Public Auction 263
Thursday, 28th January 2010
will be held on Level 3, Status International House,
262 Castlereagh Street, Sydney
STAMPS & COVERS
Lots 1 – 3796, commencing at 12:00 noon
Viewing at Status International premises: 262 Castlereagh Street, Sydney
Monday 25th January, 2010 9.00am – 5.00 pm
Tuesday 26th January, 2010 Closed, Australia Day Holiday
Wednesday 27th January, 2010 9:00am – 6.00 pm
Thursday 28th January, 2010 9:00am – 12:00 noon
Limited viewing outside these hours may be available. Please contact us in advance to make an appointment.
Proprietor: Philatelic Describers: IT Administrator:
Stewart Wright Frank Andersen Frank Zheng
Mervyn Baily
Business Manager: Peter Guerin Catalogue Production:
Robert Morello Stewart Wright Tseng Chiung-yao
Office Administrator: Philatelic Consultant: Despatch/Shipping:
Sabine Wincote Chris Ceremuga John Webber Carl Veen
Auctioneer: Warren Elstub
Status International
*: PO Box A2176, Sydney South, NSW 1235. AUSTRALIA
(: +61 (0)2 9267 4525 FAX: +61 (0)2 9267 6124
Email : m web: www.statusint.com
The I S Wright Group
I S Wright
/ I S Wright / I S Wright / I S WrightShop 23 Adelaide Arcade / 208 Sturt St / 241 Lonsdale St / 262 Castlereagh St
Rundle Mall / BALLARAT / MELBOURNE / SYDNEY
ADELAIDE, SA 5000 / VIC 3350 / VIC 3000 / NSW 2000
Ph: 08 8223 7603
Fax: 08 8223-2129 / Ph: 03 5332 3856
Fax: 03 5331-6426 / Ph: 03 9650 2345
Fax: 03 9654 8825 / Ph: 02 9264 7555
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Grant Morton / Ben Smith / David Carr / David Allen
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INFORMATION FOR BIDDERS
CONDITION OF SINGLE STAMPS OR SETS:
Superb = Exceptional condition & centring for the issue
VF = “Very Fine” well centred for issue with nice perfs, and imperfs with 4 margins
F = “Fine” still an attractive stamp that may be off centre, perfs may be slightly irregular or imperfs may have less than 4 margins
MUH = “Mint Unhinged” with never hinged original gum without any gum disturbance
MLH = “Mint Lightly Hinged” with original gum that shows slight marks from previous hinging or a small unobtrusive hinge remnant
M = “Mint” with original gum, that has significant marks from 1 or more hinges, or the actual hinge remains present
UN = “Unused” without gum
Superb U = Exceptional used condition for the issue
VFU = “Very Fine Used” with either a clear neat cancel or a neat corner cds, well centred for issue with nice perfs, and 4 margins on imperfs
FU = “Fine Used” still an attractive stamp with a fairly neat average cancel for issue, may be somewhat off centred, perfs may be slightly irregular or imperfs may have less than 4 margins
GU = “Good Used” an average used stamp that may have a heavy or smudged cancel or minor blemishes from postal use
CTO = “Cancelled To Order” note: VFU or FU stamps may in fact be CTO.
In all cases for single lots the presence of any fault/defects will be mentioned.
Our full terms and conditions of sale are printed on the back of the bid sheet.
CONDITION OF STAMPS
IN COLLECTIONS & ACCUMULATIONS:
- Any such lots may contain some material with faults, which is taken into account when setting the reserves & estimates on such lots.
- Description of condition of such lots is on the basis of what is the prevailing condition of the material ie: “Mostly F-VF” means some faulty items as well.
- As is the rule with all public auctions; collections, accumulations & mixed lots are not returnable.
- We encourage bidders to view such larger lots before auction, have somebody view for them, or ask us for extra information.
- We are always happy to answer any queries about specific stamps that are in a particular lot & their condition and/or provide photocopies or scans of key items.
- Also, we are happy for bidders to phone us during the viewing times (but not on auction day!) and ask for expanded description of any lots. One of our describers will then take out the lots and go through it with you on the phone answering any questions about contents, condition etc.
CONDITION OF COVERS / CARDS etc:
Postally used covers/cards can be expected to show some wear consistent with their age and travel through the mails such as light filing folds, backflap or edge faults from opening, slight reductions etc. Unless severe these will not be mentioned, and are not grounds for returns.
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PLEASE NOTE: The two figures after the lot description are the minimum bid & the estimate in AU$.
OTHER ABBREVIATIONS:
PLEASE NOTE: The two figures after the lot description are the minimum bid & the estimate in AU$.
