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;) | GOLD COAST ADHESIVE COVERS period 1875-1900 - Price £40 WIP-111 - this pdf is immediately available with illustrations of selected 125 covers covering the early 1876-66 framed and unframed REGISTERED handstamps, the later single or double bisects on entire, the one-sixth 6d on entire, the Accra and Addah negative seals, the QUITTAH PAID, and only selected later covers embracing NORTHERN TERRITORIES including GAMBAGA, manuscript BOLE, purple BOLE, plus ANUM, MANSU. Destinations include British Honduras, British Guiana, and a later cover to China in combination with CHUNGKING L.P.O. 2c adhesive. A few, not counted, post 1900 are illustrated including North Borneo to Accra 1907 reply card. This is a work-in-progress pdf meaning that additional covers will be added as and when found. Price £40 which includes two free updates at times of your choice. Payable by Paypal or by UK bank transfer (note my BARCLAYS bank account closed). £40 |
;) ;) ;) | PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND via Halifax, Nova Scotia with unique combination NEVIS + ANTIGUA 1835 Prince Edward Island wrapper (written by Thomas Boggs Tremain JY 20) with handstruck circled “PAID” appended “8” above very light PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND dbl-arc centrally dated “29 July 1835” marked “care of Rich. Tremain Jnr, Halifax (Nova Scotia)” to John Wood, Antigua showing both undated 2-line NEVIS transit and ANTIGUA arrival fleuron dated OC 13 1835. An exceptional destination from PEI with ta unique combination wo differing British West Indies pre-stamp arrivals clear of reverse flap. £2000 |
;) | BARBUDA to CAPE OF GOOD HOPE postal history 1932 underpaid cover to Witmoss Station, Cape Province with Antigua KGV 1d tied BARBUDA JU 10 32 cds, alongside chunky bold \"1d\" Postage Due handstamp and Witmoss Station 27 JUL 32 d/ring, b/stamped St. John\'s JU 15 1932 d/ring. £225 |
;) | HAITI (Jacmel), DANISH WEST INDIES (St. Thomas), UK (Liverpool), SIERRA LEONE (Mano Salija) 1904 use of Haiti 3c green UPU Post Card written "Jacmel 29 Sept. 04" marked p. S/S Canada to the c/o Herrn Carl Kuhrmann, Manoh-Salijah, Sierra Leone pmk'd Jacmel 29 SEPT 04, St. Thomas 2 10 1904, both Liverpool and London OC 19 04 arriving MANO SALIJA A/NO 19 04. £1250 |
;) | SIAM (THAILAND) to DJIBOUTI Sensational destination, and you know how incredibly rare early REGISTERED post cards are! Written in French by A. Bradae (acute accent over e) DE 1 1901 with return address c/o Siam Canals & Irrigation Company, Bangkok to Pierre Faivre, Djibouti with boxed "R", Bangkok transit (top left), Singapore, Aden (DE 30 01), Sea Post oval appended "1789". The rate should have been 4att (postage) and 10att (registration) but someone took a great liking to the missing 10att for its splendid postmark, and there would have a greater incentive if the Thai stamp added LAOS or CAMBODIA (and later a substituted 1 att put in its a place). The clues of origin are the 8 rayed star within the fleuron on the 4att whose ink matches the town/village boxed key-shaped local registration handstamp - has anyone ever seen this EXACT FORMAT rare mark before? What a wonderful 4-countries item, and what a wonderful mystery to be solved. £2000 |
;) | THREE U.S.A PRESIDENTS to ST. CHRISTOPHER and DOMINICA 1884 U.S.A. 1c pink Washington PSE with added 1c grey Franklin and 2c brown Jackson pmk\'d Philadelphia \"1\" duplex APR 2 1884 to W.H. Porter, Basseterre, St. Christopher forwarded Dominica with ST. KITTS C/AP 16 84 and DOMINICA AP 18 84 arrival alongside address panel. Delightful. £240 |
;) | CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN INDIA and the BRITISH WEST INDIES period 1805-1904. Price £14 (WIP-160) a digital pdf illustrating known MILITARY and INDENTURED LABOUR entires, 29 illustrated items from Barbados (1), British Guiana (9, including 3 Soldier's letters), British Honduras (1), Grenada (1), Jamaica (2 - the fabulous Major Lt. Colonel Kent correspondence, 59 covers offered separately under WIP-143), St. Vincent (3), Trinidad (11), Virgin Islands (1). Arranged by country, showing the rare outgoing Far East rate, provenance given when known. Price £14 (no trade or collector discounts but two free updates available on request). Mail to and from indentured labourers, rarely saved, will command the most interest. Payment by PayPal or UK bank draft (Barclays account closed). £14 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS ILLUSTRATED COVERS 1865-1901, 302 items. Price £95 (WIP-45) Information rewards immediately when the fuller picture is to hand, this digital pdf has destinations Amoy China, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Cyprus (with mention of the 1895 riots due adoption of gold standard), Falkland Islands, Finland, Mexico, and Norway. 1878 mixed franking Guatemala and British Honduras and 1888 mixed currency issues, 15 Cuthbert Brothers Caye Service covers, 1884 Missent to Yokohama Japan, and two later Missent to Belize. The pdf file available in minutes once ordered, price £95 (no refunds) but two later updates available on request. Invaluable so no trade or customer discounts. The 302 illustrated covers arranged in chronological sequence with provenance allocated when known. £95 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS PRE-STAMP and GB used in period 1756-1865, 167 covers. Price £40 (WIP-44) has about 20 examples PAID AT BELIZE, some delightful covers and pieces originating Guatemala with GB 6d adhesives cancelled Belize "A06", covers 1849 mentioning revolution in Yucatan, and 1864 written whilst waiting to embark for more trouble in Mexico. Probably the most wonderful is the eye-witness account of the 1798 Battle of St. Georges Cay, with other stampless to Bahamas, Belgium, El Salvador, Finland, Jamaica, Norway, and Spain. This digital pdf is waiting to be ordered and can be with you in minutes. 167 covers arranged in chronological sequence, much of the earlier in b/w, and provenance added when known with the final item with the very rare 2-line BELIZE/SHIP-LETTER. Price £40 (no refunds) but two free updates given as and when requested. Information always proves invaluable so no trade or collector discounts. £40 |
;) | NEW ZEALAND - CHALON ADHESIVE (130) DESTINATION COVERS (no Australia, UK, USA). Price £50 Buy with confidence as I have been trading full time since 1978. This too is a "work-in-progress" file (meaning that I add more covers as and when I see them). 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). Suitable for carrying around in your tablet or laptop. Destination mail from a single country to all other countries, foreign or Commonwealth regardless of whether they are QV, KE7, KGV, KG6, QE2 reign, can always be a fascinating challenge, this pdf is exclusively 130 Chalon period covers to the less common destinations showing differing rates etc. Provenance given when known. Price £50 (no discounts) 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!). A WONDERFUL collecting area. £50 |
;) | BRITISH WEST INDIES QV DESTINATION MAIL. Price £36 (WIP-99) You can now order from "BUY THE BEST" section of my shop and pay for your own DIGITAL pdf copy (no refunds, but you can request two updates at the time of your choice). 111 covers fully illustrated, nearly all in colour. The perfect idea for planning an exhibit, and, of course, you can form your own one-country display embracing both outgoing and incoming mail QV to QE2 period. 15 pages (A4 size) Price £36 payable by PayPal or UK accounts bank transfer (both Barclays and Santander bank accounts closed). £36 |
;) | NEW SOUTH WALES to CEYLON postal history 1882 cover p. "Hydasfoes" to Mrs. Fetch, c/o Major Fetch, Kandy, Ceylon with QV 8d yellow pmk'd Sydney B/JU 2 82, b/stamped Colombo (JU 25) and Kandy (JU 26). Rare destination. £325 |
