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3d. on Rabaul, position 5, in combination with Australia Kangoroo ½d. green and horizontal pair 1d. red, tied by Gibbs tpye 8 cancel "RABAUL JUN 11 1915" to cover to Switzerland with two strikes of straight-line censor mark "PASSED BY CENSOR" alongside, with Sydney transit and Lausanne arrival mark on reverse, R-label with straight top, ½d. some nibbed perfs, an attractive and scarce cover

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3d. on Manus (serif), fresh color and good perforation, position 3, mint never hinged, two almost invisible creases, as often encountered on this stamp with just approx. 25 printed from this setting, signed Hoffmann-Giesecke BPP

Provenance: 208th. Heinrich Köhler Auction (1973)

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3d. on Stephansort (No. 970), fresh color and mostly good perforation, used with cds. "STEPHANSORT", very minor toning, attractive and rare, certificate BPA (1983)

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3d. on Herbertshöhe, fresh color and good perforation, position 5 with additional damage to the "R", without gum, small imperceptible tear at top, otherwise fine. Probably only one sheet from Herbertshöhe (no. 701-750) was overprinted with this setting, a "Kieta" stamp from the same field is illustrated in the handbook of Robert M. Gibbs from page 60

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3d. on Rabaul, fresh color, no bracket before "Deutsch", unused, somewhat tropicalized, few short perfs, still quite attractive, a scarce variety, signed Holcombe with opinion (1994)

Provenance: "Fontane" (23. HBA 1994)

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"No stamps available" endorsedment on cover with adjacent Gibbs type 8 cancel "RABAUL MAY 7 1915 NEW BRITAIN" addressed to New-South-Wales, on upper left with further endorsedment "Garrison Duty Kaewieng" and "Captain M..." at lower left, small parts overwritten, opened out for display, vertical fold and light aging, an interesting and rare cover

Reference: depicted in G.R.I. by Robert M. Gibbs, page 137

1d. on 3 pfg. brown, fresh color and good perforation, position 8 with variety "space of approx. 1 1/3mm between 1 and d.", tied by Gibbs type 8 cancel "RABAUL NEW BRITAIN MAY 25 1915" to cover addressed to The Assistant Postmaster, fine

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1d. on 3 pfg. brown, fresh color and good perforation, position 8 with variety "1 and d spaced", tied by cds. "STEPHANSORT 13" to Captain J.P. Frey (who was responsible for the Treasury) in Rabaul, fine and scarce, opinion Holcombe (1994)

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1d. on 5 pfg. green, block of six, fresh color and good perforation, positions 2-4, mint never hinged, some perf seperation first vertical row, a fine and attractive multiple

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FIRST DAY FLIGHT TIMARU-KARACHI-LONDON: 1930, 1d., 2½d. and 9d. tied by cds. "TIMARU -1 JL 30 NZ" to a registered envelope to Riga, Lettonia, typewritten "Via Karachi-London Air Mail Service", adjacent framed "First Day of New Zealands connection with the Karachi-London Air Mail Service. 1st. July.1930" and two-line "Nav pieprasita Non réclamé.", reverse transit mark and arrival cds. "RIGA 12 VIII 30" where the mail was returned to the sender, very fine and scarce

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1909, Scott Expedition 1/2 d. deep green and 1 d. carmine, unmounted mint with traces of peripheral toning, otherwise fine, certificate B.P.A. (2022)

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1909, Scott Expedition 1/2 d. deep green and 1 d. carmine, unsused, trifle toned, fine, certificate B.P.A.

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1921/77, specialized assembly of over seventy (70) covers and cards, various rates and destinations, multiple frankings, airmail and printed matter rates, good range of departure postmarks such as cds "KUMBA", MAMFE", BATIBO", BUEA", TIKO", MUYUKA, "CAMEROONS UNDER BRITISH MANDATE", etc., some parcel postal receipts from the 1930s, also over a hundred used stamps, condition varies, overall fine to very fine (ex Mi.-Nr. 13/78)

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1894, ½d. green, 1d. red, 2d. red and 2½d. blue, tied by cds. without post office name "REGISTERED" to a registered envelope to Utrecht, adjacent transit oval marks "REGISTERED LONDON" and "REGISTERED LIVERPOOL", reverse arrival mark "UTRECHT 19 DEC 98", one adhesive with corner defect, very fine and scarce cancel

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1908/10, correspondence with nearly 60 picture postcards from all over the world to Sapele with mostly arrival postmarks on the front, including mail from Bavaria, Brazil, USA, France, German Empire, Austria, Hungary, Denmark, Italy and Great Britain partly with forwarding to Warri with arrival postmarks, mostly franked on the picture side.

1947/91, mostly mint never hinged and used collection with complete issues, neatly on stockcards

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