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PICTURE POSTCARDSIn our auction of 29/3/2008, we successfully offered some 300 Pacific Islands PPCs from the "Cartophile" Collection. On this occasion, courtesy of Max Shekleton and Dr Don Welsh (Fiji only), we are delighted to bring you almost 1500 of these elusive and popular cards. The emphasis is on pre-1920 cards, with many "real photo" & other elusive types throughout. Please note that mixed condition is the order of the day. Having said that, the quality is generally good to fine, with very few cards of lesser standard, and many that qualify as very fine to superb.

Ex Lot 52

C NEW GUINEA: c.1915 Reeves & Ellis (NSW) "Australia's Occupation of New Guinea" series comprising Palm Island triptych of soldiers training en route to New Guinea, "Hoisting the British Flag at Rabaul", "Native prisoners...", "Changing guard at Rabaul", "Holmes Avenue, Rabaul" (named after the Australian OIC) & "Native Dance (Sing-sing)", all fine to very fine. Very scarce and greatly sought-after. [Illustrated above Lot 47] (6)

52 A

750T

GERMAN COLONIESSee also Michael Courtis's collection of German (Deutsch) New Guinea: Lots 358 to 468..

Ex Lot 322

*/**C Marshall Islands Ships Mi 13-25; Samoa 1mk 2mk & 3mk each with small 'Specimen' overprint of unknown status (**), and GRI '2½d.' on 20pf x6 (two with No Fraction Bar SG 104a) on local philatelic cover. (16 + cover)

322 A

250T

GERMAN NEW GUINEA - Postal History - General

Lot 429

C INWARDS MAIL: 1915 (Jan) cover to a Samoan missionary at the Rhennish Mission in "Friedrich Wilhelms Hafen/Deutsche Neu Guinea" with Overprints 2½d tied by Apia cds but apparently considered invalid at some point & marked with a red-pencil box but not taxed (as indeed it should not have been), the address amended to "formerly/German New Guinea/via Sydney", Sydney transit b/s, minor faults. An exceptional origin/destination item. Ex J Edgar Williams: acquired for $506 at our auction of 5/12/2009. [Illustrated above Lot 428]

429 B

400

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NEW GUINEA - 'G.R.I.' OverprintsMost of the stamps in this section are from the high-grade collection formed by Peter Moverley from Melbourne.

Ex Lot 469

* 5mm Setting '2d.' on 10pf, '3d.' on 30pf & '4d.' on 40pf (creased), 'O.S.' Overprints, Marshalls '1d.' on 5pf, '2d.' on 20pf & '5d.' on 50pf, and '1' on '2d.' on 10pf, Cat £900. (9)

469 A/B400

Lot 470

* 1914-15 6mm Spacing '1d.' on 3pf brown SG 1, well centred, hinge remainder, Cat £600. ["Ello's" lightly mounted example sold for $747]

470 A- B1500

Ex Lot 471

* 1914-15 6mm Spacing '1d.' on 5pf to '4d.' on 40pf SG 2-9 (the '3d.' on 25pf is 5mm Spacing SG 22), a few blemishes, Cat £1325. BPA Certificate (1982) for the '4d.' on 40pf. (8)

471 A/B850

Lot 472

F 1914-15 6mm Spacing '3d.' on 25pf black & red/yellow SG 7 [Stg 1 Pos 6], oval Rabaul d/s in violet, Cat £400.

472 A B1300

Lot 473

* 1914-15 6mm Spacing '5d.' on 50pf black & purple/buff SG 10, well centred, three guarantee handstamps on the reverse, very lightly mounted, Cat £650. BPA Certificate (1985). [Harold Gough's example sold for $604]

473 A B1

600

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Lot 474

W 1914-15 6mm Spacing '8d.' on 80pf black & carmine/rose SG 11, unused, Cat £900. 474 A- C1 400

Lot 475

* 1914-15 High Values 3½-4mm Spacing '1s.' on 1mk red SG 12 [Stg 4 Pos 1], large-part o.g., Cat £2750. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2003). [Tim Rybak's example sold for $3680]

475 A C13,000

Lot 476

* 1914-15 High Values 3½-4mm Spacing '2s.' on 2mk blue SG 13 marginal example from the left of the sheet, faint vertical bend, large-part o.g., Cat £2500. [Harold Gough's example - "a couple of very minor gum bends" - sold for $2415]

476 A- C1

2,000

Lot 477

* 1914-15 High Values 3½-4mm Spacing '2s.' on 2mk blue SG 13, well centred, pencil signature on the reverse, large-part o.g., Cat £2500. Ex "Niagara".

