New Zealand Souvenir
We spent much of the weekend getting our Christmas Flyer ready. It is 32 pages long; and Matt was here until 11:00 pm on Saturday finishing up. As a result he missed a fine hockey game with the Senators beating the Sabres for the third time this season. Now all the envelopes for sending the flyer are ready to go and we are waiting to hear that the print job is finished before rushing down to pick it up. We expect that we will get it all in the mail today. A broadcast email about the flyer will be sent out tomorrow or "soon".
Two of three cartons from an auction came in today. One group of lots which I bid on was some Great Britain mostly surface printed issues of Queen Victoria and I was successful on two lots of about half a dozen offered. My bids were prepared without seeing the lots (usually a no-no - and especially with classic stamps). I figured out what I could pay for the line-engraved issues and bid only that figure. After seeing the Prices Realized it was obvious that, except for one lot, I was the buyer or the underbidder. After opening the carton, a cursory viewing of these two lots suggests that they will turn out alright and I should be able to price them at about three times what I paid.
The lot which I liked the most was the New Zealand Presentation Book for the 1934 U.P.U. Congress in Cairo. There are four large tipped in sepia photographs, three of which show Maori women. The stamps include sets from the Cook Islands, Niue, and New Zealand George V definitive issues including Officials. Total catalogue value is not less than US$ 823.75. The stamps are affixed to the pages and if soaked off would be without gum; however the colours are wonderful and, except for gum, the stamps are Post Office fresh and mostly very fine which is above the norm for these.
Our price for this is $270; and I really do like it enough that I will make it our weekly feature on Saturday unless it is sold before then.
Two of three cartons from an auction came in today. One group of lots which I bid on was some Great Britain mostly surface printed issues of Queen Victoria and I was successful on two lots of about half a dozen offered. My bids were prepared without seeing the lots (usually a no-no - and especially with classic stamps). I figured out what I could pay for the line-engraved issues and bid only that figure. After seeing the Prices Realized it was obvious that, except for one lot, I was the buyer or the underbidder. After opening the carton, a cursory viewing of these two lots suggests that they will turn out alright and I should be able to price them at about three times what I paid.
The lot which I liked the most was the New Zealand Presentation Book for the 1934 U.P.U. Congress in Cairo. There are four large tipped in sepia photographs, three of which show Maori women. The stamps include sets from the Cook Islands, Niue, and New Zealand George V definitive issues including Officials. Total catalogue value is not less than US$ 823.75. The stamps are affixed to the pages and if soaked off would be without gum; however the colours are wonderful and, except for gum, the stamps are Post Office fresh and mostly very fine which is above the norm for these.
Our price for this is $270; and I really do like it enough that I will make it our weekly feature on Saturday unless it is sold before then.
posted by Ian Kimmerly @ 2:25 PM
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