1912-24 KGV Multiple Crown CA Watermark £1 purple & black on red SG 24 with Plate Number '11' in upper margin, well-centred, hinge remainder in margin but the stamp is unmounted, Cat £550++ for mounted. Rare.

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1912-24 KGV Multiple Script CA Watermark 10/- green & red on emerald SG 35 with Plate Number '11' in upper margin, very lightly hinged in margin, the stamp is unmounted, Cat £160 for mounted.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

POSTAL HISTORY: Selection of better covers comprising 1913 OHBMS with Pines 2d pair + KGV 2d, 'OCEAN ISLAND' h/s over mss registration; 1917 two registered Wilson covers to GB; 1919 registered with War Tax franking to USA; 1919 & 1939 registered stampless OHMS covers; 1944 apparently commercial to Auckland with largely superb strike of the very scarce 36mm undated 'GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS COLONY/POST/ OFFICE/TARAWA' cachet in violet; 1945 with American-pattern rubber double-circle 'POST OFFICE OCEAN ISLAND/8/OCT/1945/Gilbert & Ellice Islands Colony' cds; and 1951 air mail to GB with rare franking of KGVI Pictorials 2/6d Outrigger Canoe block of 4; also 3c Letter Cards x8 with all-different Tuvalu cds. (Qty 17 items)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500