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CAYMAN ISLANDS - STOCKBOOK with the chiefly mint QV to QEII collection. Much of merit inc. 1902-03 and 1905 to 1/-, 1907 to 5/-, 1907-09 10/-, KEVII ½d on 1d carmine & 1d on 5/- surcharges, 1912-20 to 10/-, 1921-26 to 10/-, 1932 Justices to 10/-, 1935 Pictorials to 10/-, KGVI first defins. to 10/-, 1950 to 10/- plus much QEII with several defin. sets to top value. Some small faults but a very useful lot. (Few 100s) £400
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CEYLON/SRI LANKA - STOCKBOOK & ENVELOPE - with the 1857-1927 mint & used collection inc. 1857 1d blue (9 used), 3d green (mint, thinned & used) & 6d purple-brown used and useful later QV etc. (Qty.) £120
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CHINA - TWO RING BINDERS OF PERFIN STAMPS & COVERS (PLUS MODERN NON-PERFIN COVERS): A well filled ring binder of perfinned stamps & covers of China & Indo-China inc. 1904 (13 Feb.) Chinese Imperial Post 1c Red p.stat card Shanghai to Swindon uprated with 10pf Carmine Reichpost optd "China" SG 24 with "B & S/S" (Butterfield & Swire, Shanghai) perfin. Message reads "Things are getting exciting out here with the war - very busy." with beautiful hand painted scene with two figures alongside message, 1910 PPC Shanghai to Germany franked with 1905 2c on 5pf Green with "L.S." (L. Soyka, Shanghai) perfin [scarce found used on cover/card], 1913 regd. env (opened out for display) Shanghai to Tsingtau franked on the reverse with 1c (6, pair SG 269 & two pairs x SG 219), 3c (3, pair and single SG 221) & 10c (SG 225) the 1c pair & 3c pair each with "B.A.T./Co.LD." (British-American Tobacco Co. Ltd.) perfin also with fine boxed "RR" and unboxed "R SHANGHAI/No." on front, spectacular 1937 regd. env from Shanghai to Papua, a scarce destination & subsequently redirected to UK via Australia, franked with 20c & 5c (6, 5 with "HS/BC" perfin) with numerous transit cds's on reverse, etc. plus binder of modern (1980s-90s) non-perfin covers (Qty) Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, PERFINS, FRENCH COLONIES £180
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CHINA - RING BINDER WITH THE CONSULAR MAIL COLLECTION, ETC.: Range of stamps & covers inc. 1904/05 PPCs (5) all written from HBMC Newchwang to Ilfracombe, 1919 env (opened out for display) to Harrogate (redirected to Sussex) with 10c & 3c (2) on rear & fine "BRITISH CONSULATE/TSINAN" dated cachet on front in purple, 1939(?) env to Hong Kong from Kunming franked with 1932 15c Air issue (2) each optd with scarce "HMCG" Consular h.s. top left with blue air mail label to left & embossed royal coat of arms on flap, etc. Plus 1927/28 real photo PPCs (5) of Shanghai race course aerodrome, biplane, hanger being built, etc. Needs inspection to be fully appreciated (c50 items) Cross Reference: HONG KONG, AIR MAIL COVERS, MILITARY, WEI HAI WEI £180
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CHINA - MINT/USED SELECTION TO 1936 ON PRINTED PAGES - inc. used 1897 1c on 3c red (pulled perf) and 1897 30c rose carp on piece in combination with French Colonies 25c & 50c values, etc. Good to fine. (c140) £180
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CHINA - MOSTLY 1930s BUNDLE OF STAMPS - mint and used inc. North-East China 1946 set $1 to $10 mint, SG NE133-6; selection of Manchukuo local ovpts inc. Mutankiang 50f on 2f green mint block of 46; etc. Also group (5) of receipts/documents with fiscal stamps. (low 100s) Cross Reference: CHINA - JAPANESE POST OFFICES £150
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CHINA - 1903 RED BAND ENVELOPE - possibly to Tientsin? (faults inc. water damage) with two red chops on front and franked with 1c coiling dragon (2 on front, 1 on back) all tied by black rectangular chops, NEWCHWANG & PEKING ds's on back. £240
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CHINA - 1909-20s MOSTLY STATIONERY GROUP OF MAIL - inc. 1909/21 PPCs to France franked with 4c on 10c carmine French colonial adhesives (2); Manchukuo 2f green PC (2, 1 uprated with 1f stamp); 1897/1923 1c/4c rose PCs, unused; 1928? env. to Ireland franked with 1c Dr Sun adhesives (14 on front, 11 on back) tied with Perland? Beach cds's & TIENTSIN cds on back; 1935 PC to Japan with Manchukuo 8f yellow. (9) Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY, FRANCE, IRELAND, JAPAN £150
