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PISG Internet/Mail Auction #2

July 30, 2009 is the closing date of our newest club auction. Minimum bid is 75% of estimate. Shipping costs added to all successful bids. Both sellers and buyers pay 10% premium. Lots with only a single bid will be sold for the estimate or the bid amount, whichever is lower. Bids should be sent to:

Steve Pendleton
3006 W Mary Ave
Visalia, CA 93277

or email at SPENDL(at)peoplepc.com.

Sellers and bidders must be PISG members in good standing.

Vendor A - Lots 1 to 36
Lots 1 and 2 are authentic mail from an incarcerated islander to friends/family on Pitcairn. Each bears a 10c definitve to pay the internal Pitcairn rate.

Lot 1. Jail Mail: 27 May 2008 10c Bounty to island family. On QEII stationery Est. $50 Photo

Lot 2. Similar to Lot 1, 18 May 2008 Est. $50

Lot 3. Cover front only. US to Pitcairn 2008.$8.85 in postage indicia. Commercial use. Unusual. Est. $4

Lot 4. 2008 Christmas greetings envelope PISC US with Circular Study Center cachet cancelling 10c Bounty stamp. Est. $2

Lot 5. Postcard. Govt card showing Water Valley. Unused but Christmas message from islander on back. Est. $2

Lot 6. Postcard. Govt card showing St.Pauls Rocks Unused but with Christmas message from islander on back. Est. $2

Lot 7. 3 postcard set. Thursday's House, including chunk of wood from house. Est. $5

Lot 8. Norfolk/Pitcairn. Two FDC with sets from both islands for 150th anniversary of migration to Pitcairn. Est. $5

Lot 9. Nola/Reynold Warren cachet, signed. Pitcairn cancel Feb.24, 2006. Ship cancel of Southern Salvor. No Stamps Available cachet. Est. $5

Lot 10. Very long cover. 15c Ducie stamp, roller cancel Pitcairn Island Bicentenary, cachet two-line "Pitcairn Island/School" not in Kitching. Commercial to England. Est. $10 Photo

Lot 11. Two souvenir covers unadd. with 17 stamps . cachet longboats printed. Cancelled 2000. Est. $3

Lot 12. Lot of 7 Bureau covers with Pitcairn stamps. Recent. Est.$5

Lot 13. Lot of 5 large-very large commercial envelopes recent. Est. $5

Lot 14. MNH Sheet 2008 Discovery of a Community. Est. $4

Lot 15. Hattie leaf flowers. Est. $6

Lot 16. Similar to Lot 15. Est. $6

Lot 17. Similar to Lot 15. Est. $6

Lot 18. Similar to Lot 15. Est. $6

Lot 19. Hattie Leaf island and Bounty. Est. $7

Lot 20. Similar to Lot 19. Est. $7

Lot 21. Similar to Lot 19. Est. $7

Lot 22. Similar to Lot 19. Est. $7

Other Items

Lot 23. Lot of 5 commercial covers-Caribbean islands (St.Vincent, Nevis, etc.) and Kiribati. To Mauritius. Est. $5

Lot 24. Australia:Cover with two $5 definitives, othr stamps. Registered to US.Est. $4

Lot 25. Australia: Thursday Island cancel, additional paquebot c., Ship cachet Asia Renown. 1977 Est. $2

Lot 26. Tokelau: 2 FDC Olympic games 1992. Cancelled Nukunonu and Fakaofo. Est. $3

Lot 27. Norfolk. Two long commercial covers. Christmas 1969 stamp and $1 explorers stamp. Est. $2

Lot 28. New Zealand. Lot of 100 all different used stamps. All commemorative. Est. $5

Lot 29. Great Britain. Lot of 100 all different used commemorative stamps. Est. $5

Lot 30. Australia. Lot of 100 all different commems and definitive used stamps.Est. $5

Lot 31. Austria. Mixture, mostly different used off paper. Est. $5

Lot 32. Czechoslovakia same. Est. $5

Lot 33. USSR Mint and used 1960s. Est. $5

Lot 34. Book 'Atlas of the Pitcairn Islands' Expanded 2008 edition with more maps. Est. $18

Lot 35. Atlas Older edition. Est. $12

Lot 36. Book 'Nineteenth Century Pitcairn Mail' Expanded 2008 edition 51pp (De Tierry correspondence). Est. $12
 


 
 
  Vendor B - Lots 37 to 67

Lot 37. 5 long covers from 1980s, mostly fish definitives-commercial. Est. $7

Lot 38. Bounty Post 5 long covers, stamps all different 2005-7. Est. $5

Lot 39. Bounty Post 5 long covers stamps all different 2006-7. Est. $5

Lot 40. Bounty Post and others 5 long covers stamps all different 1997-2008. Est. $5

Lot 41. Five long commercial covers 2000s mostly Bounty Post. Est. $5

Lot 42. Large 1986 registered (Adamstown) cover from Betty Christian to US. 70c turtle stamp. Est. $4

Lot 43. Bit beat-up large cover 1987 from Betty Christian to US. $2, 50c and 10c fish definitives. Commercial Est. $4 Photo

