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Prestige Philately - The Tim Rybak Collection Page: 1 NEW GUINEA - Australian Stamps Used in New Guinea [The only stamps officially issued in New Guinea were the Kangaroo ½d 1d & 2d all perforated Small 'OS'. All other unoverprinted stamps were unauthorised but were openly accepted for postage. Occasional commercial usage of Australian stamps overlapped the GRI Period and extended even well into the NWPI Period] 68 CL B Lot 68 1914 registered cover to Sydney with 2d & 3d cancelled with central 'Simpsonhafen/(Deutsch Neu-Guinea)' h/s (Powell #50; rated F) used at Rabaul, endorsed "From JG Nicholls/O.N.134" on the reverse, 'REGISTERED/20NO14A/SYDNEY NSW' arrival b/s, three vertical folds. Registered mail in this earliest period is rare. The cover is addressed to leading Sydney dealer Fred Hagen and doubtless contained a consignment of 'G.R.I.' Overprints. Usage of the unauthorised 3d is most unusual, especially this early in the period. Powell recorded two covers with #P50, both with Sydney b/s of 20NO14. 2,500 69 C B Lot 69 1914 cover to Melbourne via Sydney (b/s of DE14-1914) endorsed "Garrison Duty/Herbertshohe" at top & "HGreaves/No 7" at base, with 1d pair centrally cancelled with superb strike of the straight-line 'Herbertshöhe' handstamp (Powell #11) in violet, a couple of ironed-out folds & repaired at the base where opened a bit roughly. 1,500 70 C C Lot 70 1914 (late) usage of German PPC ("Neu-Pommern Bismarck Archipel" - native groups) to Sydney endorsed "Garrison Duty/Rabaul Pass" at upper-left & "no stamps available" at upper-right which is obscured by a 1d adhesive tied by straight-line 'Rabaul' handstamp (Powell #51; rated E) in violet, rounded corners and some soiling. Mail from the troops often originated outside of Rabaul but was processed there for on-forwarding. Rabaul Pass is several kilometres from the main township. 750

Prestige Philately - The Tim Rybak Collection Page: 2 NEW GUINEA - Australian Stamps Used in New Guinea (continued) 71 C B Lot 71 1914 (Dec) commercial cover to Sydney with 'Hamburgische Südsee-Aktiengesellschaft/Hauptfilie Rabaul' imprint at top and typed "Per SS Morinda", correctly franked with perf 'OS' ½d (fault at lower-left) & 2d paying the civilian rate & cancelled on arrival with 'DELIVERY ROOM/15DE14 B/GPO/SYDNEY' cds, Sydney b/s of the same date in red, horizontal fold. Mail posted aboard ship was often uncancelled until arrival at the first major port. Such mail was also usually not censored. We cannot recall any similar cover from the early Occupation Period. Certainly there was not one in the "Bismarck" Collection. 2,000 72 C B Lot 72 1914 cover to Sydney with 1d only tied by 'RABAUL/NOV 9 1914 *' datestamp (Powell #49c) in violet & overstruck with poor Sydney machine cancel, endorsed "From/Lt Col Paton/OC Rabaul" at lower-left, minor blemishes & repaired tear across the flap. [The 1d soldier's rate was not extended to officers so the cover should have been paid at the civilian rate of 2½d] 1,000 73 C B Lot 73 1914 unstamped commercial cover to Brisbane endorsed on the reverse "opened & passed by/censor GWM Sergt/Rabaul 5.12.14" and resealed by him with three blue/white embossed 'KAISERL DEUTSCHE POSTAGENTUR/[eagle]' seals, very fine straight-line 'Rabaul' h/s (Powell #51; rated E) in violet & superb strike of the rare German-type 'T'-in-octagon h/s, opened a bit roughly & a tear across the flap has been repaired. [Rare usage of the tax h/s in the Australian Occupation period] Most unstamped covers in this earliest period of the Occupation are "On Active Service" mail from Australian troops. If these were charged the 1d deficiency - and they often weren't - it was invariably at the point of arrival. This cover is remarkable for being of non-military origin and as such it was taxed at the point of origin. However, the postage due was apparently not collected in Queensland, where the postal staff probably assumed it was from a soldier. 2,500

