Public Auction 249 - Status International

445 Commemorative & FDC collections in 6 albums, with Australia predecimals
(25) to 4/- inc 1936 South Aust Philatelic Exhib (registered cat
$100), 1937 NSW Sesqui, 1940 AIF & 1947 Newcastle Exhib. Germany
1990s armed services military related covers inc cachets for famous
pilots inc The Red Baron, ships inc destroyers, minesweepers, frigates &
similar (96 covers, cost vendor 500DM = A$400). PNG decimal
commem cancels & FDC (59), British Commonwealth QEII collection
with pmks & FDC (55), United Nations FDC (34) & USA FDC 1960s-
70s (45). Mostly fresh & clean. (315 covers) ................................$350---$450
446 Cook Islands: Comprehensive Decimal MUH collection 1967-mid 1980
& onwards on hagners. Appears near comp to late 1970s with 1967
Flower defs to $10, 1974 Seahorses to $10 (£80), 1974 Capt Cook 2v +
M/S (£67), 1976 American Bicentenary & opts (£40). In later issues
notably 1980 Corals set of 77 (£100), large variety of opts with values up
to $9.40 etc. Some OHMS as well. Mild toning on some earlies, 1980s
look fresh. 1970s SG prices are unrealistically low as many issues are
quite hard to find. Additionally there is a s/book with duplicates in toned
condition (sets, M/S) -not counted in total. Retail $1500+. (87 sets, 8
long def sets, 145 M/S or sheetlets)...............................................$350---$450
447 Cook Islands: Very solid near comp collection 1892-1985 with first set
(cat £225), then Queen & bird in variety of printings (£400), opts on NZ,
first two pictorial sets & Arms to £1. Subsequent range inc pair of 1966
£1 airmail opt, one opt with aeroplane omitted (£44), comprehensive
range of decimal, first opts to $1, Flowers to $10 (£55 ea). Most other
issues till the end with 1984 Corals defs (£60), 1978 OHMS set (£48)
etc. Some undercatalogued, SG does not reflect their real value. MLH to
1971, then MUH. Pre-dec cat £950, Decimals inc 80 commem sets, 135
M/S, 5 long def sets, cat £1050. SG cat £2000..............................$800- $1200
448 Cover & stamp collection in 9 albums with 1980 Moscow Olympics
USSR Official collection with 80 FDC in custom album. Australia Expo
88 with 63 diff pmks in special album. History & Heritage of the
Commonwealth collection 1983 with 50 diff FDC. Birds MUH singles
on Artist covers (60) -excellent professional presentation. USA & United
Nations 1958-85 in 2 albums (160+). Cook Is (55) from 1930s-80s,
commercial & philatelic. Pitcairn (24) inc 1938 franked NZ 1d Kiwi
(flts) with dozens of sets from 1940, also singles, M/Sheets. Niue (30)
from 1937 KGVI Coronation to mid 1980s Pic sets. A total of over 500
covers in 9 albums, Pacific Islands singles & Pic sets throughout
enhance the collection....................................................................$300---$450
449 Cover accumulation (300) with 1850s Austria franked 9Kr imperf &
France 1860s-70s (4). 1938 Europe-Sth America Zeppelin Flight. First &
commem flights (25) strength in Canada late 1920s-early 1930s (12),
WWII British Commonwealth censor covers (14) & POW (2), very
mixed condition, some priced up to $15 ea. Postal Stationery to 1920s
(50), mainly postal cards & envelopes. PPC (65) pre-1910 to early
1960s. Huge original retail. European catalogues (6) for Russia or
Germany specialised, British Commonwealth 2004 edition. Off paper
duplicates in tins, envelopes, on leaves & loose inc Australia Predecimal
commems M & PNG Decimal Pics 120 sets MUH & more.
(400+ covers etc)............................................................................$400---$600
