Accumulation including a couple of 'GRI' overprints on German New Guinea, a range of NWPI overprints with Kangaroos Second Wmk 9d horizontal pair with largely very fine 'RADIO STATION/MANUS' triple-oval datestamp in violet and KGV Heads * including shades, then a quantity of Huts & Birds issues to 5/- mint & used including postmark interest, plus a couple of covers noted 1936 South Africa airmail postcard with Rabaul arrival cds, etc, condition a little variable but generally fine to very fine.
(100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 240.00
Sold...AU$ 500.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 908
Symbol: C
PICTURE POSTCARDS: Selection of New Guinea & Papua with a number of real photo cards including Native Children with Huts 1½d & 6d on the view side tied by Salamoa 1939 cds, Handicrafts & Family with Lakatois 2d & 2½d on the view side tied by Port Moresby 1931 cds, various other Native Peoples, Lakatoi canoes, etc, also French Missionary issues for Arapokina, Bougainville, Hanuabada x2, Japanese vignette views of Dancers, Village & Admiralty Islands canoes, a couple of trade cards & other ephemera, etc, generally fine to very fine.
(28 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 575
German (Deutsch) New Guinea
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 909
Symbol: *#OCP
Small group including a few stamps with postmark interest (and some from other Colonies), Registration Label 'Maron' vertical pair & Rabaul Post Office Seal, German New Guinea 'Mourning' Cinderella x5 one mounted on page from illustrated book plus 'Lost Colonies' set, Postal Cards including Yachts 5pf green 1912 social usage to Germany with lengthy message, various others unused/CTO plus Stamped-to-Order 'Gruss aus New-Guinea' Eagles 10pf 'Deutsch/Newu-Guinea' overprint used to Germany, also 1904 'Duk Duk Dance' picture postcard to New Zealand with 10pf red tied 'HERBERTSHOHE' cds, 1914 Zeppelin airship expedition postcard used within Germany (cinderella removed), etc, condition generally fine to very fine.
(50+ items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 320.00
Sold...AU$ 420.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 420
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 910
Symbol: PS
POSTAL HISTORY: 1901 (March 21) usage of German Reply Postal Card (2pf)+2pf Reply Half, to Germany with combination franking German New Guinea Yachts 3pf brown tied by largely very fine 'HERBERTSHOHE/DEUTSCH-/NEU-GUINEA' cds cancels and another complete strike at upper-left, carried via New South Wales with Sydney '27AP/10' (year error) transit cds and 'HALLE(SAALE)/ANKUNFT/2.6.01' arrival both on the face, a couple of very minor blemishes. The reply card was valid for use from German New Guinea, and the added franking sufficed for the 5pf postcard rate to German territories. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Mandated Territory
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 926
Symbol: **
Complete sheets group comprising Native Huts (6x5) with Commonwealth Treasury, Melbourne Imprints 1d green x2, 1½d vermilion & 4d olive plus 'OS' overprints 1d green, 1½d vermilion, 2d claret & 3d blue, then with John Ash Imprints Dated Birds 'AIR MAIL' overprints ½d orange, Undated Birds 2½d green and 2/- dull lake x15 sheets, 'AIR MAIL' Overprints ½d orange, Silver Jubilee overprints 1d green & 2d orange, Coronation set x2 (one 5d sheet with Major Re-Entry) plus extra 1/- purple and 1939 Bulolo Airmails ½d orange, some minor blemishes but generally fine to very fine unmounted, Cat £6000+ for mounted singles.
(38 sheets) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 800.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 800
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 927
Symbol: */**O
Odds 'n' ends including pages of mostly low denominations unchecked for varieties or postmarks, Undated Birds 5d sheet of 30 (unmounted brown gum), 1939 Bulolo 3d corner block of 12 (3x4, unmounted), 'STAMP/DUTY' Overprints 1d block of 10 (2x5, no gum) and 1/- on piece with dubious Rabaul cds and permanent series to 1/- x12 or more, so-called Wau Provisional Huts 1½d with typed "Two Pence/Paid/GFH/Wau" & initialled (faults), etc.
