FINE STAMPS AND COVERS OF THE WORLD, REST OF THE WORLD, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Lot 574		Estimate: $20,000 Realised Price : $15,000 1952 Composite Sunken Die Proof of the Pictorial issues ½d to £1, minor adherence on back of card. One of the few surviving composite proofs still in existence, with nearly all having been broken down. Ex Sir Robert Menzies, former Prime Minister of Australia
Lot 575		Estimate: $3,000 Realised Price : $4,600 1964-65 Birds 1d to 10/- (no 5/-) Imperforate Proofs, each affixed to \'DEPARTMENT OF POSTS AND TELEGRAPHS\' Presentation cards, each numbered \'4\' on reverse (10)
Lot 576		Estimate: $1,750 Realised Price : $1,500 Stamp Duty: Australia £1 Robes overprinted \'TERRITORY OF PAPUA/AND NEW GUINEA/ STAMP DUTY\' with manuscript \'Cancelled/.../31.3.52\' re-affixed at upper right to Companies Ordinance document. The only example we have seen