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THE STUART LEVEN NEW GUINEA 1888-1942, NORTH WEST PACIFIC ISLANDS, 1915 KING GEORGE V ISSUES - SINGLE WMK
| Lot 1251 |
½d Green Electro 4, SG 65, complete sheet of 30 showing early state of \'White flaw in left of left value tablet\', (BW 63(4)n), mostly unmounted, minor separation  | |||
| Lot 1252 |
½d Green Electro 4, SG 65, fourth setting - first state, complete sheet of 30 with varieties \'White spot after \'2\' in right value tablet\', \'Eight wattles at left\', \'Retouched shading behind kangaroo\', \'Retouched S.W. corner\' and \'Retouched shading behind kangaroo\', BW 63(4)e-i, few minor tones  | |||
| Lot 1253 |
½d Green Electro 4, SG 65, fourth setting - second state, complete sheet of 30 with varieties \'Eight wattles at left\', \'Barb on fraction bar at right\' and \'White spot before \'2\' in right value\', tone on one, unmounted  | |||
| Lot 1254 |
½d Bright Green Electro 4, SG 65b, complete sheet of 30 with varieties \'White flaw on King\'s ear\', \'Flaw on King\'s ear\' and \'White flaw in right side of crown\', BW 63(4)j-l, mostly unmounted  | |||
| Lot 1255 |
1915 (21 May) cover used locally at Rabaul, bearing ½d, 1d and 2d tied by single strike of Powell type 53 oval datestamp in violet, horizontal filing crease well clear of adhesives  | |||
| Lot 1256 |
1d Carmine-Red, SG 67b, on 1915 (15 Jan) cover to \'L. Henley/Headquarters Staff/ Rabaul\' bearing 1d tied by Powell type 53 Rabaul oval datestamp in violet, endorsed \'Rabaul Garrison - On Active Service\'. A lovely local military cover and believed to be the earliest known use of a NWPI stamp on cover  | |||
| Lot 1257 |
1d Carmine-Red pair on \'Hambly\' cover to Sydney cancelled by two strikes in violet of straight-line \'13 OC 21\', additionally cancelled by Powell type 56 datestamp. Of unknown origin. Sold as is\' [Note: The stamps on this cover are 1918-23 fifth setting.]  | |||
| Lot 1258 |
1d Carmine-Red, SG 67b, fourth setting - second state, complete sheet of 30. Fresh  | |||
| Lot 1259 |
1d Carmine-Red, SG 67b, fourth setting - second state, Plate 4 complete sheet of 30 with varieties \'Wattle line\', \'Nick near top of left frame\', \'Flaw under neck\', \' \'Ferns\' \' and \' \'RA\' joined\', BW 71(4)f,g,h,ia,j. Fresh unmounted  | |||
| Lot 1260 |
1d Carmine-Red, SG 67b, fourth setting, CTO block of fifteen yielding three \'abc\' strips of three, one upper unit damaged corner, minor reinforcing, cancelled at Rabaul 23.1.18  | |||
| Lot 1261 |
4d Orange, SG 70, vertical \'abc\' strip of three, type \'b\' unit variety \'Weeping \'4\' at right\', BW 110(2)f, unmounted  | |||
| Lot 1262 |
4d Orange, SG 70, block of six (2x3) with two vertical \'abc\' strips of three, CTO with minor varieties  | |||
| Lot 1263 |
4d Orange, SG 70, third setting, complete sheet of 30, the bottom row showing transfer types acccbc , some separations  | |||
| Lot 1264 |
4d Orange, SG 70, fourth setting - first state, complete sheet of 30 with variety \'Break in upper right frame and white spot over \'FO\' of FOUR\', BW 110(1)n, minor toning/ageing in places and slight separation  | |||
| Lot 1265 |
4d Chrome-Yellow, SG 70b, type \'a\', 1983 RPSV Certificate (then SG 71), stating \'... is genuine, no opinion on cancellation\' which we would describe as \'non-contemporary\'  | |||
| Lot 1266 |
4d Chrome-Yellow, SG 70b, type \'c\', hinge remain. Fine mint, without the toning usually found  | |||
| Lot 1267 |
5d Brown, SG 72, fourth setting - first state, complete sheet of 30 with varieties \'Broken S.E. corner\', \'Retouched shading lines behind kangaroo\', \'Damaged N.W. corner State II with flaw in beard\' and \'Damaged N.E. corner\', BW 122k,l,ma,o, four unit hinged, others unmounted  | |||
