1914-15 6mm Spacing '1d.' on 5pf green SG 2 [Stg 1 Pos 3], large-part 'RABAUL/[Oc]t 17 1914' cancel being the First Day of issue, Cat £110+.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1914-15 6mm Spacing '1d.' on 5pf green with Short '1' SG 2b, well centred, very lightly mounted, Cat £350.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1914-15 6mm Spacing '2d.' on 10pf [Stg 1 Pos 2], '2d.' on 20pf [Stg 1 Pos 7], '2½d.' on 10pf [Stg 4 Pos 7] & '2½d.' on 20pf [Stg 4 Pos 7] SG 3-6, well centred, very lightly mounted, Cat £385.  (4)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1914-15 High Values with 3½-4mm Spacing  '1s.' on 1mk red SG 12 [Stg 6?], well centred, a couple of tiny gum-thins, Cat £3750. Briefmarkenprufstelle Basel Certificate (2009). An attractive example of this scarce stamp.

Grade A- B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1914-15 5mm Spacing '1d.' on 3pf with Flat Top on '1' SG 16c [Stg 2 Pos 2], well centred, one short perf at the top, very lightly mounted, Cat £150.

Grade A- B2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1914-15 5mm Spacing '1d.' on 5pf SG 17 complete Setting 2 including Flat Top on '1' SG 17c x2 [Pos 2 & 9] both in pairs, [Pos 3] is actually on '2d.' on 20pf SG SG 19, [Pos 5 & 8] are both used, Cat £450+.  (10)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1914-15 5mm Spacing '1d.' on 5pf SG 17 [Stg 11] with unlisted 'I' for '1' , well centred, very lightly mounted. [Gibbons lists this variety for the '1d.' on 3pf SG 16a, Cat £750]

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1914-15 5mm Spacing '1d.' on 5pf SG 17 marginal pair from the base of the sheet [Stg 2 Pos 4-5], the first unit with Short '1' SG 17b, the second unit with unlisted Dropped '1', excellent centring, the margin stained & partly detached/rejoined, Cat £165++. Ex Marquis of Bute. Peter Holcombe Opinion (1989).

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1914-15 5mm Spacing '3d.' on 25pf SG 22 with Over-Inked 'G' [Stg 2 Pos 8], well centred, lightly mounted, Cat £190.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$140

1914-15 5mm Spacing '3d.' on 30pf SG 23 [Stg 2 Pos 7], well centred, Cat £170. Alberto Diena Certificate (1965), unusually in French. (Image1)

Estimate AU$125

1914-15 5mm Spacing '4d.' on 40pf SG 24 with Faint 'd.', CTO with superb straight-line 'Herbertshoh[e]' cancel in violet, virtually full o.g., Cat £275. [NB: the apparent fault at U/R is an optical illusion caused by the trailing 'e' of the handstamp]

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1914-15 5mm Spacing '8d.' on 80pf SG 26 [Stg 6 Pos 3], very lightly mounted, Cat £425. David Brandon Certificate (2005).

Grade A D1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1915 'G.R.I./ 3d. ' Surcharges on German-Pattern Registration Labels Town Name in Sans-Serif Type 'Stephansort/(Deutsch Neu-Guinea)' SG 40, almost vertical crease & a few short perfs, 'STEPHANSORT' "frozen" cds, Cat £4500. Ferdinand Wallner (Vienna) Certificate (1964) without photograph but the stamp very lightly signed on the reverse in pencil. [A key GRI stamp of which only 24 examples, including 14 singles, have been recorded. Those numbers represent both unused & used stamps]

Grade B B2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,000

1915 'G.R.I./ 3d. ' Surcharges on German-Pattern Registration Labels Town Name in Seriffed Type 'Kawieng/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' SG 42 horizontal pair from the top of the sheet with Printer's Guide-Marks at the top of both units, the R/H unit with some slightly trimmed perfs at the top, large-part o.g., Cat £500+.

