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Niue to Zimbabwe

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2533		Niue, Mint Collection, o.g. on Scott pages to 1927, noted #34, fresh colors, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $477. Estimate $150-180. View details and photo	Realized $161
Lot 2534		Palestine, Postage Due Covers, 1920-41 collection of 11 covers and one customs receipt, one to England with G.B. Dues affixed on arrival, rest all bearing Dues of Palestine or Jordan, origins incl. U.S., Sudan, Australia, Egypt, G.B. and internal use with values to 20m, some mixed condition, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $604
Lot 2535		Papua New Guinea, Cover Group, 1935-70 collection of 15 items with 2 OHMS London to U.S., one reg., 2 Lakatois to Pago Pago, 3 customs charges cards with 1/3 Dues (2) and 3d plus 1/ Dues, 1960 Postal Charges 3d on 1d strip of 3 and 1d on 6½d used locally, 1961 with 1d block of 4 and 6d cancelled Relief No. 5, 1962 with 1d and 3d cancelled Goroka, 1963 1d, 3d and 6d cancelled Lae, 1963 stampless from N.S.W. to Lae with 1d and 9d Dues affixed and 3 local short paid covers with 6d, 1/ and 1d (pair), some mixed condition but an interesting group, generally Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $518
Lot 2536		Rhodesia, Double Head Mint Group, o.g., ½d to 2/- values, no more than 4 of each, 2/- (2, 1 with thin), unchecked for shades, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,824 (as basic stamp). Estimate $700-800. View details and photo	Realized $920
Lot 2537		S Rhodesia, Admiral Mint Group, o.g., between ½d and 5/ values, no more than 5 of each, unchecked for different dies, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $775 (as basic stamp). Estimate $300-350. View details and photo	Realized $374
Lot 2538		Samoa, Group of 7 Covers, 4 not sent incl. SG#115-121, 122, 125, all addressed to Klinkmuller in Apia, 3 sent 1917, 1919 and 1932 Paquebot usages, a Fine to Very Fine set. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $173
Lot 2539		Seychelles, Postage Due Covers, 1956-68 QEII collection of 9, with 7 local all bearing first issue Dues with values to 20¢ (20¢ cancelled Silhouette Island), one incoming from Madagascar, last with 5¢ and 20¢ B.I.O.T. overprints, most with bold "T", uncommon group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $115
Lot 2540		Singapore, Postage Due Covers, 1976 to 1997 collection of 28 with incoming Air Letter from Pahang, 3 local (one cut down) stampless, one a business reply env., incoming from Bemban and Brunei, some franked by very scarce 1977-78 white paper Dues, incl. block of 6 of 10¢, 6 examples of 10¢, but uncancelled (£160), 4 all with 50¢ and other values, most with Dues from 1989 set, incl. several stampless, "refused", "unclaimed", Official, values to $1, most commercial with nice range of markings, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $518
Lot 2541		Solomon Islands, Postage Due Covers, 6, 1951 GVI ½d definitive on Airmail Letter Card to ship at Bilua cancelled GIZO 8 MAR 51 with purple Munda/Tax/ 2 (ms.) D, 2d scarlet Due cancelled matching Gizo cds, two stampless locally used, the first with 1d cancelled Yandina, other with 1d and 5d and cancelled Auki, also incl. three P. O. Postage Due notices, two cancelled Yandina with 1d and 3d Dues, plus 1d cancelled Gizo, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $253
Lot 2542		South Africa, Intact Mint Collection, in Davo album to 2003, o.g. on early sets to later n.h., all mounted, complete for basic numbers except #16, incl. #44c, Airs complete, Dues and Officials almost complete, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,400. View details and photo	Realized $1,438
Lot 2543		South Africa, Postage Due Covers, collection of 40 plus 9 postcards and 2 fronts all bearing Dues, origins incl. Basutoland, Egypt, Austria, K.U.T., India, U.S., England, etc., most internal, a few reg., many interesting incl. item from diplomatic mail from Greece, a range of Due marking and adhesives represented, plus 1944 ½d blue green block of 60 (2 units of 3 x 10) from right side of sheet with margins on all 3 sides and sheet no. 5870 (cat. £380), examination suggested, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $604
