Worldwide Stamps and Covers NEW GUINEA "N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS" Overprints
Sale No: 3
Lot No: 3272
Symbol: *O
Cat No: Collection
Basic mostly mint collection with denominations to Third Wmk £1 x2 and abc strips to 5/- including 1d Die II (creased), ½d 2d & 4d acccbc strips of 6 from the base of the formes, Surcharges 1d on 5d & 1d on 1/- each x3, Fifth Setting to 10/-, etc, very mixed condition.
(Qty 200+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 1,400.00
Sold...AU$ 2,300.00
Closed..Nov-22-2020, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 2300
Sale No: 3
Lot No: 3273
Symbol: F
1915-16 simplified set ½d to £1 plus KGV ½d to 5d, all CTO with 'RABAUL/5JL16' cds, it's likely that the 5/- is Second Wmk and the £1 is First Wmk, all neatly tacked to part of an archival page, Cat £1000+. Fresh as a daisy.
(Qty 14)
1915-16 Overprints on Kangaroos Third Wmk 2/- brown with the Watermark Inverted SG 97w type a on registered Blatter cover to Switzerland with German-pattern label & very fine '[crown]/PASSED CENSOR/27NOV1916/RABAUL' h/s.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1916 (Aug 22) cover with 'THE TREASURY/RABAUL' cachet in violet at L/L, to Melbourne with 5d type c tied by Rabaul cds, German registration label, Melbourne arrival b/s, slightly truncated & opened-out.
POSTMARKS: 'EITAPE' cds on 1917 cover with KGV ½d & 1d pairs, German-pattern R label; and 1920 with six values to 4d tied by 'EITAPE' cds in violet, mss "Registered No..."; the latter with a minor stain clear of the stamps.
(Qty 2 covers)
POSTMARKS: 'NAMATANAI/8SE19/QUEENSLAND' cds - with makeready at the base degraded - in violet on Blatter cover with ½d to 3d (rounded corner), German-pattern R label (damaged before being affixed).
