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LotNo.

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Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

3498

1907 Small 'Papua' Overprints 1907 Small ‘Papua’ Overprint on BNG Horizontal Wmk 2½d black & ultramarine on Thick Paper (.0044mm) SG 35a, well centred, very lightly mounted, Cat £325. RPSofV Certificate (2023). Most examples offered as Thick Paper are not correct.

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Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3499

1910 Large 'PAPUA' ½d to 2/6d SG 75-82 plus 2d with 'PCSTAGE' at Upper-Right SG 77a & 4d with Deformed 'd' at Lower-Left SG 79a, cancelled at Port Moresby or Samarai, Cat £500. (10)

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Estimate AU$350

SOLD for AU$270.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3500

1911-15 2/6d rose-carmine Watermark Sideways Reversed (Crown Pointing Right, as seen from the back of the stamp) SG 91w, well centred, Cat £600.

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Estimate AU$350

SOLD for AU$320.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3501

1930 Aeroplane Overprints Harrison Printing 1/- sepia & deep olive as SG 117 but with the Overprint in Deep Carmine and the telltale 'AI,R MAIL' Variety being the first unit in a block of 4, minor characteristic gum tropicalisation, very lightly mounted & the lower units are unmounted. Ex Rev Roger Lee. Both the overprint colour and variety are unlisted in Gibbons. Alec Rosenblum states at page 43 "At first, a deep carmine was selected, but after only about 10 sheets of the 1/- had been printed therewith, the colour was found to be too dark, and for all subsequent printings the colour was a lighter carmine-red". They were issued: both used examples and covers are known.

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Estimate AU$600

SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3502

1930 Aeroplane Overprints Harrison Printings 1/- sepia & olive with the Overprint Inverted SG 117a, well centred, a few characteristic irregular perfs, guarantee handstamps of Sanabria - who originally split the sheet of 40 - and Gibbons (New York), Cat £15,000. BPA (1961, as the then SG 123ab) & Chris Ceremuga (2012) Certificates. Significantly better centred than the example sold at our auction of1.3.2020 for $10,620.

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Estimate AU$10,000

SOLD for AU$10,000.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3503

OFFICIAL STAMPS: 1911-12 Monocolours 1) ½d yellow-green with Watermark Sideways Reversed (Crown Pointing Right) SG O38w marginal block of 6 (3x2) from the left of the sheet, the gum lightly tropicalised with a couple of minor tonespots but unmounted, Cat £600+, for mounted singles; and 2) 2½d bright blue as SG O41 but on Thin Paper (unlisted by Gibbons) block of 4, minor toning mostly on the perf tips at left, the upper-right unit very fine, unmounted, with a Thick Paper 2½d ultramarine for comparison, Cat £225+, for normal singles. [Alec Rosenblum states at p29 regarding printings on Thin Paper that "A very few sheets of this stamp were issued, OS only, about 1918...They are...extremely rare" (our emphasis)] (2 items) (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3504

PSE

POSTAL STATIONERY: BNG Postal Cards duo unused x2 & used to Tasmania, and Papua 4d long Registration Envelope on grey stock, central vertical fold & minor flap fault still fine unused.

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

Postal History

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Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

3505

Handy group with 1911 New Zealand Insurance Co illustrated advertising envelope (240x108mm) Moresby-Samarai "Per SS Wakefield" (central fold); 1920 shipboard cover "Per SS Queenscliffe" to Moresby; 1923 to London with Monocolours 6d & red/white 'SAMARAI' R label; 1931 to NZ "Air Mail/to Cairns"; 1934 Bank of NSW to Sydney with Brisbane machine cancel & superb 'LOOSE/SHIP/LETTER'-in-circle; 1936 double-rate airmail to GB with 1/- Funeral Posts x3; 1940 double-rate air from sailor on board the Netherlands KPM Line SS 'Tasman' (return address) to India with 2d 3d & 2/- Delta Art (3d overpaid: for registration?); 1941 Catholic Mission, Yule-Island Procurator envelope airmail to Australia with manuscript "TAX 6D" on face, on arrival Australian Postage Dues 2d strip of 3 affixed on reverse for underpayment of second weight step; and three others; a few minor problems fine to very fine. (11)

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Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3506

