Postal History continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1453 |
 |
 1939 EAMS cover to "Guernsey/Channel Islands" with Pictorials 1d & 2d pair tied by 'IOMA P.O./1SP39/PAPUA' cds, censored locally with
'OPENED BY CENSOR' rouletted resealing label tied by superb 'PASSED BY CENSOR/["TPB 16/9/39"] Asst. Censor' handstamp in violet (Little Type PMH8-2) on the reverse, 'TOWNSVILLE/17SE39/QLD-AUST' transit backstamp, manuscript "TAX 2/2d" in blue &
British "2s/2d TO PAY/IS/G" in black, GB Postage Dues 2d & 1/- x2 tied by 'GUERNSEY (ST PETER PORT)/3OC/39' cds, minor blemishes & small part of the flap missing. Little illustrates the reverse of this item ("source unknown") at p98 and states that
"This is the second cover I have seen with the label tied with a hand stamp and the only censor mark...with a m/s date by the censor".
Correctly paid and incorrectly taxed: the Empire Air Mail Scheme rate of 5d per ½oz applied, and was not replaced by the 1/6d per ½oz rate until after the outbreak of WWII on 3.9.1939 (two days after this item was posted). By the time the item made
it to Port Moresby (over the other side of the Owen Stanley Ranges), WWII had been declared and EAMS abandoned. Apparently, the Papuan & Australian postal authorities honoured the rate and forwarded the item by airmail. Undoubtedly the most
significant EAMS item from Papua and possibly from the entire Commonwealth.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1454 |
|
 1939 (Dec 9) airmail to England with Pictorials 9d Fisherman pair with central 'PORT MORESBY' cds and another strike alongside,
censored locally with 'OPENED BY CENSOR' rouletted resealing label (Little type PML8-1) affixed, Townsville '10 DEC/1939' transit backstamp, a couple of very minor blemishes. The Empire Air Mail Scheme 5d per ½oz was abandoned at the outbreak of WWII
and the rate reverted to 1/6d per ½oz.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1455 |
|
 1940 (Jan 30) from sailor on board the Netherlands KPM Line SS 'Tasman' (return address) to "Burmah-Shell Oil Co/New Delhi/India" with
1939 Airmails 3d blue + Pictorials 2d Bird & 2/- Delta Art tied by 'PORT MORESBY' cds, censored locally with a partial strike of the large boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR/...' cachet on face and again in transit with 'PASSED/CENSOR/2/CALCUTTA' triangular
handstamp, Townsville '28JAN/1940' transit backstamp, minor edge faults & part back flap missing. The airmail letter rate was 1/1d per ½oz. The additional 3d suggests the cover was supposed to be registered.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1456 |
|
 1940 (Jan 30) airmail to "Hotel Papua/Port Morseby" endorsed "From Sydney to Port Moresby" with New Zealand Centennial 3d tied by
Wanganui Centennial Exhibition slogan cancel, taxed with New Zealand 'T/40/CENTIMES' handstamp, censored on arrival with a partial strike of large boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR/...' cachet and Pictorials 4d Woman & Child affixed in lieu of Postage Dues
tied by 'PORT MORESBY/27FE40/PAPUA' cds, small edge faults & minor blemishes. The rate was 2d British Empire letter plus 3d airmail surcharge. Papua did not issue Postage Dues, instead using regular postage stamps. Roger Lee states that this is the
only known Postage Due usage of a Pictorial.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1457 |
|
 1940 (March 8) to Switzerland with Pictorials 3d Dandy tied by 'BWAGAOIA' cds, censored at Samarai with 'OPENED BY CENSOR' rouletted
resealing label tied by largely very fine 'PASSED BY CENSOR/...... Asst. Censor' large boxed handstamp with 'JUN' cachet in violet (Little Type SH8-1f; one 23.4.1940 example recorded only; ERD) on face. Little states at p98 that he has seen only two
covers with labels tied by censor handstamps, and illustrates them both. This item is not one of those recorded by him.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1458 |
|
 1940 (April 1) registered to Switzerland from "AF Cowley, Misima" with scarce solo franking of Pictorials 6d Woman & Child tied by
