Mandated Territory - Postal History continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1213 |
 |
 1932 (July 25) Eastern & Australian Steamship Co 'Menu' card with Route Map from Australia to Japan on front, multi-coloured ship
illustration on reverse plus extensive dinner menu inside, to Australia written on board the S.S "Tanda" posted at the next port with Dated Birds 2d solo tied by 'RABAUL' cds, minor transmission marks. [See also Lot 1214]
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$270.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1214 |
|
 1933 (Jan 6) Grahame Dickson Solicitor envelope with Australia KGV ½d orange & Sturt 1½d red tied by Brisbane 'Prevent Bush Fires'
slogan cancel to "Mr TA Richards c/- Burns Philp, Rabaul, via New Guinea NWP", undeliverable with Rabaul '17JA33' arrival cds & 'UNCLAIMED/AT RABAUL' boxed cachet in violet on face and a largely very fine strike of 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE/RABAUL' crowned
oval handstamp on reverse, returned with 'Fickle Finger' cachet in red on face, a couple of very minor blemishes.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1215 |
|
 1933 (May 9) registered to Chinese merchant in Rabaul with the address also written in Chinese characters and Undated Birds 'AIR MAIL'
overprints 5d solo tied by 'MADANG' cds, 'R/MADANG/No. ...' handstamp in violet on face alongside.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1216 |
|
 1933 (May 11) Foo Lang (Madang) Chinese merchant envelope (cachet in violet on reverse) addressed in English & Chinese to "Kwong Chang
Bros/Rabaul" with Dated Birds 2d tied by 'MADANG' cds.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$105.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1217 |
|
 1933 (Aug 12) Eastern & Australian Steamship Co 'Menu' card with multi-coloured ship illustration on front and Route Map from
Australia to Japan plus extensive dinner menu inside, to Australia written on board the S.S. Tanda with personal message including "The scenery thru the Coral Sea and around Samarai is beyond description", posted at the next port with Undated Birds
2d tied by 'RABAUL' cds, sealed with stamp selvedge, minor transmission marks. [See also Lot 1213]
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$360.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1218 |
|
 1933 (Sept) cover with "C Nornliheuser/Cathol. Mission/Alexishafen/PO Madang" on the flap, to USA posted on board ship with Undated
Birds 3d tied by 'PAQUEBOT' boxed handstamp (Hosking # 3110) and 'HONG KONG/12 SP/33' cds, 's.s.FRIDERUN/NORD DEUTSCHER LLOYD/HONGKONG NEW GUINEA SERVICE' ship cachet in violet alongside, light vertical fold & minor edge faults slightly trimmed at
top. The rate was 3d foreign letter; no late fee was paid for posting on the ship, but the item was not taxed.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1219 |
|
 1933 (Oct 27) G Macdonald/Trader and Importer/Mining, Customs, Recruiting/and General Agent/Salamaua/ Territory of New Guinea
illustrated advertising cover showing palm trees & sailing boat, to Samarai, Papua with Undated Birds 'AIR/MAIL' overprints 2d solo tied by 'POST OFFICE/SALAMAUA' cds, a couple of very minor blemishes. Pre-WWII advertising envelopes from New Guinea
are very scarce; it sounds like Mr Macdonald did almost everything except serving as Postmaster & Judge!
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1220 |
|
 1933 (Nov) airmail to Australia with Undated Birds 1/- and 'AIR MAIL' overprints 1d & 3d tied by 'BULOLO' cds, Melbourne '27NO33'
arrival backstamp, a couple of minor blemishes. The rate was double 2d per 1oz letter plus four-times the 3d per ½oz airmail surcharge for an item weighing up to 2oz.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1221 |
|
 1934 (Nov 26) oversize envelope from Marist Mission, Kieta with 'Miva-Epkens Suesee-Filmexpedition 1934' cachet on the flap and sealed
with 'Norddeutscher Lloyd' Art Nouveau 'Ships' label (minor faults), registered to Germany with Undated Birds 3d x2 & 5d and 'AIR MAIL' overprints 1d tied by faint 'KIETA' cds with largely very fine strike of 'R/KIETA/No....' cachet on face, minor
blemishes. The foreign letter rate was 3d for the first 1oz + 2d per additional 1oz x3 + 3d registration fee.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1222 |
|
 1935 (Jan) Nord Deutscher Lloyd Bremen German shipping line envelope to Australia posted on board ship with Undated Birds 2d tied by
very fine 'M.S. NEPTUN' ship's cachet in violet and again by 'LOOSE SHIP LETTER/25JA35/SYDNEY' cds (Hosking #1503; rated C) where off-loaded, a few minor blemishes & slightly trimmed at top. The NDL Sydney-New Guinea-Hong Kong route commenced in 1934
with the 'Neptun' & 'Merkur', but was short-lived, both ships being sold to the Burns Philp Line in 1935. Renamed 'Neptuna', she was sunk in Darwin Harbour in 1942 during the Japanese air raids on Northerm Australia.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1223 |
|
 1935 (Sept 22) Hotel Salamaua illustrated advertising envelope with 'Air View of Isthmus, Salamaua', to New Zealand with Undated Birds
'AIR/MAIL' overprints ½d x2 & 2d tied by two light strikes of 'POST OFFICE/ SALAMAUA' cds, a few small closed tears & minor aging.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1224 |
|
 1936 (Jan) Gilman & Co Ltd (Hong Kong) envelope to "Messrs Burns Philp & Co/Rabaul" posted directly onto ship with Hong Kong KGV 2c
green & KGV Silver Jubilee 3c blue & grey x5 (the upper-left stamp with Lightning Conductor variety SG 133c, Cat £275 used: a rare franking) tied by 'RABAUL/11JA36/NEW GUINEA' cds on arrival, minor edge faults & light aging marks.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [New Guinea 133c] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1225 |
|
 1936 (April 20) commercial cover (195x138mm) airmail to "Illustrated London News" England endorsed "By New Guinea and Australia
Singapore London Air Mail" with Undated Birds 'AIR/MAIL' Overprints ½d x2, 1½d, 5d, 1/- x2 and 5/- brown (the only example we have seen on commercial cover) tied by 'POST OFFICE/SALAMAUA' cds, Sydney transit backstamp, very minor edge faults not
affecting the stamps. The rate was 1/6d per ½oz airmail letter x5 = 7/6d, so 1½d overpaid (presumably an arithmetical error).
