Stamps, Coins and Postal History (#48MG) Closed Auction Info View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)Relevance Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 901-1000 of 1015. Previous|1...4567891011|Next Lot #1906 DEPENDENCIES: Mostly mint annotated collection with Cook Islands 1893-1919 Makea/Torea including 1901 Crown Overprint 1d used, 1919 Overprints on NZ, 1920 Victory, 1920-38 Pictorials virtually complete, 1949 Definitives plus blocks to 3/-, 1918-29 'RAROTONGA' 2/- (2) 2/6d (2) & 5/- * and 'NIUE' 5/- 10/- & £1 *, 1931 Arms 'COOK ISLANDS' and 'NIUE' to 10/-, Samoa 1895 Palm Trees to 2/6d, G.R.I. opts ½d to 3d & 6d used, Overprints on NZ to 1/-, Tonga 1897-1950. (100s) View details Estimate$600Price Realized$550StatusSold Symbol*/**o Lot #1907 1915 (Dec) usage of French Army "flags" Postal Card to New Zealand with 'ARMY PO 1/ A /5DEC15' machine cancel & boxed 'IMPROPERLY/POSTED/DELAYED' handstamp that we have not previously seen, minor blemishes. View details Estimate$300Price Realized$300StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolpsGradeb Lot #1908 1917 cover to a NZ serviceman c/- GPO Wellington, London arrival on the face & British censor label tied by boxed 'NOT AT No 2/NZ GENL HOSPITAL/WALTON-ON-THAMES'' h/s in violet, also with German censor label & roneo'd 'Part of a Mail captured/by Germans and delayed' in violet, rather knocked-about but full of charm. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$360StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradec Lot #1909 1931 commercial cover to Adelaide with rare franking of Health "Smiling Boys" 2d+1d tied by 'LINWOOD/19NO31/ NZ' cds, brief P.S. under the flap. Superb! Much scarcer than on First Day Covers or flight covers. View details Estimate$600Price Realized$800StatusSold SymbolcGradea+ Lot #1910 1794 Wilkinson (London) engraved & hand-tinted "A new & accurate Map of New South Wales with Norfolk & Lord Howe's Islands" both inset (268x348mm), NSW coast from Point Hicks to York Cape [sic] including Morton Bay [sic] & an inset of Port Jackson & Sidney Cove [sic], Norfolk showing "New Settlement" on Sydney Bay, Lord Howe Island showing Mount Lidgbird & Balls Pyramid but Mount Gower is not named. View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold SymbolLGradea- Lot #1911 c.1854 exceptional strike of the rare Tasmanian Barred Numeral '72' on Courier 4d orange (faults; rebacked at lower-left). Rated RRR. Ex Koichi Sato. [This strike is one of the very finest recorded & is far superior to the fine strike on fine single 4d that sold at the Prestige auction of 7/2/2009 for $4140] The penal settlement on Norfolk Island was administered from Hobart. Norfolk Island was also the only "external" Van Diemen's Land post office. No numeral allocation was made in November 18 View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,600StatusSold SymbolsGrade(c) a2+ Lot #1912 1927 (Aug 8) commercial cover to "Hong Kong/South China" with Canberra 1½d tied by 'NORFOLK ISLAND/ AUSTRALIA' cds, minor tonespots. A very rare destination from Norfolk Island. View details Estimate$500Price Realized$650StatusSold SymbolcGradeb Lot #1913 1959 airmail cover to New Jersey with rare albeit philatelic franking of '7d' on 7½d Governor's Residence upper-right corner block of 4, central Norfolk Island cds, minor bend at the top clear of the stamps; also 1947 philatelic cover to New York endorsed "Airmail/within USA" with Ball Bay 3d 4d & 5½d. (2) View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold Symbolc/clGradea- Lot #1914 1975 commercial advertising cover for South Pacific Hotel/Motel to Holland at 35c Airmail rate with rare franking of diecut self-adhesive UPU 10c & 15c plus Convict-Era Buildings 1c 4c & 5c. View details Estimate$175StatusUnsold SymbolclGradea- Lot #1915 Clean mounted collection on old leaves largely complete mint (ex 1932 Pictorials) & used with some minor duplication, handy range of constant plate & overprint varieties, BNG to 1/- mint & used, Jubilee imprint blocks of 4 with Apostrophe Varieties, a few blocks & plain FDCs, also perf 'OS' with Monocolours 2½d 'CA' Monogram block of 6, Bicolours 2d 3d 4d & 2/6d, a few problems but generally very fine, Cat £6750+. An excellent basis for serious expansion. (100s) View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$3,200StatusSold Symbol*o Lot #1916 Basic but clean collection with BNG to 1/- mint, 9d Lakatoi used, 1932 Pictorials used, 'OS' Overprints mint with both 2/6d, etc, generally very fine, Cat £1100+. (170 approx) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$360StatusSold Symbol*O Lot #1917 Would-be dealer's stock with mint BNG to 6d, Lithos 4d & 6d blocks of 4, Bicolours to 5/-, Pictorials to 10/- plus 1d 1½d & 3d imprint blocks of 4, Jubilee 1d & 5d imprint blocks of 4 with Apostrophe Flaws, Perf 'OS' low values & 'OS' Overprints to 1/3d x10 including a block of 4 & 2/6d two corner pairs, etc, generally very fine with many units/blocks being unmounted; and a lesser used