'BWAGAOIA' cds and red & black/white R label alongside, censored at Samarai with very fine almost complete 'PASSED BY CENSOR/...... Asst. Censor' large boxed handstamp with 'JAN' cachet in violet (Little Type SH8-1e) on face, Melbourne '16AP40'
transit and Bern '22.V.40' arrival backstamps. From the Catholic Mission at Laoga on Misima Island, some 200kms due East of Samarai.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1459 |
|
 1940 (Oct 22) Dr FJ Williams 'ESPERANTO/[Star]' envelope to USA with 'PRINTED MATTER ONLY' cachet and Pictorials 1d tied by 'PORT
MORESBY' cds, censored in Australia with Cairns (Qld) '1/3 /PASSED/BY/CENSOR/1' diamond handstamp in violet on face, a couple of minor blemishes.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1460 |
|
 1941 (Feb 17) Catholic Mission, Yule-Island Procurator envelope airmail to Australia with Pictorials 5d Dancer tied by lilght 'PORT
MORESBY' cds with a very fine strike alongside, taxed with manuscript "TAX 6D" on face, on arrival Australian Postage Dues 2d strip of 3 affixed on reverse tied by 'COOGEE/28FE41/NSW' cds, a couple of minor edge faults. The rate was 2d per 1oz
domestic letter plus 3d per ½oz airmail surcharge; the item weighed over ½oz and was taxed double the 3d airmail surcharge deficiency.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1461 |
|
 1941 (April 20) airmail to Australia with 'DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY/Concessional Postal Rate' handstamp, Army censor's signature and
Pictorials 2d Bird pair tied by 'PORT MORESBY' cds, Cairns civilian censorship diamond handstamp in violet on face, minor blemishes. The rate was 1d serviceman's concessional letter plus 3d per ½oz airmail surcharge. The Cairns civilian censor
station was closed in mid-1942 when the area was placed under military command.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1462 |
|
 1941 (May 20) to "Bel Royal/Jersey/Channel Islands" with Pictorials 2d Bird tied by 'SAMARAI E.D' cds, censored locally with large
'PASSED BY CENSOR/Asst Censor' handstamp in violet, British 'SERVICE SUSPENDED' & 'NO SERVICE/RETURN TO SENDER' boxed cachets in violet and eventually returned with 'SOUTHAMPTON/10FE41' backstamp, to Queensland with 'DEAD LETTER
OFFICE/19MR41/BRISBANE' cds in red and 'INCONNU/NOT KNOWN' & 'RETOUR' handstamps where it was presumably opened (no return address) and returned to sender. At the time this item was sent the Battle of France was still continuing, but during its
transit France fell, Great Britain demilitarised & evacuated the Channel Islands in June 1940, and Germany invaded & occupied Jersey on 1 July 1940.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1463 |
|
 1941 (May 27) to Surrey with Pictorials 2d Bird of Paradise tied by light 'SAMARAI E.D/PAPUA' cds, censored in Australia with Cairns
(Qld) scarce part-rouletted 'OPENED BY CENSOR' red/cream label at left and ' 1/3 /PASSED/BY/CENSOR/ 1 ' diamond handstamp in violet on face, re-addressed on arrival, a couple of minor bends & blemishes.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1464 |
|
 1941 (May 30) Seventh Day Adventists Mirigeda Mission envelope airmail to USA with Pictorials 2/- Delta Art pair tied by light 'PORT
MORESBY' cds, censored in Australia with Cairns (Qld) scarce rouletted 'OPENED BY CENSOR' red/cream label at left and very fine ' 1/3 /PASSED/BY/CENSOR/ 1 ' diamond handstamp in violet on face. The rate was 4/- per ½oz for carriage by Australian
airmail to Sydney, by TEAL to Auckland and by PanAm Trans-Pacific Clipper to San Fransico and onwards by surface mail.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$480.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1465 |
|
 1941 (Oct 31) The BNG Trading Co Ltd, Port Moresby envelope to "Messrs Alhambra Cigar & Cigarette Manufacturing Co/.../Philippines",
the airmail label with mss "AUST-SING" below, 1939 Airmails 5d pair tied by 'PORT MORESBY' cds, censored in Australia with scarce Cairns part-rouletted 'OPENED BY CENSOR' red/cream label at left and superb ' 1/3 /PASSED/BY/CENSOR/ 1 ' diamond
handstamp in violet on face, 'RECEIVED IN MANILA/BY STEAMER' handstamp in violet applied on arrival. The rate was 10d per ½oz for airmail to Singapore, then by sea.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1466 |
