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Lots (1156)
1938 5s pale green and red on yellow fine used Blantyre cds, SG 141.
1906-8 Colour trial Proof sheet of the 2½c green (issued stamp was in red) in two complete sheets of 100 with no gum. Both sheets have many tears and creases in the selvedge and affect 7 stamps on one sheet and eight on the other. Printed by Hamilton Bank Note Company of New York with their mark appearing on all four sides of the sheet. Could easily be cut up into some nice positional blocks.
1920 (15 June) Multi franked regd OHMS front only (gum stains) to USA bearing 3 pairs of Lakatois ½d, 1d & 1½d tied PORT MORESBY cds cancels. Regd etiquette No. 651 in red from Treasury in Papua, nice front only.
Emergency printing: 1995 (20 Jun) Philatelic unaddressed FIRST DAY COVER cover bearing set of 3 Freshwater Fish emergency surcharged issue, these were prepared at PORT MORESBY by collector's on the spot!, rarely seen as FDC. ASC 685a/687a.
Emergency printing: 1995 two commercial airmail covers to Australia from MAIL CENTRE LAE bearing the highly coveted emergency surcharged issue 1994 50t on 35t Gogdala Mask and 50t on 35t Rouna Waterfall with only 45,000 and 50,000 issued, seldom seen on cover, retail used A$200. Rare opportunity. (2). ASC 615a & 608a.
1932 (21 Sept) Graf Zeppelin flight cover regd to Liverpool bearing Zepp 2p & 4p x 2 triangle stamps plus two other adhs tied violet illus star Zepp cachets and 10th Sept Paraguay airmail CDS plus large black illus cachet Graf Zepp & black oval Zepp cachet on reverse. Busy cover and attractive Zepp. flight item.
1888-95 Without Grill Coat of Arms 2c green and 5c orange both with red diagonal SPECIMEN overprint, 5c is right hand imprint marginal, both with paper adherence on reverse. Scott 106 & 108.
1937 Illustrated cover signed by direct descendent of Fletch Christian Miss Alta Christian bearing 1s red Kiwi defin tied N.Z. Agency cds typed addr to USA. Light ageing mark.
1956 (12 Jul) Long printed Pitcairn Island Post Office envelope in brown unaddressed bearing complete set of 10 to 2/6 each neatly tied PITCAIRN ISLAND CDS cancels, fine. SG 1/8. Very pretty item.
Group of 1940s toned covers incl 1949 RSW 1½d illus FDC, 1951 4d & 8d GVI illus FDC, 1957 QEII values over three regd covers to 1s, 1965 ITU FDC. (7).
1990-2001 Large printed Minkus album with dozens of mint sets, thematics, most pages well filled, good representation of miniature sheets, 1980-89 are f.u. sets, plus 1940s Gen. Govt sets mint, huge qty.
