SELECTED NON AFRICA
GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS - OMNIBUS
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| AM1149 |
| NAURU 1917 (25th October), censored envelope sent registered to Switzerland bearing a De La Rue ‘Seahorse’ 5/- bright carmine (SG 22), tied by a P.O. PLEASANT ISLAND / (NAURU) (OC 25 17) single circle datestamp. With a boxed registration cachet struck in violet and number ‘840’ added in red manuscript. The envelope was opened by censor and resealed with large printed black on white ‘OPENED BY CENSOR. / 428’ labels. London (9 Jan) transit and Bern (13 Jan) arrival backstamps. Scarce and most attractive. |
| £425 |
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