1886-1900 Palm Tree 1/- Rose-Carmine, bisected vertically (2) or diagonally (4) on pieces, one a registered piece together with 3d on 2d and 1½d on 2d pair, cancelled 1895
Lot 1020
Estimate: $300
1898-99 Surcharge in black 2½d on 1/- Dull Rose-Carmine, error 'Surcharge double', SG 86a, thin spot. Fine appearance
Lot 1021
Estimate: $800
Postal History: 1895 (22nd May) cover to U.K. bearing bisected 1/- Palm Tree (P12½), SG 25a, tied by Apia datestamp characteristically in blue, London arrival on reverse (22 Jun 1895), minor opening faults otherwise a very fine example of this underrated emergency issue