VARIETIES: 1972 (Bale 539a) £1 25th Anniversary of Israel, single with dramatically misplaced vertical perfs., also, a tab single of the same issue with the combination of misplaced vertical perfs and missing red printing; 1975 0.75ag (Bale SB.1.ed1) with all print omitted except the value; 1981 2.50s Eilat Stone (Bale 811a) Tab/Plate No. cnr.blk.(6) with major misplacement of horizontal perfs affecting all units (Bale US$440); and 1982 1.50s Memorial Day (Bale 827), horizontal tab pair with dramatically misplaced vertical perfs. All superb MUH. (11). (Image)

Estimate AU$400-500
Min. Bid. AU$300

International Reply Coupons: 1955-83 used collection mostly FDI/CTO cancels with London Design Bale: RC1-6, 9-11, 13, 16, 21 & 24 with FDI cancels, also RC 1, 7 & 10 with non-FD cancels; Vienna Design  RC26, 28, 31-33, 35, 37, 39, with FDI cancels plus RC 32, 36 & 39 with non-FD cancels; Lausanne Design £1.70 to £38 selection incl. double & triple surcharged issues, Lausanne Design Shekel currency IS 3.80 to IS 22.00 range including IS 20.00 on IS 16.30 with Wmk Upright (inverted) RC 136a (rare); also few black bar overprints values with 17-05-83 datestamps and undenominated group used between 1980 and 1987; generally very fine. (115)   (Image)

Estimate AU$500-750
Min. Bid. AU$380

International Reply Coupons: 1955-83 unused collection with London Design 1955 Surcharged 250pr on 55pr/45pr Bale:RC4, 1957 300p on 250pr/45pr RC6, 1957 300pr on 250pr/55pr/45pr, 1960 36a, 1964 52a on 40a RC21 and 1966 55a on 52a RC24; Lausanne Design £1.70 to £38 selection with double, triple & quadruple surcharged issues including £11.80 on £4.40 RC70 with unlisted DOUBLE SURCHARGE; Lausanne Design Shekel currency IS 3.80 to IS 22.00 range, plus a few black bar only overprints; some duplication, very fine condition overall. Undercatalogued and under appreciated. (78) (Image)

Estimate AU$300-400
Min. Bid. AU$240

Palestine 1933-1935 use of uprated 13m Registration Envelopes from Tel Aviv to European destinations comprising 1933 (Mar 1) airmail  to Vienna with 10m Dome pair & 5m Citadel added; 1933 (Oct 25) to jusq'au airmail to Prague with 20m & 5m Citadel added, Athens transit backstamp; 1935 insured surface mail to Poznan, Poland uprated with Tomb 10m pair & 2m single, numerous transit backstamps including UGINE TPO, various insurance handstamps/manuscript markings; an interesting trio all in fine condition. (3 items) (Image)

Estimate AU$350-450
Min. Bid. AU$280

7 Jan. 1932  AAMC.P40 pair of covers to New Guinea carried on the return flight of the first All-Australian airmail service with GB KGV 1/- & 4d or 10d & 6d tied by 'TADWORTH/17DE/31/SURREY' datestamps, 'CHRISTMAS GREETINGS' flight cachets in red or in blue, BRISBANE '21JAN/1932' backstamps, both sent onwards by mailboat with numerous New Guinea backstamps and RABAUL '17FE32' arrival datestamps on face. Only 30 flown.(2) (Image)

Estimate AU$350-400
Min. Bid. AU$260

1914-15 mostly mint selection with 5mm Spacing Overprints on stamps of German New Guinea 1d on 5pf green, 2d on 10pf carmine, 2d on 20pf ultramarine & 2½d on 10pf carmine (SG.20, very fine MUH, Cat. £225+), also optd 'OS' 1d on 3pf mint & used (defective); 5mm Spacing Overprints on stamps of Marshall Islands 1d on 5pf, 2d on 10pf carmine & 2d on 20pf ultramarine; some mild toning, generally fine, Cat. £500+. (9) (Image)

Estimate AU$250-300
Min. Bid. AU$170

1914 (SG.53 & 53e) Surcharges on Marshall Islands 2d on 20pf ultramarine (2) one with Setting 2 variety "No stop after 'd'", both stamps fine MUH. (Image)

