THE STUART LEVEN NEW GUINEA 1888-1942, 1925-1942 MANDATED TERRITORY, TOWN AND VILLAGE CANCELLATIONS, WAU
Lot 1636
Estimate: $400T
Realised Price : $575
1925-41 selection on stamps and on pieces comprising Powell types 116 (2), 117 (3), 118 (3), also on covers 116 (4, two registered bearing either Hut or Hut Air 2/-), 117 (12, including bullion tag with Undated Birds Airs 5/-, 10/- and £1 - faults) 118 (12, mostly censored) (36)
Lot 1637
Estimate: $750T
Realised Price : $900
1939 (1 Nov) O.H.M.S. cover to Bululo with \'NEW GUINEA VOLUNTEER RIFLES\' cachet in violet on both sides, manuscript initials and date below, Wau -2 NOV.39 Powell type 118 datestamp, Bululo arrival datestamp of same date and descriptive notation of cachet on reverse. One of the few known examples of this cachet
Lot 1638
Estimate: $250T
Realised Price : $420
1941 (1 May) registered airmail cover to Canada bearing Undated Birds 1d and 2/- plus 1939 Airs 1/- and 5/- tied by two strikes of Powell type 118 datestamps, censor tape at left, handstamped registration panel with mss number 733 , framed \'Passed by Censor/ T.N.G. No. 22\' cachet in violet on reverse, backstamps of Wau, Salamaua, Sydney and Montreal, rounded corner, minor blemishes