Lot 666
| | | Estimate: $300 | Realised Price : $260 |
Range on stockbook pages including 1911 Opts to 1/-, KGV values to 5/-, 1939-55 KGVI to 5/- (4 sets), 1949 £1 Wedding (7), 1955 (4 sets), later definitives to 1976, various commemorative issues, few in blocks, Gilbert Islands and Kiribati, mixed condition (100s)
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Lot 667
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1911 ½d to 1/- KEVII optd 'SPECIMEN' and additionally handstamped 'ULTRAMAR', the 1d damaged and surface abrasion on the 1/-. Rare (7)
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Lot 668
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1912-24 ½d to £1 KGV (no 3d) optd 'SPECIMEN' and also handstamped 'COLONIAS' (½d to 4d, 2/- to 5/-) or 'ULTRAMAR' (5d to 1/-) in violet; 1918 1d Red 'WAR TAX' optd 'SPECIMEN' and also handstamped 'COLONIAS' in red; 1922-27 ½d to 10/- optd 'SPECIMEN' only. Several abrasions and perf faults, still a rare group (18)
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Lot 669
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1912-24 Wmk Multiple Crown CA £1 Purple and Black/Red, SG 24, fresh unmounted
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Lot 670
| | | Estimate: $125 | Realised Price : $95 |
Postage Dues: 1940 1d to 1/6d set, SG D1-8, fresh unmounted (8). Cat £140
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Lot 671
| | | Estimate: $150 | Realised Price : $115 |
Postal History: 1914-51 selection of covers, the earliest being 1914 bearing ½d (3) and 1d tied by double-circle datestamps to USA, 1922 five registered covers Ocean Island to Apia with values to 1/-, later FDC's with various datestamps, 1951 Canton Island to Australia with KGVI set, etc, mixed condition (15 covers)
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Lot 672
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Postal History: 1952 (23 Dec) cover to USA via Canton Island bearing KGVI 2d tied by double-circled 'POST OFFICE/NANUMEA' datestamp, 'Tx.2d' circled in blue crayon and in ink 'Tax 2d.', backstamps of Canton Island and Funafuti, opened-out and flapless. Scarce
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Lot 673
| | | Estimate: $400 | Realised Price : $300 |
Atafu: Cover to Apia bearing Gilbert and Ellice KGV 4d tied by superb strike of 'GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS */P.O./ATAFU/ISLAND' undated handstamp in violet. Superb
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Lot 674
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Christmas Island: 1918 (31 Mar) cover used internally bearing Perf 12½ 5c Cocoanut Plantations Ltd. Local, tied by small sized pictorial cancel
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Lot 675
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Fanning Island: 1913 (10 Apr) cover to Ireland bearing NZ 1d Universal tied by three ring 'FANNING ISLAND' datestamp, GB 1d affixed alongside and cancelled by pen strokes, Dublin arrival backstamp. Outstanding origin/destination
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