​Public Stamp Auction #36

Gilbert & Ellice Isl 1911-1944 7 covers: 1) long OHMS regd cover to France (vert fold & tear), franked EVII 5d & 1/- ovpt FU, canc 2 strikes Ocean Isl double ring cds JY 15 11, G&E reg label. Stated to be earliest known usage of such label. 2) 1922 x 3 reg'd covers (Ocean Isl) to Samoa with GV set to 5/- & 1d War Tax canc double circle G&E Isl colony cds JA 17 22, Apia receiving mark 15 FE 22. 3) Silver Jubilee set on reg'd cover. 4) GVII set to 5/- on regd cover to Fiji, handwritten reg Tarawa double circle G&E Isl Colony, Tarawa, PO Tara cancels undated receiving b/s Suva. Also regd cover Canton Isl with GVI to 2/-.