blocks of four (2, one with a stain to two stamps) with the c.d.s in black, and two singles on separate pieces unusually with the c.d.s in green. S.G. A1, £560. (14). £170-220
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King Edward VII Land 1d, multiples C.T.O with MR 4 09 datestamps, comprising blocks of four (4, one marginal) and a block of six, all fine. S.G. A1, £880+. (22 stamps in 5 blocks). £300-350
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King Edward VII Land 1d, proper postal uses on pieces comprising a single (damaged) with JA 15 08 c.d.s (used on the first mail from the expedition, sent back on the "Koonya"); and ten stamps on six pieces comprising a single 1d (4 pieces), two singles, or a single + strip of three, all with FE 3 08 c.d.s, used at Cape Royds. The occasional light stain, one stamp creased, but an uncommon group S.G. A1, £400++. (11). £180-240
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King Edward VII Land 1d with double overprint fine used, very scarce. This error occurred on just 30 stamps (the upper half of one pane) which were found amongst Sir Joseph Kinsey's papers after his death; this pane was cancelled to order with the MR 4 09 c.d.s. S.G. A1a, £1,600. Photo on Page 10. £800-1000
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King Edward VII Land 1d block of four C.T.O with MR 4 09 c.d.s, the upper two stamps with the variety overprint double, the lower pair with the normal overprint. Extremely rare, the double overprint occurring on just 30 stamps (the upper half of one pane), just six vertical pairs showing the combination of double and normal overprints therefore possible, this one block accounting for a third of this total. An exceptional block, with RPSNZ Certificate (2009). S.G. A1/A1a, £3,280++. Photo on Front Cover. £2,000-2,500
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King Edward VII Land 1d, Waterlow printing, fine unused without gum. Very rare, probably only one sheet of the Waterlow stamps overprinted. S.G. A1b, £1,600. Photo on Page 10. £500-600
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King Edward VII Land 1d, Waterlow printing, fine used, with RPSNZ Certificate (1971). S.G. A1b, £850. Photo on Page 10. £300-350
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King Edward VII Land 1d, Waterlow printing, block of four from the central two rows of the sheet spanning the two overprint settings, the overprint much paler on the upper pair, C.T.O with MR 4 09 c.d.s. One of three recorded blocks of four from the Waterlow printing, these blocks being the largest recorded multiples from this single Waterlow sheet. S.G. A1b, £3,400++. Photo on Front Cover. £1,500-1,800
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New Zealand 1d Universal on piece with FE 8 08 (11AM) c.d.s. and part machine cancel, and 1d Universal with OFFICIAL overprint on piece with FE 8 08 (12.30PM) c.d.s, very unusual N.Z uses, the FE 8 08 datestamp previously unrecorded. (2). Photo on Page 10. £250-300
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New Zealand 1d Universal booklet pane of six (S.G. 303b) and a single 1d booklet stamp all C.T.O with the FE 27 08 c.d.s, the pane with a few small stain spots, otherwise fine, very scarce and unusual used with the Antarctic Expd. c.d.s. (2). Photo on Page 10. £400-500
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New Zealand 1906 Christchurch Exhibition set, ½d pair and 1d used on separate pieces each cancelled by light 1 JA 08 c.d.s in green, then further cancelled by bolder FE 27 08 datestamps in black, the ½d piece with light staining and 1d piece partly cut to shape around the second datestamp; and single 3d and 6d stamps both with fine FE 27 08 datestamps. An unusual and scarce use of this set with the Antarctic datestamps, the 1 JA 08 date being the first use of the expedition datestamp, few examples having been recorded. (4). Photo on Page 10. £350-450
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New Zealand 1906 Christchurch Exhibition 6d block of four C.T.O with FE 27 08 datestamps, the only recorded block from this 1906 set with the Antarctic Expd. datestamp, fine and scarce. (S.G. 373, £1,100+ as stamps used in N.Z). Photo on Page 10. £700-800
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1908 (Jan 15) Picture postcard to Otago, written from the S.Y "Nimrod" by Ernest E. Joyce, a seaman and general handy-man on the ship, with KEVII Land 1d tied by the Antarctic c.d.s, a further strike of the datestamp on the picture side. A fine and scarce item of expedition mail, the first day of use of the KEVII Land stamps and the first mail from the expedition, sent back on the "Koonya" from the edge of the Antarctic ice pack. Photo on Page 13. £700-800
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