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  • Lot# : 3901 New Guinea

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    Setting 1 / GRI and Value 6 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 3 d. on 25 pf. black & & red on yellow, Setting I, position 8, a fine used example cancelled on First Day of Issue by 'RABAUL / Oct 17 1914' datestamp in violet. Scarce, this describer believes the stamp to be position 8, Holcombe attributes it to position 6 or 7; nevertheless an unusual usage in superb quality. Signed Holcombe Gi = £ 450.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 3902 New Guinea

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    Setting 1 / GRI and Value 6 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 3 d. on 30 pf. black & orange on buff, Setting I, positions 2-3, a fine unused horizontal pair with position 2 showing "Large Stop after "I" in "GRI" and position 3 showing Beard of "G" in "GRI" broken, fresh colour and superb og. A fine positional pair Gi = £ 950+.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 3903 New Guinea

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    Setting 12 / GRI and Value 6 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 3 d. on 30 pf. black & orange on buff, Setting 12, position D, a fine unused example of good colour from this rare Setting, with variety "Break at top of "G" in GRI, "R" with broken cross-bar at top", fresh and very fine with large part og. See Gibbs page 40, a rarity, especially so on this value. Signed Holcombe. Opinion Holcombe (1990) Gi = £ 475+.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 380 CHF

    Lot# : 3904 New Guinea

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    Setting 6 / GRI and Value 6-6¼ mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 4 d. on 40 pf. black & carmine, Setting 6, position 2, a fine unused example, with characteristic "R with weak base to leg and top half of "I" in GRI leaning to left", fresh and fine with large part og. A scarce Setting of five positions. Signed Holcombe Gi = £ 475.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 3905 New Guinea

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    Setting 1 / GRI and Value 6 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 4 d. on 40 pf. black & carmine, Setting 1, position 6, a fine unused example, showing variety "Surcharge Double", both are strong impressions, fresh and very fine, merest hint of a natural gum bend, large part og. A very rare stamp with just 20 examples possible. Cert. Ceremuga (2018) Gi = £ 4'000.rnrnProvenance: Collection Tim Rybak, Belgrave, Melbourne, 26 April 2008, lot 87.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,600 CHF

    Lot# : 3906 New Guinea

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    Setting 12 / GRI and Value 6 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 5 d. on 50 pf. black & purple on buff, Setting 12, position C, a fine unused example of good colour from this rare Setting, with variety "R in GRI with broken serif at lower right and distended "I" almost doubled at base", fresh and very fine with large part og. See Gibbs page 40, a rarity, especially so on this value. Cert. Holcombe (1997) Gi = £ 850+.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 3907 New Guinea

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    1914/15: 8 d. on 80 pf. black & carmine-rose, 6 mm. spacing, Setting 8A, a fine unused example with good colour, well centred and small part og. A very rare Setting. Signed Holcombe, Opinion Holcombe (1995) Gi = £ 1'000.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 3908 New Guinea

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    Setting 12 / GRI and Value 6 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 8 d. on 80 pf. black & carmine on rose, Setting 12, position B (diagonally sliced "I" in "GRI" in it's final worn State), fresh and fine unused example with superb og. A rare stamp. Signed Holcombe, Richter. Opinion Holcombe (1991) Gi = £ 1'000+.rnNote: Stamps from Setting 12 are very rare, Gibbs apportions a value of 25 times normal to this Setting.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 3909 New Guinea

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    Setting 9B / GRI and Value 6.5 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 8 d. on 80 pf. black & carmine on rose, 6.5 mm. spacing, rare setting 9B, a fine used (cancelled to order) example tied to small piece by BUKA / DEUTSCH NEUGUINEA datestamp (Gibbs type 13, "few known")  well struck in black (16.11.14). Rare and very fine usage. Signed Jakubek. Cert. Ceremuga (2018) Gi = £ 1'500+.rnrnProvenance: Corinphila sale 143, May 2005, lot 4760.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF

    Lot# : 3910 New Guinea

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    Setting 4 / GRI and Value 3½ mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 1 s. on 1 m. carmine, Setting 4 position types 1-2/1-2, a fine unused corner block of four from top left of the sheet of 20 subjects (sheet positions 1-2/5-6), with full margins but somewhat tropicalised and a couple of ironed bends, some reinforcement and second stamp with tiny thin not apparent on front, but with lower two stamps unmounted og. A remarkable and extremely rare multiple: only 128 of the 1 mark value (Gi 12 and Gi 27) were surcharged, consequently all multiples are very seldom encountered. Signed Holcombe. Cert. Holcombe (1991) Gi = £ 14'000.rnrnProvenance: Harmers, London, 29 Jan 1997, lot 913.
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,000 CHF

    Lot# : 3911 New Guinea

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    Setting 3 / GRI and Value 3½ mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 2 s. on 2 m. blue, Setting 3, position type 2, a fine unused example with "Stop replaced by a large round stop at the close of the print-run", a fine unused example of excellent centering and colour, minimal aging, fresh and fine, large part og. An extremely rare stamp, stamps from Setting 3 being rarities. Signed Champion, A. Diena. Cert. Holcombe (1990) Gi = £ 3'250. rnrnProvenance: Corinphila sale 83, Sept 1991, lot 7984.rn 
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,350 CHF

    Lot# : 3912 New Guinea

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    Setting 1 / GRI and Value 3½ mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 2 s. on 2 m. blue, Setting 1, position type 4, a fine unused example with "Large S after 2", a fine unused example of excellent centering and colour, one blunt perf. at base, fresh and fine, large part og. An extremely rare stamp. Signed Champion, A. Diena. Cert. Holcombe (1998) Gi = £ 3'250.rn 
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,000 CHF

    Lot# : 3913 New Guinea

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    Setting 1 / GRI and Value 4 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 2 s. on 2 m. blue, Setting 1, position type 3, a fine used example on 1915 cover addressed to the Assistant Postmaster in Rabaul, neatly tied by RABAUL / NEW BRITAIN datestamp (Jan 20, 1915) in violet (Gibbs type 13). The cover with file fold well away from the superb adhesive. Philatelic but a delightful and extremely rare cover. Signed Hoffman Giesecke. Cert. Gibbs (2002) Gi = £ 4'000 off cover.rnrnProvenance: Corinphila sale 133. June 2002, lot 547.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,200 CHF

    Lot# : 3914 New Guinea

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    3 s. on 3 m. violet-black, Setting 3, position 4 with 4 mm. spacing, a fine unused example of excellent centering and colour, fresh and fine appearance, large part og. Just 87 of the 3 mark value were surcharged (Gi 14 and 29). A rare stamp. Signed Holcombe. Cert. Ceremuga (2018) Gi = £ 5'500.rnProvenance: Corinphila sale 83, Sept 1991, lot 7988.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,700 CHF

