383rd Auction

1d. on 5 pfg., vertical pair with variety "straight serif on 1", position 5, fresh color and good perforation, tied by two-line "RABAUL 22 17 1914" to locally addressed Cover, fine, a scarce variety, especially so on cover

1d. on 5pfg., fresh color, tied by two-line "RABAUL Oct. 29 14" to cover to Sydney with machine arrival mark "SYDNEY NO 20" on front, upper left corner a some minor paper abhrasion, a fine and scarce entire

Provenance: 267. Heinrich Köhler Auction (1990)

1d. on 5 pfg. with variety "straight serif on 1", position 5, fresh color and good perforation, tied by two-line "RABAUL OCT 17 1914" to locally addressed First-Day-Cover, cover folded vertically, otherwise fine, a scarce variety especially so on cover, signed Holcombe with certificate (1997) 

1d. on 5pfg., 2d. on 10 pfg. and 2d. on 20 pfg., all tied by two-line "RABAUL Oct 17 1914" to local cover with adjacent register Label 3d. on Rabaul (Setting A, position 4) with straight-line "RABAUL", Gibbs mentions that probaly the labels have been added and cancelled after original use, very fine, certificate BPA (1967)

3d. on 25pfg. and 3d. on 30 pfg. with additional franking including Registry label 3d. on Rabaul (faults), fresh color and good perforations, tied by first day use of oval cancel "RABAUL JAN 4 1915" to locally addressed cover, fine and scarce, signed Bothe BPP

3d. on 25pfg., position 3, fresh color and good perforation, unused, very fine, signed

3d. on 25 pfg., fresh color and good perforation, tiny paper fault at left, used with "SS MATUNGA" handstamp (Gibbs type 24), scarce

3d. on 30pfg., position 3, fresh color and good perforation, unused, very fine, signed

3d. on 30pfg., position 5, fresh color and good perforation, unused, tiny corner bend, otherwise very fine

3d. on 30pfg., position 9, fresh color and good perforation, unused, very fine

3d. on 30 pfg., position 3, fresh color and good perforation, used with two-line cancel "RABAUL" (Gibbs type 2), fine

3d. on 30 pfg., position 9, fresh color and good perforation, used with two-line "RABAUL.." (Gibbs type 2), fine

3d. on 30 pfg., position 9, fresh color and good perforation, tied by oval "RABAUL JAN.." (Gibbs type 8) to small piece, very fine, sign. Hoffmann-Giesecke

4d. on 40 pfg., fresh color and mostly good perforation, used with "SS MATUNGA" handstamp (Gibbs type 24), scarce, certificate BPA (1967)

1914, 4d. on 40 pfg. with clear double print, position 7, fresh color and good perforation, a very rare and fine stamp with only 20 printed, signed

5d. on 50 pfg., position 4, fresh color and good perforation, unused, very fine, signed and certificate RPSL (1971)

5d. on 50 pfg., position 2, fresh color and good perforation, tied by oval "RABAUL JAN 15 1915" to cover endorsed "On Active service" and adressed to "..Head Quaerts Staff Rabaul", some toning on cover edges, otherwise fine, signed Holcombe with certificate (1997)

5d. on 50 pfg., position 10, with variety "1 for I", fresh color and good perforation, unused, very fine, signed A. Brun

"Blanket" (80x59mm) showing the pencil marks and two complete rows with albino surcharge "G.R.I. 2d." and one row with surcharge of "G.R.I.", position 1-3, fold in the "outer margin", a very fine and attractive item showing why sometimes indelible pencil markings are found on these stamps (see also Gibbs page 5-6)

1d. on 3 pfg., vertical pair with left sheet margin, position 1, the lower stamp with double surcharge, fresh color and good perforation, slightly aged, otherwise fine and attractive, signed Holcombe a.o. with his opinion (1998)

Provevance: Collection Marquess of Bute (Robson Lowe, 1959)
            118th. Corinphila Auction (1999)
            "Besancon" (223. Corinphila Auction, 2018)

