1952-2008 mint collection in two cartons, plus used duplicated, noted 1952 SPECIMEN overprints * (aging), 1994 Emergency Surcharges including full (x4) and part sheets (x3) 5t on 35t, many thematic topics covered, condition generally fine. Weighs 14kg.
(100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 320.00
Sold...AU$ 480.00
Closed..Jun-24-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 480
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 2595
Symbol: **
Cat No: 177a
1970 Air Services 5c setenant block of 20 (5x4) SG 177a with margins at both sides, all units with the Black Printing (Country Name, '30c' & Inscription) Significantly Misplaced 9½mm to the Right including into the Margin at Right, unmounted. Absent from John McNabb's collection, and the only examples we have seen. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 1,150.00
Closed..Jun-28-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 1150
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 2596
Symbol: V
Cat No: 178
1970 Air Services 5c Lockheed 'Electra' SG 178 with the Dark Blue Printing (Horizontal Bands on Fuselage & Tail) Completely Omitted, part-'MOUNT HAGEN' cds. Unlisted by Gibbons and Tom Pierron. Ex John McNabb: sold at our auction of 12.10.2012 for $715 (Sale 176 Lot 927), and still the only example recorded by us. With a normal stamp for comparison. (2) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Jun-28-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 2597
Symbol: **
Cat No: 330a
1977 Silver Jubilee 7t with the Silver Printing ('PAPUA NEW GUINEA' & '7') Completely Omitted SG 330a vertical pair, light toning on the reverse, unmounted, Cat £1000+ for singles. Absent from John McNabb's collection. (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 725.00
Sold...AU$ 800.00
Closed..Jun-28-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 800
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 2598
Symbol: **
Cat No: 542
1987 Anemone Fish 70t SG 542 Imperforate Pair, unmounted. Unlisted by Gibbons. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 135.00
Closed..Jun-28-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 135
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 2599
Symbol: G/F
Cat No: 33
1989 '20t' on 17t Anemone Fish with the Surcharge Double SG 602a (Cert #33,556 now lost), Surcharge Largely ('0t' & the Bars) Omitted in horizontal pair with normal, with the Second Obliterating Bar Completely Omitted, and three with different Significant Misplacements of the Surcharge; also '21t' on 80t Shell SG 734 with Significant Misplacement of the Surcharge; all on commercial pieces.
(7 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 360.00
Sold...AU$ 500.00
Closed..Jun-28-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 2600
Symbol: **
1994 Hong Kong Stamp Exhibition Birds setenant strip of 4 with Exhibition logo in the gutter, the 50t with the Red Printing ('50t' & Inscription) and the K1 with the Deep Green Printing ('K1' & Inscription) both Completely Omitted, well-centred, unmounted. Unlisted by Gibbons and Tom Pierron. With a normal strip for comparison. (2 strips) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 1,300.00
Sold...AU$ 1,450.00
Closed..Jun-28-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 1450
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 2601
Symbol: **
Cat No: 736a
1994 Emergency Surcharges '50t' on Dance Mask 35t with the Surcharge Inverted SG 736a marginal example from the right of the sheet (faint pencil endorsement "R4/No 10" in the margin), excellent centring, unmounted, Cat £600. Only one sheet of 50 is believed to have been released. Non-marginal singles sold at our auctions of 17.10.2008 for $472 (Sale 140 Lot 1012) and 29.9.2015 for $456 (Sale 205 Lot 1157). (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 440.00
Sold...AU$ 440.00
Closed..Jun-28-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 440
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 2602
Symbol: **
Cat No: 756a
1995 Peter To Rot (Christian Martyr) & Pope John Paul II 21t + 'K1.00' on 90t with illustrated label in the gutter, block of five gutter pairs with margins on three sides & with the sheet imprints SG 756a, and a similar block with the Both Elements of the Surcharge Completely Omitted SG 746a, the lower-right units in both blocks with minor bends, unmounted, Cat £650+ for five gutter pairs. Sold at an interstate auction in -.6.2000 for $550. (2 blocks) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Jun-28-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 2603
Symbol: CTO
POSTAL CHARGES: 1960 (Mar 1) 6d with 'IXIXIXIXIX' at the Base on 7½d Yam House with Double Overprint SDG D1a, unusually well-centred, CTO at Goroka with full unmounted gum and none of the characteristic toning that bedevils this issue, Cat £2500. A gem. Ex Ed Garrard. RPSL Certificate (1980). Tim Rybak's and John McNabb's CTO examples sold at our auctions of 26.4.2008 and 12.10.2012 for $2796 (Sale 135 Lot 442) & $3145 (Sale 176 Lot 950) respectively.
