PUNCTURED 'OS': 1908-10 Small 'PAPUA' Lithographs Watermark Upright Perf 12½ 4d black & sepia with Deformed 'd' at Left SG O12a, well-centred, large-part Port Moresby 1909 cds cancel just clear of the variety, Cat £225. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 180.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 180
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1369
Symbol: F
Cat No: O15
PUNCTURED 'OS': 1908-10 Small 'PAPUA' Lithographs Watermark Sideways (Crown Pointing Right) Perf 11 1d black & carmine SG O15 vertical pair, the upper unit with Double 'OS' Puncture, both with central Port Moresby cds cancels, Cat £56+ for normal singles. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1370
Symbol: F
Cat No: O16
PUNCTURED 'OS': 1908-10 Small 'PAPUA' Lithographs Crown/Double-Lined 'A' Watermark Sideways (Crown Pointing Right) Perf 11 2d black & violet as SG O16 but with 'OS' Puncture Sideways Reading Upwards, partial Port Moresby 1910 cds cancel. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 180.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 180
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1371
Symbol: *
Cat No: O18
PUNCTURED 'OS': 1908-10 Small 'PAPUA' Lithographs Watermark Sideways (Crown Pointing Left) Perf 11 4d black & sepia as SG O18 but with 'OS' Puncture Inverted, a couple of tiny aging marks on the upper perf tips, small hinge remainder, Cat £60 for normal. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 180.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 180
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1372
Symbol: F
Cat No: O18a
PUNCTURED 'OS': 1908-10 Small 'PAPUA' Lithographs Watermark Sideways Perf 11 4d black & sepia with Deformed 'd' at Left SG O18a, two partial Port Moresby 1910 cds cancels just clear of the variety, Cat £250. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 180.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 180
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1373
Symbol: CTO
Cat No: O25
PUNCTURED 'OS': 1908-10 Small 'PAPUA' Lithographs Watermark Sideways (Crown Pointing Left) Perf 12½ 6d black & myrtle-green SG O25, CTO with central Port Moresby '26.JUN.09' cds cancel, Cat £2500. Croaker (page 20) states "very few sheets were perforated 12½, and all...but two of these were punctured OS". Peter Troy's CTO example of the same date - better-centred but with a red stain the reverse - sold in 2009 for $2185. Submitted to Chris Ceremuga for expertising. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 1,300.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1300
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1374
Symbol: F
Cat No: O28
PUNCTURED 'OS': 1910-11 Large 'PAPUA' Lithographs Watermark Sideways (Crown Pointing Right) Perf 11 2/6d black & chocolate SG O28, very fine central Port Moresby 1910 cds cancel, Cat £160. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1375
Symbol: F
Cat No: O28
PUNCTURED 'OS': 1910-11 Large 'PAPUA' Lithographs Watermark Sideways (Crown Pointing Left) Perf 11 2/6d black & chocolate as SG O28 but with 'OS' Puncture Sideways Reading Upwards, light central Port Moresby 1910 cds cancel, Cat £160+ for normal. (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 250.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 250
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1376
Symbol: F
Cat No: O28
PUNCTURED 'OS': 1910-11 Large 'PAPUA' Lithographs Watermark Sideways (Crown Pointing Right) Perf 11 2/6d black & chocolate as SG O28 but with Inverted 'OS' Puncture, light Port Moresby 1912 cds cancel, Cat £160+ for normal. (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 250.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 250
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1377
Symbol: *
Cat No: O38-O45
PUNCTURED 'OS': 1911-12 Monocolours ½d to 2/6d set SG O38-O45, most well-centred, a few with small hinge remainders and/or lightly tropicalised gum, Cat £500.
(8) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1378
Symbol: *O
PUNCTURED 'OS': 1911-15 Monocolours selection with Perf 14 1d two mint corner pairs (one with small stains in the lower margin & a used single, punctured 'OS' mint ½d, 1d x2, 2d x2, 2½d x2 & 4d and used set and 'ONE PENNY' Surcharges used set, a few blemishes but mostly fine to very fine, Cat £800+.
(31) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 250.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 250
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1379
Symbol: *
Cat No: O54
PUNCTURED 'OS': 1930 Bicolours 2/6d maroon & pale pink SG O54, tiny hinge remainder, Cat £225. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1380
Symbol: **/*
Cat No: O55-O66
OVERPRINTED 'OS': 1931-32 Bicolours ½d to 2/6d set SG O55-O66 John Ash Imprint blocks of 6 (3x2) from the base of the sheet except the 2/6d a horizontal strip of 3 only and the 1d intense black a TS Harrison Imprint block of 6, plus 1d grey-black TS Harrison Imprint block of 6 and 2/6d maroon & pale pink TS Harrison Imprint strip of 3, a couple of 5d units with minor aging marks otherwise generally very fresh, the blocks each with two units in the upper row lightly mounted or with small hinge remainders, the other units including the bottom rows unmounted, both 2/6d strips unmounted, Cat £1000+ for mounted singles.