F |
 1941 (Nov 6) front only (263x115mm) registered airmail to London endorsed "Aust-NZ-USA-Engl" festooned with Pictorials 6d 1/- & 1/3d
pair plus 1939 Airmails 8d x5, 1/- x7 & 1/6d pair tied by 'PORT MORESBY' cds, censored in Australia with Cairns 'OPENED BY CENSOR' red/cream label at left (partly-removed) and very fine diamond handstamp, minor faults. Spectacular. The rate was 5/10d
per ½oz for airmail carriage by TEAL to New Zealand and Pan-Am Trans-Pacific & Trans-Atlantic Clipper to England x3 + 3d registration = 17/9d. It was probably carried on the last Trans-Pacific Clipper, which left Auckland on 25.11.1941. The service
was suspended immediately after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7.12.1941.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1467 |
|
 1941 (Nov 13) Rev John W Dixon, Methodist Mission envelope to Merewether (NSW) with Pictorials 2d Bird tied by 'SAMARAI E.D' cds,
censored on arrival with Newcastle 9-dot resealing label tied by very fine '2/1' censor handstamp in violet.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1468 |
|
 1941 (Nov 27) 'Yacht' postcard with message including "Ran on a reef near here and now must wait for repairs", to USA with Pictorials
2d Bird solo tied by 'SAMARAI E.D' cds, censored locally with 'PASSED BY CENSOR/...... Asst. Censor' large boxed handstamp in violet and again on arrival with US 'PASSED BY/['1621']/CENSOR' cachet both on face, minor blemishes. Posted before but
received after Pearl Harbor.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1469 |
|
 1942 (Jan) to "Rev EC Leadley/Methodist Mission/Roviana/Gizo/British Solomon Is" with Pictorials ½d McCracken (faults) & 2d tied by
light 'SAMARAI E.D/1[?]JA42/PAPUA' cds, censored in transit with Brisbane label & cachet presumably where the 'NOT TRANSMISSIBLE/SERVICE SUSPENDED' handstamp was applied on face, seven months later (!) redirected to New Zealand and forwarded with
Sydney backstamp of 31JL42. The rate was 2d British Empire letter + ½d War Tax (introduced on 1.10.1941): war tax items from Papua are very elusive. [The Japanese attacked Rabaul in early-January 1942, threatening shipping across the South Pacific,
causing all mail services to be suspended]
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1470 |
|
 1942 (Jan 10) airmail from Australia to "Rev HK Bartlett/Methodist Mission/Misima/via Samarai" with Ram 5d only (the ½d war tax not
paid) tied by Adelaide machine, re-directed to Port Moresby with a largely very fine strike of the scarce 'POST OFFICE/JAN/29/1942/ * SAMARAI, PAPUA* ' rubber cds in violet (Lee #39 with month at top, or perhaps a late use of #37; both rated F) on
face, minor blemishes & part of the flap missing. Very late inwards mail before service was suspended.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1471 |
|
 1942 (March 1) illustrated Bishop of New Guinea envelope to NSW with Pictorials ½d & 1939 Air Mails 2d red tied by 'BUNA BAY' cds,
censored with plain brown resealing label tied by 'AUSTRALIAN/MILITARY FORCES/PASSED BY CENSOR/2000' boxed handstamp in violet, small closed tear at top & minor aging. The evacuation of civilians from the NE coast of Papua had mostly been completed
by March 1942. However a number of Missionaries including the Bishop refused to leave. With Papua under military adminisation, civilian censorship ceased and was replaced by military censors.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1472 |
|
 1943 (Aug 7) Australian Red Cross envelope endorsed "Stamps not available" & on the flap "Archdn SRM Gill/DO Ioma/ANG" to Brisbane
with 'ARMY P.O./0112' cds used at Port Moresby, resealed with military 'Opened by Censor' blue/white label tied by crowned cachet, minor blemishes. Rev SRM Gill (now Archdeacon Gill) was another of the missionaries who refused to be evacuated from
Papua. With civilian Post Offices closed, his mail was carried by the Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit [ANGAU], the military unit responsible for the civil administration of New Guinea & Papua during WWII.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
