Austria 1910 80th Birthday Francis Joseph I set of 17. SG 223-39. Cat £1500. FU.
Public Stamp Auction #35
By: Mowbray Collectables
Mowbray Collectables Public Stamp Auction #35
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.
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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).
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RESERVE is 70% of estimate, and bids below this are not accepted. as this is the reserve on all lots.
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Sale Terms
Lot #1095 - foreign
Austria 1948 local stamps, 3 covers each franked with plain stamps, perf inscribed "POSTGEBUHR BAR BEZAHIT TAXE PERCUE BARNASCHWEISUNG". Franking 5 x 5gr, 10gr & 40gr. All canc GRAZ - ST PETER 11-1-48 & 2 h/s DRUCHPACHE. Unlisted Netto & Michel, not found on internet.
Lot #1096 - foreign
Austria 1950 3s, 5s, 10s, 20s Birds. SG 1218-21. Cat £400. FU.
Lot #1097 - foreign
Bremen 1856-67: 5gr (1856) black on rose, Type B mng; 5sgr (1859) green, used; 3gr (1864) black on blue, vert laid paper, mint creased & small pinhole (£1000); 1867 5gr black on rose, Type A, mint (4v). SG 3a, 5, 11, 20. Cat £1925.
Lot #1098 - foreign
China (& India) 1902, 1924 2 covers to/from SVEN HEDIN expdns: (1) 1902 regd cover from Sweden to Hedin, arrived SHRINAGAR 23 JU 02. This 1899-1902 expdn from Tibet to Calcutta produced 8 vol report with new information on Tibet; (2) 1924 Sino-Swedish Sinkiang Expdn cover from N.AMBOLF (expdn cartographer) franked 1c & 5c Junks, Sinkiang ovpt. Provisional Chinese regn label on reverse. The 1923 China NW scientific stamps were...
Lot #1099 - foreign
Czechoslovakia 1918-20, 1945. 1918 Lion 20h (SG 2) on cover, Military mail 1919 Czech army at Irkutsk set of 6 mint, plus 5 x 1r proofs & 1920 ovpts 2k to 1r set of 9, essay of unissued Czech stamps, late usage of Russian stamps on 1919 Czech postcard etc, 1945 2 covers with Bohemia & Morovia stamps ovpt "CSR USA" etc, 15 Czech legion stamps, 4 diff 1945 Olomouc revolutionary stamps, 2 other stamps, 1 other cover.
Lot #1100 - foreign
Czechoslovakia 1938-39 interesting postal history group, relating to disputed territories: 1) cover franked 8h Hindenberg h/s 'TESCHEN DOETSCHI'; 2) Airmail cover from Germany to Prague 4.X.38 with 2k Czech postage due stamp with Karlsbod swastika ovpt (Michel 38), very scarce; 3) "WIRFIND FREI" ovpts on Czech stamps; 4) Czech stamp on piece & Czech stamp on regd cover, both canc XYCT-CHUST (in Ukraine) 21.1.39 & 15.3.39 respectively...
Lot #1101 - foreign
France 1852 40c red-orange Ceres imperf vert pair, full margins except at right on small mourning cover to England, grid cancel & central Paris 16 OCT 52 cds pmk. Cat Maury/Spink €1850 (for pair on cover).
Lot #1102 - foreign
France-German Occupation 1940. Dunkirk: very clean front franked 30c Mercury + 70c Languedoc (SG 657) ovpt BESETZTES GEBIET NORDFRANKREICH & canc Dunkerque Nord 17.7.40 (correct usage). 2 expertisement marks. Michel, Spink, Ceres etc list the 30c Mercury & various other stamps with this ovpt but not the 70c Languedoc (issued Dec 1939). The highest cat price for ovpt stamp (MUH) is €6000 Michel, €3500 (Spink - Maury).
Lot #1103 - foreign
German Occupation of Libau, Latvia 1919 set of 6, 2nd type ovpt, 2½pf to 50pf, excl 20pf (fake), 5pf mint. Others correctly canc FPO 168. Used on piece (excl 20pf & 20pf). Ovpts in violet blue. Additional 50pf ovpt in red. 2½pf, 5pf, & 50pf red with expertisement marks on back. 50pf violet & blue Schlegel cert (2011). Michel 1Ba-6Ba (excl 4Ba), 6Bb. Cat €3000.
Lot #1104 - foreign
Germany & States: c1851-1865 Baden 13v (£1774); Bavaria 18v (£840+); Brunswick 7v (£1795) & Hanover 10v (£9404) seln on 7 stockcards, GU/FU. A few with minor faults. Attractive seln of these early issues. SG cat £5300+.
