1893 Military Franchise Essays "2½p = 25c" sheetlets of the four crudely rendered clichés complete sheets 1) in dull shades (the yellow & olive inks are aniline) on unwatermarked surfaced paper, ironed-out vertical fold clear of the impressions; and 2) in bright shades on coarse unwatermarked wove paper, very fine. We think the first is genuine and that the second is not, but ... offered 'as is'. (2 items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1903 Syndicat Francais des Nouvelles Hebrides 5c to 1fr complete sets unused plus extra 15c; and used set the 25c (impossible early date '7/JANV/03') & 1fr (indistinct date) both with 'PORT-VILA/NLLES HEBRIDES' cds, the 5c (a few short perfs) & 15c with Noumea cds; also Bonnet Imitation 15c in brown marginal single with large-part gum; unusually fine for these 'Cinderellas' that had no postal validity.  (10) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1903 Syndicat Francais des Nouvelles Hebrides 5c 15c & 25c tied to local cover to Doctor Farand by 'PORT-VILA/14/NOV/03/NELLES HEBRIDES' cds, vertical fold affects the 25c, philatelic but contemporary 'usage'. Recorded by Roland Klinger as having been discovered only in February 2018. (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1903 Syndicat Francais des Nouvelles Hebrides 5c & 15c (fault) tied to the face of Rache (Noumea) photo-montage picture postcard of natives by 'NLLES HEBRIDES/ 5/AOUT/08/PT SANDWICH' cds, unaddressed. The third-latest Syndicat item recorded by Roland Klinger (who dates it as 1/AOUT/08). (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1908-69 Issues virtually complete including 1907 'NELLES/HEBRIDES' Essays/Unissued Overprints, 1920 '5c.' on 1908 50c SG F32a and all Postage Due sets, extras include a few Millesime pieces notably 1920 Surcharges '5c.' on 50c & '10c.' on 25c half-sheets of 50 (10x5; mostly unmounted), 1913 20c pane of 30 (3x10; 'F' of the sheet watermark 'RF' across 11 units) & 5fr De La Rue Imprint strip of 3, 1924 Surcharges blocks of 4 (SG F40 faded & aged), 1925 Dual Currency set of 9 plate proof singles in dull blue (the 25c & 30c not recorded by Roland Klinger & apparently not prepared), 1938 Gold Currency 30c to 1fr Bradbury Wilkinson Imprint strips of 3, Cat £3000+ plus the essays & proofs.  (300+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,250

1908-69 Issues virtually complete including 1920 '5c.' on 1908 50c SG F32a (tied to small piece by cds of JU13/21) and Postage Due sets for 1925 1938 1941 & 1957, also most of the 1956-68 Commemoratives on FDCs, generally very fine, Cat £3500+.  (200+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,400

1911 Idol & Weapons 40c imperf proof in blue-green on gummed unwatermarked paper vertical pair overprinted 'SPECIMEN' (defective overprint on the the lower unit), margins good to large, adhesion (from an archival page?) on the reverse. (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1925 Dual Currency & 1938 Gold Currency Postage & 'CHIFFRE TAXE' sets overprinted or punctured 'SPECIMEN', a few of the Postage 1938 low values with tiny thin spots otherwise very fine, Cat £1000.  (34) (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1938 Gold Currency 50c photographic reproduction to stamp-size of the original handpainted artwork. Ex De Le Rue Archives but not illustrated by Frank Walton. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1941 'France Libre' Overprints 5c to 10fr SG F65-76 complete on plain cover with French cds of 15APR41 being the Day of Issue, Cat £400, for used. (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1977 New Currency Provisional Surcharges Vila Overprints 5fr on 5c to 500fr on 10fr SG F247-255 plus the unissued 50fr on 1fr, 70fr on 2fr and 100fr on 3fr (mentioned by Gibbons in a footnote), mostly corner examples, unmounted; and the Paris Overprints, CTO; Cat £745.  (25) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600