array but including perf 'OS' Monocolours to 1/- & Bicolours 3d pair, & a page of fiscally used Stamp Duty over View details Estimate$750Price Realized$1,000StatusSold Symbol*/**o Lot #1918 Imprint blocks of 4 comprising Pictorials 1d 1½d 2d & 3d + McCracken 4d (upper units lightly mounted), Protectorate (blocks of 6), Jubilee (the 1d 3d & 5d with Apostrophe Flaws), Coronation (the first unit in each mounted), Possession Airs & 1939 Airs, unmounted & mostly of exceptional quality, Cat £700++. (27 blocks) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,100StatusSold Symbol**Gradea/a+ Lot #1919 Pantograph flaw on 4d [18] Deformed 'd' (Thin 'd') at Left comprising BNG Watermark Horizontal SG 5a (exceptional centring, no gum), Large 'Papua' Overprint Watermark Horizontal SG 25a (minor surface abrasions), Small 'Papua' Overprint Watermark Vertical SG 42a, Small 'PAPUA' Watermark Upright Inverted Perf 11 SG 52a (exceptional centring) & Large 'PAPUA' SG 79a, Cat £3225. The only complete "set" we have ever seen offered at auction and, as such, an extremely desirable lot. [Peter Troy's exampl View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$3,800StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea/b Lot #1920 A largely annotated mint selection of Double Perf Varieties mostly on Lithographs to 2/6d but including BNG 2½d, Monocolours 2d, 4d pair & 1/- (used), Bicolours 2d, 2d on 1½d, 'AIR MAIL' 3d pair, perf 'OS' ½d pair CTO & 2/6d CTO etc, mostly a result of Misplaced Perfs but a few caused by paper folds, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. A very scarce and desirable lot for the specialist. (37 items) View details Estimate$750Price Realized$7,250StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*o Lot #1921 The mostly mint balance of RAD Heward's collection on annotated display pages with Queensland 2d 2½d rose-pink x2 & 3d all used in BNG, 1907-10 Lakatois array with many varieties & complete sheets of 1d & 4d, a few other low denomination sheets, etc, condition a bit mixed. Inspection will be rewarded. (100s) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$4,000StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*o Lot #1922 Rad Heward's heavily duplicated mint stock from BNG to 1917 Surcharges with numerous scarce stamps including Large 'Papua' simplified set, Small 'Papua' to 2/6d x5 including ½d SG 38 block of 12, 1910 Large 'PAPUA' set plus blocks of 4 of the 1/- & both 2/6d and 4d with Deformed (Thin) 'd' etc, the Small 'PAPUA' View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$3,400StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*/** Lot #1923 Dealer's stock of Lakatois mostly lesser denominations but some better ones noted including perf 'OS' & overprinted 'OS', also 1932-41 Issues duplicated mostly used with Pictorials 2/6d x3 & 5/-, 1938 Airs x4 sets, 1939 Airs x2 sets, 1941 1/6d Air *, some postmark interest. Research opportunity. (many 100s) View details Estimate$1,250Price Realized$950StatusSold Symbol*o Lot #1924 companion volume of varieties on Lakatois including many multiples, some postmark interest. A most unusual opportunity. (160 items approx) View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold Symbol*o Lot #1925 1901-05 British New Guinea range on display leaves including Watermark Vertical two sets to 1/- plus 2/6d SG 16a, a selection of annotated frame & vignette varieties (not checked for papers & watermarks) etc, Cat £1200+; also unused 1d & 1½d Postal Cards. (37 + 2 cards) View details Estimate$600Price Realized$650StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*PSGradea/a- Lot #1926 1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Horizontal Thick Paper ½d to 2/6d SG 1-8, well centred & unusually fresh, Cat £850. (8) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$1,000StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea b1 Lot #1927 1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Horizontal 4d with Deformed (Thin) 'd' SG 5a, well centred & unusually fresh, Cat £650. [Peter Troy's and John Williams' examples sold at the Prestige auctions of 28/7/2009 & 6/3/2010 for $1437 & $1667 respectively] View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea a1 Lot #1928 1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Vertical Thick Paper ½d to 1/- SG 9-15 plus Thin Paper 2/6d SG 16a, mostly well centred, Cat £750. View details Estimate$500Price Realized$440StatusSold Symbol*Gradea b1 Lot #1929 1901-05 British New Guinea 1904 imperforate colour trials on ungummed unwatermarked wove paper ½d in black & brown, large even margins. Ex Dr Raymond Biggs: acquired at the Prestige auction of 25/3/2011 for $5290. [A series of five colour trials were submitted for selection of a frame-colour for the proposed 2/6d value, issued in 1905. Only three sets were prepared. This is the key item, in the approved colour. Tim Rybak's similar example sold for $7187] View details Estimate$6,500StatusUnsold SymbolPGradea Lot #1930 1901-05 British New Guinea complete