1915-22 N.W Pacific Islands overprints on Australia, the use...

Hammer

£1,600

1915-22 N.W Pacific Islands overprints on Australia, the used collection with additional stamps, many selected for their cancellations, including overprint type 6 KGV Head ½d - 4d, Kangaroos watermark S.G type 2 2½d - 9d and 10/-, watermark 5 2d, 6d - 1/- and 5/- (2), watermark 6 2d - £1; 1918 1d on 5d (2) and 1d on 1/- (4); overprint type 11 KGV Heads ½d - 5d (with two die II 1d) and ½d - 4d new colours (with 1d violet "secret mark" within a block of four), and Kangaroos 2d - 10/- (with die II 2d, 6d greyish ultramarine, 9d block of four with Morobe c.d.s). Cancellations include violet oval Rabaul datestamp on piece, violet straight line Rabaul, violet Kawieng c.d.s on 3d and 6d blocks of four (S.G. 88, 96) and other datestamps of Herbertshohe, Kokopo, Morobe, Madang, Eitape, Manus, Kieta, Namatanai, Samarai, Sydney and Brisbane. A fine, carefully selected group. S.G. 65/124, £5,000+. (163). Photo on Page 192.