PAPUA continued...
Postal History continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 2490 |
PSE |
 1902 (Aug 12) usage of British New Guinea Postal Card 1d red from with message headed "Samarai" & signed "Lionel PB Armit" to his
sister (?) in Sydney with a superb strike of 'SAMARAI/BRITISH NEW GUINEA' unframed cds (Lee #27) and 'COOKTOWN/AU 15/02/QUEENSLAND' transit on the face, a couple of very minor marks. The message states "I have given Mr Bayldon the box of shells and
the envelope of seeds ... [he] is the chief officer of the Moresby". Lionel Armit - son of police commander William Edington Armit, infamous for his massacres of Australian & New Guinea indigenes - was a government administrator. Francis Joseph
Bayldon was an Australian master mariner and served on the Burns Philp 'Moresby' 1901-02. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$160.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2491 |
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 1903 (Jan 23) double-rate cover to "Walter A Hull/Stamp Dealer/.../Sydney" with BNG ½d pair & 2d x3 (one folded-over at right) tied
by very fine 9-bar 'BNG' cancels, very fine 24mm 'SAMARAI/BRITISH NEW GUINEA' cds alongside & largely very fine 'REGISTERED/SAMARAI BNG' (Lee #26; rated D) on the reverse, Cooktown (FE13) transit & Sydney (FE20) arrival backstamps, a few faults but
attractive. Sold at a Sydney auction in 2005 for $310. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2492 |
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 1905 real photo PPC ('Native Constabulary at Cape Nelson') to NSW with BNG 1d tied by 10-bars 'BNG' of Tamata (Lee #49; rated F),
two strikes of the 'TAMATA/2P/JY22/5/BNG' cds (#48; rated F) plus transit cds of Samarai & Port Moresby, minor aging. Sold at our auction of 14.8.2010 for $775 (Sale 157 Lot 803). Roger Lee states that postal facilities were transferred to Ioma in
"mid-1905". This is the latest item we have recorded from Tamata. (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [Papua New Guinea 49; rated F)] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2493 |
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 1905-06 four Dana Gibson social commentary postcards to NSW each with BNG 1d tied by 'BNG' cancel with 'SAMARAI/BNG' cds of
OC2/1905 or DE16/1905 (LRD) or 'SAMARAI/BRITISH NEW GUINEA' cds of 16JA06 (ERD; a gap between types of only one month) or 22FE06, social messages two headed "Mukawa", some minor soiling/toning. Mukawa is on the mainland in Milne Bay Province.
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2494 |
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 1906 (Apr 17) unusually long cover (355x127mm) endorsed "OHMS" at top & at lower-left "The Post Office/Port Moresby/Brit New
Guinea", to the GPO in Switzerland with unique franking of very well-centred BNG 2/6d (believed to be the only recorded usage on commercial cover; Cat £5500 minimum on-cover) & 6d tied by two of three strikes of the unframed 'PORT MORESBY/BRITISH NEW
GUINEA' cds, 'REGISTERED/PORT MORESBY BNG' handstamp at upper-left, the reverse with Italian squared circles of Naples & MILANO-FERROVIA' and Swiss 'BERN/25.VI.06/BRF DISTR' arrival cds, unobtrusive central vertical fold & some creasing/wrinkling
impacting the 6d but the 2/6d is remarkably fine. The contents may have been documents relating to the upcoming Postal Union Congress held in Rome in May 1906. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$12,000
SOLD for AU$9,000.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2495 |
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 1906 (Apr 20) London Missionary Society cover (embossing on the flap) to Scotland with BNG 2½d only tied by very fine Port Moresby
cds & equally fine strike of the extremely rare boxed 'DEFICIENT POSTAGE/ FINE ("5d")' handstamp (Lee #103A; rated G) but obliterated - probably at Brisbane (backstamp) - because it was intended for use on internal/Australian mail only, light but
fine strike of the '15/CTMS/T' h/s applied & overstruck at London with '3D/I.S./M.' handstamp, Glasgow arrival cds & redirected with 'KILMA[COLM]' (Renfrewshire) arrival backstamp, vertical fold at left & some minor soiling. A rare cover. Ex Ray
Kelly and Tim Rybak: sold at our auction of 26.4.2008 for $920 (Sale 135 Lot 376). (Image1)
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Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$480.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2496 |
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 1909 (Jan 14) registered cover from England with KEVII 3d tied by 'CROYDON' cds, to a missionary at "Kokoda/Papua" via Brisbane
(19.2) & Port Moresby (8.3) with 'KOKODA ND/20MAR09/...' arrival backstamps, held for five months then returned as unclaimed with Two Issue franking of Small 'Papua' ½d x2 & Small 'PAPUA' 4d overlapping & tied by 'KOKODA ND/18JUN09/...' with further
backstamps of Samarai (5.7) & Sydney (12.7) and London arrival of 16AU09, opened-out for display. A remarkable & colourful cover.
