1952-58 Pictorial set 10/- & £1 opt SPECIMEN, plus 1963 QEII Pictorial set 10/- & £1 & 1964-65 Bird 10/- all opt SPECIMEN. VF fresh MNH. SG 14-15s, 44-45s, & 71s cat £250. (5). (P) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1952-63 SPECIMEN opts with 1952 10/- & £1, 1963 Rabaul 10/- & QEII £1 -both with the 2 diff opt types, & 1964 Bird 10/-. VF fresh MNH. SG 14-15s, 44-45s, & 71s cat £250. (7). (P) (Image1)

Estimate AU$220

1960 'POSTAL CHARGES 6d. IXIXIXIXIX' opt on 7½d blue with Postage blocked out. Superb fresh CTO with Goroka cds (with UH gum) & perfect centring. SG D1 cat £450+. Rare premium quality genuine example as only 800 printed. 2022 Ceremuga AIEP photo cert. (P) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1960 'POSTAL CHARGES 6d. IXIXIXIXIX' opt on 7½d blue with Postage blocked. F-VF MNH, never hinged original gum which is fresher than usual. SG D1 cat £850. Rare genuine example as only 800 printed (beware of forgeries sold as genuine). Certificate can be obtained on request. (P) (Image1)

Estimate AU$700

1960 'POSTAL CHARGES 6d. IXIXIXIXIX' opt on 7½d blue with Postage blocked. VF fresh MLH. SG D1 cat £850. Rare genuine example as only 800 printed (beware of forgeries sold as genuine). Certificate can be obtained on request. (P) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1962 Native Patrol 5/- unissued. Superb fresh MNH, left marginal. Printed in 1961 for release in 1962 but the design was rejected & vast majority of the stock was burnt, except 2 or 3 sheets of 60 kept for archives. VF fresh MNH. Rare & sought after item. (P) (Image1)

Estimate AU$700

1969 Native Art 10c se-tenant vert pr IMPERF BETWEEN instead of rouletted between. VF fresh MNH. SG 154-55(var) error currently unlisted but we are sure it would get listed as SG 154b in future. Extremely rare error as probably only 1 or 2 rows of 5 existed. We have previously sold 2 examples in earlier auctions at $1400+ & $2100+ commission. Certificate can be obtained on request. (P) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1989 Surch '20t & bars' on Fish 17t, error DOUBLE opt, both equally strong with 1st shifted 8mm vertically so straddling the perfs & bars in middle of stamp, while 2nd in normal position (over inked so fat 20t appearance). Postally F-VFU. SG 602a error listed but the low SG cat value is totally incorrect. In the last 20 years we have handled several major PNG collections of opt varieties with many unique items, none of which contained an example of this double opt error, nor have we seen any examples of it sold by any other auctions. The double opt error must have been all used up on normal mail & vast majority discarded, this apparently only the 2nd discovered! 2021 Ceremuga AIEP photo cert. (P) (Image1)

Estimate AU$700

1994 Emergency opt set of 11, imprint cnr blks of 4. VF fresh MNH. SG 730-740(var) cat £800++ as singles, plus good premium for imprint blks. (44) (P) (Image1)

Estimate AU$700

1994 Emergency opt 5t/35t Musical Bow upper half sheets of 25 (3) inc imprints, with opt varieties on ea. 1-20th Stamp with partial '5t' & 25th with partial 't'. 2-25th Stamp partial 't'. 3-15th Stamp partially missing '5' & opt box, & 25th very sl partial missing 't', plus blks of 6 (3) with left marginal normal & with part opt offset on gum, & LL imprint blk with part missing opt box on LL stamp. VF MNH, some sl gum tones. SG 731/731(var) cat £1300++ as normal singles. Unique stamp group for specialist showing various states of printing plate. (93 in 6 blks). (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1994 Emergency opt 5t/35t Musical Bow upper half sheet of 25 inc imprints, with opt varieties of 9th stamp partially missing '5t', 10th totally missing opt box (so 35t fully showing), 15th partially missing both box & '5t', 20th partially missing box & totally missing '5t' (rare w/o any trace at all of '5t') & 25th stamp almost totally missing '5t' -only very faint trace. VF fresh UN. SG 731/ 731a/731(var). This is the only known sheet that in addition to the usual missing '5t' variety on Pos 20 also shows mostly missing '5t' on the other 2 positions & also spectacularly missing opt box varieties of which no other examples have ever been recorded. Important item for the specialist. 2016 AIEP Ceremuga photo cert. (P) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1994 Provisional opt K1.20/40t Ship error opt DOUBLE (both equally strong & partly overlapping), used along with Waterfall 50t tied by Lae cds on correctly franked registered cover with provisional reg label, to Australia with Mansfield & Upper Mt Gravatt transit & arrival cds. SG 709(var). Major rarity for the specialist as only 1 pane of 25 was discovered & only 1 other cover is known to us. 2012 Ceremuga AIEP photo cert. (P) (Image1)

