Great Britain and British Commonwealth Papua New Guinea
Sale No: 254
Lot No:3518
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Yearbooks 1985-96 with duplicates in archive box. Weighs 15kg. Ex Australian Philatelic Wholesalers.
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Grade A
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 200.00
Closed..Dec-06-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 254
Lot No:3519
Symbol:E
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]
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+.
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)
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)
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.
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Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Dec-06-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 254
Lot No:3527
Symbol:C/CL
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.
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