1930s-70 Colln in box. Incl souvenirs of Kingsford Smith flight Sydney to New Plymouth Jan 11 1933, with souvenir booklet, signed by Kingsford Smith & 4 others. Group from 1934 MacRoberts Air Race UK-Australia incl badge - Stapleton 438 (3), 440 (3), 444, 460a (4), mostly signed. Many other 1930s FFCs often signed, some later, Cygnus air crash cover. Also 1946 Manawatu Railway crash cover cds 19 AUG 46 h/s "Damaged through immersion...
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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Lot #884 - flight covers
Australia 1934 12 Jan: a gorgeous hand illustrated (in black & red ink) cover endorsed "Australia . . New Zealand / per aeroplane. / "Southern Cross." Cover features the Southern Cross plane & signatures of co-pilot PG Taylor & radio operator John Stannage to whom the cover is addressed (in NSW). 2d Australia GV cancelled Newtown 12 January & 15 January New Plymouth "C" class cds on 1d 1931 Red Boy Health upon arrival....
Lot #885 - flight covers
Burma 1954 Regd GVI 4½a postal stationery env, plus 2 x 9 pi defins to England bearing numerous "DAMAGED BY SEAWATER/COMET MAIL" red h/s together with 20 January 1954 dated (P135H) label regretting mail delay due to BOAC Comet crash off the island of Elba in the Mediterranean Sea.
Lot #886 - flight covers
Fiji 1939 20 October: Flying Boat "Aotearoa" FFCs x 4: Fiji-Auckland (x2); Fiji-Tonga & Tonga-Auckland. Stapleton 210g, 210i & 210j.
Lot #887 - flight covers
France 1969 Concorde FDC/FFC signed by the French crew: Andre Turcat, J Guignard, H Perrier & M Retif.
Lot #888 - flight covers
GB 1911 Coronation first UK Aerial Post, special cards, 2 sent London-Windsor (SEP 8 green & SEP 12 brown) & 1 sent Windsor-London (SEP 16 green).
Lot #889 - flight covers
GB 1938 15 March: 2 (Flying Officer Clouston & Victor Ricketts) air race covers to NZ & return, with Darwin & Sydney transit cancels, pair NZ GVI ½d green cancelled Blenheim 20 March 1938 "C" class cds & London 26 March 1938 arrival cds. Stapleton 183b.
Lot #890 - flight covers
Germany 1912-13 Pioneer flight stamps & covers: 1912 Regensburg Fliegertage 10p MH with AIEP cert. Also 1912 Margareten Flugpostmarke stamp pair mint, 1912 Darmstadt flugpostkarte & 1913 Deutsche-Englische Luftschiff (airship) Expedition New Guinea stamp mint. Michel 4a, 4b, 7 etc. Cat €2750+.
Lot #891 - flight covers
India 1924-41 group of balloon, rocket & pigeon mail covers & labels + 3 others. 3 x 1931 Pigeongram covers (each with message slip from Viceroy, (1 carried by Pigeon "Plonk"); 1935 Sikkim rocketgram with label, cancelled "despatched by HH the Maharajah"; 1938 boomerang rocket cover, 2 x 1938 flood relief rocketgram, 14 labels; also 1924 Everest Expdn cover with label & 2 FFCs.
Lot #892 - flight covers
NZ 1921 (31 JAN) Timaru AERIAL POST cover to Christchurch endorsed Per 1st Aero Post, bearing black & orange EXPRESS label & AERIAL POST h/s in black. A scarce flight cover coupled with Express Delivery service. Postage = 2d, Airmail service = 6d, Express service = 6d. Stapleton 27d, only 103 flown, most of which were not express flight covers.
Lot #893 - flight covers
NZ x 3 covers: 1) 1919 (16 Dec) Dargaville-Auckland, inscribed "By Air". 1½d GV brown tied by Dargaville 16 DE cdss, signed "G B Bolt" (pilot) (no b/s, addressed to Wellington). Roughly opened, some toning. Stapleton 4a, cat $1200. 2) 1920 (8 Mar) Dargaville-Auckland plain env, inscribed O.P.S.O., with "Seaplane Mail" cachet. Dargaville 8 Mar cds (no stamp). Addressed to Education Board, Auckland. No receiving cancel. Crumpled & torn....
Lot #894 - flight covers
NZ 1921 (7 Apr) Timaru-Christchurch env, inscribed & h/s "Aerial post". 2d GV Recess x 3 & 2d EVII tied by Timaru 7 Apr cds. (Note: this was last flight of Canterbury (NZ) Aviation Co Service started 31 Jan), Stapleton 27e. Cat $1500.