1900 (Sept 10) commercial cover to Ireland with Queensland Four Figures 1d orange x3 tied by two very fine strikes of the rare 10-Bar 'B.N.G' cancel (Lee #49; rated F) with a light but obvious strike of the rare 'TAMATA/SP 10/99/BNG' unframed cds (Lee #48; rated F; year error) alongside on face and another very fine strike on the reverse all in violet, a further two stamps added in transit tied by largely very fine 9-Bar BNG cancel of Samarai (Lee #25) with light but clear 'SAMARAI/14SEP[ ]0/B.N.G.' b/s (Lee #24), also Cooktown & Brisbane transits and 'ARMAGH/NO?1/00' arrival backstamp, a few mostly minor blemishes. Ex Roger Lee: sold at our auction of 9.11.2002 for $23,520 more than 20 years ago. BPA Certificate (1971). Tamata PO -.12.1899; closed mid-1905. [Gold Mining] Queensland stamps were in use in Papua from 1885 onwards. In this period, Post Offices were opened at Granville (1885; renamed Port Moresby 1890), Samarai (1888), Daru (1894), Kulumadau on Woodlark Island (1899), Nivani (1899), Sudest (1899) and Tamata (1899). Queensland stamps were replaced by those of British New Guinea in 1901. This is the only cover known with the Tamata 'B.N.G.' canceller used in the Queensland stamps period. Illustrated and described by Roger Lee at p15 & p25 as "one of the most interesting of all Papuan covers ... which must have weighed over ½oz was therefore underpaid 2d and at Samarai the two 1d stamps on the left were added ...".

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Estimate AU$8,000

SOLD for AU$6,000.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3507

1902 (Dec 3) envelope with '[Bishop Mitre]/G.C.' n the flap to "Rev Copeland King/Mamba/B. New Guinea" with Queensland Four Figures 2d blue tied by very fine Rays '148' & 'THURSDAY ISLAND' unframed cds alongside, Cooktown, Samarai & 'TAMATA/DE 16/3/B.N.G.' (Lee #48; rated F; year error) transit backstamps, a little moth-eaten with faults clear of the markings. The "Mamba" address refers to the Duvira Mission at the mouth of the Mamba River at Manau, some 50kms north-east of Tamata, the nearest Post Office. Tamata PO -.12.1899; closed mid-1905. [Gold Mining]

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Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3508

1906 (April) two British Snap-Shots humorous postcards from Percy John Money to his daughter in NSW, each with BNG 1d, the earlier headed "Buna Bay" tied by 9-Bars 'B.N.G.' cancel of Samarai with message including "am going ... on an expedition to Mt Albert Edward with Mr Monckton", the later headed "Ioma" tied by a good strike of the rare 'TAMATA/B.N.G' cds (Lee #48A; rated E) with message including "We will be leaving here in a few days now to skip up that hill (1300-1400 feet)", each with very fine to superb strikes of 'SAMARAI/BRITISH NEW GUINEA' unframed cds (Lee #29) on face, minor aging/toning. Percy Money worked as a gymnastics instructor with the Anglican Mission education program, and was also involved in official exploration of uncharted parts of the Territory. Roger Lee states that postal facilities were transferred from the Tamata mining village to Ioma in mid-1905, the datestamp continuiing in use at the new office. (2)

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Estimate AU$600

SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3509

1910 (Aug 14) Queensland National Bank Limited envelope to Port Moresby with Queensland Void Background 3d brown solo tied on arrival by light 'PORT MORESBY' cds, a couple of minor blemishes. Presumably posted directly onto a ship: the letter rate was 2d with an additional 1d paid (although the late fee was 2d). Roger Lee states that no special paquebot or ship letter markings were used at Port Moresby, and that few such inwards covers are known.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3510

1911 (Jan 2) endorsed "Post Office Kulumadau 30.12.10" at lower-left & with Coat of Arms in red on the flap, to England with scarce solo franking of Small 'PAPUA' Perf 11 Punctured 'OS' 6d black & green with light but clear 'BONAGAI S.E.D./2JAN11/PAPUA' cds (Lee #73; rated E) provisionally used at Kulumadau (2), Brisbane & 'LEWES/FE 18/11' arrival backstamps, a few minor edge faults & aging marks [Woodlark Island; Gold Mining]. The rate was British Empire letter 2d per ½oz x3. Tim Rybak's similar OHMS cover - but with 2d only - sold for $1035.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$600

SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3511

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. (2)

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Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3512

1931 (Sept 22) OHMS cover to Austria with 'TWO PENCE' Overprints on 1½d strips of 3 x2 tied by 'PORT MORESBY' cds, red & black/white R label, Brisbane & Perth transits, damaged in transit & repaired at Vienna (arrival backstamp of 14.XI.31) where 'OSTTER. POST-u.TELEGRAPHENAMT' resealing labels affixed & 'Beschadigt eingegangen, amtlich verwahrt' [= Received damaged, officially repaired] boxed handstamp in red applied on reverse, minor blemishes as to be expected. The foreign letter rate was 3d for the first 1oz plus 2d for each additional 1oz x3 + 3d registration fee.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3513

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.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$150

SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3514

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.

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Estimate AU$1,200

SOLD for AU$900.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3515

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)

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Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3516

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.

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Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3517

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$500

SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM