Public Auction #309 - Stamps & Covers

1930s-52 "STAMP DUTY / £100 £100" overprint on Lakatoi 2/6 maroon & pink, with "31/3/52" m/s cancel on original page "Statement of Nominal Capital" (£200,000) of the Companies Ordinance document for registration of Gibbes Sepik Airways Ltd. Bft 18. Great rarity with only several recorded, which actually makes it rarer than any of the rarest overprint errors or paper varieties of the postage stamps of Papua. This is the highest denomination revenue stamp of Papua and as such of major importance for the specialist. 2014 Ceremuga AIEP photo cert. (P) Estimate A$20000