PAPUA (British New Guinea) PAPUA (British New Guinea)
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1462
Symbol: */**
Array of imprints & monograms in strips & blocks on Hagners including 1911-15 ½d 'CA' & 'JBC' monogram blocks of 4, 6d monogram blocks of 6, 'ONE PENNY' overprints ½d (6), 1916-31 Bicolours 2d (10) x2 different shades, 4d Ash (6), Surcharges 9d Harrison (10) & Ash (10) and 1/3d Cooke (6), 'AIRMAIL' overprints 3d Cooke (10) x2 & 3d Harrison strip of 3, Plane overprints 3d Ash (10) & 6d Ash (10) x2, also 'OS' overprints complete set in strips (3) plus 2/6d bright pink, etc, condition variable but the majority are fine to very fine, mostly */** a few wholly unmounted, Cat £2500+ for singles.
(76 multiples) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 1,250.00
Sold...AU$ 2,100.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 2100
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1463
Symbol: **/*
Cat No: 2
1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Horizontal Thick Paper 1d black & carmine SG 2 complete sheet of 30 (5x6), characteristic variable centring, minor blemishes & perf reinforcing but most units are unmounted, Cat £660+ for mounted singles. (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: 1464
Symbol: *
Cat No: 5a
1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Horizontal Thick Paper 4d black & sepia with Thin 'd' at Left SG 5a, excellent centring, hinge remainder, Cat £800. (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: 1465
Symbol: F
Cat No: 8
1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Horizontal Thick Paper Line Perf 14 2/6d black & brown SG 8, well-centred, light 'BNG' 9-bar canceller of Samarai, Cat £550. (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: 1466
Symbol: F
Cat No: 8
1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Horizontal Thick Paper Line Perf 14 2/6d black & brown SG 8, well-centred, light central 'BNG' 9-bar canceller of Samarai, Cat £550. Pencilled "ex Muir" on reverse. (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: 1467
Symbol: **/*
Cat No: 9
1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Vertical Thick Paper ½d black & yellow-green SG 9 complete sheet of 30 (5x6) with partial Plate Number '1' at lower-left, characteristic variable centring, minor blemishes & perf reinforcing but most units are unmounted, Cat £750+ for mounted singles. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1468
Symbol: F
Cat No: 16a
1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Vertical Thin Paper Comb Perf 14 2/6d black & brown SG 16a, light Port Moresby '15DE05' unframed cds cancel, Cat £1400. The Thin Paper 4d 6d 1/- & 2/6d were made available only to the Queensland Agent-General in London. Only a few used examples are recorded, presumably having been sent to Port Moresby with requests for per favour cancellations. The date on this stamp is the same as that on Peter Troy's similarly-centred example that sold in 2009 for $1437. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,200
Opening AU$ 900.00
Sold...AU$ 900.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 900
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1469
Symbol: */**
Cat No: 17-20
1906 Large 'Papua.' Overprints Watermark Horizontal Thick Paper Line Perf 14 4d, 6d, 1/- & 2/6d 'set' SG 17-20, all well-centred, the 4d (small area of missing gum) & 6d lightly mounted, the 1/- & 2/6d unmounted, Cat £515+ for mounted.
(4) (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: 1470
Symbol: F
Cat No: 20
1906 Large 'Papua.' Overprints Watermark Horizontal Thick Paper Line Perf 14 2/6d black & brown SG 20, central Port Moresby 1907 cds cancel, Cat £225. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1471
Symbol: =
Cat No: 21
1906 Large 'Papua' Overprints Watermark Vertical Thick Paper Comb Perf 12½ ½d black & yellow-green SG 21 horizontal pair, the left-hand unit with Thick Second 'p' of 'Papua' [Pos 4], tied to small piece by two light but legible strikes of 'DARU W.D./PAPUA' cds cancels one just clear of the variety, Cat £40+ for normal singles. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1472
Symbol: =
Cat No: 24a
1906 Large 'Papua' Overprints Watermark Vertical Thick Paper Comb Perf 12½ 2½d black & ultramarine with Thin 'd' at Left [Pos 17] SG 24a being the right-hand unit in a horizontal pair tied to small piece by two light but legible strikes of 'DARU W.D./PAPUA' cds cancels one of which slightly impinges on the variety, Cat £205+ for singles. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1473
Symbol: *O
Cat No: 49
1907-10 Small PAPUA' 1d black & rose SG 49 intensive plating study in three albums with emphasis on the printing flaws colloquially known as 'Bullet Holes' both mint & used including a complete sheet, plus research notes and a swag of colour photographs of sheets & single stamps enlarged to A4-size, Cat £1000+. A genuine labour of love. Ex Ted McPheat.