(14 multiples) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 525.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 525
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1381
Symbol: F/CTO
Cat No: O55-O66a
OVERPRINTED 'OS': 1931-32 Bicolours ½d to 2/6d set including both shades of the 2/6d SG O55-O66a plus 1d grey-black shade, most are well-centred, quite a number CTO with large-part gum, a few with mostly minor blemishes, Cat £470+.
(14) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1382
Symbol: **
Cat No: O57a
OVERPRINTED 'OS': 1931-32 Bicolours 1½d bright blue & bright brown with 'POSTACE' at Right [Pos 1] SG O57a in a marginal horizontal pair from the upper-left corner of the sheet se-tenant with normal stamp, quite well-centred, unmounted, Cat £75+ for mounted singles. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 120.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 120
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1383
Symbol: **/*
Cat No: O62a
OVERPRINTED 'OS': 1931-32 Bicolours 6d dull purple & red-purple with 'POSTACE' at Left [Pos 27] SG O62a in a marginal horizontal pair from the left-hand side of the sheet se-tenant with normal stamp, well-centred, the variety unit unmounted, the other with a small hinge remainder, Cat £170+ for * singles. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 160.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 160
Postal History
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1451
Symbol: D
Group of Post Office forms comprising 'Addresses of Registered Letters' x3 (one a crude Army Postal Services type), 1932 black/blue 'WAY BILL', WWII 'Coupon Acknowledging Registered Letter List' x10, Registration Receipt x4 including 1909 from 'DARU WD' (stated to be the only recorded example from this office) & 1909 from 'BONAGAI SED', 1946 TPNG 'Pacels Despatch List', Postage Due dockets x3 each with Bicolours 1½d pair, and a 1935 rare 'FOUND OPEN/OFFICIALLY SEALED' label, postmarks including double-ring 'POST OFFICE/PORT MORESBY, PAPUA' in violet x4 (three different), double-oval 'ASSISTANT RESIDENT MAGISTRATE/RIGO C.D.', undated 'A.N.G.A.U./Post Office' (not previously seen by us), superb 'FIELD POST OFFICE/042', etc, condition a little variable. A scarce & desirable group.
(23 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1452
Symbol: C
Album of mostly philatelic covers with a marvellous array of registration labels & handstamps including straight-line 'REGISTERED' handstamps of Port Moresby (superb, on 1909 large-part cover-front), Buna Bay (superb, 1935), Daru (1924) & Ioma (superb, 1919), 1934 with 'REGISTERED/KOKODA PAPUA' handstamp; then with various Registration Labels for Port Moresby x14 (two of them to Fiji), Samarai x14 (two with different double-ring 'POST OFFICE/SAMARAI, PAPUA' cds in shades of red), Abau, Bwagaoia x5, Daru x2, Ioma x4, Kulumadau x6 (one with red/white 'BONAGAI' label) and Losuia x3; makeshift "labels" from Abau, Buna, Ioma & Kokoda; generally fine to very fine. A remarkable opportunity.
(58) (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,000
Opening AU$ 1,500.00
Sold...AU$ 1,500.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1500
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1453
Symbol: CPS
Small bundle including 1926 registered to USA with Bicolours 1d 2d & 4d, 1930 inwards from Sydney to Port Moresby forwarded to Wau with 3d 'AIRMAIL' overprint added to pay the internal airmail surcharge, 1930s real photo postcard of a Lakatoi with Bicolour ½d affixed, 1934 to Italy with Pictorials 1½d x2 and Esperanto cachet, etc, plus Lakatoi Registration Envelope 4d orange very fine unused, also 1931 airmail to England with Hut Airs 2/- & Huts overprinted 'O S' 6d, etc, condition a little variable but mostly fine to very fine.
