Postal History continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1433 |
D |
 1932 (Jan 12) Territory of Papua Post Office 'WAY BILL' with very fine 'BUNA BAY' cds for a single letter despatched from there by the
Diocese of New Guinea ship "Maclaren King" to Ioma, Receiving Officer signature [Rev] "SRM Gill" at the port of "Mamba" (Manau), a couple of minor blemishes. The illustration is above Lot 1428.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1434 |
 F |
 1932 (Jan) large envelope (258x118mm; front only) posted directly onto ship, to London endorsed "Per SS Le Maire and per airmail from
Java" with Lakatois '9d/NINE PENCE' on 2/6d and Netherlands Indies Airmails 75c x6 all tied by four light but legible strikes of 'KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART/S.S. LE MAIRE/MAATSCHAPPIJ' undated handstamp in violet, 'TANDJONG/13.1.32/PRIOK' transit cds
alongside, minor edge bends.
The item apparently weighed up to 3oz, the Papua franking paying foreign letter rate 3d x3, and the Netherlands Indies stamps paying the KLM Airlines airmail surcharge. The KLM Amsterdam-Batavia fortnightly service commenced on 25.9.1930, and
provided a substantially faster delivery than sending the item by ship via Australia to India and by the Imperial Airways Karachi-London service. Unlike US domestic airmail - see Lot 1443 - the Dutch service was seen as a direct competitor to British
interests and not sanctioned. Perhaps the only way to access it was to post items directly onto passing Dutch ships!
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1435 |
|
 1932 (March 17) usage of Australian Museum PPC ('Dancing Girls of Beiama Village, Oro Bay...) to Denmark with Bicolours 2d tied by
Samarai cds, lengthy personal message in Esperanto, rounded corner at U/R & minor blemishes. These postcards (a series of 12) are rather common unused but very scarce used in period.
Grade B (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1436 |
|
 1932 (Nov 8) to England endorsed "Old Envelopes only" with Bicolours 4d just tied by 'IOMA' cds in violet-red and three further very
fine strikes on the reverse, scarce red & black/white R label, Brisbane & Perth transit backstamps, two British 'FOUND OPEN OR DAMAGED/AND OFFICIALLY SECURED' labels affixed with 'LARK LANE, LIVERPOOL/16JA/33' cds, minor faults. The rate was 1d per
4oz printed matter + 3d registration fee.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$440.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1437 |
|
 1932 (Nov 15) small plain cover to Australia with illegal civilian usage of Bicolours 2d with 'OS' Overprint, 'TAX("4d")' handstamp &
'SAMARAI ED/PAPUA' cds alongside, on arrival Australian Postage Dues 1d block of 4 affixed on reverse just tied by 'FORBES/25NO32/NSW' cds also used to deface the stamp, a couple of bends, pin-holes & aging marks.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1438 |
= |
 1933 (circa) large parcel piece (165x195mm) registered to USA with scarce solo usage of Pictorials 2/6d Pottery tied by 'PORT MORESBY'
cds and red & black/white R label at the base, small-part American '[PASSED FR]EE/[CUSTO]MS ...' handstamp in purple, light horizontal fold not affecting the stamp or label. (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1439 |
|
 1933 (April 28) First Australian Trade Exhibition Ship, KPM Royal Packet Navigation Company envelope to Australia posted on board also
endorsed "per Van Rees" with Pictorials 2d Bird tied by 'PORT MORESBY' cds and very fine strike of the undated 'POSTED ON BOARD FIRST AUSTRALIAN EXHIBITION SHIP TO THE EAST/TSS/NIEUW HOLLAND/.../APRIL-MAY 1933/...' handstamp on face, the enclosed
letter on TSS 'Nieuw Holland' trade ship illustrated stationery explains "Weather permitting this is to be transferred mid-ocean to the Van Rees which will again transfer at Port Moresby", minor blemishes.
(2 items)Grade A- (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1440 |
|
 1933 (June 23) airmail to England endorsed "via Karachi" with 'TWO PENCE' on 1½d, 6d Plane & 3d 'AIR MAIL' Overprints tied by 'PORT
MORESBY' cds, red & black/white R label alongside, Brisbane & Perth transits and 'KINGSTON-ON-THAMES/1 AU/33' arrival b/s where re-directed, a couple of very minor blemishes. The rate was Empire letter 2d + 6d airmail supplment for Karachi-London per
Imperial Airways + 3d registration.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1441 |
|
 1933 (June 6) from Australia to "Government Stores/Port Moresby/Papua" with KGV 2d red, re-directed to "Lae via Salamaua New Guinea"
and endorsed "Air to Lae" with Papua 'AIR [plane] MAIL' Overprint 3d added & tied by 'PORT MORESBY/15JE33/PAPUA' cds with another strike below, minor blemishes. The initial franking paid the 2d surface letter rate to Papua; the added franking paid
the airmail surcharge for carriage by Guinea Airways Goldfields airmail service to Lae. An interesting & unusual 'combination' franking.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1442 |
|
 1934 (Feb) Bank of NSW envelope to Sydney with 'LOOSE/SHIP/LETTER'-in-circle handstamp (Hosking #1360; rated E) and Pictorials 1d
(uncancelled) & 3d Dandy tied by Brisbane slogan cancel of 5MAR/1934, minor blemishes. The rate was 2d domestic letter plus 1d late fee for posting onto the ship; the additional 1d was not required and thus not cancelled.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1443 |
|
 1934 (Feb 24) from passenger on board "SS Lurline/Matson Line" (return address) to Wisconsin endorsed "Via Air Mail" with rare
commercial combination franking of Pictorials 3d Dandy and USA Winged Globe 8c olive both tied by 'PORT MORESBY' cds, the USA stamp also cancelled in transit by 'SAN FRANCISCO/APR 6/CALIF/1934' duplex, light vertical fold clear of the adhesives
otherwise very fine. Roger Lee states that this is the only known non-philatelic example of such a combination franking from Papua. [American dealer GH Pflum created a handful of philatelic covers from both Papua and New Guinea]
In 1924 a system for pre-paying US domestic airmail with either or both Australian or American stamps was introduced in Australia and its Territories at the rates of 4½d (8c), 9d (16c) and 1/1d (24c) per 1oz depending on distance from San Francisco.
