Scott pages with a smattering of German Period, NWPI group to 5/-, Territory mint with Huts to 10/- plus Airs & 'OS' sets, Dated Birds to 10/- and Airs set, Undated Birds to 10/-, 1939 Bulolo £1 etc, used with Undated Birds £1, Undated Airs set, 1935 Bulolo £2 & £5, 1939 Bulolo 2/- to 10/-, etc, generally fine to very fine. (Qty 150 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,400

New Guinea selection with NWPI including 6d SG 110a, New Colours 4d violet on face of PPC 'Mending his net', punctured 'OS' 3d Kangaroo & KGV 2d scarlet x2; Territory of New Guinea including Undated Birds mint 5/- 10/- & £1 plus 4d imprint block of 4; Papua ranges of Lakatois & Pictorials; and Australian duplicated low values used in TPNG; condition variable. (Qty 250+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

POSTMARKS: Selection arranged chronologically as usual from German Period to Mandate, mostly part-strikes but many fine to very fine & a good number on piece, some very scarce including German 'DEULON', 'MARON' & 'NAMATANAI', straight-line 'Rabaul', small-part boxed 'RABAUL', several double-circle types, etc, quality of the strikes is quite variable, stamps STC £550+ not including the German Period or Engraved 6d Kookaburra; also three commercial & six philatelic covers in rather mixed condition. (Qty 83 items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1914-15 6mm Spacing '2d.' on 20pf ultramarine with 'I' for '1' SG 4a [Stg 1 Pos 10] with margin at right, very well centred, unmounted, Cat £375+ for mounted.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

1914-15 6mm Spacing '2½d.' on 20pf ultramarine SG 6 block of 4 [Stg 4 Pos 9-10], well centred, unmounted, Cat £440+. Superb!

Grade A+ B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

1914-15 6mm Spacing '3d.' on 30pf black & orange/buff with 'I' for '1' SG 8a [Stg 1 Pos 10], well centred, oval Rabaul d/s in violet well clear of the variety, Cat £1500.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1914-15 6mm Spacing '4d.' on 40pf black & carmine with 'I' for '1' SG 9a [Stg 1 Pos 10], minor blemishes, very lightly mounted, Cat £1500.

Grade A- C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1914-15 6mm Spacing '8d.' on 80pf SG 11 [Stg 12B, with Defective 'G' & 'I'], very lightly mounted, Cat £1000. Peter Holcombe Certificate (1991) states "Stamps from Setting 12 are extremely scarce (Gibbs x25)..."

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1914-15 High Values with 3½-4mm Spacing '1s.' on 1mk SG 12, a couple of very minor blemishes on the reverse otherwise very fresh with large-part o.g., Cat £3500. Briefmarkenprufstelle Basel (Martin Eichele) Certificate (2010).

Grade A- C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,750

1914-15 High Values with 3½-4mm Spacing '1s.' on 1mk red SG 12 from the top of the sheet [Stg 4; Pos 3], very well centred, faint tonespots, full unmounted o.g., Cat £3500+ for mounted. Signed by Peter Holcombe & identified by him as "Ex Colonel Green". RPSofL Certificate (1982). [The margin - which is heavily toned & hinged - has been detached but is included in the lot]

Grade A- A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,500

1914-15 5mm Spacing '1d.' on 3pf with Short '1' SG 16a [Stg 2 Pos 4], well centred, very lightly mounted, Cat £750.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1914-15 5mm Spacing '1d.' on 5d green with Inverted 'd' in '1d.' SG 17e [Stg 2 Pos 7?], well centred, a little aged, on small piece with 'STEPHANSORT/13/ * ' "frozen" cds in blue, Cat £3750. An underrated error. Holcombe Certificate states "I have recorded only 8 copies [sic] of this variety...They appear to come from two differing positions on the setting. All are used. A rare variety." [Sold at the Prestige auction of 13.6.2009 for $2210. The very fine "Ello" example - also on a small piece - sold at the Prestige auction of 14.3.2009 for $3910]

Grade B C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1914-15 5mm Spacing '2d.' on 20pf SG 19 upper-left corner block of 10 [Setting 2 Pos 1-5], minor perf separation/reinforcing between the first two units at the base otherwise unmounted, signed on the reverse by Peter Holcombe, Cat £500++ (as mounted singles). Superb! Ex "Ello": sold at the Prestige auction of 14.3.2009 for $805]