(150+) (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: 1474
Symbol: **/*
Cat No: 51a
1907-10 Small PAPUA' Watermark Upright Perf 11 2½d black & pale ultramarine SG 51a complete sheet of 30 (5x6), characteristic variable centring, minor perf reinforcing but most units are unmounted, Cat £510+ for mounted singles. (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: 1475
Symbol: #
Cat No: 56b
1907-10 Small 'PAPUA' Lithographs Crown/Double-Lined 'A' Watermark Upright (Inverted) Perf 12½ 2½d black & pale ultramarine with Thin 'd' at Left SG 56b, well-centred, unused without gum, Cat £650 for mint. The scarcest version of the variety in this issue. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 280.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 280
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1476
Symbol: */**
Cat No: 57
1907-10 Small PAPUA' Watermark Upright Perf 12½ 4d black & sepia SG 57 complete sheet of 30 (5x6), unit [18] with Deformed 'd' at Left SG 57a, characteristic variable centring, perf reinforcing but some units are unmounted, Cat £606+ for mounted singles. (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: 1477
Symbol: *
Cat No: 57a
1907-10 Small 'PAPUA' Lithographs Crown/Double-Lined 'A' Watermark Upright (Inverted) Perf 12½ 4d black & sepia with Deformed 'd' at Left [Pos 18] SG 57a, well-centred, one slightly shortish perf at base, tiny hinge remainder, Cat £200. (Image1)
Estimate AU$120
Opening AU$ 90.00
Sold...AU$ 120.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 120
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1478
Symbol: **
Cat No: 63
1907-10 Small PAPUA' Watermark Sideways Perf 11 4d black & sepia SG 63 complete sheet of 30 (5x6), unit [18] with Deformed 'd' at Left SG 63a, characteristic variable centring, minor perf reinforcing in the margin at left, all units are unmounted, Cat £338+ for mounted singles. (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 440.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 440
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1479
Symbol: *
Cat No: 73
1907-10 Small 'PAPUA' Irregular Compund Perfs 2d black & violet Perf 11x12½x11x11 SG 73, well-centred, minor gum disturbance, Cat £1700. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2021) states "very rare". (Image1)
Estimate AU$800
Opening AU$ 600.00
Sold...AU$ 600.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1480
Symbol: */**
Cat No: 75-76
1910 Large 'PAPUA' ½d black & yellow-green and 1d black & carmine SG 75-76 complete sheets of 30 (5x6), characteristic variable centring, the ½d with minor perf reinforcing & a little aged, the 1d very fine & all units are unmounted, Cat £660+ for mounted singles.