Lot 2544		/ South West Africa, Collector's Mint, On blank pages, incl. SG#1 three part panes of 56, small cancel group, SG#9, 8 (2) mint, and 1926 to 1935 Jubilees complete (in multiples) mint plus few additional incl. 2 extra SG#57, extra set SG#49-53, 58-67 and others, few showing overprint shifts, few used, overall Very Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details and photo	Realized $546
Lot 2545		South West Africa, Postage Due Covers, 1928 to 1970 collection of 21 covers incl. 11 stampless, 6 are cancelled red Philatelic Exhibition Durban, all but one to same addressee, 3 stampless locally used, 2 incoming from So. Africa, incoming "Schreiber" from Paramaribo, commercial from Columbia to NY and redirected to Gobabis, cover with Cleveland, Ohio precancel and 1d Due affixed to pay customs duty, plus 2 stampless internal with 1931 2d affixed and rest internal, wide range of Due markings plus singles, pairs and blocks of 4 affixed incl. some better, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $690
Lot 2546		Southern Rhodesia, Complete Mint, l.h. to o.g., incl. Dues, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $688. Estimate $300-350. View details and photo	Realized $265
Lot 2547		Transvaal, Postage Due Covers, 1911 to 1914 collection of 5 and one postcard all bearing Dues of 1907 set, incl. stampless incoming from Russia and 2 from U.S., one bearing 3d value, also stampless illustrated from Capetown with 2d affixed, OHMS to Pretoria cancelled ROBERTS HEIGHTS 8 AUG 1913 with matching boxed reg. hs. at left and ms. "posted out of course", various "T4d" markings plus ms. 8d, on reverse with the 2d and 6d affixed and cancelled 9 AUG (6d particularly difficult to find on cover), opened roughly and portion of back flap missing and last a tatty interesting cover with EVII 1d (2) from Woodstock with various Due markings and bearing pair of 2d Due, generally Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $431
Lot 2548		Tristan da Cunha, Postage Due Covers, 1957 to 1995 collection of 39 all franked with 1957, 1976 and 1986 issues, 5 bear 5d denomination, one from FID Signy Island, several internal, rest incoming from England, several with INSUFFICIENT POSTAGE hs. in purple, one in black (from South Africa), various other Due markings, the later covers are nearly all philatelically inspired, as might be expected, but also shows a nice range of marking of period and variety of origins incl. Italy, Jamaica, U.S., Bahamas, Ascension, G.B., etc., excellent lot, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $546
Lot 2549		Tristan da Cunha, Postal History, 1937 (4) and 1943 group of 5, 4 with type V cachet in blue to South Africa (3 with "1D" Due marking) or England (with ½d and 1d G.B. Dues affixed on arrival), one with type VII to Capetown with "1½d" charged and ½d triplet affixed, a nice group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $219
Lot 2550		Virgin Islands, Group of 20 Entires, Mostly stationery of Victoria and St. Ursula designs consisting of 10 mint, 5 Specimens, 1 1911 usage to Germany, plus 4 1902-19 adhesive uses (one to Tortola, Germany, two to U.K.), Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $230
Lot 2551		Zanzibar, Postage Due Cover Accumulation, 11 with Dues affixed from 1930 to 1935 and 1926-30 3c to 75c values all showing variety "cent.s", noted 1930 incoming from Kampala with K.U.T. GV 1c brown, "T" at side and 15c and 18c on salmon affixed, latter variety "cent.s" for "cents" (SG D8, D9a), each cancelled ZANZIBAR DE 4 30, on reverse Zanzibar arrival of NO 23, incoming from Nairobi or Dar es Salaam, plus one local and a reverse only of cover from Kampala, various first issue values represented incl. 18c, 21c, 31c, and second issue 6c and one mixed first and second issue, interesting and valuable group, nice start for one frame exhibit, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details and photo	Realized $2,990
Lot 2552		/ Zanzibar, Mint Postal Stationery, 40 pieces, incl. postal cards, envelopes (noted H&G #B8 specimen overprint), reg. envelopes, wrappers, letter cards and aerogrammes, few with specimen overprints, minor dupl., Fine. 1984 Higgins and Gage $391+. Estimate $100-120. View details	Realized $150
Lot 2553		Zimbabwe, Postage Due Covers, 1966 to 1991 collection of 38 and one postcard, some to England, 3 bearing G.B. Dues, 3 with Jersey Dues affixed on arrival, 4 show use of invalid stamps, 2 are short paid, noted a few stampless, incoming from U.S., England, So. Africa, rest local, nice range of frankings and town cancels, few with faults, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $265

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