477 A B12,000T

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Lot 478

* 1914-15 High Values 3½-4mm Spacing '3s.' on 3mk violet-black SG 14, well centred, Kaiser & Buhler guarantee h/s on the reverse, large-part o.g., Cat £4500. BPA (1930) & George Buhler (1983) Certificates. [Tim Rybak's example - "a couple of tiny blemishes" - sold for $3680. An example without gum sold for $2990 in our auction of 19/11/2011]

478 A B1

3,500

Lot 479

* 1914-15 High Values 3½-4mm Spacing '5s.' on 5mk carmine & black SG 15 [Stg 4 Pos 4], large-part o.g., Cat £11,000. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2004) states "Very rare with less than 100 printed of all settings".

479 A C1

8,500

Lot 480

* 1914-15 High Values 3½-4mm Spacing '5s.' on 5mk carmine & black SG 15 [Stg 3 Pos 3], large-part o.g., Cat £11,000. BPA Certificate (2003). [The high value stamps of New Guinea overprinted with Setting 3 are very rare, only a very few having been recorded. Tim Rybak's lightly mounted but poorly centred example sold for $12,650. A better centred example sold for $13,225 in our auction of 22/4/2006]

480 A C1

12,500

Ex Lot 481

* 1914-15 5mm Spacing '1d.' on 5pf to '8d.' on 80pf SG 17-26 (ex the rare '2½d.' on 20pf blue SG 21), the '5d.' on 50pf has a hinge remainder otherwise lightly to very lightly mounted, Cat £1450+. (9)

481 A/A-1,000

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Lot 482

* 1914-15 5mm Spacing '2½d.' on 20pf blue SG 21 [Stg 5 Pos 1], a little aged, Cat £1900. BPA Certificate (1998). [Neither Tim Rybak nor "Ello" had a mint example of this stamp. An example with diagonal gum-bend sold for $2645 at our auction of 19/11/2011]

482 B B1

1,750

Lot 483

F 1914-15 5mm Spacing '5d.' on 50pf black & purple/buff SG 25 [Stg 2 Pos 4], straight-line 'Rabaul' cancel in bluish black, Cat £325.

483 A C1250

Lot 484

* 1914-15 High Values 5½mm Spacing '1s.' on 1mk red SG 27, signed by "PL Pemberton" across a paper adhesion on the reverse, large-part o.g., Cat £4250. A very scarce stamp. BPA Certificate (1984). [Tim Rybak had no example of this stamp. "Ello's" example sold for $3910. Another example sold for $3680 at our auction of 22/4/2006]

484 A C1

3,500

Lot 485

* 1914-15 High Values 5½mm Spacing '2s.' on 2mk blue SG 28 [Stg 2 Pos 3], ironed-out vertical crease & a little aged, large-part o.g., Cat £4500. A very scarce stamp. BPA Certificate (1974). [Tim Rybak's example sold for $5060. "Ello's" very fine example sold for $4370]

485 (B) C1

2,500

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Lot 486

* 1914-15 High Values 5½mm Spacing '3s.' on 3mk violet-black SG 29 [Stg 6], very lightly mounted large-part o.g., Cat £8000. A superb example of this rare stamp. Peter Holcombe (1993) & BPA (1996) Certificates: Holcombe states "Stamps from Setting 6 are very rare & few copies [sic] are recorded". [Absent from Tim Rybak's collection. This stamp is superior to "Ello's" example - a couple of tiny gumside blemishes - that sold for $5520]

486 A+ B1

7,500

Ex Lot 487

W* 1915 'G.R.I./3d.' on German Registration Labels With Name of Town in Sans-Serif Letters 'Rabaul' SG 33, 'Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen' SG 35, 'Herbertshöhe' SG 36, 'Käwieng' without Brackets SG 37b, 'Kieta' SG 38 & 'Manus' SG 39, variable centring, the first & last with part-o.g., Cat £1725. (6)

487 A

1,500

Lot 488

F 1915 'G.R.I./3d.' on German Registration Labels 'Rabaul/(Deutsch-Neuguinea)' SG 33d [Stg D Pos 4], oval Rabaul d/s, Cat £500.

488 A B1400

Lot 489

W 1915 'G.R.I./3d.' on German Registration Labels 'Kieta/(Deutsch-Neuguinea)' SG 38 vertical pair [Stg B Pos 2], short perfs at left, unused, Cat £850+.

489 A- B2650

Lot 490

W 1915 'G.R.I./3d.' on German Registration Labels 'Kieta/(Deutsch-Neuguinea)' with No Stop after '3d.' SG 38b [Stg B Pos 4], well centred, unused, Cat £800.

490 A B1750

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Ex Lot 491

W 1915 'G.R.I./3d.' on German Registration Labels 'Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen' SG 41 with irregular perfs, and 'Käwieng' SG 42 with Splintered Stop after 'R', both well centred, Cat £425+. (2)

491 A/A-350

Lot 492

W 1915 'G.R.I./3d.' on German Registration Labels 'Käwieng/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' with No Stop after '3d.' in horizontal pair with normal SG 42a/42 [Stg B Pos 4-5], well centred, a couple of short perfs, unused, Cat £600+.

492 A- B2

500

Lot 493

* 1915 'G.R.I./3d.' on German Registration Labels 'Manus' SG 43, large-part o.g., Cat £3000. Superb! Ex Robert Gibbs (disposed of before his 1988 auction). RPSofL Certificate (1979). [Robert Gibbs' states "I have recorded 25 examples, of which 6 are used". Absent from Tim Rybak's collection. "Ello's" example - two diagonal creases - sold for $2300]

493 A+ B1

3,000

Lot 494

* 1915 'G.R.I./3d.' on German Registration Labels 'Manus' SG 43, large-part o.g., Cat £3000. Superb! Ex Robert Gibbs. RPSofL Certificate (1979).

494 A+ B13,000

Ex Lot 495

* 1914 5mm Spacing on Marshall Inseln '1d.' on 3pf to '5d.' on 50pf SG 50-57, variable centring, Cat £1350. BPA Certificates for the '3d.' on 30pf (1984) & '4d.' on 40pf (1985). (8)

495 A1,000

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Ex Lot 496

* 1914 5mm Spacing on Marshall Inseln '2d.' on 10pf red SG 52 the 10 positions [Stg 2 Pos 1-10], variable centring, lightly to very lightly mounted, Cat £240+. (10)

496 A250

Lot 497

* 1914 5mm Spacing on Marshall Inseln '2d.' on 10pf red with the Surcharge Inverted SG 52h, a couple of tiny surface abrasions, Cat £5000. Alex Rendon (1996) & David Brandon (2009) Certificates.

497 B C13,000

Lot 498

* 1914 5mm Spacing on Marshall Inseln '3d.' on 25pf black & red/yellow SG 54 [Stg 7 Pos 2], well centred, very lightly mounted, Cat £400.

498 A A1400

Lot 499

* 1914 5mm Spacing on Marshall Inseln '3d.' on 30pf black & orange/buff SG 55, well centred, very lightly mounted, Cat £400.

499 A B1400

Lot 500

* 1914 5mm Spacing on Marshall Inseln '4d.' on 40pf black & carmine with No Stop after '4d ' SG 56e [Stg 2 Pos 5], exceptional centring, lightly mounted, Cat £400.

500 A A1400

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Lot 501

V 1914 5mm Spacing on Marshall Inseln '4d.' on 40pf black & carmine with No Stop after '4d ' SG 56e [Stg 2 Pos 5], well centred, a couple of small defects, oval Rabaul d/s in violet, Cat £600. Robert Gibbs Certificate (2010).

501 B B1

400

Lot 502

* 1914 5mm Spacing on Marshall Inseln '8d.' on 80pf black & carmine/rose SG 58, well centred, very lightly mounted, Cat £450.

502 A B1400

Lot 503

* 1914 3½-4mm Spacing on Marshall Inseln High Values '1s.' on 1mk red SG 59 [Stg 3 Pos 1], well centred, Brun guarantee h/s on the reverse, lightly mounted, Cat £3250. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2003) states "Very rare with only about 133 printed".

503 A B1

3,000

Lot 504

V 1914 3½-4mm Spacing on Marshall Inseln High Values '1s.' on 1mk red SG 59, a couple of minor blemishes, light strike of the oval Rabaul datestamp in violet, Cat £4500. Peter Holcombe Certificate (1993) states "The actual setting is unknown...from Row 4]. [A rather similar stamp sold for $4830 at our auction of 11/7/2008]

504 A- B1

4,000

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Lot 505

* 1914 3½-4mm Spacing on Marshall Inseln High Values '2s.' on 2mk blue SG 60 [Stg 3 Pos 3], well centred, Brun guarantee h/s on the reverse, very lightly mounted, Cat £1600. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2003) states "Rare with only about 245 printed".

505 A B1

1,500

Lot 506

* 1914 3½-4mm Spacing on Marshall Inseln High Values '3s.' on 3mk violet-black SG 61 [Stg 3 Pos 4], well centred, minor thin at the top & a couple of minor tonespots on the reverse, large-part o.g., Cat £5000. Ex "Niagara". Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2000). [Tim Rybak's rather similar stamp - with a small thin spot - sold for $4830]

506 B B1

3,000T

Lot 507

* 1914 3½-4mm Spacing on Marshall Inseln High Values '3s.' on 3mk violet-black SG 61 [Stg 3 Pos 3], with the faintest evidence of having been mounted, Cat £5000. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2003) states "Very rare with only about 88 printed". [Tim Rybak's example - small thin spot & hinge remainder - sold for $4830]

507 A C1

5,000

Lot 508

* 1914 3½-4mm Spacing on Marshall Inseln High Values '5s.' on 5mk carmine & black SG 62, well centred, minor wrinkles, Cat £11,000. RPSofL Certificate (1968). [Absent from Tim Rybak's & "Ello's" collections]

508 A- B1

8,500

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Lot 509

* 1914 3½-4mm Spacing on Marshall Inseln High Values '5s.' on 5mk carmine & black SG 62, faintest evidence of having been mounted, Cat £11,000. BPA Certificate (1974). Superb!

509 A+ C112,500

Lot 510

* 1915 5½mm Spacing on Marshall Inseln High Values '3s.' on 3mk violet-black SG 64p [Stg 7], well centred, three guarantee handstamps on the reverse, Cat £23,000. Robert Gibbs Certificate (1974). [Tim Rybak's set of the four High Values SG 64n-64q - then catalogued at £15,450: now £80,000 - sold for $152,375]

510 A B1

35,000

Lot 511

PS POSTAL CARDS: 1914 '2d.' on 10pf with typed "===" through the value & '1D' added below, Sgt GW Moore's New Year Greetings printed on the reverse, some small & relatively insignificant borer holes, unused. Robert Gibbs Certificate (2012) states "...unlisted & unrecorded...This card is unique in my experience..."

This and the next two lots - also with similar borer holes - represent a new and really exciting discovery in New Guinea philately. The issued surcharged cards had typescript "Sold at 1D." applied vertically to the left of the imprinted stamp & '2d.' barred-out. This first item is thought likely to be a trial or essay that was considered unsatisfactory.

511 B

2,500

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Lot 512

PS POSTAL CARDS: ditto, the issued card with "Sold at 1D." applied vertically to the left of the imprinted stamp & '2d.' barred-out Gibbs #PS6, CTO with the "frozen" 'STEPHANSORT/ /13' cds. Robert Gibbs Certificate (2012) states "A very rare card, only four or five examples having been recorded to date".

512 B

1,500

Lot 513

PS POSTAL CARDS: ditto, with two significant varieties No Stop after '1D' & '2d.' NOT Barred-Out Gibbs #PS6var, CTO with the "frozen" 'STEPHANSORT/ /13' cds. Robert Gibbs Certificate (2012) states "This card is unique in my experience, being the first example I have ever recorded".

513 B

2,500

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SAMOAGernot Reiners from the United States has submitted a second selection of Samoan rarities.

Lot 979

F 1914 'G.R.I.' Overprints '1 Shilling.' on 1mk red SG 111 with Shaved Stop after 'I', exceptional centring, tied to small piece by Apia cds, Bothe guarantee backstamp, Cat £7000+. Ex Gernot Reiners. HR Harmer Certificate (1945; the first we have encountered). [The rarest "basic" stamp of the New Zealand Occupation & a great Pacific Islands rarity of which only 35 examples were issued. Absent from Jack Hughes' collection. J Edgar Williams' example on piece sold for $13,225 at our auction of 5/12/2009. Gernot Reiners' other example sold for $8625 at our auction of 19/11/2011. Neither of these stamps exhibited the variety]

Our vendor notes that the overprinting of the GRI stamps commenced on 3rd September, a Thursday. This is the date given by Gibbons and Gibbs as the day of issue. However, given the laborious nature of the job, and the need to have lower denominations available for day-to-day use, Mr Reiners suggests that Monday 7th was more likely the First Day of Issue, especially for the High Values and more particularly for this stamp which was a correction to the more "common" 'Shillings' error.

NB: The Shaved Stop after 'I' variety - which also appears on the next two stamps - is not noted on the certificates, nor listed by Gibbons, nor recorded by Robert Gibbs. Gernot Reiners has advised that "I know of only one other copy of the 1/- (which is on cover!). This variety was not on the Marquess of Bute's sheet of the 2/- & my copy is the only one I have seen. The 3/- is more available with this variety but also rare"

979 A A1

12,000T

Lot 980

F 1914 'G.R.I.' Overprints '2 Shillings.' on 2mk blue SG 112 with Shaved Stop after 'I', very well centred, Cat £3000+. Ex Gernot Reiners. BPA Certificate (1939). [Only 126 were printed. Much better centred than J Edgar Williams' example - without the variety - that sold for $2070 at our auction of 5/12/2009]

980 A B1

2,000T

Lot 981

F 1914 'G.R.I.' Overprints '3 Shillings.' on 3mk violet-black SG 113 with Shaved Stop after 'I', exceptional centring, tied to small piece by two strikes of the 'APIA' cds, Cat £1200+. Ex Mark Dankin & Gernot Reiners. BPA Certificate (1950). [Much better centred than J Edgar Williams' example - without the variety - that sold for $1092 at our auction of 5/12/2009]

981 A A1

1,000T

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PHILATELIC LITERATUREL "The Catalogue of the Royal Philatelic Collection: British Australasia" by Sir John Wilson (1952), being

unbound sections from the monumental complete catalogue - which is used by many as a book press! - including the two magnificent colour plates, in the original folio box in which the sections were issued. Far more accessible & user-friendly than the complete work. [The last example we offered - in a damaged box - sold for $250 at our on-line literature auction of 25/1/2008]

1002 A

150

L Box of catalogues all with important Pacific islands content including the "Howard-White" Pacifics, "Robert Taylor" Pacifics, "Robertson" Fiji, "Baldwin" Solomons & New Hebrides, "Shepard" Samoa etc; also Gary Watson/Macray Watson sales including the Fiji of "Rodger" (stamps), "Grady" & "Proud" (postal history), also "Lehmann" Pacifics, "Collins" GRIs, "Courtis" NWPI, "Santo" New Hebrides, etc. Excellent basic library of Pacific references. (31)

1003 A/A-

75