Public Auction 281 Thursday, 20th October, 2011

3407 1886 QV Stamp Duty £1 rose-pink Postal Fiscal, wmk 12a, perf 12½. Postally VF U, "Dunedin 22 AP 01" cds. SG F33 cat £80, NZ retail $250, both under-catalogued. (P) $100 $200

3408 1886 QV Stamp Duty £5 blue Postal Fiscal, wmk 12a, perf 12½. VFU with postal looking "Auckland 26 JY 87" cds. SG & CP unlisted. Rare so nice (P) $150 $300

3409 1898 Pictorial Birds 3d blue PROOF on thick no wmk paper opt "Waterlow & Sons Ltd Specimen" & with small security punch. VF fresh UN as made. SG 251(p). Very scarce (P) $70 $100

3410 1898 Pictorial 6d green Kiwi IMPERF pr on no wmk paper. Superb fresh UN as made, 4 margins. SG 254(p). Attractive (P) $200 $300

3411 1898 Mt Cook 5/- vermilion no wmk, perf 15. Superb fresh MLH. SG 259 cat £250, NZ retail $900 (P) $170 $230

3412 1901-08 Universal 1d specialised selection, originally purchased from CP inc description & identification for each printing inc Pirie paper, Basted Mills, 1904 Dot plate, 1906 Waterlow plate, Royle plates, 1908 De La Rue printing etc. All VF MLH/MUH. CP cat NZ$600+. Nice lot. (11). $200 $300