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LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

1513

1933 (May 16) The Papuan Villager newspaper wrapper front to England with Bicolours Punctured 'OS' 1d tied by 'PORT MORESBY' cds, a couple of minor blemishes. The British Empire newspaper rate was 1d per 4oz.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1514

1933 (July 6) with fine 'Government/Secretary/PORT MORESBY/PAPUA' time-clock handstamp in violet at lower-left, to California with mixed franking of Bicolours Punctured 'OS' 2d and Overprinted 'OS' 1d tied by 'PORT MORESBY' cds, a couple of minor blemishes.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$320.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1515

1933 (Oct 31) with typed "Post Office/Kulumadau Papua" at lower-left, to England with Monocolours Punctured 'OS' 2d tied by 'KULUMADAU S.E.D' cds with a very fine strike alongside, a couple of minor bends & slightly trimmed at top. Official Mail from offices other than Port Moresby & Samarai is scarce.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1516

1935 (March 14) with very largely fine strike of 'DEPARTMENTS OF/LANDS, SURVEY, MINES/AND AGRICULTURE' time-clock handstamp in violet at lower-left, to Rabaul New Guinea with Monocolours Punctured 'OS' 2d tied by 'PORT MORESBY' cds, a couple of very minor aging marks. The domestic letter rate of 2d per 1oz applied between the Territories.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1517

1935 (May 3) small envelope with 'OHMS' handstamp, to Cheshire with Bicolours Punctured 'OS' 2d tied by 'PORT MORESBY' cds.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1518

1936 (July 7) with 'TREASURY' handstamp at lower-left, to Victoria with scarce franking of Monocolours Punctured 'OS' 2½d horizontal pair tied by 'PORT MORESBY' cds, red & black/white R label alongside, Melbourne transit and 'HAWTHORN/16JL36/VIC' arrival backstamps, a little excess gum around the label otherwise very fine. David Hopper states that this is the latest known use of any Monocolours Punctured 'OS' stamp.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$400.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1519

1937 (April 2) small envelope to South Africa with KGVI Coronation 5d purple-brown tied by 'PORT MORESBY' cds, small red & black/white R label, Sydney '16JE37' transit and 'REGISTERED/ 12JUL-37/PORT ELIZABETH' arrrival backstamps, a little roughly opened at left. No explanation is given for the long delay before the item was received in Sydney. NB: Pictorials and later issues were not punctured nor overprinted 'OS'; ordinary postage stamps were used on official mail.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$150

SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1520

1937 (April 16) Osmall envelope to Canada with Pictorials 5d Dancer tied by 'PORT MORESBY' cds, small red & black/white R label alongside, Sydney '21AP37' transit and Toronto 'MY20/37' arrrival backstamps, minor blemishes.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1521

1938 (Oct 19) small envelope with Commonwealth of Australia Meteorological Office, Aerodrome ["Port Moresby"] imprint, to "Director of Agriculture/Rabaul/New Guinea" with Jubilee 5d green tied by 'PORT MORESBY' cds, 'RABAUL/20OC38/NEW GUINEA' (next day) arrrival backstamp proving carriage by air, a couple of very minor minor blemishes.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$150

SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1522

1939 complete newspaper wrapper with 'GOVERNMENT PRINTER, PORT MORESBY, PAPUA' imprint at the base, unusually to Switzerland with Pictorials 1d tied by 'PORT MORESBY' cds, a couple of minor blemishes. The foreign newspaper rate was 1d per 2oz.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$150

SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1523

1940 (Aug 2) The Papuan Villager newspaper wrapper front, to England with Pictorials 1d tied by 'PORT MORESBY' cds, censored locally with very fine strike of the damaged 'PASSED BY CENSOR/TPB' cachet (Little PMH8-4), a couple of minor blemishes. The British Empire newspape rate was 1d per 4oz.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1524