    Lot# : 3915 New Guinea

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    Setting 7 / GRI and Value 4½-5 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 3 s. on 3 m. violet-black, Setting 7, position type unknown, an unused example of good colour and centering, 'clean cut' overprint corresponding to this late setting, fresh and fine but for small gum skip on top perforation, with large part og. A rare stamp with just 87 examples of the 3 mark overprinted, stamps from this Setting are extraordinarily unusual. Cert. Holcombe (1995) Gi = £ 5'500.rnrnProvenance: Corinphila sale 91, March 1996, lot 8458.rn                   Harmers, London, 24 July 1997, lot 207.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,000 CHF

    Lot# : 3916 New Guinea

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    Setting 3 / GRI and Value 4 mm. Apart 1914 (Oct 17): 5 s. on 5 m. carmine & black, Setting 3, position type 3, a fine used example, marginal from base of sheet, paper slightly aged, cancelled by 'Stephansort' datestamp in blue (Gibbs type 6). Only 102 of the 5 mark values (Gi 15 and 30) were overprinted. A most attractive example of an exceedingly rare stamp, especially so in used condition. Cert. Holcombe Gi = £ 16'000.rnrnProvenance: Corinphila sale 84, Oct 1992, lot 6324.rn                        Harmers, London, 10 March 1998, lot 1392.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 12,500 CHF

    Lot# : 3917 New Guinea

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    Setting 11 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 1 d. on 3 pf. brown, Setting 11, position 1-5, a fine unused horizontal strip of five showing all the types from this Setting, with position 1 showing "I" for "1" variety and position 5 with "1" showing straight serif at top, fresh and very fine with superb unmounted og. A rare multiple from the final State of the Setting with stops very weak and breaking up, especially on positions 1 and 2. This strip illustrated and discussed in the Gibbs handbook on page 38. Signed Holcombe Gi = £ 1'130+.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 3918 New Guinea

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    Setting 11 & Setting 10 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 1 d. on 3 pf. brown, Setting 11, position 5, an unused example with variety "Straight serif to the top of 1" and "Double Surcharge" variety, the second inverted surcharge being Setting 10, position 1. Fresh and very fine, of excellent colour and superb og. A wonderful example of this (much under-catalogued) stamp, which is unique (Gibbs 16fc) and in superb condition. No example in the collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. A great rarity of British Commonwealth philately. Cert. Holcombe (1990) Gi. = £ 8'000.rnProvenance: Bonhams, London, 12-13 Feb 2003, lot 1057.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,400 CHF

    Lot# : 3919 New Guinea

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    Setting 10 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 1 d. on 3 pf. brown, Setting 10, position 2, a fine unused example of good colour and centering, variety "Surcharge Inverted", fresh and fine with large part og. Gibbs records, on page 72 of the handbook, a maximum of just 10 examples in existence. An extremely rare stamp in excellent condition. Cert. BPA (1991) Gi = £ 6'000.rnrnProvenance: Corinphila sale 84, Oct 1992, lot 6330.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,600 CHF

    Lot# : 3920 New Guinea

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    Setting 5 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 1 d. on 5 pf. green, Setting 5, positions 1-5, a used horizontal strip of five, corner marginal from lower left of sheet and showing  the first five positions of this Setting, cancelled by scarce KIETA datestamps in black. The multiple with some creasing of no great significance as multiples of this Setting are extremely scarce, this strip being illustrated in the Gibbs handbook on page 31. Rare and appealing.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 480 CHF

    Lot# : 3921 New Guinea

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    GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 1 d. on 5 pf. green, a used example with variety "No Stops between the letters GRI", tied to small piece by part 'Stephansort' cds in blue leaving the variety clear. Small surface blemish at lower right but an extremely rare variety - see Gibbs 17e on page 76 of the handbook where he records just the one unused example in the collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and two used examples, however, it is now believed that four are known. A rarity. Cert. BPA (2017) Gi = £ 11'000.rnrnProvenance: Collection Marquess of Bute, RL, April 1959.rn 
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,800 CHF

    Lot# : 3922 New Guinea

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    Setting 2 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 1 d. on 5 pf. green, Setting 2, position 1, a fine used example with variety "Surcharge Double" with the second surcharge shifted somewhat to right, tied to small piece by complete strike of oval RABAUL / NEW BRITAIN datestamp (Jan 6 1915) in violet (Gibbs type 8). A rare stamp, especially so in used condition, not recorded by Gibbs in used condition (see page 73). Rare and most unusual piece. Cert. BPA (2003) Gi = 5'000 for unused.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,600 CHF

    Lot# : 3922A New Guinea

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    Lot# : 3923 New Guinea

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    GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 2 d. on 10 pf. carmine, the famous unused example with error of surcharge ".GR.I. / 1d.", surcharged with wrong value and with stop before "G" and no stop after the "G", well centred, of good colour, without gum. Just 2 unused examples recorded (Gibbs 18e, see page 77), this being the Bute example. A major rarity of British Commonwealth philately. Cert. Gibbs (2002) Gi = £ 12'000. rnrnProvenance: Collection Marquess of Bute, RL, London, 29 April 1959, lot 97.
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 8,000 CHF

    Lot# : 3924 New Guinea

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    Setting 11 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 2 d. on 20 pf. ultramarine, Setting 11, position 4/4, the unused vertical pair, showing variety "Surcharge Double in pair with normal", fresh and very fine, superb large part og. with lower stamp unmounted og. Exceptionally rare variety (Gibbs records, on page 78, that possibly 20 examples can exist) however, in pair with a normal stamp the variety is of quite exceptional rarity. Signed David Field. Cert. BPA (1983) Gi = £ 3'500+.rnrnProvenance: Collection Robert M. Gibbs, Corinphila sale 78, 27 Sept 1988, lot 1845.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,000 CHF

    Lot# : 3925 New Guinea

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    Setting 2 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 2 d. on 20 pf. ultramarine, Setting 2, positions 5-6, a horizontal pair used on small piece, creased between the stamps, showing variety "Surcharge Double, One Inverted", the inverted surcharge being Setting 2, positions 9-10, the pair neatly tied by oval RABAUL / NEW BRITAIN datestamp (Jan 6 1915) in violet (Gibbs type 8). Gibbs (19e, page 79) states a possibility of 15 examples but with a question mark and records no used specimens. An exceptional and extremely rare pair in superb quality. Signed Bartels. Cert. Holcombe (1991) Gi = £ 12'000. rnrnProvenance: Corinphila sale 143, May 2005, lot 4770.
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,500 CHF

