382nd Auction

5d. on 50pfg. with clear double overprint, position 1, fresh color and nice centering and perforation, unused, a fine and attractive copy with a total of only 20 printed, being especially rare from this setting, signed Holcombe with certificate (1992)

2d. on 20 pfg., vertical strip of three, position 3, the center stamp with double overprint, fresh color and good perforation, within such a multiple particularly rare and striking, signed Holcombe with certificate (1986)

8d. on 80 pfg., position 1, fresh color and good perforation, unused, very fine and rare with only a small number printed from this setting, signed Bothe BPP and certificate Ceremuga (2013)

3d. on 25pfg. with variety "1 for I", fresh color, unused, slightly rounded corner perf at upper right, fine, certificate Sismondo (2007)

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

1d on 3pfg. with double surcharge, one inverted, fresh color and good perforation, gum slightly toned, otherwise a fine example of this very rare stamp, ceritificate RPSL (Victoria; 2001)

3d. on 30 pfg., vertical pair, position 2, the upper stamp with double overprint se-tenant with normal stamp, fresh color and good perforation, tied by oval "RABAUL" cancel to piece, a very rare stamp, especially as te-tenant pair, certificate Holcombe (1988)

2d. on 10 pfg. carmine, double overprint, one inverted, fresh color and good perforation, unused, very fine and rare with Gibbs estimated that a total of ten examples could exist unused

3d. on 25 pfg., position 2, fresh color and good perforation, mint never hinged, barely perceptible toned spot at lower left, otherwise very fine, a scarce stamp from this setting, signed with opinion Holcombe (1995)

3d. on 25 pfg. with double overprint, one inverted, position 2, fresh color and good perforation, unused, a very scarce variety, signed Holcombe with certificate (1998)

4d. on 40 pfg., position 5, fresh color and good perforation, unused, very fine, scarce from this setting, signed Holcombe with opinion (1995)

4d. on 40 pfg. with double overprint, one inverted, position 2, fresh color and good perforation, unused, a very scarce variety, signed Holcombe with certificate (1998)

8d. on 80 pfg., position 2, fresh color and good perforation, mint never hinged, very fine and scarce from this setting, certificate Rendon (for former pair; 1987)

8d. on 80 pfg. with inverted overprint, position 5, fresh color and good perforation, unused with large part original gum, very fine and attractive, an immensely rare stamp of which Gibbs just records 4 unused examples, signed Holcombe with certificate (1992)

5mm Spacing: 1d. on 3 pfg., horizontal pair from positions 4-5, the right stamp with variety "I for 1", mint never hinged, minor color adherence from underlying sheet, fine

20 pfg. with overprint error "1d. instead of 2d." and "I for 1", fresh color and good perforation, unused, minor thin and small spot at upper right, otherwise fine and very attractive, one of only two registered copies, a major rarity, signed and certificate RPSL (Victoria; 1999)

5d. on 50pfg. with inverted overprint, position 5, fresh color and good centering and perforation, unused, small scuff at lower left, otherwise a fine example of this major rarity with only 5 printed

5d. on 50pfg. with variety "no stop after I", position 2, fresh color and good perforation, unused, very fine

8d. in 80pfg., position 3, fresh color and good perforation, unused, very fine, certificate BPA (1997)

1d. on 5 pfg. with clear double overprint, position 2, fresh color and good perforation, tied by oval "RABAUL JAN 2 1915" to small piece, very fine and attractive, according to Gibbs the only known used example of this striking variety, signed with certificate Holcombe (1992)

Provenance: The Garrison Collection (Spink, 2014) 

                    Ernest Brown, March 1970

1d. on 5pfg. with clear double overprint, position 3 showing the variety "1 without serifs", fresh color and good perforation, unused, very fine and rare especially the double overprint in combination with a variety, see also Gibbs page 114, note 7, signed with certificate Holcombe (1998)

2d. on 10 pfg., position 2 with clear double overprint, fresh color and good perforation, unused, a very attractive and rare stamp, with only very few from this setting recorded, signed Holcombe with certificate (1998) 

3d. on 30 pfg., position 2, fresh color and good perforation, unused, very fine, signed Sismondo with certificate (2003)

5d. on 50 pfg., position 1, fresh color and good perforation, unused, very fine and scarce from this setting, signed Holcombe with opinion (1993)

4d. on 40 pfg. with inverted overprint, position C, fresh color and good perforation, the certs mentions "faint thinnings", which are virtually impossible to detect, very fine for this and a great rarity with only 3 copies known, signed Miro and Holcombe with certificate (1994)