Worldwide Stamps and Covers NEW GUINEA 'G.R.I.' Overprints
Sale No: 7
Lot No: 1244
Symbol: *V
Cat No: 17c (used
Mostly mint selection comprising 6mm Setting '2d.' on 10pf and '2d.' on 20pf marginal block of 4 with a few problems, 5mm Setting '1d.' on 5pf with Flat Top on '1' SG 17c (used), and Marshalls '2d.' on 20pf with No Stop after '2d ' in pair with normal, Cat £550+.
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1914-15 6mm Spacing '1d.' on 5pf green, '2d.' on 10pf red & '2d.' on 20pf blue SG 2 3 & 4, each with linotype '-* RABAUL *-/* OCT 17 1914 *' cancels in violet being the First Day of Issue, Cat £340+.
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1914-15 6mm Spacing '2d'. on 10pf [Stg 1 Pos 2], '2d.' on 20pf [Stg 1 Pos 4] and '2½d.' on 10pf [Stg 4 Pos 8] & '2½d.' on 20pf [Stg 4 Pos 3] SG 3-6, well centred, a couple of very minor blemishes, lightly mounted, Cat £385.
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1914-15 6mm Spacing '3d.' on 30pf black & orange/buff with 'I' for '1' SG 8a [Stg 1 Pos 10], well centred, small professionally repaired tear at L/R, oval Rabaul d/s in violet well clear of the variety, Cat £1500.
1914-15 High Values with 3½-4mm Spacing '2s. on 2mk blue SG 13, light toning, Cat £3500. RPSofV Certificate (2006). [Two rather similar examples sold at our auction of 3.12.2021 for $2035 each].
Sale No: 7
Lot No: 1250
Symbol: V
Cat No: 16 & 19 + 'O
1914-15 6mm Spacing '1d.' on 5pf green (rounded corner) & '2d.' on 20pf blue SG 16 & 19 + 'O.S.' '1d.' on 3pf brown SG O1 - the last with straight-line 'Rabaul' h/s in blue, all hinged to a small piece & tied by Rabaul cds of 22SE15, Cat £195+. A curious conversation-starter.
1914-15 5mm Spacing '2d.' on 20pf blue SG 19 two examples being [Stg 4 Pos 8] & [Stg 2 Pos 5], both well centred, tied to piece by oval Rabaul d/s, Cat £140+. [Robert Gibbs at page 30 states that Stg 4 is "rare on 5mm stamps" & he didn't record this setting on the '2d.' on 20pf]
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1915 'G.R.I./ 3d. ' Surcharges on German-Pattern Registration Labels 'Rabaul/(Deutsch Neuguinea) SG 33, oval Rabaul d/s of 'JAN 4 1915' being the First Day of Issue, Cat £325+.
1915 'G.R.I./ 3d. ' Surcharges on German-Pattern Registration Labels 'Kawieng/ Deutsch Neu-Guinea (No Brackets) SG 37b, well centred, one short perf at the top, unused, Cat £325.
1915 'G.R.I./ 3d. ' Surcharges on German-Pattern Registration Labels Town Name in Seriffed Letters 'Kawieng/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' SG 44 marginal example from the base of the sheet [Stg A3], large-part lightly mounted o.g., Cat £250.
1915 'G.R.I./ 3d. ' Surcharges on German-Pattern Registration Labels Town Name in Seriffed Letters 'Kawieng/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' SG 44 block of 4 from the U/L corner of the sheet [Stg A1-2], unused, Cat £1000+.
Sale No: 7
Lot No: 1262
Symbol: *
Cat No: 50-53 56 & 57
1914 5mm Spacing on Marshall Islands '1d.' on 3pf brown, '1d.' on 5pf greem, '2d.' on 10pf red, '2d.' on 20pf blue, '4d.' on 40pf black & carmine, and '5d.' on 50pf black & purple/buff SG 50-53 56 & 57, varying degrees of aging/toning on the gum, Cat £700+.
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1914 5mm Spacing on Marshall Islands '1d.' on 5pf with Straight Top Serif on '1' in '1d.' SG 50c, excellent centring, oval Rabaul d/s in violet, Cat £300.
1914 5mm Spacing on Marshall Islands '1d.' on 5pf green SG 51 six examples being [Stg 4 Pos 1 2 3 5 6 & 9], all with oval Rabaul d/s the last on small piece, Cat £510+. [Robert Gibbs at page 30 states that Stg 4 is "rare on 5mm stamps": he knew of this setting on the '1d.' on 5pf]
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1914 5mm Spacing on Marshall Islands '1d.' on 5pf green Spaced '1 d.' SG 51e being the central unit in a horizontal strip of 3 [Stg 3 Pos 7-9] from the base of the sheet with the complete 'Marshall-Inseln' imprint, well centred, perf separation/reinforcing between the first two units, faint aging, Cat £460+. Ex 'Ello' (Erich Schlieper): sold at our auction of 14.3.2009 for $315.
1914 5mm Spacing on Marshall Islands '1d.' on 5pf green Spaced '1 d.' SG 51e, unusually late usage with Rabaul cds of 11FE18, Cat £325. [This variety occurs only on the Marshalls '1d.' on 5pf]
1914 5mm Spacing on Marshall Islands '1d.' on 10pf red SG 52 fragile block of 5 (2x3, missing the last unit) [Stg 2 Pos 4-5] showing Progressive Shift of the Overprint to the Right from Top to Base, well centred, the last unit creased, unmounted, Cat £135++ for mounted singles. An unusual specialist piece.
POSTMARKS: '2d.' on 20pf with part-strike of the defaced Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen court seal; 'O.S.' '1d.' on 3pf with part-strike of the large boxed 'RABAUL/[date]' h/s in blue; and Marshalls '1d.' on 10pf + Kangaroo ½d punctured Small 'OS' tied to small piece by oval Rabaul d/s in violet; stamps Cat £255.
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