A very small island about halfway between the Marshall and Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean. It was formerly part of the German Empire but surrendered in 1914 to Australian forces. The first post office was opened in 1908 and stamps of the Marshall Islands were in use until 1914. The first stamps were issued in 1916 by overprinting stamps of Great Britain and the island was mandated to the British Empire. In 1924 the island transferred to Australia and became a republic in 1968.
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Item: 455
1916-23 KGV ½d yellow-green. A fine mint copy showing the Row 1/8 SHORT LEFT STROKE TO "N" variety. See footnote in Gibbons. SG 1 var.
Price: £20.00
Item: 456
1916-23 KGV ½d yellow-green. A superb u/m never hinged block clearly showing on reverse the OVERPRINT DOUBLE, ONE ALBINO. SG 1b.
Price: £175.00
Item: 458
1916-23 KGV 4d slate-green in a very fine mint horizontal strip of three, the centre stamp showing the "NAUP.U" variey. Very scarce this variety appearing on Row 6/2 from printings from Control I 16 only. SG 8, 8a.
Price: £425.00
Item: 459
1923 KGV 1½d red-brown in a very fine mint Control U23 corner marginal strip of four. Scarce. SG 15.
Price: £150.00
Item: 69427
1916-23 KGV 2s 6d sepia-brown "Seahorse" De La Rue printing. A superb mint copy of this rare shade. Only one and a half sheets were printed giving a possible 60 copies of which a block of four is in the Royal Collection and eleven copies are known to have been used. BPA Certificate (2006). Ex Buckingham. SG 19 and grossly under-catalogued by Gibbons.
Price: £850.00
Item: 69428
1916-23 KGV 2s 6d brown "Seahorse" De La Rue printing. A superb u/m never hinged copy in an unusual very deep shade. SG 21 var.
Price: £80.00
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