Lot 530 GILBERT & ELLICE IS.

Fanning Island: Three New Zealand pictorial defins with Fanning Islands d/r cancels, 1½d yellow-brown with near complete strike of OC 11 / 07 cds, 6d rose-carmine 23 AU 09 part cds, 1d red map PAIR tied 26 MR 26 full cancel. All fine examples.A NZ postal agency was setup in 1902 on the Island to service postal needs of Pacific Cable Board Station.