Estimate AU$700

1995 Bird of Paradise 21t Surch 2nd printing full set of 6 thick opts on 1992 date large 'T' set, 1993 small 't' & the rare 1992 date small 't' set, all in imprint BLOCKS of 4. VF fresh MNH. SG 755b-58b, 755b(var) & 756(var), Mi 743I.II/II.II & I.II/1992, 746I.II/II.II & I.II/1992 cat €2040+ = A$3200+. Scarce genuine set as only around 1200 sets printed (beware of forgeries of 2 rare values). Rare & desirable as imprint blks. 2001 Ceremuga AIEP photo cert for these 2. (6 blks). (P) (Image1)

Estimate AU$900

2001 Surch K2.65 on 65t PhilexFrance, error opt DOUBLE, 2nd opt shifted down &/or left 4-6mm. UR cnr blk of 4 with diff placement on ea stamp. 2nd opt was misplaced at a sl angle, giving wider spacing of opts at left of sheet, with UR cnr opts close together. VF fresh MNH. SG 906(var). Unique plate blks as only 1 sheet of 50 existed. 2016 AIEP Ceremuga photo cert. (4) (P) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

2001 Surch K2.65 on 65t PhilexFrance, error opt DOUBLE, 2nd opt shifted down &/or left 1mm. UR cnr blk of 4 with diff placement on ea stamp. 2nd opt was misplaced at a sl angle, giving wider spacing of opts at left of sheet, with UR cnr opts close together. VF fresh MNH. SG 906(var). Unique plate blks as only 1 sheet of 50 existed. 2016 AIEP Ceremuga photo cert. (4) (P) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

2001 Surch 50t/25t Sydney 2000 Olympics, error opt DOUBLE! -opt blocks partly overlapping & values well separated. Superb MNH. Mi 906DD, SG 906(var). From the only known sheet of 50 found at Boroko PO in Jan 2002. Spectacular error. 2005 Ceremuga AIEP photo cert. (P) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

2001 Surch 50t/25t Sydney 2000 Olympics, error opt DOUBLE! -opts beside each other. Superb MNH. Mi 906DD, SG 906(var). From the only known sheet of 50 found at Boroko PO in Jan 2002. Spectacular! 2005 Ceremuga AIEP photo cert. (P) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

2001 Surch 50t/25t Sydney 2000 Olympics, error opt DOUBLE! TR cnr imprint blk of 4. Superb MNH. Only 1 sheet of 50 existed so only 4 imprint blks of 4. As one opt is diag misplaced, the appearance of the double opts greatly changes across the sheet from overlapping in TR cnr to widely spaced in LL cnr. Great recent discovery of which only 1 sheet was found & bought in Boroko PO in Jan 2002. Striking item & great addition to a PNG or Olympic collection. 2004 Ceremuga AIEP photo cert. (4) (P) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

2001 Surch 50t/25t Sydney 2000 Olympics, error opt TRIPLE! LL cnr imprint blk of 4. Superb MNH. Only 1 sheet existed so only 4 imprint blks of 4. As one opt is greatly shifted down the 50t appears in the sheet margin at base just below the bottom row of stamps & is missing from the top row, thus the 5 upper stamps have 3 opt blks but only 2 opt '50t'. Great discovery with only 1 sheet found & bought at Boroko PO in Jan 2002. Spectacular item & great addition to an Olympic or PNG collection. 2004 Ceremuga AIEP photo cert (4) (P) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500