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Auction: 8021 - British Empire Stamps and Covers
Lot: 759

Gilbert and Ellice Islands Covers and Cancellations Airmails — envelope from Ocean Island to Glasgow, stamp missing due to immersion in the Hooghly river, showing part despatch c.d.s. and, on reverse, "salvaged mail/ex centurion" h.s. in red partly obscured by "officially sealed in the/returned letter section, london postal region." label. Photo Estimate £ 350-450

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£280