Auction: 8021 - British Empire Stamps and Covers
Lot: 758
Gilbert and Ellice Islands Covers and Cancellations Airmails 1939 (12 June) commercial envelope to England, bearing 3d. tied by Beru Type 12, showing "salvaged mail/ex centurion" h.s. alongside and, on reverse, "officially sealed in the/returned letter section, london postal region." label; some faults due to immersion in the Hooghly river. Photo Estimate £ 400-500
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£580