Lot 44. Large 1989 registered cover from Betty Christian to US. %c, 20c and 60c fish definitives. Indianapolis cancel on front. Est. $4

Lot 45. 1983 large registered cover from Betty Christian to US. Longboat printed cachet. 50c Henderson island def. stamp. Est. $4 Photo

Lot 46. 1983 20c and 10c defs on small cover from Tom and Betty (light cachet on back). Est. $3

Lot 47. 1954 stampless cover with nice double ring cancel. On Her Majesty's Service Postmaster written bottom left. Est. $6

Lot 48. 1981 FDC 125th anniverary migration to Norfolk. Signed by Jennifer Toombs. Est. $7.50

Lot 49. 1977 long Miscellany cover with two 1c and a 5c island scenes definitives, plus nice strike of "50 years of Postal Service" cachet. Est. $5 Photo

Lot 50. Lot of six Customs Declaration Forms. Several different types, and each one signed by different islanders! Est. $7.50

Lot 51. 1983 commercial 35c fish to US from Betty Reich, longboat printed. Est. $4

Lot 52. 1982 registered to US with 70c fruit stamp (bit creased), late use of 1940 first stamps cachet, Tom and Betty light cachet on back. Est. $3 Photo

Lot 53. 1953 Large beat up (several small tears) stampless cover (Postmastr at bottom left) On His Majesty's service. His crossed out, ''Her" written above. Unusual. Est. $8

Lot 54. THE BIG LOT: 18 covers small, big, mostly different stamps from 1970s-recent. Commercial, some Bounty Post. Condition varies. Most small denominations but note few to $2-$3. Est. $15

Lot 55. Three covers PISC c printed cachet, cancelled Pitcairn Sept. 13, 2007, covers have different postage. One cover signed Lessie? Young. All have PISC anchor cachet front, ship cachet back. Nice shape. Est. $8

Lot 56. 1991 four ship defs on PISC printed cachet. Also "Present Life on Pitcairn Aug. 7-11,1991" ink cachet. Est. $5

Lot 57. Similar cover. Est. $5

Lot 58. Three papers: 2 are Official Receipts Office of Governor NZ, one is zoosanitary certificate for honey shipment. 2008 shipment. Est. $3

Lot 59. 1967 Bligh FDC unadd, boxed "First Day Cover Pitcairn Island." Est. $2

Lot 60. 1979 John Adams FDC unaddressed, official. Est. $2

Lot 61. 1981 Schooner Cornucopia, Radio Station cachet unaddressed. Est. $2

Lot 62. MNH stamp set: Chirstmas 1997 with border selvedge. FV NZ$5.20

Lot 63. MNH stamp set: Henderson Island Birds WWF border selvedge. FV NZ$1.25 Est. $2

Lot 64. MNH stamp set: Views of Christian's Cave border selvedge. FV NZ$5.60

Lot 65. MNH S/s $5 Year of the Ox. Est. $4

Lot 66. Book: Guide to Pitcairn 5th edition. This was published in 1990. A great chance to get a good guide cheap. Est. $5

Lot 67. Similar book. Est. $5
 


 
 
  Vendor C - Lots 68 to 71

Lot 68. from "hm prison" manuscript on back, to D Brown, Up Bills Ground 2007 10c def postage,crudely trimmed at top. Est. $50

Lot 69. From Boof, HM prison, written "Royal Mail" to D.Brown, Up Bills Ground 10c def. window envelope. Est. $50 Photo

Lot 70. From Boof, HM Prison wirtten Queens Mail to D. Brown, Bills Ground 10c def. window envelope. Est. $50

Lot 71. From Boof HM Prison to D. Brown, Bills Ground 10c def. window envelope. Est. $50
 


 
 
  Vendor D - Lots 72 to 86

Lot 72. Bounty cover carried on ship between Vashon and Tacoma 2008. Signed by Captain, Tacoma c. Sent to Pitcairn, cancelled, signed by Dennis Christian. Est. $10 Photo

Lot 73. Similar to Lot 72. Est. $10

Lot 74. Similar to Lot 72. Est. $10

Lot 75. Similar to Lot 72. Est. $10

Lot 76. Similar to Lot 72. Est. $10

Lot 77. Three commercial covers, and a christmas card (map postcard used by islander as card, not stamped) Est. $4

Lot 78. Hattie leaf. Bounty viewed from side. Est. $8

Lot 79. Hattie leaf. Bounty and Island Est. $8 Photo

Lot 80. Similar to Lot 79. Est. $8

Lot 81. Similar to Lot 79. Est. $8

Lot 82. Similar to Lot 79. Est. $8

Lot 83. Similar to Lot 79. Est. $8

Lot 84. US Zazzle stamp created for the Editor of the Log. Mint. Est. $2

Lot 85. Very, Very long commercial cover-folds-with Bounty defs. $1, $2 and $4.50. 2008. Chance to get some very scarce real use values. Est. $5

Lot 86. The Mess. Very big-strange size covers among them a $1 bee and a $10 Bounty def. commercially used. Est. $7