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  • Lot# : 3782 Australia

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    Lot# : 3783 Australia

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    Lot# : 3784 Australia

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    Lot# : 3785 Papua New Guinea

    1900/01: De La Rue engraved Plate Proof, imperforate on unwatermarked paper with ½ d. value tablets and completed central vignette in black, printed in dull yellowish-bistre, and applied to card paper, manuscript "2/6" indication for proposed value at left. Fine, a very scarce Trial.rnrnProvenance: Collection Peter Troy, Prestige, Melbourne, 28 July 2009, lot 2055.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 3786 Papua New Guinea

    1900/01: De La Rue engraved Plate Proof, imperforate on unwatermarked paper with ½ d. value tablets and completed central vignette in black, printed in brown / deep red-brown, and applied to card paper, the colour chosen for the 2 s. 6 d. value, fresh and fine, a very scarce Trial.rnrnProvenance: Collection Peter Troy, Prestige, Melbourne, 28 July 2009, lot 2056.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF

    Lot# : 3787 Papua New Guinea

    1906 (Nov 8): Large 'Papua' overprint, wmk. horizontal, thick paper, line perf. 14; 4 d. black & sepia, 6 d. black & myrtle green, 1 s. black & orange (marginal) and 2 s. 6 d. black & brown, all fresh and fine, large part og. Scarce set so fine Gi = £ 500+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 3788 Papua New Guinea

    1906 (Nov 8): Lakatoi 1 s. black & orange, thick paper, optd. large 'Papua', wmk. horizontal, line perf. 14, an unused sheet of 30 (5 x 6), vignette Plate 1, position 28 showing 'Unshaded leaves at lower left', fresh and very fine, large part or unmounted og. Some aging in margin but scarce and most attractive Gi = £ 780+.rnrnProvenance: Collection Briskham.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 450 CHF

    Lot# : 3789 Papua New Guinea

    1906 (Nov 8): Lakatoi 2½ d. black & ultramarine, medium paper, optd. large 'Papua', wmk. vertical, comb perf. 14, an unused sheet of 30 (5 x 6), position 20 'White Leaves at Right' variety, position 27 showing 'Unshaded leaves at lower left'. Fresh and very fine, large part or unmounted og. Gi = £ 330+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 3790 Papua New Guinea

    1909: Registered cover to Bradford, franked by 1906/07 Large Papua optd. 2½d., Small Papua optd. ½ d. black & yellow-green, 1907/10 litho Small Papua marginal 2½ d.black & ultramarine perf. 11, all tied by 'Port Moresby' cds's (Feb 10) in black. Reverse with Brisbane transit in blue, London and Bradford cds's (April 3). A fine and attractive cover.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 3791 Papua New Guinea

    1907 (May-June): Lakatoi set of five values overprinted with small 'Papua' in black, including both shades of the rare 2½ d. value, wmk. horizontal on thick paper, line perf. 14; a fresh and fine set - the rare 2½ d. black & ultramarine being especially fine, all with large part og. Gi = £ 2'750+.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF

    Lot# : 3792 Papua New Guinea

    1907 (May-June): Lakatoi 4 d. black & sepia, overprinted small 'Papua' in black, wmk. vertical, comb perf. 14, showing position 23 variety "Deformed 'd' at left", fresh and very fine, large part og. Scarce Gi = £ 650.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 3793 Papua New Guinea

    1907 (May-June): Lakatoi 6 d. black & myrtle-green, overprinted small 'Papua' in black, wmk. vertical, comb perf. 14 on thin paper, a fine unused horizontal pair, left hand stamp showing "Inverted "d" for second "p" variety in Papua overprint, fresh and fine, large part og.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 3794 Papua New Guinea

    1907 (May-June): Lakatoi 1 s. black & orange, overprinted small 'Papua' in black, wmk. vertical, line perf. 14 on thick paper, a complete sheet of 30 (5 x 6) with position 16 showing "Inverted 'd' for second 'p' in 'Papua' overprint, position 28 with 'Unshaded leaves at lower left' variety. Some aging but with large part or unmounted og. A remarkable and very scarce full sheet Gi = £ 2'400.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 3795 Papua New Guinea

    1907 (May-June): Lakatoi 1 s. black & orange, overprinted small 'Papua' in black, wmk. vertical, line perf. 14 on thin paper, a fine unused sheet of 30 subjects (5 x 6), with position 10, 16 and 21 showing "Inverted 'd' for second 'p' in Papua overprint, printer's pinholes on positions 4 and 16, large part or unmounted og. A scarce sheet Gi = £ 1'400+.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 3796 Papua New Guinea