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CHINA - c1910 RED BAND ENV. FROM URGA, MONGOLIA - possibly to Peking? with four red chops on front & franked on the back with 2c & 4c coiling dragon tied by cds's & two other red chops across the flaps. Attractive & scarce. Cross Reference: MONGOLIA £400
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CHINA - 1912-30s GROUP OF COVERS - 1912 registered env. (opened flat) franked with 3c coiling dragon with red ROC ovpt (3 on front, 4 on back) tied by NEWCHWANG cds's with purple CHANGCHUN/IJPO alongside & handstamped Reg mark below with London (2) ds's on back; two envs. to US franked with 10c or $10 + 20c (censored) adhesives; 1920/39 envs. (both with faults) to GB franked with 5c junk (2) or 5c (2) + 15c Dr Sun. (5) Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL £180
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CHINA - 1926 LARGE OFFICIAL REGISTERED ENV. FROM CANTON - large env. (faults inc. edge tears & larger tear to front) franked on the back with 1c yellow & 3c blue-green (7) junk issue tied by CANTON cds's & red Canton reg label above, "REGISTERED/G.P.O. HONG KONG" cds on front. Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL £300
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CHINA - 1930s GROUP OF FOUR COVERS INC. OFFICIALLY SEALED ENV. - '24' dated env. franked with 1c yellow (2) & 10c green (4) Dr Sun adhesives on back; 1929 censored env. apparently to Russia franked with 10c blue junk on front with VLADIVOSTOK cds on back; 1936? env. franked with 1c yellow (2) & 3c on 4c grey (4) junk adhesives on back; 1939? env. with 5f blue adhesive plus green "OFFICIALLY SEALED" labels (2 + another fragment). (4) Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, RUSSIA £200
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CHINA - MANCHUKUO - 1936 regd env. (tear & small loss) franked with block of eight 1932 3f chestnut tied to back with reg label above. 1938 official PC 1½f bluish-black, used. Also 1941 20yuan shopping voucher with 5f revenue stamp. (4 items) Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAL STATIONERY £75
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CHINA - RUSSIAN POST OFFICES - 1920 3c ON 3k CARMINE-RED, SPECTACULAR MINT PANE OF 100: Four interpanneau blocks of 25 with bottom selvedge. 87 stamps umm. Some perf strengthening and slight splitting as might be expected but a scarce and attractive survivor. SG 60 cat £3,200 as singles. Cross Reference: RUSSIA £600
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CHINA - RUSSIAN POST OFFICES - 1920 2c ON 2k GREEN, MINT PANE OF 100: Four interpanneau blocks of 25 with bottom selvedge, sadly top right pane is separate as are 2 units from top left pane. 92 stamps appear umm. Some perf strengthening and splitting as might be expected but still a scarce and attractive survivor. SG 59 cat £3,200 as singles. Plus 1910-16 1r complete sheet of 50 umm SG 37 and 1917 35c on 35k & 70c on 70k both in part sheets of 50 SG 52 & 54 (4 items) Cross Reference: RUSSIA £600
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COLOMBIA - GROUP of Hagner sheets, album leaves & stock pages with the early to middle period, mint & used collection incl. Colombian States and a variety of interesting cancellations in evidence. (Few 100s) Cross Reference: ARGENTINA, EL SALVADOR £120
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COLOMBIA - COLUMBIA/USA COMBINATION FRANKING; 5 May 1927 env. (defective at left) to Columbia franked USA 2c + 10c airmail in combination with Columbia 30c + 4c all tied by Hammond (Ind.) duplexes and with NY and Barranquilla cds on front and "MISSENT" hs.. applied at Let and Yugoslavia 1921 unaddressed philatelic cover franked 5p to 1d set all affixed on matched commemorative labels and tied by oval violet cancels (2 covers) Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MISSENT MAIL, COMBINATION COVERS, YUGOSLAVIA £50
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COOK ISLANDS - QV-KGV MISCELLANY OF POSTAL STATIONERY, PPCS, ETC. inc. 1892 unused 1d blue large-format P. Stat. card, 1894 1d unused P. Stat. cards (3) plus two used examples to the U.K. & Germany (former uprated with Makea 1½d adhesive), 10 various PPCs inc. 1907 used to N.Z., 1912 used to the U.S.A. & 1923 used to N.Z. plus a photograph of Lord Ranforley (Governor of New Zealand) accepting the Cook Islands from Makea Takau in October 1900. (17) £120
