1935 (May 1): Airmail £ 2 violet and £ 5 emerald-green, unused examples, the £ 2 superb (signed Brun), the £ 5 with slight spot on one perf. at right, otherwise fresh and fine, large part og. Gi = £ 1'100. (Image 1) (Image)

1935 (May 1): Airmail £ 2 violet, a fine used vertical pair cancelled by 'Bulolo' datestamps in black Gi = £ 280. (Image 1) (Image)

1915 (Feb 27): Official 1 d. on 5 pf. green, a fine unused horizontal strip of five from lower right corner of the sheet with full 'Deutsch-New Guinea' imprint, third stamp showing variety "1" and "d." spaced, fresh and fine with hinge to protect from splitting, minor bends between stamps, large part og. A scarce positional multiple. Signed Brun Gi = £ 600. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1925/39: Collection on leaves with 1925 Airmail part set incl. 10 s. rose unused, 1932/34 redrawn definitives complete set to £ 1 used, 1931 Airmail set to £ 1 complete unused, 1935 Airmail £ 2 bright violet and £ 5 emerald fine unused (signed Mohrmann), 1939 Airmail set of 14 to £ 1 fine unused, Officials with 1925/31 set of nine unused, 1932 set of 13 to 5 s. complete unused, together with a few incomplete sets, a fine assembly Gi = £ 2'750+.

1890: Queensland 1 d. vermilion-red, a re-joined pair cancelled by 'SAMARAI / B. N. G.' datestamp (22.Nov.1894) struck in violet (rare), together with a small piece bearing 1890 Queensland 2 d. blue pair tied by "BNG" obliterator in black with part 'Samarai' cds below. Scarce. (Image 1) (Image)

1891: Cover to Brisbane, Queensland franked by Queensland 1890 2 d. blue tied by bold "B.N.G." obliterator in black with 'Port Moresby / British New Guinea' datestamp alongside (Aug 28). Reverse with Cooktown cds (Sept 7) and Brisbane arrival (Sept 16). A fresh and fine cover. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1896: Cover to Cooktown, Queensland franked by Queensland 1897 1 d. vermilion pair tied by bold "BNG" obliterator in black with 'Port Moresby / British New Guinea' datestamp (May 29). Reverse with flap missing and Cooktown arrival cds (June 18). Some minor imperfections but a scarce usage. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

Forerunner 1897: Cover to Frankfurt franked by 1889 10 pf. carmine in a horizontal pair, cancelled by three strikes of MATUPI single ring datestamps (April 8) in black. Scarce. (Image 1) (Image)

Setting 1 / GRI and Value 6 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 1 d. on 3 pf. brown, a fine used block of four, Setting 1, positions 6-7/6-7, cancelled by two complete strikes on First Day of Issue by 'RABAUL / *Oct 17 1914*' datestamps in violet (Gibbs type 2). The block with large part og., the lower pair with diagonal bend not affecting the appearance in any way. Superb and of great scarcity, an important multiple. Illustrated in 'GRI' by Robert Gibbs on page 65. Gi = £ 3'400+.rnrnProvenance: Collection Robert M. Gibbs, Corinphila, sale 78, 27 Sept 1988, lot 1745.rn Collection Tim Rybak, Belgrave, Melbourne, 26 April 2008, lot 78. (Image 1) (Image)

Setting 9 / GRI and Value 6.5 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 1 d. on 5 pf. green, Setting 9, positions 1-5 + 1-5 repeated, a used horizontal strip of ten, marginal from left and right of sheet and thus showing all five types of this Setting repeated, position 3 showing the variety "1 with straight top serif" and thus looking like an "I", position 5 with "Tiny Stop after "R" in GRI". Fresh and fine with original gum and cancelled by 'Stephansort' datestamps in black (Gibbs type 6). A rare and most unusual multiple showing the complete Setting. Signed Holcombe Gi = £ 2'200+. (Image 1) (Image)

Setting 1 / GRI and Value 6 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 2 d. on 10 pf. carmine, Setting 1, position 10, a used example on small piece, showing variety "1" for "I" in GRI clearly, lightly cancelled by large part RABAUL / NEW BRITAIN oval datestamp in violet (Gibbs type 8). Slight aging on top perfs. not detracting from appearance of a very scarce stamp Gi = £ 500. (Image 1) (Image)

Setting 1 / GRI and Value 6 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 2 d. on 20 pf. ultramarine, Setting 1 position 10, variety "Surcharge Double, One Albino" and showing additional position 10 variety "1" for "I" in GRI, a fresh and fine unused example, unique with this combination of the two varieties, large part og. Illustrated in Gibbs GRI on page 66 who records just this example only. Unique. Signed Georg Bühler, David Field Cert. Gibbs (2002) Gibbs 4ba/Gi = £ 5'500+.rnrnProvenance: Collection Marquess of Bute, RL, London, 29 April 1959, lot 18.rn Corinphila sale 133, 6-9 June 2002, lot 545. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

Setting 7 / GRI and Value 6 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 2½ d. on 10 pf. carmine and 2½ d. on 20 pf. ultramarine, both stamps from Setting 7, position 1, fine unused examples, with characteristic "Middle cross-bar of "R" broken and indentation at left in "I" of GRI", fresh and fine, large part og. A very rare Setting of five positions - Gibbs x 25 as a rarity factor, see Gibbs page 34. Signed Holcombe Gi = £ 200+. (Image 1) (Image)

