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Auction: 9011 - British Empire Stamps & Covers
Lot: 213

Cook Islands Aitutaki Covers 1903 (July) envelope to Sydney, bearing 1903 (June) 1d. carmine cancelled with a fine strike of the "cook islands/p.o./aitutaki" handstamp in violet, arrival c.d.s. (14.8) on reverse; small faults with tear at top through opening, otherwise fine and a rare early cover posted prior to the introduction of the datestamp which did not arrive until 3 September. Photo Estimate £ 250-300 provenance: Paul Jensen, 2002

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