3121

Sale number: 28

New Zealand: Covers 1873 to 1938: Registered Mail, 1873 to 1991, a selection in a binder, with a good range of cancellations, handstruck markings and labels, incl. 1873 Nelson to London franked Chalon 6d., 1s., 1883 Auckland cover compulsorily registered due to contents of coins, 1892 Christchurch to New York franked 1867 Stamp Duty 2s., 1894 Blenheim to London franked Sideface 5d. with Newspaper 1/2d., 1905 Marton to Java, 1911 and 1912 O.H.M.S. envelopes privately used from Wellington , the first with 1d. Universal (5), some T.P.O. markings incl. Invercargill on reverse of 1905 (Mar. 234) Wyndham to Hoabrt, 1938 Tin Can Mail cover registered from Auckland, etc. poor to fine. (66 items)

Price Realised £680

3122

Sale number: 28

New Zealand: Covers 1873 to 1938: Maori Wars, 1873 (Apr. 23) envelope to Onehunga franked 1871 2d. orange tied by scarce ''5/OTAHUHU/A'' oval, backstamped at Onehunga, Otahuhu and Auckland, slight soiling. Holcombe Opinion (1992). Photo.

Price Realised £450

3123

Sale number: 28

New Zealand: Covers 1873 to 1938: Official Mail, 1891 to 1966, an interesting selection of covers, cards and labels, incl. 1904 O.P.S.O. Treasury Free envelope with Wellington Robertson machine cancellation, 1916 mourning envelope from Wellington to London with red Government House Official Paid cachet, 1925 overprint 4d. on long O.H.M.S. envelope registered from Auckland to Devonport, etc., poor to fine. (21 items)

Price Realised £80

3124

Sale number: 28

New Zealand: Covers 1873 to 1938: Military, 1900 to 1953, a range of covers and cards incl. 1900 Cape letter card to Wellington from a member of the 4th N.Z. Regt. at the Military Post Office in Mafeking, 1913 O.H.M.S. Military Training postcard used from Wanganui, W.W. I with 1914 Troopship 12 and Hospital Ship ''Marama'' cards, 1915 letter card with three line ''KILLED/RETURN TO/SENDER'', Sling Camp (2), 1935 4d. on 6d. registered envelope from Featherston Military Camp, P.O.W. mail, censor marks, troopship p.p.c.'s, etc., poor to fine. (60 items)

Price Realised £230

3125

Sale number: 28

New Zealand: Covers 1873 to 1938: Patriotic Envelopes, ''NEW ZEALAND TO THE FRONT'' illustrated envelope, three examples used 1900 from New Plymouth, Wellington and Woodville, two at 2d. rate the other to Scotland at 21/2d., some creasing and other cover faults but scarce. Photo.

Price Realised £520

3126

Sale number: 28

New Zealand: Covers 1873 to 1938: One Penny Universal frankings, 1901 to 1909, various printings, an extensive range of covers and cards variously addressed and with a good range of datestamps incl. T.P.O.'s, with 1901 printed Universal Penny Postage envelope used first day Wellington to London, 2d., 3d. and 4d. frankings incl. pair cancelled by Barr Fyke machine on 1906 cover from Wellington and block of four 1905 registered cover from Te Kuiti, both to Hobart, poor to fine. (113)

Price Realised £190

3127

Sale number: 28

New Zealand: Covers 1873 to 1938: Postcards, 1901 to 1912, a mainly used selection incl. 1902 Christchurch Weekly Press card to England, 1906 Oamaru to Dunedin underpaid by 1/2d. Mt. Cook with 1d. due marking and adhesive, 1906 ''PROTECTED'' card illustrating contemporary stamps, a scarce used example to Wales (these having been banned before issue), etc. with some scarcer markings and cancellations, poor to fine. (45)

Price Realised £160

3128

Sale number: 28

New Zealand: Covers 1873 to 1938: Maritime, A selection in a binder from 1901 onward, mainly, p.p.c.'s of ships unused and used incl real photographic. and Tuck Empire cards, also 1904 R.M.S. ''Sierra'' datestamp on card to England with 1d. Universal cancelled double framed ''PACKET-BOAT'', 1906 Loose Ship Letter cachet, R.M.S. ''Tahiti'' Marine P.O. cancellations (3), etc. (47 items)

Price Realised £170

3129

Sale number: 28

New Zealand: Covers 1873 to 1938: Maritime: 1905 postcard to U.K. franked with 1d. Universal cancelled by fine strike of ''N Z MARINE/P O RMS SIERRA'' in blue, fine. Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD

3130

Sale number: 28

New Zealand: Covers 1873 to 1938: Anglo-Boer War New Zealand Contingent, 1901 (June 27) stampless O.A.S. envelope to Otago endorsed ''on Active Service in South Africa'' with F.P.O. 23 (Leeuwfontein) c.d.s., trooper's endorsement, transit and arrival backstamps. Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD

3131

Sale number: 28

New Zealand: Covers 1873 to 1938: Illustrated Envelopes, 1903 (May 16) envelope from Pahiatua to Masterton, franked 1d. Universal (S.G. 303), hand illustrated in pen and ink with a young man resting on a rock next to his bicycle whilst contemplating a trunk bearing the addressee's name. Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD

3132

Sale number: 28

New Zealand: Covers 1873 to 1938: Exhibitions, 1906-07 Christchurch, five items incl. two Exhibition letter cards used, 1d. tied by special cancellation to locally addressed exhibition envelope, 1925-26 Dunedin, four items incl. set on cover with special cancellations, 1d. on Exhibition letter card, poor to fine. (9)

Price Realised £190

3133

Sale number: 28

New Zealand: Covers 1873 to 1938: Exhibitions, 1907 (May 16) Christchurch Exhibition 3d. and 6d. tied by Rangiora c.d.s.'s to registered cover to England, backstamped Christchurch Registered octagon and oval London Registered transits, the address partially addressed, slight soiling, neverthelss scarce. Photo.