(13) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1454
Symbol: C
Cat No: 24 ERD)
1892 social cover to Sydney with Queensland Lined-Background 2d pair (partly excised) and two fine strikes of the 9-bar 'BNG' cancel & superb backstamp of the first 'SAMARAI/13FEB92/B. N. G.' cds (with fleurons; Lee #24 ERD), the reverse also with 'COOKTOWN' transit & 'MANLY/FE27/1892/NSW' arrival backstamps, the vice-regal insignia excised from the flap & significant staining mostly on the reverse. Ex Evan Gill and Roger Lee: sold at our auction of 9.11.2002 for $1065. The earliest recorded cover from Samarai; in the hand of Governor MacGregor, to his wife. (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1455
Symbol: C
1893 cover with 'Government House/British/New Guinea' imprint on the flap, to Lancashire with Queensland Lined-Background 1d orange & 2d tied by very fine 'PORT MORESBY/15NO93/BRITISH NEW GUINEA' cds, very fine 'THURSDAY ISLAND/NO28/93/...' transit & 'LANCASTER/JA7/94' arrival backstamps, redirected to a Swiss hotel with very fine 'LANCASTER - 436' duplex of the same date on the face & superb 'MONTREUX/9.1.94' arrival backstamp, opened a little roughly, light staining still very attractive. Addressed in the hand of Governor MacGregor, to his wife. The rate was 2½d (+ ½d convenience overpayment). (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1456
Symbol: PS
1896 (Mar 20) commercial usage of British 2d Registration Envelope uprated with Jubilee 5d tied by 'CLAPHAM JUNCTION' cds to "Louisevilla/Cooktown" with Brisbane (AP 24 96) transit & Cooktown (MY1) arrival, redirected the same day "Try Samarai/British/New Guinea" in red with Queensland 1d & 2d x3 cancelled BN '176' of Cooktown, fine 'SAMARAI/8MAY96/-B. N. G. -' arrival backstamp, light overall aging. A remarkable inwards/redirected cover: because it was forwarded from Cooktown on the day it was received, the additional 7d (2d postage x2 + 3d registration) was not required. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 800.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 800
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1457
Symbol: C
1896 (May 26) cover to Cooktown with Queensland Four Figures 1d red x2 tied & 'BNG' cancel of Port Moresby (cds at lower-left), arrival backstamp of JU18/96, flap removed & minor blemishes. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 850.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 850
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1458
Symbol: PS
1898 usage of Queensland 1½d Postal Card with message headed "Port Moresby BNG 23.6.98", to London cancelled with Rays '148' of 'THURSDAY ISLAND' (cds below), Brisbane transit & superb 'PADDINGTON W' arrival datestamp, redirected to Kent, faults but presentable. A rare item of ship mail. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 360.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 360
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1459
Symbol: D
1898 two-page letter headed "Samarai BNG/1st September 1898" to the Governor & signed "AD [?] Murray" who advises he has received £50 in respect of which "...I have enclosed the gold and osmiridium in a small box...with a statement from Burns Philp & Co showing exactly how the fifty pounds were expended..." He also refers to "your successor", which confirms the addressee as Sir William MacGregor, who retired 10.9.1898 and was succeeded by George Le Hunte. With the Burns Philp documentation. Ex Rev Roger Lee.
(3 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1460
Symbol: C
1899 cover with Queensland Lined-Background 2d tied by fine 8-bar 'B.N.G' cancel & Port Moresby cds of 29JY99 alongside, 'THURSDAY ISLAND/5AU/99/...' transit & Brisbane arrival backstamp, repaired flap fault. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 550.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1461
Symbol: C
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 the face and another very fine strike on the reverse all in violet, a further two stamps added in transit tied by largely very fine 'B.N.G' 9-Bar cancel of Samarai (Lee #25) with a light but clear 'SAMARAI/14SEP[ ]0/B.N.G.' backstamp (Lee #24), also Cooktown & Brisbane transits and 'ARMAGH/NO1/00' 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 ...". (Image1)
Estimate AU$10,000
Opening AU$ 7,500.00
Sold...AU$ 7,500.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 7500
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1462
Symbol: C
1901 commercial cover with printed address of a Sydney bookseller, BNG 2d cancelled with poor strike of the 10-bars 'BNG' cancel (Lee #60; rated E) of Kulumadau (1) and almost fine strike of the rare unframed 'WOODLARK/SP8/----/BNG' cds (Lee 59 with inscription error (no 'S'); rated F; year slugs omitted) alongside, poor Samarai transit backstamp & very fine Sydney arrival of SP27/01, horizontal & vertical folds and all-over aging. Kulumadau was on the north coast of Woodlark Island. PO late-1899; replaced by Bonagai 1.7.1905. Ex Roger Lee: sold at our auction of 9.11.2002 for $840. This is probably the earliest recorded cover from Kulumadau with a BNG franking. Sir Robert Bear ran a legitimate bookshop but was also Sydney's most prominent purveyor of pornography. (Image1)
Estimate AU$800
Opening AU$ 600.00
Sold...AU$ 600.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1463
Symbol: C
1902 (Feb 26) cover to England with British New Guinea 1d black & carmine & 2d black & violet, the former tied by a largely very fine strike of the rare 'B.N.G' 10-bar cancel (Lee #49; rated F) and the latter by a light strike of the rare 'TAMATA/2.P/FE 26/ 2 /B.N.G' unframed cds (Lee #48; rated F) with another very fine strike alongside on the face, light but clear 'SAMARAI/MR 12/1902/BRITISH NEW GUINEA' backstamp (Lee #27), also Sydney transit and Oxford 'AP26/02' arrivals, a few mostly minor blemishes. Tamata PO -.12.1899; closed mid-1905 (Lee states that postal facilities were transferred to Ioma in "mid-1905"). [Gold Mining] (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1464
Symbol: CL
1902 commercial linen-lined cover-front to Perth (WA) with rare franking of BNG 1/- pair (exceptional centring, a little faded but not oxidised, Cat £150+ x15+ on cover) tied by 8-bar 'B.N.G' cancel, fine 'PORT MORESBY/ 20MY02/BRITISH NEW GUINEA' cds at lower-left, red registration lines but not obviously registered, crease at lower-right and minor blemishes. Very rare: one of the highest BNG Lakatois frankings known.
