Stamp Auctions

We welcome you to our large and exciting Fall Public Auction for 2019

Great Britain includes a mint 4d carmine Q Victoria on bluish, wmkd Small Garter, while the Officials section has a 10d K Edward VII “O.W. Official” of which only 134 were sold! Cyprus has a nice G.B. used in Larnaca – one of 3 known. Egypt has a full set of the Port Fouad overprints and the 1932 U.P.U. set. 

Australia features five £2 Kangaroos and quite a few Postage Due rarities. Cook Islands has the very rare 1d imperf between. We have a few “G.R.I.” occupation issues of note. There is a nice, big, New Zealand section and some rare Penrhyn Island items.

Basutoland has a rare key Official (signed T. Allen!). Cameroons has a nice “C.E.F.” used set and a 2/- on 2M with the inverted “s” variety. Cape of Good Hope has a 4d wood-block with the re-touched corner, a Mafeking 3d mint of which few exist. Gold Coast weighs in with at Q Victoria 20/- used (!) and a used K George V £2. We offer 40 large Madagascar Consular Mail stamps – some are ex-Joseph Oster. Mauritius has big section of Express Mail varieties. New Republic has quite a few rare varieties on offer. There are Sierra Leone Elephants to the £5, strong Togo and lots of Zanzibar varieties.

Canada has a nice #1 used with a bottom sheet-margin, a 1¢ Large Queen on laid paper, superb examples of the $3 and $4 Jubilees plus 50¢ K Edward VII. Falklands has a 5/- yellow-orange Penguin that is never hinged!

Barbados shows a rare mint 1/-violet (aniline) Q Victoria and an unsevered pair of the 1d on half of a 5/- 

Hong Kong has a $10 K Edward VII used.

P.S. if you do not find all you are looking for (! ? !) here, we encourage you to visit our web site (www.ColonialStamps.com) as we have put up some more of our retail stock.  There is sure to be something of interest, plus “want lists” are always welcome for us to fill from our 50 volumes of stock – mint and used, by Scott and Stanley Gibbons, and all available as “singles”.

Heinrich Koehler invites visitors to the traditional international autumn auction, whose program fits seamlessly into the series of top auctions this year.
Five special catalogues document unique collections, from Germany via the Caucasus to the Danish West Indies. In addition, an impressive main catalogue offers various special sections as well as an incredible range of attractive philatelic and postal history material from Europe and the whole world.

Wednesday, 25 September 2019 
from 9.00 a.m. Lot 6001 - 6205

Special Catalogue: Danish West Indies 1768-1917 – The "Høgensborg" Collection (part II)

from 11.00 a.m. Lot 6501 - 6876
Special Catalogue: Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan,Batum, Georgia, Transcaucasia) – The Hans-Günther Grigoleit MD Collection

from 2.00 p.m. Lot 753 - 1423
Single Lots: Germany after 1945: Local issues after 1945, Allied Forces issues, Soviet Occupation Zone, German Democratic Republic, Berlin, Bizone, Federal Republik of Germany, including the „George Marshall“ Collection (part III)

Welcome to our 35th public stamp auction, comprising 1141 lots with estimates of over NZ$1.5 million of There’s a fantastic range of material on offer including outstanding items from several major collections.

• Exceptional New Zealand postmarks.

• New Zealand SG 1.

• 1906 1d claret Christchurch Exhibition x 3 on cover.

• 1906 1d claret Christchurch Exhibition, unused.

• 1906 1d claret Christchurch Exhibition, MUH.

• 250 collections, all world, including about 70 New Zealand.

• Extensive lots of Full Face Queens, about 1,000 in total!

• Good range of early New Zealand to GV.

• Over 200 Red & Blue Boy Healths.

• Three Reefton provisionals.

• Strong NZ Life Insurance section.

• NZ Beer Duties including 26/6d.

• Australian States, Ceylon, ex John Lovis.

• Strong Great Britain.

• Fascinating Europe incl Spain and Germany.

• Overall the property of 175 vendors.

DOWNLOAD A PDF of the catalogue here https://www.mowbrays.co.nz/files/2be3eb70-ed5e-47d5-b562-af925d3c2ee0.pdf

RECEIPT OF BIDS - Last time for receiving bids is 10am NZ time (GMT + 12) Saturday 21st September.

BUYER’S PREMIUM of 17% (plus GST on buyers premium for NZ buyers) will be added to the hammer price of each lot. (All buyers please note: no GST will be added to the hammer price of lots).

PHOTOCOPIES/SCANS OF LOTS are available on request (within reason).

CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS will incur at surcharge of 2% for Visa/Mastercard, and 3% for American Express/Diners.

RESERVE is 70% of estimate, and bids below this are not accepted. as this is the reserve on all lots. 

UNCONDITIONAL GUARANTEE - every lot is guaranteed to match the description & be genuinely as described.  Any lots found not to match our description may be returned within seven days for credit or refund.

CONDITIONS OF SALE – please view here https://www.mowbrays.co.nz/mowbray-international/conditions.html#Habdghjkmno_1

For any queries please email us [email protected]

A good selection prepared by Rafael of stamps and varieties of all periods, with interesting material for every level of collector at very low starts!