    Lot# : 3926 New Guinea

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    Setting 2 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1915 (Feb 27): 2½ d. on 10 pf. carmine, Setting 5, position 5, a used example showing variety "1 for "I" in G.R.I.", neatly cancelled by large part RABAUL / NEW BRITAIN oval datestamp in violet (Gibbs type 8). Scarce and fine stamp. Signed Herbert Bloch Gi = £ 350+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 3927 New Guinea

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    1914 (Dec)-15: 3 d. on 25 pf. black & red on yellow, 3 d. on 30 pf. black & orange on buff, 4 d. on 40 pf. black & carmine; all in unused blocks of four, fresh and fine, large part og. Scarce multiples Gi = £ 2'150+.rnProvenance: Corinphila sale 118, October 1999, lot 7154.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 3928 New Guinea

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    Setting 2 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 3 d. on 25 pf. black & red on yellow, Setting 2, position 1, an unused example showing variety "Thick "3" in 3 d.", fresh and very fine, large part og. Just 20 examples can exist. A very scarce, somewhat under-catalogued stamp in superb quality. Signed Holcombe Gi = £ 600.rnrnProvenance: Collection Robert M. Gibbs, Corinphila sale 78, 27 Sept 1988, lot 1856.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 3929 New Guinea

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    Setting 11 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 3 d. on 30 pf. black & orange on buff, Setting 11, positions 4-5, the remarkable unused strip of three from lower right corner of the sheet with 'New-Guinea' imprint in margin, the first stamp from pos. 4, the second from pos. 5 and the third stamp with "Missing Surcharge" error, heavily reinforced on reverse but with part og., this of no great significance as this is the strip illustrated in the Gibbs handbook on page 84 and is unique. A spectacular rarity. Signed Hoffman Giesecke. Cert. BPA (2017) Gi = £ 13'000.rnProvenance: Collection Marquess of Bute, RL, London, 29 April 1959, lot 130; Collection Lt. Col. J. R. Danson MC., RL, London, 7 Oct 1959, lot 254; Collection Robert M. Gibbs, Corinphila sale 78, 27 Sept 1988, lot 1861; Collection Tim Rybak, Prestige, Belgrave, April 2008, lot 107.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 7,500 CHF

    Lot# : 3930 New Guinea

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    Setting 2 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 3 d. on 30 pf. black & orange-buff, Setting 2, positions 9-10, an unused single example marginal from right of sheet, showing position 9 on the stamp and position 10 overprint on the margin at right; fresh and fine, large part og. Superb appearance and most unusual.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,700 CHF

    Lot# : 3931 New Guinea

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    Setting 2 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 3 d. on 30 pf. black & orange on buff, Setting 2, position 5, an unused example of good colour and centering showing variety "No Stop After 3d.", one blunted perf. at right otherwise fresh and very fine, large part og. A rare stamp. Cert. Gibbs (2004) Gi = £ 800.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF

    Lot# : 3932 New Guinea

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    Setting 11 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 3 d. on 30 pf. black & orange on buff, Setting 11, position 1, an unused example showing variety "Surcharge Inverted", of good colour and centering, fresh and very fine, natural gum bend of no importance, superb large part og. Gibbs records (page 82) just four unused examples with no used known to exist. An exceedingly rare stamp. Cert. BPA (1991) Gi = £ 10'000.rn 
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 6,000 CHF

    Lot# : 3933 New Guinea

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    Setting 11 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 4 d. on 40 pf. black & carrine, Setting 11, position 4, an unused example with error of surcharge "1 d." instead of "4 d.", well centred example of this rare variety, fresh and fine, large part og. Gibbs records, on page 86 that 10 unused examples are belived to exist. Rare and very fine stamp. Signed Davidd Field. Cert. BPA (1985) Gi = £ 9'000.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 9,500 CHF

    Lot# : 3934 New Guinea

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    Setting 10 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 4 d. on 40 pf. black & carmine, Setting 10, position 5, an unused example with error of value "1 d." instead of "4 d." and "Surcharge Inverted", a fine appearing example of good colour, with large part og. Slight thin at top of no great significance as this is the sole example of this error recorded (Gibbs #24gd, see page 87 in the handbook). A great rarity for the connoisseur. Unique. Cert. BPA (1991) Gi = £ 19'000.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 12,500 CHF

    Lot# : 3935 New Guinea

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    Setting 2 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 5 d. on 50 pf. black & purple on buff, Setting 2, position 7, a used example of excellent colour and centering, variety "Thin 5 in 5 d.", the "5" being from a different font with straight top, tied to piece by oval RABAUL / NEW BRITAIN datestamp (9 Jan 1915) in violet (Gibbs type 8), leaving the variety clear. Holcombe in his certificate records five examples, Gibbs states, on page 89 of the handbook, that just three examples are recorded in used condition and thus the stamp could be deemed a tad under-catalogued. Extremely rare and most attractive. Signed David Field. Cert. Holcombe (1989) Gi = £ 2'500.rnrnProvenance: Collection Marquess of Bute, RL, London, 29 April 1959, lot 138.rn                        Corinphila sale 80, March 1990, lot 6712.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,400 CHF

    Lot# : 3936 New Guinea

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    Setting 11 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 5 d. on 50 pf. black & purple on buff, Setting 11, position 4, an unused example, variety "Surcharge Double", of good colour and centering, fresh and very fine, large part og. A very scarce stamp, Gibbs records, on page 88, a possible 20 unused examples from three different settings. Signed Herbert Bloch. Cert. BPA (1976) Gi = £ 4'500.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,800 CHF

    Lot# : 3937 New Guinea

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    1914 (Dec): 8 d. on 80 pf. black & carmine on rose, 5mm. spacing, a fine unused example of fresh colour, overprint with apparent 'small triangle' at base of 'd' of '8 d.'. Fresh and fine, superb og. An unusual stamp. Gibbs 26 var. Gi = £ 425.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 3938 New Guinea

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    Setting 6 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 8 d. on 80 pf. black & carmine on rose, Setting 6, position 3, an unused example, variety "Surcharge Double", of good colour and centred slightly to top, fresh and very fine, large part og. A very scarce stamp, Gibbs records, on page 89, a possible 15 unused examples from two different settings. Signed Bothe. Cert. BPA (1987) Gi = £ 7'000.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 7,000 CHF

