Lot
6100 
New Zealand, 1857, Queen Victoria "Chalon Head", 6d chestnut, imperf, unwatermarked, two singles with three or four margins, right with vertical scissor-cut at right, each neatly cancelled by sharp numeral "12" barred oval, matching sharp "Petre, New-Zealand, AU 3, 1861" origin backstamp on cover to Guildford, England, endorsed "Paid Via Marseilles" at top left, Wellington (8.6) transit cds, Guildford (10.17) arrival backstamp; stamps lifted and replaced, Very Fine and rare double-rate franking, Joseph Hackmey, Spink Shreves, May 2010, lot 2130; with 1993 B.P.A. certificate. Scott No. 9f. Campbell Paterson No. A5a (7). SG No. 15 Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Realized: $1,100
Lot
6101 
New Zealand, 1858, Queen Victoria "Chalon Head", 1s dull emerald green, imperf, unwatermarked, neatly tied by barred oval on small piece showing "Lyttelton, New-Zealand, DE 3, 1860" rimless, clear to full even margins, strong color, Very Fine and choice example of this scarce shade. Scott No. 10e. Campbell Paterson No. A6c (1). SG No. 16 £1,800 ($2,360).
Realized: $1,400
Lot 6102 o
New Zealand, 1858, Queen Victoria "Chalon Head", 1s dull emerald green, imperf., overlap variety, unwatermarked, huge top overlap margin single, cancelled by clear numeral "17" barred oval of Christchurch, large margins on right and bottom, touched at left, deep intense color on fresh paper, Very Fine and rare 1s overlap margin single with stunning color, Marcel Stanley. Scott No. 10e var. Campbell Paterson No. A6c (1) var.SG No. 16 var. £1,800 ($2,360).
Realized: $950
Lot
6103
New Zealand, 1858, Queen Victoria "Chalon Head", 1s dull emerald green, imperf, unwatermarked, clear to large margins, deep rich color on bright paper, tied by numeral "18" barred oval, matching "Dunedin, Otago, AP 21" origin backstamp on reduced blue legal-size cover front with two flaps reattached to Wellington, partial Apr. 29, 1862 arrival cds, Very Fine use with a beautiful stamp, Marcel Stanley, Robson Lowe, November 1977, lot 556. Scott No. 10e. Campbell Paterson No. A6c (1). SG No. 16 Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED 1857 1S EMERALD-GREEN USAGES, AND ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED DOMESTIC USAGES OF THE 1858 1S IMPERF ISSUE.
This usage is prepaid 1s for a letter weighing between 2 and 3 ounces.
Realized: $1,350
Lot
6104
New Zealand, 1858, Queen Victoria "Chalon Head", 1s dull emerald green, imperf, unwatermarked, large margins except clear at left, used with 2d blue (10), full to large margins except in at bottom right corner, each cancelled by numeral "1" barred oval, matching "Auckland, New-Zealand, AP 18, 1861" backstamp on cover to Providence R.I., magenta "8" pence credit to G.B. marking, red London Paid (7.22) cds and matching "16/Cents" credit exchange handstamp, black "N.York Am. Pkt. '5' Jul 6" debit cds, Very Fine and early prepaid use to the United States, Joseph Hackmey, Spink Shreves, May 2010, lot 2131; with 1995 B.P.A. certificate. Scott No. 10e. Campbell Paterson No. A6c (1). SG No. 16 Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED 1857 1S EMERALD-GREEN USAGES, AN EXCEPTIONAL FRANKING PREPAYING THE 1S 2D RATE TO THE UNITED STATES VIA SUEZ AND THE U.K.
There are only three covers recorded with the emerald-green and four recorded with the blue-green shade, primarily to pay rates on letters to the United Kingdom. Only two domestic covers are known. The cover offered here is the only 1858 1s issue used to the United States and the earliest recorded with stamps paying the postage.
References: Illustrated in Odenweller as part of figure 3.9, p. 42.
Realized: $2,500
Lot
6105 (
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New Zealand, 1857, Queen Victoria "Chalon Head", 1s blue green, imperf, unwatermarked, unused without gum, full to large margins, beautiful bright color and impression, Extremely Fine and choice, Paul Kruger (private sale); with 2012 Odenweller certificate. Scott No. 10. Campbell Paterson No. A6c (2). SG No. 17 £17,000 ($22,340).
A STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 1857 1S BLUE-GREEN IMPERF ISSUE, SURELY ONE OF THE FINEST RECORDED EXAMPLES.
Realized: $19,000
Lot 6106 o
New Zealand, 1857, Queen Victoria "Chalon Head", 1s blue green, imperf, unwatermarked, neat strike of "Drury, Sep 62" town cds, wide margins at right and bottom to barely touched at left, remarkable intense color on bright paper, F.-V.F. and rare town cancel on the 1s value. Scott No. 10. Campbell Paterson No. A6c (2).SG No. 17 £1,800 ($2,360).
Drury is a rural town near Auckland where coal mining was established in the 1850s and used as a military outpost during the Maori wars.
Realized: $350
Lot 6107 o
New Zealand, 1857, Queen Victoria "Chalon Head", 1s blue green, imperf, unwatermarked, horizontal pair, each lightly cancelled by numeral "18" barred oval of Dunedin, full to large margins except touched at right top, bright color and paper, some thins, F.-V.F. appearance and scarce pair. Scott No. 10. Campbell Paterson No. A6c (2).SG No. 17 £3,600 as singles ($4,730).
Realized: $850
Lot
6108
New Zealand, 1857, Queen Victoria "Chalon Head", 1s blue green, imperf, unwatermarked, large margins except nick at top, used with 1862 6d black-brown (41), three margins, each cancelled by indistinct numeral "17" barred oval, matching "Christchurch, Canterbury, JU 9, 1862" backstamp on registered cover to Arlesford, Hants, England, red double-circle "Registered, No., Canterbury, N.Z." with reversed "Z" and manuscript number "485", Lyttelton (6.10) transit and red London Registered (8.22) oval datestamp, Alresford (8.22) transit backstamp; both stamps with defects, Fine and rare use, Dr. Adam Hunter, Stanley Gibbons, July 1980John Woolfe, Spink, October 2006, lot 209
Len Jury, Spink, October 2015, lot 2179; with 2013 R.P.S.N.Z. certificate. Scott No. 10. Campbell Paterson No. A6c (2).
SG No. 17 Estimate $750 - 1,000.
THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THE CANTERBURY REGISTRY DOUBLE-CIRCLE HANDSTAMP.
Reference: This cover is mentioned on page 243 of Vol. VII of the RPSNZ handbook.
The "Z" of "NZ" in the Canterbury Registered double-circle handstamp is reversed.
Realized: $650