Lot #1105 - foreign
Germany (incl Danzig & Saar), Austria 1904-1930s interesting & very varied colln. Germany: 1904 postcard from King Edward VII's visit to Kiel, 5 Feldpost covers WWI, (1 from air squadron), Australia to Germany "Return to Sender" cover posted pre-war (June 14) but then censored & returned May 1915, postcard of Gallipoli landings - Turkish propaganda; 7 other unusual WWI postcards, various occupation & Plebiscite issues,...
Lot #1106 - foreign
Germany 1940s interesting & varied WWII & aftermath colln. 12 photos of German troops, occupation sets of Laibach & Channel Isl incl cover franked with Jersey 1d & 5 Reich stamps canc 08.4.44 & other FPOs, photos etc. Many local issues from 1944-45 & post 1945 period, many better & mostly with expertisement marks. Noted Naumburg 6pf on 3pf & 12pf red on 1M MUH (Michel I, II, cat €900); Wittenberg 5pf fee...
Lot #1107 - foreign
German 1940s WWII Propaganda Stamps: GB Coronation stamp with Stalin; Italian Hitler & Mussolini stamps with changed expressions; German Charity Relief setenant pair; General Witzelben stamp, 3 x Himmler stamps. MUH, unused no gum etc. Michel 2, 29, 30, 31ac. Cat €1200+.
Lot #1108 - foreign
Germany 1942-44 Fieldpost, high quality group. Luftfeldpost ovpt INSELN in red, perf, used with cert (Michel 1A), Rhodes Dec 1944 type I used (expertisation mark), U-boat Hela mint, expertised; Ruhrkessel MUH, expertised; Konigsberg FPO L34 5 diff propaganda (Michel 1 etc); Denmark set of 3 MUH, expertised. Also 2 x green Feldpost stamps bisected on cover, incorrect use, philatelic. German Party official stamps ovpt for mobile troops in...
Lot #1109 - foreign
German Occupation France & Italy 1943-44 St Nazaire front Atlantique pair, no gum as issued. Zara Michel 20 (I-IV), 31. Cat €940. All with expertisement marks.
Lot #1110 - foreign
Germany c1945 East, West, Allied Occupations - 6 diff envelopes mostly MUH & FU sets etc, some dupn & each item cat in Euros, on stockcards. Michel €6275+.
Lot #1111 - foreign
Germany c1945 West Berlin & Soviet Zone + Airmails MUH & FU - some dupn, & includes setenant varieties etc, all presented and cat in Euros on stockcard. Vendor STC €2575.
Lot #1112 - foreign
Germany c1945 Allied Occupation Zones blocks of 4, setenant pairs - specialised colln of papers/gums etc, annotated as per Michel, with various net & line ovpt varieties also various AM Post plate numbers. Mostly MUH, but a few are mint & used. Michel cat €3600+.
Lot #1113 - foreign
Germany: Oldenswort 1945 6pf x 2 on piece, canc Oldenswort 23.1.46. Michel does not list but Hanns Zierar cert (1991) states is "genuine & impecably preserved". "genuine cancellations" and were "proven as bill of lading on letters used" & "At most ten such examined".
Lot #1114 - foreign
Germany: Grossraschen 1945 local posts, strong group, mostly expertised. 5 mint, 3 used, 3 used on piece, 2 covers incl Michel v21 on cover. Example of v26 (12pf red on 10¼) with red 15 deleted. Also 15pf red on 8¾ - unlisted value. Michel v2, v5, v11, v21,(3), v25-26(4) etc. Cat € 3500.
Lot #1115 - foreign
Germany 1946-90s colln with fascinating propaganda material: 1950s: fakes of 2 DDR defin stamps with altered inscriptions (Michel 4, 10, cat €700), 1 with cert, 1 expertised. FDR to DDR mail covers: 2 1949 letters from West Berlin with typed note attached explaining rejection because of Berlin tax stamp; 8 examples of blacked out stamps - 1950s to 90s - because of unacceptable design; 1950s Berlin to Hannover letter with address part cut out...
Lot #1116 - foreign
German States, Local Posts & Heligoland 1860s-80s. 63 Local Post stamps (1887-88) cat Michel (1999) c€750+, + group of Heligoland - mainly reprints but incl 4 genuine used (SG cat c£150). Mint & used.
Lot #1117 - foreign
Germany-West Berlin 1949-58 small colln with better, eg: 1948 50pf black ovpt FU, 1949 Buildings to 3DM FU; UPU 16-50pf FU; Goethe set FU; 1950 Philharmonic FU; 1951 Stamp Day FU; 1952 Famous Berliners FU; 1958 3DM FU. Also 1949 UPU 12, 16 & 24pf MUH. SG cat £1000+.
Lot #1118 - foreign
Indonesia 1948 2½g, 10g, 25g Indonesia ovpts on Netherland Indies stamps. SG 538-40. Cat £465. MUH.
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