;) | The most beautiful of the genuine ENGLISH HARBOR "A18" Antigua covers 1869 cover with two singles and strip of three QV 1d vermilion to Wilmot, Nova Scotia neatly pmk'd "A18" with red crayon "4" alongside, reverse ENGLISH-HARBOR AP 25 69, St. Thomas A/AP 28 69, and MY 12 1869 arrivals. Ex ADRIAN HOPKINS 8 bogus "A18" covers are recorded, the obliterator being in a different format, and with single circle datestamp inscribed ENGLISH HARBOUR. £3500 |
;) | ANTIGUA to JAMAICA postal history 1880 mourning cover to Mrs. P. Larsen, Newmarket P.O., Jamaica with QV 4d blue CC wmk (SG.20) pmk'd vertical "A10" (sent out to Colony JY 16 1880) with ANTIGUA A/DE 12 80 cds alongside rated red "2", reverse KINGSTON (DE 20) and Newmarket (DE 21) arrivals, smaller edge faults. £525 |
;) ;) | AN EXCEPTIONAL 1860 GREAT BRITAIN QV 2d BLUE COVER to ANTIGUA 1860 cover marked "Very important inheritance" with GB QV 2d blue Plate 8 (DG, DH, DI) pmk'd London JY 5 60 to Antigua with lengthy addressing "Matthew Christian by Son of Mr. Robert Christian Esq who died at Antigua in 1777 or to the Relatives of the said Robert and Matthew Christian, Antigua (West Indies) .... Expressly Recommended to the post to be Enquired for those Relatives and to be delivered to one of them". Marked in manuscript "Not Known", b/stamped C/ANTIGUA/AU 1 60 (arrival) and C/ANTIGUA/DE 29 60 (date returned to London). Fine heraldic embossed flap. Mathew Christian, owner of various estates in Antigua, Biffins (200 acres), Red Hill (400 acres), Elme’s (158 acres), and Windward (180 acres). Died in London in 1778. Son of Robert Christian died in Antigua in 1776. He is supposed to have left Antigua about the year 1777 and come to London, and it is believed that in 1778, he was living in Southampton-street, Strand, in the city of Westminster, where he died. He had a brother, John, who died in Antigua shortly before 1777, and a sister, Margaret, who was married to William Gunthorpe of Antigua. £950 |
;) ;) | SIERRA LEONE to GERMANY postal history (pre U.P.U. April 1 1879) 1875 cover to Offenbach, Germany with QV 1d x 2, 6d tied "B31" showing Liverpool 22 JY 75 and London 23 JY 75 transits, reverse with finely struck red PAID-AT-SIERRA-LEONE JY 7 1875 broken dbl-arc with Offenbach 24 7 75 arrival. A very rare early cover to Germany. Few destinations are recorded with QV adhesives prior entry to the UPU, only to England, France, Germany (only this cover), Ireland, Sierra Leone (locally addressed), and the USA are known to me. £1450 |
;) ;) | CANADA to Melbourne, VICTORIA 1893 exceptionally attractive cover front and single reverse side flap with QV 1c x 2, 5c to South Yarra. £350 |
;) | BAHAMAS to CUBA Ex Judge EMERSON, DALE LICHTENSTEIN 1883 cover and enclosure to Mrs. Bierstadt in Havana with QV Chalon 4d rose P.14 tied "B", reverse A/BAHAMAS/MR 13 83 and Havana 18 MAR 83 arrival. This currently the only known Chalon cover to Cuba Ex JUDGE EMERSON and DALE LICHTENSTEIN Although many Chalon head covers are addressed to the USA my extensive records only record Chalon covers to the following destinations: Bahamas (local addressing), Barbados, Bermuda, British Honduras, Canada, Cuba (as above), Egypt, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Jamaica, Nova Scotia, Prussia, Russia, St. Thomas, Trinidad, and USA. £950 |
;) | GREAT BRITAIN to TOBAGO postal history 1875 cover marked p. Royal Mail Steamer 2nd Dec. 1875" with GB QV 1/- green (rounded top right corner perf.) pmk'd HASTINGS "342" duplex dated E/NO 30 75 to James Hamilton, Scarbro', Tobago, b/stamped light TOBAGO JA 1 1876 dbl-arc arrival. Rare destination for GB surface printed covers. On or about FE 28 1872 the twice monthly visit by RMS steamer was terminated, and no steamers called until the new contract of JA 1 1875 whereby Tobago was to have a single monthly visit by RMS steamer. £275 |
;) | BAHAMAS via JAMAICA to BELIZE (Ex SHENFIELD, DALE LICHTENSTEIN, "STAIRCASE") 1879 cover to The Hon. T.W.H. Dillet, Belize, Honduras with QV Chalon 4d rose tied "A05" showing JAMAICA/TRANSIT, Kingston I C/JA 22 79 and Belize FE 9 79 arrival, reverse b/stamped Bahamas JA 4 1879/B dbl-arc. £1200 |