THE STUART LEVEN NEW GUINEA 1888-1942, 1914-15 G.R.I. ISSUES, POSTAL STATIONERY
Lot 1220
Estimate: $400T
Realised Price : $460
Postal Cards: German New Guinea \'G.R.I./1d. on 5pf Green wmkd (2, one CTO and addressed to Rabaul), no wmk (5, one CTO), G.R.I./2d. on 10pf Carmine (5, two CTO and addressed to Rabaul), few blemishes (12)
Lot 1221
Estimate: $100T
Realised Price : $110
Postal Cards: 1915 \'G.R.I./1d on 5pf Green and G.R.I./2d on 10pf Carmine, H&G.I1-2 with matching oval \'RABAUL/FEB 27 1915/NEW BRITAIN\' (Powell type 53) datestamps in violet
Lot 1222
Estimate: $100T
Realised Price : $180
Postal Cards: 1915 \'G.R.I./1d.\' on 5pf Green, H&G.I1, cancelled by oval \'RABAUL/JAN 20 1915/NEW BRITAIN\' datestamp in violet, addressed \'Sgt Sheppard/\'A\' Coy./Rabaul\' in pencil
Lot 1223
Estimate: $100T
Realised Price : $120
Postal Cards: 1915 \'G.R.I./2d.\' on 10pf Carmine, H&G.I2, cancelled by oval \'RABAUL/JAN 16 1915/ NEW BRITAIN\' datestamp in violet
Lot 1224
Estimate: $2,000T
Realised Price : $1,600
German New Guinea 1915 \'G.R.I./2d.\' on 10pf Carmine, H&G.I2, CTO with seal inscribed \'KAISERL. DEUTSCHE POSTAGENTUR/STEPHANSORT\'. One of two examples recorded, the other was in the Belknap collection. [See Gibbs page 138]
Lot 1225
Estimate: $250T
Realised Price : $190
Forgery of German New Guinea 1916 \'G.R.I./1d.\' on 5pf Green \'Surcharge double\', printed on slightly yellowish stock, \'unused\'
Lot 1226
Estimate: $200T
Realised Price : $150
Forgery of German New Guinea 1916 \'G.I.R./3d.\' on 10pf Carmine, printed on slightly yellowish stock, \'unused\'
Lot 1227
Estimate: $125T
Realised Price : $210
Marshall Islands 1915 \'G.R.I./1d.\' on 5pf Green, H&G.I1, two cards, one unused, other cancelled Kawieng and addressed to Rabaul, odd blemish
Lot 1228
Estimate: $150T
Realised Price : $115
Forgery of Marshall Islands 1916 \'G.R.I./1d.\' on 5pf Green, printed on slightly yellowish stock, \'unused\'