1907-10 Large 'PAPUA' Lithographs ½d SG 47 x4 (one used) & 2/6d SG 48 mint, plus punctured 'OS' SG O28 mint & SG O36 used, Cat £470.  (7)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1907-10 Small 'PAPUA' Lithographs mostly mint range on Hagners to 1/- x6 including 2½d SG 56a & 1/- SG 58, a couple with bogus cancels, also used 'OS' punctures to 6d x2 & 1/-, STC £1000+.  (33)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1d black & rose SG 49 intensive plating study in three boxed albums with emphasis on the printing flaws colloquially known as 'Bullet Holes' both mint & used plus research notes and a swag of colour photographs of sheets & single stamps enlarged to A4-size, Cat £1000+. A genuine labour of love. Ex Ted McPheat.   (150+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Watermark Upright Perf 11 2½d black & bright ultramarine SG 51 complete sheet (5x6) with Thin 'd' at Left Pos [4/2] SG 51a and unlisted varieties Broken 'd' at Right Pos [3/2] and 'd' of '2½d' Joined to Frame Pos [4/3], a couple of trivial gum marks, minor hinge remainders and perf re-inforcing in the margins only, the stamps all unmounted, Cat £1060+ for mounted singles plus a premium for the unlisted varieties.

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Watermark Upright Perf 12½ & Watermark Upright Inverted Perf 12½ 'sets' SG 55 56 56a 57 & 58, most are well-centred & lightly mounted, one of the 2½d SG 56 and one of the 1/- are unmounted, Cat £760 for mounted. Illustrations are on our website.  (10) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

Watermark Sideways Perf 11 4d with Deformed 'd' at Left SG 63a, a few stained perfs, & Large 'PAPUA' 4d with the same variety SG 79a, short perfs at top, both lightly mounted, Cat £375. See website.  (2)

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

6d black & myrtle-green Watermark Sideways Perf 12½ SG 70 horizontal pair, the right-hand unit with Rift in Clouds, quite well centred, the tiniest toned perf tip on the (normal) left-hand unit, small hinge remainders, Cat £22,000+ (see footnote under SG 83 which states that the 'Rift in Clouds' variety is "worth about three times the normal price"). Ex Arthur Hind (1934; Lot 381). RPSofL Certificate (1992). Blair & Troy's 'Papua: The Lakatoi Rarities' (unpublished) states that "Only two sheets were issued without being punctured OS". The Rift in Cloud variety occurs only once per sheet at Pos [R5/3]. Therefore, only two examples of this variety without 'OS' puncture can exist. Our vendor states that the other example is badly off-centre.

Grade A- B2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$25,000

2d black & purple Watermark Sideways (Crown to Left of 'A' as seen from the reverse) Irregular Compound Perf 11 and 12½ SG 73 (Perf 11x11x11x12½), small hinge remainder, Cat £1700. BPA Certificate (1999). [The illustration is above Lot 1286] 

Grade A- B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1d rose-pink & 2d mauve (light bend) both with Watermark Sideways Reversed (Crown Pointing Right) SG 85w & 86w, Port Moresby or Kulumadau cds, Cat £215. Very scarce. Illustration on our website.   (2)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1d rose-pink & 2/6d rose-carmine both with Watermark Sideways Reversed (Crown Pointing Right) SG 85w & 91w, the 2/6d with a small thin, Cat £975. (2) 

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

2/6d rose-carmine with Watermark Sideways Reversed (Crown Pointing Right) SG 91w, excellent centring, very lightly mounted, Cat £600. See illustration on our website. 

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

2/6d rose-carmine Watermark Sideways Reversed (Crown Pointing Right) SG 91w, well centred, Cat £600.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1917 'ONE PENNY' Surcharges with Watermark Sideways Reversed (Crown Pointing Right) ½d mint & used x2, 2d mint & 4d used pair SG 106w 107w & 109w, Cat £670+. See illustrations on our website.   (6)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$450

1917 'ONE PENNY' Surcharges on 4d olive-green with Watermark Sideways Reversed (Crown Pointing Right) SG 109w marginal block of 4 from the U/R of the sheet, minor hinge remainders in the upper margins only, tiny tonespot on gum of the lower-left unit, unmounted, Cat £900+ for mounted singles.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

Seal embossed proof impression in grey-black on thin card (131x182mm, minor peripheral blemishes) of the official seal of British New Guinea from the reign of King Edward VII featuring the British coat-of-arms & a Bird of Paradise within Latin inscriptions, the seal having a massive diameter of 64mm. A superb impression of this impressive design, that would make an excellent introductory page for any Papuan collection.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Photograph 'glossy' print (112x83mm) from Captain FR Barton's glass negative of his image of a Lakatoi and Hanuabada Village that was the basis for the British New Guinea stamps, the apparent damage at left having been on the original negative; with its plain envelope (tonespots) endorsed "Photograph/from/Papua Original/ supplied to De La Rue". Ex Rev Roger Lee. Outstanding frontispiece for a collection of BNG/Papua.  On 7.1.1901, Sir Horace Tozer, Agent-General for Queensland, requested De La Rue to provide cost estimates for an issue of stamps derived from this photograph. A completed essay - see "Lakatoi I" front cover - was forwarded only three days later & approved on 11th January! [The EC Harris Archive contained two prints, a 'glossy' from the undamaged original (minor toning on the reverse) & a 'matte', very similar to this item. They sold at our auction of 12.10.2012 for $844 & $1395 respectively]  (2 items)

Grade A/C (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

Imperforate plate proofs ½d to 1/- vertical pairs [Pos 3/9] in issued colours on ungummed watermarked wove paper, a matching set from the top of the sheets with colour registration markings in the upper margins, each with light vertical crease not apparent from the face, some mostly minor blemishes/soiling largely confined to the reverse excepting the ½d which is noticeably soiled in the margin and the 4d & 6d which have small holes (from the registration pin?) in the margins. [From De La Rue's imprimatur sheets of 30 (5x6), that were apparently folded in half. The 2/6d, issued four years later, does not exist in this form. Tim Rybak's & Peter Troy's sets of horizontal pairs sold for $4830 each (2008 & 2009 respectively)]  (7 pairs)

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

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

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

Watermark Horizontal ½d & 2d with White Leaves at Right [Pos 4/5] SG 1var & 3var marginal blocks of 4, plus blocks of 4 of the 1d, 2½d (two diagonal creases), 6d (one unit with light bend) & 1/- all marginal except the 1d, the centring mostly very good, all unmounted, plus Watermark Vertical 2/6d SG 16a with very lightly mounted but tropicalised gum, Cat £1660+ (for mounted) plus a premium for the varieties. RPSofV Certificate (2023) for the 2/6d.  (25)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Watermark Horizontal 2½d black & ultramarine Thin Paper (.0039mm) SG 4a, well centred, Port Moresby cds of 25MA05, Cat £225.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

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, Cat £995+. Ex Rev Roger Lee.

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

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$800

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.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,200

Watermark Vertical on Thin Paper (.0035mm to .004mm) ½d SG 9a mint, 1d (unlisted by Gibbons) with light bars cancel, 2d SG 11a mint & 2½d (unlisted by Gibbons) neatly cancelled.  (4)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Watermark Vertical on Thin Paper 4d black & sepia SG 13b, well centred, unmounted, Cat £350+, for mounted. Superb. 

Grade A+ B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$450