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

1914 5mm Spacing on Marshall Islands '2d.' on 10pf SG 52 complete Setting 2 including Stop after 'G' almost Missing [Pos 1], [Pos 2-3] & [Pos 9-10] pairs, [Pos 7] is used, Cat £290+. [NB: Pos 1 is an early state of No Stop after 'G ' SG 52e, Cat £850]  (10) (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1914 5mm Spacing on Marshall Islands Setting 2 '2d.' on 10pf SG 52 vertical pair of [Pos 7] and blocks of 4 [Pos 1-2], [6-7], [7-8] & [9-10] plus 2d on 20pf SG 53 blocks of 4 [Pos 4-5; both R/H units with No Stop after '2d ' SG 53e], [6-7] & [9-10], well centred, a couple of minor imperfections but generally very fine with many units unmounted, Cat £800 approximately, for mounted singles.  (30)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1915 'O. S.' Overprints '1d.' on 3pf & on 5pf SG O1-2 mint both [Stg 3 Pos 9] & used [Stg 3 Pos 5] & [Stg 3 Pos 6], and with '1' & 'd' Spaced [Stg 2 Pos 8] SG O1a mint & used and SG O2a mint, a few minor defects, Cat £805.  (7)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

Collection balance comprising Postal Cards Yachts 5pf+5pf & 10pf both with 'Specimen' Overprint, 1900 registered to Germany with Overprints 50pf tied by 'FRIEDRICH-WILHELMSHAFEN' cds, 1914 postcard with 'FELD.../nur für die Wehrabteilung und/für die Expeditionstruppe' handstamp & large-part very fine strike of the Rabaul mailbag seal both in violet unused (minor faults); also Australian Occupation Overprints 'G.R.I./3d.' 5mm Spacing on 25pf Yacht SG 22 used (Cat £250) & 'G.R.I./3d.' on 'Kawieng...' Registration Label SG 42 unused (Cat £250), plus 1919 Mourning Stamps for New Guinea, Samoa, Marianas x2 (one with Dry Ink Vignette) & Kiautschou all with large-part o.g. and Carolines & Marshalls (both no gum), condition a little variable but mostly fine to very fine.  (13 items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1935 Bulolo Airs £2 bright violet & £5 emerald-green SG 204 & 205, both well-centred with light cancels, Cat £590. (2) 

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1935 Bulolo Airs £2 bright violet SG 204 vertical pair, neat part-cds, Cat £280+. A scarce multiple.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1939 Bulolo Airs ½d to £1 SG 212-225 complete, Cat £850.  (14)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1915-16 Overprints on Kangaroos First Wmk 2d to 1/- SG 73-81 complete abc strips , mostly well centred, a few hinge remainders but otherwise very fine, Cat £1350.  (6 strips)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

1915-16 Overprints on Kangaroos First Watermark 6d ultramarine with Mangled (Retouched) Second 'E' in 'PENCE' SG 78a [1R60], well centred, a few nibbled perfs, Cat £7500. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2013) states "extremely rare variety...as few as only 17 examples..." [Tim Rybak's two singles sold at our auction of 26.4.2008 for $3910 (faded) & $7762 respectively]

Grade A- B2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$5,000

1915-16 Overprints on Kangaroos First Watermark 2½d indigo SG 74 Plate 2 complete forme of 30 from the base of the left-hand pane [2L31-60] with Thick Frame at Upper-Right [31], Scratch over 'W' of 'TWO' [32], Thick WA Coastline [43] & Retouch to Upper-Right of Value Circle [55], with full sheet margins at left & base and 'JBC' Monogram, above-average centring, very lightly mounted on the top row & behind the monogram otherwise unmounted. A superb forme. [Only the KGV 1d & the Kangaroo 2½d  from the first printings were issued with selvedge. In every other case, the margins were removed from the formes of 30. Superior to the similar formes of 30 - graded 'A/B' & 'A/A-' - that sold in our auctions of 6.8.2021 & 3.12.2021 for $10,480 & $16,175 respectively]

Grade A+ B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$12,000

1915-16 Overprints on Kangaroos Third Watermark 3d olive complete forme of 30 from the L/L of Plate 2 [31-36/55-60] with fifteen Die II units including six Die I-Die II Pairs SG 96ab, generally well centred, Units 31 & 37 (Die II) with trimmed perfs at left otherwise very fine, three Die I units are mounted otherwise unmounted, Cat £3000++ for mounted singles & the six Die I-II pairs. A rare pane. Ex Colonel Harrie Evans. RPSofV Certificate (2001). (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,000