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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PUNCTURED 'OS':  1930 Bicolours 2/6d maroon & pale pink SG O54, tiny hinge remainder, Cat £225. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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