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;) | 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 |
;) | NEVIS PRE-STAMP + GREAT BRITAIN used in NEVIS 1661-1862, 110 illustrated covers. Price £32 (WIP-239) You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL copy (no refunds) but two free updates as and when requested. Suitable for carrying around in your tablet or laptop. 110 covers illustrated in part or full in mainly in b/w with some colour with text descriptions spanning period 1661-1862. Like all WIP pdfs this file will be most helpful for planning an display, giving a comprehensive coverage of what to expect, with destinations etc. Provenance given when known. Price £32 payable by PayPal or UK bank transfer (no trade or customer discounts.. invaluable). Ignore Barclays mention at check out as account now closed. Knowing what to buy is always your key to successful and happy buying .... order your copy today. £32 |
;) | GREAT BRITAIN used in BRITISH GUIANA (1858-1860), mainly illustrated 54 covers. Price £25 (WIP-40) You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL copy (no refunds) but two free updates as and when requested. 54 covers (plus some dated pieces) mainly illustrated in b/w or colour with text descriptions spanning period 1858-1860. GB used ABROAD has always been very popular with serious collectors, and this file will be most helpful for planning an exhibit giving a comprehensive coverage of what to expect, destinations, rates, combinations etc, and often shows the pitfalls (missing stamp, part stamp added etc). Provenance given when known. 17 pages (A4 size) Price £25 payable by PayPal or UK bank transfer transfer (no trade or customer discounts) Knowing what to buy, or what not to buy, is your key to buying .... order your copy today. £25 |
;) | The MALTA "M" obliterators, mainly illustrated 232 covers period 1857-1860. Price £80 (WIP-149) You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL pdf copy (no refunds) but you can request two free updates when required. It will arrive in seconds to all corners of the world, no dreaded import duty, can be carried in your tablet or laptop to any philatelic event. 232 covers mainly illustrated in part or full in b/w or colour with text descriptions spanning period 1857 to 1860. As a new collector to this country the file is perfect for planning an exhibit, gives a comprehensive coverage of what to expect, destinations, rates, combinations etc, and often shows the pitfalls (missing stamp, stamp added or not belonging). Provenance given when known. 60 pages (A4 size) Price £80 payable by PayPal or UK bank transfer transfer (no trade or customer discounts) £80 |
;) | GREAT BRITAIN used GRENADA covers, 92 mainly illustrated items (1858-1860). Price £36 (WIP-114) You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL copy by pdf (no refunds). Can arrive in your desktop, tablet, laptop in seconds with no hold up at customs for import duty. This file most suitable to take to auctions, stamp fairs, philatelic gatherings, or just to show other interested collectors, and essential to the newcomer thinking of making a display. 92 covers, a study mostly in b/w, which makes its own statement due the lack of excitement attached to the many GB 6d packet rate covers to the UK (often enormously overestimated by auction houses, dealers alike). A one frame would easily embrace the 6d single, 1/- double, 2/- quadruple rates to UK, offers two very rare REGISTERED covers to the UK, and most unusually has GB stamps affixed at Grenada's Carriacou island taken up the Grenadines chain for posting with St. Vincent Kingston "A10". . Provenance added when known. 27 pages (A4 size) Price £36 payable by PayPal or UK bank transfer. £36 |
;) | GREAT BRITAIN used in GIBRALTAR with "G" obliterators (1857-1859). Price £28 (WIP-109) Now available: You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL pdf copy (no refunds, but two free updates will be available on request). Suitable for carrying around in your tablet or laptop. 74 covers illustrated in part or full in mainly colour with text descriptions spanning period 1857-1859. This file will be most helpful for planning an exhibit, giving a comprehensive coverage of what to expect, with destinations etc. Provenance given when known. 28 pages (A4 size) Price £28 payable by PayPal or WISE transfer. Knowing what to buy is the key to buying. £28 |
