360 / Mai 2015 London

1914, stamps of Marshall Islands surcharged: 1 d. on 3 pf.-5 s. on 5 m. complete incl. the rare overprint variety ".GR.I." and straight top serif of 1 d. on 3 pf., all cancelled by favour with backdated violet oval "RABAUL NEW BRITAIN JAN 14 1915" to large piece, two folds between the stamps, otherwise very fine. A very rare set with the unique ".GR.I."-variety. Certificate BPA (2015)

4 d. on 40 pf. with variety "d omitted", setting II, pos. 6, tied by oval date stamp "RABAUL NEW BRITAIN JAN ... 1915 to piece. According to Gibbs only two examples of this variety have been recorded, both used, this the only one on piece; signed Kilian BPP and certificate BPA (2014)

5 s. on 5 m. carmine and black, setting III, pos. 4, fresh deep colour and good perforation, tiny faint corner crease at upper left, unused with large part of original gum, small private signatures; a fine copy of this rare stamp

1915, 5,5 mm spacing: 1 s. on 1 m., a fresh unused copy with large part original gum; slight surface marks at upper right (possibly printing colour), overall very fine and fresh, a rare stamp, several signatures and certificates Hoffmann-Giesecke (1967) and BPA (2014)