Lot 844
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Qld used in: 1891 (28 Aug) cover to Queensland bearing 2d tied by very fine 8-bar 'B.N.G' with 'PORT MORESBY/BRITISH NEW GUINEA' datestamp alongside, backstamps of Cooktown and Brisbane arrival, minor toning. Scarce
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Lot 845
| | | Estimate: $125 | Realised Price : $135 |
Literature: 'British New Guinea & Papua' (c.1910) by Melville, back cover separated from spine; 'The Stamps of Papua' (1922) by Elliot; also Papua by Rosenblum in three parts as published in ASM 1966-67
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Lot 846
| | | Estimate: $150 | Realised Price : $115 |
1919 (17 Sep) inwards registered cover from Nice to Port Moresby, provisional registration label, transit backstamps of Singapore, Thursday Is and Sydney, minor blemishes
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Lot 847
| | | Estimate: $300 | Realised Price : $230 |
1932 (7 Dec) registered cover Port Moresby to Manila bearing 9d Lakatoi, straight-line 'FORWARDED' in violet, re-addressed to Santa Cruz with datestamp at left, various backstamps including Brisbane
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Lot 848
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1940 (5 Mar) OHMS 'GOVERNMENT PRINTER' label to England bearing 1932 1d Pictorial tied by Port Moresby cds, framed censor cachet in violet
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Lot 849
| | | Estimate: $250 | Realised Price : $270 |
1945 (4 Apr) cover bearing 5½d tied by 'AUST BASE P.O./No.7' then in use at Lae, flown on Qantas service to Sydney, green and black vignette affixed, signed by pilots Deignan and Jacobson, minor stain
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