375th Auction

Surcharges 1½ d. on 2 d. (2) and 3 d. on 2 d., applied alternately, tied by black "APIA MAR 27 95" to registered envelope to Germany with London register mark on front, fine

3 d. on 2 d. perf. 12:11½ and 2½ d. rose perf. 12½, tied by blue "APIA APR 18 95" to commercial cover to Germany with London transit and arrival marks

1895/1900, Register stamp 3 d. on 2 d. and 2 s. 6 d., tied by black "APIA AUG 14 95" and additionally with oval "REGISTERED LONDON" to registered envelope to Constantinople, Turkey with arrival mark, fine

1896, 2½ d. black with 1 d. green and 2 d. pale ocre, tied by black "APIA SEP 17 98" to cover via San Francisco to New York, fine

1898/99, Handstamp 2½ d. on 1 s. with overprint 2½ d. on 1 d., tied by black "APIA APR 21 99" to envelope to San Francisco with arrival mark

1899, 1 d. deep red-brown tied by black "APIA SEP .. 99" to postcard with adjacent "N.Z. MARINE P.O.H.M.S. MARIPOSA 8 SEP. 99" to Germany with arrival mark

1899/1900, ½ d. dull blue-green and 1 d. chestnut, tied by black "APIA FEB 28 1900" to postcard to Germany

1915, G.R. MAFIA in violet on 2½ h.-45 h., unmounted mint, 2 values with minor gum toning, 30 h. small tear at top, otherwise very fine and fresh; each stamp with 2 signatures in pencil and sign. Hoffmann-Giesecke

1915, German East Africa Yacht types with handstamp "G.R. MAFIA" 3 r. blue-black and red in horizontal pair with left sheet margin, nice fresh colour and good visible handstamps, unused with original gum and small hinge remainder, the left stamp with some toning. With eight copies issued one of the great rarities of British East Africa and to our records the only multiple of this stamp. Certificate BPA (2020)

6 c. on 20 h., unused o.g. very fine, certificate BPA (1962)

Statistik des Waarenverkehrs 12½ h. drab, marginal copy, mnh, very fine, certificate BPA (2020)

1892, Arms of Tonga 1d. pale rose diagonally bisected together with 2d. additional franking tied by duplex cancel to Apia Samoa, some typical peripheral aging, nice cover with this authorized bisect making up the 2½d. UPU-rate

1896, TONGA GOVERNMENT FRANK two fine government free frank items: 1896 wrapper to England with the NUKUALOFA cds  without year (as normal); 1900 Customs cover to New Zealand with scarcer TONGA GOVERNMENT VAVAU and dated cachet on reverse. Above average condition for this material

TRINIDAD: 1882, Provisional 1 d. on 6 d. green, horizontal block of 8 and 4 single stamps, tied by cds. "TRINIDAD JA 7 84" to envelope to Edinburgh with arrival mark, perforation at right with slight faults, otherwise fine