Auction No 145 - Prestige Philately

Jun 13, 2009
Prestige Philately - Auction No 145 Page: 79
NEW GUINEA - 'G.R.I.' Overprints (continued)
Lot Type Grading Description Est $A
215 F A C1
NEW ZEALAND
Lot 215
1915 Additional Surcharges on Marshall Islands '1' on '2d.' on 20pf ultramarine SG 64 tied to small
piece by two strikes of the oval Rabaul datestamp in violet, Cat £2250. Rare: the "Ello" example was
accompanied by a Germany Philatelic Society Certificate that stated "Only 50 copies of this value were
issued". [Tim Rybak's example sold for $4370 at our auction of 26/4/2008. "Ello's" superb marginal
example sold for $6612 at our auction of 14/3/2009]
4,000 T
216 V/F A B1
217 L
Lot 216 Ex Lot 217
1913 Auckland Exhibition ½d to 6d SG 412-5 complete tied to KGV 1d Envelope by two strikes of the
'EXHIBITION/25MR14 11AM/AUCKLAND' cds, Cat £600++. A rare albeit philatelic cover.
1958 Trans-Tasman Flight archive of letters & copy letters between James Lyle (designer of the
Australia & New Zealand Joint Issue), Reg Ferguson & the New Zealand Post Office regarding the
Kingsford Smith essays & approved design, die proofs etc, one of which advises Lyle that Australia
had caved-in & agreed to use his design; also a preliminary sketch by Lyle & copies of the photograph
used for the portrait, Lyle's group of newspaper clippings that focus on complaints about design errors,
a sheet of 80 of the Australian 8d, etc. In one letter, a bitter Lyle speaks of "the sad, sad story of the
Smithy stamp..." He would have been cheered by Bill Hornadge's letter - also enclosed - defending
Lyle's work & blaming the Australian PMG's Department for providing Lyle with inaccurate
photographs. Ex Reg Ferguson & Derrick Ray.
1,500
250 T
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