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NORFOLK ISLAND continued...

Postal History continued...

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

2406

1947 linen parcel-tag endorsed "LETTER/POST" to Sydney with rare franking of Ball Bay 1½d emerald, 6d purple-brown & 1/- grey-green tied by the new 'NORFOLK ISLAND/14OC47/AUST' cds, blue/white R label with 'NEW SOUTH WALES' crossed-through, 'LINDFIELD' arrival backstamp of 16OC47 proves carriage by air. The surface rate was 2d per ounce x6 + ½d war tax + 6d registration = 1/6½d so with a convenience overpayment of ½d. A marvellous item, in the first few months of local postal administration, and the only such item we have seen from Norfolk Island. [Jean Fombertaux was a French émigré who studied architecture in Sydney & graduated in 1947. His self-designed home, Fombertaux House, is still standing, on Sydney's North Shore. The addressee is probably his mother]

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$750

Currently Opening at...AU$1,900.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

2407

PSE

1959 (March 18) social usage of Australian Territories formular 'AEROGRAMME' (boxed in red) to England with Ball Bay 2d violet & 10d Salt House tied by largely very fine 'NORFOLK ISLAND/-1AP59/AUST' cds (on dark stamps), the lengthy letter includes "... I wrote to the Dept of Immigration this place to ask if I could go to NZ for a holiday - its only 400 miles from here but I don't suppose they'll let me ..." signed "Shirley" with return address "S Hewitt/Hosp[ital]/NI". Much scarcer than the earlier 'AIRLETTER' types. Margaret Hamilton's similar example with 7½d Pictorial (ex Stephen Bradford) sold at our auction of 12.7.2008 for $978.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Estimate AU$400

Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

2408

PSE

1966 (Dec 20) social usage of Australian Territories formular 'AEROGRAMME' (unboxed in bold blue) to South Africa with 1c Flower, 4c Melanesian Mission & 4c Christmas 1966 tied by two very fine strikes of 'NORFOLK/ISLAND' cds, the lengthy letter includes "... do you really mean it that I can come to visit you ..." and more on shipping, stamps, diet, etc, signed "Dale Sanders". Again, much scarcer than the earlier 'AIRLETTER' types.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$400

Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

2409

PSE

1969 (April 16) social/commercial usage of Australian Territories formular 'Overseas Service' Aerogramme to Scotland with Scenes 10d Slaughter Bay plus 1c Ships x2 Pre-Decimal/Decimal combination franking tied by largely very fine 'NORFOLK/ISLAND' cds, the typed letter signed "Tom G[rimshaw]" (local stamp dealer) gives his daily routine including "up each day at 6.00, down to the beach for a mile run ...", details of gardening & climate and then "down to business". The scarcest of all the formular types.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$400

Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

Papua

LotNo.

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Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

2410

1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Horizontal 2/6d black & brown SG 8 rejoined vertical pair, both with very fine centrally-struck 'PORT MORESBY/12OC06/BRITISH NEW GUINEA' cds cancels, Cat £1100.

Grade A B1 (Image1) (Image2)

Get Market Data for [Papua New Guinea 8] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Estimate AU$500

Currently Opening at...AU$460.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

2411

1916-31 Bicolours 10/- green & dull ultramarine SG 105 vertical pair on piece from a 1925 blue banker's packet with Samarai cds & red & black/white R label, excellent centring, a couple of very minor toned perf-tips, Cat £400+. The only commercial postal item recorded by us franked with the 10/-. Ex Hamilton Croaker (1998), Jerry Blair (private sale) & Peter Troy; sold at our auction of 28.7.2009 for $1150.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Get Market Data for [Papua New Guinea 105] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Estimate AU$800

Currently Opening at...AU$600.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

Postal History

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Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

2412

Handy group with 1911 New Zealand Insurance Co illustrated advertising envelope (240x108mm) Moresby-Samarai "Per SS Wakefield" (central fold); 1920 shipboard cover "Per SS Queenscliffe" to Moresby; 1923 to London with Monocolours 6d & red/white 'SAMARAI' R label; 1931 to NZ "Air Mail/to Cairns"; 1934 Bank of NSW to Sydney with Brisbane machine cancel & superb 'LOOSE/SHIP/LETTER'-in-circle; 1936 double-rate airmail to GB with 1/- Funeral Posts x3; 1940 double-rate air from sailor on board the Netherlands KPM Line SS 'Tasman' (return address) to India with 2d 3d & 2/- Delta Art (3d overpaid: for registration?); 1941 Catholic Mission, Yule-Island Procurator envelope airmail to Australia with manuscript "TAX 6D" on face, on arrival Australian Postage Dues 2d strip of 3 affixed on reverse for underpayment of second weight step; and three others; a few minor problems otherwise fine to very fine. (11)

