GILBERTS/SOLOMONS/TAHITI - SERVICE SUSPENDED, POSTAGE DUES, ...

Hammer

£240

GILBERTS/SOLOMONS/TAHITI - SERVICE SUSPENDED, POSTAGE DUES, 1911 USED SET TO 1/-, ETC.; 1911-48 mix inc. 1911 Gilberts KEVII off-cover used set from ½d to 1/-, kgv 2d with purple "P.O./KARAKEI/ISLAND" cancel, 1948 env. ex GB to Caroline Island returned with "SERVICE SUSPENDED" mark, 1958 env. ex N. Hebrides to Guadalcanal with Solomons 1940 issue 5d Postage Dues pair tied by Honiara cds, 1937 FDCs, 1939 FDC with Gilberts KGVI set to 5/-, etc. Plus 1957-90 covers (14 & a few stamps) inc. 1982/87 (4) ex Malta/Canada/etc with Kiribati P. Dues. Also c.1910 Marquesas Is. PPC & off-cover Oceania 10c or 5c pair with fancy h.s. or m/s "Makatea" cancels. (21 covers + 15 stamps) [Ex Tony Eastgate.]