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Auction: 23020 - The 'Libra' Collection of 1935 Silver Jubilee Issues
Lot: 1239

Gilbert and Ellice Islands
Postal History
1935 (21 Oct.) large part of parcel wrapper addressed to Albert F. Ellis Esq, CMG, FRGS, Phosphate Commissioner for New Zealand, Auckland, marked REGISTERED POST/CONTENTS, BOOK bearing 1d. (3), 1½d. (3), 3d. (2) and 1/- (2) for a total of 3/1½d. paying the sixty nine times (½d) printed matter rate plus 3d. registration for a book weighing 4lb 5oz. Included in the lot also the book 'Ocean Island and Nauru' by Ellis (published by Angus & Robertson 1935; first edition) inscribed to "Mr Robt Angus ... Auckland/27.8.35" and signed by the author, minor blemishes. A fascinating piece of history! Photo for the parcel.

note:
Albert Fuller Ellis discovered mineral and rock phosphate, a valuable fertiliser for agriculture on both Naura and Ocean Island. This proved a great boon to farming in Oceania.

provenance:
Abacus, August 2019

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Starting price
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