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Mandated Territory continued...

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

841

POSTMARKS: Modest collection on heavy plastic stockleaves, mostly Territory period but noted very fine 'Herbertshohe' on Kangaroo 2d 'OS', a few better stamps & half a dozen covers. (120+ & covers)

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Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$170.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

Norfolk Island

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

842

POSTAL HISTORY: circa 1895 usage of New Zealand Sideface 2½d blue with light but obvious strike of the rare NSW-pattern 'N.I'-in-Bars cancellation in violet.

Grade B B1 (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$1,250.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

843

POSTAL HISTORY: 1936 (Sept 21) Postmaster General's Department receipt for registered article with compensation details printed on reverse, for item sent to USA with complete almost very fine strike of 'NORFOLK ISLAND/AUSTRALIA' cds on face.

Grade A A1- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

844

PSE

POSTAL HISTORY: 1941 German POW Postcard with Greek Red Cross and Swiss Red Cross cachets both in rosine plus German & Sydney censor handstamps, to "Mrs DE Whisker/Police Station/Norfolk Island" advising of the sender's capture, with Geneva machine transit of 24VII/1941, light vertical bend & minor blemishes. Rare: we know of only one other POW item to Norfolk Island, a later card from the same correspondence, that sold at our auction of 10.4.2010 for $1690. In 1927, a federal police station was established on the island. From at least 1939, Kenneth Cook Whisker, the addressee's husband, was the Norfolk Island constable. The writer, Walter Godfrey Stubbing, was Mrs Whisker's son. He had enlisted in the New Zealand Forces & was captured in Greece (probably on Crete?). [The illustration is above Lot 842]

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$750

SOLD for AU$1,050.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

845

POSTAL HISTORY: 1948 (July 4) airmail cover to USA with Ball Bay 5½d indigo marginal single tied by largely very fine strike of 'R.N.Z.A.F./ E /N.Z.A.P.O.' Air Force cds used at the Norfolk Island airfield, endorsed in pencil on reverse "Last day of RNZAF PO in Norfolk Island", light central fold, opened a little roughly at top & minor aging marks. Ex David Murray Brown.[Proud D2; recorded 11.2.1944 to 23.6.1948; rated 1000pts]

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$600.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

846

POSTAL HISTORY: 1957 (May 9) Registrar's Office Norfolk Island envelope airmail to New Zealand with scarce franking of Ball Bay 1d violet x2 and Pitcairners' Landing 3d x2 tied by largely fine complete strikes of 'NORFOLK ISLAND/AUST' cds, minor edge faults at top. The airmail letter rate was 8d per ½oz.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

847

POSTAL HISTORY: 1960s-90s accumulation of commercial mail to Australia with airmail covers, advertising envelopes, postcards plus a couple of used PSEs, wide variety of frankings including Birds & QEII coils and lots of solos, noted 1967 illustrated tourist cover with Ships 4c re-directed, 1969 Kingfisher Airtel long envelope with Ships 7c & 10c, 1975 CBA envelope with die-cut UPU 10c, 1978 Prouds cover with Butterflies 20c and to Perth with die-cut Guiding 18c, 1979 to ACT with die-cut Scouting 20c & to NSW with Scouting 25c, etc, also a group of concessional rate local covers with Birds, Buildings & Butterflies 1c solos then later with Flowers & Planes 5c local rate issues, some postmark interest, a few with minor blemishes but generally fine to very fine. Weighs 1½kg. Ex Woodchip-Free Zone (Rod Perry). (250+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24) (Image25) (Image26) (Image27) (Image28) (Image29) (Image30) (Image31) (Image32) (Image33) (Image34) (Image35)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

848

POSTAL HISTORY: 1981 (June 30) private illustrated fold-out 'Photo Letter' with Norfolk Island Airlines plane on face & reverse and views of the island inside, to England with lengthy social message describing life on the island and Pitcairn Migration 60c solo tied by a largely very fine complete strikes of 'NORFOLK/ISLAND' cds. The Zone 5 airmail letter rate was 60c up to 10g.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$135.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

849

PSE

POSTAL HISTORY: 1984 & 1985 social usages of illustrated aerogrammes 40c Pine & Aerial View uprated with 5c red booklet stamp, and 45c Orchids with different maps of the island on the reverse, plus 1995 Foenkaad (= Phonecard) Bureau $3.45 on 41c Education PSE unused x10. Ex Ed Druce, who sent the Aerogrammes to his wife & daughter respectively during different stints on the island. (12)

Grade A (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8)

Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

Papua

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

850

Interesting collection remainders with a duplicated array of basic stamps with some better values plus many multiples including BNG ½d pair with full Plate Number '1', a few Monogram pieces including 'ONE PENNY' on 4d block of 6 (with PNG cds), imprints including Bicolours 4d strip of 3 with forged 'OS', a useful range of other 'OS' including Bicolours 6d 'POSTACE' at Left in pair (dubious 'OS') and several blocks of 4 including Lithos to 6d, then three receipts with Pictorials 1d (very scarce but defective) and a range of mostly Official covers including BNG ½d & 2d on large-part cover to GB, Postal Cards 1d & 1½d x5 (one CTO with address added), 1908 registration receipt from Samarai & 1940 receipt for registered letter list with double-circle Port Moresby cds in violet; condition variable but much is fine to very fine. Excellent value at the estimate. Ex David Hopper. (200+ & covers) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17)

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Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$1,250.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