1d. on 3 pfg., position 4, with clear double printing, with nice offset of the both overprints on reverse, fresh color and good perforation, unused, fine, signed Holcombe with opinion (1998)

1d. on 5 pfg., horizontal strip of ten with sheet margins with full marginal inscription "Deutsch-Neu-Guinea", positions 1-10, fresh color and good perforation, minor separations, right stamp unused, otherwise fine, a fine and attractive positional multiple

1d. on 5 pfg., position 6, with variety "d inverted" and "I with straight top serif", fresh color and good perforation, neatly tied by oval "RABAUL" cancel to small piece, a true rarity with a total of only two known copies, both being used, signed Kosack and certificate BPA (1992) (Gibbs 17db)

1d. on 5 pfg., good color and well centered, with clear double overprint with variety "I for 1", without gum, some imperfections (creases, thin spots etc.), otherwise fine and visually very attractive and only one of two possibly pieces, this one being ex White, the other known being ex Bute, a great rarity, certificate BPA (1933)

2d. on 10 pfg., horizontal strip of four from the lower right sheet corner with full marginal inscription "DEUTSCH-NEU-GUINEA", positions 7-10, mint never hinged, very fine, crease in the other right margin only

2d. on 10 pdf., position 7, in combination with Australia Official ½d., tied by cds. "STEPHANSORT 13" to cover to Sydney, vertical fold not affecting adhesives, fine and interesting entire, signed Holcombe with opinion (1996)

2d. on 20 pfg., with striking variety "1d. instead of 2d." and "1 with straight serif", position 4, fresh color and good perforation, vertical indentation at top, hardly perceptible horizontal crease at foot, very attractive and one of only two known copies, both used with no unused one known, certificate BPA (2014) (Gibbs 19gc)

3d. on 30pfg., position 1 with variety "thick 3", fresh color and good perforation with only a few nibbed at left, unused, a fine and scarce variety, signed with opinion Holcombe (1998)

3d. on 30 pfg., position 5 with variety "no stop after d"., fresh color and good perforation, unused, very fine, signed A. Brun

3d. on 30 pfg., with clear double print from position 8, fresh color and good perforation, unused, trivial corner perf bend at lower right, otherwise a very fine example of this rarity with only a total of 20 printed, ranges among the nicest examples we have registered, several signatures and certificate APS (1978)

4d. on 40 pfg. mounted on blanked with additional surcharge, fresh color and good perforation, vertical crease not detracting, used with blue cds. "STEPHANSORT", fine and attractive, signed

Provenance: Collection Marquess of Bute (Robson Lowe, 1959) 
 

4d. on 40 pfg., with clear double surcharge, position 7, fresh color and good perforation, just two short perfs at bottom, neatly tied by oval "RABAUL JAN 4 1915" to small piece, very attractive and especially rare used with only a total of 20 printed, certificate Ceremuga (2006)

5d. on 50 pfg., right marginal single with clear double surcharge, position 10, fresh color, good perforation and nicely centered, unused, a very scarce stamp with only a possible 20 examples from three different settings printed, signed

8d. on 80 pfg., left marginal single with additional surcharge on margin, fresh color, perfs slightly separated, mint never hinged, a very fine and attractive item, signed

Provenance: 54th. Corinphila Auction (1970, upper stamp of vertical strip of four) 

8d. on 80 pfg., position 8, fresh color and good perforation, unused, very fine, signed A. Brun a.o.

8d. on 80 pfg., vertical pair, the upper stamp with double surcharge, position 4, fresh color and mostly good perforation with just a few nibbed, horizontal gum bend (described as crease in certificate), unused, partially separated, some minor ageing, otherwise a very rare and attractive variety se-tenant, with only a total of 15, within two settings, printed, signed Bothe BPP and certificate BPA (1993)

Provenance: 56th. Corinphila Auction (1973, lot 7534, left pair of former block of four)