Postal History continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1413 |
PSE |
 1914 (July 22) usage in the Papua Period of British New Guinea 1½d blue Postal Card to "Benkoelen/Sumatra" with message signed
"Copland King/Ambasi" including "It took a month to get to Thursday Island ... shall ask the Postmaster whether there is any restriction on Botanical Specimens entering the country & let you know", light 'BUNA BAY' cds, repaired split through the
upper-right corner including the value indicium. Rev Copland King set up the first Anglican Mission in British New Guinea in 1891 along with Rev MacLaren. Ambasi Mission was located about 50kms north of Buna Bay.
Grade C (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$105.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1414 |
 |
 1914 (July 8) to "Mrs AT Gill/The Rectory/South Heighton/Nr Lewes/Sussex" with Monocolours ½d green pair tied by 'SAMARAI' cds,
endorsed "Not known/as addressed" at upper left & returned with 'LEWES/30 AU/14' cds, largely very fine strikes of 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE/18NO14/BRISBANE' in red & the rare 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE/15JAN15/ PAPUA' cds (ERD) in violet on reverse, light
vertical folds affecting one stamp, minor repair & aging marks on reverse. Ex Roger Lee.
The addressee was the wife of Rev SRM Gill of the Duvira Mission at the mouth of the Mamba River at Manau; the envelope is docketed to have contained "1st letter/June 1st 1914", which suggests this item originated at Duvira and took more than a month
to reach Samarai where it entered the mails. Roger Lee states that Bagnall illustrated a 1912 usage. A 1912 strike in black on cover - presumably the Bagnall item - sold at our auction of 15.8.2014 for $1265.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1415 |
|
 1917 (Oct 11) cover from GB to "CA Verebelyi/Port Moresby/British New Guinea" with 1d tied by machine cancel, Brisbane '15DE17'
transit on face, censored on arrival with scarce Port Moresby 'PASSED BY CENSOR' handstamp (93x10mm) in green on face, some staining, plus another sent three days earlier but addressed to him at "Samarai" from a different correspondent with Brisbane
'24NO17' transit, re-directed with Port Moresby '2.3.1918' arrival & 'PASSED BY CENSOR' handstamp in green on face by which time the addressee had been interned in Australia, re-addressed to "GC Camp/26th Company/Liverpool NSW", opened again & the
British stamp roughly removed by the censor, resealed with a small pink label and 'CENSORED/GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMP/LIVERPOOL' handstamp on reverse, a few blemishes. (2)
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$420.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1416 |
|
 1920 (July 1) ship-board letter to Port Moresby endorsed "Per SS Queenscliffe" with Bicolours 1d black & red tied by 'PORT MORESBY'
cds on arrival, minor blemishes. The 'Queenscliffe' was purchased in 1919 by Capt AS Fitch, who founded Steamships Trading Co. In 1928, she ceased service and ended up as a coal hulk in Port Moresby harbour. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1417 |
|
 1921 (April 4) local cover to "Director of Public Works/Port Moresby" with unauthorised & rare franking of Bicolours 1d with Curved
'STAMP DUTY' Overprint tied by 'PORT MORESBY' cds, roughly opened with well-repaired upper-right corner. Ex Roger Lee. A similarly-franked envelope to Sydney - with faults - sold at our auction of 15.8.2014 for $1668.
Grade (A-) (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1418 |
|
 1921 (Oct 29) to "Rev SRM Gill/Mamba" with largely superb strike of the rare 'VIA BUNA' handstamp below, Bicolours 1½d tied by
'SAMARAI E.D' cds. Rev SRM Gill ran the Duvira Mission at the mouth of the Mamba River at Manau, further north than Buna Bay. Ex Roger Lee who stated that this is the only known example of the 'VIA BUNA' instructional handstamp. [See also Lot 1414
for an item that travelled in the opposite direction]
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$290.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1419 |
|
 1923 (Jan 26) registered to England with rare solo franking of Monocolours 6d brown with light 'SAMARAI E.D' cds and very fine strike
plus red/white 'R' label alongside, Melbourne & London transits and 'REGISTERED/NOTTING HILL' arrival backstamps, a couple of small repaired edge faults at left. The rate was 1½d per 1oz British Empire letter x2 plus 3d registration fee.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1420 |
|
 1923 (May 16) to England with Bicolours 2d tied by 'SAMARAI E.D' cds, taxed with British '4D/I.S./G' handstamp and Postage Dues 1d red
x2 & 2d brown tied by slightly untidy Farnham '3 JY/23' cds, a couple of minor blemishes. The rate was 2d per 1oz British Empire letter; the item presumably weighed over 1oz - not noticed when posted with no local tax markings - and taxed double
deficiency only on arrival.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1421 |
|
 1925 (Oct 29) to "Rev SRM Gill, Mamba Mouth, Duvira via Buna" endorsed "Urgent/No news of Queenscliffe date" endorsement in red ink
indicating transmission by native Runner Mail and Bicolours 1½d tied by 'SAMARAI' cds, docketed by the recipient "This cover sent overland frim Buna Post Office by the RM" [Runner Mail] on reverse, small closed tear at upper-left. The Duvira Mission
was located at the mouth of the Mamba River at Manau, around 100kms north-west of Buna; the mails were usually carried by coastal steamer but with no indication of when the SS 'Queenscliffe' would be able to pick up the item, it was sent by native
messenger instead. [See also Lots 1418 & 1429]
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1422 |
|
 1925 (Nov 9) Monygomery Ward envelope with pre-printed Chicago USA address and instructions on reverse in Spanish & English, from "Rev
MA Warren/The Rectory/Samarai/Papua/via Sydney" with Bicolours 3d x2 tied by 'SAMARAI E.D' cds and red/white R label alongside, Melbourne (!) transit & Chicago arrival backstamps, very minor blemishes.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$250.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1423 |
|
 1927 (Sept) commercial cover to London with superb strike of ' * LOOSE SHIP * /LETTER' oval handstamp (Hosking #1501; rated C) and
Bicolours 1½d pair tied by Sydney cds of 12SE27. The rate was 2d British Empire letter + 1d late fee for posting directly onto ship. Extract illustrated by Roger Lee at p72.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$170.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1424 |
|
 1928 (July 27) envelope to USA with Bicolours 3d with central 'PORT MORESBY' cds and another strike alongside, enclosing 'New Guinea
Lodge/No 292 UGL of Queensland' printed invitation to attend the investiture of Worshipful Master-Elect WA Bock. [Mr Bock was the Government Printer. The Masonic Temple at Port Moresby opened 20.9.1922]
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1425 |
= |
 1929 (March 18) large parcel piece (183x210mm) with complete 'Territory of Papua/COMMONWEALTH BRITISH AND FOREIGN/PARCEL [Crown]
POST/FORM OF CUSTOMS DECLARATION' black/pink 'G.P.4/FORM 9' affixed at base, to England with Bicolours 4d & 1/- pair (one with corner fault) tied by 'SAMARAI E.D' cds, the form with a few very minor faults, the piece with a few mostly minor creases
also affecting the stamps.