In February 1902, Robert Bunning established a stamp business called Hamilton Macrae, in Perth, specialising in granting loans secured against stamp collections, at exorbitant rates of interest. In 1910, one of his victims sued. The local 'Sunday Times' commented on "the smellful & highly malodorous affairs of Hamilton Macrae..." We have not previously encountered this 'dealer'. The huge hardware retailer Bunnings, now owned by Wesfarmers, was founded in Perth in 1907 by brothers Arthur and Robert Bunning. This seems like too much of a coincidence. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1465
Symbol: PS
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 complete 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)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1466
Symbol: C
1902 usage to England of London Missionary Society PPC ("Trading Canoe") with printed 'Vatorata/B New Guinea' & message signed "WG & FL", the stamps unusually uncancelled, Port Moresby, Cooktown & Brisbane cds all on the face and Queensland S&W TPO b/s. Ex Roger Lee: sold at our auction of 12.10.2012 for $345. Rev William George Lawes was a missionary in Papua between 1874 & 1906. In 1894, he & his wife Fanny established a LMS training college at Vatorata, near Kapa Kapa. (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1467
Symbol: C
1902 (Dec 3) envelope with '[Bishop Mitre]/G.C.' on the flap to "Rev Copland King/Mamba/B. New Guinea" with Queensland Four Figures 2d blue tied by very fine Rays '148' & 'THURSDAY ISLAND' unframed cds alongside, the reverse with 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. Ex Roger Lee: sold at our auction of 7.12.2023 for $276, making this a very inexpensive Tamata cover. 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; replaced by Ioma mid-1905. [Gold Mining] (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 420.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 420
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1468
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1469
Symbol: PS
Cat No: 27) below
1904 (Sept 27) usage of British New Guinea Postal Card 1½d blue with short personal message, to Germany with largely very fine 'B.N.G' 9-bar canceller and a superb complete strike of 'SAMARAI/B.N.G' unframed cds (Lee #27) below, Halle 'ANKUNFT/15.11.04' receiver where re-directed and '30.11.04' arrival both on the face, a couple of very minor marks. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1470
Symbol: C
Cat No: 49; rated F)
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)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1471
Symbol: C
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.
