1935-45 KGV & KGVI silver 1/- KM 5 & 8 group (36); plus 1938 1d, Cu/Ni 3d (8) & 6d (7); condition variable.
(52) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 320.00
Sold...AU$ 500.00
Closed..Mar-26-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 500
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1008
Symbol: **/*O
1952-2010 collection in four cartons including duplicated High Values, 1994 Emergency Surcharges part sets ** (faults) & used, stamp packs 1981-2002, Yearbooks 1985-2016, also full sheets including Personalised Stamps, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Weighs 31kg. Ex Hans Proebsting.
(100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 2,400.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 2400
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1009
Symbol: **
Cat No: 14
1952-58 Pictorials 10/- Map SG 14 complete sheet of 36 (6x6) with Authority Imprint at lower-left, well- centred, light even tropicalisation, unmounted, Cat £1260+ for singles. A very scarce sheet. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1010
Symbol: **
Cat No: 730-740
1994 Emergency Surcharges set SG 730-740 marginal blocks of 4 some with Designer's Name & Printer Imprints, unmounted, Cat £800+ for singles.
(11 blocks) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 260.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 260
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1011
Symbol: **
Cat No: 1673-82
2014 Emergency 'K1.30' Surcharges SG 1673-82 group of 12 different that don't all conform to the Gibbons listing, unmounted. Gibbons (2017 Edition) list nine different K1.30 Surcharges. Four of them are priced at £100 each for mint. None of the others are priced mint, and none are priced used. Modern rarities.
(12) (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 1,000.00
Sold...AU$ 1,000.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1000
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1012
Symbol: **
STAMP DUTY: 1992 'K1.00' & Diagonal 'STAMP/DUTY' on Flowering Trees 90t block of 20 (4x5) with Imprint at the base, and 1994 'K20' & Diagonal 'STAMP/DUTY' on Vintage Cars 60t block of 10 (5x2) from the base of the sheet, imprints at both corners, unmounted.
(2 blocks) (Image1)
Estimate AU$350
Opening AU$ 270.00
Sold...AU$ 270.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 270
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1013
Symbol: CPS
POSTAL HISTORY: 1941-45 Australian Forces in New Guinea & Papua collection on leaves identified by location (many ex Ron Lee), mostly airmails to Australia many with KGVI frankings & a couple with Papua Pictorials, includes Honour & Comfort Funds envelopes, registered & official mail with a wide range of military censors & some civilian censorship also, noted 1945 Christmas card & illustrated envelope with PNG Map & Scene, also US Forces mail from Biak Island, Woodlarks, Goodenough Island, etc, NZ Forces on Bougainville 1946 unstamped envelope with 'R.N.Z.A.F./ D /N.Z.A.P.O.' Airforce cds, plus three leaflets in Pidgin English dropped over New Guinea announcing advances against Japanese troops, condition variable as usual, the postmark strikes generally above-average. Weighs 2kg. Ex Hans Proebsting.
(150+) (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: 1014
Symbol: CPS
POSTAL HISTORY: 1942-46 World War II Japanese Military Postal Cards mostly scenic issues comprising New Guinea Battle Scene unused, Pagoda with message & Japanese censor chop, Rice Field used by Japanese Forces in New Guinea to Korea with translation of message & sender's details, and Rabaul Main Street captured and used in 1946 from Batavia to The Hague by a member of the Royal Netherlands Army 'SEAC' [South East Asia Command], also Helmet & Dove card used 1942 to Japan from a soldier in "Nankai" [Southern Seas] with full translation (including that the war has just begun but will get more serious), plus Japanese military picture postcards with commemorative cancels x7, condition generally fine to very fine. Ex Hans Proebsting.
(14 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 420.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 420
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1015
Symbol: CPS
POSTAL HISTORY: Post-WWII accumulation including a bundle of pre-1952 Australian stamps usages including 1946 from Abau with red/white R label and 'P.M.G.'S DEPT C.1/QLD-AUST' relief cds, 1950 from Kairuku with manuscript "R" 'label', and 'LOSUIA' cds in violet on Australia KGVI 2½d Envelope, then Pre-Decimal frankings including 1962 airmail to Iceland, 1965 to Switzerland with scarce franking of Birds 2/3d, Decimal-period range with advertising envelopes, official mail, meter cancels, etc, noted 1982 airmail to Taiwan, also 1959 inwards airmail from Tahiti redirected to Yule Island and 1962 Great Britain Registration Envelope airmail to Lae with 2/6d Castle, etc, condition a little variable but most are fine to very fine. Ex Hans Proebsting.
(200+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1016
Symbol: CPS
POSTAL HISTORY: 1950s-1980s array of FDCs & commemorative covers, registered & paquebot mail, postal stationery including both Registration Envelopes unused, also aerogrammes used & unused, etc, generally fine to very fine. Weighs 2kg. Ex Hans Proebsting.
(100+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1017
Symbol: C
POSTAL HISTORY: 1952 (Apr 17) airmail cover to Tatts in Tasmania with Emu 5½d x3 tied by two strikes of the scarce 'BAININGS/PAPUA-NEW GUINEA' cds (another strike on the reverse), red & black R label, Melbourne transit & Hobart arrival backstamps. PO 1.3.1951; closed 1.3.1953. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1018
Symbol: C=
POSTAL HISTORY: 1961 (Nov) address-portion from a large airmail packet to the Red Cross in Sydney with rare franking of 5/- Coffee imprint pair just tied by 'PAR[CELS] OFFICE/RABAUL' cds; and a small piece with 10/- Map tied by a light strike of the same cds.
(2 items) (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: 1019
Symbol: CL/CO
Cat No: 905
POSTAL HISTORY: 2002-2017 internal commercial covers with 2002 Emergency Surcharge 50t on 65t Computer SG 905 x3 (two registered with K2), 2008-2010 85t Orchid with four different advertising tabs & another with Blessed Josefa tab, 2014 'K1.30' on K1.20 Orchid williamsanum SG 1675 with Defective Obliterating Bar, 2015 oversize & folded with 'K1.30' on Orchid macrophyllum SG 1680 x2, and 2015-17 x4 with 2015 5t Provisionals (vertical format) Hiri Hanenamo SG 1761 x2, Red Hibiscus as SG 1763 but unlisted Type IV ? with 29mm between value & flag, and oversize with Huli Dancers SG 1765, a few are opened a bit roughly A rare group of modern frankings. Gibbons (2017 Edition) doesn't give used prices for the two Orchid Surcharges or any of the 5t values. The lot also includes 1964 10d Map Aerogramme socially used to Missouri USA.
(15) (Image1)
