AUSTRALASIA, AUSTRALIAN TERRITORIES AND OCEANIA, GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS

Lot 453		Estimate: $1,000 1912-24 ½d to £1 KGV (no 3d) overprinted 'SPECIMEN' and additionally handstamped 'COLONIAS' (½d to 4d and 2/- to 5/-) or 'ULTRAMAR' (5d to 1/-) in violet; 1918 1d red KGV "WAR TAX" overprinted 'SPECIMEN' and additionally handstamped 'COLONIAS' in red; plus 1922-27 ½d to 10/- overprinted 'SPECIMEN' only. Several abrasions and perf faults, still a rare group (18)
Lot 454		Estimate: $150 Local: 1914 Perf 12½ 5c Cocoanut Plantations Ltd. stamp, fresh unmounted