sheets of 30 comprising Watermark Horizontal 2d with Vignettes Plate 1, and Watermark Vertical ½d & 1d with Vignettes Plate 1, and ½d & 1d with Vignettes Plate 2, a few blemishes but generally fine to very fine with many units unmounted, Cat £2500++. [Peter Troy's ½d 1d & 2d SG 1-3 sheets sold for $2875] (5 sheets) View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,800StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*/**Gradea/b Lot #1931 1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Horizontal 6d SG 6 with Vignettes Plate 2 complete sheet of 30, well centred, one unit with toning otherwise remarkably fresh, most units unmounted, Cat £1950++ (mounted singles). A rare & lovely page-size exhibit. [Neither Tim Rybak nor Peter Troy had a BNG 6d sheet] View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol**/*Gradea/b Lot #1932 1906 Large 'Papua' Overprints Watermark Horizontal 4d to 2/6d SG 17-20, Watermark Vertical ½d to 6d SG 21-26 plus ½d complete sheet of 30 - toning - from Vignette Plate 2 with [4, Thick 'P'] & [8, Dot in 'P'] & 1d block of 18 (3x6), & a few varieties including 2/6d SG 20 - no gum - with Scratch through Clouds, etc, generally fine to very fine, Cat £1250+. (33 + sheet) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*/** Lot #1933 1906 Large 'Papua' Overprints Watermark Horizontal Thick Paper 4d & 2/6d SG 17 & 20, well centred, Cat £410. (2) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$280StatusSold Symbol*Gradea b1 Lot #1934 1906 Large 'Papua' Overprints Watermark Horizontal 4d black & sepia with Deformed (Thin) 'd' SG 17a, exceptional centring, Cat £1800. A rare stamp, absent from both Tim Rybak's and Peter Troy's collections. [John Williams' example sold for $1955] View details Estimate$1,750Price Realized$3,400StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*/**Gradea a1 Lot #1935 1907 Small 'Papua' Overprints selection on display pages with Watermark Horizontal ½d 2½d x2 & 2/6d, Watermark Vertical set, etc, also a range of the ever-popular overprint varieties on values to 2/6d x7 (one in a block of 4) & a few Retaining Pin varieties, Cat £800+. (78) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$850StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol* Lot #1936 1907 Small 'Papua' Overprints Watermark Vertical complete sheets of 30 comprising ½d Vignette Plate 2, 1d Vignette Plates 1 & 2, 2d Vignette Plate 2 & 2½d Vignette Plate 1, generally well centred, some minor blemishes but generally fine to very fine with many/most units being unmounted, Cat £1680++. (5 sheets) View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,600StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*/** Lot #1937 1907 Small 'Papua' Overprints Watermark Vertical 4d black & sepia with Deformed (Thin) 'd' SG 42a, well centred, Cat £550. [John Williams' example sold for $805] View details Estimate$600Price Realized$700StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea b1 Lot #1938 1907 Small 'Papua' Overprints Watermark Vertical 1/- black & orange on Thin Paper SG 44a with a Strong Offset of the Overprint on the reverse, rounded corner at upper-left, very lightly mounted. View details Estimate$100Price Realized$220StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea-c2 Lot #1939 1907-10 Large 'PAPUA' selection on display pages with ½d SG 47 three complete sheets from Vignette Stone 1 & 2/6d SG 48 with Watermark Sideways x2 (one "inverted), varieties including ½d reconstructed sheet & 2/6d x8 including White Leaves at Left x2 & Log in Water etc, Cat £1000+. (56 + 3 sheets) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$650StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*/** Lot #1940 1907-10 Small 'PAPUA' SG 49-71 (except for the rare 6d SG 70, but with a few additional shades) complete with the watermarks upright & upright inverted, or sideways & sideways inverted, generally very fine, Cat £1100+. A difficult "set" to assemble. (49) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$600StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol* Lot #1941 1907-10 Small 'PAPUA' Frame Varieties on neatly annotated display pages with good coverage of all values to 1/- & reconstructions of ½d 2d & 4d sheets, with many in multiples including 4d corner block of 12 with Deformed (Thin) 'd' at Left, some with differences between the first & subsequent printings, generally fine to very fine. An excellent lot for the student of these interesting stamps. [NB: no attempt has been made to check perfs and watermarks so careful inspection may be well-rewarded] View details Estimate$600Price Realized$1,800StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol* Lot #1942 1907-10 Small 'PAPUA' Vignette Varieties on neatly annotated display pages arranged by sheet position with many varieties represented on several denominations, five states of the Pole to Sail are identified, etc, some in multiples, generally fine to very fine. (136) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$2,800StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol* Lot #1943 1907-10 Small 'PAPUA' complete sheets of 30 comprising Watermark Upright Perf 11 1d & 2½d x2 (one with the watermark inverted), Watermark Sideways Perf 11 with Crown to Left ½d, 1d, 2½d & 4d or Crown to Right 2d 4d & 6d, and Watermark Sideways Perf 12½ ½d x2, 1d, 2d & 1/-, generally fine to very fine, Cat £3900++. A remarkable opportunity. (15 sheets) View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$4,400StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*/** Lot #1944 1907-10 Small 'PAPUA' Watermark Upright Perf 11 2½d black & pale ultramarine SG 51a with the Watermark Inverted and Reversed complete sheet of 30, well centred, significant perf separation, Cat £390++. View details Estimate$400Price Realized$700StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea- Lot #1945 1907-10 Small 'PAPUA' Watermark Sideways Perf 11 4d black & sepia SG 63, two complete sheets of 30 with the watermark Crown to Left (significant perf separation), or Crown to Right, Cat £440++. (2 sheets) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$480StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea/a- Lot #1946 1907-10 Small 'PAPUA' Watermark Sideways Perf 12½ 6d black & myrtle-green SG 70, some irregular perforations, signed in pencil on the reverse, Cat £4750. [Tim Rybak's similarly centred example sold for $3450. Peter Gold's exceptional marginal example sold for $3808 & again six years later in Peter Troy's collection for $6325] View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$2,600StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea c2 Lot #1947 1907-10 Small 'PAPUA' Watermark Sideways Perf 12½ 6d black & myrtle-green SG 70, a superior example, Cat £4750. View details Estimate$4,000Price Realized$7,000StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea b1 Lot #1948 1907-10 Small 'PAPUA' 1907-10 Small 'PAPUA' Compound Perfs ½d black & yellow-green SG 72 Perf 11x12½, well centred, no gum, Cat £4750. A great rarity, or a fake!? This is a highly contentious stamp. Many collectors are of the opinion that SG 72 does not actually exist and should be deleted from the catalogue. There was no example in any of the major collections of Papua and Hamilton Croaker stated "All that I have examined are faked". We have closely examined this stamp and compared it with Lot View details Estimate$5,000StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolΩGradea- b1 Lot #1949 1907-10 Small 'PAPUA' Compound Perfs 2d black & purple SG 73 Perf 11x12½, Cat £1600. BPA Certificate (1987). [Tim Rybak's & Peter Troy's corner examples were both poorly centred. This stamp is almost as well centred as John Williams' example that sold for $2530] View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,500StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea b1 Lot #1950 1907-10 Small 'PAPUA' another, marginal example from the left of the sheet, exceptional centring. Basically, too good to be true, & it isn't. The perfs measure 11½x12½. View details Price Realized$120StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea a1 Lot #1951 1907-10 Small 'PAPUA' Compound Perfs 2d black & purple SG 73 horizontal pair Perf 12½ between & at right resulting in the left-hand unit being Perf 11x12½x11x11 & the right-hand unit being Perf 11x12½, minor tropicalisation of the gum & a couple of tiny tonespots, lightly mounted, Cat £3200++. A remarkable pair, including the only Perf 12½x11 stamp we have seen. Ex Paul Zatulove. RPSofV Certificate (2012) [John Williams' fine single Perf 11x12½x11x11 sold for $2530] View details Estimate$6,000StatusUnsold Symbol*Gradeb b1 Lot #1952 1910 Large 'PAPUA' collection on display pages with the set SG 75-83 x2 (one set with the Watermark Inverted) plus extra 2/6d both types, a few shades, complete sheets of the ½d (significant separation), 2d & 2/6d Type C SG 83 (margins trimmed & significant toning), a good range of varieties to 2/6d x3 including 2d with 'PCSTAGE' at Right, 4d with Deformed (Thin) 'd' & with many in blocks including a complete reconstruction of the 6d sheet, etc, generally fine to very fine, Cat £3500+. (140+ & 3 View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,600StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*/** Lot #1953 1910 Large 'PAPUA' complete sheets of 30 comprising ½d with the Watermark Upright and Inverted, 1d Inverted, 2d Upright, 2½d Upright, 2½d Inverted, 4d Upright (significant toning), 4d Inverted, 6d Inverted, 1/- Upright, 2/6d Type B Upright (significant toning) & 2/6d Type C Upright, some blemishes & perf splitting/rejoining but generally fine to very fine, Cat £5500++. A remarkable offering comprising a full set of nine sheets & four others. (13 sheets) View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$4,000StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*/** Lot #1954 1910 Large 'PAPUA' 2/6d black & brown Types B & C SG 82-83 blocks of 4, well centred, unmounted, Cat £460++. (2 