Estimate AU$120-150
Min. Bid. AU$90

1901 (Mi.18) 3 Mark violet-black single attractively tied on 1906 (Oct) registered cover from SIMPSONHAFEN to Germany with WIESBADEN '24.12.06' arrival backstamp.  A.P.S. Certificate (2003). (Image)

Estimate AU$250-300
Min. Bid. AU$200

Postal Card selection with unused 5pf 'DEUTSCH-NEUGUINEA' and 5pf & 10pf 'DEUTSCH-NEU-GUINEA' plus 1901 usage of both values from Herbertshohe to Domitz, Germany; also 1898 use Overprinted 5pf Card with "Gruss aus STEPHANSORT" illustration uprated with Overprinted 5pf, tied by STEPHANSORT datestamp, for transit to Germany. (6 cards)   (Image)

Estimate AU$150-200
Min. Bid. AU$120

1900-14 covers group comprising 1914(?) commercial to Leipzig with 10pf Yacht tied by Powell Type 38 KAEWIENG datestamp (rated C), also 1900 registered with overprinted 3pf to 50pf tied by HERBERTSHOHE Type 10 datestamps (stamps alone Cat.£130), 1902 with German adhesives tied by Type 28 BERLINHAFEN datestamp (rated C), 1902 with German adhesives tied STEPHANSORT Type 7 datestamp; plus PPCs 1910 SIMPSONHAFEN to USA (view side showing Herbertshohe native scene) and 1914 Rabaul real-photo to Germany; condition variable. (6 items) (Image)

Estimate AU$250-350
Min. Bid. AU$200

1925-39 mint collection with 1925 Huts to 10/- plus Airs & 'OS' overprint sets, Dated Birds to 2/- plus Airs & 'OS' overprint sets, Undated Birds set with additional 1d to 1/- in Ash imprint pairs, plus Airs & 'OS' overprint sets, Bulolo Airs to 5/- & £1; some mild toning but generally fine/very fine, Cat. £2400+. (150+) (Image)

Estimate AU$900-1,200
Min. Bid. AU$65

1925-27 (SG.136) Native Huts Panelli forgery of £1 value in olive-green, fresh MLH. (Image)

Estimate AU$100-150
Min. Bid. AU$80

1935 (SG.204-05) £2 bright violet & £5 emerald-green Bulolo Airs, slight gum bend £5, both stamps fresh MLH, Cat £1100. (Image)

Estimate AU$500-750
Min. Bid. AU$380

1935 (SG.204-205) Bulolo Air £2 bright violet & £5 emerald-green, fine used, Cat. £590. (2) (Image)

Estimate AU$400-500
Min. Bid. AU$300

Revenues: mint 1925 'STAMP/DUTY' Overprints 1d marginal strip of 5 with complete Commonwealth Treasury imprint, 2d block of 4 with part imprint (crease lower-right unit), upper-right unit with "Horizontal break running through 'DUTY'", also 1d & 2d (creasing) singles, some mild gumside spotting. Very scarce multiples. (11) (Image)

Estimate AU$150-200
Min. Bid. AU$110

1915-22 mint collection with Roos 1915-16 2d to 2/- (SG.97) in abc strips, £1 single (SG.99) fine well centred, 1918 Surcharge duo (gum toning), KGV Heads abc strips ½d (4) 1d (6, four are within a block of 12), 4d orange (3, one with "Weeping '4'" centre unit) & 5d (3), plus singles including 4d in buff-orange shade (scarce) & 5d with "Retouched N.E. corner - State IV";  toning issues in places so inspection recommended. (95) (Image)

Estimate AU$500-750
Min. Bid. AU$380

1915-16 (SG.74) First Wmk 2½d indigo pair (short perfs, edge tone), with complete strike of straight-line 'Station Kieta' handstamp in blue, Powell Type. 65, Rated F, overstruck with a weak strike of indistinct datestamp. Complete strikes of the handstamp are rare. (Image)

Estimate AU$140-180
Min. Bid. AU$110

1917 (Oct.2) cover to Switzerland via Sydney (backstamped) with Overprinted Roos 2d, 2½d 3d, 6d, 9d & 1/- plus KGV ½d, 1d, 4d & 5d tied by RABAUL datestamps, German-type registration label, BERN arrival backstamp, fine condition.   (Image)

