General Public Auction #185

pair of stampless OHMS covers to Kent, both endorsed OAS but one taxed at Sydney & with British Postage Due 1d affixed, minor defects, each with letter headed "Apia Samoa/11th Sept 1914". [The writer states: "...We have no mail service here, letters are just kept on the odd chance of a ship calling...I am stuck doing garrison duty...We took this place without firing a shot which was very disgusting as we have not even justified our existence..." and "...We never hear a word of what is happening in Europe...I simply hate this job...We have all the discomforts of warfare...without anything to compensate for them..."]