U.P.U. SPECIMENS, PACIFIC ISLANDS, GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS

Lot 54		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $575 Gilbert and Ellice Islands: 1911 ½d to 1/- KEVII overprinted 'SPECIMEN' and additionally handstamped 'ULTRAMAR'. The 1d damaged and surface abrasion on the 1/-. Rare (7)
Lot 55		Estimate: $1,500 Realised Price : $1,150 Gilbert and Ellice Islands: 1912-24 ½d to £1 KGV (no 3d) overprinted 'SPECIMEN' and additionally handstamped 'COLONIAS' (½d to 4d and 2/- to 5/-) or 'ULTRAMAR' (5d to 1/-) in violet; 1918 1d red KGV "WAR TAX" overprinted 'SPECIMEN' and additionally handstamped 'COLONIAS' in red; plus 1922-27 ½d to 10/- overprinted 'SPECIMEN' only. Several abrasions and perf faults, still a rare group (18)