blocks) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$500StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradea b1 Lot #1955 1910 Large 'PAPUA' 2/6d plated examples comprising Type B mint x11 & used x8 (one perf 'OS') and Type C mint x5 & used x5 on annotated pages, generally fine to very fine, Cat £1500+. Ex Wally Colbran. (29) View details Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*o Lot #1956 1910 Large 'PAPUA' 2/6d Type C SG 83 with the Watermark Upright complete sheet of 30, exceptional centring for a sheet, a few minor tonespots still remarkably fresh, unmounted, Cat £1950++. Ex Colonel Harrie Evans: sold at the Prestige auction of 6/10/2001 for $1815. View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,700StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradea-/a+ Lot #1957 1911-15 Monocolours range on annotated display pages with a basic set SG 84-92, extra values to 2/6d including 2½d & 2/6d both perf 'OS', Perf 12½ 1d lower-left pairs with 'JBC' Monogram (the usual position) & with 'CA' Monogram (obviously from a second setting of the plate), a few plate flaws, and complete sheets of the ½d & 1d; also 'ONE PENNY' Surcharges with the basic set, a few shades, 1d on ½d with the Watermark Reversed, and a complete 1d on ½d sheet CTO with fair to fine 'BWAGOIA' (error View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*/**v Lot #1958 1911-15 Monocolours complete sheets of 40 comprising ½d x3 with Pinholes in Differing Positions, 1d x2 (one with many irregularities in the setting of the perforating pins) & 2d; and 'ONE PENNY' Surcharges on ½d - both shades - to 2/6d SG 106-111 complete plus extra ½d with Pinholes in Differing Positions; some separation but generally fine to very fine, Cat £1300++. (14 sheets) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$950StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*/** Lot #1959 1932 Pictorials ½d to £1 SG 130-145 plus McCracken Printings ½d & 3d, mostly well centred, unmounted, Cat £500+ (mounted). (18) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$650StatusSold Symbol**Gradea b1 Lot #1960 1932 Pictorials ½d Motuan Girl McCracken Imprint block of 8 (4x2), unmounted, Cat £136++ (mounted). View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Symbol**Gradea c1 Lot #1961 1932 Pictorials 1d Steve Son of Oala SG 131 McCracken Imprint block of 4, unmounted. Very scarce. [A similar block of 4 - the upper units very lightly mounted - sold at the Prestige auction of 24/4/2009 for $661] View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Symbol**Gradea c1 Lot #1962 1932 Pictorials 4d Mother & Child SG 135 McCracken Imprint block of 4, unmounted. Very scarce & superb! [Better centred than the superb block sold at the Prestige auction of 24/4/2009 for $604] View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Symbol**Gradea+ a1 Lot #1963 1932 Pictorials 1/3d 2/- & 2/6d SG 140-2 blocks of 4, well centred, central 'BWAGAOIA' cds, Cat £350+. Scarce multiples. (3 blocks) View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold Symbolf/vGradea b1 Lot #1964 1932 Pictorials Plate Markings '2/-' & '2/6' in the margin of horizontal pairs from the right of the sheets, unmounted. Rare, especially of this quality. [These plate "numbers" were usually guillotined-off. Tim Rybak's "set" of mounted singles comprising 5d 1/3d 2/- & 2/6d (tiny thin spot) sold at the Prestige auction of 26/4/2008 for $1265] View details Estimate$500Price Realized$700StatusSold Symbol**Gradea b1 Lot #1965 1937 Proposed Air Mails stamp-size photographic reductions of 2d designs of a village scene or Port Moresby Harbour & 3d Hanuabada, each dated "22/10/37" & endorsed "K4" "K6" & "K5" respectively, oval '.../STAMP/ PRINTING BRANCH/...' cachet in violet on the reverse. Ex HC Harris Archive: see "The London Philatelist" (Dec 2014). [The issue was not proceeded with. Tim Rybak's example of the Harbour design - ascribed to the British Possession series and, at the time, the only such essay known to us View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$2,200StatusSold SymbolPGradea Lot #1966 PERFORATED 'OS': 1908-10 Small 'PAPUA' Watermark Sideways Perf 11 2½d black & dull blue SG O17 marginal example from the right of the sheet Imperforate at Right, no gum, CTO with 'PORT MORSEBY/24AUG10/PAPUA' cds. One of the most desirable rarities of Papua. Hamilton Croaker states two sheets were affected, resulting in twelve error stamps. However, we have seen illustrations of 3 different items (including a onetime vertical strip of 3) all with the printer's guide-marks in the margin, proving View details Estimate$7,500Price Realized$8,000StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolfGradea Lot #1967 PERFORATED 'OS': 1911-12 Monocolours ½d (aged) & 2½d x2, and Bicolours ½d single, block of 4 & imprint block of 10, 1d, 2d x7 including a block of 4, 3d 4d & 6d single & pair, fine to very fine, Cat £750++. (31) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Symbol*/**Gradea/b Lot #1968 STAMP DUTY: Group with 