Collection in expensive Lindner hingeless album with better items including BNG 2/6d SG 8 used (creased; APEX Certificate) & 2/6d SG 16a mint (creased; APEX Certificate), Large 'Papua' Overprints mint set, various Small 'PAPUA' issues, Large 'PAPUA' to 2/6d x4 (one used), Bicolours two mint sets to 10/- plus some shades to 2/6d & 'OS' Overprints mint to 2/6d x2, 1939-41 Airs mint set, etc, condition variable. (few 100)

Estimate AU$1,400

1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Horizontal Thick Paper ½d to 2/6d SG 1-8, well centred, a few hinge remainders, Cat £850. (8)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Horizontal Thick Paper 2½d with Thin 'd' at Left SG 4b, excellent centring, streaky gum, Cat £375.

Grade A- A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Horizontal Thick Paper 4d sepia & black with Deformed 'd' at Left SG 5a, excellent centring, Cat £750. [Better centred than John Williams' example that sold at the Prestige auction of 6.3.2010 for $1265]

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Vertical Thick Paper ½d yellow-green & black bottom row of 5 with complete Plate Number '1' at left (advanced tropicalisation) & an unmounted corner single with large-part Plate Number '2'. Rare. [Peter Troy's corner singles - Plate '2' with no gum - sold at the Prestige auction of 28.7.2009 for $575] (2 items)

Grade C/A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Vertical Thick Paper 4d sepia & black with Deformed 'd' at Left SG 13a, well centred, hinge remainder, Cat £650.

Grade A- B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Vertical Thick Paper 4d black & sepia with Deformed 'd' in '4d' at Left SG 13a, excellent centring, lightly mounted, Cat £650.

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1906 Large 'Papua' Overprints Watermark Horizontal Thick Paper 4d to 2/6d SG 17-20, well centred, minor problems, Cat £500. (4)

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1906 Large 'Papua' Overprints Watermark Vertical Thick Paper 2½d with Thin 'd' at Left SG 24a, lightly mounted, Cat £130.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1906 Large 'Papua' Overprints Watermark Vertical Thick Paper 1/- orange & black SG 27, exceptional colour & centring, lightly mounted, Cat £1800. An excellent example of this rare stamp. Ex Colonel Harrie Evans: sold at the Prestige auction of 6.10.2001 for $1870.

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1907 Small 'Papua' Overprints Watermark Horizontal Thick Paper 2/6d brown & black with the Overprint Vertical (Reading Down) SG 37a [Pos 8], a little aged as is often the case with this stamp, Cat £7500. Rare: one sheet of 30 was affected.

Grade B C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$5,000

1907 Small 'Papua' Overprints Watermark Horizontal Thick Paper 2/6d brown & black with the Overprint Triple SG 37d, a trifle aged, Port Moresby cds of 24JUL09, Cat £4500. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2005) states "Extremely rare: only one sheet of 30 printed".

Grade A- C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,000

1907 Small 'Papua' Overprints Watermark Vertical Thick Paper 2½d with Thin 'd' at Left SG 41a, Cat £200.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1907-10 Small 'PAPUA' Watermark Upright Perf 11 2½d with the Watermark Upright Reversed SG 51(var) [Pos 3], unused (no gum). [Reversed watermark varieties in this issue have been noted on the 2d 2½d 4d & 6d values. Of SG 51(var), 21 mint & 1 used examples have been recorded. Despite reversed watermarks being catalogued in both the Monocolour & Bicolour series, Gibbons have not yet listed these varieties in the Lithographs. We expect them to do so, which will inevitably send demand through the roof]

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

PUNCTURED 'OS': 1908-10 Small 'PAPUA' Watermark Sideways Perf 12½ 6d black & myrtle-green SG O25, well centred, light diagonal bend, Port Moresby cds, Cat £1400. RPSofL Certificate (2017) states the bend is horizontal!

Grade A- B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

STAMP DUTY: 'STAMP DUTY' on 10/- green & lilac Barefoot #13, excellent centring, minor blemishes, oval 'CANCELLED/ COMPANIES REGISTRATION/OFFICE PAPUA' h/s, grossly undercatalogued at £50. Rare: the first example we have seen. [Absent from Tim Rybak's and Peter Troy's collections]

We have been advised that this & the next lot were issued during the post-WWII Australian Period. However, the cancellation reads 'PAPUA' at the base, which suggests pre-War usage. John Barefoot gives the issue date for the 10/- as 1949 but for the £1 as "c.1939 (?)".

Grade A- A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

STAMP DUTY: 'STAMP DUTY/£1 £1' on ½d myrtle-green & yellow-green Barefoot #14, oval 'CANCELLED/COMPANIES REGISTRATION/ OFFICE PAPUA' h/s, Cat £250. Very scarce. [Peter Troy's only example - grossly off-centre & unused - sold at the Prestige auction of 28.7.2009 for $1035]

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500