1907-31 Picture postcards with 1907 real Photo card of boat sheds at Ooma, Ocean Island (posted at Portsmouth!), c.1910 cards of Fanning Island (4) including the Kings Palace, the Chief of Butaritari and his family, and 1931 real photo cards with KGV 1d or 1 1/2d on the picture side cancelled to order at Tarawa. Also a photo of a sailing ship, location unknown. (8).
Suggested price: £ 200-250
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INDIA exceptional AIR MAILS
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CYPRUS the important William Frew collection.
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KUT George VI; Gilbert & Ellice Islands; Italy; GB Postal Stationery featuring Registration Envelopes; China 1894 set on cover; India KGV 1 anna collection and Antarctic.
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Lot #1075 - GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS
Lot #1076 - GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS
1911 Cover to Switzerland bearing first overprint issue 5d tied by violet datestamp, backstamped at Sydney and Bern. A scarce issue on cover. Photo on Page 135.
Suggested price: £ 120-150
Lot #1077 - GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS
Butaritari Island. 1911 (Mar 12) Cover to Jaluit, Marshall Islands, bearing 1912 1/2d - 2 1/2d set of four cancelled by two superb violet datestamps of Butaritari Island (Proud D1), backstamped at Jaluit. A fine cover, possibly a first day use of the issue.
Suggested price: £ 120-150
Lot #1078 - GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS
Butaritari. Two similar 1911 (Mar 12) covers from Butaritari, one with horizontal and vertical folds clear of the stamps and cancels, the other fine. (2).
Suggested price: £ 180-220
Lot #1079 - GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS
1912-24 KGV 1/2d - £1 Set of 13 fine mint, the £1 unmounted. S.G. 12/24, £600. (13). Photo on Page 141.
Suggested price: £ 200-250
Lot #1080 - GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS
Ocean Island. 1912-19 Covers, three registered, comprising 1912 cover bearing 1911 set of four with violet "OCEAN ISLAND" and manuscript "2785" below, 1915 registered cover bearing 1912 1/2d - 2d, 4d - 1/- without any registration handstamp or label, and 1919 cover bearing War Tax 1d block of 12 with red printed registration label, also 1915 cover to USA bearing 1/2d strip of five, datestamp types D1, D2 and D4. (4).
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Lot #1081 - GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS
Ocean Island. 1913 Long registered On His Britannic Majestys Service cover to Victoria bearing 1911 2d pair and 1912 4d tied by Ocean Island datestamps (Proud D1), handstamped violet "OCEAN ISLAND" with red manuscript "No. R. 2876" below, backstamped at Wonthaggi. A fine early official cover with the provisional handstruck registration marking. Photo on Page 135.
Suggested price: £ 150-180
Lot #1082 - GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS
Ocean Island. 1913-22 Registered covers comprising 1913 cover to Switzerland franked 1911 1d, 2d, 2 1/2d and 1912 1/2d, 4d with violet "OCEAN ISLAND" and red manuscript "R. No. 2889" below, type D1 c.d.s; 1914 Resident Commissioners Office cover to Canada franked 1912 5d, 2/- with a red manuscript registration label, type D1 c.d.s; and 1922 cover to Fiji franked 1912 1/2d - 3d with a red printed registration label and type D4 c.d.s. (3)....
Lot #1083 - GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS
Tarawa. 1917-25 Registered £Wilson£ covers bearing 1912-24 KGV issue, two cancelled type D2 c.d.s and bearing red registration labels with manuscript "Tarawa", the other with type D4 c.d.s and violet boxed "R TARAWA G.E.I.C" type R2. (3).
Suggested price: £ 200-250
Lot #1084 - GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS
Christmas Island. 1918 Registered cover to Switzerland with 5c Christmas Island local (corner fault) tied by the large "CENTRAL PACIFIC COCOANUT PLANTATIONS LTD / CHRISTMAS ISLAND" cancel featuring a palm tree, with a French Oceanic Settlements 30c cancelled at Papeete (Oct 31). Handstamped "R" and "Registered", backstamped at San Francisco and New York. An early use of this local stamp.
Suggested price: £ 100-120
Lot #1085 - GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS
Ocean Island. 1919 and 1939 Stampless registered official covers both with oval "OFFICIAL / POSTAGE / FREE" handstamp. The 1919 cover to London headed "On His Britannic Majestys Service" with a double ring c.d.s (Proud D4), bearing a red registration label; the 1939 cover to Australia headed "On His Majestys Service", with a boxed violet registration handstamp (R3) and single ring c.d.s (D8). (2).
Suggested price: £ 150-180
Lot #1086 - GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS
Fanning Island. 1923-33 Covers bearing New Zealand stamps cancelled by "FANNING ISLAND" double ring datestamps, comprising cover to USA bearing Admiral 1d, 2d and 3d, covers to G.B with Admiral 1d or to Hawaii with Admiral 3d, and a 1928 registered cover to New Zealand bearing 1d Dominion pair and 1923 1d Penny Postage pair + single, a blank registration label bearing a further strike of the Fanning Island c.d.s. (4). Photo on Page 138....
Lot #1087 - GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS
1925-40 Registered Covers franked 1912-27 KGV Issue comprising 1/2d, 1d and 1/- each cancelled Abemama Isld c.d.s (type D5) with a violet Tarawa registration handstamp (R2); 1/2d + War Tax 1d + 1/- each tied by Nikunau Island rubber cancel (D1) with violet Ocean Island registration handstamp (R2); and 1940 cover with 1/2d and 1d violet strip of four each tied by Ananuka rubber cancel (D3) with violet boxed Tarawa registration handstamp (R3...
