b'87521521** * NWPI: 1918-23 (SG.103,103a,103ba) 1d carmine Plate 2, complete Pane IV (Fifth Setting) with SUBSTITUTED CLICHES units [34-35] the former being Die II, both units showing evidence of wear on upper edges, also Thin G in POSTAGE [40] & Dot on Y of PENNY [41] varieties; very fine mint with many units MUH. Ex Patrick Williams FRPSL. .$1,8002,000New GuineaAerophilately522 523522C 21-25 Jan.1933 (AAMC.P54) Bena Bena (Upper Purari River) - Wau - Lae - Salamaua cover, flown and signed by Ray Parer for Pacific Aerial Transport. The time & date of despatch has also been recorded on the cover by H.E.Woodman, the Assistant District Warden. Postmarked en route at WAU as there were no postal facilities at the newly prepared airport at Bena Bena. Backstamped on arrival at Salamaua. [8 flown]. Cat.$1750.[NB: The most recent recorded sale of a P54 cover is $2600 + commission, July 2012, at a Sydney auction.] $1,5001,750'