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;) | VIRGIN ISLANDS TEXT ONLY DESCRIPTIONS PRE-STAMP + ADHESIVE COVERS (243) 1770-1915. PRICE £75 Heavily weighted on the pre-stamp side with about 110 TORTOLA 2-line dated handstamps (differing types) and limited amounts of genuine commercial later adhesive covers (which can be expanded if philatelic ones embraced). This is a "work-in-progress" file (meaning that I am constantly adding information). You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL pdf copy (no refunds, but you are entitled to TWO free updates as and when requested). This pdf has descriptions of 243 entires which include the rare single line TORTOLA, Crowned Circles, the later Temporary Rubber Datestamps inter-mingled with social history, provenance, mentions of shipping disasters. Price £75 (no discounts to either trade or collectors as packed with information) payable by PayPal or WISE transfer (ignore Barclays mention at check out as account now closed, and I cannot change that page, this web shop 22 years old!). £75 |
;) | BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS PRE-STAMP ENTIRES PERIOD 1770-1864. Price £60 You can now order from the "BUY THE BEST" section of my shop and pay for your own "work in progress" DIGITAL pdf copy (no refunds, but you are allowed two free updates as and when requested). 155 entires (45 A4 pages long), some part illustrated in b/w, some text only. Predominantly the single line and 2-line handstruck "TORTOLA", with inclusion of the seldom encountered TORTOLA broken dbl-arc datestamp, plus the rarest from the B.W.I. group PAID AT TORTOLA Crowned Circle (fetched £17,000 in auction). Price £60 payable by PayPal or WISE transfer (Barclays + Santander bank accounts closed). Makes planning your buying easy. £60 |
;) ;) ;) | VIRGIN ISLANDS temporary rubber datestamps postal history EAST END and ROAD TOWN, the unique side by side combination of temporary rubber datestamps both dated 4 JUL 1907, the latter in purple, on Ursula ½d Post Card to Islington. Exceptionally clean and exciting exhibition item. No example of the ROAD TOWN TRD has been found on loose stamp, the only other example known is on the reverse of envelope from same correspondence when writer sent the Post Office Order enclosed in an envelope from EAST END with TRD cancelling adhesive on face. £3000 |
;) ;) | VIRGIN ISLANDS ..... Ex HOPKINS long tailed "S" on 1/- black & rose-carmine/greyish (SG.20a, Cat.£2000), fine mint with full extended margin from sheet position 11. Ex Adrian HOPKINS (1936 RPS certificate). Robson Lowe encyclopaedia Page 169 considers the sheets perforated outside the border to be an experimental printing limited to 25 to 50 sheets. All examples being rare. £1200 |