U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
January 9-10, 2013

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #760
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NEW ZEALAND
1890 (8 Dec) registered cover from Wellington to Germany, franked with 3sh Stamp Duty and additional 1sh rose, 3p orange and 2p violet, London transit and Berlin arrival pmks, cover soiled and somewhat faulty, scarce usage
Envelope
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #761
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NEW ZEALAND
1894 cover (with letter) from London to Auckland, with "Saved from wreck of the "Wairarapa" two-line handstamp, also "New Zealand Found Open Officially Sealed" label on back. On Monday, October 29, 1894, the S.S. Wairarapa, with more than 230 passengers aboard, besides the crew, crashed on to rocks at Miner's Head on Great Barrier Island in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. Captain McIntosh, the master, and initially 134 passengers and crew were quoted as having perished (later figures were higher). The covers rescued from the wreck are rated as rare
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #762
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NEW ZEALAND
1907 King Edward Land, 1d rose carmine, upper right sheet corner margin block of 16, cancelled "Antarctic Expedition" cds, v.f. (SG A1)
Box
Catalog #121a
Catalog Value £640
Unsold
Lot #763
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NEW ZEALAND
1909-19 Edward and George V, complete sets, h.r., fine-v.f.
*
Catalog #132-39,145-64
Catalog Value $637
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #764
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NEW ZEALAND
1912 N.Z. Post & Telegraph Department, 2sh unexploded booklet, stamps n.h., minor stamp rust on covers, otherwise v.f. and rare booklet,
Booklet
Catalog #SG SB 7
Catalog Value £2,750
Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #765
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NEW ZEALAND
1940 Centenary, complete set with Officials, n.h., fine-v.f. (SG 613-625,O141-151)
**
Catalog #229-41,O76-86
Catalog Value £250
Unsold

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