THE STUART LEVEN NEW GUINEA 1888-1942, 1925-1942 MANDATED TERRITORY, TOWN AND VILLAGE CANCELLATIONS, MAPRIK

Lot 1618		Estimate: $125T Realised Price : $290 Undated Bird 5d cancelled by complete strike of \'MAPRIK/9 OCT 40\' Powell type 124 datestamp. [This Post Office opened late 1939 and closed 11.2.1942]. Rarely seen
Lot 1619		Estimate: $200T Realised Price : $420 1941 (21 Jul) airmail cover to Melbourne bearing Undated Bird 5d tied by Powell type 124 datestamp, framed \'PASSED BY/CENSOR/V104___\' in violet, Australian censor tape at left, backstamps of Wewak and Salamaua, roughly opened. Very scarce [This Post Office opened late 1939 and closed 11.2.1942]