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Mr R P started the topic PPS Auction – corrected dates in the forum PPS Members Forum 5 years, 1 month ago
CORRECTION – PPS AUCTION
Oh dear, there was an error in the information included in the Feb issue of PNG Calling. The auction CLOSES on June 1st. It is now live at: http://www.mailbyrail.com/ppsauction3
Check it out now – and get your bids in soonest.ps – Feb issue will be posted in Library shortly
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Mr R P started the topic PPS Auction – corrected dates in the forum PPS Members Forum 5 years, 1 month ago
CORRECTION – PPS AUCTION
Oh dear, there was an error in the information included in the Feb issue of PNG Calling. The auction CLOSES on June 1st. It is now live at: http://www.mailbyrail.com/ppsauction3
Check it out now – and get your bids in soonest.ps – Feb issue will be posted in Library shortly
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Mr R P started the topic Micahel Ryan papua catalogue now available in the forum PPS Members Forum 5 years, 5 months ago
To keep the promise made by Mark Robinson (Cahirman’s Message) in the last PNG Calling, the Library now includes Michael Ryan’s Papua catalogue. It’s a great summary of much of the available research, his notes on specific stamps and prices based on actual auction results (it doesn’t get more ‘real’ than that!).
An example of one page is…[Read more]
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Sid started the topic PNG Wesley Covers in the forum PPS Members Forum 5 years, 6 months ago
Help ā Iām trying to establish the earliest use of a Wesley cover, with or without WCS logo, in Papua New Guinea.
The 1958 ā 60 issue ie.SG.18 ā 24, issued 2.6.58 seems to be it. However I have a Wesley Covers not showing the logo, with an earlier issued stamp SG.16, but with a later postmark ie.13th.Dec 1959.
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Mr R P replied to the topic Bainings post office in the forum PPS Members Forum 5 years, 6 months ago
Nothing definite to offer – the only clue may be that it was an agency office. Whatever company/firm had the agency may have closed at that time (I suspect it was likely to be one of the large trading firms – say, Burns Philp, Carpenters, etc).