361 / September 2015

PLATE PROOFS: 1952, Natives ½d.-3s., in imperforated horizontal pairs, unused, very fine, certificate BPA

"PASSED BY CENSOR 2 G.R.I. SAMOA", one green and three violett strikes on 4 covers from Sydney, each franked with KGV 1d., fine

"PASSED BY CENSOR 2 G.R.I. SAMOA" green strike on front of cover from New Zealand with meter mark franking to Apia, few folds, otherwise fine

"PASSED BY CENSOR 3 G.R.I. SAMOA" strike on card from "APIA 30.10.17" bearing 1914 1d. and 1916 ½d. adhesives, addressed to Sedan/France, undeliverable and returned to Apia, fine

AUSTRALIA: "PASSED BY CENSOR 2 G.R.I. SAMOA", strike on postal stationary 1d. red cancelled in "LAUTOJA FIJI 3 APR 17" to Apia, fine

"PASSED BY CENSOR 3 G.R.I. SAMOA", one green and two violett strikes on 3 covers from Sydney, each franked with KGV 1d., fine

"PASSED BY CENSOR 3 G.R.I. SAMOA", green strike on card "APIA 11 JL 19" franked with 1d. red, addressed to Göteborg, fine

"Passed by Censor" black strike on front of cover franked with 2d. mauve from "APIA 14 JE. 15" to England, fine

"Passed by Censor" black strike on front of local cover franked with ½d.-1sh. from "APIA 14 JE. 15", folded horizontally, otherwise fine

 "Passed by Censor" green strike on front of large registered cover, registry etiquette with unusual greenish blue "Apia, Samoa" octagon handstamp, franked with ½d., 2 and 2½d. from "APIA 14.12.14" to Sydney, vertical fold, few stains, otherwise fine, rare

"Passed by Censor" over gummed closing label on front and reverse of regsitered cover from Little Falls, N.Y. bearing 5 and 10 c. adhesives, tied by oval cachet, to Apia, very fine and scarce Provenance: 'Floyd W. Fitzpatrick' (1989)

1917/19, three covers, including one registered, to Netherland, Switzerland and USA, all with censor mark, mostly fine

MAIL RETAINED FROM THE CENSORS: 5 unused double and two normal postal stationary cards GRI 1d. on 10 Pfg. addressed to Leipzig with text including "...Since the 29th of August Samoa has been occupied by the New Zealand troops...", very interesting

"APIA 24 11 14" german cds. on picture postcard bearing ½d. green adhesive, with annotation "on active service", addressed to Auckland, as no cards where allowed depicting unused reproductions of stamps all "stamps" on the reverse have also been cancelled, fine and scarce

"APIA 30 10 14" german cds. on cover with annotation "on active service", addressed to Wellington, with full content, small tear and creases at top, otherwise fine, scarce

Picture postcard written by an New Zealand soldiert and most likely transported in a cover, with interesting text "....The Germans have near all ran away so we are no just waiting for them to send some soldiers..", fine, scarce

TONGA: Postal stationary 1d. red from "NUKUALOFA 6 NOV 14" to Apia, with clear censor mark, delivered on July 23rd 1919, fine

BYPASSING OF THE CENSORSHIP: US Postal Stationary 2 C. red from "PAGO PAGO OCT 9 15" to Dobrilugk in Germany, reverse with interesting text "A few days ago we came from Apia...", fine

1863/80, watermark crown "CC" 1 d. carmine, 3 copies, and 4 d. grey, tied by clear "TRINIDAD AP 26 1874" to registered envelope to Surrey, endorsed "per German steamer", with adjacent red "TRINIDAD PAID", straight line "REGISTERED" and "REGISTERED LONDON" (two strikes, one on 1 d.); some creasing affecting the franking only minor; a scarce private ship letter rate registered letter; certificate BPA (2010)

1930, 25 c. and 6 c., tied by cds. "ZANZIBAR R.E.G." 20.FE.34" to airmail cover from South Africa with adjacent tax cancel, slight transporting marks, scarce

1930, Zeppelin with green overprint 20 c.-1,80 p. kpl., unused o.g., main value unmounted mint, signed in pencil

20 c.-1,80 p. with handstamp "MUESTRA", unused o.g.    

1890, 10 c. red tied by blue cds. "OFICINA EXPEDICION...15.EN.90" to mourning cover with arrival mark "ROSARIO 15.NER.90", tiny stained, otherwise fine

1930, Graf Zeppelin 1,50-6 b. in blocks of 4, one value each with variety "comma instead of dot", unmounted mint    

1930, Zeppelin 1,5-6 b. in horizontal pairs with overprint variaty "comma instead of dot", unused o.g., one value little thinned, otherwise fine

1930, Zeppelin 1,50-6 b. with overprint inverted, unused o.g., signed Bühler

1930, Graf Zeppelin 1,50 b. on 15 c. blue-green, imperforated marginal copy, unused o.g., signed Brun    

1930, Graf Zeppelin 5 c. on 10 c. - 1 b. cpl. with handstamp "MUESTRA", unused, some tiny thins, also pair 15c. one stamp without overprint , the other double, one inverted and pair 25 c., with inverted overprint, one stamp additional normal overprint and  single 25 c. with shiny overprint, most signed

1931, "2.500 REIS" overprint proof on glassine paper, block of 25, fine, scarce

1932, Zeppelin 3.500 $ on 5000 R. and 7.000 $ on 10000 R. , each in block of 6, unmounted mint

1840, "COPIAPO", clear straight line in red on complete large size registered wrapper with adjacent clear red "FRANCA" and "CERTFCASION" to Santiago; very fine and scarce

1915/27, Presidents, unissued 4 c. Balmaceda, die proof in violet on chromo carton paper in block format; a scarce proof from the American Banknote archive

1878, Large Dragon on thin paper 1 ca. deep green, used, fine

2 ca. brown red, unused with original gum, fine

1898/1906, Coiling Dragon 1 c. ochre and 2 c. red (oxidized) tied by blue oval dater "KIACHOW DEC.2.12.1899" to postal stationery card 1 c. rose in combination franking with German Post 5 pf. with cds. "TSINGTAU 4.12.99" and long text (dated Chiangling 27.11.) to Germany with arrival mark, fine

1898/1906, Coiling Dragon 10 c. green and 5 c. rose tied by large chinese dater to registered postcard from Tsinanfu via "KIACHOW 3.MAI" with combination franking German Post 10 pf. (2) and 5 pf. and Geman register label to Berlin with arrival mark, card with light crease and one german stamp slight faults where applied over the edge of the card