U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
April 28-29, 2010
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1056 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NEW BRITAIN 1914 G.R.I. 1d surcharged on 3pf of New Guinea, 6mm spacing , cancelled by two line Nov.2, 1914 in violet, (Gibbs setting 1d), v.f., with Holcombe cert. (a very rare setting of which few are recorded) (SG 1) O Catalog #1 Catalog Value £600 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #1057 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NEW BRITAIN 1914 G.R.I. surcharges (first setting, 6 1/2 apart) on stamps of New Guinea, three pieces, franked with a total of six stamps including 1d on 3pf, 1d on 5pf; 1d on 5pf and 3d on 25pf (defective); 1d on 3pf and 2d on 10pf, all cancelled by "Stephansort 13" cds, with notations alongside, occasional flaws and little toning, otherwise fine-v.f. All these stamps are printed from (Gibbs) Setting 9 (A) which as of December 1996 were unknown, in any case very rare according to the Holcombe certificates accompanying this lot (SG 1/7var, catalogue as ordinary used stamps) O Catalog #1/7var Catalog Value £1,805 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1058 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NEW BRITAIN 1914 surcharged 2d on 20pf, also 3d on 25pf, setting 9a, the former without gum, signed Holcombe, with certificate for 2d on 20pf (a very rare setting of which few are recorded) (*)* Catalog #3,7 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1059 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NEW BRITAIN 1914 G.R.I. 2 1/2d on 10pf carmine, hyphen between 1 and 2 omitted, first setting, 6 1/2 apart, cancelled on piece by "Stephansort 13" cds, with notations alongside, printed from (Gibbs) Setting 9 (A) which as of December 1996 were unknown, in any case very rare according to the Holcombe certificate (SG 5a, catalogue as ordinary used stamp) O Catalog #5var Catalog Value £2,750 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1060 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NEW BRITAIN 1914 G.R.I. 4d on 40pf black & carmine, two copies each first setting, 6 1/2 apart, cancelled on piece by "Stephansort 13" cds, one with a variety "R.I." of "G.R.I." partly missing, due to small piece of foreign matter covering the plate during printing, with notations alongside, both from (Gibbs) Setting 9 (A) which as of December 1996 were unknown, in any case very rare according to the Holcombe certificate (SG 9,9var, catalogue as ordinary used stamp) O Catalog #9,9var Catalog Value £800 | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
