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.
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]