FINE AND RARE STAMPS 2008, REST OF THE WORLD, PAPUA

Lot 830		Estimate: $1,500 Realised Price : $1,200 Queensland used in: 1896 (8 Mar) cover to Brisbane bearing 2d Blue tied by 8-bar 'B.N.G' obliterator with Port Moresby datestamp at left, backstamps of Thursday Island, Brisbane and Fortitude Valley. Very fine for this
Lot 831		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $180 1901-05 2/6d Brown and Black Forgery derived from removal of small 'Papua' overprint and cancelled with 'INNOAPORTNA' cancel, also the Captain Barton original 'Lakatoi' photo used for the 1901 issue (ex Evan Gill collection) and a Public Library of NSW archive photo (95x73mm) of Lakatoi and Hanuabada village (3 items)
Lot 832		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $320 1910-11 large 'PAPUA' 4d Black and Sepia, SG 79, complete sheet of thirty including variety 'Deformed 'd' at left', SG 79a, few reinforcements in the margins, otherwise fresh
Lot 833		Estimate: $75 Realised Price : $70 1911-15 Lakatoi ½d Green, SG 84, complete sheet of forty, one unit with pierced corner rosette, otherwise fresh
Lot 834		Estimate: $75 Realised Price : $60 1916-31 Lakatoi ½d Myrtle and Apple-Green (Harrison printing), SG 93, block of 35 (missing top row of sheet), odd disturbance on reverse
Lot 835		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $360 1931 2d on 1½d Cobalt and Light Brown (Mullett printing), SG 121, complete sheet of 40 including variety POSTACE' at right', one unit detached and reinforced at rear, otherwise fresh unmounted
Lot 836		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $80 1931 2d on 1½d Bright Blue and Brown (Ash printing), SG 122, complete sheet of forty including variety POSTACE' at right', minor perf splitting in margin, fresh unmounted
Lot 837		Estimate: $75 Realised Price : $70 1932 Pictorial 1d Black and Green, SG 131, complete sheet of forty (one margin clipped), some hinge reinforcement mainly in margins, otherwise fresh