    Lot# : 3939 New Guinea

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    Setting 10 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 8 d. on 80 pf. black & carmine on rose, Setting 10, position 2, an  unused example, marginal from top of sheet, variety "Surcharge Triple", of good colour and reasonable centering, all three surcharges being the same setting and position, fresh and fine, superb og. An extremely scarce stamp especially so with the sheet margin, Gibbs records, on page 89, a possible 15 unused examples from two different settings. Signed Herbert Bloch. Cert. Holcombe (1989) Gi = £ 9'500.rnrnProvenance: Collection Marquess of Bute, RL, London, 29 April 1959, lot 139 (right hand stamp of the corner pair).
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 8,500 CHF

    Lot# : 3940 New Guinea

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    Setting 2 / GRI and Value 5½-6 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 1 s. on 1 m. carmine, Setting 2, position 1, an unused example, centred to lower right, of rich colour and fine, large part og., tiny hinge thin at top not detracting from appearance. Just 128 examples of both 1 mark stamps (Gi 12 and 27) were surcharged. A rare stamp. Cert. BPA (1980) Gi = £ 5'000.rnrnProvenance: Collection Robert M. Gibbs, Corinphila sale 78, 27 Sept 1988, lot 1902.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,200 CHF

    Lot# : 3941 New Guinea

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    Setting 7 / GRI and Value 5-5½ mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 3 s. on 3 m. violet-black, Setting 7, probably position 4, an unused example, well centred and of excellent strong colour, fresh and very fine appearance, slightest of corner gum loss on reverse, otherwise superb og. Just 87 of the 3 mark value were surcharged (Gi 14 and 29). An exceedingly rare stamp. Cert. Holcombe (1996) Gi = £ 10'000.rnrnProvenance: Corinphila sale 83, Sept 1991, lot 7989.rn                        Harmers, London, 29 Jan 1997, lot 924.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,400 CHF

    Lot# : 3942 New Guinea

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    Provisional Issue 1915 (Jan 1): 1 d. on 2 d. on 10 pf. carmine, Setting 1 position 9, a fine unused example of excellent colour and centering with "Large 1 superimposed over 2 of 2 d.", an unrecorded example from this position of the Setting. Gibbs, page 92, recorded four examples (two unused from positions 3 and 7, positions 8 and 10 on cover, ex Bute), and it is likely that this is the final 'missing' example from the Setting and that just the five stamps were actually surcharged. Fresh and very fine with superb large part og. A great rarity in wonderful condition. Cert. RPS (1966), BPA (1996) Gi = £ 28'000.
    Starting bid : 10,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 34,000 CHF

    Lot# : 3943 New Guinea

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    Registration Labels Surcharged for Postage 1915 (Jan): 'GRI / 3d.' on Rabaul label (#773), Setting E, position 3, a fine used example cancelled by 'Stephansort' cds in black (Gibbs type 6), fresh and fine with some gum intact on reverse, illustrated in Gibbs on page 56. Scarce stamp Gi = £ 325.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 3944 New Guinea

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    Registration Labels Surcharged for Postage 1915 (Jan): 'GRI / 3d.' on Rabaul labels (# 816/811), Setting C, positions 5/5, the fine unused vertical pair, with no hyphen in Deutsch Neuguinea, upper stamp with variety "GRI / 3 d., Surcharge Double", with the second 3 d. surcharge struck between both stamps, the lower label with normal surcharge; fresh and very fine with large part og. Corner bend on no real significance, an extremely rare and attractive variety. Cert. Holcombe (1992) Gi = £ 5'275+.rnrnProvenance: Corinphila sale 84, Oct 1992, lot 6376.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,400 CHF

    Lot# : 3945 New Guinea

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    Registration Labels Surcharged for Postage 1915 (Jan): 'GRI / 3d.' on Rabaul label, (#848), Setting E, position 4, a fine unused example, trimmed at top, showing variety "No bracket after Deutsch-Neuguinea", fresh and fine with large part og. Gi = £ 1'500.rnrnProvenance: Corinphila sale 118, Oct 1999, lot 7157.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 3946 New Guinea

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    1915: 'GRI / 3d.' on Rabaul label (#162), variety "No bracket after Neuguinea", with further variety: 'GRI / 3d.' overprint in black double, an unused example with minor crease on top left corner perforation,otherwise fresh and very fine, unused without gum. An exceedingly rare stamp: just two unused examples of the "Double Overprint" variety are recorded, this stamp certainly unique with the 'missing bracket' variety. A rarity for the specialist. Cert. Ceremuga (2018) Gi = £ 16'000+.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 3947 New Guinea

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    1915: Registered cover to Fred Hagen in Sydney, trimmed at right, franked by January 1915 3 d. "Rabaul" registration stamp, Australia Kangaroo 2 d. grey perforated 'O.S.' and North West Pacific Islands 1 d. and 2 d. all tied by oval framed RABAUL datestamps (June 8, 1915) in violet with PASSED BY CENSOR below. Central file fold just away from adhesives but a rare franking.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 3948 New Guinea

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    Registration Labels Surcharged for Postage 1915 (Jan): 'GRI / 3d.' on Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen labels (#380-379 / 375-374), Setting B, positions 1-2 / 1-2, (Deutsch Neuguinea), a fine unused block of four, without gum, very minor wrinkles but a rare and extremely fine multiple GI = £ 1'000+.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 480 CHF

    Lot# : 3949 New Guinea

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    Registration Labels Surcharged for Postage 1915 (Jan): 'GRI / 3d.' on Herbertshöhe label (#689), Setting A, position 2, an unused example with '(Deutsch - Neuguinea)' with hyphen, fresh and fine, unused without gum. Signed Holcombe Gi = £ 500.
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 3950 New Guinea

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    Registration Labels Surcharged for Postage 1915 (Jan): 'GRI / 3d.' on Herbertshöhe labels (#467 / 462), Setting B, positions 4/4, a fine unused vertical pair, without gum and minor diagonal crease that does not detract from appearance, both stamps with variety "No Stop 3 d.". Rare and attractive multiple. Signed Holcombe Gi = £ 1'000.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 350 CHF

    Lot# : 3951 New Guinea

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    Registration Labels Surcharged for Postage 1915 (Jan): 'GRI / 3d.' on Herbertshöhe labels (#592-591), Setting HB, position 10, the famous unused horizontal pair with variety "Surcharge Omitted in pair with Normal", with left hand example normal and right hand example with surcharge entirely omitted, the pair with minor corner crease at lower left of 592 and sensible reinforcement hinge and without gum. However, this is the pair mentioned in the Gibbs handbook on pages 60 and 100, and is entirely unique. A great rarity and a stunning variety. Cert. BPA (2017) Gi = £ 18'000.
    Starting bid : 10,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 10,000 CHF