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Estimate AU$800
SOLD for AU$600.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2497 |
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 1909 (May 22) parcel piece (155x108mm) almost certainly to England with Small 'PAPUA' 2d x3 (one damaged) 4d & 6d tied by 'SAMARAI
ED' cds, part-'INLAND PARCEL POST/QUEENSLAND' endorsed "4" (pounds weight) with another strike of the cds, minor defects. A rare parcel item that proves use in Papua of Queensland Parcel Post labels. The sender was Rev Arthur Keith Chignell, from the
New Guinea Mission. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2498 |
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 1910 large-part internal cover (reduced at left) to merchants at Buna Bay with rare franking of Small 'PAPUA' 1d pair & 6d x2 tied
by 'SAMARAI ED/26JAN10/PAPUA' cds, vertical fold clear of the stamps & minor blemishes. Roger Lee states at page 14 that until 31.10.1912, the internal letter rate was 2d per half-ounce, meaning this article weighed between 3 & 3½oz. This is one of
the highest-rated pre-WWI domestic commercial covers. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2499 |
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 1912 (circa) OHMS cover from the Government Entomologist to the US Department of Entomology in Washington DC with Monocolours 2½d
tied by poor Port Moresby cds, overweight with superb 'TAX ("5d")' (Lee #102A; rated D) & American 'T COLLECT/("10") CENTS' handstamps, light staining. Most covers with the 'TAX' markings are much later &/or overtly philatelic. The sender was George
Moffatt Carson & the recipient was Leland Ossian Howard, who is credited as the driving force behind establishing the Bureau of Entomology. Sold at our auction of 2.9.2006 for $345 (Sale 123 Lot 1235). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
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 1912 internal commercial large-part cover to Samarai with Monocolours 1d x4 (one folded-over at left) paying the correct rate of 1d
+ 3d registration tied by 'KULUMADAU SED/18DEC12/PAPUA' cds, very fine 'REGISTERED/WOODLARKS BNG' handstamp (& a lesser strike on the reverse, opened-out & part of the back panel removed. Kulumadau (2) replaced Bonagai late-1907 & continued using the
original registration handstamp from Kulumadau (1) - on Woodlarks Island - into the 1920s. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2501 |
/D |
 1918 (Nov 28) OHMS cover with Treasury imprint at lower-left to Connecticut with Litho 2½d tied by Port Moresby cds, light
blemishes. With the typed enclosure re availability of stamps to 5/- (revenue?) & postal stationery at face value, etc, signed by the Chief Postmaster "RWT Kendrick".
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2502 |
O |
 1920 (Sep 11) commercial cover (195x126mm) to Washington State with remarkable Three-Issue franking of Monocolours 6d, 'ONE PENNY'
on ½d and Bicolours ½d & 3d tied by 'SAMARAI ED' cds, red/white R label (faults), the reverse with transits of Sydney & Seattle and Spokane arrival, redirected to Seattle with "fickle finger" 'RETURNED/TO/WRITER/UNCLAIMED' cachet in purple with
Seattle & 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE/ 15JA21/SYDNEY NSW' backstamps, opened-out for display & affixed to backing paper, some creasing. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2503 |
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 1928 mission cover to "Kikiri/Gona Bay Via Samarai" with Bicolours 1½d x2 (both obviously aged) & 2d tied by Port Moresby cds,
red/white R label, horizontal fold & light toning on the reverse. Internal registered covers are very scarce. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2504 |
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 1929 cover with vice-regal '[crown]/PAPUA' embossed in black on the flap & endorsed "Card only", to England at the 1d Printed
Matter rate with inspection slits at both sides. A very scarce concessional rate item from Papua. Sold at our auction of 15.8.2014 for $253 (Sale 193 Lot 816). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 2505 |
TO |
 POSTAGE DUES: 1960 'POSTAL/CHARGES/6d./IXIXIXIXIX' Overprint on Pictorials 7½d Yam House with Double Overprint SG D1a marginal
example from the right of the sheet, well-centred, CTO with small-part 1960 cds cancel, Cat £2500. Tim Rybak's and John McNabb's CTO examples sold at our auctions of 26.4.2008 and 12.10.2012 for $2796 & $3145 respectively. RPSV Certificate (2010).
