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Remainders on leaves including Fiji Times Express 6d unused (faults), range of 'VR' Underprints, Pirogue 1d black two complete sheets (faults), KGV 3d SG 130d pane of 60, KGV Script set mint plus ¼d used strip of 3 & 1½d red mint block of 24 & 'SPECIMEN' set of 14 etc, also 1947 UPU Congress folder with KGVI values to 5/-, condition variable. Useful lot. (Qty 350+)

500.00T

$650.00T

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Stockbook of duplicates with a range of earlies including Surcharges & some Spiro forgeries, '2½d.' on 2d fine mint block of 4, KEVII to 5/-, KGV to 5/- etc, a few varieties, 'FIJI BOMBER FUND' label etc, condition variable. (Qty 100s)

250.00T

$950.00T

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Mystery lot with packets of stamps & a 1947 UPU Congress folder with KGVI values to 5/-. Go on: have a punt!

0.00T

$85.00T

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1891-1902 ½d slate complete sheet of 50, 1d black blocks of 18 & 48 (some toning); KGVI large blocks of low denominations plus 2d Parliament sheet of 60 x2; 1952 (Feb 14) Fiji Royal Gazette with accession messages from QEII.

0.00T

$26.00T

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1870-1871 Fiji Times Express Quadrillé Paper 1d SG 1 with full printer's rules & 3d SG 2 with printer's rules at left & base tied to small pieces by 'SUVA/DE21/1870/=FIJI=' or 'SUVA/DE4/ 1870/=FIJI=' cds, Cat £7500. ÞÞOn the face of it, both stamps are genuinely used with contemporary datestamps. However, they are of a type not recorded. Interestingly, they are different, the 'S' and the dateslugs being of different sizes! Both illustrated by Rodger & Duberal facing p21 where described as "forged cancellations on genuine stamps". But one has to ask why would anyone do this to valuable unused stamps??? It is generally accepted that the PO at Suva opened in December 1871 but...??? These stamps were 'discovered" in 1961 and it appears that no other examples are known. Punters required!

500.00T

$800.00T

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1870-1871 Fiji Times Express 3d black/rose SG 6 with complete printer's rules, unused, Cat £1600. [The batonné (laid) pattern includes two unusually thick vertical lines that we know are of interest to specialists]

1000.00T

$750.00T

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1870-1871 Fiji Times Express 3d black/rose SG 6 with complete printer's rules, large-part o.g., Cat £1600. About as fine as they come: Holcombe Certificate (1989) states "A very fine fresh copy of a scarce stamp".

1250.00T

$950.00T

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1870-1871 Fiji Times Express 1888 Second Imitations on Rosy Mauve Paper complete sheet of 30 - 6 vertical strips of the 5 values - the last unit Large '1', virtually full unmounted o.g. Acquired for $529 at our sale of 4/9/2006. [Full sheets are very scarce]

500.00T

$550.00T

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1871 Cakobau \'CR\' Issues 1d (2), 3d & 6d (3) unused & 3d "used" (fake cancel) plus a page of Spiro forgeries, Surcharges 2c on 1d unused & used plus a page of Spiro forgeries, 1874 \'V.R.\' 2c on 1d Roman & Gothic & 12c on 6d Roman all used, 1875 \'2d.\' on 6c on 3d SG 23 used, also a couple of more skillful forgeries, condition rather mixed, Cat £1900 approximately. [** The printed catalogue twice incorrectly states "2d" instead of "3d" **]

400.00T

$380.00T

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1874 Local 'V.R.' (Crown Colony) Overprints 'Two/Cents' on 1d blue with Raised Round Stop after 'V' SG 16c, unusually well centred, a couple of short perfs, lightly cancelled, Cat £1000.

750.00T

$575.00T

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B B1

1874 Local 'V.R.' (Crown Colony) Overprints 'Six/Cents' on 3d green SG 17, a trifle aged, large-part o.g., Cat £1700.

750.00T

$575.00T

F

A C1

1874 Local 'V.R.' (Crown Colony) Overprints Roman Type 'Two/Cents' on 1d blue SG 19, Cat £275.

200.00T

$230.00T

G

1874 Local 'V.R.' (Crown Colony) Overprints 'Six/Cents' on 3d green SG 20, probably reperforated, Cat £900.

250.00T

$250.00T

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1875 '2d.' Surcharges in Red '2d.' on 'Six/Cents' on Gothic Type 3d green SG 22, large-part o.g., Cat £650. Superb!

500.00T

$575.00T

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1875 '2d.' Surcharges in Red '2d.' on 'Six/Cents' on Roman Type 3d green SG 23, large-part (slightly toned) o.g., Cat £800. BPA Certificate (1989).

500.00T

$625.00T

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A B1

1875 '2d.' Surcharges in Red '2d.' on 'Six/Cents' on Roman Type 3d green SG 23, Cat £275. An unusually large stamp.

250.00T

$210.00T

G

A C1

1875 '2d.' Surcharges in Black '2d.' on 'Twelve/Cents' on Gothic Type 6d rose SG 26, Cat £850.

500.00T

$750.00T

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1876-1877 Script 'VR' Underprints Norman Fairbairn's extensive study/display of singles, strips & blocks of 4 from the printer's trial sheets including Double Prints, Misplaced and/or Inverted 'VR' or Surcharges, Omitted Surcharges, Imperforate & Partly Imperf Errors etc, a couple of 1d items additionally with the Void Corner, condition a bit variable but generally fine to very fine. A fascinating lot that demonstrates the production difficulties experienced by the NSW Government Printing Office.ÞÞEarly writers denigrated such material as "printers waste" and it has consequently been spurned by many collectors. However, such disparaging remarks long pre-date the release of the archival holdings of the major security printers in Great Britain. Is there any real difference in status, importance or collectability between this Fiji material and the trial proof sheets of De La Rue, Bradbury Wilkinson & Waterlow? Given that the Fiji proofs were not produced in England, it may be argued that this class of proof has more going for it than the generally better-regarded British-produced trials and plate proofs. In our opinion, it is time to bury the "printer's waste" slur and properly characterise this material as being of legitimate proof status. (Qty 109 items: 161 units)

2000.00T

$1,500.00T

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1876-1877 Script 'VR' Underprints Wove Paper listed shades complete (ex 6d pale rose) SG 28-30b, and Laid Paper listed shades complete SG 31 (no gum)-33a plus 'Four Pence' on 3d mauve SG 34, a few minor blemishes, large-part o.g., Cat £740. (Qty 13)

450.00T

$460.00T

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1876-1877 Script 'VR' Underprints 1d blue Prominent Double Print (the second impression misplaced 2mm to the right) horizontal pair also Imperforate Vertically SG 28bd, a few short perfs, large-part o.g., Cat £850+. [Sir Gawaine Baillie's similar strip of 4 - Ex Colonel Harrie Evans - sold for £1190 at auction in January 2007]

1000.00T

$900.00T