    Lot# : 3952 New Guinea

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    Registration Labels Surcharged for Postage 1915 (Jan): 'GRI / 3d.' on Käwieng labels (#47-46 / 42-41) on thicker paper, Setting B, positions 4-5/4-5, a fine unused block of four with 'Deutsch Neu-Guinea', the left hand vertical pair each with surcharge variety "No Stop after d.", fresh and very fine, without gum. A scarce and most attractive multiple. Cert. BPA (1991) Gi = £ 1'750+.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 3953 New Guinea

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    Registration Labels Surcharged for Postage 1915 (Jan): 'GRI / 3d.' on Käwieng labels (#967-966 / 962-961 / 957-956 / 952-951), Setting A, positions 5-6 repeated, an unused block of eight 'Deutsch Neu-Guinea', with the varieties "Double Surcharge - "3d." Only Doubled", on stamps 967 and 966, together with stamp 966 showing "No Hyphen between Neu and Guinea" (this being mentioned in Gibbs on page 101 as unique if located, and as yet unlisted by Stanley Gibbons), a splendid multiple, some blunting of the perforations at right, otherwise fresh and fine, unused without gum. Just five stamps with the "Double Surcharge" variety exist and label 966 is entirely unique. A splendid and very rare multiple for the connoisseur. Cert. Holcombe (1999) Gi = £ 17'950+.rnrnProvenance: Collection Marquess of Bute, RL, London, 29 April 1959, lot 256.
    Starting bid : 10,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 3954 New Guinea

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    Registration Labels Surcharged for Postage 1915 (Jan): 'GRI / 3d.' on Kieta labels (#27-26 / 22-21), Setting B, positions 4-5/4-5, an unused block of four 'Deutsch - Neuguinea', left hand stamps both showing the variety "No Stop after d.", fresh and fine, with large part og. A rare and attractive positional multiple in the foremost quality. Signed Holcombe Gi = £ 2'600.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 3955 New Guinea

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    Registration Labels Surcharged for Postage 1915 (Jan): 'GRI / 3d.' on Kieta labels (#286 / 282), Setting B, positions 4/4, an unused vertical pair 'Deutsch - Neuguinea', both stamps with variety "No Stop after d.", the upper stamp also showing "Broken leg to "K" of "Kieta", fresh and very fine unused, without gum. Scarce and fine pair. Cert. RPSL (1962) Gi = £ 1'700+.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 3956 New Guinea

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    Registration Labels Surcharged for Postage 1915 (Jan): 'GRI / 3d.' on Kieta labels (#200/195), Setting H, positions 1/6, an unused vertical pair 'Deutsch - Neuguinea', upper stamp with manuscript pen mark across the value, lower stamp with variety "G of G.R.I. Omitted", and also part of the 'stop' after 'G', fresh and very fine with one pulled perf at left, a famous pair, mentioned in the Gibbs handbook on page 102, this being the sole example recorded with this error. Exceptional and of extreme importance to GRI philately. Unique. Cert. BPA (2017) Gi = £ 8'450.rnrnProvenance: Collection Tim Rybak, Belgrave, Melbourne, 26 April 2008, lot 129.
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,000 CHF

    Lot# : 3957 New Guinea

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    Registration Labels Surcharged for Postage 1915 (Jan): 'GRI / 3d.' on Stephansort labels (#958 / 953), Setting G, positions 3/8, a used vertical pair 'Deutsch Neu-Guinea', cancelled by central strike of 'Stephansort' datestamp (Gibbs type 6) in black. Note also the dropped 'e' in 'Deutsch' on the lower stamp. Scarce and very fine multiple, just 50 labels were overprinted for postage from this setting (numbered between 951 and 1000), Gibbs stating on page 103 of the handbook, that no unused examples are recorded, this being one of just three known multiples. Cert. Holcombe (1993) Gi = £ 8'500.rnrnProvenance: Corinphila sale 87, Oct 1993, lot 2496.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,000 CHF

    Lot# : 3958 New Guinea

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    Registration Labels Surcharged for Postage 1915 (Jan): 'GRI / 3d.' on Friedrich Wilhelmshafen (with serifs) label (#862), Setting B, position 4, an unused example, 'Deutsch - Neuguinea', showing variety "No stop after d.", and further breaks under "De" of "Deutsch", perfs. somewhat blunted all round, fresh and very fine, with large part og. A scarce stamp. Opinion Holcombe (1995) Gi = £ 450.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 3959 New Guinea

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    Registration Labels Surcharged for Postage 1915 (Jan): 'GRI / 3d.' on Käwieng (with serifs) label (#77), Setting B, position 4, a fine unused example showing variety "No Stop after d.", fresh and fine, without gum. A scarce stamp. Cert. BPA (1998) Gi = £ 475.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 3960 New Guinea

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    GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 1 d. on 5 pf. green, a used horizontal pair on small piece, cancelled by MOROBE / 31 MRZ 1915 datestamp in brownish ink, cancellation unrecorded by Gibbs. Rare and most unusual piece.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 3961 New Guinea

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    Setting 2 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 2 d. on 10 pf. carmine, Setting 2, position 1, an unused example showing variety "No Stop after "G" in G.R.I.", a fresh and fine example with large part og. Gibbs states, on page 115 of the handbook that this variety is 'comparatively rare' as the flaw only came about during the final stages of Setting 2. Illustrated in the handbook on page 115. A rare and most appealing stamp. Signed Holcombe Gi = £ 850.rnrnProvenance: Collection Robert M. Gibbs, Corinphila sale 78, 27 Sept 1988, lot 1981.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 380 CHF

    Lot# : 3962 New Guinea

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    Setting 2 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 2 d. on 10 pf. carmine, Setting 2, a used horizontal pair on 1915 philatelic cover addressed to Victoria, neatly tied by RABAUL / NEW BRITAIN oval datestamp (Jan 4, 1915) struck in violet (Gibbs type 8), with manuscript Censor at lower left "Passed C.W.C." in red ink. Slight closed tear in envelope at upper left and the cover probably never travelled, however a very rare issue on letter.rnProvenance: Corinphila sale 143, May 2005, lot 4775.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 480 CHF

    Lot# : 3963 New Guinea

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    Setting 2 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 2 d. on 20 pf. ultramarine, Setting 2, positions 9-10, a used horizontal pair with the right hand stamp showing variety "Surcharge Double" running diagonally across the upper right corner, fresh and very fine, large part og. A scarce variety, Gibbs estimates that just 20 examples exist. Illustrated in Gibbs handbook on page 118. Signed Holcombe. Cert. BPA (2017) Gi = £ 4'000+.rnrnProvenance: Collection Robert M. Gibbs, Corinphila sale 78, 27 Sept 1988, lot 1992.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,400 CHF

