Lot 962
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1916-31 Lakatois to 2/6d (shades), includes 1½d 'POSTACE' at right, mostly fine (25)
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Lot 963
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Registered Letter: 1917 4d Orange on buff (150x95mm), ASC RE2, fine unused
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Lot 964
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Letter Card: 1943 (25 Feb) use of formular Air Mail Letter Card with circular printed 'POSTAGE/1d/PAID' cancelled by Field P.O./038 cds then in use at H.Q. A.A. Group Port Moresby, few small tears from rough opening although scarce used within Papua
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Lot 965
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1930 (11 Mar) cover Port Moresby to USA, combination franking of 3d 'AIR MAIL' and USA 5c Air, cancelled at Sydney 19.3.1931 for the internal air service, framed 'INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID/FOR AIR MAIL SERVICE'. About 15 such covers recorded
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Lot 966
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1931 (17 Sep) cover flown by P.H.Moody in a DH80A seaplane 'Puss in Boots', Port Moresby to Salamoa, forwarded by sea for delivery to Victoria, the same addressee as illustrated in Eustis as AAMC P32
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Lot 967
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1932 (6 Dec) registered 'Esperanto' cover from Papua with original letter to the fantastic destination of Ethiopia bearing Pictorial ½d, 1d, 2d, 3d and 2d on 1½d tied by Samarai cds, black and red registration label, backstamps of Sydney, Aden and Addis Ababa. Remarkable
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Lot 968
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1940 (19 Jan) airmail cover to England bearing 1/- Pictorial strip of 3 tied by type 70 'KOKODA' datestamps in violet, 'OPENED BY CENSOR' red/white type 8-1 tape affixed at left which is early use of this tape, Townsville transit backstamp. Rare
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