Sale No: 255
Lot No: 850
Symbol: *OC/C
Cat No: Collection
Interesting collection remainders with a duplicated array of basic stamps with some better values plus many multiples including BNG ½d pair with full Plate Number '1', a few Monogram pieces including 'ONE PENNY' on 4d block of 6 (with PNG cds), imprints including Bicolours 4d strip of 3 with forged 'OS', a useful range of other 'OS' including Bicolours 6d 'POSTACE' at Left in pair (dubious 'OS') and several blocks of 4 including Lithos to 6d, then three receipts with Pictorials 1d (very scarce but defective) and a range of mostly Official covers including BNG ½d & 2d on large-part cover to GB, Postal Cards 1d & 1½d x5 (one CTO with address added), 1908 registration receipt from Samarai & 1940 receipt for registered letter list with double-circle Port Moresby cds in violet; condition variable but much is fine to very fine. Excellent value at the estimate. Ex David Hopper.
(200+ & covers) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 1,250.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1250
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 851
Symbol: */**O
Cat No: Collection
Extensive largely annotated collection on heavy album pages mostly mint with BNG to 1/- (oxidised) plus used to 6d, Large 'Papua' 4d & 2/6d both superb, Small 'Papua' to 2/6d x3 plus 2d CTO blocks of 8 & 24 (annotated varieties), Small 'PAPUA' array including Plate Varieties and some multiples, Large 'PAPUA' to 2/6d x4 (including superb unmounted single & pair) plus used to 1/-, Monocolours to 2/6d plus Monogram blocks of 4 to 6d x2, 'ONE PENNY' Surcharges including Dual Monogram blocks of 10 of the 2d 6d & 2/6d, Bicolours to 2/6d x3 plus used to 2/6d x2 & 10/- plus a few imprint strips & blocks, 'TWO PENCE' on 1½d Mullett pair Officially Substituted in a block of 6 & Imprint block of 6, 'AIR MAIL' on 3d Double Overprint Forgery, Aeroplane Overprint Harrison First Printing in Deep Carmine and Second Printing Imprint block of 8, Pictorials 5d with Reversed '5d' in the Margin and used set to 5/-, 1939 Airs 1/- Imprint block of 4, etc, some mostly minor duplication, generally fine to very fine. An excellent basis for serious expansion.
(100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,200
Opening AU$ 900.00
Sold...AU$ 2,700.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 2700
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 852
Symbol: *O
Quality duplicates mostly mint including BNG 4d x8 (two used), 6d x4, 1/- x4 and a very well centred 2/6d, Small 'Papua' Overprint 2/6d x4 (all used, one punctured 'OS'), good range of Lithographs to 2/6d x5 (three used including 'OS'), Pictorials set, 1941 Airs 1/6d x2, etc, generally fine to very fine.
(280+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 2,100.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 2100
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 853
Symbol: **/*
Complete sheets of 30 comprising BNG ½d with part-Plate Number '1' and 1d x3 different, Lithos Small 'PAPUA' ½d, 1d x3 different, 2d, 2½d x2 and 4d x2 (both with Thin 'd' at Pos 18), and Large 'PAPUA' ½d and 1d, some toning/tropicalisation but generally fine to very fine with many units being unmounted. An unusual opportunity. Ex David Hopper.
(15 sheets)
1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Horizontal Thick Paper 1/- black & bright orange SG 7, full vibrant colour, exceptional centring, the upper units are lightly mounted and the lower units are unmounted, Cat £340++, for mounted singles. Superb. Most examples of the BNG 1/- show varying degrees of oxidation, that affects the orange and, in extreme cases, renders it black!
1907 Small 'Papua' Overprints Watermark Horizontal Thick Paper 2/6d black & brown as SG 37 but with the Overprint Significantly Misplaced to the Left, marginal block of 4 from the left of the sheet, light tropicalisation of the gum which is a characteristic of the issue, Cat £200+, for normal singles. We don't recall having seen such a pronounced shift of the overprint.
1911-15 Monocolours 4d die proof in black on thick highly-surfaced paper (47x41mm, double-thickness). An exceptional proof. Ex Estate of Samuel Reading, Paul Simonson (1981) and Peter Troy: sold at our auction of 28.7.2009 for $6990. [Only four examples have been recorded]
1930 Aeroplane Overprints Harrison Printing 1/- sepia & olive as SG 117 but with the Overprint in Deep Carmine, well centred & lightly mounted. Unlisted in Gibbons. [With a normal stamp for comparison]
(2)
STAMP DUTY OVERPRINTS: 'Stamp Duty' on Small 'PAPUA' 1d (mint but toned), Large 'PAPUA' ½d, 1d x3 & the very scarce 2/6d and Monocolours 1d x3 (two mint), 'STAMP DUTY' on Monocolour 1d x2, and curved 'STAMP DUTY' on Bicolours 1d x3 (shades), mostly fine to very fine.
(14) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 260.00
Sold...AU$ 270.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 270
Papua New Guinea
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 873
Symbol: */**O
Cat No: D1
Apparently complete collection mint from 1952 Pictorials with extra 10/- & £1 plus 'SPECIMEN' overprints, 1963 10/- Rabaul & QEII £1 'SPECIMEN' overprints x2 each and 1964-65 Birds set x2 plus 10/- 'SPECIMEN' overprint x3, then up to 1984 with duplicates mint/**/CTO including some blocks & plenty of thematic interest, also Postage Dues 1960 sets complete ** including 'POSTAL/CHARGES/6d' on 7½d blue SG D1 (minor toning, not expertised); plus New Guinea 1932-34 Undated Birds 10/- & £1 x2 and 'AIR/MAIL' overprints £1 all used; condition generally fine to very fine. Weighs 2½kg.
(100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 650.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 650
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 874
Symbol: **
1961 Native Police 5/- Patrolman complete sheet of 60 with the sheet number in red in the lower-right margin, a couple of trivial gum bends in the margins only, all units unmounted & very fine. Unissued & rare. The TPNG Post Office official bulletin of January 1962 stated that a forthcoming issue would feature "a Native Affairs patrol ..." It is believed the issue was abandoned in September 1962 and all but three (?) sheets of the stamps were destroyed. A lower-left corner block of 4 with sheet number (*/**) and a lower-right corner block of 4 (**; one unit creased) sold at our auctions of 12.2.2010 & 17.2.2012 respectively for $2415 each. Retail $45,000 for singles.