    Lot# : 3964 New Guinea

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    Setting 2 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 3 d. on 25 pf. black & red on yellow, Setting 2, position 2, a used example of good colour, fresh and fine, cancelled by large part RABAUL / NEW BRITAIN oval datestamp (Gibbs type 8) in violet. A scarce stamp. Signed A. Diena, David Field. Cert. BPA (2018). Gi = £ 550.rnProvenance: Collection Marquess of Bute, RL, London, 29 April 1959; Collection Mathew Bennett, New York, 12 Nov 2004, lot 163.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 3965 New Guinea

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    GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 3 d. on 25 pf. black & red on yellow, an unused example, well centred and of good colour, showing variety "Surcharge Double", fresh and fine, slight corner crease not affecting appearance, large part og. A scarce stamp, Gibbs, on page 117 of the handbook estimates that only 20 unused examples can exist. Signed Herbert Bloch, David Field. Cert. BPA (2017) Gi = £ 4'250.rnrnProvenance: Collection Marquess of Bute, RL, London, 29 April 1959, lot 166.rn                   Spink, London, 9-10 March 2005, lot 1102.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,200 CHF

    Lot# : 3966 New Guinea

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    Setting 10 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 3 d. on 30 pf. black & orange on buff, Setting 10, position 1, an unused example with variety "Surcharge Inverted", of good colour and centering, fresh and fine, large part og. Gibbs estimates, on page 119 of the handbook, that just 5 unused examples can exist. An extremely rare stamp. Cert. BPA (2017) Gi = £ 9'000.rnrnProvenance: Spink, London, 14 Dec 2004, lot 795.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,400 CHF

    Lot# : 3967 New Guinea

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    1914 (Dec 16): 4 d. on Marshall Islands 40 pf. black & carmine, Setting II with variety 'No Stop after "d" in 4 d.', fresh and fine unused example with full unmounted og. A scarce stamp. Gibbs 7a, Gi = £ 425.
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 3968 New Guinea

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    Setting 10 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 4 d. on 40 pf. black & carmine, Setting 10, position 4/4, an unused vertical pair, showing variety "Surcharge Double" on the upper stamp with lower stamp normal, fresh and fine, large part og. A very attractive and scarce multiple, Gibbs, on page 119 of the handbook estimates that only 10 unused examples can exist, this example illustrated in the handbook on page 118. Signed Holcombe, Kilian. Cert. BPA (2017) Gi = £ 7'000+.rnrnProvenance: Collection Marquess of Bute, RL, London, 29 April 1959, lot 168.rn                   Collection Robert M. Gibbs, Corinphila sale 78, 27 Sept 1988, lot 2014.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,500 CHF

    Lot# : 3969 New Guinea

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    Setting 2 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 5 d. on 50 pf. black & purple on buff, Setting 2, position 5, an unused example of good colour, showing variety "d. in 5d. Omitted", fresh and fine, superb large part og. A very rare stamp and a most appealing variety. Signed Bühler. Cert. RPSL (1976) Gi = £ 2'000.rnrnProvenance: Spink, London, 6 June 2003, lot 220.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,700 CHF

    Lot# : 3970 New Guinea

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    Setting 10 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 5 d. on 50 pf. black & purple on buff, Setting 10, position 4, an unused example with variety "Surcharge Double", both surcharges from the same position, of good colour and centering, light natural gum bend, fresh and fine, large part og. Gibbs records, on page 120 of the handbook, just 3 unused examples. An extremely rare stamp. Cert. BPA (2017) Gi = £ 10'000.rnrnProvenance: Harmers, London, 24 Aug 1998, lot 3371.
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 6,000 CHF

    Lot# : 3971 New Guinea

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    Setting 11 / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 8 d. on 80 pf. black & carmine on rose, Setting 11, position 5, an unused example with variety "Surcharge Inverted", of good colour and centering, fresh and fine, large part og. Gibbs records, on page 120 of the handbook, just 4 unused examples. An immensely rare stamp. Cert. BPA (2017) Gi = £ 11'000.rnrnProvenance: Spink, London, 14 Dec 2004, lot 802.
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 7,000 CHF

    Lot# : 3972 New Guinea

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    Setting 3 / GRI and Value 3½-4 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 1 s. on 1 m. carmine, Setting 3, position 2, a fine used example, well centred, on small piece, tied by RABAUL / NEW BRITAIN datestamp (Jan 4, 1915) in violet (Gibbs type 8). The stamp of fresh colour and superb. Only 133 stamps were surcharged. Illustrated in the Gibbs handbook on page 121. A wonderful example of a very rare stamp. Signed Holcombe. Cert. BPA (2017) Gi = £ 5'000.rnrnProvenance: Collection Robert M. Gibbs, Corinphila, sale 78, 27 Sept 1988, lot 2032.rn                        Harmers, London, 21 Sept 1994, lot 1598.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,800 CHF

    Lot# : 3973 New Guinea

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    Setting 3 / GRI and Value 3½-4 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 2 s. on 2 m. blue, Setting 3, position 3, a fine used example, well centred and of good rich colour, tied to small piece by complete strike of RABAUL / NEW BRITAIN datestamp (Jan 1, 1915) struck in violet (Gibbs type 8). A scarce stamp, just 245 of this value were surcharged and much rarer used than unused. Signed Holcombe Gi = £ 4'000.rnrnProvenance: Collection Robert M. Gibbs, Corinphila, sale 78, 27 Sept 1988, lot 2035.rn                       Harmers, London, 28 Jan 1998, lot 1535.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,600 CHF

    Lot# : 3974 New Guinea

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    Setting 3 / GRI and Value 3½-4 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 2 s. on 2 m. blue, Setting 3, positions 1-2, an unused horizontal pair, marginal from the lower left corner of the sheet, diagonal crease in margin only, well centred and of vibrant rich colour, fresh and very fine with large part og. Second stamp showing variety "No Stop after "I" in G.R.I.". Just 245 stamps surcharged, a wonderful and extremely scarce multiple. Cert. Holcombe (1991) Gi = £ 5'400+.rnrnProvenance: Corinphila sale 84, Oct 1992, lot 6412.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,200 CHF

    Lot# : 3975 New Guinea

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    GRI and Value 3½-4 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 3 s. on 3 m. violet-black, Setting 3, position 1, an unused example centred to left, of good rich colour, without gum. A very rare stamp with only 87 examples surcharged. Signed Brun, Champion, Holcombe Gi = £ 6'500.rnrnProvenance: Corinphila sale 83, Sept 1991, lot 8055.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,800 CHF

