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Auction: 8021 - British Empire Stamps and Covers
Lot: 557

British Solomon Islands 1906 (16 July) front from C.M. Woodford, the first Resident Commissioner, to his wife in England, showing a clear strike of the rare framed "british/solomon/islands/paid" partially obscured by NSW 2d. cancelled at Sydney (26.7) and showing Tulagi c.d.s. alongside. Rare. Photo Estimate £ 500-600 Note: The Resident Commissioner was receiving cash from residents to pay the necessary postal fees for New South Wales stamps. He ordered a "Paid" handstamp from Sydney early in 1906, and on receipt it was used on mail matter indicating the postal fee had been received. The Commissioner then forwarded his personal bank cheque to the Sydney Postmaster for the total amount required to frank letters included in the outbound mail bag. At Sydney the mail was received, and the correct New South Wales stamps were affixed and then postmarked with the Sydney datestamp. The custom was to place the postage over the Paid mark and then cancel the adhesives.

Sold for
£800