Grade A+ B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1914-15 3½mm Postal Stationery Spacing on German New Guinea '2d.' on 10pf [Stg B] Gibbs #32B, small faults, the upper-left corner almost detached & reinforced, oval Rabaul datestamp in violet. A great rarity. Unlisted by Gibbons. Ex "Ello": sold at the Prestige auction of 14.3.2009 for $2675. BPA Certificate (2001). Robert Gibbs states at page 94 "A few of these rarities were overprinted with the postal stationery setting, which was applied to one item at a time". He records four examples, three mint & one used, this example being a later discovery. Better centred than the similarly defective example Ex Robert Gibbs that sold at the Prestige auction of Tim Rybak's collection on 26.4.2008 for $4370.

Grade C B2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,500

1914 'G.R.I./3d.' on German-Pattern Registration Labels 'Herbertshohe/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' with No Stop after 'd ' SG 35a [Stg B Pos 4], two short perfs at left, unused, Cat £500.

Grade A- C2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$275

1914 'G.R.I./3d.' on German-Pattern Registration Labels 'Kieta/(Deutsch-Neuguinea)' with No Stop after 'd ' SG 38b [Stg B Pos 4], extraordinarily well centred for these issues, unused, Cat £850. Superb!

Grade A+ A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1914 'G.R.I./3d.' on German-Pattern Registration Labels 'Kieta/(Deutsch-Neuguinea)' with No Stop after 'I ' SG 38e [Stg E Pos 5], large-part o.g., Cat £1300. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (1999) states "...and only minute remains of Stop after R".

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1914 'G.R.I./3d.' on German-Pattern Registration Labels Seriffed Town Name 'Kawieng/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' with No Stop after 'd ' SG 42a [Stg B Pos 4], a few short perfs, unused, Cat £475.

Grade B C2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1915 German Registration Labels Overprinted 'G.R.I./3d.' Town Name in Seriffed Letters 'Manus/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' SG 43, well centred, large-part o.g., Cat £4500. Superb! A very rare stamp. Ex Robert Gibbs. RPSofL Certificate (1979).

Grade A+ B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,500

1914 Surcharges on Marshall Islands '1d.' on 5pf green with Wider Space between '1' & 'd' SG 51e [Stg 4 Pos 8], well centred, lightly mounted, Cat £300.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$240

1914 Surcharges on Marshall Islands '1d.' on 5pf green with Wider Space between '1' & 'd' SG 51e [Stg 4 Pos 8], well centred, light oval Rabaul d/s in violet, Cat £325.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$240

1914 Surcharges on Marshall Islands '4d.' on 40pf black & carmine with No Stop after 'd ' SG 56e [Stg 2 Pos 5], well centred, minor shallow thin at U/L, oval Rabaul d/s in violet, Cat £650. Robert Gibbs Certificate (2010).

Grade A- B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1914 Surcharges on Marshall Islands High Values with 3½-4mm Spacing '1s.' on 1mk SG 59 [Stg 3 Pos 1], signed by Alberto Diena & with Hoffmann Giesecke handstamp, very lightly mounted, Cat £4000. Superb!

Grade A+ C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,750

1914 Surcharges on Marshall Islands High Values with 3½-4mm Spacing '3s.' on 3mk violet-black SG 61 [Stg 3 Pos 1], small faults at top, lightly mounted, Cat £6500. Ex 'Ello' (Erich Schlieper): sold at the Prestige auction of 14.3.2009 for $1398. Holcombe Certificate (1993) states "A scarce stamp". [Tim Rybak's well centred example - small thin & hinge remainder - sold at the Prestige auction of 26.4.2008 for $4830]

Grade B C2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1914 Surcharges on Marshall Islands High Values with 5½mm Spacing '2s.' on 2mk blue with Large 'S' from a Different Font in '2s.' SG 64oa [Stg 5B], two nibbled perfs at left otherwise superb!, very lightly mounted, Cat £19,000. Stamps from the 5½mm Setting are all extremely rare. BPA Certificate (2000). Robert Gibbs, writing in 1987, stated at page 127 "The variety Large 'S' from a differnt fount [sic] may well exist on this stamp, but it has not been recorded to date". [Fun fact: 'font' and 'fount' have the same meaning in general speech. However, in printing, it should always be 'font']

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$12,500