Number of results: 53
1210
| Sale number: 78 Papua: 1901-05 ''BRITISH NEW GUINEA'', 2d. black and violet on thick paper, watermark horizontal, complete mint sheet of thirty (5 x 6), horizontal bend through lower row but a scarce sheet and unmounted except six. S.G. 3, cat. £690+. Price Realised £500 |
1211
| Sale number: 78 Papua: 1901-05 ''BRITISH NEW GUINEA'', 4d. black and sepia on thin paper, watermark vertical, mint, fine. S.G. 13a, cat. £325. Photo. Price Realised £130 |
1212
| Sale number: 78 Papua: 1901-05 ''BRITISH NEW GUINEA'', 6d. black and myrtle-green and 1s. black and orange on thin paper, watermark vertical, fine unused (regummed). S.G. 14a, 15a, cat. £1,850. Photo. Price Realised £1400 |
1213
| Sale number: 78 Papua: 1901-05 ''BRITISH NEW GUINEA'', 2s.6d. black and brown on medium paper, watermark vertical, mint marginal from the foot of the sheet, some faults but scarce. S.G. 16, cat. £4,500. Photo. Price Realised £1150 |
1214
| Sale number: 78 Papua: 1901-05 ''BRITISH NEW GUINEA'', 2s.6d. black and brown on thin paper, watermark vertical, mint upper left corner marginal block of six (3 x 2) with four unmounted, odd minor bend and perfs. reinforced in margin, a very rare multiple. S.G. 16a, cat. £3,600+. Photo. Price Realised £3500 |
1215
| Sale number: 78 Papua: 1906 Large ''Papua'' Overprints, 6d. black and myrtle-green on thick paper, watermark horizontal, lower right corner marginal block of six (3 x 2), unmounted mint, fine. S.G. 18, cat. £360+. Photo. Price Realised £320 |
1216
| Sale number: 78 Papua: 1906 Large ''Papua'' 1s. black and orange, watermark vertical, slight imperfections but scarce. S.G. 27, cat. £1,400. Photo. Price Realised £380 |
1217
| Sale number: 78 Papua: 1907 Small ''Papua'' Overprints, 2s.6d. black and brown on thick paper, watermark horizontal, lower left corner marginal mint block of four with overprints misplaced to left, slight gum toning. S.G. 37. Photo. Price Realised £820 |
1218
| Sale number: 78 Papua: 1907 Small ''Papua'' overprints, 1/2d. on thin paper, watermark vertical, variety overprint double, mint, diagonal bends. B.P.A. certificate (1968) notes harshly ''creased''. S.G. 38a, cat. £3,500. Photo. Price Realised £1350 |
1219
| Sale number: 78 Papua: 1907 Small ''Papua'' overprints, 1d. black and carmine on thin paper, watermark vertical, complete mint sheet of thirty (5 x 6), a few slight bends etc. but mainly fine with most unmounted, scarce. S.G. 39, cat. £240+. Photo. Price Realised £380 |
1220
| Sale number: 78 Papua: 1907 Small ''Papua'' Overprints, 1s. black and orange on thin paper, watermark vertical, the rare variety overprint double, one diagonal in a block of four, marginal from the top of the sheet with full gum, hinged in margin only, cancelled by Port Moresby c.d.s. of Jan. 10 1908 on three stamps. A great rarity of Papuan philately, this error having affected twenty-four stamps on a single sheet of thirty, all but five being cancelled. S.G. 44ba, cat. £54,000+. B.P.A. certificate (1976) as the then S.G. 45a. Photo. Price Realised £30000 |
1221
| Sale number: 78 Papua: 1907-10 Small ''PAPUA'', Watermark Sideways 2d., perf. 121/2, 1910-11 Large ''PAPUA'', 4d. and 6d., perf. 121/2, in complete sheets of thirty, the first c.t.o. Port Moresby ''24 JAN 10'', the others mint, 1916-31 5d. in complete unmounted sheet of forty, mainly good to fine. S.G. 68, 79, 80, 100, cat. £965+. Price Realised £850 |
1222
| Sale number: 78 Papua: 1907-10 Small ''PAPUA'', Watermark Sideways 2d. black and purple, perf. 11 x 121/2 mint, fine. S.G. 73, cat. £1,500. Photo. Price Realised £720 |