Estimate AU$200-300
Min. Bid. AU$160

1918 (Sep. 24) registered Ackland Cover with overprinted Roos 2d, 2½d, 3d, 6d, 9d & 1/- plus KGV ½d, 1d, 4d, & 5d, all tied by separate strikes of Powell Type 14a 'KOKOPO' datestamp (Rated D), the makeready obscuring 'QUEENSLAND' at base starting to show significant wear), provisional use of NSW registration label, REGISTERED SYDNEY & REGISTERED MELBOURNE backstamps. Lovely item. (Image)

Estimate AU$300-400
Min. Bid. AU$240

1919-24 registered covers conprising Wilson covers to England 1919 with KGV 1d Red strip of 3 and ½d Green pair tied by RABAUL datestamps and 1921 with Roos 2½d, 6d & 1/- plus KGV ½d & 5d tied by RABAUL datestamps, the former with SYDNEY and LONDON transit backstamps; also 1924 to USA with KGV 2d Red & 3d Roo Die I tied by RABAUL datestamps, Rabaul registration handstamp, SYDNEY transit and OAKLAND arrival backstamps. (3 covers). (Image)

Estimate AU$200-250
Min. Bid. AU$160

1922 (Nov.23) registered OHMS cover to USA with Overprinted 6d Roo Die II SG.110 solo franking tied by RABAUL datestamp, black/white registration label, on reverse RABAUL, SYDNEY, CHICAGO transits and EAST DOWNINGTOWN arrival datestamp, cover with some peripheral age staining & couple small tears at upper-right. Scarce commercial item. (Image)

Estimate AU$200-250
Min. Bid. AU$160

1929-39 covers with rubber registration cachets comprising 1929 Rabaul to USA with 6d Huts, 1933 Chinese merchant's cover from Madang to Rabaul, 1934 Eekhoff & Son advertising cover Lae airmail to Salamaua, 1935 Rabaul to USA, 1938 Wewak to USA, 1939 Kavieng airmail to England with 2d & 6d Bululo Air, 1939 Rabaul to England; also official covers Madang to Talasea with 1/- Huts optd 'OS' and 1932 Marienberg to England with 9d Dated Bird optd 'OS'; generally fine. (9 items) (Image)

Estimate AU$300-400
Min. Bid. AU$240

1930s-1940 cover selection with 1940 newswrapper from Lae to Sandy Creek Gold Sluicing Ltd in Sydney with 5d Bulolo (2, both overlapping wrapper edge); also 1933 Salamaua airmail to USA with 1d Undated Birds Airs strip of 4, 1934 1d printed matter rate to USA, 1938 (?) Madang 11d rate printed cover to Holland, 1939 Bulolo to USA taxed, Burns Philp Madang office 1938 to USA & Salamaua office 1935 (?) to Sydney, other commercial mail from Carpenter & Co and Greenwood & Laws in Rabaul, etc. Good lot, majority commercial mail. (18 items) (Image)

Estimate AU$300-400
Min. Bid. AU$250

1930s era better postmarks on cover comprising AMBUNTI Powell Type 104 double-ring used as receiving cancel 1931 cover from Manus, FINSCHHAFEN Type 3 tying 3d Huts to 1930 cover to USA,  GASMATA Type 100 on 1933 Chinese merchant's cover to Rabaul, KAVIENG Type 42 double-ring to Namatanai, KIETA Type 69 (Rated 'E') to NZ & Type 71 (Rated 'E') to Bahamas, WEWAK Type 114 (Rated 'E') in violet to USA; mostly good to fine strikes. Scarce group. (7 covers) (Image)

Estimate AU$250-300
Min. Bid. AU$180

1939 (Dec.30) censored to New Zealand with 1/- Bulolo Air pair tied by KAVIENG datestamp, rubber registration handstamp, fine strike of boxed 'Passed by censor/T.N.G. No. 8' handstamp, KAVIENG, RABAUL & SYDNEY transit backstamps, fine condition overall.  (Image)

Estimate AU$100-150
Min. Bid. AU$75