'Stamp Duty.' on Litho 6d x6 (3 mint) & Monocolours 6d with No Stop after 'DUTY ', seriffed 'STAMP DUTY' on Monocolours 1d mint & used/unused x18 (including a very scarce block of 4), and Curved 'STAMP DUTY' on Bicolours 1d x4 (one mint, wrinkled), etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine, Barefoot Cat £1000+ for used; mint/unused stamps are unpriced. A good study lot. (39) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$900StatusSold Symbol*Ωo Lot #1969 STAMP DUTY: Handy selection with 'Stamp Duty.' on Small 'PAPUA' Wmk Upright 1d single & block of 4 and 6d, Wmk Sideways 1d, Large 'PAPUA' ½d pair, Monocolours 1d singles x2 (one with Samarai cds), block of 4 (with Port Moresby cds) & dual monogram block of 15 (5x3, Ex Colonel Harrie Evans), and seriffed 'STAMP DUTY' 6d (aged) with Port Moresby cds, generally fine to very fine. (32) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$800StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*o Lot #1970 1887 small piece with Queensland Lined Background 2d tied by light 'PORT MORESBY/1DE/87/NEW GUINEA' cds (Lee #1 - with no code letter - rated F) with a second superior strike slongside. Ex Roger Lee. [Peter Troy's good strike on 2d on small piece - Ex Tom Belknap & Tim Rybak - sold for $1322] View details Estimate$550Price Realized$1,600StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolΔGradea b1 Lot #1971 1907 commercial cover with mixed issues franking of Large 'Papua' 2½d pair & Small 'Papua' 1d pair cancelled with two of three strikes of the 'REGISTERED/SAMARAI BNG' h/s (rated D), 'SAMARAI ED/19SEP07/PAPUA' cds below & Sydney arrival b/s of OC3/07, ironed-out vertical fold clear of the stamps. [The addressee, Sir Robert Bear, ran a "radical" bookshop but his main business was supplying pornography by mail order] View details Estimate$850StatusUnsold SymbolcGradea- Lot #1972 1926 commercial cover with 'J COWLING/MIBUE ESTATE/THURSDAY ISLAND/QUEENSLAND' imprint at upper-left, to Chicago with Bicolours 3d tied by 27mm 'DARU/PAPUA' cds in violet. [Daru is almost 200km NNE of Thursday Island. The cover was probably given to someone on a boat heading for PNG to post at the first port] View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold SymbolcGradea- Lot #1973 1927 PPC from Japan sent as Printed Matter with 2s stamp on the viewside, 'THURSDAY ISLAND' transit & 'SAMARAI' arrival cds, 'MISSENT' h/s & redirected to Cairns where 2d Postage Due affixed & cancelled with blue "X", a little soiled. A bit of an enigma. [The card is addressed to Samarai so our vendor ascribed the Missent h/s to Thursday Island. However, we are of the view that it was an irregular redirection usage at Samarai as both the handstamp & the cds are inverted. Roger Lee recorded diffe View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb Lot #1974 1936 surface cover from England to "Kikiri/Papua/Australia", Port Moresby cds of 9JY36 & very fine 'MISSENT' h/s (Lee #i23; rated G) on the face, forwarded to Samarai (b/s of 18JY36) but returned to England where forwarded to Anglesey, light vertical fold. Ex Roger Lee. [We have recorded only one other example of the Missent h/s] Missionaries were in charge of most health care services & hospitals in Papua. The addressee, Rev Dr GEG ("Cecil") Gill, a brother of Rev SRM Gill, worked 1926-33 at View details Estimate$450Price Realized$600StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb Lot #1975 POSTMARKS: Handy little group including a fair 'KOKODA/BRITISH NEW GUINEA', 'KANOSIA', very fine half-strike of 'KUMUSI', 'POST OFFICE RIGO', 'TAMATA ND' etc. The 'KUMUSI' used in period - pre-1906 - is highly rated: complete examples sold in the Prestige auctions of 28/7/2009, 25/3/2011 & 30/4/2011 for $1035, $2070 & $1150 respectively. (14) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$550StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbols Lot #1976 POSTMARKS: 'BWAGOIA/5FE21/PAPUA' (error for 'BWAGAOIA') twelve good to very fine strikes in violet on 'ONE PENNY' on ½d complete sheet of 40. Rated C by Roger Lee. No reserve. View details Estimate$100Price Realized$140StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolvGradea Lot #1977 'SPECIMEN' Overprint on £1 Fisherman, 10/- Rabaul, £1 QEII and 10/- Bird x2 **, range of other issues to 1993 with a group of larger blocks, majority unmounted; also modest range of New Guinea & Papua. (100s) View details Estimate$250Price Realized$280StatusSold Symbol**/*o Lot #1978 1952-87 collection with mint/used pre-decimals on annotated pages including a group of Australia used in Papua New Guinea, 10/- Map & £1 Fisherman * and overprinted Specimen duo * plus a few FDCs, 3 stockbooks of used in various quantities including high values and many CTO blocks of 4 or larger. (100s) View details Estimate$150Price Realized$140StatusSold Symbol*o Lot #1979 1952-2002 mostly mint collection in 3 stockbooks to 1982 with multiples up to blocks of 16, with Specimens comprising 10/- Map, £1 Fisherman, 10/- Rabaul x3, £1 QEII