REST OF THE WORLD, NEW GUINEA

Lot 826		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $190 North-West Pacific Islands: 1915-16 First Watermark 6d Ultramarine 'Watermark Inverted' type a, fine with Rabaul cds. SG 78w, cat £400
Lot 827		Estimate: $2,200 Realised Price : $1,700 1932-34 Sunken Die Proof of 2d Undated Bird in Red on sunken card with manuscript '11/3/32.' minor flap fault otherwise a superb item free of tone spots. The only recorded example, and a superb item for a "Bird" or New Guinea exhibit
Lot 828		Estimate: $12,000 1935 Bulolo Goldfields Air £5 Die Proof Colour Trial in Violet (the issued colour of the £2) on thin paper with printed '128' (reversed) die number, and endorsed '13 FM/20/2/3(5)'. Removed from sunken frame and hence slight staining at edges well away from the design, the backing card endorsed '13/FM/21/2/35' and 'VIOLET 119'. With photocopy of original article by G. Kellow on the issue of the £2 and £5, listing the recorded die proofs