1223
| Sale number: 78 Papua: 1910-11 Large ''PAPUA'', 2s.6d. black and brown, type C, complete mint sheet of thirty (5 x 6), watermark upright, slight gum disturbance and a few imperfections, scarce multiple S.G. 82, cat. £1,440+. Photo. Price Realised £900 |
1224
| Sale number: 78 Papua: 1910-11 Large ''PAPUA'', 2s.6d. black and brown, type C, complete mint sheet of thirty (5 x 6), watermark inverted, twenty-two being unmounted, mainly fine. S.G. 83, cat. £1,800+. Photo. Price Realised £1450 |
1225
| Sale number: 78 Papua: 1916-31 Ash 2d. (both shades) Harrison 2d., Harrison 3d., Ash 5d., 1929-30 ''AIR MAIL'', Ash 3d., each in an imprint block of six, 1916-31 Ash 2s.6d., 1930 Aeroplane overprint, Harrison 6d. and 1s., each in an imprint strip of three, mint, mainly fine with most unmounted. (45) Price Realised £480 |
1226
| Sale number: 78 Papua: 1916-31 10s. green and pale ultramarine, block of six (3 x 2) c.t.o. Samarai Oct. 9 1930, mainly fine. S.G. 105, cat. £1,080+. Photo. Price Realised £600 |
1227
| Sale number: 78 Papua: 1929-30 ''AIR MAIL'' Overprints, 3d. sepia-black and bright blue-green, unmounted mint Harrison printing block of thirty, the upper six rows of the sheet with margins, [R. 3/4] with flaw in sky, gum toned and some minor creasing. S.G. 113, cat. £1,500+. Photo. Price Realised £800 |
1228
| Sale number: 78 Papua: 1929-30 ''AIR MAIL'' Overprints, 3d. sepia-black and bright blue-green, unmounted mint Harrison imprint block of ten, the lower two rows of the sheet with margins, the bottom row with crease and usual lightly toned gum. S.G. 113. Photo. Price Realised £450 |
1229
| Sale number: 78 Papua: 1929-30 ''AIR MAIL'' Overprints, 3d. black and blue-green, Ash printing, showing overprint inverted [R. 8/1], mint, fine. LS.G. 114 var., the complete tête-bêche pair listed by Stanley Gibbons as S.G, 114d (cat. £10,000). B.P.A. certificate (1980). Photo. Price Realised £3400 |
1230
| Sale number: 78 Papua: 1930 Aeroplane Overprint 1s. sepia and olive, Harrison printing, the rare variety overprint inverted mint, a little heavily mounted with Sanabria, Kessler and S.G. New York guarantee handstamps and two very faint tone spots on gum, otherwise fine. Contrary to the Stanley Gibbons listing, the single sheet of this variety is in fact printed on white paper (see article by Ray Kelly in ''Papua New Guinea Calling'' (Oct. 2012). S.G. 117a, cat. £12,000. Photo. Price Realised £6200 |
1231
| Sale number: 78 Papua: 1932-40 1/2d. to £1 set with McCracken 1/2d. mainly fine mint. S.G. 130-45, cat. £500. The property of another vendor. Photo. Price Realised £180 |
1232
| Sale number: 78 Papua: 1932-40 1/2d. to £1 set mainly fine used. S.G. 130 to 145, cat. £450.. The property of another vendor. Photo. Price Realised £120 |
1233
| Sale number: 78 Papua: Officials: 1931-32 ''O S'' Overprints, 2s.6d. maroon and bright pink, Ash printing, unmounted mint block of ten, the lower two rows of the sheet with margins and imprint, slight gum toning. S.G. O66a, cat. £550+. Price Realised £400 |
1234