x4 and 10/- Bird of Paradise x2, plus 2 volumes of issues 1985 onwards mostly blocks of 4 to K10 & M/Ss, majority unmounted. (many 100s) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$300StatusSold Symbol*/**o Lot #1980 1983-97 mint/CTO array including imprint blocks and M/Ss in various quantities, noted Emergency Surcharges and Birds Large 'T' imprint blocks, range of PO packs and FDCs plus Year Albums 1985-95 x3 sets (1988 x6). (many 100s) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$320StatusSold Symbol**oCGradeA Lot #1981 1952-1980s duplicated mint array including 1952 Pictorials 2/6d imprint block of 4, folio of 1960s-1970s complete sheets including Birds to 8d, Butterflies 25c & $1 etc, lots of unaddressed FDCs including 10/- Bird registered, PSEs, Aerogrammes, stamp packs, etc. (Qty) View details Estimate$140StatusUnsold Symbol**cpsGradea Lot #1982 1952-97 collection complete as per Seven Seas hingeless pages including 'SPECIMEN' Overprints & Emergency Surcharges, unmounted. (100s) View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold Symbol**Gradea Lot #1983 POSTAGE DUES: 1960 issues SG D1-14, the 6d on 7½d SG D1 is a right-hand marginal example CTO, others mint with some characteristic toning, Cat £900+. (14) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$380StatusSold Symbol**vGradea/b Lot #1984 Box of mostly commercial covers with Australian Period including registered covers (one for Re-Opening of Madang PO), many 1950s airmails including to Japan, etc, better frankings include 1965 SPC 1/- to Solomons & 2/3d Air to Switzerland, 1/0½d Registration Envelope to NSW, 10d Aerogramme and two formular aerogrammes all commercially used to the USA, etc, condition variable. (150 approx) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$550StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcps Lot #1985 A fascinating group of mostly 1990s commercial covers including many oversize items with high values frankings including K5, K5 pair & K10, numerous other better frankings including Emergency Surcharges, many from overseas readdressed to Australia with additional PNG values added, 1995-97 five packet fronts all with 'OFFICE OF CENSORSHIP/.../PAPUA NEW GUINEA' cachets, etc, also 1997 Qantas boarding pass with 'DEPARTURE TAX/K15' Overprint on 7t Kingfisher, condition variable. (90 approx) View details Estimate$250Price Realized$600StatusSold Symbolcl/co Lot #1986 1995 (c.) commercial airmail envelope (210x165mm) from Australia at $5.70c rate with Customs label for "1 Audio Visual" on the reverse, largely very fine 'OFFICE OF CENSORSHIP/.../PAPUA NEW GUINEA' cachett in violet, minor blemishes. [Our vendor discussed this item with a PNG specialist & was advised that "There's been no postal censorship in PNG". Based on Lot 1985, censorship operated for at least two years in the mid-1990s] View details Estimate$100Price Realized$180StatusSold SymbolclGradeb Lot #1987 1996 commercial registered airmail cover to Internal Revenue Commission with Funghi 25t (No Date) & K1 plus 20t Butterfly Frama tied by 'ALOTAU/23AP96/PNG' cds, Boroko arrival b/s. Modern rarity: we have never before seen a Butterfly Frama on cover. View details Estimate$300Price Realized$240StatusSold SymbolclGradea Lot #1988 A batch of mostly commercial covers including 1950 registered to GB, 1966 airmail to USA with Birds 6d & 1/6d, 1970s makeshift wrappers to Australia Canada & France, 1988 to Alaska with Fish 15c & 90c, 1890s-2000s group with attractive frankings notably the HMS Bounty Replica series including the $10 on a large parcel front, two large envelopes with US 'EXAMINED CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION' tape, 2007 & 2008 local covers to "Terry Young/HM Prison/Pitcairn Is", and 2010 an entire opened-out hon View details Estimate$500Price Realized$440StatusSold Symbolc/co Lot #1989 A selection of blocks mostly with imprint &/or plate numbers or sheet numbers, with KGVI Pictorials values to 1/-, 1949 UPU x18 sets comprising blocks of 4 x2 & blocks of 10, Coronation blocks of 12, 1963 Red Cross blocks of 10 x2, ITU blocks of 4 x2, etc, most units unmounted, Cat £400+. (30+ items) View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Symbolc/co Lot #1990 1925-40 New Zealand Postal Agency group with 1925 defective commercial front with 'POSTED AT PITCAIRN ISLAND/NO STAMPS AVAILABLE' h/s SG C8 & Wellington arrival cds; 1927 real photo PPC of the Island with message "We are due to arrive here tomorrow...", NZ dumb 'PACKET/BOAT.' h/s & GB 1d tied by Wellington slogan; 1938 PPC of the "Rangitane" with social message from "HKW"; late-1930s possibly commercial cover to Hong Kong; and a range of philatelic covers including a couple with Hands Across the View details Estimate$350Price Realized$400StatusSold Symbolc Lot #1991 Flight covers comprising 1925 Warsaw-Danzig x3 with different LOPP labels (one with part-imperf pair but the cover appears to be non-contemporary), 1927 with black/pink 'TARGI WSCHODNIE' label, 1929 three Labecki covers with