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5d. on 50pfg. with inverted overprint, position 5, fresh color and good centering and perforation, unused, small scuff at lower left, otherwise a fine example of this major rarity with only 5 printed

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5d. on 50pfg. with variety "no stop after I", position 2, fresh color and good perforation, unused, very fine

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8d. in 80pfg., position 3, fresh color and good perforation, unused, very fine, certificate BPA (1997)

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1d. on 5 pfg. with clear double overprint, position 2, fresh color and good perforation, tied by oval "RABAUL JAN 2 1915" to small piece, very fine and attractive, according to Gibbs the only known used example of this striking variety, signed with certificate Holcombe (1992)

Provenance: The Garrison Collection (Spink, 2014) 

Ernest Brown, March 1970

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1d. on 5pfg. with clear double overprint, position 3 showing the variety "1 without serifs", fresh color and good perforation, unused, very fine and rare especially the double overprint in combination with a variety, see also Gibbs page 114, note 7, signed with certificate Holcombe (1998)

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2d. on 10 pfg., position 2 with clear double overprint, fresh color and good perforation, unused, a very attractive and rare stamp, with only very few from this setting recorded, signed Holcombe with certificate (1998) 

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3d. on 30 pfg., position 2, fresh color and good perforation, unused, very fine, signed Sismondo with certificate (2003)

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5d. on 50 pfg., position 1, fresh color and good perforation, unused, very fine and scarce from this setting, signed Holcombe with opinion (1993)

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4d. on 40 pfg. with inverted overprint, position C, fresh color and good perforation, the certs mentions "faint thinnings", which are virtually impossible to detect, very fine for this and a great rarity with only 3 copies known, signed Miro and Holcombe with certificate (1994)

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5d. on 50 pfg., position B with characteristics "R in GRI with broken serif at lower right and distended "I" almost doubled at base", fresh color and good perforation, unused, very fine and interesting stamp from this rare setting, signed and certificate Holcombe (1995)

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1d. on 3 pfg. brown, position D, fresh color and good perforation, unused, very fine and fresh, a very rare Setting and stamp, supplies of the 3 pf. ran out during the printing of the last Provisional issue, one of the finest of the already few we have registered, signed Stolow and Holcombe with certificate (1990)

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2½d. on 20 pfg. ultramarine, 6mm spacing, with variety "no fraction bar in ½", unused, slightly toned, otherwise fine. The Status of this setting is unknown, also the "R" is from the original type used in Setting 5, detailed description see Robert M. Gibbs page 42-43, signed Holcombe wit certificate (1990)

2d. on 10pfg. with variety "1 for I", fresh color and good perforation, used with Gibbs type 4 "Simpsonhafen (Deutsch Neu-Guinea", slightly soiled, interesting item, possible printed from the postal stationery setting, signed Holcombe and certificate BPA (1974)

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1d. on 5 pfg. with overprint variety "G.I.R. instead of G.R.I.", fresh color and good and perforation, tied by clear oval "RABAUL JAN 20 1915" to small piece, a very fine and attractive example of this rarity with a total of only 5 known, signed with certificate Holcombe (1993)

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10 pfg. with overprint error "G.I.R d3" instead of "G.R.I. 1d", fresh color, good perforation and centering, unused, slightly toned at upper third, unused, a very fine and striking variety, extremely rare with no other copy registered, signed Champion a.o. and certificate PF (1995)

 Provenance: Collection Marquess of Bute (Robson Lowe, 1959)

Reference: G.R.I. by Robert M. Gibbs, page 78

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(2d.) on 10 pfg. with overprint variety ".GR.I 1d.", surcharged with wrong value and with stop before "G" and no stop after the "G", used with two-line "RABAUL NOV 16 1914", slightly toned, lower left corner perf added, otherwise a fine and attractive example of this major rarity of British Commonwealth philately, certificate RPSL (1973)

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G.R.I. 2d., six impression on backing paper with the usual pencil guidelines, horizontal crease, otherwise a fine and interesting item

1s. on 1m. red (Setting 3, position 2) fresh color and good perforation, unused,  light printers pencil-guidelines in the margin, very fine, signed Farouk

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2s. on 2m. blue (Setting 1, position 3) fresh color and good perforation, unused, very fine and scarce, signed Farouk

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2s. on 2m. blue, setting 4, position 3, fresh color and good perforation, tied by oval "RABAUL JUN 18 1915" to cover addressed to Sydney, few short perfs at left, cover with adherences on front, otherwise fine and scarce, signed Holcombe with certificate (1994) and certificates Zumstein (1955) and BPA (1930)

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