Lot 230
GEI D3, D5 on commercial cover




The Academic Collection | Part 3 | S24012
Auction: 9 August 2024 at 10:00 BST
£360
Description
Postage Dues. 1952 commercial incoming airmail cover to a local Pan Am employee on Canton Island, franked only with two Fiji 2ds cancelled at Ba 7 SP. Fine violet T in circle with manuscript ‘24c’; 3d and 5d Dues affixed to cover the deficiency and tied by double-circle G&EIC/ 4 OCT 52/ BRITISH POST OFFICE CANTON ISLAND postmarks. Small faults but a very fine and rare commercial usage. SG D3, 5




