Samoa

Ref: G5059
  • £250.00

1895 double rate cover to England with a 5d perf 11 (SG 72) tied by an APIA JUL 17 95 cancel. A Gravesend AU 14 95 arrival cancel is on the back. The cover has been written in the hand of the future Governor of the British Solomon Islands, Charles Morris Woodford. He was appointed as the first Resident Commissioner of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate in 1896. Fine.