BPA, The British Philatelic Association Limit (Prüferkommission)
Attest-Nr.:
70396
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252. Abacus Auktion 28. - 30. Juni 2023 Los 1385 Queensland 1900 (Sept 10) commercial cover to Ireland with Queensland Four Figures 1d orange x3 tied by two very fine strikes of the rare 10-Bar 'B.N.G' cancel (Lee #49; rated F) with a light but obvious strike of the rare 'TAMATA/SP 10/99/BNG' unframed cds (Lee #48; rated F; year error) alongside on face and another very fine strike on the reverse all in violet, a further two stamps added in transit tied by largely very fine 9-Bar BNG cancel of Samarai (Lee #25) with light but clear 'SAMARAI/14SEP[ ]0/B.N.G.' b/s (Lee #24), also Cooktown & Brisbane transits and 'ARMAGH/NO?1/00' arrival backstamp, a few mostly minor blemishes. Ex Roger Lee, via another vendor; sold at our auction of 9.11.2002 for $23,520 more than 20 years ago. BPA Certificate (1971). Tamata PO -.12.1899; closed mid-1905. [Gold Mining] This is the only cover known with the Tamata 'B.N.G.' canceller used in the Queensland stamps period. Illustrated and described by Roger Lee at p15 & p25 as "one of the most interesting of all Papuan covers ... which must have weighed over ½oz was therefore underpaid 2d and at Samarai the two 1d stamps on the left were added ..." Ausruf 7.500,00 AUD