450 Covers-Postal History: Europe covers & cards inc 1860s Serbia(?)
stampless folded letters, Austria WWI fieldpost card, WWII Bohemia,
1960s Denmark parcel cards franked "Postfaerge" opts, Italy Postcards
used in Dalmatia 1942-43, various telegrams & other early 20th century
postal documents -mostly Serbia/Croatia area, best items are 2 diff 1879
issues of "The Feathered World" German magazine about birds, both
franked Hungary 1Kr blue newspaper stamp tied by Zagreb pmks &
Austria 1908 Kaiser Anniv 10Kr top value VFU on registered cover,
unfortunately folded & with tape stains. Mostly VF. (42) ............$200---$400
451 Covers- Huge accumulation , about half philatelic, half commercial,
the latter inc about 200 1920s Japanese postcards (postal stationery type
& with stamps) & 100 or so covers from the same period, all locally
addressed. Totally unchecked by us but appears pmk potential, USA,
FDC, stationery & commercial, same for China & many others, PNG
FDC, British Africa, strength in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, Uganda inc defs
on FDC, 1975 Agriculture (7) cat £74, '79 surcharges (2) cat £90, '79
Animals, Tanzania, '75 surcharges 3 values (5) cat £100, Kenya '75
surcharges 2 values (5) cat £95 & 100s more with sets & M/Sheets.
Germany inc FDC with sets, framas, M/Sheets, specimen postal
stationery (4), GB, Canada, New Zealand, Vatican 1856 cover with 26
imperf with certificate, Russian POW covers, German WWI Occupation
of Belgium (10), Serbia pre-stamp covers (5 diff), Jamaica pre-stamp,
Belgium 1950s Railway postal parcel receipts franked with railways
stamps (postal packet), about 100 with huge range of diff frankings,
some combinations, diff postal markings, many from small town.
Interesting & seldom seen. Condition bit mixed but this surprisingly is
confirmed almost entirely to cheap covers. Overall F-VF condition.
Huge resale potential. (ca.1500) ....................................................$600---$750
452 Covers: WWII USA Pacific area Military mail with various US Army
PO pmks on long "Official Business" envelopes. Most identified inc
Hollandia & Biak in Neth New Guinea, Bougainville (Solomons),
Aitape, Oro Bay, Cape Gloucester, Cape Cretin in Papua or New Guinea,
plus Nancy France, Manila Philippines, Tokyo & South Korea. A few
with extra cachets inc "Via Army Courier Service", "WD Essential
Official Air Mail", censor h/s etc. Mostly fine. (25) .....................$130---$200
453 Covers: WWII USA Army & Navy SW Pacific airmail coll'n on leaves
inc many 6c Airmail envelopes, all with location identified in New
Guinea, New Hebrides etc. Inc Milne Bay, Treasury Is, Green Is, Emirau
Is, Flotilla 33, Admiralty Is, Samar Philippines, Manus Is, Iwo Jima,
Cape Gloucester, Finschafen etc. All with censor h/s & signature. Mostly
F-VF. (30).......................................................................................$130---$250
454 Eastern Europe: Accumulation with 1960s commem & Pic sets MUH
& CTO from Russia, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia & Hungary in envelopes
(estimate 1000 sets). West Germany pics, commem & M/sheets 1973-77,
appears comp fresh MUH in hingeless album. Nauru/Norfolk 1970s-80s
Pics in PO packs & sheets FV $200. Mixed World Pics in packets
(100s). France STC £850+ = A$1850 classic imperfs Ceres (10) to 80c,
Napoleon (12) to 80c inc 25c Blue (2) & various perfs to 40c F-VFU.
Overall fresh mostly MUH/CTO. (many 1000s) .......................... $300 -- $500
455 Egypt: Collection 1860s-80s Postal Seals on pages inc 1865 type, 1868,
1874 (2), 1877 red types (80), 1884 (5). All diff. Mostly F-VF M/UN.
(90)................................................................................................. $350 -- $500
456 Erotic art: Paintings & other forms of art depicting nudes in various
forms & shapes. Luxury hingeless German album (retail $150+) with
write-up for ea. Many classical & well known artists -Rubens, Renoir,
Michelangelo etc. Heavy Mi cat val for Paraguay €200, Trucial States
€120 & others. Some Muestra (Specimen) opts & few priced in
footnotes. Huge original cost. (25 sets, 25 M/S, singles etc)........ $200 -- $250
457 Errors on postage stamps: 2 custom made German hingeless albums
with variety of design/inscription errors issued over the years by many
countries of the world with write-up for every item. Often wrong
portrait, flag, date, technical irregularity etc. Unusual theme. Few CTO,
mostly MUH. High original cost - 120 pages with singles, sets, M/Sheets
in 2 quality binders........................................................................ $150 -- $200
458 Ethiopia: Assortment with 1920s-40s issues (45, cat £83). 1968-85 pic
sets & singles MUH (128, £72). 1950-early 1980s Pic sets on FDC (80,
£650) -these extremely hard to find, retail full cat of more! Mostly fresh
& clean. Total cat £800+. Rarely seen country............................. $250 -- $400
459 Europe: Collection in large old DIY loose leaf album with many 100s of
stamps 1922 to 1969 with Belgium Railways, Germany 1923
"Inflations" U, GB KGVI to £1 inc 1937 10/- Indigo, Ireland St Patrick
2/6 blk of 6 & 5/- blk of 4, Russia early 1920s "Locals/Provisionals" &
Wurttemburg 1922-23 surch. Usual old-time condition, mostly G-VF U.
