Mandated Territory - Postal History continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1233 |
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 1938 (Nov 7) "all-up" airmail to Germany with Birds 1d and Birds 'AIR/MAIL' Overprints 1/- x2 tied by 'WAU' cds, 'SALAMAUA/8NOV38'
cds, 'TOWNSVILLE/QLD/12NOV/1938' machine cancel and Athens '20 XI 38' roller cancel backstamps, Greek currency censor handstamp on face, a couple of light folds not affecting adhesives. The rate was 2/1d per ½oz for 'all-the-way' airmail to Germany,
by QANTAS/Imperial Airways to Athens, and by Deutsche Lufthansa to destination.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1234 |
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 1938 (Oct 28) to USA endorsed "Via Australia New Guinea Air Mail" with Undated Birds 'AIR/MAIL' Overprints 5d tied by very fine
'MADANG' cds, 'SALAMAUA/28OCT38' transit backstamp, taxed locally with 'T/["2d"]' square boxed handstamp, on arrival 'U.S. CHARGE/TO COLLECT/4 CENTS' cachet and USA Postage Dues 2c pre-cancelled pair affixed on face. The rate was 3d foreign letter
plus 3d per ½oz airmail surcharge, so 1d underpaid. Another very attractive example of part-air accelerated mail.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1235 |
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 1938 (Dec 8) Carl August Docke envelope airmail to Germany endorsed "Australia/Italy/Germany" with Undated Birds 9d and 'AIR MAIL'
overprints 1/- tied by 'RABAUL' cds, 'TOWNSVILLE/10 DEC/1938/QLD' machine cancel backstamp, very fine. The 1/9d per ½oz rate paid airmail to Italy then by rail to destination.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1236 |
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 1939 (March 27) underpaid airmail to Australia with Undated Birds 1d 2d & 5d tied by 'BULOLO' cds, manuscript "Tax 10d",
'SALAMAUA/29MAR39' transit backstamp, on arrival Australia Postage Dues 3d pair & 4d affixed on face tied by 'GPO SYDNEY/-3AP39' cds, minor blemishes. The rate was 2d per 1oz domestic letter plus 3d per ½oz airmail surcharge, so the item apparently
weighed just over 1oz and should have been paid 2d x2 + 3d x3 = 1/1d with double the 5d underpayment charged.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1237 |
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 1939 (Sept 13) airmail to England with Bulolo Airs 6d & 1/- tied by 'WAU' cds, censored locally with typed "OPENED BY CENSOR"
provisional label (Little Type NGL1) tied on reverse by manuscript "passed by censor" in red and a partial strike of 'SUB DISTRICT OFFICE/13.SEP.1939/W[AU]' double-ring cds, 'SALAMAUA/14SEP39' & Townsville (Qld) '17SE39' transit backstamps, two minor
bends (one affecting the 6d) and internally repaired. Little records three examples of the provisional typed resealing labels, two with manuscript "Passed ..." endorsements and one tied by a boxed 'Passed ...' handstamp.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$400.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1238 |
|
 1939 (Oct 2) from the Solomon Islands with KGVI Pictorials 1½d Canoes tied by slightly untidy 'GIZO' cds to "Rev C Luxton/Methodist
Mission/Skotolan/Buka Passage/Mandated Territory of New Guinea", censored on arrival with plain-paper resealing label "OPENED BY CENSOR" manuscript in red ink tied by 'SUB DISTRICT OFFICE/6.OCT.1939/BUKA PASSAGE' double-ring cds endorsed "Passed by
Censor" and initialled "RF" [Raleigh Farlow, District Officer] in red ink, small part of the label removed on opening & minor blemishes.
