Auction 99 NORFOLK ISLAND EPHEMERA
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| Lot | Type | Quality | Description | Estimate | Realised |
| 211 | */** | B/A | "Cinderellas": 1930s Melanesian Mission two different sheets each of 24 perforated and gummed labels featuring South Pacific scenes etc, each with a different portrait of Bishop Patteson, one sheet (with five "flag" labels) has a few minor tonespots, the other is very fine unmounted. | 250 | 224 |
| 212 | *WC | "Cinderellas": sheet of 24 perforated and gummed labels featuring South Pacific scenes, Bishop Patteson, & five "flag" labels, some toning; also a range of single labels with no gum & one with a postal cancel; finally a 1950 philatelic cover NZ-USA with Mission label on the reverse. | 125 | 105 | |
| 213 | ? | A | Artwork: c.1960 two small watercolours of Bloody Bridge and a coastal scene both signed "S.VISICK", attractively framed & ready to hang. | 100 | 90 |
| 214 | C | A/B | Autographs: 1963 four small cards each with Pitcairners 3d "tied" by autograph of the then oldest descendants of "Bounty" mutineers comprising "Jemima Robinson" aged 93), "AliceEMcCoy" (90), "BettyBuffett" (89) & "GLeslieQuintal" (81), few blemishes; also similar cards signed by Island Administrators "HBoydNorman" on Ball Bay ½d pair, "RLeydin" on 2/8d Local Government. & "RHWordsworth" on 1/- Fish; plus 1975 local rate cover signed by various "Bounty" descendants. (8) | 100 | 70 |
| 215 | C | A | Autographs: philatelic cover to USA signed at upper-left "JAMichener, Lieut, USNR", the author of "Tales of the South Pacific", subsequently immortalised by Rodgers & Hammerstein. | 200 | 140 |
| 216 | L | B | Etchings: 1856 (Dec 13) "Illustrated London News" four pages including brief article "The New Home of the Pitcairn Islanders" with ½-page illustration "Perilous Situation of the boat of the Maeander at the Bar", & full-page tinted illustration "Norfolk Island: from Flagstaff Hill"; also 1881 (Oct 1) "The Graphic" centrefold "A Visit to Norfolk Island" with 8 illustrations with a missionary flavour; few edge faults and minor blemishes; also a few cut-down etchings extracted from newspapers of the period. | 150 | 130 |
| 217 | L | A | Legal Documents: 1919 & 1951 "Absolute Sale or Conveyance(s)" of the same piece of land on Norfolk Island, three similar 1960s documents, also 1930 letter from the Registrar's Office enclosing Transfer of Land (not included). | 200 | 179 |
| 218 | L | D | Legal Documents: 1855 'NORFOLK ISLAND/WILL' (235x375mm) being a printed document completed by hand & endorsed "No 12", being the will of "Edward Young Buffett" & witnessed by "Henry Wilkinson JP" & "CecilW ? ", awful condition but of the greatest social interest. [Henry Wilkinson was Resident Magistrate at Lord Howe Island. He visited Norfolk Island on two occasions, both in 1855. The will, although only partly dated, must therefore be of 1855 vintage] | 100 | 90 |
| 219 | L | D | Legal Documents: 1901 (June 11) petition on two foolscap pages from descendants of the Pitcairners to King Edward VII requesting the King to send them a "life-size bronze statue of Her Majesty Queen Victoria at the age of 37 years, which was her age when we came to Norfolk Island" (!!!), and signed by two Quintals, two Quintalls, three Christians, a Buffett, a Hobbs, an Adams & a Young, in need of the attention of a good conservator still quite presentable. [Surely one of the most presumptuous requests ever made of the British Crown] | 250 | 575 |
| 220 | L | A | Legislation: 1794 complete Act of Parliament entitled "An Act to enable His Majesty to establish a Court of Criminal Judicature on Norfolk Island". Ex Hornadge who advised that the only other copy known is in Sydney's Mitchell Library. | 300 | 340 |