    1907/10: Lithographed ½ d. black & yellow-green, wmk. upright, perf. 11, an unused complete sheet of 30 (5 x 6), showing Transfer Flaw varieties on position 5 with flaw on E of POSTAGE at left, position 9 with white spot above UA of PAPUA, position 20 with 'White Leaves redrawn', position 28 with 'Unshaded Leaves' at lower left. Fresh and fine, large part or unmounted og. A scarce sheet.rnrnProvenance: Collection Dr. Gyp, Adriano Landini, Milan, 14 Feb 1992, lot 2437.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 120 CHF

    Lot# : 3797 Papua New Guinea

    1907/10: Lithographed Large Papua 2 s. 6 d. black & chocolate, wmk. sideways, perf. 11, a fine unused block of four of good centering, first stamp with 'cedilla under 'S' in Postage at right, second stamp (position 5) showing POSTAGIE variety at left, some gum loss at top, fine large part og. A rare positional multiple Gi = £ 1'725+.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 3798 Papua New Guinea

    1907/09: Lithographed Small Papua 2½ d. black & pale ultramarine, an unused sheet of 30 subjects (5 x 6), perf. 12½ with watermark inverted, fresh and very fine with large part, mostly unmounted og. Rare and most attractive sheet Gi = £ 1'950+.rnrnProvenance: Coilonel Harrie Evans, Premier, Belgrave, 6 Oct 2001, lot 378.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,600 CHF

    Lot# : 3799 Papua New Guinea

    1911: Registered cover to New York franked by 1909/10 ½ d. black & yellow-green and 4 d. black & sepia tied by DARU cds's (Sept 27). Reverse with fine 'Thursday Island / Queensland' transit (Oct 3), 'Registered / GPO Hong Kong' cds (Oct 21) and New York arrival (Nov 29). Some aging around perfs. but a scarce cover.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 3800 Papua New Guinea

    1910/11: Large 'Papua', frame only Plate Proof for ½ d. value in deep black printed on thick card. Creased at top not affecting appearance, somewhat aged but rare.rnrnProvenance: Collection Peter Troy, Prestige, Belgrave, 28 July 2009, lot 2148.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 3801 Papua New Guinea

    1910/11: Large 'Papua', frame only Plate Proof for 1 d. value, marginal block of four (positions 14-15/19-20) printed in deep black on thick card. Some trivial aging but extremely rare.rnrnProvenance: Collection Peter Troy, Prestige, Belgrave, 28 July 2009, lot 2150.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 3802 Papua New Guinea

    1910/11: Large 'Papua', frame only Plate Proof for 2 d. value, marginal block of four (positions 14-15/19-20) printed in deep black on thick card. Fine and extremely rare.rnrnProvenance: Collection Peter Troy, Prestige, Belgrave, 28 July 2009, lot 2151.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 3803 Papua New Guinea

    1910/11: Lithographed Large Papua 2 d. black & dull purple, perf. 12½, a fine unused sheet of 30 subjects (5 x 6), showing position 18 with variety PCSTAGE for POSTAGE at right, fresh and fine, large part or unmounted og. Scarce and most attractive sheet Gi = £ 325+.rnrnProvenance: Collection Dr. Gyp, Adriano Landini, Milan, 14 Feb 1992, lot 2454.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 3804 Papua New Guinea

    1910/11: Large 'Papua', frame only Plate Proof for 2½ d. value, a reconstructed block of four from four single examples, positions 14-15/19-20, printed in deep black on thick card. Some major faults and one Proof torn but very rare.rnrnProvenance: Collection Peter Troy, Prestige, Belgrave, 28 July 2009, lot 2152.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 3805 Papua New Guinea

    1910/11: 2½ d. black & blue-violet (2 examples, differing shades), used on registered 1912 cover to Switzerland tied by KANOSIA datestamps (Sept 20). Handstamped REGISTERED at left and reverse with Brisbane transit in blue and Bern arrival cds (Dec 8). Cover crease but scarce.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 3806 Papua New Guinea

    1910/11: Large 'Papua', frame only Plate Proof for 1 s. value, a reconstructed block of four from two horizontal pairs, positions 1-2/6-7, printed in deep black on thick card (note position 7 with black dot above 'U' of PAPUA in frameline). A fine and rare pair.rnrnProvenance: Collection Peter Troy, Prestige, Belgrave, 28 July 2009, lot 2154.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF

    Lot# : 3807 Papua New Guinea

    1910/11: Lithographed Large Papua 2 s. 6 d. black & dull purple, Type B, perf. 12½, a fine unused sheet of 30 subjects (5 x 6), fresh and fine, large part or unmounted og. A rare stamp in this format with some interesting small Transfer flaws Gi = £ 1'800.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 3808 Papua New Guinea

    1911/15: Lithographic completed Proof for the ½ d. value in black & grey on smooth card paper. Slight aging at base of no significance, a rare and fine Proof.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 3809 Papua New Guinea

    1911/15: Lithographic completed Proof for the 4 d. value in black & grey on smooth folded card paper. Slight aging of no significance, a rare and fine Proof.rnrnProvenance: Collection Paul Simonson, RL, Basel, 26 March 1981, lot 3177.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 3810 Papua New Guinea

    1918/19: Registered covers (2), earlier cover franked by 1911 4 d. pale olive-green and 1917 1 d. on 2 d. bright mauve tied by IOMA cds's in blue (Feb 5, 1918) mailed to Adelaide; 1919 cover to Birmingham with 1917 1 d. on ½ d. yellow-green (4, one with "JBC" monogram) all tied by 'Port Moresby' cds's (May 23). Minor imperfections but a scarce pair.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 230 CHF

    Lot# : 3811 Papua New Guinea

    1916/31: 1½ d. pale grey-blue & brown and 6 d. dull & pale purple, each in a strip of three examples, pre-cancelled at Port Moresby prior to despatch to the UPU as Specimens of the new issue, applied to large pieces, and further handstamped on arrival with circular POSTES ET TELEGRAPHES / MADAGASCAR / COLLECTION DE BERNE in red. Unique and very attractive.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 3812 Papua New Guinea

    1927/32: OHMS Registered covers (2) each to same addressee in Melbourne, earlier cover franked by 1916/31 2 d. brown purple & brown-lake and 3 d. black & bright blue-green tied byy small 'Samarai E.D. / Papua' cds's (Oct 27, 1927) and second cover franked by 1916 1 d. black & carmine-red and marginal 1931 5 d. bluish-slate & pale brown tied by larger 'Samarai E. D. / Papua' cds's (June 13, 1932), each with different registered label of despatch. Scarce pair.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 3813 Papua New Guinea

    1916/31: 2 d. brown-purple and claret, late printing, a complete sheet of 40 subjects (5 x 8), with position 2 showing 'rift in sky', pos. 11 with broken ornament at lower right, pos. 34 with frame break over right value tablet, pos. 36 with 'break above 'U' of Papua, and sixth row officially repaired by insertion of stamp in position 27. Scarce and fine, large part or unmounted og.rnrnProvenance: Collection Dr. Gyp, Adriano Landini, Milan, 14 Feb 1992, lot 2460.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 3814 Papua New Guinea

    1916/31: 4 d. light brown & orange, a complete sheet of 40 subjects (5 x 8), with full JOHN ASH imprint perforated through at base, showing position 2 with 'rift in sky', fresh and fine, large part or unmounted og. Gi = £ 800+.rnrnProvenance: Collection Dr. Gyp, Adriano Landini, Milan, 14 Feb 1992, lot 2462.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 3815 Papua New Guinea

    1911/15: Lithographic completed Proof for the 5 s. value in black & grey on wove paper. A rare and fine Proof.rnrnProvenance: Collection Paul Simonson, RL, Basel, 26 March 1981, lot 3186.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 950 CHF

    Lot# : 3816 Papua New Guinea

    1917 (Oct): The overprinted 'One Penny' set of six values, sent for distribution toi the UPU in Berne. Thereafter sent on to Bechuanaland and handstamped SPECIMEN (Samuel Type BEC2) in black. Small crayon mark in blue on each and minor imperfections but very rare.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 3817 Papua New Guinea

    1929/30: Airmail 3 d. black & bright blue-green, matching marginal blocks of six from base of sheet, all three printings, all with full imprints, the first with "CA" and "JBC" monograms, second with T. S. HARRISON imprint, lower row slight crease, and third with JOHN ASH, largely fresh and fine, large part or unmounted og. A fine 'set'.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 380 CHF

    Lot# : 3818 Papua New Guinea

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    Lot# : 3819 Papua New Guinea