Grade A/B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

Estimate AU$750

Currently Opening at...AU$550.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

2413

1906 (April) humorous PPCs from Percy John Money to his daughter in NSW, each with BNG 1d, the earlier headed "Buna Bay" tied by 9-Bars 'B.N.G.' cancel of Samarai with message including "am going ... on an expedition to Mt Albert Edward with Mr Monckton", the later headed "Ioma" tied by a good strike of the rare 'TAMATA/B.N.G' cds (Lee #48A; rated E) with message including "We will be leaving here in a few days now to skip up that hill (1300-1400 feet)", each with very fine to superb 'SAMARAI/BRITISH NEW GUINEA' cds, minor aging/toning. Roger Lee states that postal facilities were transferred from the Tamata mining village to Ioma in mid-1905, the cds continuiing in use at the new office. (2)

Grade A-/B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Estimate AU$400

Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

2414

1930 (Feb 15) to "Rev SRM Gill/Duvira/Mamba R/ND" with "via Ioma" endorsement indicating transmission by native Runner Mail, 1½d tied by 'KOKODA N.D' cds, light 'IOMA/28FE30' transit backstamp, minor blemishes. Plus a contemporary photograph of Rev Gill with a group of young natives. The Duvira Mission was located at the mouth of the Mamba River at Manau, arout 100kms due north of Kokoda. The letter took almost two weeks to reach Ioma - a little over half-way - and probably close to a month to get to him. (2 items)

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$200

Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

2415

1934 (Feb 24) from passenger on board "SS Lurline/Matson Line" (return address) to Wisconsin endorsed "Via Air Mail" with rare commercial combination franking of Pictorials 3d Dandy and USA Winged Globe 8c olive both tied by 'PORT MORESBY' cds, the USA stamp also cancelled in transit by 'SAN FRANCISCO/APR 6/CALIF/1934' duplex, light vertical fold clear of the adhesives otherwise very fine. Roger Lee states that this is the only known non-philatelic example of such a combination franking from Papua. Between 1924 & 1937 a system for pre-paying US domestic airmail with either or both Australian or American stamps was introduced in Australia and its Territories. American dealers GH Pflum and AC Roessler created philatelic covers from both New Guinea & Papua.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$800

Currently Opening at...AU$600.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

2416

1939 (May 11) Amalgamated Wireless 'RADIOGRAM' envelope & enclosed telegram form to Samarai with fine or very fine strikes of 'RADIO STATION/11MAY1939/* SAMARAI, PAPUA *' triple-oval datestamp in violet, the message from from UK via Melbourne, minor blemishes. The Duvira Mission was some 500kms north-west of Samarai, and the telegram was presumably delivered by ship. The novelty is captured by Rev Gill's pencil annotation on the reverse "The Radiogram as it arrived here resplendent in official glory" (!).

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

Estimate AU$150

Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

2417

1941 BNG Trading Co Ltd envelope to the Philippines, the airmail label with mss "AUST-SING" below, 1939 Airmails 5d pair tied by 'PORT MORESBY' cds, scarce Cairns part-rouletted 'OPENED BY CENSOR' red/cream label and superb ' 1/3 /PASSED/BY/CENSOR/ 1 ' diamond handstamp in violet on face, 'RECEIVED IN MANILA/BY STEAMER' handstamp in violet. The rate was 10d per ½oz for airmail to Singapore, then by sea.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$150

Currently Opening at...AU$240.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

2418

1941 (Nov 6) front only (263x115mm) registered airmail to London endorsed "Aust-NZ-USA-Engl" festooned with Pictorials 6d 1/- & 1/3d pair plus 1939 Airmails 8d x5, 1/- x7 & 1/6d pair tied by 'PORT MORESBY' cds, censored in Australia with Cairns 'OPENED BY CENSOR' red/cream label at left (partly-removed) and very fine diamond handstamp, minor faults. Spectacular. The rate was 5/10d per ½oz for airmail carriage by TEAL to New Zealand and Pan-Am Trans-Pacific & Trans-Atlantic Clipper to England x3 + 3d registration = 17/9d. It was probably carried on the last Trans-Pacific Clipper, which left Auckland on 25.11.1941.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$300

Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

Papua New Guinea

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Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

