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Page: 108 Prestige Philately - The Sixth International Rarities Auction May 24, 2008 Lot Type Grading Description Est $A FIJI 334 C B Lot 334 1871 (Sep) cover front to "CW Lomber/US Appraiser's Office/San Francisco" with marvellous franking of Fiji Times Express 1/- SG 9 - characteristically cancelled with manuscript "#" attributed to Levuka - in combination with United States 10c Jefferson Scott #139 (straight-edge at right) which is tied by a segmented cork cancel, 'SAN FRANCISCO/OCT 6/STEAMSHIP...' cds (a word excised from the base) at lower-left & 'SAN FRANCISCO/OCT/6/CAL' cds at top, minor faults still one of the most attractive of the mere handful of Fiji Times Express covers. Marvellous provenance: Ex Seybold (with his handstamp on the reverse), Lagerloef, Purves, Robertson and Mayer. RPSofL Certificate (1987, now lost) stated "genuine as far as one can say". The Lomber correspondence was related to mining interests in Australasia. This is the only recorded Fiji Times Express/United States combination franking, making this a highly significant item for US specialists and particularly for collectors of the Banknote Issues. Offered with a copy of Geoff Kellow's article "The Postal Arrangements for the Fiji Times Express" ("The Australian Philatelist" March 1988), in which he notes that the Fiji Times Express stamps were the first issued in any of the British Pacific territories. He concludes that the Express stamps paid postage only to the first overseas port of call and were accompanied by cash to pay the ongoing postage. This item is Number 8 in Kellow's census of a mere six covers, two fronts, and one large piece (the last lost in the bushfire that destroyed John Gartner's collection). It must be noted that this is one of the best quality items in the census. Most have significant faults and three of them - all illustrated by Kellow - are of "spacefiller" standard only. Kellow notes that the 1/- rate - common to his items #6 to 9 - is unrecorded but probably represents an increase in the overseas rate from 9d early in 1871. He also notes that subsequent to a Postal Act of December 1871, mail for overseas could be handled only by the Government Post Office. The Fiji Times service was formally suppressed by a notice of 12/1/1872, only 14 months after it was instituted. According to Colin Tabeart, this item was carried on the last voyage of the "Wonga Wonga" which departed Sydney 1/9/1871; departed Fiji 11/9/1871; departed Honolulu 25/9/1871; and arrived San Francisco 6/10/1871. The ship was chartered by Hall's Line. {Page 108.1} 50,000
May 24, 2008 Prestige Philately - The Sixth International Rarities Auction Page: 109 FIJI (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Lot 335 335 W A 336 C B Lot 336 1870-71 Fiji Times Express Batonné Paper 3d black/rose SG 6, unused, Cat £800. Brandon Certificate (1990) & lightly signed twice in pencil. [Unusually fine for these primitive stamps]{Page 109.1} 1872 mourning cover to England "p first mail" with a very fine example of the 'Twelve/Cents' on 6d SG 15 tied by 'GPO/MY4/1872/=LEVUKA=' cds (further strikes at lower-left & on the reverse), London arrival cds in red on the face, the address rather untidy from the ink used having been watered-down, a tear across the flap has been repaired with archival tape. Ex Robertson and Donald Welsh. 800 FRENCH COMMUNITY Only six covers bearing any of the 'Cents' Surcharges have been recorded, which means that 'Cents' frankings are rarer than Fiji Times Express covers!{Page 109.2} 3,000 Ex Lot 337 Lot 338 337 ** A+ FRENCH GUINEA: 1959-62 Revenues (Dove) 1fr to 25,000fr blocks of 4, unmounted. Ex De La Rue Archives. [The vendor states "No more than 10 sets believed to exist, these being the unique blocks of 4"]{Page 109.3} (17 blocks) GERMAN COLONIES 338 C B CAROLINE ISLANDS: 1914 (March) parcel card from Germany to "Truk/Ost Karolinen" with 80pf vertical strip of 3 (the bottom unit folded under) tied by 'BREMEN' cds & 'Bremen 7/(Zollausland)' label alongside, redirected to "FWilhelmshafen" (New Guinea) with very fine strike of the 'FRIEDRICH- WILHELMSHAFEN/20 7/14' arrival b/s and 'Kaiserliche Zollstelle/[arms]/Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen' Customs seal in violet, a few very minor defects. An extraordinary item, and a wonderful piece for the collector of re-directed mail.{Page 109.4} 1,500 1,000
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