| 221 | L | B | Legislation: 1834 "An Act for the more effectual Administration of Justice at Norfolk Island", 1843 "An Act to amend an Act...for the Government of NSW & VDL as relates to Norfolk Island", and 1857 "Supplement to the NSW Government Gazette: Laws & Regulations for Norfolk Island"; 1897 "...Laws, Rules & Regulations for the government of Norfolk Island"; plus 3 other minor documents. | 150 | 105 |
| 222 | L | C | Letters: 1864 small double-sided letter headed "Auckland NZ" in the hand of and signed by "JCPatteson Bp" (Bishop Patteson, of Melanesian Mission fame), "repaired" along central separation & piece missing at base still presentable. [Vendor paid $260 in 2000] | 200 | 420 |
| 223 | C | B/A | Letters: 1894 mourning cover to "Mrs Simpson/Norfolk Is" apparently carried per favour, with the printed enclosure mourning Harriet Hollis "who was drowned in the Wreck of the SS Wairarapa...", the cover with minor blemishes, the enclosure is very fine. Ex Hornadge. | 200 | 179 |
| 224 | L | A | Maps and Charts: 1777 Wm Strahan "Norfolk Isle" (190x209mm) second edition of Captain Cook's chart, showing the route he took in the course of discovering Norfolk Island in 1774. | 150 | 120 |
| 225 | C | B | Maps and Charts: 1789 large page (420x545mm) rudimentary chart of Norfolk Island with a more detailed chart of Sydney Bay and approaches to the Settlement, imprint 'Printed as the Act directs by JStockdale August 10th 1789' at the base, small central fault. [Probably the earliest map of the island after settlement took place in 1788] | 250 | 200 |
| 226 | L | A | Maps and Charts: 1803 "Het Eiland Norfolk" (177x203mm) Dutch edition of Captain Cook's chart, mounted in cardboard display frame. | 150 | 120 |
| 227 | L | A | Maps and Charts: c.1840 J&C Walker (London) 20 separate maps of varying size & scale of "Polynesia or Islands of the South Pacific" including Norfolk Island & Pitcairn Island, on one sheet (400x320mm, plus margins). [Vendor paid $150 in 1996] | 150 | 140 |
| 228 | L | A | Miscellaneous: 1892 UPU circular in French advising that mails for Norfolk Island (and for Tonga & Cook Islands) could be forwarded via New Zealand; also similar 1894 circular advising of additional fees that could be charged by weight on letters, postcards & other "objects" to these places. Ex Cyril Sinfield, and Hornadge. (2) | 250 | 200 |
| 229 | L | A | Newspapers: 1792 (Aug 21) "Kentish Gazette" 4pp folio-size with a half-column extract of a letter from Sydney Cove stating: "Is there any prospect that this colony will be able to maintain itself? I shall say No...as to the idea of supporting of the possibility of supporting an extensive and numerous settlement, it must be given up...Norfolk Island is a better soil than Sydney Cove...it is so difficult of access on account of the constant surf...it is very much pestered with vermin...The female convicts...are employed collecting these vermin...[it] is certainly a proper place for banishment..." [Remarkably early published account] | 100 | 180 |
| 230 | L | B | Newspapers: 1793 (May 28) "The Star" (London) 4pp folio-size with a full-column extract of a letter from "A Gentleman at Norfolk Island, New South Wales" painting a very gloomy picture of the Norfolk Island penal colony: "[The] Convicts [are] a set of the most incorrigible villains upon the face of the earth, by whom all the labour is to be performed, and which they do with the greatest reluctance...they thieve on every opportunity...there are about 170 Settlers [including] Convicts who have served their time...two very good stone buildings are nearly finished...A great number of the Convicts have died within the last 12 months...". | 100 | 180 |
| 231 | L | A | Newspapers: 1965 (Aug 6th) "The Norfolk Islander" Volume 1 No 1 unfolded and in remarkably fine condition apart from minor rust around the staples, 24 pages of news & adverts including for a mini Fiat "The Ideal Car for Island Conditions"! | 75 | 55 |
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