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Kokoda. 1912 (Mar 29) Registered cover to New York bearing two 2½d stamps (S.G. 62) each cancelled by the Kokoda c.d.s (Lee 70) with a further strike alongside, handstamped "REGISTERED / KOKODA. PAPUA" (Lee 71), backstamped at Port Moresby, Brisbane, Seattle and New York, two further "REGISTERED" handstamps applied in transit in Australia or USA. A scarce early commercial registered cover from Kokoda. Photo on Page 216. £400-500
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Kokoda. 1919 (Jan 10) Registered cover to W.T Wilson in England bearing 1911-15 2d, 2½d and 1916 1d, 3d all tied by the Kokoda c.d.s (Lee 70), handstamped "REGISTERED / KOKODA. PAPUA" (Lee 71), backstamped at Sydney and London, fine. £200-250
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Nepa / Tiveri. 1918 (Nov 30) Registered cover to W.T Wilson in England bearing 1911-15 ½d pair, 2d and 1916 1d all cancelled by the very scarce "NEPA / PAPUA" c.d.s (Lee 81), a fifth strike on the front, backstamped at Sydney and London. The tiny office at Nepa opened in 1910 to service the Lakekamu Goldfield, and closed in 1920; from 1910 until 1917 it was moved to Tiveri but continued to use the Nepa c.d.s. A very scarce cancel used at Tiveri, this cover illustrated by Lee on page 37 of his book. Photo on Page 216. £400-500
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Samarai. 1909 (May 14) Cover to England franked 2d (S.G. 50) cancelled by Samarai c.d.s (Lee 31) with a further strike alongside, arrival datestamps; and a 1911 (Apr 22) piece cut from a registered letter with 1d (S.G. 2) and 6d pair (S.G. 64) tied type 32 Samarai c.d.s, type 25a "BNG" applied alongside (Lee states 'philatelic use, 1907-11'). (2). £100-120
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Tahira. 1926 (Mar 15) Commercial cover to USA franked 3d (S.G. 98) cancelled by the very scarce "TAHIRA / PAPUA" c.d.s, a second strike alongside, backstamped at Sydney. The office at Tahira opened in December 1925 to serve the small New Guinea Copper Co. settlement; it closed ten months later in October 1926 shortly before the collapse of the Copper Co. Minor staining at upper left corner, otherwise fine and rare. Photo on Page 216. £500-600
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1916-31 Perf 14 1d with a violet roller cancel consisting of sloping 8mm bars. Small tear at top, otherwise fine and a scarce and unusual cancel (recorded by Lee, page 97), possibly used on maritime mail and loose letters. Photo on Page 210. £70-80
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Port Moresby - Dead Letter Office. 1915 (Dec 22) Cover from Port Moresby to Scotland, redirected several times with datestamps of Glasgow (Feb 12), Holywell, Melton Mowbray (Feb 15) and Melton Mowbray, and violet boxed "REBUT / Inconnu". Returned with backstamps of Singapore and violet "DEAD LETTER OFFICE / PAPUA" (Mar. 28, Lee 107), the sender not located so sent to Australia for disposal with red "DEAD LETTER OFFICE / BRISBANE" backstamp (May 4). Scarce, three examples of this D.L.O datestamp recorded by Lee, used between 1915 and 1933. £150-180
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Postage Due Mail. 1933 Underpaid covers to Ernest Panton in the Cayman Islands with Centenary issue stamps applied upon arrival as dues, an April 11th cover from Port Moresby franked ½d + 1d, handstamped "TAX" (Lee 102A) and charged 1d; and Dec 4th cover from Ioma franked ½d pair, violet c.d.s and matching boxed "DEFICIENT POSTAGE / FINE (2d)" (Lee 103B), charged 2d. Philatelic but unusual, the Ioma Deficient Postage handstamp scarce (a virtually identical cover of the same date illustrated by Lee on page 57). (2). Photo on Page 216. £240-280
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Postage Due Mail. c.1930 Printed docket on salmon paper "There is (1) letter at this office / awaiting delivery, on which deficient postage / amounting to (3d) is payable", imprint of "G.P. 4A", endorsed "Mrs A. Chalmers", bearing a 1916-31 3d with light c.d.s cancel, scarce and unusual, few known to have survived. Photo on Page 216. £180-220