2419

TPNG material with some background to issued designs, pre-1952 commercial mail including internal native cover from Rabaul to Buin and uprated Australian Registration Envelopes from Port Moresby x2 (one to Switzerland) Lae or Madang, cover with PNG ½d & 3d tied by boxed 'IOMA' cds, philatelic covers including with circular & boxed 'POSTED LATE FEE' datestamps, printed FDCs for 1957 Surcharges (very scarce) & Birds (registered), 1963 WHO cds on five registered covers, etc, generally fine to very fine. Ex Max Bulley. (55 + pieces) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

Estimate AU$400

Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

2420

1952-94 mint or used in two Seven Seas albums, plus additional material including £1 Fisherman block of four CTO, Postal Charges with '3s' on 2½d used imprint block of nine & 6d blue used block of 16, a few covers, 1996 15k Depature Tax on plane ticket, and box of used, condition variable. (100s)

Grade A/B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15)

Estimate AU$300

Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

2421

1961 Natives & Dancers 1d 3d 1/- & 2/- die proofs in the issued colours recessed in a single presentation card (156x114mm), the 1/- & 2/- in particular with some blemishes caused by the adhesive used, 'RBA/NOTE PRINTING/BRANCH' cachets on the reverse behind each proof dated "1-11-61" (1d) or "2-11-61" (others). A rare item. The stamps were issued on 26.7.1961. There are no archival records of the numbers of such proofs distributed, but it is unlikely to have been more than ten.

Grade B/C (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$500

Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

2422

1994 Emergency Surcharges '21t' on 80t Shell SG 734 complete sheet of 50 (10x4) with Imprints at the four corners, a couple of trivial blemishes on the reverse, unmounted, Cat £2250+.

Grade A A1 (Image1) (Image2)

Get Market Data for [Papua New Guinea 734] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Estimate AU$400

Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

2423

POSTAL HISTORY: Album of mostly philatelic covers with an array of coastal vessel markings and a copy of 'Ship Marks...of PNG' (2005), a few flight covers including 1945 Re-Opening both directions & 1953 Lae-Hollandia both directions, etc. (93) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10)

Estimate AU$200

Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

General & Miscellaneous Lots

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Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

2424

Mostly incoming mail to an extended family of philatelists in England with an excellent array from France including Charity Surcharges, booklet panes, many Art Series, WWII Military, and several large parcel pieces, also a 1973 aerogramme to Australia during a Service Suspended period with huge explanatory label on the reverse; Austria 1931 registered with Large Scenes 30g 60g & 1s; Germany 1933 registered with Wagner 40pf+40pf; Nauru commercial airmail with 1954 6d 9d & 1/-; Nigeria registered group with postmark interest; Northern Rhodesia 1954 QE 4d Registration Envelope from 'KASAMA'; Bechuanaland 1961 registered OHMS airmail with '1c' on 1d & 'R1' on 10/- x2; Ghana OHMS (!) group with Military cachets; commercial mail from Ascension, Bahamas, Kenya, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Arabia, Iceland etc; some philatelic covers including Malta QEII group from village post offices, Zanzibar both 'JAMHURI' sets SG 394-433 complete, Tangier registered air with Castles 2/6d to 10/-, 1946 'SOUTH GEORGIA' set, etc; generally fine to very fine. A marvellous lot for a reseller. Never before on the market. (many 100s) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24) (Image25) (Image26) (Image27) (Image28) (Image29) (Image30) (Image31) (Image32) (Image33) (Image34) (Image35) (Image36) (Image37) (Image38) (Image39) (Image40) (Image41) (Image42) (Image43) (Image44) (Image45) (Image46) (Image47) (Image48) (Image49) (Image50) (Image51) (Image52) (Image53) (Image54) (Image55) (Image56) (Image57) (Image58) (Image59) (Image60) (Image61) (Image62) (Image63) (Image64) (Image65) (Image66) (Image67) (Image68) (Image69)

Get Market Data for [Miscellaneous 394-433] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Estimate AU$1,000

Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

2425

Box of World stamps with some better frankings on piece, plus Malta KGVI 'SELF-GOVERNMENT' Overprints set (**), Tangier & Morocco Agencies £1 Weddings used, Kuwait Festival 10r on 10/- FU, Qatar Castles 10r Type II on 10/- (**), Abu Dhabi 1964 10r 1965 Falcons & 1966 Surcharges all fine used/CTO, and New Zealand Arms '11/-' on 11/- (*), generally fine to very fine. (few 100) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$250

Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

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