1901-05 Watermark Horizontal ½d to 2/6d SG 1-8, the 2/6d is unusually well centred, Cat £850.  (8)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Horizontal 4d black & sepia with Deformed 'd' in '4d' at Lower-Left SG 5a being the lower-left unit in a block of 4, exceptional centring & very fresh, minor perf reinforcing, minor tonespots on the variety & the upper-right unit, Cat £995+. Ex Rev Roger Lee.  

Grade A/B A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Horizontal 2/6d black & brown SG 8, well centred & remarkably fresh, unmounted & rare thus, Cat £650+, for mounted. Superb. 

Grade A+ B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Horizontal 2/6d black & brown SG 8 rejoined vertical pair, both with very fine centrally-struck 'PORT MORESBY/12OC06/BRITISH NEW GUINEA' cds cancels, Cat £1100. Rare multiple.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

1907 Small 'Papua' Overprints 1907 Small ‘Papua’ Overprint on BNG Horizontal Wmk ½d black & yellow-green on Thick Paper (.0042mm) SG 34a with White Leaves at Right, ‘PORT MORESBY/24JUN07/PAPUA’ cancel & British part-arrival datestamp. RPSofV Certificate (2023). Most examples offered as Thick Paper are not correct. NB: Gibbons previously did not price this stamp used. In the 2024 edition, SG 34a has inexplicably been deleted.   

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1907 Small 'Papua' Overprints 1907 Small ‘Papua’ Overprint on BNG Horizontal Wmk 2½d black & ultramarine on Thick Paper (.0044mm) SG 35a, well centred, very lightly mounted, Cat £325. RPSofV Certificate (2023). Most examples offered as Thick Paper are not correct.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1910 Large 'PAPUA' ½d to 2/6d SG 75-82 plus 2d with 'PCSTAGE' at Upper-Right SG 77a & 4d with Deformed 'd' at Lower-Left SG 79a, cancelled at Port Moresby or Samarai, Cat £500.  (10)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

1911-15 2/6d rose-carmine Watermark Sideways Reversed (Crown Pointing Right, as seen from the back of the stamp) SG 91w, well centred, Cat £600.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

1930 Aeroplane Overprints Harrison Printing 1/- sepia & deep olive as SG 117 but with the Overprint in Deep Carmine and the telltale 'AI,R MAIL' Variety being the first unit in a block of 4, minor characteristic gum tropicalisation, very lightly mounted & the lower units are unmounted. Ex Rev Roger Lee. Both the overprint colour and variety are unlisted in Gibbons. Alec Rosenblum states at page 43 "At first, a deep carmine was selected, but after only about 10 sheets of the 1/- had been printed therewith, the colour was found to be too dark, and for all subsequent printings the colour was a lighter carmine-red". They were issued: both used examples and covers are known.

Grade A- B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1930 Aeroplane Overprints Harrison Printings 1/- sepia & olive with the Overprint Inverted SG 117a, well centred, a few characteristic irregular perfs, guarantee handstamps of Sanabria - who originally split the sheet of 40 - and Gibbons (New York), Cat £15,000. BPA (1961, as the then SG 123ab) & Chris Ceremuga (2012) Certificates. Significantly better centred than the example sold at our auction of1.3.2020 for $10,620.

Grade A B2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$10,000

OFFICIAL STAMPS: 1911-12 Monocolours 1) ½d yellow-green with Watermark Sideways Reversed (Crown Pointing Right) SG O38w marginal block of 6 (3x2) from the left of the sheet, the gum lightly tropicalised with a couple of minor tonespots but unmounted, Cat £600+, for mounted singles; and 2) 2½d bright blue as SG O41 but on Thin Paper (unlisted by Gibbons) block of 4, minor toning mostly on the perf tips at left, the upper-right unit very fine, unmounted, with a Thick Paper 2½d ultramarine for comparison, Cat £225+, for normal singles. [Alec Rosenblum states at p29 regarding printings on Thin Paper that "A very few sheets of this stamp were issued, OS only, about 1918...They are...extremely rare" (our emphasis)]   (2 items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

POSTAL STATIONERY: BNG Postal Cards duo unused x2 & used to Tasmania, and Papua 4d long Registration Envelope on grey stock, central vertical fold & minor flap fault still fine unused.

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Yearbooks 1985-96 with duplicates in archive box. Weighs 15kg. Ex Australian Philatelic Wholesalers.  (35)

Grade A

Estimate AU$100

1972 Christmas (Missionaries) preliminary artwork for a vertical Bishop Verjus design in watercolour & oil with Chinese white highlights (160x230mm) on thin artboard (255x332mm), various artist's notations including "The Original Design for the Missionary Series for PNG. Graham Wade designer 1972", plus 'Papua/New/Guinea' acetate (157x83mm) endorsed "...used to produce the final lettering in Gold ink/Graham Wade". Ex Roger Lee. [Henri Stanislas Verjus was among the first non-British missionaries in Papua. In the mid-1880s, he engaged in exploration of Papua's eastern coastal & inland regions]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1994 Emergency Surcharges '21t' on 80t Shell SG 734 complete sheet of 50 (10x4) with Imprints at the four corners, a couple of trivial blemishes on the reverse, unmounted, Cat £2250+.

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

2007 Personalised Stamps (Orchids) K3.35t sheetlet of 20 (4x5) with Woodlark Island Cuscus labels, and a second sheetlet on which the Cusus & Inscription are Printed Double One Inverted which is especially noticeable in the vertical bands at right of each Orchid, unmounted. Not previously seen by us.  (2 sheets)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

POSTAL CHARGES: 1960 'POSTAL/CHARGES/6d./IXIXIXIXIX' on 7½d Yam House SG D1, light Goroka cds, Cat £450; plus a dangerous mint forgery exhibiting a shinier & lighter shade of ink. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2007) for the forgery. (2) 

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

STAMP DUTY: 1990 'K5.00' & Diagonal Seriffed 'DUTY STAMP' on Musical Instruments 70t Rattle block of 20 (5x4), unmounted.

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

STAMP DUTY: 1991 Large '10t' & Smaller 'STAMP DUTY' at Left on 1991 Land Shells 40t complete sheet of 50 (10x5), unmounted.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

STAMP DUTY: 1991 Small '10t' at U/R & Larger 'STAMP DUTY' Centrally on 1991 Land Shells 40t complete sheet of 50 (10x5), unmounted.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

POSTAL HISTORY: Batch of Interim Period covers with Australian stamps at various rates & including large-part bullion tag with £1 Robes tied by 'BWAGAIOA' cds in violet, a few earlier covers including NWPI values to 1/- on registered William Ackland cover, PNG items including unused Registration Envelopes 1/0½d x2 & 1/7d x2; condition variable.  (100+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

POSTAL HISTORY: Album of mostly philatelic covers with an array of coastal vessel markings and a copy of 'Ship Marks...of PNG' (2005), a few flight covers including 1945 Re-Opening both directions & 1953 Lae-Hollandia both directions, etc.  (93) (Image1)

Estimate AU$350