1914 'G.R.I./3d.' on German-Pattern Registration Labels Town Name in Sans Serif Letters 'Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' SG 35 horizontal pair "No.23" & "No.22", the right-hand unit with No Stop after 'd' of '3d' SG 35a, well-centred, unused, Cat £700+ for singles. Scarce se-tenant multiple. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 850.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 850
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1437
Symbol: =
Cat No: 56
1914 5mm Spacing on Marshall Islands '4d.' on 40pf black & carmine/buff SG 56 with Broken/Partial 'd' of '4d', tied to small piece by very fine almost complete 'RABAUL/JAN 2 1915/NEW BRITAIN' double-ring oval datestamp in violet, Cat £250+ for normal used. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Mandated Territory
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1444
Symbol: */**
Mint accumulation including 1925-27 Huts 'AIR MAIL' overprints set plus extra 10/- x2 & £1 x3, 1931 Dated Birds to 5/-, 'AIR MAIL' overprints to 10/- plus extra 10/- and 'OS' overprints set x4 plus 2/- John Ash Imprint pair **, 1932-34 Undated Birds set plus 9d John Ash Imprint block of 4 ** and 5/- & 10/- blocks of 4 **, 'AIR MAIL' overprints sets x2 plus extras to 2/-, 5/- block of 4 ** and £1 marginal single **, and 'OS' overprints set x3, 1939 Bulolo Airmails set plus extras including 2/-, 5/- & £1, etc, quite a number are unmounted, some with adhesion (those affected not counted) and a few others with minor blemishes but condition otherwise generally fine to very fine, Cat £6500+.
(few 100) (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,500
Opening AU$ 1,900.00
Sold...AU$ 2,100.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 2100
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1445
Symbol: */**
Mint selection including 1925-27 Huts to 5/- with both extra shades of the 6d plus 'AIR MAIL' overprints & 'OS' overprints sets, 1931 Dated Birds plus 'AIR MAIL' & 'OS' overprints sets complete, 1932-34 Undated Birds, 'AIR MAIL' & 'OS' overprints sets (850), 1935 Bulolo £2 violet (well-centred) and 1939 Bulolo Airmails set (the 10/- very well-centred), etc, quite a number are unmounted, a few with minor blemishes but condition generally fine to very fine, Cat £2800+.
(130+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 1,500.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 1500
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1446
Symbol: #
Used group including 1925-27 Huts 1/- & 2/- x2 plus 'AIR MAIL' overprints 5/- & 'OS' overprints 2/-, Undated Birds 10/- pair & block of 4 and £1 single, 'AIR MAIL' overprints 10/- & £1 and 'OS' overprints 2½d green John Ash Imprint block of 4, Bulolo Airmails 5/- x2 £1 x2 and £2 violet x3, etc, some postmark interest noted 'MINING WARDEN' fiscal in violet on Huts 1½d, a few with minor blemishes but condition generally fine to very fine, Cat £2000+.
(50) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 900.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 900
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1447
Symbol: **
Cat No: 125
1925-27 Native Huts ½d x2, 1½d, 2d, 3d and 6d bistre SG 125 126a 127 128 & 130 complete sheets of 30 (6x5) with full imprints, unmounted, Cat £990+ for mounted singles.
(6 sheets) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 625.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 625
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1448
Symbol: F
Cat No: 204 & 205
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1450
Symbol: **
Cat No: 212-225
1939 Bulolo Airs ½d to £1 set SG 212-225, most are well-centred, full unmounted gum with characteristic light to moderate tropicalisation, Cat £1100+ for mounted.
(14) (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1451
Symbol: F
Cat No: 212-225
1939 Bulolo Airs ½d to £1 set SG 212-225 plus 1935 £2 violet SG 204, most including the 10/- are well-centred, all with neat cds cancels, Cat £990.
(15) (Image1)
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1453
Symbol: F/CTO
Cat No: O42-O54
OFFICIAL STAMPS: 1932-34 Undated Birds 'OS' Overprints 1d to 5/- set SG O42-O54, a few with some slightly uneven perfs, all with cds cancels, a couple CTO with large-part gum, Cat £475.
(13) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1454
Symbol: *
FORGERIES: 1925 Native Huts Oneglia forgeries in olive (close to the issued colour, rounded corner at lower-left) & in yellow-olive, large-part gum. (2) (Image1)
Estimate AU$350
Opening AU$ 270.00
Sold...AU$ 270.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 270
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1455
Symbol: **
FORGERIES: Panelli/Oneglia 1925-27 Huts £1 in yellow-olive, well-centred, full unmounted gum. (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1456
Symbol: P
FORGERIES: Panelli/Oneglia 1935 Bulolo £2 die proof in deep violet on wove paper (68x52mm) showing the dimensions of the actual die, and similar for 1939 Bulolo £1 in yellow-olive reduced to stamp-size with margin at base.
