Great Britain and British Commonwealth COCOS ISLANDS Cocos Islands
Sale No: 236
Lot No: 1052
Symbol: **VC
Box with 1963 set of imprint blocks of 4 (**), lots of M/Ss & sheetlets some CTO, PO packs, booklets, 1991 Surcharges gutter pairs, rough sketch for proposed 1990 Hari Raya Postal Cards, etc, also some unused Cocos PPCs. Ex Colin Riddell.
Sale No: 236
Lot No: 1054
Symbol: CL
Cat No: 3 cds
1965 (Nov 19) Qantas commercial cover to Holland with 2/- Dukong & 2/3d Tern tied by #3 cds, 'Cocos (Keeling) Islands/Indian Ocean' registration label, Sydney transit b/s. At this time, Qantas flights to Europe did not stop at Cocos. Instead, covers were first flown to Sydney to connect with international flights. [Colin Riddell's cover with 2/3d solo franking sold at our auction of 3.3.2019 for $1198. He had only two commercial registered covers from this period, neither with the 2/3d: they sold for $2396 & $1557 respectively]