Plus 1979 Rowland Hill Centenary collection in 2 quality s/books with
M/Sheets (46) & stamps (260+). Mostly VF MUH. STC £176. With list
of contents. (quantity).................................................................... $250 -- $350
460 Europe: Collection in 7 loose leaf albums (4 spring-back) with Bulgaria
1899-1971. Czechoslovakia 1918-81 in 2 vols inc 1918-19 imperfs,
1930s Pics & WWII Occupations. Italy 1863-1974 in 2 vols, strength in
Pics & commems from 1930s to 1970s. Romania 1900-65 with some
thematics. Spain 1889-1960. Guatemala 1881-1984 in springback album
as a bonus. (100s) .......................................................................... $150 -- $250
461 Europe inc France pre 1940 Pics inc 1922 35c & 5c, 1926 50c & 10c
Orphan's Fund, 1929 5Fr Mont St Michael, 1935 15F "Normandie",
1936 Intellectuals Fund & 1960s-70s large pictorials -mostly M to 1950,
then MUH. STC £560 in 2001. Ireland collection (approx 450) to early
1990s inc 1922 "Free State" opts (22) to 1/-, then mainly pictorials inc
1937 St Patrick 2/6, 5/- & 10/- plus 1932 Airmail cover to Berlin with
red & green cachets, & 25 diff pmks on piece. Spain collection 1850-
1980 with over 700 diff inc 1853 Isabella 5R green & 19 other imperfs,
1866 Dated Queen 20c deep lilac U, 1870 Princess 4m brown & 10m red
UN, Spanish Colonies to 1950s mixed M/U. (1400+).................. $220 -- $300
462 Europa & Europa-associated issues, early-mid 1960s collection of
mainly addressed FDCs & some stamps in 13 s/books, most items have
current CV tags in €. Many 2-3 ea inc Portugal, Cyprus, Turkey etc &
rarely seen Albania, British locals etc. Very fresh VF. Mi for marked
items €3600 = A$6000, plus extras. (400 + 720 covers) .............. $600 -- $900
463 Extensive collection in 10 VGC Springback binders (retail for new
$750), with very little after 1970, inc Australian Territories Decimal
MUH sets. Canada KGVI to $5. China inc PRC issues. Fiji 1971 Birds &
Flowers to $2 MUH. France inc Colonies. Germany inc 1920s Inflations
U & also States. GB 1902 KEVII to 1/-, perfins, Pre-decimal commems,
1962 QEII defs to £1 M & multiples inc 1934 Seahorses 2/6 blk of 6 (cat
£240). India & States, Italy, Malaya & States, PNG 1966 Pic sets to $2
M. Poland, Rumania, Russia & other Eastern Europe countries. San
Marino, Scandinavia, Spain, Turkey inc opts, USA inc commems in
MUH blks of 4, Presidential issues inc perfins & pre-cancels. Value in
sheer quantity, with pickings throughout, plus the cost of the albums
which would sell for $150-$200 at auction. Generally F-VF, M/MUH/U.
(10,000) (P).................................................................................... $400 -- $500
464 Falkland Islands: 1935-52 collection on Scott leaves with 1935 SJ set
& 1937 Coronation MUH, 1938 KGVI def set ½d to £1 inc extra shades
of 1d, 1/- & 5/- (2), '48 SW, '49 UPU, '52 def set ½d to £1, plus 1918
War Tax opt set with shades. Tones on some 1938 vals & £1 SW.
Mostly VF MLH/MUH. SG cat £1127. (56)................................. $375 -- $500
465 Faroe Islands: SAFE hingeless album with comp MUH collection
1975-2000, some to 2002. Fresh as issued (one set CTO). FV Kr2000 =
A$440, Mi cat €720 = A$1200, album $200. Last decade issues much in
demand. (400 + 9 M/S).................................................................. $350 -- $450
PLEASE NOTE: The two figures after the lot description are the minimum bid & the estimate in AU$.