PALACE OF INDUSTRY ENVELOPE
The recent sale at Cavendish on 5 December included a rare Palace of Industry envelope from the 1924 Wembley Exhibition (lot 1308). Dated 24 June 1924, this special official envelope was sent express from the Palace of Industry to East Hoadley in Sussex. It bore eight 1924 8d scarlet Wembley stamps plus a ½d green, all cancelled by the special Palace of Industry c.d.s. Its hammer price was more than four times the £240 estimate.
SOLD FOR £1,100
PAPUA AIRMAIL
The public auction at Abacus in Australia on 6–8 December included an extremely rare 1930 1s sepia and olive from Papua that had an inverted aeroplane overprint from the Harrison printings, which originated from the one sheet of 40 believed to have been produced (lot 3502). This well-centred stamp, with the guarantee handstamp of Sanabria, who originally split the sheet, sold for its estimate of A$10,000.