(4) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1472
Symbol: cx
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)
Estimate AU$15,000
Opening AU$ 11,500.00
Sold...AU$ 11,500.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 11500
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1473
Symbol: CL
1906 (Apr 20) London Missionary Society cover (embossing on the flap) to Scotland with BNG 2½d only tied by very fine 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)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1474
Symbol: C
1906 social cover to Somerset but endorsed "Kindly re-address" with BNG ½d & 1d x2 tied by three of four fine to very fine strikes of 'PORT MORESBY/14JU06/BRITISH NEW GUINEA' cds, the reverse with transits of Cairns Brisbane & superb 'TAUNTON/AU7/06', redirected to "Co Donegal/Ireland" with 'WIVELESCOMBE RS/SOMERSET' cds of the next day, light vertical fold between the stamps & minor blemishes. Very attractive. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1475
Symbol: C
1907 (May 13) social cover from "Dr Irmer, Imp. German Consul General, Sydney" (return address) to his son Leutnant Wolfgang Irmer in Germany with scarce mixed issue three-colour franking of BNG ½d plus Large 'Papua.' Overprints 1d & 4d tied by two very fine strikes of the two-line 'REGISTERED/SAMARAI B.N.G' handstamp (Lee #26; rated D) with another strike and 'SAMARAI E.D/PAPUA' cds below, Sydney transit and Mulhausen '23.6.07' arrival backstamps, a couple of minor blemishes. The rate was 2½d foreign letter plus 3d registration fee. The consul sent this en route to Sydney (presumably via German New Guinea), where he took up his position on 21.5.1907. (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 900.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 900
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1476
Symbol: CO
1907 (June 22) vice-regal cover - 200x130mm - with embossed '[crown]/BNG' in black on the flap, to Norfolk GB with very scarce franking of Large 'Papua' Overprints 1d x2 2d x5 & 6d (Cat £100 x6+ on cover) tied by Port Moresby cds, the reverse with transits of 'CAIRNS', 'REGISTERED/BRISBANE' & oval 'REGISTERED/ 25 /LONDON' in red & oval 'REGISTERED/AU 12 07/IPSWICH' arrival backstamp, part of the flap missing & minor repairs. Ex Fred Pearson: sold at our auction of 18.11.2006 for $483 (Sale 124 Lot 1160), before the upper corners were repaired. (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 700.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 700
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1477
Symbol: CL
1907 long cover with printed 'O.H.M.S.' and rare commercial franking of Small 'Papua' Overprint 1/- tied by 'SAMARAI E.D/30DEC07/PAPUA' cds & a superior strike alongside, largely fine strike of the 'REGISTERED/ SAMARAI BNG' handstamp & mss "R487" in red at upper-left, endorsed "Postmaster/Samarai" at lower-left, Cooktown Brisbane & London transit backstamps, some minor soiling & small peripheral tears. Ex Ray Kelly and Tim Rybak: sold at our auction of 26.4.2008 for $485 (Sale 135 Lot 378). (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 850.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 850
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1478
Symbol: CL
1908 commercial cover to Kent with Small 'Papua' Opts 2d single & block of 4 (a rare franking) tied by 'SAMARAI ED/15DEC08/PAPUA' cds, two strikes of 'REGISTERED/SAMARAI BNG' handstamp, Sydney & London transit backstamps, a few edge tears - one into the registration handstamp at lower-left - & repaired at lower-left (by the post office?) with a piece of stamp selvedge. The faults, that are indicative of the overweight & perhaps bulky nature of the contents, hardly detract from the fine overall appearance. The sender was Montagu John Stone-Wigg, raised a Catholic, but appointed in 1898 as the first Anglican Bishop in Papua. Sold at our auction of 13.9.2008 for $605 (Sale 139 Lot 895). (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1479
Symbol: C
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. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1480
Symbol: =
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)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1481
Symbol: C
1909 commercial shipboard cover to NSW with Small 'PAPUA' 1d x4 (two vertical pairs) cancelled with three strikes of the Queensland BN '178' of 'COOKTOWN' (cds at left), Sydney transit & 'BATHURST' arrival backstamp, a little truncated at left & corner fault at lower-left, some soiling mostly on the reverse. Ex Roger Lee: sold at our auction of 14.11.2014 for $660. Addressed to a teacher (?) at Pixie Ladies College, established in 1882. (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1482
Symbol: C
1909 commercial cover to Victoria with Monocolours 1d x2 & 2d paying the correct rate of 1d + 3d registration tied by 'KULUMADAU SED/3APR15/PAPUA' cds, red/white 'BONAGAI' registration label, flap faults from careless opening & a repaired tear at upper-left. Very attractive. Sold at our auction of 14.8.2010 for $460 (Sale 157 Lot 807). Kulumadau (2) replaced Bonagai late-1907 but Bonagai registration labels were used until 1921: see Lee at page 31. This type appeared in 1915 so it was inscribed in error. [Goldmining] (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1483
Symbol: C
1909 (Sept 25) commercial cover to USA with Large 'PAPUA' ½d black & yellow-green and Small 'PAPUA' 2d black & violet tied by two typically under-inked strikes of the scarce 'KANOSIA/PAPUA' cds (Lee #79; rated D) but with a very fine complete strike alongside, Port Moresby & Brisbane transit backstamps, a couple of minor aging marks. PO 17.10.1908; closed 2.6.1917 servicing the Sacred Heart Mission at Kaikuru. Lee states "Although open for nearly nine years covers are very scarce". (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 525.00
Closed..Mar-25-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 525
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1484
Symbol: C
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)