(250+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 725.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 725
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 928
Symbol: */**
Cat No: 204
1935 Bululo Airmails £2 bright violet & £5 emerald-green SG 204 & 205 John Ash Imprint blocks of 4, well-centred, the upper units lightly mounted & the lower units unmounted, Cat £4400+ for mounted singles. Sold at our auction of 29.6.2023 for $6600 (Sale 252 Lot 1175). Rare, gorgeous & superb. (2 blocks) (Image1)
Estimate AU$6,000
Opening AU$ 4,600.00
Sold...AU$ 4,600.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 4600
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 929
Symbol: **
Cat No: 209
1937 Coronation 3d blue SG 209 marginal pair from the lower-left corner of the sheet, the left-hand unit Imperforate Between Stamp & Margin (Murray Payne S2a; unlisted by Gibbons), light even gum discolouration in the lower margin extending 5mm onto the base of the stamps does not affect the superb facial appearance, unmounted, Cat £2600+ for a mounted single. RPSL Certificate (2025) states "full original gum ... gum in bottom selvedge and into stamp is affected by storage". Rare: it is likely that only one sheet was affected, resulting in a mere six examples. (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,000
Opening AU$ 1,500.00
Sold...AU$ 1,500.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1500
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 930
Symbol: */**
Cat No: 212-225
1939 Bulolo Goldfield Airmails ½d to £1 SG 212-225, generally well-centred, the 5/- 10/- & £1 are unmounted, Cat £1100.
(14) (Image1)
Estimate AU$450
Opening AU$ 340.00
Sold...AU$ 525.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 525
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 931
Symbol: **
Cat No: 225
1939 Bululo Goldfield Airmails £1 olive-green SG 225 John Ash Imprint block of 6 (2x3), generally well-centred, characteristic brown gum with a little 'crazing' mentioned for accuracy only still superb unmounted, Cat £840+ for singles. (Image1)
Estimate AU$800
Opening AU$ 600.00
Sold...AU$ 600.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 932
Symbol: C
POSTAL HISTORY: Small group including 1934 Australia-New Guinea First Flight 'boomerang' covers x5, 1937 Coronation set FDCs x2 one illustrated plus a different illustrated envelope non-FDI to USA all registered, 1938 First Direct Flight 'boomerang' cover registered, and a few mostly early-1950s usage of Australian stamps in PNG, condition a little variable.
(17) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 933
Symbol: C
POSTAL HISTORY: 1940-41 bundle of social covers from the one correspondence to Michigan USA virtually all with Bulolo Airmails tied by 'BULOLO' cds, some paid for air to Sydney only, others with 'AERIAL SERVICE/COMPLETED SYDNEY' cachet, and three censored Trans-Pacific 'Clipper' covers one correctly paid 4/-, one paid 3/9d but not taxed and one paid 2/3d & taxed 3/6d, condition rather mixed with all being soiled/aged & some being defective. Study potential. Never before offered at auction.
(27) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 725.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 725
'N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS' Overprints
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 912
Symbol: */**O
Handy partly-annotated selection to 2/- x16 including Kangaroos First Wmk 2d types acccbc in lower row of block of 12 (hinge remainders) & & 1/- used pair, Third Wmk 3d Die II type b mint x2, and KGV ½d array including three formes of 30 (one very fine **; the others are heavily toned) and types acccbc strip of 6, condition variable but much is fine to very fine.
