NEW ZEALAND STAMPS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 December 1922, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND STAMPS.

DISPOSAL, OF A VALUABLE CO I.

LECTION. LONDON. Nov. 10. A very valuable collection of New Zealand stamps were sold at -Messrs Marnier, Rooke and Co’s Fleet street auction rooms last week. The collection which was formed by Air L. Wil- ' son, an Australian, contained many of Mu’ rarest items and were in excellent preservation. The first stamp issued by tlie New .Zealand Government in .July, 1 s.io, the Itl dull carmine, realised CIO. Ibis is catalogued by Gibbons at £25, and singularly enough was printed b.v i Perkins. Macon and Co., at 0!) Fleet* si root on the very site where the auc- ' tion looms are now s-itualed. A pair ol ' the 2d blue of the same issue sold h r £l (l : the Is yellow green sold for £7. ( in November of the same year the • •stamps were printed at Auckland. An 1 unused copy of the Id red, catalogued at £SO, made only £5, the condition, not being very fine. A used copy cut a- ' logued at Tie, realised £lO Ills. Un. ' used copies of the 2d value realised £-1, and used, £4 17s. The 3 s green is vers '■ rare and unpriced, and sold for £l7. Three used copies, catalogued at £lB. sold lor the remarkable prices of £2O, CII, and £0 os respectively. Half of the Is bisected, and used as a (Id stamp, sold lor £l9. The item of the greatest interest in the sale was the 2d ! blue with value omitted from the hot- ! toil) label. Only two or three copies are in existence, and this copy, which "as sold at .£(32, is the first to eomo under tlie hammer. The I SSG-59 issues were on un water, | marked paper, issued without pcrfnrn- ! Lion, but tlie Id, 2d, and fid values ‘ on I.*- : ealised from 31s to 77s each. The ! Is emerald, catalogued £(!. sold for £B—a record price, and the Is blue ’ green, catalogued CD. sold for £7 10s. ( fu tire subsequent perforated issues j maw experiments were made b.v the printers, the pin perforated fid (Gib- j bons, No. 20s), sold for .CM 10s; ' the 1 Is green £22 3 os, the serrated perforated Id. D2s ; (id £f) 5s ; Is blue green L'Ki 30s; roulettcd (id, and brown £ls. None of these stamps are priced !>v Gibbons and those prices are interesting as establishing their value. 1

The 1802 issues are notable for tlieii 1 variety. I hey were issued importer- , ated, mulct tod, serrated, and pin per j I orated. The pelure paper Is, imper- ] torated, sold for £8 os, do unused pair of the Id verm i I lion £7 10s. The other varieties did not evoke very great com- J petition. The 18(51 issue of the Id red : in a strip of 55 was sold for CIO 10s; a pair of 2d blue C 7 15s; a strip ol lliree Is green £8; a pair of the roulefted Id, catalogued at £BO. was in l>°‘>r condition and sold for onlv 92s'he 2d, Ui; and llio Is. £5