1911 Protectorate ½d green, 2d grey, 6d dull purple and bright purple & 1s black on green all fine used, mainly large violet or black CDS cancels, (4) SG 1, 3, 6/7 Cat £190.

1911 Set minus 1d red hinged mint, various tone spots or hinge remains but mainly nice appearance, SG 1, 3/7 Cat £160.

1911-1975 A fine mint / unmounted mint collection in a binder on leaves with useful content mostly as sets including 1911 Protectorate overprint set of 7 (cat £180), 1911 Pandanus Pine set, 1912-24 set complete to 5s green and red on yellow (cat £100), 6d interpanneau block of 4, Colony issues set to 2d grey, 1935 Silver Jubilee set, 1939 GVI Complete set to 5s u/m, plus extras for diff perfs and printings incl 1s pl.1 blk of 4 perf 12, 194 RSW set u/m, 1949 UPU, 1956 set u/m, 1965 set, 1965 Surch set, 1968 set, Postage Dues 1940 set with toned gum (cat £180), etc to 1975, useful and clean lot with good catalogue value.

1912 (12 Mar) cover addressed to Marsh Island bearing Pandanus Pine set of 4 tied to plain envelope by large violet GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS / GENERAL POST OFFICE / 12 MAR 1912 / BUTARITARI / ISLAND cancels, mainly fine.

1912 (circa) cover addressed to Marsh Island bearing Pandanus Pine set of 4 tied to plain envelope by large violet GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS / POSTAL DEPARTMENT cancels, vertical bend otherwise mainly fine. (Proud type D3).

1919 (27 Mar) Registered printed Wilson cover bearing GV 2d grey & 2½d bright blue along with 1d red WAR TAX trio tied GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS / COLONY / OCEAN IS CDS cancels, red OCEAN ISLAND 6099 regd etiquette and transit or arrival backstamps, very fine, cat £319 as genuine use SG multipliers, still very attractive.

1935 Silver Jubilee set of 4 fine used on an attractive cover from an old time collectors hoard, SG 36/9.

1937-1978 First Day Covers and a few commercial envelopes mainly with sets from 1937 Coronation onwards, attractive range of pictorial issues in two Springback binders, noted GVI cover with 12 vals to 5s (some tones), 1946 Victory set, 1911 violet CDS on 1911 1d red on paper etc, nice range. (c46).

1948 (29 Aug) Printed airmail registered envelope sent locally to Tarawa bearing 1949 Royal Silver Wedding set of 2 tied POST OFFICE / TARAWA / au 29 / 49 First Day of Issue and violet regd h/s 1045, very fine.