AUSTRALIAN: c.1930 philatelic cover with 1½d Canberra tied by superb strike of the undated 'BANZ/1930 [penguin] -31/ANTARCTIC RESEARCH EXP' cachet, an almost as fine strike in violet across the flap. Superb!
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 1305
Symbol: *F
Cat No: 89 & 89j
1924-32 KGV Script 2/6d range of shades between SG 89 & 89j, one with a couple of tiny tonespots, plus the very rare 2/6d black & bright orange-vermilion/blue SG 89k VFU (Cat £3000), all well centred.
(Qty 8)
REVENUES: 1883 QV 1d to £1 complete, paper-hinge remainders & minor defects, the 3/- & 4/- (these two the scarcest values in our experience) with oval cancels. Possibly the only complete set we have offered.
(Qty 10)
1904-27 postally used PPCs - five with Undivided Backs - with cds including 'PO BA', 'PO LABASA', 'PO LAUTOKA' x2, 'PO NAVUA' and double-boxed 'PACKET BOAT' h/s of Auckland, condition rather mixed.
(Qty 8)
1905 PPC Undivided Back 'River Scene - Ovalau' to NSW with KEVII 1d tied by very fine strike of straight-line 'LAUTOKA' h/s (ship marking?) in violet, fine 'PEEL/NSW' arrival cds, minor blemishes.
1908 Morris Hedstrom (Levuka) PPC to NSW with KEVII 1d tied by very fine strike of the scarce undated triple-circle 'POST OFFICE SAVU SAVU' cancel in violet.
1952 KGVI 3d Air Letter with lenghty personal message from "Coqueloa [Plantation] Post" (return address), to "St Anthony's Orphanage/Mapuca/Bardez, Goa/Portuguese India" with KGVI Pictorials ½d 1d & 2½d added tied 'LABASA' cds, '...C.T.T./MAPUCA' arrival d/s alongside on face, couple of minor blemishes. Very scarce destination. [The 3d rate was for internal airmail only. 7d was the external rate]
1856 Kopets 5k blue/bluish Mi 3A (SG 11), very fine unused with no gum, and 10k deep rose/pale rose Mi 4A (SG 14), large-part o.g., Cat €2500 (£2150). (2)
1856 Kopets 5k blue/bluish, 10k rose/pale rose & 10k deep rose/pale rose SG 11 13 & 14; 1866-67 5p 8p 10p 40p & 1m between SG 17 & 60, a few short perfs but fine to very fine, Cat £2600 minimum.
(Qty 8)
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 1355
Symbol: #o
Cat No: 53 (Cat £5500
1860-71 mostly mounted & annotated range with a few unused, includes the very distinctive 5p red-brown/lilac SG 53 (Cat £5500), condition rather mixed but many are good to fine, Cat £14,000+ minimum (59); the lot also includes forgeries x11 & very fine unused 8p Postal Card.
(Qty 71) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 1,150.00
Closed..Oct-11-2020, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 1150
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 1356
Symbol: *
Cat No: 17 & 49
1866-67 New Currency 5p to 1m simplified set between Mi 5A & 10C (SG 17 & 49), large-part o.g., Cat €7000 (£6350) minimum. Very fresh & attractive. (6)
1866-67 New Currency Thick Vertically Laid Paper 10p purple-brown/grey Error of Colour Mi #7 C F (SG 26), the perfs at base slightly trimmed otherwise very fine, Cat €7500 (£9000). Gummesson Certificate (1995).
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 1502
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
'The Tim Rybak Collection of New Guinea, Papua & Papua New Guinea' (26.4.2008) #56 from the hardbound limited edition of 100. [This was a truly ground-breaking auction. The hammer prices of $1,800,000+ set an Australian auction record that has been exceeded only twice since]
1905 Attractively tinted 'Gruss aus dem Bismarck-Archipel' subjects 'Kindergruppe in Komat (Insel Lihit)' (children), 'Tanzergruppe in Bo...' (dancers), 'Dorfscene in Lambom...' (a family at home) and natives constructing an impressive canoe, slightly bumped corners, unused.
