1907 Small 'Papua' Overprints Watermark Horizontal Thick Paper 2/6d black & brown with the Overprint Sideways reading Downwards SG 37a marginal example from the right of the sheet of 30, minor gum bends, unmounted, Cat £7500. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2012) states "extremely rare".

Grade A- B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$5,000

1917 'ONE PENNY' Surcharges on 2/6d carmine with the Watermark Upright (Inverted) SG 111a [Pos 14], very well centred, unmounted, Cat £2500. From the original find of one sheet of 40. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2003). [A similar example sold in our auction of 30.6.2016 for $3033]

Grade A+ A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1917 'ONE PENNY' Surcharges on 2/6d carmine with the Watermark Upright (Inverted) SG 111a block of 10 (5x2) from the base of the sheet with both the 'CA' & 'JBC' Monograms, generally very well centred, a few small tonespots in the margins at L/R just impinging on the corner stamp but otherwise superb unmounted, Cat £25,000. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2002) states "Only one sheet of 40 discovered and the monograms [each] occur only once per sheet, making this item an important & unique piece".

Grade A-/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$20,000

1930 Aeroplane Overprints Harrison Printings 1/- sepia & olive with the Overprint Inverted SG 117a, very well centred, a few characteristic irregular perfs at left, lightly mounted with guarantee handstamps of Sanabria - who split the sheet - Gibbons New York and Kessler. Superb! Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2018) states "very rare as only one sheet of 40 printed". Prestige sold examples from the collections of Tim Rybak, Peter Troy, Raymond Biggs and Paul Zatulove for $14,375 $16,100 $17,250 and $14,560 respectively.

Grade A+ B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$15,000

REVENUES: 'STAMP DUTY/£1 £1' on ½d myrtle-green & yellow-green Barefoot #14, trimmed perfs at the base, 'REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES/[crown]/TERRITORY OF PAPUA' cachet, grossly undercatalogued at £250. Very scarce. [A very fine example sold at our auction of 1.9.2018 for $2330]

Grade C B3 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Mint & used accumulation in 10 albums, packets etc. with 1952-95 mint collection apparently complete (ex Postal Charges; the later issues unmounted) and similar used collection reasonably complete both with some overprints & surcharges, plus many extras including 1980s-90s blocks of 4 and larger multiples **, Yearbooks 1986-92 and 1994-5, bundle of stamp packs, FDCs, album of covers including registereds with 'RELIEF' cancels, etc, also an album of New Guinea including Birds to 2/- and Papua Lakatois to 1/- & Pictorials to 2/6d with some multiples, condition variable but most are fine to very fine. Weighs 26kg. (Qty 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

POSTAL HISTORY: 1946 philatelic cover to Victoria with KGVI 3d tied by one of two fine to superb strikes of the rare 'SALAMAUA/19JA46/PAPUA-NEW GUINEA' cds. The rarest postmark of the Territory of Papua & New Guinea. [A Salamaua registered cover sold at our auction of 1.3.2020 for $5825]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

POSTMARKS: Four volumes of mostly Papuan Philatelic Society covers with Opening Days, numerous registereds many with 'RELIEF' datestamps and/or provisional R labels, coastal ship covers, some scarcer 1980s & 1990s material, some better stamps to £1 Fisherman including 1/7d Cattles & 2/3d Commemoratives, generally fine to very fine. (Qty 500+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$750