851

Extensive largely annotated collection on heavy album pages mostly mint with BNG to 1/- (oxidised) plus used to 6d, Large 'Papua' 4d & 2/6d both superb, Small 'Papua' to 2/6d x3 plus 2d CTO blocks of 8 & 24 (annotated varieties), Small 'PAPUA' array including Plate Varieties and some multiples, Large 'PAPUA' to 2/6d x4 (including superb unmounted single & pair) plus used to 1/-, Monocolours to 2/6d plus Monogram blocks of 4 to 6d x2, 'ONE PENNY' Surcharges including Dual Monogram blocks of 10 of the 2d 6d & 2/6d, Bicolours to 2/6d x3 plus used to 2/6d x2 & 10/- plus a few imprint strips & blocks, 'TWO PENCE' on 1½d Mullett pair Officially Substituted in a block of 6 & Imprint block of 6, 'AIR MAIL' on 3d Double Overprint Forgery, Aeroplane Overprint Harrison First Printing in Deep Carmine and Second Printing Imprint block of 8, Pictorials 5d with Reversed '5d' in the Margin and used set to 5/-, 1939 Airs 1/- Imprint block of 4, etc, some mostly minor duplication, generally fine to very fine. An excellent basis for serious expansion. (100s) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12)

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Estimate AU$1,200

SOLD for AU$2,700.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

852

Quality duplicates mostly mint including BNG 4d x8 (two used), 6d x4, 1/- x4 and a very well centred 2/6d, Small 'Papua' Overprint 2/6d x4 (all used, one punctured 'OS'), good range of Lithographs to 2/6d x5 (three used including 'OS'), Pictorials set, 1941 Airs 1/6d x2, etc, generally fine to very fine. (280+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18)

Estimate AU$1,500

SOLD for AU$2,100.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

853

Complete sheets of 30 comprising BNG ½d with part-Plate Number '1' and 1d x3 different, Lithos Small 'PAPUA' ½d, 1d x3 different, 2d, 2½d x2 and 4d x2 (both with Thin 'd' at Pos 18), and Large 'PAPUA' ½d and 1d, some toning/tropicalisation but generally fine to very fine with many units being unmounted. An unusual opportunity. Ex David Hopper. (15 sheets)

Grade A/B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16)

Estimate AU$1,500

SOLD for AU$1,600.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

854

1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Horizontal Thick Paper 1/- black & bright orange SG 7, full vibrant colour, exceptional centring, the upper units are lightly mounted and the lower units are unmounted, Cat £340++, for mounted singles. Superb. Most examples of the BNG 1/- show varying degrees of oxidation, that affects the orange and, in extreme cases, renders it black!

Grade A+ A1 (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$675.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

855

1907 Small 'Papua' Overprints Watermark Horizontal Thick Paper 2/6d black & brown as SG 37 but with the Overprint Significantly Misplaced to the Left, marginal block of 4 from the left of the sheet, light tropicalisation of the gum which is a characteristic of the issue, Cat £200+, for normal singles. We don't recall having seen such a pronounced shift of the overprint.

Grade A- B1 (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$550.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

856

1911-15 Monocolours 4d die proof in black on thick highly-surfaced paper (47x41mm, double-thickness). An exceptional proof. Ex Estate of Samuel Reading, Paul Simonson (1981) and Peter Troy: sold at our auction of 28.7.2009 for $6990. [Only four examples have been recorded]

Grade A (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$6,500

SOLD for AU$5,000.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

857

1930 Aeroplane Overprints Harrison Printing 1/- sepia & olive as SG 117 but with the Overprint in Deep Carmine, well centred & lightly mounted. Unlisted in Gibbons. [With a normal stamp for comparison] (2)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

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Estimate AU$150

SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

858

STAMP DUTY OVERPRINTS: 'Stamp Duty' on Small 'PAPUA' 1d (mint but toned), Large 'PAPUA' ½d, 1d x3 & the very scarce 2/6d and Monocolours 1d x3 (two mint), 'STAMP DUTY' on Monocolour 1d x2, and curved 'STAMP DUTY' on Bicolours 1d x3 (shades), mostly fine to very fine. (14) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$270.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

Official Stamps

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

859

Extensive collection remainders on David Hopper's display pages, numerous better stamps with 1908 Small 'Papua' 2/6d x9; 1908-10 Small 'PAPUA' including Sideways Wmk Perf 11 4d corner block of 4 (minor spotting but **) and Perf 12½ 1/- block of 4, Upright Wmk Perf 12½ 1/- x2; 1910 Large 'PAPUA' 2/6d SG O28, 6d marginal block of 4 (unused) & commercially used block of 12, 2/6d SG O37-38 x6 (two mint); 1911-12 Monocolours mostly mint to 2/6d including 1d with the Watermark Sideways Reversed (used), ½d upper half-sheet of 20, 2d block of 4 & 2½d sheet of 40, and Monogram pieces to 1/- strip of 3 including 2½d block of 6 (used); and Bicolours used to 2/6d and mint to 2/6d x2 (both no gum) with extra 2d strip of 3 & block of 4, 6d with Double Perfs and 1/- imprint block of 10 (no gum), some Inverted/Reversed Watermarks and a good range of multiples plus some varieties in the stamps and usage outside Port Moresby, generally fine to very fine, Cat £11,000+, for normal singles. A marvellous opportunity (100s) (Image1)

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Estimate AU$5,000

SOLD for AU$3,800.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

860

David Hopper's duplicates on heavy plastic pages, many useful stamps including Large 'PAPUA' 2/6d x6, Bicolours to 2/6d etc, some blocks, Monograms and Imprints including Bicolours 1d 2d & 2/6d (no gum) strips of 3, a few varieties noted, also 'O S' Overprints including 1d block of 4 with Double Perfs, and Imprint Blocks of 10 of the ½d 1½d 2d 3d 6d & 2/6d, etc, condition variable but much is fine to very fine. (100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$2,300.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

NEW GUINEA continued...

NORFOLK ISLAND

PAPUA