(Qty 4)
REGISTRATION ENVELOPE: 1929 usage of Harp 5d violet size 203x125mm to Sweden with Map 1d added tied 'FAITHCHE ANCHOLAISTE/27AP/29/A CLIATH' cds and blue 'Dublin 101' R label on face, 'REGISTERED LONDON/28AP29/FB' hooded-circle transit d/s in violet on face, a few minor blemishes.
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 1562
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
1923 Visit to New Guinea of HMAS 'Adelaide' (identified from a sailor's hatband) real photo PPCs of 'RABAUL 1923' (sailors & natives with bullock cart), "NATIVE RABAUL" (group of 12 men & a woman) & others with inscriptions on the reverse "Liberty men at Rabaul" (three boats of sailors leaving the ship), "...Wireless Station at Madang" and "Native Quarrymen Humbolt Bay Dutch New Guinea", some minor soiling. [Humboldt Bay is on the north coast, 50km W of the Indonesia/PNG border]
(Qty 5)
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 1563
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
1932 1932 real photo cards with captions on the reverse "...our little township (Bulolo)...the store on the drome is the one that caught fire", "...the dredge which is very nearly completed" (the first of eight), a Junkers J31 "...the shaft that is getting hauled out...weighs 3½ tons", seven native boys outside a grass hut "...they do not go to school" and "...the Hydo Electric Power house...getting constructed. The tunnel on top of the house runs 900ft through the mountain", some unfortunate sticky-tape residue still a marvellous group of great social interest. [New Guinea's goldfields were at a great elevation &, at the time, the only way to bring in supplies was by air. During the 1930s, the weight of all air cargo carried within New Guinea was greater than for any other country in the world! When the Japanese invaded in 1942, the dredges and hydro system were disabled. A modern hydro system was commissioned in 2013]
(Qty 5)
1937 German edition card of a Junkers aircraft of Guinea Airways being loaded with a huge cargo, light bend, used in Germany. [During the 1930s more cargo was transported by air in New Guinea than in any other country]
1919-23 Fifth Setting Overprints on Kangaroos 1/- blue-green SG O11 horizontal strip of 3, characteristic irregular perfs, heavily tropicalised but apparently unmounted, Cat £1200+. A rare multiple at a bargain-basement price for the condition.
1919-23 Fifth Setting Overprints on Kangaroos 1/- blue-green & 2/- brown (fault at U/L) SG O11 & 12 tied to small piece by 'RABAUL/NEW GUINEA' cds, Cat £535.
1919-23 Fifth Setting Overprints on KGV Rough Paper 1d rosine Die II SG O16b with prominent spur, well centred, a couple of minor imperfections, 'MADANG' cds clear of the spur, Cat £950. Michael Drury Certificate (2013).
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 1544
Symbol: G/F
Cat No: O17-21
1919-23 Fifth Setting Overprints on KGV New Colours 1d violet to 4d ultramaine SG O17-21, the 2d orange with blue-pencul cancel, Cat £440. A scarce set. (5)
1919-23 Fifth Setting Overprints on Kangaroos 3d olive SG O8 (rounded corner) with White Scratch from L/H Frame to Map ACSC 13(2) [2R52] + New Colours 4d ultramarine SG O 21 tied to small OHMS piece by 'RABAUL/15FE23/NEW BRITAIN' cds, Cat £320. Very scarce. (2)
1915-16 Overprints on Kangaroos First Wmk 2d grey SG 73 block of 12 (6x2) from the base of the forme with the bottom row types acccbc, well centred, hinge remainders & minor tonespots, Cat £240++.
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 1509
Symbol: *
Cat No: Collection
1915-16 Overprints on Kangaroos First Wmk 5/- grey & chrome-yellow SG 83 type b, tiny black specks on the gum, Cat £2750. A rare stamp - enhanced by being type b - that is missing from most collections.
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 1510
Symbol: *
Cat No: Collection
1915-16 Overprints on Kangaroos First Wmk 5/- grey & chrome-yellow SG 83 type c, minor hinge remainders, Cat £2750. A rare stamp that is missing from most collections.
