1940, From Fanning Island (Gilbert and Ellice Islands) to Grimsby,
England, registered cover franked with four George VI
1940, From Fanning Island (Gilbert and Ellice Islands) to Grimsby,
England, registered cover franked with four George VI pictorial
definitives: 1/2d indigo, 1d emerald and plum, 3d brownish black
and ultramarine, 6d olive-green and violet, all cancelled POST
OFFICE FANNING ISLAND 29.MAR.40, registration label FANNING ISLAND
G. & E. I. C. No. 986H, blue crayon registration cross, purple
REGISTERED marking, addressed to Roger Wells, Great Coates Road,
Grimsby, England, transit backstamps HONOLULU HAWAII REGISTERED APR
9 1940 and NEW YORK U.S.A. FOREIGN 4-19 1940, arrival backstamp
REGISTERED BIRMINGHAM 3 MY 40 E, well-documented WWII-era
registered routing via Pacific and Atlantic with full sequence of
transit marks, attractive partial franking of key issue, ex Kugel,
VF! Estimate 450€.