THE STUART LEVEN NEW GUINEA 1888-1942, NORTH WEST PACIFIC ISLANDS, TOWN AND VILLAGE CANCELLATIONS, KIETA

Lot 1440		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $380 Selection of stamps/pieces on leaves, Powell type 66, 67 and 68 datestamps with KGV ½d (23), 1d Red (6), 1d Violet (2), 2d Orange (2, one \'OS\'), 2d Scarlet (4, one \'OS\'), 4d Orange (5), 4d Ultramarine (faded) \'OS\', 5d (3); Kangaroos 2d (7, one Die II), 2½d (4), 3d, 6d (4), 1/-, 10/- (blunt corner), all legible, some in violet, mixed condition
Lot 1441		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $420 1915 (28 Mar) cover-front to Sydney with 2½d (3, faults) tied by Tulagi datestamps and straight-line \'Station Kieta.\' (Powell type 65) in blue, Sydney backstamp
Lot 1442		Estimate: $2,500T Realised Price : $1,900 1915 (Aug) cover (no flap) to Sydney endorsed \'via Faisi\' bearing 1d pair tied by indistinct straight-line \'Station Kieta.\' (Powell type 65) cancels, also with Solomon Is datestamps, endorsed in red \'Passed Censor\'/(handstamped) Kieta\', Tulagi and Sydney backstamps. A very rare cancel, in use for six months only
Lot 1443		Estimate: $400T Realised Price : $300 1917 (14 Oct) cover to England bearing KGV ½d pair tied by Powell type 66 datestamps, \'PASSED CENSOR.\' (similar to Humphreys type 8) in black and crowned oval \'PASSED CENSOR/RABAUL\' cachet in violet, arrival backstamp
Lot 1444		Estimate: $400T Realised Price : $300 1917 (17 Nov) reduced cover to Sydney bearing KGV 4d Orange tied by Powell type 66 datestamp, \'PASSED CENSOR.\' (Humphreys type 8 - rated rare and used only at Kieta) in violet, Tulagi transit backstamp
Lot 1445		Estimate: $200T Realised Price : $360 1918 (10 Feb) cover to Sydney bearing Kangaroo 2½d and KGV ½d tied by strikes of Powell type 66 datestamps in violet
Lot 1446		Estimate: $250T Realised Price : $190 1918 (16 Mar) registered cover to Switzerland bearing KGV 5d tied by Powell type 66 datestamp, mss registration number, Sydney and Basel backstamps
Lot 1447		Estimate: $300T Realised Price : $240 1919 cover to Sweden bearing Kangaroo 2½d type \'c\' tied by Powell type 66 datestamp, Stockholm backstamps, minor creasing
Lot 1448		Estimate: $400T Realised Price : $340 1923 (21 Mar) registered cover to Adelaide with Kangaroo 2d, KGV 1d Violet, 2d Orange and 4d Ultramarine tied by strikes of Powell type 67 datestamps in violet, black registration label, Sydney and Adelaide backstamps. Attractive four colour franking
Lot 1449		Estimate: $150T Realised Price : $115 Solomon Islands KGV 1d on tiny fragment cancelled with straight-line \'Station Kiet(a).\' Powell type 65 in black. Scarce