(400 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 500.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 913
Symbol: */**
Cat No: 67c
1915-16 on KGV Heads 1d carmine-red Die II SG 67c block of 10 comprising the second & third column of the forme of 30 including two First Setting Types abc strips of 3, the two lower-left units with Recumbent Flaw & Merged Flaw respectively, the upper & lower units lightly mounted, the central six units (the two abc strips) unmounted, Cat £1560+ for mounted singles. RPSL Certificate (2025). (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 914
Symbol: **
Cat No: 67/c
1915-16 on KGV Heads 1d red Fourth Setting a Die I / Die II SG 67/c se-tenant pair, unmounted, Cat £135+ for singles. Although Gibbons list & price Kangaroos 3d olive Die I-Die II pairs, they preversely don't do so for the more prominent KGV 1d red Die I-Die II pairs. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 915
Symbol: **/*
Cat No: 78w
1915-16 on Kangaroos First Watermark 6d ultramarine with the Watermark Inverted SG 78w Fourth Setting Types abc block of 6 (2x3) comprising two vertical strips of 3, the lower-left unit with a small aging mark on the gum otherwise very fine unmounted, Cat £2600+ for two mounted abc strips. Very scarce. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 1,800.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1800
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 916
Symbol: */**
Cat No: 84
1915-16 on Kangaroos First Watermark 10/- grey & pink SG 84 Fourth Setting Types abc vertical strip of 3, the central unit with Duty Plate variety White Flaw before 'POSTAGE' (ACSC 47Dg, Cat $3500), the upper unit lightly mounted, the others unmounted, Cat £600+ for mounted. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 917
Symbol: *
Cat No: 85
1915-16 on Kangaroos First Watermark £1 red-brown & blue SG 85 Fourth Setting Types abc vertical strip of 3, fresh colours, generally well-centred, a little very light gum aging, the upper & lower units with small hinge remainders, the central unit lightly mounted, Cat £3200. A rare strip. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 1,150.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1150
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 918
Symbol: **
Cat No: 96ab
1915-16 on Kangaroos Third Watermark 3d yellow-olive Fourth Setting Type a Die II - Die I pair SG 96ab, well-centred, unmounted, Cat £325+ for mounted. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 919
Symbol: */**
Cat No: 99
1915-16 on Kangaroos Third Watermark £1 purple-brown & blue SG 99 Fourth Setting Types abc vertical strip of 3, 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. Ex Jerry Blair: sold at our auction of 25 June 2025 for $1440 (Sale 260 Lot 1440). (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,200
Opening AU$ 900.00
Sold...AU$ 900.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 900
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 920
Symbol: */**
Cat No: 100
1918 Surcharges 'One Penny' on KGV 5d brown SG 100 and 'One Penny' on Kangaroos 1/- green 101 blocks of 10 (2x5) each comprising the second & third column of the forme of 30 including two Fourth Setting Types abc strips of 3, the 5d with some perf reinforcing & evenly aged gum (two units unmounted), the 1/- with one spot of perf reinforcing & one unit with tiny aging marks (four units unmounted), Cat £2600+ for mounted singles. Very scarce. (2 blocks) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,200
Opening AU$ 900.00
Sold...AU$ 950.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 950
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 921
Symbol: **
Cat No: 103a
1918-22 Fifth Setting on KGV Heads 1d carmine Die I Substituted Cliché [Pos IV/35] SG 103a, unmounted, Cat £1000+ for mounted. Sold at our auction of 20.5.2021 for $885 (Online Sale 5 Lot 1471). (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 900.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 900
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 922
Symbol: **
Cat No: 103ba
1918-22 Fifth Setting on KGV Heads 1d red Die II Substituted Cliché [Pos IV/34] SG 103ba, a few characteristic irregular perfs, unmounted, Cat £1000+ for mounted. Sold at our auction of 26.3.2021 for $543 (Sale 243 Lot 1121). (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 725.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 725
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 923
Symbol: **/*
Cat No: 124
1918-22 KGV New Colours 4d ultramarine SG 124 block of 6 (2x3) the right-hand unit in the central row with 'FOUR PENCE' in Thinner Letters (Line Through 'FOUR PENCE' Retouch) SG 124a, generally well-centred, the two upper units with a small hinge remainder, one of the lower units lightly mounted, the others including the variety unit are unmounted, Cat £980+ for mounted singles. David Brandon Certificate (2003). Ex Lionheart Part IX. The last single we offered - lightly mounted - sold at our auction of 31.8.2020 for $566 (Sale 242 Lot 1983). A very scarce variety, especially in a multiple. (Image1)
Estimate AU$800
Opening AU$ 600.00
Sold...AU$ 675.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 675
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 924
Symbol: *
Cat No: O11
OFFICIAL STAMPS - PUNCTURED 'OS': 1919-23 Kangaroos Fifth Setting 1/- blue-green SG O11, characteristic rough perfs, light overall tropicalisation, Cat £400. PCNZA Certificate (2025) attests to the authenticity of the puncture but states the stamp is from a Die IIB printing - SG O11a or 11c; unpriced by Gibbons - with which we are not convinced. The illustration is above Lot 918. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 925
Symbol: C
POSTAL HISTORY: 1916 (Sep 9) four matching covers to London with scarce albeit philatelic frankings of NWPI 6d & 9d, 1/-, 2/-, or 10/- tied by 'RABAUL' cds and each with German-pattern Rabaul R label and scarce 'PassedbyCensor/RABAUL' (no spaces) handstamp in violet, the reverses with Sydney transit of '27SE16' and 'REGISTERED/10NO16/WDO' arrival. Very fine to superb quartet.
(4 covers) (Image1)
