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Auction: 25014 - British Solomon Islands - The Simon Greenwood Collection
Lot: 135

British Solomon Islands
1908-11 Small Canoe
Covers
1913 (12 Mar.) front (224x99mm.) from Tulagi to the Rev. Aubin, Rau Sura (a small island located off Aola, Guadalcanal), bearing no less than twenty-eight 2d. in various size blocks, all lightly cancelled by c.d.s. (Type D5). The front with strengthened crease and two 2d. creased, nevertheless a rare and remarkable franking. Photo

provenance:
Christie's Robson Lowe sale, June 1985

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Sold for
£140