1917 (13 Mar) reg’d cover to England with NWPI opts Kangaroo First Wmk 2½d and Second Wmk 9d pairs tied by Rabaul datestamps, registration label tied by '(crown)/ PASSED CENSOR/RABAUL' cachet in violet, Sydney & London backstamps
Lot 718
Estimate: $250
1918 (19 Apr) registered cover to London (address partly scored-over), German type registration, with NWPI opts KGV ½d to 5d, Kangaroos First Wmk 2½d, variety 'Islands south of W.A.', Second Wmk 6d, 9d and 1/-, and Third Wmk 3d tied by individual strikes of Rabaul datestamp, transit and arrival backstamps, minor blemishes
Lot 719
Estimate: $200
1922 (7 Dec) cover Rabaul to Victoria bearing NWPI opt KGV 2d Orange tied by Rabaul datestamps, minor blemishes. Scarce single franking
Lot 720
Estimate: $200
Realised Price : $150
1930 (22 Sep) cover flown by Guinea Airways Ltd from Wau to Rabaul by pilots Gurney and Wiltshire, AAMC P25. Cat AU$300
Lot 721
Estimate: $75
1938 (23 Jul) cover flown from G.B. on 1½d 'All-Up' Empire Air Mail Scheme, pictorial cachet in black, Rabaul and Townsville backstamps
Lot 722
Estimate: $200
Realised Price : $280
1939 (21 Mar) commercial airmail cover bearing 2½d (2) tied by Wau cds, to Bishop Thomas Wade at Kieta Bougainville Is. Scarce domestic airmail. [The American-born missionary famously confronted the Japanese upon their invasion of Solomons, reputedly stalking down the beach in full pontifical robes to demand respect for his Church and flock]