This is the only recorded example of the Buka Passage Sub-District Office marking (PPNG Calling May 2023). Roger Lee states that it is also the only known example of such provisional censorship (unlisted by Little who records three typed provisional
labels only: see previous Lot). The item is stated to have been sent by Mrs Luxton from the Methodist Mission Hospital at Vella Lavella and carried by the SS 'Malaita'.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$1,900.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1239 |
|
 1940 (June 24) commercial cover to "War Department,/Washington DC", endorsed "AIR MAIL TO SYDNEY ONLY" with Bulolo Airs 5d solo tied
by 'BULOLO' cds, 'SALAMAUA/28JUN40' transit b/s and taxed locally with 'T["2D"]' undenominated boxed h/s, one-line 'OPENED BY CENSOR' red-on-white label tied by 'Passed by Censor/T.N.G. No.25' cachet in violet, on arrival 'POSTAGE DUE 3
CENTS/SEATTLE,WASH' h/s applied on face, a couple of tiny blemishes. The rate was 3d foreign letter + 3d airmail surcharge to Australia, so taxed as 1d underpaid.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1240 |
|
 1940 (July 11) airmail to Victoria rather intriguingly endorsed "Air Mail Maprik-Hobart" with Undated Birds 5d tied by largely very
fine & scarce 'MAPRIK/NEW GUINEA' cds (Powell #124; rated D), 'WEWAK/12JL40' & 'SALAMAUA/14JUL40' transit backstamp, censored on arrival with Melbourne resealing label & cachet, light vertical fold & very minor aging marks. The item appears to have
never gone anywhere near Tasmania. Maprik PO opened late-1939 (the second-last PO opened before the Japanese invasion); closed 11.2.1942.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [New Guinea 124; rated D)] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$170.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1241 |
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 1940 (Aug 3) airmail to Australia with Bulolo Airs 5d green tied by 'WAU' cds, 'SALAMAUA' transit backstamp of same day, Sydney
'RELEASED BY CENSOR' handstamp in violet on face, central fold.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1242 |
|
 1940 (Oct 2) to USA with Bulolo Airs 3d solo tied by 'MADANG' cds, censored locally with plain-paper resealing label just tied by
'Passed by Censor/T.N.G. No.16' boxed handstamp in violet (Little Type NGH2b; two examples recorded), a couple of minor blemishes.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1243 |
PSE |
 1941 (Feb) OHMS 'RETURNED LETTER' envelope with 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE, RABAUL, NEW GUINEA' imprint, unfranked to USA with 'RABAUL' cds,
docketed "Rec'd 3/20/41" on reverse, minor edge bends.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1244 |
|
 1941 (April 4) to Queensland endorsed "Contents: goods order" with Bulolo Airs 2d tied by 'LAE' cds, 'SALAMAUA' transit b/s where
censored with 'OPENED BY CENSOR' red/cream label (Little Type NGL2c; large-format 83x49mm) tied by 'Passed by Censor/T.N.G. No.21' boxed h/s in violet on reverse, superb Brisbane 'NOT/OPENED BY/CENSOR' diamond h/s on face.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1245 |
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 1941 (May 30) airmail to USA with Bulolo Airs 2/- x2 tied by largely very fine strike of the scarce 'BULWA/NEW GUINEA' cds (Powell
#125; rated E), 'SALAMAUA' transit of next day, censored locally with 'OPENED BY CENSOR' large-size resealing label on grey paper (Little Type NGL2d) tied by 'Passed by Censor/T.N.G. No.25' handstamp in violet, a couple of minor blemishes. The rate
was 4/- per ½oz for carriage by airmail to Sydney, by TEAL to Auckland and by PanAm Trans-Pacific Clipper to San Fransisco. Bulwa PO opened 22.5.1941 (the last PO opened before the Japanese invasion); closed Jan/Feb 1942. [Gold Mining]
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [New Guinea 125; rated E)] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1246 |
|
 1941 (Aug 11) airmail from Great Britain with KGVI 3d violet & 1/- brown to "Mr D Lamacraft/co Guinea Airways Ltd/Salamaua/New
Guinea", via Brisbane where censored, 'SALAMAUA/3OCT41' arrival backstamp, re-directed to Adelaide with '14OCT/1941' transit and then re-posted with Australia KGVI 2d red tied by 'NORWOOD/16OC41/SOUTH-AUST' cds to "Sgt" Lamacraft at "Warradale Camp"