| Sale number: 78 Papua: The mint or unused collection, incl. 1901-05 ''BRITISH NEW GUINEA'' watermark horizontal 2d. marginal block of four, watermark vertical to 2s.6d. with thin paper 1/2d. and 2d., 1906 large ''Papua'' overprint watermark horizontal 6d. corner block of four doubly perforated at left (reinforced), watermark vertical 4d., 6d., small ''Papua'' overprint watermark horizontal 1/2d., 21/2d., 1s., 2s.6d. (3, incl. a pair), watermark vertical 4d., 1907-10 large ''PAPUA'' perf. 11 2s.6d., small ''PAPUA'' watermark upright, perf. 11 values to 1s. (2), watermark sideways, perf. 11 4d. deformed ''d'', 1910-11 values to 2s.6d. (4), 1911-15 to 2s.6d. (4, incl. monogram pair), and ''Stamp Duty'' 1d. corner block of four, 1916-31 to 10s. with 11/2d. corner single and 6d. marginal pairs (both shades) showing ''POSTACE'', 5s. monogram strip of three, 1917 and 1931 surcharges, 1929-30 ''AIR MAIL'' Harrison 3d. single and corner imprint block of six, 1930 aeroplane overprint Harrison 6d. block of twenty and 1s. block of ten with imprint, Harrison and Ash 6d. with ''POSTACE'', 1935 Silver Jubilee imprint blocks of eight incl. 'accent' flaws, 1938 and 1939-41 Airs sets etc. with plate and other varieties noted, poor to fine. (approx. 230) Price Realised £1850 |
1235
| Sale number: 78 Papua: A used selection with some cancellation interest, incl. 1906 large ''Papua'' watermark horizontal 6d., watermark vertical 4d., 1907-10 large ''PAPUA'' perf. 11 2s.6d., small ''PAPUA'' watermark sideways perf. 11 1s., 4d. with faked perf. 121/2, 1910-11 large ''PAPUA'' values to 2s.6d., 1911-15 to 2s.6d., 1016-31 values to 2s. 6d. (4, incl. a strip), ''O S'' perfins with 1910-11 2s.6d. type B, etc., poor to fine. (130) Price Realised £280 |
1236
| Sale number: 78 Papua: A mint and used collection in a stockbook, incl. 1901-05 watermark horizontal, thick paper 1/2d. to 1s. mint and used, 21/2d. thin paper used, watermark vertical medium to thick paper to 1s. mint, 1906 large overprint watermark horizontal, thick paper 4d. mint (faults), watermark vertical 4d. mint (2, one with faults), 1907 small overprint watermark horizontal 1/2d. mint pair, one with inverted ''d'' for ''p'', 2s.6d. used, watermark vertical to 2s.6d. thin paper mint, 1s. used, 1907-10 small ''PAPUA'' perf. 121/2 to 1s. mint, 1910-11 to 2s.6d. type B mint (2), used to 2s.6d. type C, 1916-31 to 10s. mint, 10s. used (2), 1935 Silver Jubilee set in used imprint blocks of four, one of each with ''Accent'' flaw, Officials with 1931-32 to 2s.6d. mint (2), 11/2d. mint pair, one with ''POSTACE'' at right, range of varieties and flaws, etc. (753). The property of another vendor. Price Realised £2500 |
1237
| Sale number: 78 Papua: Postal Stationery: 1901 1d. postal card, examples unused, c.t.o. Port Moresby Jan. 5 1910, and addressed to Bavaria (address dubious) with added small ''Papua'' overprint 1/2d. cancelled Dec. 21 1907, 11/2d. postal card, examples unused and c.t.o. Jan. 5 1910. (5) Price Realised £120 |
1238
| Sale number: 78 Papua: Covers and Cancellations: ''BNG'' 8 bar oval on Queensland 21/2d. carmine, fine. R.P.S. certificate (1983). The property of another vendor. Photo. Price Realised £130 |
1239
| Sale number: 78 Papua: Covers and Cancellations: 1902 (Feb. 17) printed envelope registered to Springfield, Mass., c/o Adams Express Co., bearing 1/2d., 1d., 21/2d. and 4d. cancelled by ''B.N.G.'' 8 bar ovals with Port Moresby unframed c.d.s and registration handstamp at left, Thursday Island and other transit and arrival backstamps. Photo, Price Realised £520 |
1240
| Sale number: 78 Papua: Covers and Cancellations: 1905 (Nov. 4) commercial envelope to Rome franked 21/2d. cancelled by one of two strikes of unframed Port Moresby c.d.s., some stains and addressee's name obscured, Thursday Island and Brisbane transit and Dec. 23 arrival backstamps. Photo. Price Realised £130 |
1241
