Papuan Philatelic Society | Tony | Activity http://papuanphilatelicsociety.com/members/lakatoistampsgmail-com/activity/ Activity feed for Tony. Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:58:25 +1000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 5e0daf2c6f011bed150756d4e9f39bb8 Tony replied to the topic BNG Die Proofs in the forum PPS Members Forum http://papuanphilatelicsociety.com/forums/topic/bng-die-proofs/#post-4664 Sun, 05 Nov 2017 02:11:44 +1000 These are NOT examples of the 1901 BNG die proofs. They were produced for the 9c PNG lakatoi 75th. anniversary issue stamp.

The original BNG due proofs or stamps do not have crosshatching in the value tablet backgrounds or in other background areas as these do.

Similar “die proofs” were sold in a Cherrystone auction in the USA a couple of years…[Read more]

]]> 0 cf70789d9060e56458fce645cf8d69f8 Tony replied to the topic Cover prior to SEP 1906 in the forum PPS Members Forum http://papuanphilatelicsociety.com/forums/topic/cover-prior-to-sep-1906/#post-4551 Sun, 28 May 2017 07:03:54 +1000 Unfortunately my BNG covers are all registered to European destinations. Pity it wasn’t the early Papua period as I have two from Buna Bay to Whitten Bros. in Samarai and one from Port moresby to Buna Bay. Proper internal usage within BNG is difficult!

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