Great Barrier Island continued...
| Lot |
Sym. |
Lot Description |
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| 4093 |
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The Original Pigeongram Service, Envelopes. Labels and Forms. Twelve
items incl. two envelopes used by the service to forward messages received
in Auckland to their destinations, four different labels for baskets
containing pigeons to be trained with instructions to release the birds at
a particular area for them to return to Auckland, three different labels
for baskets containing pigeons sent by Mr. Howie to agents, a printed form
for Mr. Howie in Auckland to record the arrival of the pigeons, and three
"Birds Absent Forms" with two unused and one used, in mounts on seven
exhibit pages, Fine-Very Fine |
E. 750-1,000 |
| 4094 |
|
 Service Receipts. Two
with one dated 5th July 1898 and other dated 17th July 1898, the former
is the earliest known usage, two vertical creases incl. one ending in
small tear at top and small toned spots, latter with vertical crease at
left and rough left edge, otherwise Fine-Very Fine
(Image) |
E. 500-750 |
| 4095 |
 |
 The Service's Commercial
Stationery. 208 x 173mm, with a typed message and signed by
proprietor S. Holden Howie to Wharekawa, Whangamata, datelined
Auckland, 22 August 1900, sending two unused and one used stamp, message
with three small neat rectangular cutouts of unknown logic, otherwise Very
Fine, illustrated in Walker (p.79) as the example of the Service's
commercial stationery (Image) |
E. 1,000-1,500 |
| 4096 |
|
Letter from the Governor of Samoa. Letter in German dated Feb. 19,
1901 thanking Mr. Howie for sending him carrier pigeons, also incl. letter
in English from William Bulow dated Apr. 20, 1903 informing Mr. Howie that
the governor sent him the pigeons due to the poor health of the inhabitants
and asks Mr. Howie to dispose of the pigeons, file folds, English letter
with small hole, otherwise Fine-Very Fine |
E. 300-400 |
| 4097 |
 |
The Original Pigeongram Service Balance. Eleven items comprising
second and fourth issue stamps, second issue incl. normal single and single
with plate flaw, both with original gum, used single with
socked-on-the-nose Type 4a cancel with "Copyright", and used single tied by
Ty. 3 cancel on small piece, fourth issue incl. single and block of four,
both with original gum, used single affixed to internal memo from Port
Fitzroy to Howie, also incl. 1899 bill from printers Wilson & Horton for
printing 4,650 stamps in blue on gummed paper, letter frin the Orphan Home
Trust Board to Mr. Howie thanking him for communicating by pigeongram the
safe arrival of the children on a trip to the Great Barrier Island, 1968
reprint sheet of second, fourth and Marotiri Island issues, and flown
flimsy with Ty. 3 cancel, in mounts on six exhibit pages, Fine-Very Fine |
E. 1,000-1,500 |
| 4098 |
|
 1899, 6p Blue, 1sh Red.
Original gum, 6p with slight disturbance at bottom, 1sh small h.r., small
thin and two toned perfs, otherwise Extremely Fine, 1sh with Sanabria
backstamp (Image) |
E. 50-75 |
| 4099 |
 |
 1899, 6p Blue. Complete
sheet of twenty, slightly disturbed original gum, mostly lightly hinged or
h.r., two stamps with small faults, otherwise Fine-Very Fine, of the 500
sheets printed, only a few remain -- a very rare complete sheet (Image) |
E. 750-1,000 |
| 4100 |
 |
 1899, 6p Blue.
Reconstructed part sheet of nineteen (easy to complete) with full selvage
at right, incl. irregular block of seven and right margin block of three,
stamps without gum, two stamps and margin with small faults, otherwise Very
Fine, the full selvage at right proves these were printed in a rectangular
format (Image) |
E. 300-400 |
| 4101 |
 |
 1899, 6p Blue,
Imperforate. Partly reconstructed sheet lacking only five positions to
be complete, unused (no gum), also incl. extra of Pos. 19 (no gum) and
extra pair with traces of gum, part sheet comprised of hexagonal block of
six, strips of three and five and pair, light soiling and other faults,
otherwise Very Fine, becuase he could plate them, Goodkind believed these
were genuine stamps not yet perforated, others believed them to be proofs,
but there is no evidence to properly classify them
(Image) |
E. 400-500 |
| 4102 |
|
 1899, 1sh Red. Pos. 10
with full corner selvage, Mint N.H., small h.r. in selvage, and
strip of ten with almost complete selvage at side, unused (no gum), one
stamp with two scuffs, few perf separations, otherwise Very Fine, also
incl. photograph of horizontal gutter block of six, all three items
indicate the arrangement of the plate, and a schematic accompanies (Image) |
E. 750-1,000 |
| 4103 |
E |
 1899, 1sh Red, Essay.
Stamp sized, large even margins, differs from design of stamp in
denomination, without gum, tiny thin in margin only, Very Fine and probably
unique (Image) |
E. 750-1,000 |