| Sale number: 78 Papua: Covers and Cancellations: 1909 to 1931, five 'lakatoi' covers variously addressed incl, 1909 official envelope (foreshortened) from Kokoda to Samarai bearing 2d. and 1d. pair, 1919 Buna Bay to Boston, Mass., underpaid by 1d. pair with U.S. 2c. postage due, 1924 'Wilson' envelope registered from Daru bearing 1/2d., 2d., 21/2d., 4d., 1930 Bwagaoia to Samarai franked 11/2d., Price Realised £170 |
1242
| Sale number: 78 Papua: Covers and Cancellations: 1909 (Dec. 22) front of commercial cover to Buna Bay bearing ''Stamp Duty'' overprint 1d. black and carmine (2, one with tiny tear) tied by Samarai c.d.s.'s, early unauthorised use. Photo. Price Realised £130 |
1243
| Sale number: 78 Papua: Covers and Cancellations: 1910 to 1941, selection of eight covers variously addressed from Port Moresby, incl. 1910 to London (foreshortened at left) with 6d. pair, 1929 to U.S.A. franked 1d. (3), 1931 registered to Sydney bearing 6d. with aeroplane overprint set of three, 1941 censored cover to U.S.A. franked Pictorial 3d., fair to fine. Price Realised £350 |
1244
| Sale number: 78 Papua: Covers and Cancellations: 1910 (Jan. 24) large O.H.M.S. envelope used from Port Moresby to Paris bearing large ''PAPUA'' 2s.6d., small ''PAPUA'' 1d., 4d. and 1s. with registration handstamp at left, Brisbane transit and arrival backstamps, slight cover faults but scarce. Price Realised £240 |
1245
| Sale number: 78 Papua: Covers and Cancellations: 1910 (June 24) 'Wilson' envelope registered from Port Moresby to Birmingham, England, bearing Large ''PAPUA'' 1/2d., Small ''PAPUA'' 1d., 21/2d., 4d., 6d., ms. registration marking, transit and arrival backstamps. Photo. Price Realised £180 |
1246
| Sale number: 78 Papua: Covers and Cancellations: 1912 to 1949, selection of six covers variously addressed overseas incl. 1912 (June 17) to Kent (toned) bearing CA monogram 1/2d. and 1d. pairs and 2d. single, 1929 (Dec. 9) to Liverpool franked 11/2d. with ''POSTACE'' variety, etc. Price Realised £130 |
1247
| Sale number: 78 Papua: Covers and Cancellations: 1916 incoming envelope from New Zealand to Port Moresby bearing 11/2d. with Wellington British Patriotic Exhibition machine cancellation and with 1917 1d. on 1/2d. with large ''TAX'' handstamp affixed as postage due, tied by Aug. 22 unframed datestamp, the cover with tone spots and torn at left but most unusual. Photo. Price Realised £550 |
1248
| Sale number: 78 Papua: Covers and Cancellations: 1916 (May 25) censored cover from Samarai to Toulouse bearing 4d. and 1d., the latter tied by violet straight line ''PASSED'' handstamp, very scarce. Photo. Price Realised £320 |
1249
| Sale number: 78 Papua: Covers and Cancellations: 1916 (June 17) two registered 'Wilson' covers from Daru to Birmingham, England, one bearing 1/2d. pair, 1d. and 2d., the other with 4d. and 6d., neatly cancelled, both with violet registration handstamp. Photo. Price Realised £270 |
1250
| Sale number: 78 Papua: Covers and Cancellations: 1918 (May 23) 'Wilson' envelope registered from Kulumadau to Birmingham, England, bearing 4d. pale olive-green and 6d. orange-brown, transit backstamps. Photo. Price Realised £90 |
1251
| Sale number: 78 Papua: Covers and Cancellations: 1919 (Jan. 10) 'Wilson' envelope registered to Birmingham, England, bearing 2s.6d. rose-carmine with superb central c.d.s. (Lee 70) and two line registration handstamp (Lee 71) below, transit backstamps. Photo. Price Realised £170 |
1252
| Sale number: 78 Papua: Covers and Cancellations: 1919 (Jan. 27) and 1929 (May 18), two covers from Ioma, the first a 'Wilson' envelope registered to Birmingham, England, bearing 1s., the second (minor cover stain at left) commercially used to Samarai franked by 11/2d. with ''POSTACE'' variety. (2 items) Photo Price Realised £190 |
