Auction #126 - Public Auction

11-13, 16-22 (65-72, 86, 88-92) 1915-16 ½d-5' K George V and Kangaroos of Australia^, wmkd Wide Crown and Narrow A (SG Type W5), overprinted "N.W. PACIFIC ISLANDS." SG Type 6, cplt (10), fresh colors, OG, HR, F-VF
Scott Retail $270
SG $360

1-17 (1-17) 1925-29 ½d-20' K George V^, cplt (17), lightly canceled, VF
Scott Retail $920
SG $1190

56A (58a) 1956 1½a on 1½d green Q Elizabeth II of Great Britain, wmkd St. Edward's Crown^, perf 14, surcharged "1½ ANNAS" (SG Type 3) in error on this watermark, most of the known copies emanated through Southern Stamp Services packet making division w discovered it while sorting out a shipment of mission mixture received from the Middle East, a very rare and difficult stamp, seldom seen and significantly undercatalogued, lightly canceled, F-...

28c (52a) 1888 2d on 3d ultramarine Orange Tree^ surcharged SG Type 6(a) (wide "2"), VARIETY - surcharge inverted, rare, light cds, F-VF
Scott Retail $825
SG $1050

44b (101b) 1900 ½d on ½d orange Orange Tree^, "V.R.I." surcharge with level stops, ERROR - no stop after "I" (row 1, pos 3), scarce and undercatalogued, F-VF
Net Est $560

47, 47a, 47b + vars (104, 104a, 105 + vars) 1900 2½d on 3d ultramarine Orange Tree^, "V.R.I." surcharge with level stops, unwmkd, perf 14, bottom half-sheet of 30, including VARIETIES - Roman "I" in "½", antique "2" in fraction, missing stop after "V", a maximum of 320 examples were printed, a marvelous specialist position piece, OG,NH, F-VF
Net Est $2690

2 (10) 1905 Oct 1 1d black and carmine British New Guinea Lakatoi on piece tied with Lee no. 67 "ASSISTANT RESIDENT MAGISTRATE, KOKODA, N.G."^ cancel with manuscript date between two vertical lines, very scarce, only 50-250 are believed to exist, seldom offered, VF
Net Est $590

11-18 (17-24) 1906 ½d-2'6d Lakatois^ on medium to thick paper, overprinted "Papua." SG Type 3 (large), wmkd Multiple Rosettes, cplt (8) per Scott, OG, LH, F-VF
Scott Retail $615
SG $760

94-109 (130-45) 1932 ½d-£1 recess-printed Pictorials^, unwmkd, perf 11, cplt (16), a popular issue, OG, LH, SUPERB
Net Est $1155

J3a (D4a) 1960 6d on 7½d blue Kiriwana Yam house Postage Due^ surcharged SG Type D2 in red, ERROR - SURCHARGE DOUBLE, rare, a very fresh, well centered example with no traces of the usual toning associated with this error, OG, NH, XF, with RPSL certificate
Scott Retail $600
SG $1680

2a (3) 1902 1d carmine Commerce of New Zealand^ overprinted "PENRHYN ISLAND.", with brown surcharge, perf 11, (formerly Scott no. 3) a rare stamp in multiple with less than 5 recorded, largest multiple known, missing from most collections as a single stamp, block of four, OG,HR, F-VF
Net Est $9520