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COOK ISLANDS - MISCELLANY inc. 1892 1d black mint block of 12 (some faults), locally addressed part cover bearing Makea 1½d, 2½d, 5d & 10d, 1912 env. bearing Makea 1d to Gloucestershire, Niue 1925-27 2½d black & blue imperforate plate proof pair plus a vertical imperforate pair of the 4d in brown & black, etc. (Small qty.) £120
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COOK ISLANDS - MISCELLANY OF EARLIER ISSUES on cards. Virtually all mint/unused inc. First Issue 1d, 1½d & 2½d assorted Makea (29) & Torea (12) issues, Aitutaki, Niue (inc. Cook 1d and Palm Tree 3d imperf. plate proof pairs) & Penrhyn Island, etc. Fair to fine. (Small qty.) £75
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COOK ISLANDS - 1892 FIRST ISSUE SELECTION inc. the set of 4 on white paper mint (1½d with fault), the set of 4 on toned paper mint (small faults & the 10d has no gum), 2½d toned paper mint block of 4 (rough perfs. at left), 1d blue unused P. Stationery card plus 10d used on 1901 Registered env. to Germany (SG £650 on cover). A useful group. (11 items) £100
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COOK ISLANDS - 1893 MAKEA ISSUE. A selection of proofs with the die proofs of the 1d, 1½d, 2½d & 10d in grey-black on white wove paper, a progressive imperforate proof in pale brown with added rectangular frame around plus 5 imperforate plate proof pairs in issued colours of the 1d, 1½d, 2½d, 5d & 10d values. Good lot. (10 items) Cross Reference: ESSAYS & PROOFS £200
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COOK ISLANDS - 1893- 1919 RANGE OF MAKEA & TOREA types inc. 1899 ½d on 1d mint/unused (5), 1896 perf. 11 1d blue mint block of 18 (6 x 3), ½d to 1/- cancelled by 2 diagonal bars across SE corner (intended for use in Presentation Sets) plus an 1895 front bearing Makea 1d (3) & 2½d plus First Issue 1d Registered to London. Fair to Fine. (Small qty.) £100
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COOK ISLANDS - 1893 MAKEA ISSUE perf 12 x 11½. Mint group with 1d brown block of 12 from the lower right-hand corner of the sheet (6 x 2), 1½d mauve block of 4, 1½d pale mauve single, 2½d rose-pink, 2½d rose carmine, 5d & 10d, Small faults but generally very fresh. (7 items) £100
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COOK ISLANDS - 1894-1919 GROUP OF MAIL TO A VARIETY OF CHIEFLY OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS inc. 1894 1d blue P. Stationery card uprated with 1½d Makea to Germany, 1896 env. to N.Z. bearing Makea 1d, 2½d & 5d values plus Cook Islands purple Registration handstamp, 1903 to India bearing Torea ½d blue x 2, 1916 env. registered to the U.S.A. bearing Makea 10d, etc. Cover faults but a useful lot. (7) £120
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COOK ISLANDS - 1894-1922 MAKEA COVERS/POSTAL STATIONERY CARDS comprising 1894 (May) env. to Wellington bearing 1d blue strip of 4 plus a single example tied by "RAROTONGA" c.d.s. cancellations, 1894 1d Postal Stationery Card uprated with 1½d adhesive to Germany, 1896 1d Postal Stationery Card to Sydney and 1922 env. to London bearing 1d x2. (4) £120
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COOK ISLANDS - 1894 ENVELOPE opened at right as well as top, registered to the U.S.A. bearing Makea 1d & 10d values tied by "RAROTONGA" c.d.s. of 11th September. Some light foxing but an attractive & desirable item. £75
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COOK ISLANDS - 1895 - 1914 GROUP OF MAIL TO OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS with 1895 to Australia bearing Makea 1d & 1½d, 1895 to the same addressee bearing 5d Makea, c1903 to N.Z. endorsed "Consignees Letter" bearing 1d Makea tied by boxed "PACKET BOAT" handstamp, 1914 O.H.M.S. env. bearing Makea 1d & 1½d to Germany, etc. Mixed condition. (8) £120
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COOK ISLANDS - 1896-1900 1d &1½d multiples with perf.11 1d blue block of 53 being the left-hand pane of 60 less the top row & the first stamp from the 2nd row plus perf. 11 1½d block of 56 being the majority of the lower right-hand pane with No. 253086 in sheet margin. Small faults. S.G. £800+ £100