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Air Mails. 1934 First Official Air Mail from Australia to Papua & New Guinea. Covers flown in both directions bearing Australia and Papua stamps (3), and covers carried on the return flight only from Port Moresby to Sydney (2), three registered, one unusual registered return flight cover franked OS overprint 1d, 3d, 6d but handstamped "TAX" in violet (Lee 102A) with a 1d due applied in Australia, all with circular or octagonal July 1934 flight cachet. (5). £150-180
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1910 (Oct 11) 1½d Blue postcard from Port Moresby to Switzerland, Geneva arrival c.d.s (Nov 19), no message, heavy creases at left; and 1917 4d registration envelope size G, superb unused. 2,974 1½d Postcards were sold; just 1,000 size G registration envelopes were printed. (2). £120-150
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1917 4d Registration envelopes, size G (2) and size H2 unused, one size G envelope and the size H2 envelope with original backing paper adhering to the flaps, the H2 envelope a little discoloured on the reverse although also still showing unusually good bluing to the reverse, very fine. 1,000 of each envelope were printed; the size H2 envelope is very rarely seen. (3). £380-450
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1940 (Mar 12) 4d Registration envelope size H2 from Archdeacon Gill to his brother in England, posted from Ioma franked 1932 2d and 1939 Air 2d pair and 1/- pair (marginal, Ash imprint), Ioma c.d.s (Lee 76) and registration label type R9, violet boxed "PASSED BY CENSOR" applied at Port Moresby, backstamped at Port Moresby and Townsville. Archdeacon Gill wrote regularly to his brother, often with philatelic looking frankings as his brother collected stamps, nevertheless a genuine and very scarce use of this size H2 envelope showing unusually good bluing. 1,000 Envelopes were printed in 1917, its use 23 years later showing how few were actually sold. Minor faults at lower edge, otherwise fine. Photo on Page 212. £250-300
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1913 Unissued British-German Dirigible Expedition 2pf ultramarine semi-official stamp, intended to help finance the joint expedition to explore the interior of New Guinea and Papua with the aid of an airship. 2pf and 1m stamps were printed, but the expedition was abandoned due to the outbreak of World War One and the stamps were never issued, with very few escaping destruction. Mint, paper hinge adhering to reverse, otherwise fine and scarce. Sanabria SO1. Photo on Page 206. £150-180
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1915 G.R.I 2½d on 10pf, Variety fraction bar omitted, used with a Rabaul c.d.s, well repaired at the upper left corner and on the reverse, still an attractive looking example of this rare variety. With Ceremuga Certificate (2009). S.G. 5a, £3,500. Photo on Page 206. £300-350
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British Solomon Islands used in New Guinea. 1918 (May 31) Cover to London bearing British Solomon Islands 1913 ½d strip of three with both end stamps diagonally bisected and a 11d vertically bisected all cancelled by "KIETA" datestamps; and a single 1907 Large Canoe issue 6d with central "KIETA" c.d.s (16 MR 18), accompanied by a photocopy of a 1924 (Jan 22) letter from Stanley Gibbons Ltd to R.P. Croom-Johnson stating "The Solomon Is. used in Papua sent for your inspection were purchased by us from a Naval Officer who was on one of the warships stationed at Kieta, he has assured us they were used in the ordinary way on the date of the postmarks as "Provisionals"". An intriguing pair; we can find no mention of the use of Solomon Islands stamps in New Guinea in 1918 in any literature, and these are the only examples we have seen. (Cover + stamp). Photo on Pages 206 & 216. £200-240
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1915-16 ½d N.W Pacific Islands overprint, used block of 29 (rows 1-5, left pane, electro 4, right stamp removed from row 5), each with a Rabaul (29 JA 18) c.d.s, some splitting to central vertical perfs and two stamps creased at right, otherwise fine. A rare large multiple, rows 1/2 with overprint type 6a, row 3 with overprint type 6b and rows 4/5 with overprint type 6c. S.G. 65. £300-400
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1925-39 Issues mint including Air Mails and Officials, virtually complete (just missing 1932-34 Air 4d, 5/- and 10/-, S.G. 195, 201/2), with 1932-34 unissued ½d orange and additional 1925-27 and official issue 1925-31 6d shades, some unmounted (including 1935 £5), all very fine. S.G. 125/225, O22/54, £4,723. (141). Photo on Page 210. £1,000-1,200