(2 sheets) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1481
Symbol: CTO
Cat No: 76
1910-11 Large 'PAPUA' 1d & 2d SG 76 & 77 both CTO with 'MELBOURNE/OC31/10' cds. Rare. A small number of sets were created for presentation purposes. Peter Troy's set of 8 sold at our auction of 28.7.2009 (Sale 149 Lot 2156) for $3030. (2) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 360.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 360
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1482
Symbol: **/*
Cat No: 94c
1916-31 Bi-Colours 1d black & carmine-red SG 94c complete sheet of 40 (5x8) with TS Harrison Imprint at base and also with the so-called Substituted Cliché with Retouched (Doubled) Lower Frame above Maltese Cross & Damaged Maltese Cross [Pos 28] and Vertical Line to Right of Left Value Tablet [both Pos 32 & 37] (which Croaker speculates may be the result of a Cracked Electro across both units), a couple of tiny aging marks on the back of a few units, some perf reinforcing affecting 10 units otherwise unmounted, Cat £140+ for mounted singles plus a substantial premium for the unlisted varieties. Rosenblum states (page 37) that the frame of [28] was damaged & inexpertly replaced: "It is doubtful whether there exists elsewhere in the whole realm of philately a stamp of greater technical interest". Croaker responds (page 46) "This clear case of bumping-up and retouching was theatrically described by Rosenblum as a substituted cliche, a double strike, and a retouch all in one. It was clearly only the latter ...". Peter Troy's black & red 'Substituted Cliché' single on cover (!) sold in 2009 for $460. (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: 1483
Symbol: *
Cat No: 105
1916-31 Bi-Colours 10/- green & pale ultramarine SG 105, well-centred, lightly mounted, Cat £180. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 80.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 80
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1484
Symbol: F
Cat No: 105
1916-31 Bi-Colours 10/- green & pale ultramarine SG 105, well-centred, light central Port Moresby 1926 cds cancel, Cat £225. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1485
Symbol: **
Cat No: 111a
1917 'ONE PENNY' Surcharges 2/6d rose-carmine with the Watermark Upright Inverted SG 111a, quite well-centred, unmounted but with a few small patches of irregular gum, Cat £2500. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2003). This is the only Watermark Upright Error recorded in the Monocolours/Surcharges series; a single sheet of 40 was discovered in 2003. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 1,150.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 1150
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1486
Symbol: */**
Cat No: 117
1930 Airmails 'Aeroplane' Overprints Harrison Printing 1/- sepia & deep olive as SG 117 but with the Overprint in Deep Carmine TS Harrison Imprint strip of 3 from the base of the sheet, characteristic minor gum tropicalisation, two units with small hinge remainders, the central unit unmounted. Unlisted in Gibbons. Rosenblum states (page 43) that "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" [Note that the number of stamps we have now seen with Deep Carmine Overprint suggests that the quantity overprinted in this colour was greater than the 10 sheets (400 stamps) indicated by Rosenblum and repeated by Croaker. This actually makes it more deserving of being listed by Gibbons]. Rev Roger Lee's imprint block of 6 - one upper unit mounted - sold at our auction of 29.6.2023 for $900. (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: 1487
Symbol: **/*
Cat No: 127s & 128s
1932 Bi-Colours CofA Wmk 9d & 1/3d with 'SPECIMEN' overprints SG 127s & 128s, the 9d unmounted, the 1/3d with a small patch of gum missing where mounted, both very fresh, Cat £750+ for mounted. Very elusive. (2) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1488
Symbol: F
Cat No: 130-145
1932-40 Pictorials ½d to £1 SG 130-145, generally well-centred, all with cds cancels, Cat £450.
(16) (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: 1489
Symbol: F/CTO
OFFICIAL STAMPS: Range on three hagners with BNG 2/6d, Small 'PAPUA' to 1/- x4, Large 'PAPUA' to 2/6d x2, and Monocolours to 1/-, Gibbons numbers & watermark orientations noted, generally fine to very fine. Handy lot.
(55) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1490
Symbol: C
POSTAL HISTORY: 1905 (Jan 6) usage of 'Austral Pearl' real photo PPC of Native Villagers & Huts and lengthy message headed "Sister's Home, Kiriwina, Jan 6th 1905" which explains that the image "was taken some years ago at Dobu by one of the Missionaries. I have not a view of the Kiriwinan houses yet", to Australia with BNG 1d with 'BNG'-in-bars cancel and slightly doubled 'SAMARAI/25JA05/BRITISH NEW GUINEA' cds alongside, one slightly bumped corner and a few minor aging marks. Kiriwina is the largest of the Trobriand Islands, 250km north of Samarai; the card was presumably carried there by the next Burns Philp steamer, which would explain the almost three weeks that elapsed between writing and posting. This may well be the earliest known item of mail from the Trobriand Islands. There was no Post Office on the islands until Losuia opened in 1926. (Image1)
