Auction #123 - Specialized British Empire Public Auction

1 (1) 1902 1d carmine Commerce^ of New Zealand overprinted "NIUE" in bluish green, perf 11, scarce (only 1200 printed), tied by a nice "9 APR 1902" (only three months after issue and first day of cds use) cds to a cover addressed to Wellington and redirected to Ashburton, backstamped Auckland (1 MY 02), transit (2 MY 02), and Ashburton (5 MY 02), a rarely encountered first issue on cover, F-VF
Net Est $1905

13c (15) 1903 1' brown-orange New Zealand Kea and Kaka^ overprinted "NIUE \ Tahae Sileni", ERROR - "Tahae" (one word, which translates locally into "thief") instead of "Taha e" (two words), known at the "Thief Shilling", only 96 copies were sold, fresh with some short perfs, magnificent centering for this error, OG,HR, VF-S
SG $975

26 var-29 var (28b-31b) 1917 2½d-1' K George V^ overprinted "NIUE", compound perf vertical pairs (perf 14x13½, 14x14½), cplt (4), fresh bright colors on these undercatalogued multiples (as compared to other Dependency compound perf varieties), OG,HR, VF
Net Est $255

4 var (2) 1883 8¢ on 2¢ red-brown Coat of Arms with handstamped surcharge^ SG Type 2 (numeral 8, surcharge reading upward), unlisted in Scott, very well centered, signed, OG,VLH, VF
SG $1950

63 var (73 var) 1894 6¢ black and green Coat of Arms^, perforated color trial, attached to archive piece, overprinted "Waterlow & Sons Ltd Specimen" in black, scarce, VF
Net Est $490

B14-30 (214-34) 1918 1¢+2¢ - $10+2¢ Red Cross 2¢ surcharges^ SG Type 69, cplt (17), OG, LH, F-VF
SG $1800

B42 var-B44 var (246a, 248b, 249b) 1918 4¢ on 25¢-4¢ on $1 Coat of Arms^ surcharged SG Type 70 in red, perf 13½-14, each the re-entry VARIETY - DOUBLE OARS, scarce, OG,HR, F-VF
SG $325

N30 (J33) 1944 $2 on 1¢ green and red-brown Buffalo Transport, Japanese Occupation handstamp^ in violet SG Type 1, subsequently surcharged in black SG Type 5, OG, LH, SUPERB, with Ceremuga certificate
SG $9000

9 (9) 1900 10' green and brown Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, OG, VLH, F-VF
SG $490

1-10 (72-81) 1908 ½d-£1 K Edward VII^, wmkd CA and MCA, perf 14, cplt (10), OG, HR, F-VF
SG $1425

56A (58a) 1956 1½a on 1½d green Q Elizabeth II of Great Britain, wmkd St. Edwards Crown, perf 14, surcharged "1½ ANNAS" (SG Type 3) in error on this watermark, most of the known copies emanated through Southern Stamp Services packet making division which discovered it while sorting out a shipment of mission mixture received from the Middle East, a very rare and difficult stamp, seldom seen and significantly undercatalogued, lightly canceled,...