Geoff Kellow in 'The Australian Philatelist' (Summer 1989) stated that three sheets of 36, readily distinguished by placement of the overprints, have been identified. He was able to account for 42 used examples, of which 24 - including this example - are from the First Sheet, on which the second overprint is positioned downwards and to the right. (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,000
Opening AU$ 1,500.00
Sold...AU$ 2,100.00
Closed..Jun-28-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 2100
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 2604
Symbol: V
Cat No: D1a
POSTAL CHARGES: 1960 (Mar 1) '6d/IXIXIXIXIX' on 7½d Yam House with the Overprint Double SG D1a on local cover with 1d pair only underpaying the 5d rate tied by 'GOROKA/2MY60/...' mail room cds with time (date error for '2MR60'), 'DEFICIENT POSTAGE TAX ("6d")' handstamp in violet, the '6d' on 7½d tied by the 'GOROKA/4MR60' counter cds. From Geoff Kellow's Second Sheet, with the second overprint directly below the first. Sold at Rodney Perry's auction of -.7.1997 for $2420; with Rod's Letter of Authenticity. Only one other example of SG D1a on cover - almost identical to this - has been recorded. Ex John McNabb, it sold at our auction of 12.10.2012 for $3450 (Sale 176 Lot 952). (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,500
Opening AU$ 1,900.00
Sold...AU$ 2,800.00
Closed..Jun-28-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 2800
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 2605
Symbol: **
POSTAL CHARGES: 1960 (Mar 1) '3d.' in Blue on ½d Tree Kangaroo, '1s.3d.' in Vermilion on 3½d Warrior and '3s.' in Black on 2½d Bird of Paradise matching vertical strips of 3 from the top of the sheets, the last stamp in each with Defective 'C' in 'CHARGES'. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 525.00
Closed..Jun-28-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 525
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 2606
Symbol: **
Cat No: 2
POSTAL CHARGES: 1960 (Mar 1) '1d.' on 6½d SG 2 with the Surcharge in Carmine & Twice in Black marginal example from the top of the sheet, characteristic faint toning on the reverse, unmounted. Unlisted by Gibbons. Extremely rare as only one sheet of 36 was printed. This stamp is essentially identical to John McNabb's non-marginal example - no toning but lightly mounted - that sold at our auction of 12.10.2012 for $1985 (Sale 176 Lot 954). These are the only two examples we have offered.
It is almost certain that the carmine overprint was considered unsatisfactory, and the sheet overprinted again in black - very accurately superimposed - but the coincident overprints were still difficult to see. The sheet was therefore overprinted a third time, again in black - deliberately misplaced 4½mm higher - and placed into stock. This deliberate variety (as distinct from an error) deserves Gibbons listing. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 1,150.00
Closed..Jun-28-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 1150
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 2607
Symbol: *
Cat No: 3a
POSTAL CHARGES: 1960 (Mar 1) '3d.' in Blue on ½d Tree Kangaroo with the Surcharge Double SG 3a, very lightly mounted, Cat £850 for unmounted. Exhibits the same centring as all other examples sold by us. The last three unmounted examples we handled sold for $1435, $1495 & $1440 respectively. (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Jun-28-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 2608
Symbol: **
Cat No: 3a
POSTAL CHARGES: 1960 (Mar 1) '3d.' in Blue on ½d Tree Kangaroo with the Surcharge Double SG 3a marginal example from the top of the sheet, tiny 'B&K' (Bridger & Kay) guarantee handstamp, unmounted, Cat £850. Ex Ed Garrard. RPSL Certificate (1980). The last three examples we handled sold for $1435 (Sale 164 Lot 773), $1495 (Sale 176 Lot 957) & $1495 (Sale 193 Lot 827) respectively. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 1,150.00
Closed..Jun-28-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 1150
Sale No: 264
Lot No: 2609
Symbol: **
Cat No: D4a
POSTAL CHARGES: 1960 (Mar 1) '6d' on 7½d Yam House with the Overprint Double SG D4a with both impressions Underinked (Dry Ink?), well-centred, unmounted, Cat £900. BPA Certificate (1967). Well-inked examples sold at our auctions of 17.2.2012 & 12.10.2012 (John McNabb's) for $1265 (Sale 171 Lot 975) & $1380 (Sale 176 Lot 961) respectively. In our experience, this error is significantly scarcer than SG D1a, Cat £3750 for unmounted. (Image1)
