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Auction: 8021 - British Empire Stamps and Covers
Lot: 740

Gilbert and Ellice Islands Covers and Cancellations Nui 1940 "Baldwin" envelope registered to Sydney, bearing 1 1/2d. and 3d. clearly tied by Type 19, showing Funafuti registration h.s. with, on reverse, Suva and arrival datestamps; 1950 (4 Aug.) envelope to England, marked "Per ´Kia-Kia´ Mailboat" and signed by the Captain, bearing 1d. vertical pair tied by Type 28; and 1959 (6 June) "Wells" envelope registered to England, bearing 8c. tied by Type 35 Estimate £ 60-80

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