Geoff Kellow stated that three sheets of 36, readily distinguished by placement of the overprints, had been identified. He was able to account for 42 used examples, of which 24 - including this example - are from the First Sheet, on which the second
overprint is positioned upwards and to the left. (Image1) (Image2)
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Get Market Data for [Papua New Guinea D1a] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$1,200
SOLD for AU$1,250.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2506 |
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 POSTAL HISTORY: Handy little group including 1946 air to Great Britain with 1/6d & 'ABAU' cds, 1957 Surcharges plain FDC (superb) &
7d on 1/- on air cover to Victoria, 1958 apparently commercial air to USA with 1d 4d & 1/7d Cattle, 1962 double-rate air to GB with 2½d pair 1/7d Cattle & 2/6d Herdsman, 1950s OHMS air to Egypt with Egyptian censor cachet, 1959 unsealed local cover
with Chief 3½d black paying the Printed Matter rate with Seabelle advertising label on the face, and a couple of others, generally fine to very fine,
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2507 |
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 POSTAL HISTORY: Australian stamps used in the Territory including 1945 with 'P.M.G'S DEPT C.1/QLD-AUST' relief cds used at Port
Moresby, 1948 to NZ with 'BUKA PASSAGE' cds & 'SOHANA' misspelled R label, 1949 from Sohano (cds misspelled 'SOHANA' but the R label spelled correctly) with scarce 'MONEY ORDER OFFICE/RABAUL' backstamp, 1952 registered x2 both with black/white
emergency-printing airmail labels, 1953 (3 March) KGVI Registration Envelope 1/0/½d combination franking uprated with PNG 1/- Lakatoi for "Comp 1/6" (Compensation) two days after the Australian stamps became invalid but accepted, also items from
'KAVIENG' (cds in violet) & 'HIGATURU', other postmark interest, a couple of registration receipts, etc, plus New Guinea 1937 OHMS with 'POSTAGE PAID/RABAUL' cds, 1938 with 2d tied by Brisbane cds & 'PAQUEBOT' alongside, 1938 registered air to "The
Rt Hon J Lyons Prime Minister/Canberra" with Dated Airs 2d & 9d, 1939 air to Germany with 3d & 6d and 'AIR/MAIL' 1/-, and Papua 1942 Pictorials 1d x2 & 2d tied by Australian 'FIELD POST OFFICE/020' cds used at Murray Barracks, etc, mostly fine to
very fine.
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$280.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
AUSTRALIAN PICTURE POSTCARDS
AUSTRALIAN PICTURE POSTCARDS
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 2508 |
PSE |
 Small batch of Undivided Backs from Western Australia published by Austral Stores x8 & Western Mail x2, others from NSW ('The
Builders' Exchange' advertising card), Queensland, South Australia x2 (Austral or Stengel & Co Dresden), Tasmania x4 (Birchall & Sons, Mrs J Nolan and 'Victoria Clock Souvenir) and Victoria x3 (Robert Jolley x2 & anonymous 'Produce Markets, Flinders
Street'), fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2509 |
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 Mostly mounted selection with strength in Victoria including real photo cards & two early Walhalla types, also attractive nostalgic
Rose views, Trams, good range from South Australia including VSM "stamps" cards with inset views of Adelaide x4, Western Australia WA 'Trafalga [sic] VFB 1909' (= Volunteer Fire Brigade), attractive Australiana, etc, WWI views & soldiers, novelty
types & several "wallets", generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$440.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
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