Lot 66
GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS SG D1/8 1948 POSTAGE DUE COVER

E-Sale : Australasia & South Pacific Stamps & Covers | SE24005
Auction: 22 March 2024 at 12:00 GMT
£168
Description
1948 (16 OC) long official cover (blue embossed crown on flap) addressed to 'H.E. Maude, Esquire, M.B.E., The Residency, Bairiki, Tarawa', bearing 1940 postage due set of 8 to 1s6d plus additional 5d, all tied by seven mostly very fine strikes of POST OFFICE / TARAWA cds, with m/s 'T. 4/8' tax mark in red alongside. Trivial wrinkles, still fine and very scarce. Most appealing.

