Selection with 'Stamp Duty.' Opt on Small 'PAPUA' ½d 1d & 6d, Large 'PAPUA' 1d x2 (one with No Stop after 'DUTY ') & 2/6d (uncancelled) and Monocolours 1d x3 (one postally used) & 6d; 'STAMP DUTY' on Monocolours 1d (mint) & 6d; and Curved 'STAMP DUTY' on Bicolours 1d x2; also 'ONE PENNY' on 2/6d & Bicolours ½d both with postal 'TAX' h/s; fine to very fine.
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Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2595
Symbol: *
Cat No: Collection
Bicolour Lakatois 'STAMP DUTY/£500 £500' on 2d purple-brown & claret, well centred, a little toning, lightly mounted. Extremely rare & the only example we have seen. [Absent from Tim Rybak's and Peter Troy's collections. Troy's £50 on 5/- & £100 on 2/6d sold for $2330 & $3725 respectively]
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2596
Symbol: *
Cat No: Collection
Bicolour Lakatois 'STAMP DUTY/£1000 £1000' on 4d brown & orange, Jumped Perfs at the Base of Both Sides, some toning, lightly mounted. Extremely rare & the only example we have seen. [Absent from Tim Rybak's and Peter Troy's collections. Troy's £50 on 5/- & £100 on 2/6d sold for $2330 & $3725 respectively]
