1914-23 KGV Multiple Crown CA Wmk 'SPECIMEN' overprints set SG 22s-38s, affixed to four pieces, a bit discoloured, all bar the 3d additionally with 'COLONIAS' h/s in red, Cat £425 for mounted mint. Ex Portuguese Colonies (Goa) UPU Archives. 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1939-51 KGVI Pictorials ½d to 10/- set with 'SPECIMEN' punctures SG 60s-72s, minor gum tropicalisation as usual, most are lightly mounted, Cat £500 for unmounted. Very scarce set.

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

1949 UPU 75th Anniversary set SG 77-80 with 'SPECIMEN' h/s in red, small hinge remainders.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

POSTAGE DUES: 1940 1d to 1/6d set with horseshoe 'SPECIMEN' punctures SG D1s-8s strips of 3, well-centred, unmounted, Cat £750+ for three sets. BPA Certificate (2002) for the 1/6d.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Philatelic covers with 1907 long front with Large Canoes set registered to NSW & 1908 unaddressed cover with Small Canoes to 1/-, both very spotty; 1912-27 Small Canoe registered covers x5; 1938 covers with 'PAQUEBOT' h/s of Tulagi in black or violet; 1956 cover from Australia & 1961 unstamped local cover both with Postage Dues; 1957 with straight-line 'BARAKOMA AIRFIELD' cancels, 8c Aerogramme CTO x2; and four captured Japanese Military Postal Cards - two illustrated - used by NZ Forces. (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

WWII JAPANESE OCCUPATION: Japanese Forces postal cards of various Military & Naval types most with modern translations that indicate origin as "Unit South Sea Dispatch", four are scenic types. Scarce lot.

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$600