    Lot# : 3976 New Guinea

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    Setting 3 / GRI and Value 3½-4 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 5 s. on 5 m. carmine & black, Setting 3, position 2, a fine unused example of good strong colour, centred to lower right with variety "No Stop after "I" in G.R.I. Replaced", fine large part og. Just 72 stamps were surcharged and the 'Replaced Stop' presumably can be found on only 18 examples. Rare and most unusual stamp. Certs. BPA (1935 and 1958), Holcombe (1997) Gi = £ 14'000.
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 7,500 CHF

    Lot# : 3977 New Guinea

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    Setting 3 / GRI and Value 3½-4 mm. Apart 1914 (Dec 16): 5 s. on 5 m. carmine & black, Setting 3, position 1, a fine used example of good strong colour, well centred, used on small part piece and cancelled by complete RABAUL / NEW BRITAIN datestamp (Jan 22, 1915) in violet (Gibbs type 8). Fine and attractive usage of this exceedingly rare stamp. Cert. BPA (2017) Gi = £ 15'000.
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 7,500 CHF

    Lot# : 3978 New Guinea

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    Provisional Issue / GRI and Value 5 mm. Apart 1915: 1 d. on 2 d. on 20 pf. ultramarine, Setting 2, position 1, a fine unused example with sheet margin at left, slightest of diagonal bends at top and the sheet margin reinforced with hinge, a fine og. example of an extremely rare stamp. Signed Herbert Bloch. Cert. BPA (2017) Gi = £ 4'000.
    Starting bid : 800 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,200 CHF

    Lot# : 3979 New Guinea

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    Provisional Issue / GRI and Value 6 mm. Apart 1915: 1 d. on 3 pf. brown, Setting 7, position 4, a fine unused example but for slight surface scuff on 'M' of 'Marshall', fresh and fine, large part og. A very rare Setting and stamp: supplies of the 3 pf. ran out during the printing of the last Provisional issue. Signed Holcombe. Cert. BPA (2017) Gi = £ 3'500.rnrnProvenance: Collection Robert M. Gibbs, Corinphila sale 78, 27 Sept 1988, lot 2057.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,800 CHF

    Lot# : 3980 New Guinea

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    Provisional Issue / GRI and Value 6 mm. Apart 1915: 1 d. on 5 pf. green, Setting 12, position E, a fine used example showing variety  "I" for "1" in value, cancelled by oval RABAUL / NEW BRITAIN datestamp in violet (Gibbs type 8). An extremely rare stamp. Cert. BPA (1960) Gi = £ 4'250.rnrnProvenance: Collection Marquess of Bute, RL, London, 29 April 1959.rn                        Collection Robert M. Gibbs, Corinphila sale 78, 27 Sept 1988, lot 2061.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 3981 New Guinea

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    Setting 12 / GRI and Value 6 mm. Apart 1915: 2 d. on 10 pf. carmine, Setting 12, position E, an unused example of good colour, centred to lower right, with surcharge error "G.R.I. / 2 d. struck Sideways and Reading up", fresh and very fine with large part og. An extremely scarce stamp with very few known examples. Cert. BPA (2017) Gi = £ 16'000.rnrnProvenance: Spink, London, 12 Dec 2004, lot 806.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 8,000 CHF

    Lot# : 3982 New Guinea

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    Provisional Issue / GRI and Value 6 mm. Apart 1915: 2 d. on 20 pf. ultramarine, Setting 12, position E (with defective "I" in G.R.I.), a fine unused example of excellent colour and centering, fresh and fine appearance, one light tone spot on large part og. A rare stamp, Gibbs states 'a few copies have been recorded'. Signed David Field, Holcombe. Cert. BPA (2017) Gi = £ 4'000.rnrnProvenance: Collection Marquess of Bute, RL, London, 29 April 1959.rn                   Corinphila sale 118, Oct 1999, lot 7204.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,400 CHF

    Lot# : 3983 New Guinea

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    GRI and Value 6 mm. apart 1915: 8 d. on 80 pf. black & carmine, a fresh unused example of excellent colour and centering from a late setting, superb large part og. An extremely rare stamp. Ex Holcombe. Cert. Ceremuga (2018) Gi = £ 7'500.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 7,500 CHF

    Lot# : 3984 New Guinea

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    Provisional Issue / GRI and Value 5½ mm. Apart 1915: 1 s. on 1 m. carmine, Setting 5B, a fine unused example centred slightly to left, of excellent fresh colour and large part og. Illustrated in the Gibbs handbook on page 126. A superb example of this extremely rare stamp in the foremost quality. Signed Holcombe. Cert. BPA (2017) Gi = £ 17'000.rnrnProvenance: Collection Robert M. Gibbs, Corinphila sale 78, 27 Sept 1988, lot 2078.
    Starting bid : 7,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 16,000 CHF

    Lot# : 3985 New Guinea

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    Provisional Issue / GRI and Value 5½ mm. Apart 1915: 2 s. on 2 m. blue, Setting 5B, a fine unused example with variety "Large "S" in 5 s.", the "S" from a different font, centred slightly to right, of superb appearance with vivid colour and superb large part og. A wonderfully fresh example of this great rarity: Gibbs states, on page 127 of the 1987 handbook "the Large "S" variety may exist but it has not been recorded to date". This being the first and only example recorded. Unique. Cert. BPA (2000) Gi = £ 19'000.
    Starting bid : 7,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 8,000 CHF

    Lot# : 3986 New Guinea

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    Provisional Issue / GRI and Value 5½ mm. Apart 1915: 3 s. on 3 m. violet-black, clearly from Setting 7 as this is a very clean-cut surcharge, a fine unused example showing variety "Surcharge Inverted", centred to left and with excellent colour, minor natural aging and gum bend with large part og. A magnificent stamp, illustrated in Gibbs on page 125 who states 'One unused example has been recorded to date, it is ex Bute'. A splendid and unique variety. Signed David Field. Cert. BPA (2017) Gi = £ 65'000.rnrnProvenance: Collection Marquess of Bute, RL, London, 29 April 1959, lot 229.rn                        Collection Tim Rybak, Belgrave, Melbourne, 26 April 2008, lot 170.
    Starting bid : 25,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 27,000 CHF

    Lot# : 3987 New Guinea

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    Provisional Issue / GRI and Value 5½-6 mm. Apart 1915: 5 s. on 5 m. carmine & black, Setting 5B, a fine unused example of good centering and fresh colour, paper perhaps a tad aged, large part somewhat browned og. Illustrated in Gibbs on page 126. A magnificent example of this rare stamp, just 30 examples surcharged. Signed Herbert Bloch, A. Diena, Holcombe, Kilian. Cert. BPA (2017) Gi = £ 38'000.rnrnProvenance: Collection Robert M. Gibbs, Corinphila sale 78, 27 Sept 1988, lot 2081.rn                        Harmers, London, 24 July 1997, lot 225.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 10,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 29,000 CHF