Price Realised £260

3134

Sale number: 28

New Zealand: Covers 1873 to 1938: Exhibitions, 1913 (Dec. 12) Auckland Exhibition 6d. pair tied by special cancellation to to cover registered to Wellington with handstamped registration label. Photo.

Price Realised £270

3135

Sale number: 28

New Zealand: Covers 1873 to 1938: World War I, Troopships, 1914-15, three p.p.c.'s to New Zealand and one envelope to Ireland, the cover (Oct. 22 1914) with oval cachet of Troopship 3 in blue, Hobart c.d.s. and ms. endorsement by a Trooper in the 4th Waikato Mounted Rifles, the cards with Troopship 12 oval in violet, Troopship 33 rectangular framed cachet in violet, and blue rectangular framed cachet of Troopship 36 (with violet censor) respectively, a few imperfections. (4 items)

Price Realised £130

3136

Sale number: 28

New Zealand: Covers 1873 to 1938: World War I, Gallipoli, 1915 p.p.c. to Auckland written on board a transport ship on Apr. 11 and with May 12 Mounted Brigade F.P.O. c.d.s., (July 5) improvised envelope to Sheffield with Aust. & N.Z. Army Corps H.Q. F.P.O. c.d.s., both with boxed red censor. (2 items) Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD

3137

Sale number: 28

New Zealand: Covers 1873 to 1938: World War I, Hospital Ships, 1916 (Feb. 25) and (July 27) two p.p.c.'s to England, both with double framed square ''ON ACTIVE SERVICE/N.Z. Hospial Ship/''MARAMA'''' cachet in red and black respectively, the first overstuck by A.P.O. c.d.s. and red straight line ''PASSED BY CENSOR'', the second with oval Ship Censor cachet and two line ''RECEIVED FROM H.M. SHIP/NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED''.

Price Realised £60

3138

Sale number: 28

New Zealand: Covers 1873 to 1938: Airmails, 1930 to 1954, a collection with a good range of internal and external first flight covers etc., incl. some pilot signed, variously franked incl. 1931 Health 1d.+1d. (2), 2d.+1d. (2), also 1936 Auckland to England with red framed ''A.R.'', 1938 Calpurnia (2) and 1954 Singapore (2) crashes, etc., mainly fair to fine. (80 items)

Price Realised £350

3139

Sale number: 28

New Zealand: Covers 1873 to 1938: Airmails: 1931 (Feb. 12) Hawke's Bay Earthquake flight cover, from Gisborne to Napier with violet straight l.ine ''EMERGENCY EARTHQUAKE AIR MAIL'' and signed by F/Lt. D.M. Allen. Photo.

Price Realised £110

3140

Sale number: 28

New Zealand: Covers 1873 to 1938: Airmails: 1931 (Nov. 9) Christmas Air Mail flight cover to Manchester, unusually franked by 1931 Smiling Boy set and 1s.3d. postal fiscal, cancelled Oamaru. Photo.

Price Realised £170

3141

Sale number: 28

New Zealand: Covers 1873 to 1938: 1938 ''Calpurnia'' crash cover form Manchester to Auckland, 1954 ''Constellation'' crash cover from Hastings, N.Z., to Yorkshire, both with cachets, also 1930 (July) first day of connection with Karachi-London Air service, flight cover from Timaru to Egypt, slight staining. (3 items)

Price Realised £40

3142

Sale number: 28

New Zealand: Covers 1873 to 1938: Postage Dues: Six incoming p.p.c.'s from Great Britain to Port Chalmer, Wellington (3) or Masterton (2) underfranked with 1/2d. or 1d. values and consequently charged, showing six different 1d. or 11/2d. circular charge marks and with four bearing 1d. due (one also with 1/2d.), fair to fine.

Price Realised £20

3143

Sale number: 28

New Zealand: Postal History and covers, the balance of a collection in three binders, incl. 1844 to England via Sydney with framed ''PAID AT/AUCKLAND'', Auckland (2), Port Victoria (weak) and Wellington crowned circles, 1861 Wellington to Petre with fine ''2'' due handstamp, good later ranges of cancellations and destinations with many Sideface frankings incl. combinations and multiples, other markings incl. T.P.O.'s, ''LOOSE LETTER'', 1893 cover from Helensville to London, unusually bearing G.B. 21/2d. with due markings, 1898 Temperance envelope, 1917 to member of the N.Z.E.F. marked ''DECEASED'', 1930 O.H.M.S. cover to Invercargill with ''OFFICIAL'' 1d. pair from booklet pane, some postal stationery, postage dues, maritime, censored, etc., poor to fine. (approx. 210 items)

Price Realised £3800