Great Britain and British Commonwealth Gilbert & Ellice Islands
Sale No: 240
Lot No:1151
Symbol:*O
Issues virtually complete mostly mint but with used Overprints on Fiji, KGV £1 (Jerry Blair Certificate as genuine but with dubious cancel), KGVI Pictorials & a few others, Cat £1100+ (taking the Pound as being unused).
(230 approx)
Sale No: 240
Lot No:1152
Symbol:Ω
Cat No:1-6 (ex 5d
1911 Overprints on Fiji ½d to 6d SG 1-6 (ex 5d) optd 'SPECIMEN' also with largely indistinct cancels, a few small defects & no gum. Ex Gabon Postal Archive.
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1950 commercial airmail cover from Fiji with KGVI 6d Map tied by light 'NUNUKULOA' cds & 'T/("40c")' h/s both in violet to PanAm on Canton Island, Postage Due 2d pair tied by 'G&EIC CANTON ISLAND/BRITISH POST OFFICE' arrival cds, minor blemishes. [Nunukuloa is on the NE coast of Viti Levu, about 80km N of Suva]