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Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

1461

S.G. #C14

"POSTED AT PITCAIRN ISLAND./NO STAMPS AVAILABLE." black two line type XI cachet (S.G. #C14), sharp clear strike on cover addressed to a sailor at the Sailors Union in Seattle, Washington, sent via the Canal Zone with "Cristobal, C.Z./Jan 29 1926/Paquebot" duplex cancel, violet "T" in circle postage due handstamp, couple of small cover tears at top, one of which passes through first line of cachet but does not affect any letters, very fine; one of the few recorded examples of this particular cachet. (Image)

£2,500

SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction

1462

S.G. #C5

"POSTED AT PITCAIRN ISLAND./NO STAMPS AVAILABLE" violet two line type V cachet (S.G. #C5), attractive complete strike on cover from R.E. Christian to the addressed to the General Post Office in New Zealand, with circular "To Pay/2d." deficient postage due handstamp overstriking the cachet (making this cover circa 1926 was the concession to allow mail to be delivered postage free was cancelled on March 15, 1926), couple of filing pinholes well away from markings, very fine. (Image)

£2,500

SOLD for $625.00
Will close during Public Auction

1463

"POSTED AT PITCAIRN ISLAND./NO STAMPS AVAILABLE" small unrecorded two line cachet in violet measuring 36x10mm, at top right of very rare interim period cover addressed to Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, with large circular "To Pay/2d." postage due handstamp and with "Wellington/8.Ap.26/N.Z." c.d.s., on reverse is a horizontal strip of New Zealand 1/2p postage dues tied by Dannevirke town c.d.s. paying double the ordinary postage due rate, very faint and minor foxing spots, overall very fine; a highly important cover used during the "No Stamps Available" interim period; when the New Zealand government withdrew its concession on Pitcairn mail on March 12, 1926 all stampless mail from the island was subject to the normal postage due surcharge, this amounted to double the ordinary rate, for fifteen months the Pitcairners were without any authorized postal facilities, this continued until the establishment of the N.Z. postal agency in June of 1927. (Image)

Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction

1464

S.G. #C14

"POSTED AT PITCAIRN ISLAND./NO STAMPS AVAILABLE." violet two line type XI cachet (S.G. #C14), virtually complete strike on cover to Manchester, N.H., sent via New Zealand with "Wellington/9.Ap.26/N.Z." c.d.s. just below cachet, no other postal markings, some edge wear and negligible edge flaws including a small crease in top right corner just touching edge of cachet, fine and scare. (Image)

£2,500

SOLD for $725.00
Will close during Public Auction

1465

S.G. #C14

"POSTED AT PITCAIRN ISLAND./NO STAMPS AVAILABLE." violet two line type XI cachet (S.G. #C14), partial strike at top right corner of a frail business sized postage due cover to Grapevine, Texas, with long and fascinating original enclosure filled with many details and Biblical references, sent via the Canal Zone with "Cristobal, C.Z./May 15 1926" duplex overstriking the cachet, then onward to New Orleans where a two line "Postage Due '4' cents/From New Orleans, La." magenta handstamp was applied, upon arrival in Grapevine a vertical strip of four of U.S. 2c postage dues was affixed and cancelled by that town's c.d.s. postmarks, cover faults including some chipping away of edge at top right affecting the cachet, along with two small tape stains, nevertheless this is one of the most unusual commercial covers extant from the Pitcairn Islands from the "No Stamps Available" period, further enhanced by the presence of the original enclosure. (Image)

£2,500+

SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction

1466

"POSTED AT PITCAIRN ISLAND/No Stamps Available" two line type XIIa (S.G. #C15a) cachet, the original post office canceling device, small wooden curved handle with rubber stamp at bottom, plus a second original post office rubber stamp "Royal Visit 1971/Pitcairn Island;" two extraordinary postal artifacts of the Pitcairn Island post office.

Est. $400-500

SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction

1467

S.G. #C16

"POSTED IN PITCAIRN/NO STAMPS AVAILABLE" black two line type XIII cachet (S.G. #C16), two strikes, one complete and wonderfully well struck cachet at bottom left and an additional partial strike at top center on a superb postage due cover to England, "London/31 My 26/F.S. 71" transit c.d.s. on back and a similar strike on front, Great Britain 1/2p and 1p postage due adhesives affixed at final destination and tied by "Chathem-Kent/1 (?) Ju 26" c.d.s., very fine; the type XIII is the last recorded cachet of the "No Stamps Available" period where mail was allowed to be transmitted postage due, this being a particularly choice and desirable example of this rare cachet. (Image)

£3,000

SOLD for $2,200.00
Will close during Public Auction

1468

S.G. #Z1/Z63

S.G. #Z1/63, New Zealand stamps used in Pitcairn Islands, 1927-40, a marvelous and scarce assemblage of the various stamps of New Zealand all with "Pitcairn Island/N.Z. Postal Agency" large type Z1 circular cancellations, includes twelve small pieces with various N.Z. stamps, including four different values from the 1920 Victory series that are unlisted in Stanley Gibbons with the Pitcairn cancellation, plus there are twelve covers with a wide range of issues and usages, again all used from Pitcairn, includes two registered usages, one with hand painted design of the island all over the front of the cover, etc., all of the pieces and particularly the covers are quite elusive and desirable, with considerable retail value involved as acquired by the collector, overall fine-very fine. (imagea) (Image)

