1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Vertical Medium to Thick Paper 4d black & sepia on Thin Paper SG 13b, possibly unmounted, Cat £350 for mounted.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1907 Small 'Papua' Overprints Vertical Watermark Thin Paper 2d SG 40 vertical strip of 5, the central unit with '+' in the Watermark, a little tropicalised, Cat £37½++. Rare. [Also Australia KGV SMult Wmk Perf 13½x12½ ½d orange U/L corner block of 8 (4x2), well centred, unmounted, Cat $100++] (Qty 2 items)

Grade B/A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1907-10 Small 'PAPUA' 4d black & sepia with Thin 'd' at Left SG 63a, very well centred, very fine strike of the scarce straight-line 'S.S. Morinda' ship's cancel, Cat £190 plus a significant premium for the scarce usage.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1911-15 Monocolours 1d rose-pink & 2d mauve (light bend) both with the Watermark Sideways Reversed (with the crown pointing to right as seen from the back of the stamps) SG 85a & 86a, Port Moresby or Kulumadau cds, Cat £215. Very scarce. (Qty 2)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1911-15 Monocolours 2/6d rose-carmine with the Watermark Sideways Reversed (Wmk Crown to Right of A as seen from the reverse) SG 91w, well centred, light ironed-out diagonal crease, contemporary Port Moresby datestamp, Cat £900. Very scarce. RPSofV Certificate (2021).

Grade (A) B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

OFFICIAL STAMPS: 1930 Bicolours ½d to 2/6d SG )46-54 complete, variable centring, lightly mounted, Cat £650. (Qty 9)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

STAMP DUTY: Horizontal 'Stamp Duty.' Overprint selection comprising Small 'PAPUA' 1d unused & postally used with cut-down 'relief' cds and 6d mint (superb!), Large 'PAPUA' 1d mint, and Monocolours 1d pink mint x2 & postally used with light Samarai cds, a few minor blemishes. (Qty 7)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1913 commercial cover with Bishop's mitre on the flap, to Kent with unusual franking of Monocolours ½d (rounded corner) & a second single with 'JBC' Monogram tied by 'SAMARAI/20MY1913/PAPUA' cds, minor faults. [How many covers, even philatelic ones, have you seen with a monogram franking?]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1918 correctly rated James cover to Adelaide with scarce franking of Monocolours 4d olive & 'ONE PENNY' on 2/6d crimson tied by 'DARU WD' cds, very fine boxed 'Registered/Daru No ("38")' h/s in violet, registered b/s of Brisbane in magenta & Adelaide, minor blemishes.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1919 Wilson cover with scarce albeit philatelic franking of Bicolours 5/- tied by 'IOMA/27JAN19/PAPUA' cds, superb straight-line 'REGISTERED' h/s, Sydney & London transit b/s, minor blemishes.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1936 commercial cvr to Hertfordshire with 2d Bird of Paradise tied by Brisbane slogan cancel with boxed 'PAQUEBOT' h/s alongside, minor blemishes.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1940 (Mar 6) commercial airmail cover to Surrey with Pictorials 3d x3 & 6d + 1939 Airs 3d blue tied by Samarai cds, complete red/white 'OPENED BY CENSOR' label with Censor's initials in red pencil. A very scarce make-up of the 1/6d rate. [Endorsed on the flap "Frm MK Abel/Kwato/Samarai". Kwato is an island in Milne Bay where, in 1891, Rev Charles Abel - the sender's grandfather (?) - founded a Mission Station]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

POSTAL CARDS: 1901 BNG 1d red & 1½d blue, unusually fine with none of the characteristic mottling that bedevils this issue, unused. (Qty 2)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

POSTMARKS: 10-bar 'B.N.G' cancel of Kulumadau (Lee #60; rated E) two large-part inverted strikes on BNG 4d pair with 'WOODLARKS/NO24/{"03"}/BNG' cds (#59; rated F) alongside on registered piece. [Noted as having "RPS Cert 69683", now lost]

Grade A- A1+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

POSTMARKS: 'TAHIRA/30OC26/PAPUA' superb central strike on Bicolours ½d block of 4 on Spychiger cover, horizontal & vertical folds well clear of the stamps.

Grade B A1+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$80

REGISTRATION ENVELOPES: 1917 'PAPUA' 4d orange size G on old NSW stock with Red Device across the Stamp Box on the Flap (as used for Australian KGV issues), unused. [This is an item that should be included in every collection of Australian & New South Wales postal stationery]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1985 Ceremonial Structures Smaller Format & Without 't' in the Design 10t to 60t, unmounted. Unissued. With a set of the issued stamps for comparison, in which the low value is 15t, not 10t as on the unissued stamp. [This is a weird situation. The unissued stamps were printed by Leigh Marden in Melbourne while the issued stamps were printed by the Spanish firm Heraclio Fournier] (Qty 8)

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1985 Ceremonial Structures Smaller Format & Without 't' in the Design 10t to 60t blocks of 4, unmounted. Unissued. With a set of the issued stamps for comparison, in which the low value is 15t, not 10t as on the unissued stamp. [This is a weird situation. The unissued stamps were printed by Leigh Marden in Melbourne while the issued stamps were printed by the Spanish firm Heraclio Fournier] (Qty 20)

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1995 Surcharges on Birds of Paradise '21t' on 45t SG 755 with the Overprint Offset on the Reverse block of 4 from the top of the sheet, unmounted. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2012).

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1995 Surcharges on Birds of Paradise Thin '21t' on 45t SG 755 with the Overprint Offset on the Reverse block of 4 from the top of the sheet, unmounted.

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1995 Surcharges on Birds of Paradise Thin '21t' on 45t SG 755 Second Kapul Reprint inscribed '1993' at the base, from the U/R corner of the sheet with 'RJ BATES and LEIGH-MARDON' imprints at top, unmounted.

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1995 Surcharges on Birds of Paradise '21t' Thin Type on 45t dated '1993' SG 755 Second Kapul Reprint L/L imprint block of 4, unmounted.

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1995 Surcharges on Birds of Paradise Thick '21t' on 45T SG 757b dated '1992' at the base imprint block of 4 from the L/L of the sheet, unmounted, Cat £190++. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2012).

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

BOOKLETS: 1970 50c (5c Shell x10) green/yellow booklet with Seriffed Text SG SB1, Cat £375. [The Gibbons listing is confusing. The second booklet, with sans serif text, is illustrated above SB1 and captioned 'B1']

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

POSTAL HISTORY: 1946-52 mostly philatelic covers with Australian frankings from many different post offcies including registered from 'BUIN', 'BWAGAOIA', 'FINSCHAFEN' error with 'FINSCHHAFEN' label, 'KANDRIAN' with 'GASMATA' label, 'KIKORI', 'KOKOPO', 'LORENGAU', 'MADANG' & 'TALASEA', also some commercial airmails including internal & to Britain, mostly fine to very fine. (Qty 70 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150