David Feldman Great Britain & British Empire December 13 2019

181 Geneva, December 13, 2019 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° (SG) Estimate ( £ ) 50731 F / 182 1947 (May 8) Envelope sent registered to England with set of 7 tied by “AUST ARMY P.O. / 241” cds (on the first day of issue for the 1s, 2s and 5s) with registered cachet below, reverse with “No.8 AUST BASE P.O. / A” cds, small portion of reverse missing, fine and scarce 150 - 200 Collections 50732 F 1896-1907 Three Insufficiently franked postcards from respectively Tasmania, South Australia and New South Wales, all franked by 1d and addressed to Switzerland bearing either 5c or 10c taxations, all missing 1/2d and should all be taxed at 10, a fine trio 220 - 300 50733 F S / 176 1913-1965 Postal Stationery: Collection of the UPU unused stationery many with SPECIMEN overprints from Queen Victoria to Elizabeth II, showing postal cards, reply cards, letter cards, envelopes, registered envelopes, wrappers and aerogrammes, some with cancels, archival fresh colours, very fine and wonderful assembly (89 items) 600 - 800 New Guinea 50734 50737 50734 C 59 1914 (Dec 16) Marshall Island 1s on 1m carmine, 3 1/2mm-4mm space from setting III, pos. 1, mint og, very fine and fresh example of a rare stamp, signed A. Diena and Giebecke, cert. BPA (2006) (SG £4’000) 1’000 - 1’500 50735 182 39b, 39 1915 (Jan) “Manus / (Deutsch Neuguinea)” (sans-serif) 3d black and red on buff registration label in block of 20 (2x10) being the two left columns of a sheet with upper margin intact, numbered 900- 899/855-854, setting “C” pos. 1-2, large part og (a little disturbed by backing as usual), with number 870 (the left stamp in the seventh row) showing the very rare variety no bracket before “Deutsch”, of which only five examples are recorded, the next largest multiple being a block of four, some trivial separation, a superb item, cert. Gibbs (2009) (SG £7’675+) 1’500 - 2’000 50736 F / 182 1915 & 1919 Pair of covers, 1915 (Oct 14) Envelope sent registered to Switzerland with 1915-16 1/2d, 1d, 2d, 2 1/2d, 3d, 4d, 5d and 6d tied by Rabaul cds, “PASSED-BY-CENSOR” handstamps below, Moudon arrival bs; and 1919 (Sep 5) envelope sent registered to Switzerland with 1915-16 4d, 5d, 6d, 9d and 1s tied by violet Namatanai cds, Bern arrival bs, very fine pair of philatelic frankings 260 - 320 Papua 50737 H 39a 1907 1d Black & Carmine, type 4 opt of Brisbane, with ERROR OVERPRINT READING UPWARDS, cancelled to order with Port Moresby cds, an exceptional example of this rarity, only two sheets of 30 existed (SG £4’500) 1’000 - 1’500 50738 F / 182 1909 (Jan 14) Incoming envelope sent registered to Kokoda, Papua, with GB 1902-10 3d tied by Croydon cds, with London, Brisbane, Port Moresby and Kakoda cds, then redirected back to the UK with Papua 4d and two 1/2d (overlapping) tied by Kakoda cds, sent via Samarai, Sydney, London and arriving in Croydon, opened for display, a highly attractive cover 200 - 300