Prestige Philately - The Tim Rybak Collection Page: 3 NEW GUINEA - Australian Stamps Used in New Guinea (continued) 74 C A- Lot 74 1914 cover to Melbourne via Sydney (b/s of JA27-1915) endorsed "Garrison Duty Herbertshohe" at top & "Lt 28/4 Co" at base, with ½d x2 tied by two superb strikes of the straight-line 'Herbertshöhe' handstamp (Powell #11) in violet, manuscript "Censored/CWebber Lt/OC No 4 Coy" in red at left & large 'PASSED' h/s (applied at Melbourne?) in violet, a couple of insignificant blemishes. [A similar commercial - ie non-garrison - cover (with horizontal & vertical folds) similarly cancelled - Ex "Bismarck" - sold for $2352 (2003)] 3,000 75 C A- Lot 75 1915 philatelic cover to England via Sydney (b/s) with 3d Roo perf Small 'OS' tied by Rabaul cds, German 'Rabaul/(Deutsch-Neuguinea)' registration label (defective) and an excellent strike of the 'T.'-in-octagon h/s (though the postage due was apparently not collected), light strike of the scarce 'Passed by Censor/RABAUL' h/s in violet. 750 76 C B Lot 76 USAGE OF GERMAN NEW GUINEA STAMPS: 1915 commercial "runner mail" cover to Queensland with rare Occupation period franking of DNG 10pf uncancelled and the cover endorsed "5d/To pay" in red at upper-left, largely very fine strike on the reverse of the rare 'CENSORED/by/District Officer/Morobe. New Guinea' cachet in violet, the stamp cancelled in transit with the 'IOMA/17APR15/PAPUA' cds, 'SAMARAI ED/3MAY15/PAPUA' transit b/s & 'PASSED CENSOR/ 17MY15/BRISBANE' cds in red on the face, a few mostly minor blemishes. An exceptional native runner mail "cross-border" cover, probably from a Lutheran missionary. See Loughran at page 18: the Australian type 'MOROBE' cds (Powell #90) was not introduced until late-1915. 4,000

Prestige Philately - The Tim Rybak Collection Page: 4 'O.S.' Overprints on German New Guinea (SG O1-2a) 131 C B Lot 131 '1d.' on 3pf brown SG O1 (extremely well centred) tied to linen-lined cover by a clear strike of the defaced '.../Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen' mailbag seal (Powell #21; rated F), adressed to "The Adjutant/ 3rd Batt Naval & Military Forces/Headquarters/Rabaul", ironed-out vertical fold & a couple of very minor blemishes. A rare internal cover. [Gibbs states "This canceller...may not have been used on the GRI issues"] 3,000 Lot 132 132 * A B1 '1d.' on 3pf brown Overprint Double SG O1a being the upper unit in a marginal vertical pair from the base of the sheet, smudge from the overprinting ink on the face of the lower (normal) unit & a trace at upper-right of the variety unit, a few split perfs between the units have been reinforced, very lightly mounted, Cat 2750+. Holcombe Certificate (1993) states this is Stg 3 Pos 10, which is consistent with it being the pair belonging to the right of that illustrated by Gibbs] 3,000 Lot 133 133 ** A B1 '1d.' on 5pf green SG O2 block of 8, unmounted, Cat 640++. A very scarce multiple. 750 1918-23 Fifth Setting on King George V (SG 102-105) 217 V A B2 Lot 217 PERFORATED 'OS': 4d orange block of 4, characteristic rough perfs, with central Rabaul cds, Cat 240+. 250

Prestige Philately - The Tim Rybak Collection Page: 5 Postal History 249 CO C Lot 249 1924 large-part cover (reduced to 190x182mm) to London with a truly exceptional franking of perf 'OS' 3d Die I, 1/- emerald & 2/- tied by Rabaul cds, rubber registration h/s at lower-left, a bit knocked- about & stained and with a few peripheral repairs still a highly desirable item. Williams Banwell & McMackin note only one example of the 3d on cover, and no examples of the 1/- or 2/- on cover (although they do record a cover bearing the 1/- pale blue-green). NEW GUINEA - Mandated Territory Issues 258 ** A OFFICIAL STAMPS OVERPRINTED 'OS': 1925-31 Native Huts SG O1-9 vertical strips of 5 from the left of the sheets with margins on three sides, plus 6d SG O27a marginal block of 4 from the top of the sheet), all but the last are unmounted, Cat 350++. (49) 2,000 400 Lot 259 259 * B OFFICIAL STAMPS OVERPRINTED 'OS': 1931 Dated Birds 1½d scarlet SG O32 marginal example from the left of the sheet Imperforate at Left, thin spot in the margin. Rare. 1907-10 Lithographs Small 'PAPUA' (SG 47-74) 2,500 324 G A Lot 324 Watermark Sideways Perf 11: 2½d black & dull blue SG 67 perf 'OS' marginal example from right of the sheet Imperforate at Right, with printer's guide-marks ("cross") in the margin at top, no gum, CTO with 'PORT MORSEBY/24AUG10/PAPUA' cds. One of the most desirable rarities of Papua. Ex Belknap and Courtis. Croaker states 2 sheets were affected, resulting in 18 error stamps. However, we have seen illustrations of 3 different items (including a vertical strip of 3!) all with the printer's guide-marks at top in the margin, proving they are from three different sheets. Fred Pearson's example sold for $10,925 (22/4/2006). 7,500

