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Auction: 25014 - British Solomon Islands - The Simon Greenwood Collection
Lot: 213

British Solomon Islands
Covers and Cancellations
Lunga
1943 (1 Aug.) envelope to Auckland, bearing 1939 ½d. to 10/-, each tied by "lunga/british/solomon ids" oval d.s. (Type D1); 1943 (18 Oct.) philatelic locally addressed envelope bearing 1939 6d. pair similarly cancelled; 1943 (12 Nov.) envelope registered to Sydney, bearing 1939 2½d. pair tied by Type D2 c.d.s., showing Tulagi registration h.s. with manuscript "Lunga" and framed "passed by censor"; 1944 (25 July) envelope to Guadalcanal bearing 1939 3d. block of four and 1946 (9 Apr.) envelope to USA bearing 1939 3d., both cancelled with Type D2; and 1944 (8 Aug.) envelope to Auckland bearing 1939 ½d. pair and 1½d. tied by Type D2 and showing unframed "passed by censor" h.s.

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