Sale No: 3
Lot No: 3382
Symbol: *O
Cat No: Collection
Modest mostly mint collection with BNG to 1/-, Large 'Papua' Overprints to 1/- (no 4d), Small 'Papua' Overprints to 2/6d, Lithographs to 2/6d x2, Monocolours set, Bicolours to 5/-, a few 'OS' perfins to 2/6d plus Bicolours to 6d, etc, generally fine but some minor problems noted.
(Qty 93) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 480.00
Closed..Nov-22-2020, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 480
Sale No: 3
Lot No: 3383
Symbol: *O
Cat No: O1
Oddments including BNG 6d mint (small stain), Large 'Papua' ½d to 6d - no 4d - used, Bicolours 5/- used, punctured 'OS' 2/6d SG O1 with Chris Ceremuga Certificate, etc, a few useful postmarks, Cat £350+
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1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Horizontal 4d black & sepia with Deformed 'd' at Left SG 5a, excellent centring, bold BNG cancel just intrudes on the variety, Cat £500.
1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Vertical 2/6d black & brown on Thin Paper SG 16a, exceptional centring, rounded corner at L/L, superb unframed 'PORT MORESBY/10NO06/BRITISH NEW GUINEA' cds, Cat £1400. A very scarce stamp.
Sale No: 3
Lot No: 3395
Symbol: F
Cat No: O21 block of 6
OFFICIALS - PUNCTURED 'OS': 1908-10 Lithographs comprising ½d SG O21 block of 6, 2½d SG O17, 2½d SG O24 block of 4 & 1/- SG O26 block of 4 from the base of the sheet, Cat £230+.
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OFFICIALS - OVERPRINTED 'OS': 1930 Bicolours 1d intense black & red SG o47 complete sheet of 40 - separated into two blocks of 20 - with Harrison Imprint, a few minor blemishes & a stain affects the imprint, unmounted, Cat £1900++. A very scarce sheet.
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1927 cover with 4-line Kwato Extension Association imprint at upper-left, to GB with Bicolours 1½d addressed in the hand of Rev Charles Abel.
Rev Charles William Abel served in Papua 1900-30, establishing a mission on Kwato Island near Samarai. His practical methods were at odds with other local missionaries & in 1917 he persuaded the LMS directors to lease the Kwato Mission to him personally, from where he oversaw as many as 27 outstations.
1938 (July 22) OHMS cover with 'TREASURY/...' h/s at L/L to New York with Pictorials 1d Headdress & 6d Mother & Child strip of 3 tied by Port Moresby cds, the airmail label obliterated at London with jusqu'a bars in red, light vertical fold well clear of the stamps. [The rate was 1/6d per ½oz to GB + 1d for surface to the USA]
1938 KPM Dutch shipping line cover to England with Coronation 5d solo franking (surprisingly scarce on cover) tied by 'PORT MORESBY/30DE38/PAPUA' cds, by airmail to Australia with Townsville '31 DEC' b/s (next day!) to join the Qantas/Imperial Airways trunk route service. [Papua was not directly served by the Australia-England route, but was included in the Empire Air Mail Sceme (EAMS) at the prevailing Australian rate of 5d per ½oz]
1939 commercial airmail cover to Surrey with scarce franking of 1939 Airs 5d green & 1/- violet tied by 'SAMARAI ED/PAPUA' cds, very fine & complete strike of the large boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR/["initials"] Asst Censor' cachet in violet, Brisbane transit of 20NO39 & Croydon arrival b/s of 4DEC/1939, redirected locally, small piece of the flap missing. [Underpaid 1d but not taxed. The 1/- is scarcer on cover than is the 1/6d]
1939 commercial cover to GB with Pictorials ½d McCracken Printing SG 130a & 1½d Tree Houses tied by 'SAMARAI ED/PAPUA' cds, very fine & almost complete strike of the large boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR/["initials"] Asst Censor' cachet in violet.
1940 (Mar 27) commercial KPM airmail cover to Holland with Pictorials 2d Bird, 5d Dancer & 1/- Ceremonial Structure tied by Port Moresby cds, boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR' h/s largely struck off the cover as usual, large jusqu'a bars in red applied at London. [The rate was 1/6d to GB + an extra 1d for surface to unoccupied Europe]
1940 commercial airmail cover to GB with Pictorials 6d Mother & Child and 1/- Ceremonial Structure tied by 'SAMARAI ED/PAPUA' cds, very fine & complete strike of the large boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR/['JUN'] Asst Censor' cachet in violet.
1940 missionary's cover to GB with 1939 Airs 2d tied by 'DARU/PAPUA' cds, superb & complete strike of the large boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR/["initials"] Asst Censor' cachet in violet. [Censored mail from anywhere other than Port Moresby or Samarai is very scarce]
1941 masonic cover by air to Brisbane with Pictorials 1d & 1939 Airs 2d x2 tied by Port Moresby cds, censored on arrival with red/white label with large numeral '1' tied by violet cachet.
1941 masonic cover by air to Brisbane with Pictorials 1d pair & 1939 Airs 3d (scarce on cover) tied by Port Moresby cds, censored on arrival with red/white label without numeral '1' tied by violet cachet.
1941 cover with inspection slits at the sides & 'CIRCULAR' h/s in violet, to GB from the Bishop of New Guinea with 1d 'STEVE SON OF OALA' in his enormous headdress tied by Samarai cds. Very scarce Printed Matter envelope.
1942 (Jan 22) Australian Forces cover to "AIF/Abroad" with very scarce franking of Pictorials 3d Dandy strip opf 3 tied by untidy strikes of the 'AIF FIELD POST OFFICE/020' cds (ERD in Papua), Army censor h/s unusually in magenta, minor blemishes. Excellent origin/destination cover.
PICTURE POSTCARDS: 1910 (circa) Belgian 'Missiezusters' (= Missionary Sisters) cards inscribed 'Austr N Guinea' comprising Nuns with Young Catechists, Nun with Star Pupils, Oba Oba Mission Station & Church, and Waima Church, minor notations on the address-sides otherwise superb unused. Not previously seen by us.
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