Infantry Training Camp, a few transmission marks as to be expected. Mr Lamacraft had apparently returned to Australia and enlisted. Guinea Airways continued operations until January 1942, when the Japanese bombed their headquarters at Lae and they
lost the majority of their 15 aircraft.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1247 |
|
 1941 (Sept 13) airmail to Sydney with Bulolo Airs 2d & 3d tied by 'MADANG' cds, censored & re-sealed with 'OPENED BY CENSOR' red/cream
label tied by 'Passed by Censor/T.N.G. No.1' handstamp in violet, very fine.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1248 |
|
 1942 (Jan 2) social airmail cover to New Zealand with Bulolo Airs ½d & Undated Birds 5d (both with small faults) tied by 'BULOLO' cds,
plain white censor label (Little NGL3) tied by 'PASSED BY/CENSOR/T.N.G. 50 ___' cachet in violet (Little NGH3b; recorded 8.11.1941 to 8.1.1942 only), 'WANGANUI/13JA42/NZ' arrival cds on face, light vertical fold. Little records two items only with
plain white censor labels, noting both seen are tied by the 'Passed by Censor/T.N.G. No.16' cachet (so this is not one of those he records). The rate was 2d British Empire letter plus 3d airmail surcharge plus ½d War Tax (introduced 10.12.41). Items
from New Guinea paying War Tax are very scarce: mail services were suspended a month after its impostion. Most overseas airmails were exempt from War Tax; New Zealand was a specific exception and the War Tax applied.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1249 |
|
 1942 (Jan 8) Wimble & Co Printing Trade Supliers envelope to "Rev LI Linggood/Methodist Overseas Mission/Rabaul/New Guinea" with KGVI
'2½d' Surcharge on 2d tied by Sydney cancel where censored, very fine strike of 'NOT TRANSMISSIBLE/SERVICE SUSPENDED' and largely fine 'RETURN TO SENDER' handstamps applied in red on face, minor blemishes. Mail to New Guinea was being accepted when
the item was posted (at 2d domestic letter plus ½d War Tax), but with the Japanese attack on Rabaul in early-January 1942, shipping all across the Southern Pacific Ocean was threatened and mail services were suspended.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1250 |
|
 FLIGHT COVERS: Group including 1931 (Nov 8) First All-Australian Airmail to England by Charles Kingsford Smith with Dated Airmail
Birds 6d & 2/-, 1932 (March 23) Salamaua-Port Moresby registered signed by Denny, 1935 (April 15) Australia-Port Moresby-Wau for Pacific Aerial Transport, 1935 (Aug 15) Wau-Madang signed by Denny, 1936 (Oct 29) Bulolo-Port Moresby-Australia
'Melbourne Cup Flight' (with enclosed letter re the flight & a new dredge) being one of only two known Bulolo despatches for this flight, 1938 (March 18) Rabaul-Salamaua, etc, a few with minor blemishes but mostly very fine, AAMC Cat $1700+.
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Get Market Data for [New Guinea Collection] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1251 |
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 FLIGHT COVERS: 1934 (April) Giblin cover endorsed by the pilot "Per airmail from Mogai Aerodrome Mt Hagen/Pilot/VH-UQS/CR
Gurney/2.4.34" AAMC P68, to Port Moresby with 'POST OFFICE/6AP34/ SALAMAUA' cds, very minor blemishes, Cat $1500. Ex Tom Frommer. [The sender was MJ ('Mick') Leahy, who had recently discovered gold deposits in the Highlands. The enclosed letter -
photocopy included - headed "Mt Hagen Drome 25.3.34" states "I am sending you 3 covers...from the above drome, and...3 more from a new aerodrome which we have just made" (ie Mogai). Thus, there were only 3 covers flown from Mogai, processed at
Salamaua, & forwarded to Port Moresby]
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$1,500
SOLD for AU$1,200.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1252 |
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 FLIGHT COVERS: 1935 (Aug 15) Wau-Madang per Orme Denny AAMC P84 with Airs ½d + Jubilee duo, Madang arrival b/s of 17AU35 (despite the
covers having arrived on the 15th & the return flight being made on the 16th), light central fold & minor blemishes, Cat $250.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$125
SOLD for AU$95.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