AAMC – Australian Airmail Catalogue
ACSC – Aust. Comm. Specialist Catalogue
ASC – Australian Stamp Catalogue
blk – block
Bft – Barefoot revenues catalogue
bklt – booklet
b/s – backstamp(ed)
BOB – Back of Book issues
ca – circa (about)
cds – circular date stamp
cnr – corner
comp – complete
Defs – definitives
dup(s) – duplicate(s)
d/s -- datestamp
Ed -- Edifil catalogue
Exp(ertised) – signed or h/s by expert
Fa – Facit catalogue
Fe -- Ferchenbauer catalogue
FDI – first day of issue
FDC – first day cover
FFC – first flight cover
FV – face value
F/C -- fiscally cancelled
h/s – handstamp(ed)
H & G - Higgins & Gage catalogue
imp – imprint
inc – includes
LL – lower left
LR – lower right
marg – margin(al)
Mi – Michel catalogue
M/S – Miniature or Souvenir Sheet
m/s -- manuscript
opt – overprint
o/w – otherwise
o/c – off centre
photo-cert – certificate of authenticity
Pics - Pictorials
pmk - postmark
PPC – picture postcard
pr(s) – pair, pairs
PSE – pre-stamped envelope
PTPO – Printed To Private Order
reg – registered/registration
roul - rouletted
s/b – stockbook
Sass – Sassone catalogue
Sc – Scott catalogue
SG – Stanley Gibbons catalogue
s/b - stockbook
sl – slight
s/l - straight line
S/S – Souvenir Sheetlet
SOTN – “Socked on the Nose” cancel
STC – stated to catalogue / contain
(by vendor & unchecked)
sold “as is” – identification &/or authenticity not guaranteed
TL – top left
TR – top right
(var) – variety
Vl – Vlastos catalogue
w/c – well centred
w/o - without
wmk – watermark
val(s) – value(s)
VGC – Very good condition (books)
Yv - Yvert catalogue
(P) –photograph
(5) – no of items
PLEASE NOTE: The two figures after the lot description are the minimum bid & the estimate in AU$.
IMPORTANT NOTICES
ROOM BIDDERS: Please note the venue for this auction is
Level 3, Status International House, 262 Castlereagh St, Sydney
Most lots in this auction are sold on behalf of private vendors & as such are exempt from GST.
All lots are sold GST inclusive, where applicable (A GST Tax invoice will be supplied on request)
Bids are rounded up to valid bidding steps. For conditions of sale see reverse of bid-sheet.
Buyer’s commission of 16.5% applies to all lots. Postage, packing & insurance are subject to GST
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PLEASE NOTE: The two figures after the lot description are the minimum bid & the estimate in AU$.
ACCESSORIES
1 2 strip stock cards in boxes of 100. Brand new. (500) $75 $100
2 Card albums: VST brand (baseball, basketball, trade cards etc). 112 sets of covers plus 300 pgs. New. $75 $100
3 Exhibition/album page protectors, 275x340mm, crystal clear, acid free, ideal for safe conservation of your collection. (550) $110 $150
4 Hagner sheets 1, 2, 3 strip. 50 ea. New. Retail $210. $120 $160
5 Hagner sheets 6 & 7 strip, 100 of ea in packs of 10. New. Retail $280. (200) $150 $200
6 Hagners in 6 binders. Good condition majority 1, 2, 3, division - 300 pgs value. $120 $170
7 Hagners in 7 binders (320). Majority 3 & 4 strip, appear VGC. $120 $160
8 Lighthouse Long-wave Ultra-violet lamp hand held for stamps, battery powered. (Ideal detection of forgeries, repairs etc). New. $50 $75
9 Lighthouse 32-page leather bound s/books, black pages with matching leather slipcase, as sold by Australia Post for $75 ea (5) $200 $275
10 Lighthouse 32-page leather bound s/books, black pages with matching leather slipcase, as sold by Australia post for $75 ea (5) $200 $275
11 Lighthouse Australian Album 1966-89 with slipcase, stockbooks 64-page as new, Posthorn 32-page, Briefmarken 36-page (2), Kek 32-page plus PO Pack albums & PW Stamp Pack album 1969-1977. Overall good condition. $100 $160
12 Stockbooks. Lighthouse 60-page white, brand new. Box of 5. Retail $250. Great buying. $140 $180
13 Stockbooks. Lighthouse 60-page white, brand new. Box of 5. Retail $250. Great buying. $140 $180
14 Stockbooks: Lighthouse 60 black page, acetate strips, padded covers. New unopened box. Retail $250+. Great buying. (5) $150 $200
15 Stockbooks: Lighthouse 60 black page, acetate strips, padded covers. New unopened box. Retail $250+. Great buying. (5) $150 $200
16 Sweden: Lighthouse 2 vol hingeless album 1960-98. Used, pencil notations, VGC, normal retail $700. Lighthouse Boga 1 sheet files (retail $100). Hagners (70) in binder. Australia Pre-decimal FDC (22) inc 1938 NSW Sesqui, Australia Decimal FDC (100) 1968-81 inc 1977 $10 Painting, in large near new VST album. $100 $150
LITERATURE
17 2005 SG Western Europe Simplified Catalogue in colour with miniature sheets. 704 pgs. New. Retail $115. $40 $60
18 2006 Scott World Catalogue A-Z in 6 vols for a total 7340 pgs! - inc wmks, perfs etc. Used - VGC. Current edition replacement cost alone US$480 plus $120 postage = US$600 = A$675. $200 $300
