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Lot# : 1120 New Zealand
1855/57: Chalon 1 s. pale yellow-green on partially blued paper, wmk. Large Star, a fine used example with good even margins all round, lightly cancelled in black. A very scarce stamp. Signed Calves, Roumet. Cert. Calves (1993) Scott 3 = $ 6'000/Yvert 4 = € 8'000/Gi = £ 5'500.Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : 2,400 CHFLot# : 1121 New Zealand
1855/58: Chalon 1 s. green on blued paper, imperforate without wmk., Auckland printing, a fine used example with large margins all round for this issue, lightly cancelled in black. Trivial corner bend not apparent on face, a rare stamp. Cert. Bühler (1999) Scott 6 = $ 4'750/Gi = £ 3'750.Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : 1,600 CHFLot# : 1122 New Zealand
1857/63: Chalon 2 d. pale blue, imperforate, no wmk., a fine used horizontal strip of three on hard white paper with clear to large margins all round (scarce thus), lightly cancelled by '1' in bars of Auckland in black. Second stamp showing traces of a re-entry, a fine and most attractive multiple Gi = £ 540+.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 240 CHFLot# : 1123 New Zealand
Lot# : 1124 New Zealand
1864/71: 2 d. blue (2) and 6 d. brown, perf. 12½, used on 1868 entire letter written from 'Charleston West Coast, NZ, Jan 15' to Paris, France endorsed "via Panama", all tied by unclear obliterators and the 6 d. by Calais entry mark (March 30) in black, with 'London / Paid' cds adjacent in red. Reverse with Charleston cds (Jan 27), Wellington transit cds (Feb 6) and Paris arrival cds. A fine and rare entire.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 600 CHFLot# : 1125 New Zealand
1871: 2½ d. orange, two horizontal pairs, used on 1873 'Goldrush' cover to Locarno, Switzerland tied by distinctive "W" handstamps of Westland on despatch. Reverse with 'Hokitika' transit cds (June 30) and Christchurch cds (July 2) with Locarno arrival cds (Sept 11). Front bears London transit cds in red (Sept 9). The cover somewhat aged and the stamps have been lifted for checking and carefully replaced, however this is a rare usage with the rate somewhat complicated (it was technically reduced to 8 d. from Jan 1, 1874 and there is a manuscript '20' for French credit at upper left and a further '2d.' in manuscript for the British share and the cover was not taxed on arrival. A fascinating and scarce cover for the specialist, mail to Switzerland at this period being extremely unusual.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 1,000 CHFLot# : 1126 New Zealand
Lot# : 1127 New Zealand
Lot# : 1128 New Zealand
1899/1999c.: Accumulation of covers/cards all taxed on arrival with scarce 1899 Postage Due 4 d. used on incoming cover from Victoria and a second example used on overweight internal cover (Gi D16), 1900 cover from Boer War taxed 1 d. on arrival, 1900 shortpaid card taxed 2 d. as a Loose Letter, 1939 2 d. blue used on First Day, thereafter with the whole gamut of NZ taxed mail (43 items).Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 700 CHF
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