(2) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 340.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 340
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1457
Symbol: **
FORGERIES: Panelli / Oneglia 1939 Bulolo Airs £1 in dull olive-green, well-centred, full unmounted gum. (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1458
Symbol: C
POSTAL HISTORY: 1939 (Jan 10) commercial airmail cover to Illinois "Per China Clipper/from Manila to USA" with scarce franking of Undated Airs 9d 1/- & 2/- tied by Rabaul cds, light central horizontal fold. This was not a regular service from Australia, suggesting that the cover was taken by sea from Rabaul to Manila. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1459
Symbol: PS
POSTAL HISTORY: 1943 Japanese Occupation Dove & Helmet scarlet/buff Postal Card from Nankai (South Seas) Akatsuki 6148th to Japan with censor's han in scarlet, full message but without transcript. Sender identified as Mitsugu Igarashi. Possibly from Nauru? (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1460
Symbol: PS/D
POSTAL HISTORY: 1943-44 Japanese Occupation Forces postal cards with Dove & Helmet (from 46 Div Field Hospital) or Red Star (from Shipping Command) or very scarce envelope with Helmet (from a Transport Unit, with original 3-page letter) all from the North of Australia Force based in New Guinea.
(4 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1461
Symbol: C
POSTAL HISTORY: 1942 (Aug 9) Japanese Occupation hand-illustrated 'Monkey eating Bananas' postcard from Japanese serviceman "Yoji Watanabe, 8921 Unit, South Sea Dispatch", unstamped to Nagoya City, Japan censored with boxed handstamp in violet & censor's circular han in red on the face, minor transmission marks. The 38th Infantry Division had occupied Hong Kong, Java & Guadalcanal; by August 1942 it was at Rabaul. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
'N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS' Overprints
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1438
Symbol: F
Cat No: 65
1915-16 on KGV Heads ½d bright green SG 65 Electro 3 Types abc vertical strip of 3, the upper unit with Retouched Lower-Left Corner & Dot in Right Frame [Pos 3R7], two neat partial 'RABAUL/17JE16' cds cancels, minor bend, Cat £36+ for normal stamps (ACSC $400+ for the variety without overprint). Ex David Adams. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1439
Symbol: **
Cat No: 67
1915-16 on KGV Heads 1d red SG 67 Plate 2 complete forme of 30 including Breaks in Lines at Top of Stamp [L37; early state] &, White Line below Value Tablet at Right [L42] but before appearance of Club Foot on Last 'A' of 'AUSTRALIA' [L43], unmounted. (Image1)
Estimate AU$450
Opening AU$ 340.00
Sold...AU$ 850.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 850
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1440
Symbol: */**
Cat No: 99
1915-16 Overprints on Kangaroos Third Watermark £1 red-brown & blue SG 99 Types abc vertical strip of 3, quite well-centred, the a unit has light gum aging, the b unit shows the faintest evidence of having been mounted & the c unit is unmounted, Cat £1400+ for mounted. [Barry Gribble's very fine strip with the b & c units unmounted sold for $3029] (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,200
Opening AU$ 1,200.00
Sold...AU$ 1,200.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 1200
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1441
Symbol: */**
Cat No: 103
1918-22 Fifth Setting on KGV 1d red SG 103 Plate 4 complete forme of 30 including White Scratch behind Kangaroo [R32], White Spot at Lower-Right Corner [R54], Kangaroo's Tongue Out [R56] & Run 'N' [R60], minor perf reinforcing but most units are unmounted. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 850.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 850
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1442
Symbol: **/*
Cat No: 103
1918-22 Fifth Setting on KGV 1d red SG 103 Plate 2 complete forme of 30 including both Substituted Clichés [Pos IV/34-35], Thin 'G' in 'POSTAGE' [Pos IV/40] & Pregnant 'Y' in 'PENNY' [Pos IV/41], most units - including the varieties block of 4 - are unmounted, Cat £2000+ for mounted singles. A very scarce & desirable forme. (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,750
Opening AU$ 2,100.00
Sold...AU$ 2,100.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 2100
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1443
Symbol: **
1921-22 New Colours 1d violet Plate 3 complete forme of 30 with Dot before '1' at Right & Thinned Left-Hand Frame [R21-22] and Left-Hand Frame Thinned at Lower-Left Corner [R30], light bend on the upper-left unit, unmounted. (Image1)
