Auction #140 - Public Auction

53 (64c) 1915 1d on 3pf brown Marshall Islands Yacht overprinted "G.R.I. 1d" (6mm) setting, Gibbs notes, "these stamps are extremely rare...the handful printed were probably odd Marshall Islands singles which were mixed up with batches of German New Guinea", significantly undercatalogued, rarely offered, signed Stolow and Holcombe, OG, HR, VF, with Holcombe certificate

1-13, 7a, 7b (125-136, 130a, 130b) 1925-28 ½d-£1 Native Village, unwmkd, perf 11, cplt (15) with all three listed 6d shades, OG, LH, F-VF

31-45 (177-89) 1932-34 1d-£1 Bird of Paradise, undated scrolls, unwmkd, perf 11, cplt (15), OG, NH, VF

C1-13 (137-49) 1931 ½d-£1 Native Village with Air Mail overprints, unwmkd, perf 11, cplt (13), OG, NH, F-VF

C28-43 (190-203) 1932-34 ½d-£1 Bird of Paradise with Air Mail overprints, undated scrolls, unwmkd, perf 11, cplt (16), OG, NH, VF

C44-45 (204-05) 1935 £2-£5 Bulolo Goldfields Air Mail, unwmkd, perf 11, cplt (2), £2 is used, £5 is mint and signed, VF

C46-59 (212-25) 1939 ½d-£1 Bulolo Goldfields Air Mails, unwmkd, perf 11, cplt (14), perfectly centered throughout, OG, VLH, SUPERB

O12-22 (O31-41) 1931 1d-5' Bird of Paradise Officials, dated scrolls, overprinted "OS", cplt (11), well centered, undercatalogued, OG,VLH, F-VF

1-6 (4-9) 1908 ½d-1' K Edward VII of Fiji overprinted SG Type 1, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (6), of the 1' only 1440 were printed, undercatalogued, OG, VLH, VF

33-37 (36-39) 1921 1d-6d Weapons and Idols, wmkd Script CA, perf 14, extremely rare and undercatalogued used!, lightly canceled, F-VF

1A (1) 1886 1d black on yellow paper (9 JAN 86) without Arms, tied to piece, a great rarity with only 17 examples recorded (8 of which we have sold privately over the years), F-VF, with Sismondo certificate

31 (41a) 1886 7s6s violet on blue granite paper (13 JAN 86), lightly canceled, F-VF