** THE EXCEPTIONALLY RARE BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PAID MARKI...

Estimate

£4,000 - £5,000

** THE EXCEPTIONALLY RARE BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PAID MARKING; 12 Apr. 1906 OHMS env. (light crease) to Apia with superb strike of the framed "BRITISH/SOLOMON/ISLANDS/PAID" h.s. and signed and dated by the British Commissioner Charles Woodford at base. Sent via Sydney where 2½d QV applied and tied by MY 2/06 duplex. One of the most important BSI covers. Outstanding exhibition item and the earlier of the two recorded examples.