Setting 4 / GRI and Value 6 mm. Apart 1915 (Feb 27): 2½ d. on 20 pf. ultramarine, Setting 4, positions 1-10/2-10, a fine unused horizontal block of 20 (10 x 2), marginal from top of sheet and with sheet margin at right but missing at left, with some deterioration in the surcharge from Setting 3. The block with some sensible reinforcement and minor creasing largely through peforations but extremely rare and and a most unusual large multiple Gi = £ 2'200+. (Image 1) (Image)

Setting 7 / GRI and Value 6 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 3 d. on 30 pf. black & orange on buff, Setting 7, position 5, a fine unused example, with characteristic "Raised stop after "G" and "I" of GRI with indentation at top", fresh and fine, large part og. A very rare Setting of five positions - Gibbs x 25 as a rarity factor, see Gibbs page 34. Opinion Holcombe (1993) Gi = £ 475. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

Setting 1 / GRI and Value 6 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 3 d. on 30 pf. black & orange on buff, Setting 1, position 10, an unused example with variety "1" for "I" in surcharge, fresh and very fine, large part og. A scarce stamp. Cert. BPA (1994) Gi = £ 1'300. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

Setting 1 / GRI and Value 6 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 4 d. on 40 pf. black & carmine, Setting 1, position 10, a fine unused example, with characteristic variety "1" for "I" in GRI, well centred, of fresh colour and superb og. A very scarce stamp Gi = £ 1'500. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

Setting 1 / GRI and Value 6 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 4 d. on 40 pf. black & carmine, Setting 1, position 2, a fine used example, showing variety "Surcharge Double", tied to small piece by RABAUL two line datestamp in violet. An extremely rare stamp. Signed Bothe, Calves. Cert. BPA (1979) Gi = £ 4'750.rnrnProvenance: Collection Robert M. Gibbs, Corinphila sale 78, 27 Sept 1988, lot 1722. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

Setting 12 / GRI and Value 6 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 5 d. on 50 pf. black & purple on buff, Setting 12, position D, a fine unused example, centred to right, but of good colour from this rare Setting, with variety "Break at top of "G" in GRI, "R" with broken cross-bar at top", fresh and very fine with large part og. See Gibbs page 40, a rarity, especially so on this value. Signed Holcombe, Stolow. Opinion Holcombe (1992) Gi = £ 850+.rnrnProvenance: Corinphila sale 84, Oct 1992, lot 6312. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

Setting 1 / GRI and Value 6 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 5 d. on 50 pf. black & purple on buff, Setting 1, position 1, a fine used example tied to cover mailed to Sgt. Ben Price at the Treasury in Rabaul, tied by oval RABAUL / NEW BRITAIN datestamp (Jan 15, 1915) in violet (Gibbs type 8). Rare and very fine cover Gi = £ 1'000 off cover. (Image 1) (Image)

Setting 1 / GRI and Value 6 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 8 d. on 80 pf. black & carmine on rose, Setting 1, position 10, an unused example with sheet margin at right, thus confirming position, with variety "1" for "I" in GRI, of fresh colour with margin reinforced by hinge, large part og. An extremely rare stamp. Cert. BPA (1998) Gi = £ 3'250. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

Setting 5A / GRI and Value 3½ mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 1 s. on 1 m. carmine, Setting 5A, position type 4, a fine unused example showing variety "Large "S" from different font in 1s.", with the characteristic small void in the top left of the "R" in GRI. The stamp of good colour but centred slightly to left and with minor hinge thin not appearent on face, with large part, somewhat dried og. Gibbs discusses this stamp on page 50 of the GRI handbook and records (page 69) that just two unused examples of this stamp exist. A major rarity of GRI philately. Signed Holcombe, Stolow, Wennberg. Cert. BPA (1995) Gi = £ 13'000.rn (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

Setting 1 / GRI and Value 4 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 2 s. on 2 m. blue, Setting 1, position type 4, a fine unused example showing variety "Large "S" from different font in 2s.", of excellent colour and well centred, tiny thin not affecting appearance, fresh and very fine, large part og. Gibbs records just 2 unused and one used example (page 69). Just 113 of the 2 mark values were overprinted. A very rare stamp. Cert. Holcombe (1992) Gi = £ 12'000.rnrnProvenance: Stanley Gibbons, London, 24 June 1998, lot 58. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

Setting 4 / GRI and Value 3½-4 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 5 s. on 2 m. blue, ERROR OF SURCHARGE, Setting 4, position type 3, an unused example of excellent centering and good colour, some minor aging (due to dampness when the Bute collection, stored in a London safe deposit, was watered after a fire during the 'Blitz' of London by the Luftwaffe) and a barely perceptible hinge thin of no great significance, large part og. Gibbs records just 4 unused and no used examples (page 69), this being the example illustrated in Gibbs on page 71. Just 113 of the 2 mark values were overprinted. A very famous and exceedingly rare stamp. Signed Holcombe. Cert. Philatelic Foundation (1959) and Holcombe (1993) Gi = £ 45'000.rnrnProvenance: Collection Marquess of Bute, RL, London, 29 April 1959, lot 49.rn Corinphila sale 118, 27 Oct 1999, lot 7127. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

Setting 1 / GRI and Value 4 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 3 s. on 3 m. violet-black, Setting 1, position type 3, an unused example of good colour and centering, with complete full-stop after 'G' of GRI, slight stain noticeable on reverse only (due to provenance and 'Blitz' water damage), otherwise fresh and fine with large part og. A rare stamp with just 87 examples of the 3 mark overprinted. Signed Champion, Holcombe, Richter. Cert. Holcombe (1992) Gi = £ 5'500.rnrnProvenance: Collection Marquess of Bute, RL, London, 29 April 1959, lot 31.rn Harmers, London, 9 July 1997, lot 1158. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)