The facility was withdrawn in 1937.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$1,500.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1444 |
|
 1935 (Feb) to England posted on board ship with Pictorials 2d Bird of Paradise tied by straight-line 'S.S. VAN REES' handstamp in
violet and also by 'LOOSE SHIP LETTER/19MR25/SYDNEY' cds (Hosking #1503; rated C), a couple of minor blemishes; plus a photograph of the ship endorsed "at wharf Port Moresby". The Netherlands KPM Line SS 'van Rees' operated between the Netherlands
East Indies, Singapore & Hong Kong, making calls at Port Moresby and Samarai.
(2) (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
Get Market Data for [Papua New Guinea 1503; rated C)] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1445 |
|
 1935 (July) Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co (P&O) 'S.S. MOOLTAN' illustrated lettersheet with views of the ship, dining
saloon, music room, smoking room & café, to South Australia with Silver Jubilee Overprint on 3d tied by 'LOOSE SHIP LETTER/25JY35/SYDNEY' cds (Hosking #1503; rated C), the message section removed otherwise very fine. The rate was 2d domestic letter +
1d late fee for posting on the ship. Also a 1950s real photo postcard of the ship.
(2)Grade A- (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
(Image5)
(Image6)
Get Market Data for [Papua New Guinea 1503; rated C)] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1446 |
|
 1936 (March 18) endorsed "Per Neptuna" to Australia then by air to England with 'AIR [Plane] MAIL' Overprints 6d & 1/- tied by
'SAMARAI E.D./18MR35/PAPUA' cds (the '5' altered to "6" in pencil), minor edge faults at top. [Originally the North German Lloyd 'Neptun', in 1935 the ship was sold to Burns Philp and renamed 'Neptuna'. She was sunk in Darwin Harbour in 1942 during
the Japanese air raids on Northerm Australia]
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1447 |
|
 1936 (June 25) double-rate airmail to England with scarce franking of Pictorials 1/- Funeral Poles strip of 3 tied by 'PORT MORESBY'
cds, re-directed on arrival with rubber 'BRIGHTON & HOVE/13JLY36/SUSSEX' cds on face, a few minor blemishes.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1448 |
|
 1937 (May 14) 'Peeps into Papua' envelope (198x125mm) to Canberra with KGVI Coronation 1d green & 3d blue tied by 'PORT MORESBY' cds,
minor folds clear of the stamps & slightly trimmed at right. 'Peeps into Papua' is a fiction book by HJE Short; the rate was 1d per 4oz domestic printed matter.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1449 |
|
 1938 (April) ship-board cover with Pictorials 1d x4 & 4d tied by 'PAQUEBOT/26AP38/SYDNEY' cds (Hosking #1506), very fine. The rate
paid was 2d domestic 1oz letter + 3d per ½oz airmail surcharge x2, but being off-loaded at Sydney the airmail service was redundant. The over-payment easily covered the 1d late fee that was required for posting directly onto the ship.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [Papua New Guinea 1506)] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1450 |
|
 1938 (May 31) usage of Netherlands KPM South-Pacific Line 'MV Maetsuycker' real photo postcard with lengthy personal message written
on board the ship headed at "Port Moresby", airmail to Germany with Pictorials 2d Bird of Paradise (minor perf fault) & 9d Fisherman tied by 'PORT MORESBY' cds, Brisbane '-5JE38' transit cds on face, docketed received but undeliverable "15/7 retour"
and "BY AIRMAIL" endorsement crossed out for return by surface mail, two small closed edge tears do not unduly detract. The airmail postcard rate to European countries was set a half that of a ½oz letter: in this case, the ½oz letter rate to Germany
was 1/9d, so the postcard rate was 11d (rounded up to the nearest whole penny). Pre-WWII airmail postcard usages are scarce.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1451 |
|
 1938 (Sept 2) Empire Air Mail Scheme (EAMS) to England with Jubilee 5d tied by 'PORT MORESBY' cds, 'TOWNSVILLE/QLD' machine backstamp
of the next day, a bit roughly opened on reverse. The EAMS rate applied from 1.8.1938 until 3.9.1939 only (see also Lot 1453).
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1452 |
|
 1939 (May 11) Amalgamated Wireless 'RADIOGRAM' envelope & telegram form to "Glt Romney Gill, Samarai, Papua" with fine or very fine
strikes of 'RADIO STATION/11MAY1939/* SAMARAI, PAPUA *' triple-oval datestamp in violet, the message from Liverpool (UK) - the 'From' office "VIC", so presumably re-transmitted from Melbourne - from his brother Evan to "you, Father John, all Duvira",
minor blemishes. Rev SRM Gill headed up the Duvira Mission at the mouth of the Mamba River at Manau, almost 500kms north-west of Samarai, and the item was presumably delivered via ship. The novelty is captured by Rev Gill's pencil annotation on the
reverse "The Radiogram as it arrived here resplendent in official glory" (!). (2 items)
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
(Image5)
|
Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