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COOK ISLANDS - 1896-1900 1½d deep lilac mint marginal block of 36 (6 x 6) from the lower right-hand of the sheet & with interpanneau margin at left. Small faults but a most attractive item. S.G. £648+. £150
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COOK ISLANDS - 1896-1900 MAKEA & TOREA ISSUES. Perf 11 mint/unused group inc. 1½d mauve block of 16, 1½d lilac block of 4, 2½d block of 4, 6d blocks of 4 in purple & bright purple (inc. one with "POSTAGE" error) 5d & 10d blocks of 4, 1/- singles (3) plus 1899-1900 1d brown blocks of 4 (2). The odd fault but on the whole very fresh. (Small qty.) £150
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COOK ISLANDS - 1899 ½d on 1d blue marginal block (6 x 5) of 30 from the bottom of the sheet. Small faults but scarce thus. S.G. £960+. £200
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COOK ISLANDS - 1901-02 mint/used range inc. 1d with Crown overprint (2, no gum), 1902 no watermark ½d blocks of 4 on Cowan & Pirie papers, 1902 wmk. NZ & Star range inc. 2½d, 5d & 6d blocks of 4 and 1/-singles (2). Fair to fine. (Small qty.) £100
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COOK ISLANDS - 1902 TOREA ISSUE. The mint selection of multiples inc. 2d, 6d & 1/- corner blocks of 4 plus 1/- vertical pair (7 items) £120
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COOK ISLANDS - 1908-20 ATTRACTIVE PAIR OF REGISTERED COVERS to New York & Sweden. The former bears Torea 1/- & large blue/white Registration label with purple "Rarotonga", the latter bears Torea ½d green, Makea 1d red & KGV 3d brown plus large blue/white Registration label with blue diagonal "RAROTONGA" (2) £100
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COOK ISLANDS - 1913-19 ½d green right-hand pane of 60 showing white line through beak, volcano smoke & line through bird varieties plus 2d brown lower right-hand pane of 30. Small faults. S.G. £800+. £150
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COOK ISLANDS - 1913-19 MAKEA & TOREA ISSUE. The selection inc. ½d mint blocks of 4 and 9, 1d mint block of 12 plus single with "feather in hair" variety, 1½d mint block of 4 plus two covers to N.Z. & the U.S.A. bearing 1d and 1½d values respectively and a mint block of 4 of the 10d green. Mostly good to fine. (Small qty.) £100
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COOK ISLANDS - 1919 KGV Head issue. Mint range inc. basic set to 1/-, perf. 14 x 14½ 2½d to 1/-, blocks of 4 of each of the 2½d, 3d, 4d, 4½d, 6d, 9d & 1/- comprising two examples of both perforation types (S.G. £400), 4d block of 4 showing re-entry, 7½d block of 4 with misaligned perfs., etc. (66) £120
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COOK ISLANDS - 1920-31 PICTORIAL ISSUE STUDY on Exhibition leaves inc. 1920 1d to 1/- in imperforate plate proof pairs in issued colours, a proof in black of the vignette only of the 3d value, a marginal block of 6 showing "jumped" perforations horizontally & vertically of the 1920 ½d value, 1924-27 2½d imperforate plate proof pair of the final design as issued for Niue, 3 plate proofs of the 4d Harbour & Mount Ikurangi, being the vignette, the frame and the final design for the Niue issue (albeit not in issued colours), sundry blocks, varieties, covers, etc. (Qty.) Cross Reference: ESSAYS & PROOFS £240
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COOK ISLANDS - 1920-60 Mainly mint collection on leaves inc. 1920 Pictorial set, 1931 2/6d to £1 Postal Fiscals of N.Z. overprinted "RAROTONGA" plus 2/6d on "Wilson" cover (May 1932), 1932 & 1933 Pictorials, N.Z. Admiral 2/- (2) & 3/- opt. "RAROTONGA" & the two values opt. "COOK ISLANDS", Plate proofs of the frame & the central vignette of the KGVI 1/-, 2/- & 3/- values in vertical pairs, 1949-61 Defins. to 3/- in imprint blocks of 4, etc. (Qty.) £180
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COOK ISLANDS - 1920-32 PROOF SELECTION with 1920 6d & 1/- blocks of 4, 1924 2½d vignette only in block of 4, 1932 vignette in block of 4, Aitutaki 1920 ½d strip of 4 plus Penryhn Island 1920 1½d strip of 3 & 1/- in a marginal block of 4 (7 items) Cross Reference: ESSAYS & PROOFS £150
