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Samoa Registration stamps

Gilbert and Ellice Islands Covers bulk lot

British Solomon Islands Covers bulk lot

Samoa Registration stamps

Gilbert and Ellice Islands Covers bulk lot

Samoa Registration stamps

Lot 741

750.00 CAD

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1895 (June 13), 1sh bisect on registered cover from Apia to New Zealand, franked with 2d dull orange alongside, each tied by crisp Apia

1895 (June 13), 1sh bisect on registered cover from Apia to New Zealand, franked with 2d dull orange alongside, each tied by crisp Apia double-circle d.s., to Remuera, near Auckland, New Zealand, endorsed "per S.S. Oralau", trivial toned perfs, else fresh and very fine; a striking franking, these bisects being used following a fire on April 1, 1895, which destroyed significant stocks of stamps.

Gilbert and Ellice Islands Covers bulk lot

Lot 958

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100.00 CAD

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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.

British Solomon Islands Covers bulk lot

Lot 971

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100.00 CAD

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British Solomon Islands, 1930s/1970s, postal history collection, substantial assembly of 111 covers providing a specialised survey of the

British Solomon Islands, 1930s/1970s, postal history collection, substantial assembly of 111 covers providing a specialised survey of the postal services of this seldom-seen Pacific territory, with a strong showing of George VI and early Elizabeth II definitive frankings, including a technically varied range of airmail, censored mail, aerogrammes, meter mail, first flight covers, and official O.H.M.S. usages, together with later 1970s definitive period material, addressed to both domestic and overseas destinations including Australia, the United States, and Papua & New Guinea, with a useful range of auxiliary markings and cancellations throughout, an excellent opportunity to advance a collection in this challenging field, fine or better overall.