Sale No: 248
Lot No: 1398
Symbol: *
Cat No: 13 [Stg ?]
1914-15 High Values with 3½-4mm Spacing '2s.' on 2mk blue SG 13 [Stg ?], well centred, a little aged, large-part o.g. with 'MULLER - BASEL' guarantee h/s, Cat £3500. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2011) states "...probably from a single setting, or an intermediate setting related to Stg 3". [Only 150 stamps were produced, across all settings. The rarity of some of these, and the paucity of multiples, makes plating the overprint extremely difficult]
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 1399
Symbol: *
Cat No: 15 [Stg 3
1914-15 High Values with 3½-4mm Spacing '5s.' on 5mk carmine & blue-black SG 15 [Stg 3, Pos 4], well centred, quite fine but a little aged, large-part o.g. with two guarantee marks, Cat £15,000. A rare stamp. BPA Certificate (2009).
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 1400
Symbol: PS/*
Cat No: Collection
POSTAL CARDS: Postal Cards DNG '1d.' on 5pf green unused, '2d.' on 10pf unused & CTO (stated to be "rare"; Chris Ceremuga Certificate), Reply Half '2d.' on 10pf CTO ("very rare"), and Marshalls '1d.' on 5pf unused ("rare"); also Marshalls '1d.' on 3pf SG 50 [Pos 3] & 'O.S.' '1d.' on 3pf with '1 d' Spaced SG O1a both mint. A scarce group.
(Qty 5 + stamps)
Selection with Overprints set mint plus 3pf shade & used ex 25pf, Yachts mint to 3mk & used set to 5mk, 1919 Unissued to 5mk x2, and a scalloped letter-seal embossed in blue, Cat €1250. Richard Pyznar Certificate (1980) for the used 5mk.
(Qty 42) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 900.00
Closed..Aug-03-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 900
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 1391
Symbol: *
1897-1919 Issues complete on a simplified basis plus Overprints 3pf yellow-brown and extra Yachts to 3mk & 5mk (both superb), condition variable, Cat €900+; also Lost Colonies 'mourning' label x2 (one superb *, the other a corner example with no gum).
(Qty 59) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 340.00
Sold...AU$ 675.00
Closed..Aug-03-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 675
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 1392
Symbol: F
1901 Yachts 5mk superb marginal example from the top of the sheet tied ro 1907 Wiegand cover to Germany by two strikes of the 'STEPHANSORT' cds, 'Stephansort' registration label, Leipzig arrival b/s. Superb! Ex William Pate. Michael Jaschke-Lantelme Certificate (2009).
POSTAL STATIONERY: 1888 2mk red/grey 'Packetadresse/Parcel Address' Card, light but largely fine strike of the rare 'NEU GUINEA COMPAGNIE/[lion]/DEP [?] GENERAL-DIRECTEUR' cachet in blue, vertical fold & hinge marks on the reverse, unused. Very scarce. [It has been speculated that this & other similar cachets were applied as some form of control mark]
POSTMARKS: Selection on Hagners with complete strikes of Vorlaufer 1888 'FINSCHAFEN' on 50pf olive pair, 1891 'STEPHANSORT' on 10pf & 1896 'HERBERTSHOH' on 20pf + 50pf block of 4 on pieces, Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen x2 & Stephansort x3 on German stamps on piece, superb large-part 'DEULON' on 3pf (Franz Pfenninger Certificate), very fine 'NAURU' on Marshalls 3pf, also part- to large-part strikes of 'KAEWIENG', 'MATUPI', 'MARON', 'NAMATANAI', 'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/JALUIT/LINIE', indistinct but identifiable Willehad ship's seal, etc, and two part-strikes of the 'BUKA' forgery; finally four Postal Cards philatelically used.
(Qty 46 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 950.00
Closed..Aug-03-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 950
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 1396
Symbol: C
POSTMARKS - AUSTRALIAN OCCUPATION: 1914 local philatelic cover with Kangaroo 1d punctured Small 'OS' plus DNG 5pf x4 & 10pf x4 all tied by nine light to fine strikes of the Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen court seal that was defaced & used for a brief period at the beginning of the Occupation, minor blemishes.
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)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 650.00
Closed..Aug-03-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 650
'N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS' Overprints
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 1401
Symbol: *O
Selection with mint including Kangaroos Second Wmk 5/- and Third Wmk 10/- (Fifth Setting) & £1 and KGV New Colours, etc, condition variable, Cat £700.
(Qty 32)
Selection on Hagners with mint values to 2/- & 5/- x2 and used values to 2/- x2 (one with the Watermark Inverted), mostly fine to very fine; also two registered philatelic covers each with a stamp missing.
(Qty 50+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 250.00
Sold...AU$ 650.00
Closed..Aug-03-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 650
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 1403
Symbol: *
Cat No: Collection
Group on KGV Heads on two Hagners, with ½d x21, 1d x18, 2d orange x3, 4d orange x11, 4d violet x4 & 5d x3, also Papua Bicolours four imprint strips of 3; generally fine to very fine.
(Qty 77)
1915-16 Overprints on Kangaroos Second Wmk 5/- SG 92 type b (Cat £150 x5+ on cover) tied to Blatter cover to Switzerland by Rabaul cds of 15AP18, German-pattern RL, Sydney transit & Bern arrival b/s, a couple of very minor blemishes.
1918-22 Fifth Setting on Kangaroos & KGV ½d to 10/- between SG 102 & 117 plus 1915-16 £1 brown & blue SG 99 type b tied to local philatelic cover by multiple strikes of the Rabaul cds of 25MR20, vertical fold through the 2d Kangaroo, Cat £900 as used stamps.
(Qty 14)
POSTAL HISTORY: 1915 (March) commercial cover front to New Britain Corporation in Sydney with NWPI Kangaroos 2½d x3 (all damaged before being affixed) tied by two strikes of the straight-line 'Station Kieta' h/s in blue & overstruck with three of four strikes of the 'TULAGI/28MR15/BRITISH SOLOMON IDS' cds, part of the reverse still present with Sydney arrival b/s of 8AP15, vertical folds at left. A very rare cover: fine strikes of the postmark on loose stamp are worth $500+. [We have never seen usage of any other stamp with this marking, suggesting that at the time only the 2½d had been allocated to Kieta]
POSTAL HISTORY: 1925 social cover to Argentina with scarce franking of New Colours 1d violet pair & 2d scarlet tied by three characteristically light but discernible strikes of the rare 'WITU/NEW GUINEA' cds overstruck with Buenos Aires arrival of MAY10/1925, minor peripheral damage. [Most usage of the Witu cds is on PPCs that were not actually posted]
