FORGERY: 1935 (SG.205) £5 Bulolo Panelli/Oneglia forgery in dull green, with forged datestamp. (Image)

Estimate AU$300-400
Min. Bid. AU$240

April 1927 (AAMC.P1b) Rabaul - New York partially flown hand-illustrated cover; bearing 1d and 2d Huts tied by RABAUL cds's alongside U.S. 8c green and 16c indigo Airmails (for internal trans-continental airmail) tied by SAN FRANCISCO datestamp (June 9) and with Reading, PA., arrival backstamp. A lovely example of the dual franking arrangements in place from 1924 until they were terminated in 1937. Very few examples from New Guinea have been recorded. Cat.$1,000+. (Image)

Estimate AU$500-600
Min. Bid. AU$400

21-25 Jan.1933 (AAMC.P54) Bena Bena (Upper Purari River) - Wau - Lae - Salamaua cover, flown and signed by Ray Parer for Pacific Aerial Transport. The time & date of despatch has also been recorded on the cover by H.E.Woodman, the Assistant District Warden. Postmarked en route at WAU as there were no postal facilities at the newly prepared airport at Bena Bena. Backstamped on arrival at Salamaua. [8 flown]. Cat.$1750. [NB: The most recent recorded sale of a P54 cover is $2600 + commission, July 2012, at a Sydney auction.] (Image)

Estimate AU$1,200-1,500
Min. Bid. AU$

15 Aug.1935 (AAMC.P84) Wau - Madang covers, (2), flown by Orme Denny for Guinea Airways; one signed by the pilot. The first aerodrome at Madang had only been cleared in mid-1935. [70 flown]. Ex Ray Kelly. (Image)

Estimate AU$200-250
Min. Bid. AU$160

31 July 1937 (AAMC.P147) Melbourne - WAU (New Guinea) flown cover, carried and signed by Ray Paper on his Boeing 40 Biplane VH-ADX delivery flight. Very small mail carried, believed to be no more than 6 items. (Image)

Estimate AU$300-400
Min. Bid. AU$240

NWPI 1915-16 (SG.81) 1/- green Roo Die II, complete pane (30) of Plate 2; Right Pane (4th Setting) on annotated album page, few minor gumside tones, most units MUH, Cat. £2400. Ex Patrick Williams FRPSL. (Image)

Estimate AU$1,000-1,200
Min. Bid. AU$

JAPANESE OCCUPATION: c.1943 use of Japanese Army undenominated "Dove & Helmet" Postal Card in orange, from a member of the Japanese 81st Infantry Regiment occupying a section of New Britain Island close to Rabaul, addressed to Okayama, Japan. (Image)

Estimate AU$100-150
Min. Bid. AU$80