1253
| Sale number: 78 Papua: Covers and Cancellations: 1919 (Dec. 10) O.H.M.S. envelope to U.S.A., franked by ''O S'' perfin 1/d. and 1d., the latter torn prior to affixing with additional gum applied, large violet oval ''GOVERNMENT SECRETARY/PORT MORESBY/PAPUA'' violet oval datestamp at lower left, scarce. Photo. Price Realised £270 |
1254
| Sale number: 78 Papua: Covers and Cancellations: 1925 (Sept. 25) 'Smye' cover from Samarai to Hampshire franked 11/2d., the envelope preserved and resent 1927 (Sept. 28) addressed to Jinja, Uganda, with added G.B. 1/2d., 6d. for Cairo experimental flight, backstamped Air Mail Uganda-Sudan Oct 17 c.d.s. in red, very unusual. Photo. Price Realised £160 |
1255
| Sale number: 78 Papua: Covers and Cancellations: 1928 (Sept. 28) envelope commercially used to Samarai franked 11/2d. tied by one of two good to fine strikes of Losuia c.d.s., slight faults but scarce. Photo. Price Realised £110 |
1256
| Sale number: 78 Papua: Covers and Cancellations: 1930 (July 21) flight cover Port Moresby-Salamaua flown by Ray Parer for Morlaw Airlines, bearing 4d. and ''AIR MAIL'' 3d., with airmail etiquette at left and arrival datestamp, few carried. Photo. Price Realised £95 |
1257
| Sale number: 78 Papua: Covers and Cancellations: 1931 (June 6) two Burns Philp Line envelopes from Samarai to Madang bearing Harrison 1d. and Ash 2d, in imprint strips of three, slight stains but neatly cancelled and with June 15 arrival datestamps. Price Realised £95 |
1258
| Sale number: 78 Papua: Covers and Cancellations: 1934 (June 21) 'Davies' cover from Port Moresby to Cheshire, with ''O.H.M.S.'' handstamp and bearing ''O S'' overprint 1/2d. and 11/2d., attractive. Photo. Price Realised £95 |
1259
| Sale number: 78 Papua: Covers and Cancellations: 1934 (July) First Official Air Mails, six flown covers variously addressed and carried, all with cachets and Papua adhesives, four being special envelopes (3 types), originating from New Zealand (2, one with faults, the other with Trans-Tasman cachet), Townsville or Port Moresby (3, one to Fiji). Price Realised £140 |
1260
| Sale number: 78 Papua: Covers and Cancellations: 1934 (July) First Official Air Mails, two covers (one a special envelope) originating from, and for return to, New Zealand showing Trans-Tasman and First Official Air Mail circular and octagonal cachets (one with octagonal cachet on reverse due to routing instruction via Port Moresby, however carried identically having been reloaded in Port Morseby due to decision not to revisit on return journey), combination frankings (both with Papua aeroplane overprint 6d.) totalling 1s.9d. but with 4d. tax marks, deleted on one but the other charged by N.Z. 2d. postage due pair on reverse affixed on return to Auckland. Price Realised £220 |
1261
| Sale number: 78 Papua: Covers and Cancellations: 1935 (Nov. 27) first flight cover Oroville-Daru (AAMC.P95) flown and signed by pilot Stuart Campbell, adhesive and endorsement on reverse signed by Cecil Cowley, O.I.C. of Oroville Police Camp, Daru Dec. 1 arrival datestamps. 117 carried. Photo. Price Realised £180 |
1262
| Sale number: 78 Papua: Covers and Cancellations: 1936 (June 18) first flight cover Daru-Mount Blucher (AAMC.P104) where dropped by parachute to members of the Second Archbold Expedition, signed by pilots Rogers & Archbold, endorsed on reverse by Michael Healy, O.I.C Mt. Blucher Police Camp. Photo. Price Realised £160 |