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1931 1d - 5/- Set of eleven overprinted OS, 1d with margin at left, the 1½d - 5/- all upper left corner marginal singles, superb unmounted mint (mounted in margins only). S.G. O31/41, £225++. (11). £100-120
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Air Mails. 1928 (May 23) Cover to "The Manager, Burn Philp & Co, Salamoa, New Guinea" bearing 1925-27 3d pair (upper margin with part printers imprint) each with typewritten "BY AIR" overprint, cancelled by Edie Creek datestamps, violet "GUINEA AIRWAYS LTD / WAU" cachet applied to the cover and stamp margin (tying the pair to the cover), endorsed "By Junkers J.34" and signed by the pilot A.S Cross. Also a photograph of another 1928 (June 23) cover with a 1d block of four similarly overprinted and cancelled also endorsed by Junkers J34. A rare cover, these flights from Edie Creek to Wau not listed in the Australian Air Mail Catalogue and apparently unrecorded; the "By Air" typewritten overprints clearly accepted at Edie Creek and possibly authorised by the Post Office there. Photo on Page 216. £300-400
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1934-38 Covers comprising Australia to Papua and New Guinea first official airmail covers flown in both directions with Australia and New Guinea stamps (2), or carried on the return flight only from Lae to Sydney; 1937 registered cover from Kavieng to Germany franked 1/4 rate (a little staining); 1938 cover with Coronation 2d pair cancelled boxed "PAQUEBOT" of Hong Kong; and 1938 (May 30) registered cover carried on Carpenter Airlines first flight from Australia to Rabaul and back with Australia and New Guinea stamps. (6). £160-180
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Paquebot Mail - Kieta. 1939 (Apr 18) Cover to Burns Philp in Kieta bearing British Solomon Islands 1939 2d cancelled by violet "PAQUEBOT" (Hosking 1702) and a Kieta c.d.s, violet "MALAITA" ship's cachet at lower left. A very scarce Paquebot handstamp, presumably applied on the Burns Philp Co. vessel. Photo on Page 232. £150-180
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c.1941 Cover from Rev. Fliehler, Lutheran Mission, Madang, addressed to Queensland endorsed "c/o Pastor Venz", with 1939 Air 2d + 3d each with an unusual circular dumb cancel, a third strike at left, censored in Australia. The cancel presumably applied in Australia to mail received with uncancelled stamps; the Lee collection contained a similarly cancelled cover with R.A.A.F censor and bearing Papua stamps. Very unusual. Photo on Page 232. £100-120
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Japanese Occupation. 1943 Japanese forces postcards from soldiers with the South Seas Expeditionary Force located at Rabaul, both censored, scarce. (2). £100-120
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1d on 6½d Maroon, overprint trial, the overprint applied twice in black and once in red, superb unmounted mint, margin at left, very rare and unusual, with B.P.A Certificate (1984) stating "is a genuine printers proof but is of unknown status". S.G. D2 Proof. Photo on Page 208. £600-800
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6d on 7½d Blue, variety overprint double, unmounted mint, minor toning at left, otherwise superb. Very scarce, just two sheets of 36 stamps overprinted twice in error. With Ceremuga Certificate (2000). S.G. D1a, £3,500. Photo on Page 208. £1,000-1,200
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3d on ½d, Variety overprint double, superb unmounted mint, small "B&K" (Bridger & Kay) guarantee handstamp on reverse. Very scarce, just one sheet of sixty overprinted twice in error. With Ceremuga Certificate (2001). S.G. D3a, £1,100. Photo on Page 206. £350-400
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1892-96 Presidential Issue, the fine study on sixteen pages with 1892 and 1896 sets mint including blocks, and covers or cards (19) showing various rates, frankings and destinations with items to Germany, Hungary, Belgium, USA, Uruguay, G.B, etc., one card from the German colony of Altos, also postal stationery lettercards (5) and envelopes (4), a good lot. (29 + 28 covers). £320-380
