G.R.I. Surcharges: 1914-15 5½mm Setting 1/- Carmine with large part OG and lightly hinged, with 2014 Ceremuga Certificate stating that the 's' has been later enhanced with ink, rare. SG 27, cat £5000
Lot 1161
North-West Pacific Islands: 1918-93 Fifth Setting KGV 1d Carmine-red variety 'Substituted Cliche Die II' very fine MUH, with 2007 BPA Certificate. SG 103ba, cat £1000
1925-39 issues, with 1925 Huts 1½d, 2d mint pairs, 2d, 2/-, 5/- mint, ½d - 1/- used, and OS opts 1d - 2/- mint and used; 1932-34 Dated Birds 2/-, 5/-, 10/- mint, and Air Mail 10/- mint; 1932-34 Undated Birds 1d - 1/- mint, and £1 used, and Air Mail ½d - £1 used (£1 damaged), 1935 £5 Bulolo mint (surface scrapes); 1939 Bulolo ½d - 1/- mint (46 M, 34 U)
Lot 1164
1931 'Huts' Airmail Overprints small mint range showing varieties of overprint, with ½d, 1d, 3d, 6d, 9d and 2/- 'Short I of MAIL', ½d, 1½d and 6d 'Three Large Dots Under Wheel', 1d, 1½d, 3d, 4d and 1/- 'Dot Joined to Left Wheel', and 4d variety 'Thick Line to Tail of Plane'. Few small faults, mostly restricted to gum thins (15)
Lot 1165
1900 (28 Apr) usage of G.B. 2d Size K Registration Envelope with superb 'J & W GOFFEY' (shipping company) cachet at lower left, and rare franking of Jubilee 1½d and 1/- vertical strip of 3 (one badly damaged) tied by oval 'REGISTERED/EXCHANGE-LPOOL' datestamp, addressed to Ralum/New Britain/Bismarck Archipelago, flap fault and central fold.(The rate was 2d per ½oz x 15 = 3/1½d plus 2d registration). The addressee was Emma Forsyth, known colloquially as Queen Emma. Born in Samoa and a descendant of King Malietoa, she and her blackbirder (slave-trader) husband traded around New guinea from 1878. She moved to the Gazelle Peninsula in 1881 where she established large coconut and cocoa plantations, including at Ralum on Blanche
Lot 1166
Estimate: $200
Realised Price : $150
German New Guinea: 1906 (6 Jun) registered use of H.S.M. 'Coin' picture postcard to France with DNG 30pf Yacht tied by Simpsonhafen cds, registration label at top, Paris arrival ds, slight ageing but scarce
Lot 1167
Estimate: $120
Realised Price : $105
German New Guinea: 1911 (14 Oct) registered cover to Germany, franked Yachts 3pf x2 and 40pf each tied by Finschhafen datestamps, registration label at upper left, Nurnberg arrival backstamp. With Steur guarantee handstamp