An impressive mostly mint collection in a boxed SG hingeless album with few empty spaces, the Chalon heads all used with nine imperfs mostly in reasonable condition for these difficult issues, followed by a nearly full page of over twenty perf types to 1/- values with and without watermark. Then from 1873 the collection is virtually all mint, the odd light blemish early on but generally in excellent quality, with 1870s to 5/-, 1882-1900 QV heads with various perfs to 1/-, the 5d with back-print advertising, first pictorials to 5/- Mt. Cook, the later types 1900-07 to the 2/- with possible evidence of mixed perfs horizontally (would be SG.347, cat. £1,700), the 5/- being very lightly used. The rest of the 20th century regular issues are virtually complete incl. 1906 Christchurch and 1913 Aukland exhibition sets, 1926 high values and 1931 smiling boy set, through to great back of the book with most officials incl. 1907-11 (no 1d but two 6d, total cat. £950), 1933 5/- (cat £325), etc, as well as an interesting range of SG-listed and unlisted QV stamp duty to £5, 1930s/‘40s arms postal fiscals incl. 1940 surcharges trio to 11/- on 11/- yellow (SG.F187/F189, cat. £495), etc. Much more here to explore with potential for better types on the more complex issues. Aside from a few space-fillers in the classics a most attractive collection. Catalogue will exceed £10,000, without counting SG.347 or any of the Chalon head issues.