    Lot# : 3988 New Guinea

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    Officials: Setting 3 / GRI and Value 3½ mm. Apart 1915 (Feb 27): 'O.S. / GRI' 1 d. on 3 pf. brown, Setting 3, a fine unused block of six (3 x 2) from upper right corner of the sheet, positions 8-10/18-20, showing variety "1 and "d." spaced" on the left hand vertical pair, fresh and fine, trivial gum bend on first stamp and slightest of aging on unmounted og. A fine and scarce positional multiple Gi = £ 300+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 3989 New Guinea

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    Officials: GRI and Value 3½ mm. Apart 1915 (Feb 27): 'O.S. / GRI' 1 d. on 3 pf. brown, Setting 3, the famous vertical pair, marginal from base of sheet with "Guinea" imprint, upper stamp with variety "Surcharge Double", lower stamp normal, fresh and very fine with superb og. Gibbs states that the double surcharges were all found on the same sheet in vertical pairs from horizontal row 9 (page 106-107 in the handbook) and traces 9 existing examples. Illustrated in Gibbs on page 106. A wonderful and rare pair, in the foremost quality. Signed Herbert Bloch, Hermann-Giesecke. Cert. BPA (1981) Gi = £ 5'500+.rnrnProvenance: Collection Colonel E. H. R. Green, Harmer Rooke, New York, 25-29 March 1946, lot 869.rn                        Corinphila sale 80, March 1990, lot 6731.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,200 CHF

    Lot# : 3990 New Guinea

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    1915 (Feb 27): Official 1 d. on 3 pf. brown and 1 d. on 5 pf. green, each in unused horizontal pairs, fresh and fine og., together with 1 d. on 3 pf. used on piece tied by 'Rabaul / New Britain' datestamp in violet, and 1 d. on 5 pf. green tied to small piece by 'Rabaul' cds in black Gi = £ 475+.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 170 CHF

    Lot# : 3991 New Guinea

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    Officials: GRI and Value 3½ mm. Apart 1915 (Feb 27): 'O.S. / GRI' 1 d. on 5 pf. green, Setting 3, an unused strip of five from top right corner of the sheet positions 6-10, showing on position 8 the variety "1 and "d." spaced", fresh and fine but for splitting between second and third stamp, unmounted og. Scarce positional multiple Gi = £ 600.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 3992 New Guinea

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    Officials: GRI and Value 3½ mm. Apart 1915 (Feb 27): 'O.S. / GRI' 1 d. on 3 pf. brown, Setting 3, position 6 (with surcharge shifted to left), used on local envelope written by Captain Fry and mailed within Rabaul, tied by RABAUL / NEW BRITAIN datestamp (17 Oct 1915) in violet (Gibbs type 8). Straight line CENSORED at left also in violet. An extremely scarce issue on letter. Signed Holcombe. Cert. BPA (1980).
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 3993 New Guinea

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    1914 (Oct): The collection with October 1914 1 d. on 3 pf. to 8 d. on 80 pf. unused, 2 d. on 20 pf. pair on small piece used on first day of issue in Rabaul, December 1914 1 d. on 3 pf. unused (one with Holcombe opinion), 1 d. on 5 pf. green unused (5), 2 d. on 10 pf. carmine unused, 2½ d. on 10 pf. carmine unused (4) and used (2); overprinted on Marshall Islands Dec 1914 set of nine values from 1 d. on 3 pf. to 8 d. on 80 pf. (ex Harmers, November 1994) fine unused, 1 d. on 5 pf. green with unused (4, one with BPA cert.) and used, 2 d. on 20 pf. ultramarine unused (Opinion Holcombe), 3 d. on 25 pf. used (signed Kilian), provisional Jan 1915 1 d. on 2 d. on 10 pf. carmine unused and used. Generally fine, a scarce assembly (48 items).
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,200 CHF

    Lot# : 3994 Papua New Guinea

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    1901: De La Rue working Die Proof in deep black of the vignette only inset on surfaced paper (63 x 61 mm.), with manuscript at top "British New Guinea", dated on the Proof "11 - 21 Jan 1901" and again dated at base "19 Jan" in pencil, with small blue crayon tick of approval at right in blue crayon. Cleaned from necessity at lower right but a beautiful and extremely rare Proof for the connoisseur of the issue.rnProvenance: Collection Tom Belknap (1987); Collection Peter Troy, Prestige, Belgrave, 28 July 2009, lot 2034.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 7,000 CHF

    Lot# : 3995 Papua New Guinea

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    1900/05: De La Rue engraved Plate Proofs (7), imperforate on ungummed unwatermarked paper without value tablet, with completed central Lakatoi vignette in black on each, the near complete set of seven in the adopted colours of yellow-green (½ d.), violet (2 d.), ultramarine (2½ d.), sepia (4 d.), myrtle-green (6 d.), orange (1 s.) and brown (2 s. 6 d.); largely fresh and very fine, a scarce and attractive assembly of great scarcity.
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 14,000 CHF

    Lot# : 3996 Papua New Guinea

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    1901/05: Lakatoi first issue, the complete set of eight values in unused blocks of four, all except the 2 s. 6 d. value in matching top right hand corner blocks, slight scuff on the 1 s. block but largely fresh and fine, large part or unmounted og. A scarce set Gi = £ 3'400+.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,800 CHF

    Lot# : 3997 Papua New Guinea

    Unfortunately this lot was withdrawn from this auction.

    Lot# : 3998 Papua New Guinea

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    1902: Registered cover to USA franked by 1901 ½ d. black & yellow-green (2), 1 d. black & carmine (2), 2 d. black & violet and 2½ d. black & ultramarine cancelled by "BNG" obliterators and by 'Port Moresby' cds (July 31). Reverse with Cooktown cds, Brisbane (Aug 12) transit, and re-addressed on arrival from Tacoma to Boston via Springfield (Sept 11). A rare and attractive first issue cover, together with a 1933 registered Iremonger cover with 1932 OS Official 9 d. lilac and violet (Gi O32) cancelled at Buna Bay.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 3999 Papua New Guinea

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    1901/05: Lakatoi 4 d. black & sepia, wmk. vertical, thick paper, a fine unused example of excellent centering and colour, showing variety "Deformed "d" at left", from position 18 on the sheet, pencil annotations on large part og. A scarce stamp Gi = £ 600.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF
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