Fiji
Covers and stamps / Fiji / Postal Stationery
(Postal Stationery) 1902 (FE 3) One Penny card used to Methven, New Zealand with two G.P.O. Suva cds tying image, bottom left with Auckland transit (12 FE) and Christchurch transit (15 FE), reverse with Rakaia transit (15 FE) and at top on front arrival cds of 15th; a few slight stains and crease at top right, but generally good appearance and condition.
£65
Fiji
Covers and stamps / Fiji / Postal Stationery / Illustrated
(Postal Stationery) 1902 (OC 31) One Penny card with fine hand-painted image, two Suva cancels. Without any message or address; fine and scarce.
£475
Fiji
Covers and stamps / Fiji
1888 (MR 16) cover to Glasgow, Scotland franked 1881-90 perf 10 1d. dull blue in block of four and two vertical pairs tied by part cds, arrival backstamp. The stamps at top of envelope with some very slight discolouration and some perf faults, the vertical pair at left shows extra large top margin stamp whilst the bottom stamp has damaged base. A striking cover.
£595
Fiji
Covers and stamps / Fiji
1891 (27 MY) long cover to Bank of New Zealand, Melbourne to be carried by “S.S. Rockton” franked marginal vertical pair Four Pence on 1d. tied Suva cds, reverse with two complete red wax seals of bank and Melbourne arrival cds of JE 8.
£450
Fiji
Covers and stamps / Fiji
1891 (7 JA) long cover to Bank of New Zealand, Melbourne to be carried by “S.S. Rockton” franked vertical pair Four Pence on 1d. tied Suva cds, reverse with two complete red wax seals of bank and Melbourne arrival cds of JA 16; envelope roughly opened on reverse.
£535
Fiji
Covers and stamps / Fiji
1893 (25 MY) long registered cover to London, from Basil Thomson, author of “The Decay of custom in Fiji” to his wife, franked at 1/1d. rate with 2d. single (position 10, type 2), 2d. strip of five (positions 11-15) and 1d. single (position 48, substituted cliché), arrival backstamp.
£1175
Fiji
Covers and stamps / Fiji
1898 (25 May) registered cover to Greenock, Scotland franked 1878-99 4d. and 6d. perf 11 x 11½ plus 1893 5d. perf 11 x 10 tied Suva cds, oval framed ‘R’ at left and manuscript number, oval REGISTERED LIVERPOOL at centre, part arrival backstamp; some slight perf tonings, generally fine appearance.
£295
Gold Coast
Covers and stamps / Fiji / Gold Coast / Postal Stationery / Registered mail
1905 (6 Jan) ½d. Queen Victoria stationery card to Levuka, Fiji additionally franked 1902 ½d. and 1d. (2) tied unclear Kwitta cds, framed registration bottom right with manuscript number, ‘R’ in oval, Accra transit at top and at right unclear arrival, reverse with red hooded Registered London transit.
£95
Fiji
Covers and stamps / Fiji / Postal Stationery
1905 Penny Half Penny card used to Hamburg with Levuka despatch cds, reverse with Suva transit and arrival cds on front. With long message on reverse.
£55
Fiji
Covers and stamps / Fiji / Farthings / Postage dues / War tax
1918 (14 May) underfranked local envelope with 1916 ¼d. and ½d. green WAR STAMP with Suva cds, at left framed ‘T’ handstamp filled “2 ½” and with 1917 Postage Due typographed locally ½d. black and 1918 Narrow Setting 2d. black tied by Sunburst handstamps in black. Very fine and very rare, signed Calves. Provenance Corinphila sale 80, March 1990, lot 5075
£1575
Fiji
Covers and stamps / Fiji / Censored mail / Postage dues
1943 (1 NOV) cover to Akron, Ohio under-franked 2d. tied Suva cds, at far left circular T/20 handstamp, at right censor tape OPENED BY EXAMINER X/ III; good condition.
£75
Australia
Covers and stamps / Tonga / Fiji / Australian States / Postal Stationery / Newspaper wrapper / Wrapper
New South Wales 1899 uprated 1/2d. postal stationery wrapper to Levuka, Fiji with 1d. tied Ship Mail Room Sydney cds, on arrival redirected with red manuscript Nukualofa, reverse with Haapia Tonga cds; fine and unusual.