Great Britain and British Commonwealth PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Sale No: 7
Lot No: 1323
Symbol: **
1985 Ceremonial Structures Smaller Format & Without 't' in the Design 10t to 60t, unmounted. Unissued. With a set of the issued stamps for comparison, in which the low value is 15t, not 10t as on the unissued stamp. [This is a weird situation. The unissued stamps were printed by Leigh Marden in Melbourne while the issued stamps were printed by the Spanish firm Heraclio Fournier]
(Qty 8)
1985 Ceremonial Structures Smaller Format & Without 't' in the Design 10t to 60t blocks of 4, unmounted. Unissued. With a set of the issued stamps for comparison, in which the low value is 15t, not 10t as on the unissued stamp. [This is a weird situation. The unissued stamps were printed by Leigh Marden in Melbourne while the issued stamps were printed by the Spanish firm Heraclio Fournier]
(Qty 20)
1995 Surcharges on Birds of Paradise '21t' on 45t SG 755 with the Overprint Offset on the Reverse block of 4 from the top of the sheet, unmounted. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2012).
1995 Surcharges on Birds of Paradise Thin '21t' on 45t SG 755 with the Overprint Offset on the Reverse block of 4 from the top of the sheet, unmounted.
1995 Surcharges on Birds of Paradise Thin '21t' on 45t SG 755 Second Kapul Reprint inscribed '1993' at the base, from the U/R corner of the sheet with 'RJ BATES and LEIGH-MARDON' imprints at top, unmounted.
1995 Surcharges on Birds of Paradise Thick '21t' on 45T SG 757b dated '1992' at the base imprint block of 4 from the L/L of the sheet, unmounted, Cat £190++. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2012).
BOOKLETS: 1970 50c (5c Shell x10) green/yellow booklet with Seriffed Text SG SB1, Cat £375. [The Gibbons listing is confusing. The second booklet, with sans serif text, is illustrated above SB1 and captioned 'B1']
POSTAL HISTORY: 1946-52 mostly philatelic covers with Australian frankings from many different post offcies including registered from 'BUIN', 'BWAGAOIA', 'FINSCHAFEN' error with 'FINSCHHAFEN' label, 'KANDRIAN' with 'GASMATA' label, 'KIKORI', 'KOKOPO', 'LORENGAU', 'MADANG' & 'TALASEA', also some commercial airmails including internal & to Britain, mostly fine to very fine.
(Qty 70 approx) (Image1)