Selection on Hagners with short sets to 2/- plus Dated Birds 5/- used & 10/- mint and Dated Bird imprint blocks of 4 to 9d (*/**), Undated Birds 5/- used & 10/- imprint pair (**), 1939 Bulolo mint set, some 'OS' Overprints, etc, generally fine to very fine.
(Qty 200+) (Image1)
1935 Bulolo Airs £5 green as SG 205 but in a most unusual dull shade, well centred, very lightly mounted, Cat £750++. Superb! Not previously seen by us. [This could be a colour trial, or from a sheet (the first printed?) that was considered unsatisfactory]
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 1413
Symbol: C/CL
Cat No: Collection
FLIGHT COVERS: 1930s group including a few from Papua, many combination frankings & several pilot-signed, a couple are registered, some postmark interest, generally fine to very fine.
(Qty 42) (Image1)
Estimate AU$350
Opening AU$ 290.00
Sold...AU$ 950.00
Closed..Aug-03-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 950
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 1414
Symbol: CL
POSTAL HISTORY: 1929 (July 12) stampless OHMS cover carried "per Constable ARWINKI" to "Mr Stanley Commonwealth Geologist/Kilmari District/Vanimo" and readdressed by him to "J Nason-Jones/KRISA", light central fold & minor soiling on the reverse. An extremely rare genuine official police runner-mail cover from the remote NW of the Territory. [Vanimo is a coastal town 40km E of the Dutch New Guinea border. Krisa is 25km inland due S of Vanimo. George Arthur Vickers Stanley, geographer & geologist, spent most of his working life doing oil exploration surveys in the north of New Guinea, interrupted by war service during which he recruited locals to act as Australian agents behind the Japanese lines]
POSTAL HISTORY: 1930s batch with a few commercial airmails including from Manus to Sydney, Coronation FDCs from 'ANGORAM' 'TALASEA' & 'WEWAK', 1939 Bulolo five values to 6d on registered cover to GB, etc, condition variable.
(Qty 21) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 320.00
Closed..Aug-03-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 320
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 1416
Symbol: S=
POSTMARKS: Range on Hagners with a few on unoverprinted Kangaroos including superb straight-line 'Herbertshohe' in violet & two different Rabaul types in violet, a few on NWPI including straight-line 'SS Morinda' in violet, etc, a few better stamps.
(Qty 50 items) (Image1)
