Lot 192
New Britain, 1914-15, 2d on 10pf carmine postal stationery card reply portion (Gibbs PS5), Setting B, registered to Sydney (28.1) redirected to Newtown (28.1) bearing surcharged "G.R.I. 3d" Rabaul No.539 registration label, "G.R.I." on Marshall Islands 2d on 10pf, 2d on 20pf, and "N.W. Pacific Islands" overprint on 1d and 2½d, tied by "Rabaul, New Britain/ Jan. 14 1915" oval d.s. in violet. Very Fine. A fabulous commercial usage of this rare uprated reply card.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
GIBBS RECORDS ONLY THREE OR FOUR EXAMPLES OF THE REPLY PORTIONS OF THESE STATIONERY CARDS.
Provenance: Robert M. Gibbs
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