Gilbert & Ellice Islands, 1930s/1980s, postal history collection, comprehensive assembly of 106 covers tracing the postal development
Gilbert & Ellice Islands, 1930s/1980s, postal history collection, comprehensive assembly of 106 covers tracing the postal development of the Gilbert & Ellice Islands, later Gilbert Islands, Kiribati, and Tuvalu, commencing with George V definitive and commemorative issues and continuing through the Elizabeth II period into the modern folklore and native scene definitives of the 1970s, well represented by commercial mail, registered items, airmails, ship mail, and postage due usages, with many covers bearing multiple frankings, notable for wide geographic scope with numerous seldom-seen town cancellations on mail sent locally and to Australia, generally fine or better throughout.
