Handy group with 1938 usage of Chilean PPC to New Guinea with New York 'POSTAGE STAMP/REMOVED/BEFORE RECEIPT/AT THE/N.Y.P.O.FOR.SEC.' boxed cachet in its place & missent to Yugoslavia; 1938 to USA underpaid & taxed; 1940 to "War Department,/Washington DC" with Bulolo 5d tied by 'BULOLO' cds, taxed locally with 'T["2D"]' undenominated boxed h/s, one-line 'OPENED BY CENSOR' red-on-white label tied by 'Passed by Censor/T.N.G. No.25' cachet in violet; 1940 Wau-Sydney with 'RELEASED BY CENSOR' handstamp; 1940 to Wisconsin with makeshift censor label & boxed Censor 16 cachet; and 1941 stampless OHMS 'RETURNED LETTER' envelope with 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE, RABAUL, NEW GUINEA' imprint to California; a few minor issues but generally fine to very fine.  (6)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1935 Bulolo Airs £2 bright violet SG 204, exceptional centring, unmounted, Cat £350. Superb.

Grade A+ A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1935 Bulolo Airs £5 emerald-green SG 205, a couple of shortish perfs, unmounted, Cat £750.

Grade B C2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

'O S' OVERPRINTS: 1931 Huts 1d to 2/- including 6d shade & Dated Birds 1d to 5/- SG O22-41, unmounted, Cat £310.  (21)

Grade A/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

JAPANESE OCCUPATION: 1943 (Aug & Sep) Japanese Army 'Dove & Helmet' Postal Cards in slightly different shades of vermilion, both to Japan from an army surgeon at Rabaul or a soldier in Eastern New Guinea, different censor chops in red. [With brief notations by a Japanese-speaker]  (2)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300