Prestige Philately - The Tim Rybak Collection Page: 6 Official Stamps 360 F A B1 Lot 360 Perforated 'OS': 1908 Small 'Papua' Watermark Horizontal Thick Paper 2/6d black & brown SG O1 block of 9 with Blind 'OS' on Units 1 & 3, Double Blind 'OS' on Unit 4 and 'OS' Omitted from Units 5 & 6 resulting in two 'OS'/'OS' Omitted se-tenant pairs, 'PORT MORESBY/6JAN10/PAPUA' cds. An extraordinary specialist piece, and remarkable for items such as this that all units are cancelled. 1,000 361 VW A/A- Lot 361 Perforated 'OS': 1908-10 Small 'PAPUA' Watermark Sideways Perf 12½ ½d & Watermark Upright (Inverted) Perf 11 2½d (one toned perf) vertical pairs each with 'OS' Omitted from the lower units (which are uncancelled), CTO. [Peter Gold's similar ½d & 1/- pairs sold for $588 (2003)] 600 362 F A C1 Lot 362 Perforated 'OS': 1908-10 Small 'PAPUA' Watermark Sideways Perf 11 1d SG O15 vertical pair, the lower unit with 'OS' Inverted, CTO with virtually full o.g. 200 363 G A B1 Lot 363 Perforated 'OS': 1908-10 Small 'PAPUA' Watermark Sideways Perf 11 2d SG O16 marginal vertical pair from the top of the sheet with Perfin Double, One Sideways, CTO with large-part original gum, thinned in the margin only. [Colonel Evans' single sold for $286 (2001)] 600

Prestige Philately - The Tim Rybak Collection Page: 7 Official Stamps (continued) 364 V/G A B1 Lot 364 Perforated 'OS': 1908-10 Small 'PAPUA' Watermark Sideways Perf 11 2½d SG O17 lower-right corner block of 4 all with Perfin Double, One Sideways (the sideways perfin partial only on the last unit), CTO with large-part o.g. 1,250 365 F A B1 Lot 365 Perforated 'OS': 1908-10 Small 'PAPUA' Watermark Sideways Perf 12½ 6d black & myrtle-green SG O25, well-centred, CTO at Port Moresby with virtually full o.g., Cat 1100. [Government Regulations required that any Official stamps sold to the public had to be cancelled to prevent their unauthorised usage on mail. Peter Gold's two examples sold for $1176 & $1008 (2003)] 1,250 Ex Lot 366 366 */** A B1 Perforated 'OS': 1911-12 Monocolours SG O38-45 vertical pairs, mostly unmounted, Cat 400. (16) 300 Ex Lot 367 367 */** A/B Perforated 'OS': 1911-12 Monocolours ½d 2d 2½d 4d 6d (tonespots) & 1/- 'JBC - CA' (½d) or 'CA - JBC' Dual Monogram blocks of 6 (3x2), some blemishes, some units unmounted, Cat 780++. (6 blocks) 600

Prestige Philately - The Tim Rybak Collection Page: 8 Official Stamps (continued) 368 Ex Lot 368 */** Perforated 'OS': 1930 Bicolours selection with blocks of 4 of the ½d, 1d (2), 1½d with 'POSTACE', 2d, 4d & 6d with 'POSTACE', generally very fine with many units being unmounted; plus a marginal example of the very scarce 2/6d, a few small tonespots; and badly toned imprint blocks of 10 of the ½d 1d & 2d plus 1/- imprint block of 6. (12 items) 750 369 Ex Lot 369 */** Perforated 'OS': 1930 Bicolours imprints comprising ½d 1d & 1½d blocks of 6, 2d strip of 3, 3d block of 10 (poor), 4d block of 6, 6d block of 10 (toning) & 1/- strip of 3, a few blemishes but generally fine to very fine, Cat 1350++. A rare group. (8 items) 1,000 370 V A Lot 370 Perforated 'OS': 1930 Bicolours 1½d block of 4 & 6d pair each with 'POSTACE' SG O48a & O52a tied to a pair of 1935 philatelic covers to Sydney (b/s) with 'O.H.M.S.' h/s in violet, Cat 465+ x10+. 400 371 V A Lot 371 Overprinted 'OS': 1931-32 Bicolours 1½d block of 4 & 6d pair each with 'POSTACE' SG O57a & O62a tied to a pair of 1935 philatelic covers to Sydney (b/s) with 'O.H.M.S.' h/s in violet, Cat 350+ x7+. 300

Prestige Philately - The Tim Rybak Collection Page: 9 PAPUA - Postal History 382 CL B Lot 382 1911 OHMS cover to England (b/s) with Litho 2d perf 'OS' cancelled with 'BONAGAI S.E.D/2MAR11/ PAPUA' "relief" cds (Lee #73; rated F) used at Kulumadau (2) with a superior strike alongside and "tied" by typed "Post Office Kulumadau..." at lower-left, Samarai transit b/s, minor blemishes. Ex Colonel Evans: sold for $847 (2001). Kulumadau (2), on Woodlark Island, replaced Bonagai late-1907. [Goldmining] 1,250