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1939 Reburial of J. Diaz and C. Lopez, original handpainted essays in the two adopted designs on thin card, the Lopez essay unusually entirely painted in reverse; and 1939 Worlds Fair 22p handpainted essay on thin paper (attached to lined paper), endorsed "accepted"; also a die proof of the Worlds Fair 10p in blue, die sunk on card. A unique group. (4). Photo on Page 224. £160-200
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1897 Opening of new General Post Office building in Lima, American Bank Note Co. letter with details of the three stamps required (faults); photographs of Pancartambo suspension bridge and President de Pierola and a print of the G.P.O building (faults) sent to the printers to show the required stamp illustrations; a pencil drawing of the G.P.O building; original handpainted essays on thick card for the three values, the 1c and 2c stamps with separately applied handpainted vignettes all in the issued design, the 5c essay with incorrect printed vignette within the handpainted border with a cross through the vignette, all applied to thick card, the 5c essay handstamped "ENTERED", initialled and dated "3/25/97", the 1c and 2c essays with some ink marks around the painted design; and die proofs of the three stamps in the issued colours, die sunk on thin card, numbered "C364" - "C366", each marked "OK" and initialled with an April 1897 date, the 1c and 5c proofs with "imprint" written below, approx 160x130mm (1c and 2c) or 135x179mm (5c). A unique group from the American Bank Note Co. archives. (11). Photo on Page 220. £500-600
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c.1960 5s Revenue stamp inscribed "Extranjeria", stamp size essay superbly handpainted in purple and Chinese white, set within a card surround (53x96mm) within a paper folder, the card mount and folder cover both embossed "WATERLOW & SONS / LIMITED / SPECIMEN". Very fine and unique, from the papers of Waterlow artist Stanley D. Scott (see lot 766). £80-100
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1922 Stampless cover to England, handstamped red "POSTED AT PITCAIRN ISLAND / NO STAMPS AVAILABLE" with a transit datestamp of Auckland (Oct 11), fine and scarce. S.G. C2, £2,750. Photo on Page 232. £1,300-1,600
| PORTUGAL & COLONIES
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1824-1969 Covers and cards from Portugal or Portuguese Colonies including postal stationery, T.P.Os, Paquebots, etc. (118). £160-180
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Portuguese India. 1883 6r Green die V reissue on thin bluish paper, imperforate, four margins, variety value omitted, fine used with Mermugao c.d.s, scarce. S.G. 243b, £800. Photo on Page 224. £150-180
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Mozambique. 1916 Registered cover from Lourenco Marques to Cyprus franked 1913 Lourenco Marques 10c on Macau 16c, and 1916 Mozambique 1c War Tax, censored in South Africa with two bilingual labels and violet circular "PASSED CENSOR / C.18" (the "18" in manuscript), backstamped at London and Larnaca. Horizontal and vertical folds, otherwise fine and attractive, probably a unique World War One period cover from Mozambique to Cyprus. Photo on Page 232. £200-250
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1935 1E Air stamp, stamp size handpainted essay in the adopted design, superbly painted in black, blue and Chinese white, mounted with a raised card surround, "WATERLOW & SONS / LIMITED / SPECIMEN" embossed in the lower right corner, 94x101mm. A superb and unique essay from the Waterlow archives. Photo on Page 220. £300-350
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1937 1.40E "Palms at Beira", initial stamp size handpainted design mounted on paper (125x86mm) handstamped "WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED", endorsed "Rough designs" and "adopted"; and a finely painted stamp size essay mounted with a card surround, 100x101mm, with "WATERLOW & SONS / LIMITED / SPECIMEN" embossed in the lower right corner. A superb and unique pair, both in the adopted design, painted in green, blue and Chinese white, from the Waterlow archives. (2). Photo on Pages 220 & 222. £400-500
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1940 Third Centenary of Restoration of Independence, piece cut from an archive page (29x7cm) bearing proofs of the six stamps in the issued colours, each 36x53mm, the 70c and 1E proofs both endorsed "approved see l/d 1/3/40" and "BB176 (altered)" or "B621 (altered)" in pencil, each proof with a small pencil tick, the piece endorsed "approved see l/d 30/1/40 except colours for 70cts & 1Escuda". A unique piece from the Waterlow archives. (6 Proofs). Photo on Page 222. £600-700
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1940 Third Centenary of Restoration of Independence, 50c stamp size essay in blue-green and violet on thick card, superbly handpainted in the issued design, 37x64mm. An attractive essay, from the Waterlow archives. Photo on Page 222. £250-300
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1940 Third Centenary of Restoration of Independence, imperforate proofs of the six stamps in the issued colours, on gummed paper, each 36x52mm; and similar proofs of the 70c, 80c and 1E in unissued colours on ungummed wove paper, each 47x42-48mm, sliced diagonally at the top just across the upper left corners of the printed design, also the mint set of six. (9). Photo on Page 172. £300-350
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1892-93 £5 Sage-green and £10 brown, and 1898-1908 £5 deep blue and £10 lilac all in unused blocks of four without gum, the 1892 £5 block with small faults to the lower pair and the £10 block with toning to upper pair, both 1898 blocks fine, all good colour. All four blocks mounted with hinges and framed, with card surround and printed headings and explanation, presented to a former director of Anglo-American, the successors to the British South Africa Company. S.G. 12/13, 92/93, £47,400. (4 blocks). £2,500-3,000
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Mint and used accumulation including Southern Rhodesia 1924 5/- mint, 1937 sets mint (5), 1940 3d cave flaw mint (3), 1953 sets mint (2), Northern Rhodesia 1938 mint sets (3) and many additional blocks, 1948 20/- unmounted, 1953 sets mint and used, also earlier and later Rhodesia issues with some covers, and Nyasaland. £300-400
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Northern Rhodesia. 1938-52 KGVI 1½d Carmine-red and 1½d yellow-brown both with "Tick bird" flaw, both used. S.G. 29b, 30b, £525. (2). Photo on Page 224. £120-150
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Zemstvos. Various mainly mint Zemstvos (50, also a few others with faults), and a few other stamps and covers. (50+). £100-120
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1884-94 2½d, 3d, 4d and 6d Overprinted "SPECIMEN" type D12, 1879 4d carmine and 1884-94 ½d - 2d and 3d - 1/- handstamped "SPECIMEN" type SH2 in violet. A good group, the SH2 handstamp applied locally on St. Helena to presentation sets, all fine mint. (12). Photo on Page 224. £500-600
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1911 KEVII 1d Red, prepared for use but not issued, handstamped violet "SPECIMEN", type SH2 applied locally in St. Helena, superb mint. This stamp was printed in red in error, the error only discovered when the stamps reached St. Helena (although type D12a Specimen overprints had already been distributed by the U.P.U by then); the stamps were all officially burnt with the exception of a very few copies overprinted with this violet Specimen handstamp for inclusion in presentation sets. S.G. 71s (var). Photo on Page 170. £250-300
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1912 KGV 8d Frame Die Proof in black on white glazed card, stamped "BEFORE / HARDENING" and dated "2 JUL. 1912", 92x60mm, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 240. £500-600
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1922 KGV 1d Green and 1½d rose-scarlet, mint pairs overprinted "SPECIMEN", unusual in multiples. S.G. 89/90s. (4). £80-100
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1922 KGV £1 Frame Die Proof in black on white glazed card, stamped "AFTER / HARDENING", dated "20/4/22" and initialled in pencil, 92x60mm, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 240. £600-700
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1902 "Medicinal Spring" design Master Die Proof, with uncleared value tablet and surround, in black on white glazed card stamped "BEFORE / HARDENING" and dated "10 OCT 02", 92x60mm. A fine and scarce die proof, used for the 1d, 3d, 2/- and 5/- stamps issued in 1903. Photo on Page 240. £250-300
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