Valuable mostly mint collection with 1920 Surcharges, 1921 Swiss Currency Perf 9œ 5r to 15r (15r used) and Perf 12œ to 1f, 1924 Surcharges Perf 12œ, 1924 Wmk Cross, 1925 Birthday, 1927 Birthday (used), 1928 Flood Relief, 1928 Accession No Wmk 1f20 to 5f (unused), 1929 Accession, 1930 Airs, 1932 Youth Charity, 1933 Birthday, 1933 2f red-brown, 1934 Pictorials, 1934 Airs (used), 1935 60r on 1f claret (used), 1936 Zeppelins, 1937 Pictorials,...
Public Auction #187 - General Public Auction
By: Prestige Philately Pty Ltd
Prestige Philately Pty Ltd Public Auction #187 - General Public Auction
Our first general sale for 2014 is another well-balanced offering of fine stamps, proofs, covers, postal stationery etc.
British Empire collections are a strength of the miscellaneous section. An attractive range of photographs is followed by a strong offering of picture postcards, notably a collection of World War I humour cards offered by the album.
Australia features several very fine Two Pound Roos, and exciting corner blocks of 15 of the so-called “Chambon Essay” for the 1/- Large Lyrebird, in red and in blue! A fine selection of airmail covers, both first flights and commercial mail will attract a lot of interest.
Moving on to Australian Colonies/States, New South Wales and Tasmania are well represented. The sale of an unused 1d Sydney View for $26,450 in our sale of 8th November last, resulted in another superb Penny View being consigned for this auction. A complete CTO set of South Australian Long Stamps to £20 are offered individually. A sensational batch of 1870s covers from tiny settlements in the Northern Territory are offered at auction for the very first time.
Rest of the World includes colourful proofs from the Cook Islands, a very fine Falklands collection, a selection of the controversial ‘OPSO’ Handstamps from New Zealand, and a Pitcairns collection that includes the two earliest recorded stamped covers from that lonely outcrop.
The key section in the sale is the “Five Settings” collection of NWPI complete formes of 30 to 5/- x2 with most of the rarities including 1d and 2½d with margins, 1d Die II, 3d Die II and the famous 2½d with Missing Fraction. Several blocks have major overprint varieties. We also offer not one but two examples of the rare NWPI First Wmk 5/-!!
The sale concludes with a section of philatelic literature section, including very scarce early “name sale” auction catalogues.
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