gum-stains, 1936 Warsaw-Tel Aviv cover & postcard, 1936 with 'SANOK 1' "balloon" d/s & boxed 'BALON SANOK' h/s (faults). Scarce group. (10) View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Symbolc Lot #1992 Carton of mostly collection remainders on pages plus a fine used collection between the 1870s & 1920s with many better stamps including huge revenues, then scads of duplicates in packets etc, lots of Colonies, some multiples noted, postmark interest including Numerals on Imperfs. Ex John Bell (Adelide). The general untidiness has precluded us from devoting the time required to properly assess this huge quantity of material. (1000s) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$650StatusSold Symbol*o Lot #1993 Shoebox of mostly unused Postal Stationery with numerous scenic types including from the Colonies, a few with tiny 'SPECIMEN' handstamp, some attractive usages including 1884 25r blue Envelope uprated to Germany with large oval 'CORREIO/FUNCHAL' datestamp & 1952 Portuguese India 10t Aerogramme commercially used to NSW, also noted 1917 stampless cover from Nova Goa to a German officer at Yercaud POW Camp in India & a 1944 illustrated Hotel Paris advertising cover from Estoril to the UK, generally View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Symbolcps Lot #1994 NYASSA COMPANY: 1901 Pictorials 2½r to 300r each with an Inverted Centre SG 27a-39a, a few characteristic short perfs, a few with hinge remainders, Cat £1235 (2011). (13) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$600StatusSold Symbol*Gradea/a- Lot #1995 1892-93 BSAC Arms £5 sage-green SG 12, unused, Cat £1600. [This & the next two stamps have been examined under UV light. They appear to be unused. Naturally, extensions will be granted on request] View details Estimate$500Price Realized$460StatusSold SymbolΩGradea- c1 Lot #1996 1892-93 BSAC Arms ditto, marginal example in a slightly deeper shade, a couple of short perfs, unused, Cat £1600. View details Estimate$400Price Realized$420StatusSold SymbolΩGradeb c2 Lot #1997 1898-1908 BSAC Arms £5 deep blue SG 92, well centred, unused, Cat £3250. View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,200StatusSold SymbolΩGradea- b1 Lot #1998 1858-1960s collection in two albums by Michel catalogue numbers with definitives mint & used, many fine mint sets including 1931 Centenary of Army, 1932 Medical Congress & Scouts, 1934 Jamboree overprints, M/Ss perforated/imperforate both mint & used plus imperforate sets from 1945, blocks with labels, postage dues and Occupation issues, mixed condition, duplication throughout. (many100s) View details Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold Symbol*/**o Lot #1999 1951-65 Issues largely complete including many of the 1952 Currency Revaluation Surcharges, imperf sets & gutter se-tenant pairs, etc, VFU/CTO, STC £900+. High thematic content. (1200+) View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold SymbolvGradea Lot #2000 Norway reasonably complete 1865-1971 with 1855 Coat of Arms FU, High Values and Officials; & Sweden 1855-1960 with a good range of the earlier issues, 1924 (July & August) Universal Postal Union Congress sets (both missing the 10ö green watermarked); vast majority used, mixed condition. (100s) View details Estimate$350Price Realized$650StatusSold Symbol**/*o Lot #2001 DENMARK: 1851-1985 collection with 4rbs SG 2 (five shades), 1895 definitives plus Inverted Frame set to 100ö, 1907 Newspaper to 10k, 1929 Cancer Research, 1933 Definitives plus die types, Postage Dues, Officials and Newspaper stamps, overall condition fine to very fine, also Davo hingless albums (2) with leaves for 1851 to 1986 'as new'. (100s) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$700StatusSold Symbolo Lot #2002 DENMARK: 1891 commercial cover to Geneva with 4ö x3 & 8ö tied by 'STOREHEDINGE' cds, fine boxed 'Utilstraekkelig/ frankeret' h/s & 'T'-in-circle h/s, Swiss 50c Postage Due tied by 'GENEVE/FACTEURS' cds. View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold SymbolcGradea Lot #2003 ICELAND: 1873-1983 collection in stockbook with 2sk 3sk 4sk & 16sk used, 'Tollur' cancels on a few better items, 'I GILDI' Overprints, then mostly mint from 1930 Air *, 1931 Zeppelin *, 1934 Air **, 1948 Hekla Eruption *, a few back of the book issues. (100s) View details Estimate$250Price Realized$400StatusSold Symbol*/**o Lot #2004 NORWAY: 1856-1980s in stockbook, with 1863 2sk yellow SG 12, 1878 King Oscar SG 68-70, 1925 Air SG 167-173, Posthorn duplicates with shades and die types, then mostly mint modern and Officials. (100s) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$400StatusSold Symbol*/**O Lot #2005 NORWAY: 48pp "Posthorns" exhibit with stamps including Overprints & Surcharges, usages including 1914 cover with very fine 'BERGENS POSTKONTOR/[posthorn]/ II ' seals on the reverse, good range of Postal Stationery including better commercial usages, etc, also a range of modern stamps, M/Ss & booklets. 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