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1226 |
|
 1937 (April 11) Greenwood & Laws Ltd envelope to USA with very fine strike of 'BY AIR MAIL VIA/PORT MORESBY' handstamp and Undated
Birds 'AIR/MAIL' Overprints 1d & 3½d tied by two light strikes of 'WAU' cds. The rate was 3d foreign letter plus 1½d per ½oz Goldfields airmail surcharge for carriage by Guinea Airways from Wau to Port Moresby. A very attractive example of part-air
accelerated mail.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1227 |
|
 1937 (July) to USA posted directly onto ship with Undated Birds 'Air Mail' overprints 1d & KGVI Coronation 2d tied by 'SYDNEY/5
JLY/1937/NSW - PAQUEBOT' machine cancel (Hosking #1507; rated C) where first off-loaded.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1228 |
|
 1938 (Feb 25) airmail to England with Undated Birds 1/- & 'AIR MAIL overprints 6d tied by 'LAE' cds, taxed locally with 'TAX ["3d"]'
cachet in violet and again in transit with Brisbane '["60']/CTMS/T' oval handstamp in black, both obliterated with rubber stamps and the item not charged postage due on arrival, light vertical fold not affecting stamps & a few blemishes. Correctly
paid the 1/6d airmail rate to the UK.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1229 |
|
 1938 (March 10) Madang Lodge No 380 UGLQ [United Grand Lodge of Queensland] masonic envelope (cachet in violet on reverse) & enclosed
letter on Lodge stationery, to Brisbane (Qld) with Undated Birds 1d pair tied by 'MADANG' cds.
(2)Grade A (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1230 |
|
 1938 (April 2) usage of Chile 'Punta Arenas' postcard to New Guinea with Pinto 1p tied by 'MAG[ALLENES]/ RECEPTION' cds, another
stamp fallen off with New York 'POSTAGE STAMP/REMOVED/BEFORE RECEIPT/AT THE/N.Y.P.O.FOR.SEC.' boxed cachet in its place, missent to Yugoslavia where 'Liasse de lettres' [Sheaf of Letters] label affixed with 'LJUBLJANA/-8.V.38' cds and directions to
forward via "Alexandria & Port Said", 'RABAUL/13JL38' cds arrival ties the label then re-directed to Sydney, some transmission marks as to be expected. Phew! Even without the mis-direction, this would have been one of the longest journeys possible.
[Punta Arenas, the capital of Chile's most southern region, was renamed Magallenes in 1927 but reverted to the original name in 1938]
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1231 |
|
 1938 (June 14) Eastern & Australian Steamship Co envelope airmail to USA endorsed "AUST-LONDON" with Undated Birds 1d & 1/- and
'AIR/MAIL' Overprints 6d tied by 'RABAUL' cds. The 1/7d per ½oz rate paid for airmail by QANTAS/Imperial Airways from Australia via Singpore to London and onwards carriage by ship to the USA and rail to destination.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$145.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1232 |
|
 1938 (Oct 6) Catholic Mission, Vunapope envelope (violet cachet on reverse) airmail to Germany endorsed "Australia/Italy" with very
scarce franking of Undated Birds 'AIR/MAIL Overprints 9d and KGVI Coronation 1/- tied by 'KOKOPO' cds, Townsville (Qld) '8 OCT/1938' machine cancel backstamp, the adhesives both with minor bends, otherwise very fine. The rate was 1/9d per ½oz airmail
letter for airmail to Australia, QANTAS/Imperial Airways to Italy and onwards by rail.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