19 2007 SG British Commonwealth Catalogue 1840-1952 inc wmks, perfs, varieties, etc. Brand new. Retail $175. $40 $60
20 2009 SG Stamps of the World simplified catalogue inc M/Sheets, in full colour. 5 volumes. Lists & values 100,000s stamps. New in unopened box. Retail $550. $300 $400
21 2009 Stanley Gibbons British Commonwealth 1840-1970 Catalogue inc wmks, perfs, specimens, varieties etc. Used, some "coffee" stains, o/w VGC. $75 $100
22 Antarctica: "Kapitan Scott-LETZE FAHRT" (Zweiter Band), pub by S.A. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1913, (Part 2, written in German in "Gothic style text). 384 pgs with photographs & 2 maps as a lift-out "appendix". VG condition. $60 $100
23 Antarctica: Mawson "The Home of the Blizzard" (being the story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914). Pub Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1930 edition "Illustrated with ninety-two photographs, eighteen diagrams & three folding maps". 438 pgs, foxing to end pages. Popular work, now becoming scarce. $100 $150
24 Antarctica: E.H. Shackleton "21 Meilen Vom Sudpol (die Geschichte der Britischen Sudpol-Expedition 1907/09)", pub W Gusserot, Berlin, circa 1910. Written in German in Gothic style text, 2 vol set. Light foxing to fly pages o/w VGC. Rare duo. $150 $200
25 Antarctica: "The Voyage of the Discovery" by Capt Robert F. Scott. 2 volume set. Original 1905 soft cover edition "For circulation only in India and the British Colonies. Slight cover wear, end papers foxed, o/w GC, comp with both maps. $150 $200
26 Australia 2009 SG Stamp Catalogue with States, Commonwealth, inc booklets, postage dues, BCOF opts, Territories with AAT, Cocos, Christmas, Norfolk, New Guinea, Papua & PNG to Aug 1975. Brand new. $60 $75
27 Australian Air Mail Catalogue 2008 edition, by Eustis & Frommer, 278 pgs, new A4 soft-cover format with upwards price revisions & updated historical notes. Essential reference. $90 $120
28 Australian Commonwealth Specialist Catalogue comp set Kangaroos (2005), KGV (2007), KGVI (2006), QEII pre-decimal (2006), Decimal I, II, III, Postage Dues, Booklets. All current editions, by Dr Geoff Kellow The best single country catalogue series in the world. Retail $700+ if bought individually. New. (9 volumes) $450 $550
29 - Kangaroos & Early Federal Period 1901-12. New inc the post-Federation issues for all the status-which were in fact Australian issue. List & prices everything, inc proofs, essays, imperfs, varieties, imprints etc. Part of the best series of catalogue produced any where in the world. 535 pgs. New 2005 edition just released. $77 $80
30 - KGV 1914-36 (2007) 390 pgs. A must for anyone half interested in this fascinating series. New. Retail $99. $70 $90
31 - KGVI 1937-52 inc varieties, plate numbers, shades etc. Current 2006 edition, 250 pgs. New. Retail $75. $60 $70
32 - QEII Pre-decimal 1953-65, new edition (2006) 340+ pgs. Essential reference. New. Retail $85. $65 $75
33 - Decimals I, II, III, 1966-2001. Covers everything -proofs, varieties, marginal markings, framas, missing colours etc. 1465 pgs. All latest editions. New. Retail $280. ( 3 vols) $160 $200
34 - Booklets (2003) 257 pgs. Latest edition. New. Retail $72. Essential reference. $50 $60
35 Australia: "The Postal History of the Australian Army During WWII" by Phil Collas, pub RPSV 1986, 250 pgs. Hardcover with DJ (slightly aged), o/w near new condition. $60 $80
36 Australia: "The 7c Queen Elizabeth Definitive" by Tapp, Occleshaw & Durham, 85 pgs, pub 1975 & profusely illustrated throughout. Scarce & in demand. Used. $30 $50
37 Australia: "The Stamps of the Commonwealth of Australia" by Alec A Rosenblum, sixth edition 1966, hardcover with slightly tatty DJ. Final & best edition, still a useful reference work. $50 $75
38 Balkans: Stanley Gibbons Specialist Catalogue inc Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Yugoslavia & all the various independent states. Inc perfs, wmks etc. 425 pgs, A4 size, new 2009 edition. $100 $130
39 British Commonwealth Revenues by Barefoot. New 2008 edition with 75 more pages than previous edition. Lists & prices 1000s of stamps inc good Australia & States. 380 pgs. New. A must own for anyone interested in Revenues. $80 $100
40 British Commonwealth: Robson Lowe Encyclopedia Vol 1 - Great Britain & the Empire in Europe". Billigs 2 part reprint set of updated 2nd edition. VGC. $50 $75
41 British Commonwealth: Robson Lowe Encyclopedia Vol 5 - The Empire in North America (1973) with DJ. Covers Canada & Colonies, Bermuda & British Honduras, British Postal Agencies in US, Colombia, Panama, & Mexico, postal history, Die proofs, essays, pmks etc. Much invaluable information not found in general catalogues. A must for any collector of this area. Excellent condition. $100 $150