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Lot #1701 NEW BRITAIN 1859 cover franked with 6p green, tied by oval "Postage Paid Natal", handstamped "6d" alongside, with additional transit and arrival markings on reverse, part of the backflap missing, fine and rare cover ![]() Catalog #2 | Unsold | |
Lot #1701 NEW BRITAIN The following lots represent an exceptional collection of "G.R.I." ("Georgius Rex Imperator") overprints. They are identified according to settings (described in "G.R.I." by Robert M. Gibbs) and have been expertized by Peter Holcombe. Catalogue listings are from Stanley Gibbons Catalogue. The former German New Guinea was captured during World War I by Australian troops and named New Britain. Following the war it was mandated to Australia and became part of Papua New Guinea | Unsold |