PAPUA NEW GUINEA Postal History Papua New Guinea Postal History
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 2045
Symbol: C
1941-60 mostly Military Mail to Australia noted 1941 airmail with New Guinea Airmails 2d & 3d tied 'MADANG' cds censored locally with 'OPENED BY CENSOR' label on cream paper tied violet 'PASSED BY/CENSOR/ TNG 50___' boxed cachet, 1941 airmail with Papua Pictorials 4d tied 'PORT MORESBY' cds with 'PASSED/BY/UNIT CENSOR' cachet and Brisbane civilian censorship, 1942 "On Active Service" airmail with Papua Pictorials 3d tied 'ARMY POST OFFICE/058.' cds used at Port Moresby censored in Sydney, 1943 "On Active Service" airmail with New Guinea Huts 1½d & Birds 1½d tied 'AIR FORCE PO/233.' cds used at Goodenough Island, 1949-59 registered covers x7 posted from 'R.A.N. POST OFFICE/NUMBER 3' at Manus Island one with 'IRREGULARLY/POSTED' cachet & Melbourne 'BULK POSTAGE' R label, 1956 with '10 DESTROYER FLOTILLA/ HMAS/ARUNTA' cachet and PNG Pictorials 3d tied 'PASSED FREE/SURFACE POSTAGE' machine cancel, 1958 with '4d' on 2½d only compulsorily registered with Sydney R label and taxed with 2/6d in Postage Dues affixed but not cancelled, etc, also three 1970s items with 'HMAS TARANGAU/LOMBRUM' cds plus 1972 Port Moresby meter cancel with '0.00' value, condition variable.
(Qty 34) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Aug-30-2020, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 2046
Symbol: C
1946 philatelic cover to Victoria with KGVI 3d tied by one of two fine to superb strikes of the rare 'SALAMAUA/ 19JA46/PAPUA-NEW GUINEA' cds. The rarest postmark of the Territory of Papua & New Guinea. [A Salamaua registered cover sold at our auction of 1.3.2020 for $5825]
2009-17 commercial covers with scarce frankings of various P(ersonalised)-Stamps with advertising labels attached including for Department of Justice, Department of Personnel Management, Kwila Insurance, Madang Lodge, Goroka Grammar School, Public Employees Association etc, postmark interest. A good lot.
(Qty 14)