    1930 (Sept 15): Airmail 6 d. dull & pale purple optd. in carmine, a used sheet of 40 subjects, with full T. S. HARRISON imprint at base, showing position 32 with POSTACE for POSTAGE error, position 38 showing 'Dot in first 'P' of Papua', each stamp cancelled by 'Port Moresby' cds (Dec 10, 1930) in black. Minor corner bend in margin only, fresh and fine and most unusual.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 3820 Papua New Guinea

    1933: Registered cover carried on Gienarco Seaplane endorsed 'First Flight Rabaul Airways Syndicate Plane VH-UNY from Port Moresby to Samurai'; franked by 1930 Airmail optd. 3 d. black & blue-green with 1931 2 d. on 1½ d. cobalt & light brown tied by 'Port Moresby' cds's (Aug 26) with Samarai arrival cds for following day. Cover with horizontal crease but scarce.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 3821 Papua New Guinea

    1930 (Sept 15): Airmail 6 d. dull purple & reddish purple, overprint in carmine, an unused sheet of 40 subjects (5 x 8) with full JOHN ASH imprint perforated through at base, showing position 32 with POSTACE for POSTAGE error, position 38 with 'Dot in first 'P' of Papua', one stamp with minor age spot otherwise fresh and fine, large part or unmounted og. Gi = £300+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 3822 Papua New Guinea

    1931 (Jan 1): 'Two Pence' on Mullet printing 1½ d. cobalt & light brown and 2 d. on 1½ d. bright blue & bright brown, each in top left corner marginal pairs, each showing the varieties POSTACE for POSTAGE at right (position 1) and 'rift in sky' flaw on position 2. Fresh and fine positional pairs, large part og.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 140 CHF

    Lot# : 3823 Papua New Guinea

    1931 (Jan 1): 'Two Pence' on Mullett printing 1½ d. cobalt & light brown, a complete sheet of 40 subjects (5 x 8), with full A. J. MULLETT imprint at base perforated through, showing the varieties POSTACE at right (position 1) and 'rift in sky' flaw on position 2, dropped 'C' in 'Pence' on position 3 etc. Some minor aging but large part or unmounted og., very scarce in a complete sheet - just 90 sheets were overprinted from the Mullett printing Gi = £ 600+.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 3824 Papua New Guinea

    1933; Registered cover to San Diego, USA franked by single 1931 1 s. 3 d. on 5 s. black & deep green tied by BWAGAOIA / PAPUA cds's (June 6) in violet. Registered label at left and reverse with Melbourne and San Diego datestamps (Aug 10). Scarce and most attractive.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 3825 Papua New Guinea

    1931: Official 'O.S.' on 6 d. dull purple & red-purple, a fine used example from position 32 on the sheet showing error POSTACE at left, neatly cancelled by Port Moresby cds (14 Oct 1932). A fine and scarce stamp Gi = £ 325.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 3826 Papua New Guinea

    1933: Registered cover to Bristol franked by 1932 'O.S.' 9 d. lilac & violet tied by BUNA BAY / PAPUA cds (May 15), with registered 'Buna' label at left and Melbourne and Perth transits on reverse. Philatelic but a scarce issue on letter.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 3827 Papua New Guinea

    1932: Pictorial set of 16 values to £ 1 unused, the 9 d. value with crease otherwise fresh and fine, large part og. A scarce and attractive set Gi = £ 550.
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 3828 Papua New Guinea

    1932: Pictorial 2 s. 6 d. black & rosy mauve, a fine unused block sixteen (4 x 4) with full JOHN ASH imprint at base and 5 s. black & olive-brown in a block of twelve (3 x 4) with full JOHN ASH imprint at base, fresh and fine, unmounted og. Gi = £ 1'200+.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 3829 Papua New Guinea

    1932: Pictorial £ 1 black & olive-grey, an irregular block of five examples all tied to piece by 'Port Moresby' cds's (June 23, 1937) in black. Some small imperfections but scarce Gi = £ 900.
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : 380 CHF

    Lot# : 3830 Papua New Guinea

    1935 (July 9): Silver Jubilee, the set of four values, all in marginal blocks of four with JOHN ASH imprints, the 1 d., 3 d. and 5 d. each showing the "Accent Flaw" variety, fresh and fine, large part or unmounted og. Gi = £ 260+.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 140 CHF

    Lot# : 3831 Papua New Guinea

    1929/30: 'Air Mail' on Harrison printing 3 d. black & blue-green, an unused complete sheet of 40 subjects (5 x 8), somewhat toned and reinforced with hinges, but with full T. S. HARRISON imprint perforated through at base. Gi = £ 2'000.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF
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