Lot #895 - flight covers
NZ 1921 (7 Apr) Timaru-Christchurch env, inscribed & h/s "Aerial Post". ½d Victory & 7½d GV tied by Timaru 6 AP 21 11.45pm cds's. (Note: this was last flight of Canterbury (NZ) Aviation Co Service started 31 Jan). Stapleton 27e. Cat $1500.
Lot #896 - flight covers
NZ 1921 (7 Apr) Timaru-Christchurch env, inscribed & h/s "Aerial Post". ½d Victory & 7½d GV tied by Timaru 6 Ap 21 11.45pm cds. (Note: this was last flight of Canterbury (NZ) Aviation Co Service started 31 Jan). Stapleton 27e. Cat $1500.
Lot #897 - flight covers
NZ 1930-31: 108 flight covers incl various NZ o/seas airmail acceptances (Stapleton cat $1,500+); Dominion Airways Stapleton 38a/b, 39b/f; 6 different Hawke's Bay Earthquake covers; 1 x 10 November & 4 x 11 November Air Mail stamped covers & various Christmas cacheted covers, in album. Cat $8500+.
Lot #898 - flight covers
NZ 1931-32: 113 (mostly) Christmas & first flight cacheted covers in album. Noted: 10 December 1931 Auckland-Gisborne, bearing 3d Air Mail + 2d Blue Boy; 24 December 1931 reg'd Blenheim-Oamaru, bearing 2 x 5d Air Mails - one with broken "E" feet eg: "FIVF PENCF" (R2/10); & 28 January 1932 Bulawayo (S.Rhodesia) jusqu'a air cover to NZ endorsed "By airmail / London-New Zealand" with two red bars applied to airmail label. Some variable...
Lot #899 - flight covers
NZ 1931: 9 November Highfield "J" class cds Air Mail set (+ 2d GV) on Christmas Air Mail cacheted cover to Liverpool, England, endorsed "Via Karachi-London / Air Mail Service". This is one of the few pre FDCs prepared by AFM Paterson (note: FDI 10 Nov). CP cat $2500.
Lot #900 - flight covers
NZ 1932: Pareora Bridge emergency 22 Feb Invercargill air pageant pilot signed flight cover; 19 Feb Edendale to Christchurch - TM Wilkes pilot signed & dated (21.2.32) cover (1 of only 10), also 19 Feb Invercargill to Christchurch - JL Findlay pilot signed cover. Stapleton 71b, 72a,b.
Lot #901 - flight covers
NZ 1932 30 June-15 July: overseas acceptances for air mails to Middle East and Africa. Stapleton 78 x 3; 79 x 15; 80 x 6. 24 FFCs, cat $4100.
Lot #902 - flight covers
NZ 1932: 96 inland first flight & Christmas cacheted flight covers in album. Stapleton cat approx $4,000.
Lot #903 - flight covers
NZ 1933 26 March: Kaitaia-Sydney "Waipapakauri Hotel" illustrated cover (1 of 30) together with accompanying letter on hotel letterhead by TM Wilkes. Cover endorsed "Carried across Tasman Sea by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith in "Southern Cross" March 1933." Most attractive. Stapleton 93a.
Lot #904 - flight covers
NZ 1933-36: Taihape-Hamilton (1 of 10-12) pilot SJ Blackmore signed 26 March FFC (Stapleton 92); Stapleton 90a/b, 94 x 2, 97c/d; 18 various Xmas cacheted covers; range of "Faith in Australia" FFCs incl pictorial p/c & "Goodwill" cover (Stapleton 102d, 107a); 2 x broken "N" of "IN" 7d Trans-Tasman covers; London-Palmerston North air race cover (Stapleton 109a) & approx 3 dozen inland (Air Travel etc) flight covers. 107 covers in album...
Lot #905 - flight covers
NZ 1933 May: Cook Strait strike emergency Blenheim-Wellington & v.v. pilot signed covers. Also, Hawke's Bay flood emergency Hastings-Gisborne & v.v. pilot signed covers. Stapleton 95a/b, 96a/b.
Lot #906 - flight covers
NZ 1934 13 Jan: Sir Charles Kingsford Smith (& John Stannage) signed flown cover, bearing world map with signatures, tied to cover by 15 January 1934 New Plymouth "C" class cds on 1d Field Marshal on arrival, addressed to Sydney with 2d GV Australian stamp cancelled 22 January 1934. Approx 12 flown. Stapleton 101.
Lot #907 - flight covers
NZ 1934 24 March: Hastings air pageant illustrated "Southern Cross" return flown cover bearing 7d air cancelled by Hastings 26 March 1934 "J" class cds, also 29 March Kaitaia pictorial cancel & Australia 2 x 1d GV cancelled 29 March at Sydney (Stapleton 103c). In addition, a small diary page (dated 25th March 1933) bearing pencil signatures of C Kingsford-Smith, John Stannage & Jack Percival as well as their designations.
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