The parcel rates to the United Kingdom were 1/4d for the first 1lb and 6d per additional 1lb, this item weighing up to 3lbs. Roger Lee states (p67) that "Customs parcel labels of 19241930 and 1933 printings have been seen and they are all similar but
not identical". Roger Lee's later 1931 form (simplified heading; no Crown) - without stamps or address - sold at our auction of 9.11.2002 for $314.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$1,300.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1426 |
|
 1929 (May 15) to England with Lakatois 1½d violet & brown pair tied by 'KOKODA N.D' cds, damaged in transit with eight (four pairs)
perforated 'FOUND OPEN/OFFICIALLY SEALED' labels each with 'PORT MORESBY/25MAY29' cds affixed all around, some edge faults as to be expected but still fine and very attractive.
Illustrated by Roger Lee at p67 and described on p63. Drummond 'Official Seals of the World' lists these as OS2 with an earliest known date of 15.3.1939, this item now being the earliest recorded by ten years. Drummond speculates that these were
issued in sheets of 4, but all four pairs on this cover are imperforate at top, bottom & right with the left edge perforated, indicating they were issued as pairs in a 'booklet' and removed as needed.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1427 |
|
 1929 (Sept 11) Poreporeka Hospital, London Mission, Port Moresby envelope to Switzerland with Bicolours 1½d tied by 'POST MORESBY'
cds, 'TAX ["3d"]' h/s and Swiss Postage Due 30c tied 'ZURICH/27 X 29' cds on face. The rate was 3d foreign letter rather than 1½d British Empire letter.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1428 |
D |
 1930 (Jan 11) Territory of Papua Post Office 'WAY BILL' with very fine 'SAMARAI E.D.' cds for mails despatched from there by the
Diocese of New Guinea ship "Maclaren King" to Baniara, Cape Nelson, Buna Bay, Ioma, Kokoda etc, 'BUNA BAY/-7JAN30' processing cds, of Receiving Officers' signatures and delivery details includingtwo items "Handed to Natives" (!), minor blemishes. Rev
SRM Gill sent this item to his brother Evan with a pencilled note on the back "These Way Bills are supposed to find their way back eventually to PO Sam. However this particular one is going to take a longer sea voyage to ERG".
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1429 |
|
 1930 (Feb 15) to "Rev SRM Gill, AM, Duvira, Mamba R, ND" with "via Ioma" endorsement indicating transmission by native Runner Mail and
Bicolours 1½d tied by 'KOKODA N.D' cds, light 'IOMA/28FE30' transit backstamp, minor blemishes. Plus a contemporary 'Herbert Small Pty Ltd' photograph of Rev SRM Gill with a group of young natives. The Duvira Mission was located at the mouth of the
Mamba River at Manau, around 100kms due north of Kokoda; the item has taken almost two weeks to reach Ioma - a little over half-way - and probably close to a month to get to him. [See also Lot 1418 for an item carried to Duvira 'via Buna' on the
coastal route].
(2)Grade A- (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1430 |
D |
 1931 (Jan 20) Deficient Postage Notice 'There is/are ["1"] letter at this office/awaiting delivery on which deficient
postage/amounting to ["6d"] is payable' black/orange-buff flimsy (112x66mm) with Bicolours 2d x3 partly affixed over one another in lieu of Postage Dues tied by 'PORT MORESBY/PAPUA' cds, minor edge faults. Papua did not issue Postage Dues, instead
using regular postage stamps.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1431 |
|
 1931 (Jan 5) to New Zealand endorsed "Air Mail via Cairns" with Bicolours 2d and 'AIR [plane] MAIL' Overprint 3d black & blue-green
tied by 'SAMARAI E.D' cds, minor blemishes. The rate was 2d British Empire letter plus 3d per ½oz airmail surcharge for carriage from Cairns to Sydney to meet the mailboat. A nice example of part-airmail acceleration.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1432 |
|
 1931 (Dec 4) usage of Tuck Esperanto postcard to Cyprus with Bicolours ½d & 1d tied by 'SAMARAI E.D' cds, Egypt 'PORT SAID/TRAFFIC'
transits of 11JA32 & 25JA32 where apparently held and re-addressed first to the Seychelles and then to Grenada with faint arrival cds of 20AP/32 alongside, minor blemishes. An extraordinary example of redirected mail to three exotic destinations.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
