380th Auction

5mm Spacing: 8d. on 80 pfg. black and carmine/rose, fresh color and good perforation, position 1, unused, very fine and scarce

5mm Spacing: 8d. on 80 pfg. black and carmine/rose, fresh color and good perforation, position 3, unused, very fine and scarce, certificate PF (1969)

6½mm Spacing: 1d. on 5pfg. green, horizontal strip of three and pair, showing "1 with straight Serif on top" at position 3, used with cvds. "STEPHANSORT" on small piece, a fine positional multiple showing the complete rare setting, fine, opinion Holcombe

Reference: depicted in G.R.I. by Robert M. Gibbs, page 36

6½mm Spacing: 2½d. on 20 pfg. ultramarine with variety "no fraction bar", unused with small part original gum, slightly soiled and one pulled perf at top, tiny corner bend, in any case completely insignificant, a very rare stamp, we have not registered another piece in unused condition

3d. on 25 pfg. black and orange/yellow, fresh color and good perforation, inverted surcharge, position 2, unused, a very fine example of this rare and sought-after stamp with only four known unused examples, certificate BPA (1992)

2d. on 10 pfg. carmine inverted surcharge, fresh color and good perforation, position 3, unused, a very attractive example of this major New Britain rarity with a total of only 5 printed, this is the finest example we have registered, certificates BPA (1992) and Holcombe (1993)

3d. on 25 pfg. black and red/yellow, double surcharge, fresh color and good perforation, position 4, unused, a fine and very rare stamp certificate RPSL of Victoria (2001)

5d. on 50 pfg. black and purple/buff, fresh color and good perforation, position 2, unused, fine and scarce, signed Bühler a.o.

2d. on 10 pfg. carmine with clear double print, fresh color and good perforation, position 3, unused, a very attractive and rare stamp, with only very few from this setting recorded, signed Holcombe with certificate (1993)

3d. on 30 pfg. black and orange/buff, fresh color and good perforation, position 3, unused, tiny spots gum toned, a fine and scarce stamp from this rare setting, signed Sismondo

3d. on 25pfg black and red/yellow, fresh color and good perforation, unused, showing the very late stage of position B with the I in G.R.I. partly missing, a fine and very rare stamp, signed Kosack a.o.

6mm Spacing: 4d. on 40 pfg. black and carmine, fresh color, good perforation and nicely centered, position D, lightly hinged with original gum, only very few examples are thought to exist, we have registered 5 unused copies including one with faults, a very fine and choice example of this major rarity

1s. on 1m. red (Setting 3, position 2) fresh color and good perforation, tied by part oval "(RABAUL) NEW BRITAIN" to small piece, fine, certificate Bothe BPP (1981)

2s. on 2m. blue (Setting 3, position 2) fresh color and good perforation, unused, very fine and scarce, signed Pirl a.o.

3s. on 3m. black-violet, fresh very deep and rich color, good perforation, unused, a very fine example of this rare stamp with only 48 printed, signed Szekula a.o.

5s. on 5m. carmine and black (Seventh Setting), fresh very deep and rich color, good perforation, unused without gum, a very fine example of this rare stamp from the seventh setting, certificate BPA (1993)

5s. on 5m. carmine and black, very nice and fresh color and good perforation, unused, seventh setting, signed Hoffmann-Giesecke BPP. A very fine example of this exceptionally rare and hardly ever offered stamp, one of the great rarities of New Guinea, certificate BPA (2001)

1s. on 1m. carmine, fresh color and good perforation, setting 3, position 1, unused, some light gum toning, otherwise fine, a scarce stamp, signed Köhler a.o. and certificate Holcombe (1994)

1s. on 1m. carmine, fresh color and good perforation, setting 3, position 2, tied by oval "RABAUL NEW BRITAIN JAN 6 1915" to small piece, a fine and attractive example of this rare stamp, signed Bartel

3s. on 3m. violet-black, fresh color and good perforation, setting 3, position 3, unused, some light gum toning, otherwise fine, a scarce stamp, certificate Holcombe (1992)

3d. on Rabaul (No. 1000) with missing hyphen between "Deutsch Neuguinea", fresh color and good perforation, position 1, tied by Gibbs type 5 straight-line "Rabaul" to locally addressed cover, fine

3d. on Käwieng (sans serif) with bottom sheet margin and inscription "C 35 Blatt 5", fresh color and good perforation, position 5, without gum, two unobtrusive creases, one perf tiny toned, attractive marginal single, signed Hoffmann-Giesecke

3d. on Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen (sans serif, without hyphen), block of four, positions 4-5, left stamps with variety "no stop after d", without gum, right stamp small corner crease each, a fine and attractive, certificate BPA (1991)

3d. on Käwieng (sans serif), block of four "Deutsch Neu-Guinea", fresh color and good perforation, without gum, an attractive multiple, fine, certificate Ceremuga (2001)

3d. on Kieta, fresh color and good perforation, position 1, unused, very fine, signed Hofmann-Giesecke BPP

3d. on Kieta, block of four, positions 4-5, left stamps with variety "no stop after d", without gum, right stamp small corner crease, a fine and scarce multiple, signed Holcombe with certificate (1992)

3d. on Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen (serif), block of four, position 1-2, fresh color and good perforation, fine and attractive multiple, certificate Ceremuga (1999)

3d. on Käwieng (serif), block of four, fresh color and good perforation, positions 1-2, without gum, few age spots, left stamps small wrinkles, slight perf separation at left, an attractive and scarce multiple, certificate Fulpius (1946)

3d. on Käwieng (serif), fresh color and good perforation, position 4, with variety "missing stop after d"., unused, fine

3d. on Manus (sans serif), fresh color and good perforation, position 2, unused, very fine, signed and certificate Ceremuga (2002)

3d. on Manus (sans serif) (No. 387), fresh color and mostly good perforation, with clear double surcharge, showing the complete surcharge "G.R.I. 3d", unused. Only 5 examples of this stamp with double overprint are known, this is the only stamp which shows the overprint completely double, one of the great rarities, signed Kilian BPP (slightly showing through) and certificate Holcombe (1988)

Reference: depicted in G.R.I. by Robert M. Gibbs, page 98

3d. on Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen (serif), fresh color and good perforation, position 5, with variety "comma like dot after 3", without gum, small corner crease, otherwise fine

3d. on Rabaul, fresh color and good perforation, straight edge at left, position 1, tied by cds. "STEPHANSORT 21" to small piece, tiny wrinkles as usual, fine, signed Hoffmann-Giesecke

3d. on Rabaul, fresh color, usual perfs small corner crease, position 2, tied by Gibbs type 8 oval "RABAUL JUN 12 1915 (NEW BRITAIN) to small piece, 

3d. on Rabaul, position 5, in combination with Australia Kangoroo ½d. green and horizontal pair 1d. red, tied by Gibbs tpye 8 cancel "RABAUL JUN 11 1915" to cover to Switzerland with two strikes of straight-line censor mark "PASSED BY CENSOR" alongside, with Sydney transit and Lausanne arrival mark on reverse, R-label with straight top, ½d. some nibbed perfs, an attractive and scarce cover

3d. on Manus (serif), fresh color and good perforation, position 3, mint never hinged, two almost invisible creases, as often encountered on this stamp with just approx. 25 printed from this setting, signed Hoffmann-Giesecke BPP

Provenance: 208th. Heinrich Köhler Auction (1973)