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COOK ISLANDS - 1921-52 COVER SELECTION inc. c1921 "Wilson" envelope bearing KGV "RAROTONGA/ONO PENE" on 6d & with large blue/white Registration label with purple diagonal "RAROTONGA" rubber handstamp, 1921 (Sept.) env. registered to the U.S.A. bearing N.Z. KGV 1½d, 2d & 3d surface-printed adhesives overprinted "RAROTONGA", 1940 envs. (2) ex Mitiaro to New South Wales bearing Captain Cook 1d & either a Niue or a New Zealand ½d adhesive plus 1952 inward cover from the U.K. to Nassau Island with red crayon "No Post Office" hence making the item undeliverable, etc. (8) £120
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COOK ISLANDS - 1924-27 HARBOUR & MOUNT IKURANGI: 4d red-brown and black imperforate colour trial block of 12, being the bottom two rows of a sheet printed on ungummed unwatermarked paper. Lovely item. £120
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COOK ISLANDS - 1928-66 COVER SELECTION inc. 1928 env. registered to the U.S.A. bearing 2½d & 4d 1924 pictorials, 1928 env. registered to Austria bearing 1920 6d pictorial. 1931/32 envs. (2) to Colorado bearing 1½d Captain Cook block of 4 and Niue 2d on 1½d Captain Cook block of 4 respectively, 1941 (Oct 5th) env. bearing KGVI Coronation 2½d addressed to Canada with resealing label stating "Found damaged, torn or open and officially repaired", 1966 illustrated env. produced by Polynesian Airlines commemorating the proposed experimental flight via Penrhyn Island & Tahiti signed by the crew, etc. (20) £180
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COOK ISLANDS - CANCELLATIONS: Group of middle period mail with a variety of cancellations inc. Atiu on censored 1941 env. to the U.S.A., Danger Island on 1949 env. registered to the U.K., Mangaia Manihiki Mauke & Rakahanga. A good range of frankings and destinations. (11) £75
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COOK ISLANDS - STARBUCK ISLAND: 1930 (22 Sept.) env. ex Auckland to a Mr. R. M. Vaughan c/o Starbuck Island P.O. "near Penrhyn Island Oceania" & bearing N.Z. 1d red & with m/s "No communication with Starbuck Is. believed uninhabited" in red ink. Unusual. £75
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COOK ISLANDS - EPHEMERA: The selection of early items inc. 1900 (9 Oct) bilingual proclamation published in the Cook Islands Gazette regarding the annexation of the islands by New Zealand, a group of prints (15) from photographs taken by R. J. Seddon during his visit of that year, a Western Pacific High Commission printed proclamation regarding the "British Protectorate over Nieue, or Savage Island" (1900 - E. J. March, Govt. Printer - Suva), 1879 40-page pamphlet entitled "E Ture No Rarotonga Nei" (printed by the Mission Press) with m/s "Col. W. E. Gudgeon" on frontispiece, various pages from Cook Island Gazettes, etc. (Small qty.) £150
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COOK ISLANDS - AITUTAKI - 1903-20 RANGES ON LEAVES inc. 1903 set to 1/- mint/unused plus a set to 1/- cancelled with two diagonal bars in SE corner (intended for use in presentation sets), KEVII ½d to 1/- mint, KGV Heads selection inc. the 2½d, 3d, 6d & 1/- vertical mint pairs with mixed perforations, 1919 3d chocolate marginal mint block of 6 with 2 stamps showing sliced "Top of Aitutaki" on rows 1/3 & 1/4, 1920 Pictorials, etc. Mostly fine. (Approx. 90) £150
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COOK ISLANDS - PENRHYN - COLLECTION on leaves inc. 1902 2½d mint/unused (7 inc. minor varieties), 1903 3d (3), 6d (3) & 1/- (2) mint, a set of six values all with 2 or 3 diagonal bars in the SE corner (intended for use in presentation sets), 1914 ½d strip of 3 with "No stop" after "ISLAND" in centre stamp, ½d block of 6 with "No stop" after "½ PENI" on lower right-hand stamp, 6d & 1/- mint singles, KGV Heads to 1/- (2) mint, etc. Mainly good to fine. (100+) £120
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COOK ISLANDS - PENRHYN - 1902 PERF. 14 1d RED MINT/UNUSED STUDY on leaves inc. the opt. block of 9 incorporating "No stop" variety, a pair with a further example of same, a block of 4 with break in "P" variety, marginal block of 10 showing "NEW" of watermark in margin, etc. A few faults. (42) £75
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