1940 (Dec 11) The Papuan Villager part-newspaper wrapper to England with Pictorials 1d tied by 'POST MORESBY' cds, carried via Queensland with superb strike of Cairns ' 1/3 /PASSED/BY/CENSOR/ 1 ' diamond h/s. The Cairns civilian censorship office closed in early-1942 when the area was placed under military control.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1525

1942 (Jan 16) with Commonwealth of Australia Department of Defence imprint, to "Commander in Chief/Home Forces/Army Headquarters/Victoria Barracks/Melbourne" with Pictorials ½d (McCracken Printing) & 4d plus 1939 Airmails 1/- tied by 'PORT MORESBY' cds, red & black/white R label, light vertical fold not affecting the stamps or markings. The rate was domestic letter rate 2d per oz x2 + 3d per ½oz airmail surcharge x3 + 3d registration + ½d War Tax (introduced on 1.10.1941). Civil administration of Papua was suspended on 14.2.1942, the area being placed under military control following the Japanese attacks on Rabaul & Lae in January 1942. Items from Papua paying the War Tax are therefore very scarce.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1526

1942 (Feb 11) to England with Pictorials 1d 2d & 3d tied by 'DARU/PAPUA' cds, red & black/white R label alongside, censored locally with very fine complete strike of 'PASSED BY CENSOR/[initials] ... Asst. Censor' cachet (the latest known date of any Papuan censor handstamp) Cairns 20FE42, Townsville 21FEB42 & Brisbane 24FE42 transit backstamps & superb Brisbane censor cachet, minor faults. The rate was Empire letter rate 2d + registration 3d + ½d War Tax; the ½d over-payment possibly because ½d stamps had been exhausted at Daru. Civil administration of Papua was suspended on 14.2.1942. This must be one of the last items sent from Daru before all civilian post offices were closed. According to John Little, the boxed censor handstamps were used only at Port Moresby and Samarai: this item strongly suggests such an implement was also used at Daru.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$340.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

Papua New Guinea

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

1527

Useful group including 1952 10/- & £1 **, 1994 Emergency Surcharges set (11) **, 1995 Birds with Surcharge variants, also many blocks of 4, etc, condition fine to very fine. (100s) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1528

1972 Christmas (Missionaries) preliminary artwork for a vertical Bishop Verjus design in watercolour & oil with Chinese white highlights (160x230mm) on thin artboard (255x332mm), various artist's notations including "The Original Design for the Missionary Series for PNG. Graham Wade designer 1972", plus 'Papua/New/Guinea' acetate (157x83mm) endorsed "...used to produce the final lettering in Gold ink/Graham Wade". Ex Roger Lee. [Henri Stanislas Verjus was among the first non-British missionaries in Papua. In the mid-1880s, he engaged in exploration of Papua's eastern coastal & inland regions]

Grade A (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1529

1994 Emergency Surcharges '21t' on 80t Shell SG 734 complete sheet of 50 (10x4) with Imprints at the four corners, a couple of trivial blemishes on the reverse, unmounted, Cat £2250+.

Grade A A1 (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$750

SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1530

1994 Moths 21t SG 741 with Grossly Misplaced Perfs resulting in 'PAPUA NEW GUINEA' at the Top, tied to commercial cover by 'KIMBE' cds, minor fault at upper-left but the stamp is very fine..

Grade A A1 (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$150

SOLD for AU$440.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1531

2007 Personalised Stamps (Orchids) K3.35t sheetlet of 20 (4x5) with Woodlark Island Cuscus labels, and a second sheetlet on which the Cusus & Inscription are Printed Double One Inverted which is especially noticeable in the vertical bands at right of each Orchid, unmounted. Not previously seen by us. (2 sheets)

Grade A (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1532

2014 Emergency Surcharges 'K1.30' on Cooking Pots Madang Province SG 1673, on Grey Cuscus #1676, and on Orchids #1679 (listed but unpriced by Gibbons) & #1680, unmounted. Very scarce.

Grade A A1 (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$600

SOLD for AU$950.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM