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10/- grey & pink SG 84 abc strip, rich colour, well centred, the
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abc strips,
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2nd wmk.
[One of the great rarities of the Pacific islands, indeed of the British
Empire, and surely one of the finest examples in existence]
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abc strip with the Overprint in Black,
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abc strip, all units are Die II,
a little aged & some faint toning, Cat £320++. Rare.
The rather modest catalogue value - £80 x4 for an abc strip - is
somewhat misleading. In a sheet of 120 stamps, there are only 15 Die II
units, arranged somewhat capriciously across the lower half of the
left-hand pane from the upper plate (Plate 1). Because of this arrangement,
abc strips comprising three Die II units can be derived
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Two Shillings: 2/- brown Watermark Inverted SG 97w
block of 4, the last unit with White Dog-Leg Flaw through 'SH' to Value
Circle ACSC 37h (Cat $400). Very scarce on an NWPI stamp, especially
with Watermark Inverted. [Colonel Evans' used example of
the '$' for 'S' Flaw - with the same ACSC
catalogue value as this item - sold for $935 (2001)]
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£1 brown & blue SG 99 types a b & c singles, the last with a hinge
remainder, the others very lightly mounted, Cat £750+. (Qty 3) |
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One Pound: £1 brown & blue SG 99 type b with
Large Stops after 'W' & 'S' [16], Cat £250++. [There is also a
plate flaw not listed in the ACSC: Broken Coast near Derby (to left
of the 'N' of 'N.W.P.I.')] |
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'One Penny' on KGV 5d and on Kangaroo 1/- SG 100-101 abc strips,
the 'b' units are unmounted, Cat £720+. Very scarce. [Sir
Gawaine Baillie's two similar "sets" sold for £506 & £483 respectively
(2007)]
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One Penny' on KGV 5d and on Kangaroo 1/- SG 100-101 ab & c singles,
the 5d type b is a huge and magnificent example, Rabaul cds, Cat
£465+. |
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'One Penny' on Kangaroo 1/- SG 101 type a block of 4, four
strikes of 'RABAUL/20MY18' cds, Cat £300+. RPSofL Certificate
(2001) absurdly states "obliterated by favour": please show us any example
from this issue that wasn't! [The cds is dated three days before the
accepted date of issue, 23rd May 1918] |
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Two Pence Halfpenny: 2½d indigo SG 107 complete
forme of 30 from the left-hand pane of Plate 2 [31 to 60] with Cracked
Cliché (Fourth State) [31], Scratch above 'W' of 'TWO' (Third
State: Retouched) [32], Missing '1' in Fraction [33] SG 106a,
Heavy Coastline to WA [43] & [49], some irregular perfs at base, a
few minor hinge remainders on the top row but most units are
unmounted, Cat £6000++. Ex Dr Freidmann (Lot 613). RPSofL
Certificate (1980).
One of the most desirable items in New Guinea philately. [This forme is
almost identical to Colonel Harrie Evans' forme of 30 that sold for
$9350 (2001). Another forme of 30 - some toning but the variety unmounted -
sold for $16,100 at a Sydney auction in February 2007. Sir Gawainne
Baillie's unmounted single of the "Missing Fraction"
sold for £6900 = $A17,000 (2007)]
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