Est. $1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,750.00
Will close during Public Auction

PITCAIRN ISLANDS STAMPS

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

1469

1S-8S

#1S-8S, 1940 1/2p to 2/6 King George VI, with perforated "Specimen" cplt., bright fresh colors, o.g., small h.r.'s, 1p and 2/6 with tiny thin spots, otherwise fine-very fine; a rare and seldom offered specimen set; ex-Allen (S.G. #1s-8s). (imagea) (Image)

£1,200

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction

1470

1S-8S

#1S-8S, 1940 1/2p to 2/6 King George VI, with perforated "Specimen" cplt., exceptionally fresh, o.g., lightly hinged, a very fine set of these rare specimens (S.G. #1s-8s). (imagea) (Image)

£1,200

SOLD for $725.00
Will close during Public Auction

1471

1-8

#1-8, 1940 1/2p to 2/6 King George VI cplt, all eight values originally issued in 1940, in impressive complete sheets of 60 each, showing full Waterlow & Sons imprint and plate numbers in the bottom sheet selvages, quite fresh overall and well centered, o.g., n.h., two stamps from the bottom row of the 2p sheet have been separated from the sheet, each sheet folded in half along central row of horizontal perforations, fine-very fine; surely few intact sets of sheets still exist (if any others); ex-Hornadge (S.G. #1-8; £1,545).

$1,488.00+

SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction

1472

9S-10S

#9S-10S, 1946 2p-3p Victory, with perforated "Specimen" cplt., wonderfully fresh, o.g., never hinged, very fine; the key Victory specimen set of the Commonwealth; ex-Allen (S.G. #9s-10s). (Image)

£350

SOLD for $210.00
Will close during Public Auction

1473

45a

#45a, 1964 8p Red-footed booby, gray (beak) omitted, gem left sheet-margin example of this scarce missing color error, exceptionally well centered, o.g., n.h., extremely fine; 2002 Brandon certificate (S.G. #42a; £450). (Image)

$500.00

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction

1474

45a

#45a, 1964 8p Red-footed booby, gray (beak) omitted, another mint example of this error, this being a right sheet-margin single, o.g., n.h., very fine (S.G. #42a; £450). (Image)

$500.00

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction

1475

72a

#72a, 1967 1/2c on 1/2c Longboat, brown omitted, right sheet-margin mint example, wonderfully well centered, o.g., n.h., extremely fine; a choice example of one of the most elusive of all Queen Elizabeth II color omitted errors; 2002 Brandon certificate (S.G. #69a; £1,200). (Image)

$1,250.00

SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction

1476

105a

#105a, 1969 15c Fletcher Christian's Cave, gold (Queen's head) omitted, well centered, o.g., n.h., very fine and choice; signed and position noted in pencil on reverse, as well as being accompanied by a 2002 Brandon certificate (S.G. #102a; £950). (Image)

$1,100.00

SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction

1477

105a

#105a, 1969 15c Fletcher Christian's Cave, gold (Queen's head) omitted, fresh mint example of this scarce error, o.g., n.h., light pencil initial on gum, very fine (S.G. #102a; £950). (Image)

$1,100.00

SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction

1478

105a

#105a, 1969 15c Fletcher Christian's Cave, gold (Queen's head) omitted, another example of this scarce error, o.g., l.h., very fine; 2003 Brandon certificate (S.G. #102a; £950). (Image)

$1,100.00

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction

1479

S.G. #SB1

S.G. #SB1, 1940 King George V complete booklet, a lovely hand manufactured booklet produced by the Fiji Government with a single stamp of each value of the first issue of Pitcairn Island, covers are crisp with the long staple used in the manufacture of the small issuance of only 500 booklets, virtually without any of the translucencies present from the hand cut wax paper interleaving endemic to the very few booklets that yet remain intact, very fine; quite likely one of the finest, if not the finest, quality examples known; the supply of booklets was included in the first shipment of stamps to Pitcairn in 1940, awareness of their existence was not known by the general public until after the war, by which time the supply was exhausted; a great booklet rarity of this popular country with very few examples known; 2004 Walter de Rooy certificate. (Image)

£2,750

SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction

1480

S.G. #SB1

S.G. #SB1, 1940 King George V complete booklet, remarkably we have the pleasure of offering a second intact example of this booklet rarity, however this one is a very interesting sub-type, with all of the stamps being right sheet-margin singles and each inserted face down within the booklet, it is believed that only four intact booklets are found this way, very minor toning/translucencies to some stamps caused by the wax paper interleaving (as is found on all existing examples), very fine; 2001 Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria certificate; ex-Hornadge. (Image)

£2,750+

SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction