REST OF THE WORLD, NEW GUINEA

Lot 29		Estimate: $8,000 Realised Price : $6,000 1914-15 'G.R.I. 2d' 6mm overprint on 20pf Ultramarine, variety 'Surcharge double, one "G.R.I." albino, SG 4e, guarantee handstamps. 1968 BPA Certificate
Lot 30		Estimate: $10,000 1914-15 'G.R.I. 5/-' 6mm overprint on 5M Carmine and Black, SG 15, guarantee handstamp of Killian. 1974 RPSL Certificate
Lot 31		Estimate: $7,000 1914-15 'G.R.I. 8d' 5mm overprint on 80pf Black and Carmine/Rose, variety 'Surcharge double', from setting VI [position 5], SG 26e, Michel 11DD. 1991 BPA Certificate
Lot 32		Estimate: $3,500 Realised Price : $2,700 1915 'G.R.I./3d' on Kieta Registration label, vertical pair, lower unit with variety 'No bracket before Deutsch', SG 38,a, Michel 16e variety, Hoffman-Giesecke guarantee handstamp on reverse. A fine example of this rarity
Lot 33		Estimate: $7,000 1915 'G.R.I./3d' on Kieta Registration label, block of eight (4x2) from setting B, two units with variety 'No stop after 3d' SG 38,e, Michel 16e variety. A rare multiple
Lot 34		Estimate: $6,000T Realised Price : $10,000 1915 'G.R.I. 3d' on Stephansort Registration label, SG 40, block of four from setting G, positions [1-2/6-7] with position [7] showing early state of 'stop after 3d' breaking up, neatly cancelled at Stephansort. One of two recorded blocks of four, 1967 PF Certificate. 2005 RPSL Certificate states 'the Committee does not believe these are regularly issued and they are obliterated par complaisance'; also 'large black mark has been partially cleaned since last seen'
Lot 35		Estimate: $4,000 1914-15 'G.R.I. 1d' 5mm overprint on Marshall Islands 5pf Green, Setting II [position 9] variety 'Surcharge double, SG 51f, Michel 21DD, very fresh unmounted mint. Very few known. 1976 BPA Certificate
Lot 36		Estimate: $50,000 Realised Price : $38,000 1914-15 'G.R.I. 2s' (2/-) 3½-4mm overprint on Marshall Islands 2M Blue, vertical strip of three, with varieties top unit 'G.R.I.' double and centre unit '2s' double, (lower unit normal), SG 60, 60e, Michel 11DD. Fresh and outstanding centring for this combination strip. 'DF' (David Field) guarantee handstamp, 1989 Holcombe and 2005 RPSL Certificates Unquestionably one of the gems of New Guinea philately. Ex Bute, Kamina
Lot 37		Estimate: $2,000 Realised Price : $2,400 c.1935 Bullion Tag label bearing £5 Emerald-Green singles (6), £2, 1939 £1, plus 1d and 2d tied by indistinct Wau datestamps. Some soiling and staining (to be expected), nevertheless an amazing franking and the highest we have seen from New Guinea
Lot 38		Estimate: $1,000T Realised Price : $750 1914 German postcard ('ANSICHT VON HERBERTSHOH' - a little trimmed at top) used to Australia, with personal message on reverse from son of addressee, endorsed 'Garrison Duty/Rabaul' and initialled at left, bearing Kangaroo 1d punctured 'OS' tied by two strikes of 'RABAUL/NOV 8 1914' handstamp and Sydney arrival (20 Nov 1914) machine datestamp
Lot 39		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $1,600 1931 (17 Mar) commercial use of Official cover (O.H.M.S. scored-over - central crease) to Brisbane, with mss. '2d Postage Paid/K Whiteman/P.M.' at upper right, over which the Manus datestamp is superimposed, with another strike below