Great Britain and British Commonwealth OFFICIAL STAMPS - 1908-10 Small 'PAPUA' Lithograph
Sale No: 252
Lot No:1324
Symbol:CTO
Cat No:O4 (unlisted
Watermark Upright Perf 11 1d black & rose with Puncture Double as SG O4 (unlisted variety), CTO with 'PORT MORESBY' cds. One puncture is misplaced to the right with the 'S' almost completely 'blind', which suggests that the second puncture was a deliberate correction.
Watermark Upright (Inverted) Perf 11 2½d black & pale ultramarine horizontal pair the right-hand unit with Puncture Omitted creating an unlisted se-tenant pair of SG O6a & SG 51a (the unpunctured stamp), the left-hand unit CTO with 'PORT MORESBY' cds, the right-hand unit with a small part of the cds from the unit above and a couple of short perfs at base, no gum.
Watermark Upright (Inverted) Perf 11 4d black & sepia SG O7 with Puncture Inverted (unlisted variety), tiny black mark at the base on the face, hinge remainders, large-part original gum, Cat £70 for normal.
Watermark Upright Perf 11 1/- black & orange SG O9 vertical pair the upper unit with Puncture Double (unlisted variety), both CTO with 'PORT MORESBY' cds, a couple of minor aging marks, no gum.
Watermark Sideways (Crown Pointing Right) Perf 12½ 2d black & purple SG O23 marginal single from the left of the sheet with Puncture Double One Sideways Misplaced (unlisted variety), CTO with partial '[PORT MORESBY]/PAPUA' cds, large-part original gum.
Watermark Sideways Perf 11 2½d black & dull blue SG O17 Imperforate at Right (unlisted variety), CTO with 'PORT MORESBY/24AUG10/PAPUA' cds, no gum. A superb example of one of the most desirable Papua errors.
Croaker states that the right-hand column of two sheets were affected, resulting in twelve error stamps. However, three examples of stamps with the printer's guide-marks are now known to exist, proving that three different sheets - eighteen stamps - were affected. Peter Troy's such example sold in our auction of 28.7.2009 for $14,950. Examples similar to this one from the central rows have sold for $10,925 (Fred Pearson 2006) and for $9775 (Tim Rybak 2008).
Sale No: 252
Lot No:1334
Symbol:CTO
Cat No:O21 marginal
Watermark Sideways (Crown Pointing Right) Perf 12½ ½d black & yellow-green SG O21 marginal block of 4 from the base of the sheet all units with Puncture Diagonal Reading Downwards (unlisted variety), CTO with 'PORT MORESBY' cds.
Sale No: 252
Lot No:1335
Symbol:CTO
Cat No:O25 CTO
Watermark Sideways (Crown Pointing Right) Perf 12½ 6d black & myrtle-green SG O25 CTO with 'PORT MORESBY/26NOV09/PAPUA' cds, large-part original gum, Cat £1500. Croaker states "very few sheets were perforated 12½, and all, it is thought, but two of these were punctured OS". Peter Troy's CTO example of the same date sold at our auction of 28.7.2009 for $2185.