Australia - Willis Island

Ref: P4863
  • £575.00

WILLIS ISLAND. 1939 cover to Kieta, Bourgainville, New Guinea, with a 2d canelled by an oval violet RADIO STATION WILLIS ISLAND 7 APR 39. A Kieta, New Guinea 18 AP 39 datestamp also ties the stamp. A straight line WILLIS ISLAND is at the foot of the cover and a MALAITA (New Guinea) h/s. Willis Island is in the Coral Sea Territory, 200 mile east of Cairns. A very rare cover from this island to a rare destination