Lot #1088 - GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS
Christmas Island. c.1926 Cover to Fanning Island franked 1923 1/2d pair cancelled by the large "CENTRAL PACIFIC COCOANUT PLANTATIONS LTD / CHRISTMAS ISLAND" cancel featuring a palm tree, a second strike on the front, very fine. Photo on Page 138.
Suggested price: £ 180-220
Lot #1089 - GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS
1937 Coronation sets on covers cancelled by circular undated cancels (Proud D2) of Little Makin, Abemama, Abaiang, Nanumaga or Vaitupu, the first three with Tarawa registration handstamps. Also 1947-54 covers with KGVI stamps tied by double ring datestamps of Abaiang (applied as a backstamp, the stamps cancelled at Beru), Nanumaga (5) or Vaitupu (3), one registered. (14).
Suggested price: £ 180-220
Lot #1090 - GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS
1937 New Zealand Solar Eclipse Expedition to Canton Island, cover with Western Samoa 1/2d pair cancelled at Apia handstamped oval "N.Z Solar Eclipse Expedition / Phoenix Island / 1937" and "H.M.S WELLINGTON / N.Z SOLAR EXP / CANTON ISLAND / JUNE 8TH 1937", and three covers with U.S.A stamps cancelled "U.S.S / AVOCET / CANTON / ISLAND" duplexs (June 8) with the cachet "U.S NAVY / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC / ECLIPSE EXPEDITION", one also with the...
Lot #1091 - GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS
Tarawa. 1937-50 Covers, three registered, with KGVI stamps tied by datestamp types D5 (4), D8 (2, rubber type), and D9 (2, one cancelling a 2d postage due on a local unpaid cover). (8).
Suggested price: £ 120-140
Lot #1092 - GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS
Butaritari/Funafuti. 1937-55 Covers with KGVI stamps cancelled by datestamps of Butaritari comprising types D5, D6 rubber c.d.s with manuscript registration etiquette of Tarawa, or type D7 (2, one in violet); or from Funafuti cancelled types D6 (3), D7 rubber c.d.s (3) or D8 (2), five covers registered, one an illustrated Schooner Yankee third world cruise cover signed by Irving Johnson. (12).
Suggested price: £ 150-180
Lot #1093 - GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS
Ocean Island. 1938-54 Covers bearing KGVI stamps cancelled by datestamp types D6 (2), D7/8 (6, with a commercial cover to Hawaii via Fiji franked 3d), D9 rubber c.d.s (2, both dated 8 Oct. 1945, the day the Post Office reopened after the Japanese Occupation), D10 (4, one in violet), and D11 (5), fourteen covers registered, three sent in 1945-46 with manuscript registration etiquettes. (19).
Suggested price: £ 260-320
Lot #1094 - GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS
Christmas Island. 1939-57 Covers with KGVI stamps tied by c.d.s type D2 (5, including 1939 cover to Fiji franked 1 1/2d, apparently commercial), D3 or D4, four registered, also a 1957 stampless cover locally addressed to a British R.A.F Officer with a 2d postage due stamp tied by type D4 c.d.s. (8).
Suggested price: £ 130-150
Lot #1095 - GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS
Fanning Island. 1939-56 Covers and a C.O.P with 1939 (Feb 13) cover bearing N.Z 1d cancelled on the final day of the N.Z Postal Agency (type D2 c.d.s) and Feb 14 covers posted on the first day of Gilberts administration with G&E.I KGVI stamps tied by type D3 c.d.s (3, one registered), also later covers with KGVI stamps tied by datestamp types D3 (4, three registered, one with C.O.P), D4 (2) or D5. An interesting lot. (12).
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Lot #1096 - GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS
1940-c.1942 Covers with KGVI stamps tied by undated rubber type D2 cancels comprising Tamana on a registered cover with Ocean Island registration mark, Nukufetau, Nanumaga (registered) and Nui (to New Zealand franked 1 1/2d), scarce. (4).
Suggested price: £ 160-200
Lot #1097 - GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS
Hull Island/Sydney Island. 1941-53 Covers with KGVI stamps cancelled by Sydney Island c.d.s type D2 (3, two registered, one of these with a G.B 1d postage due cancelled "323" at Grimsby) or type D3; and a 1948 cover with two 1d stamps each cancelled by Hull Island c.d.s (D2) and bearing the scarce circular cachet "GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS COLONY / POST OFFICE / HULL ISLAND / (ORONA)". (5).
Suggested price: £ 100-120
Lot #1098 - GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS
Canton Island. 1941-62 Covers and a postcard, mostly with KGVI stamps, cancels comprising types D1, D4 (4), D5 (3), D6 (3), D7 (4), four registered, one of these with a G.B 1d postage due stamp cancelled "323" at Grimsby. (15).
Suggested price: £ 200-240
Lot #1099 - GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS
1944-45 Covers with KGVI stamps cancelled by rubber datestamps comprising c.1944 2d tied violet undated Tarawa cancel (type D6); 1945 registered covers with datestamps of Funafuti (D7) and registration handstamps (2 covers); and 1945 (Oct. 8) registered cover with Ocean Island c.d.s (D9) and a handwritten registration etiquette, posted on the day the Post Office reopened after the Japanese occupation. (4).
Suggested price: £ 140-160
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