;) | GREAT BRITAIN used with "A01" obliterator (184) at Kingston, JAMAICA (1858-1860). Price £60 (WIP-140) You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL copy by pdf (no refunds, but TWO free further updates can be had as and when requested). 184 covers, a study mostly in b/w, which makes its own statement due the lack of excitement attached to the many 6d packet rate covers to the UK. However, if you think this would be low down on your list for a display, the lack of colour is made up by character, and a fine display can embrace the rare twin "A01", the unique 6d with JAMAICA/SHIP LETTER handstamp to Ryde I.O.W., the 1/- green cover, GB added on incoming transit from Santa Marta, Colombia, mail to the Post Towns, and in addition to the very common 6d packet rates of 3d, 4d, 8d, 9d, 1/-, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 2/-, 2/8d, 3/-, 9/- will be found. Provenance added when known. Price £60 payable by PayPal or WISE transfer. PDFs incur no dreaded import duty, once ordered can be with you in seconds to any part of the World. £60 |
;) | BAHAMAS TEXT ONLY DESCRIPTIONS OF PRE-STAMP and GB used in COVERS (343) 1769-1860. PRICE £95 (WIP-9) Plentiful straight line BAHAMAS handstamps (different types), 2-line BAHAMAS/SHIP LETTER handstamps, plus about 30 covers with GB used at Nassau. 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 343 entires which includes wide variety inter-mingled with social history, provenance, dates of shipping disasters (pentiful!) etc. Price £95 (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!). £95 |
;) | ST. LUCIA ILLUSTRATED ADHESIVE COVERS (334) PERIOD 1858-1900. Price £120 (WIP-203) You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL pdf copy (no refunds, but you are are entitled to two free updates as and when requested in the future). 334 covers mainly illustrated in b/w or colour with text descriptions spanning period 1858 (GB used abroad) to 1900. As a new collector to this country the file is perfect for planning an exhibit, gives a comprehensive coverage of what to expect, destinations, rates, combinations etc, and often shows the pitfalls (missing stamp, stamp added or not belonging). Provenance given when known. 98 pages (A4 size) Price £120 payable by PayPal or WISE transfer (ignore any reference to Barclays Bank as that account closed). Knowledge is ALWAYS the key to buying. Order your copy without further delay. £120 |
;) | ST. CHRISTOPHER TEXT ONLY DESCRIPTIONS (640) PRE-STAMP + GB USED IN PERIOD 1663-1869. PRICE £140 (WIP-188) This really 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). Suitable for carrying around in your tablet or laptop. This period has details of 640 entires inter-mingled with social history, provenance, with mentions of wrecks in places. Price £140 (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!). £140 |
;) | NEVIS PRESTAMP + GB USED IN ILLUSTRATED COVERS (110) PERIOD 1661-1862. PRICE £32 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. 110 covers illustrated mainly in b/w with text descriptions arranged in chronological sequence spanning period 1661-1862. Provenance given when known. Price £32 (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!). Knowing what to buy saves a lot of wasted funds. £32 |
;) ;) | ARROYO, Porto Rico carried "loose" to ST. THOMAS postal history (Ex Don Gaspar Roca)
1874 entire, written at Arroyo on July 11th 1874 has the correct 4d rate adhesive for mail to the British Postal Agency at St. Thomas, but was carried as a ‘loose’ letter (outside the mailbag) and was pmk’d ‘C51’ on arrival, no datestamp was applied probably due the letter originating elsewhere. The letter was then carried from St. Thomas to New York by the U.S. and Brazil Mail Steamship Company, the only line serving New York and Brazil during this period. The line was viewed by the British Government as an intruder on the British monopoly over mail service to and from Brazil, and was consequently driven out of business by heavy British government subsidies to the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. Ex Don Gaspar ROCA (2006). Entires from the British Postal Agency at Arroyo, opened 24th October 1872, are seldom encountered with the GB adhesives pmk’d ‘F83’. The few surviving covers are divided into two groups, those initially cancelled by round top ‘3’ in the ‘F83’ and those with a replacement flat top ‘3’ sent out 31st August 1876 due a fire. £825 |
;) | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE postal history 1839 lengthy cross-written entire headed "Bedford Wednesday Feb'y 6th 1839" and marked "Post paid March 8th" to Mrs Maclear, Royal Observatory, Cape Town with red ink PAID-SHIP LETTER/(crown) 9 MR 9 1839/LONDON and black SHIP LETTER/(crown)/CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. £150 |
;) | GREAT BRITAIN USED TWO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, Malta postal history 1861 mourning cover to Lt. Colonel Duncan Munro Bethune (1816-1870), 1st Battalion. 9th Regiment, Vernon House, Farnham, Surrey with GB 6d pmk'd "A25" duplex dated A/MALTA/JA 23 61, backstamped Farnham JA 23 61 arrival and forwarded to London with GB QV 1d red pmk'd "292" numeral on JA 25 61 with London transits. Such GB combination covers are seldom found and extremely rare, and do not exist for most countries and agencies that were supplied with GB stamps. £1200 |
;) | GIBRALTAR postal history 1859 land route "via France" to London with GB QV 1d red strip of three, GB 6d lilac pmk'd "G" with greenish-blue A/JA 7 59 despatch, backstamped London JA 17 59 arrival. Flap with tape stain. £825 |
;) ;) | "A36" used DRY HARBOUR (Ex Trivett, Glassco, Jose P. Simon, Simpson, Mahfood, Pitts) The unique and complete entire with letter headed "Dry Harbour 9th Dec 1859 " from John Ellis to Edward Leahy, Chief Engineers Office, Spanish Town with GB QV 4d rose pmk'd "A36" (H) with matching inked DRY HARBOUR code 2/DE 9 1859 across upper flap which would display perfectly for exhibition if a few hinge remainders were professionally removed. The adhesive with top left wing marginal short perfs. Ex TRIVETT, GLASSCO, JOSE P. SIMON, SIMPSON, MAHFOOD, PITTS. Distance Dry Harbour to Kingston 71 miles, Spanish Town to Kingston 13 miles being 71 less 13 = 58 miles (4d rate under 60 miles). The code "2" was previously unlisted. The only other known entire is the top portion of a wrapper to Barclays & McDowell (Kingston) pmk'd code 2/SP 2 1858 which has GB QV 6d lilac for the 71 mile distance (over 60 miles rate). The “A36” (H) had a short life being either lost or mislaid as the earliest Pine watermark Jamaica stamps are cancelled by manuscript “36”. The best explanation probably comes from Bill Atmore in his January 2000 “Land of Wood and Water” publication where he wrote “It is known that stocks of imperial stamps had begun to run out at several offices as early as 1859, even before their official withdrawal from use on 1st August 1860. In these circumstances, the obliterators at most, if not all, offices became temporarily redundant, possibly leading to their loss or damage”. £4500 |
;) ;) | B01 used ALEXANDRIA, Egypt postal history (Ex GRIFFITHS) 1869 entire with handstruck "POSTED AFTER/DEPARTURE OF PACKET" to Liverpool with pair GB QV 6d Plate 8 pmk'd "B01" with ALEXANDRIA JY 10 69 alongside, fine GIUSEPPE CAMPOS sender's cachet with Liverpool 27 JY 69 arrival on upper flap. Ex JOHN O. GRIFFITHS. £825 |
;) ;) ;) | North Africa BARBARY COAST and GB USED ABROAD combination, GIBRALTAR postal history 1871 mourning cover with unidentified blue Arabic-like origin cachet almost certainly originating in the Barbary Coast regions of North Africa, addressed with French salutation to Madame Isabella Wilson, Youngstown, Ohio with GB 4d, 6d pmk'd "A26" with GIBRALTAR A/NO 22 71 despatch showing London 7 DE 71 and New York Paid All (indistinct date) transits over red "2/CENTS" handstamp). No backstamps and smaller portion of flap missing. A currently unique and intriguing item. At that time there was no state postal system and foreign post offices were in only a few North African coastal towns. The Parmenter & Gordon handbook Page 1/5 states that "From 1st March 1858 mail from Tangier and other British Consulates in "Barbary" had to be prepaid in GB adhesives which were later cancelled in Gibraltar". The first TANGIER cds was sent from the GPO London on 16th March 1872 (some 4 months later than this cover, examples of use are TANGIER A/JU 29 73 and A/OC 15 73 placed below GB 6d, and GB 2d,4d each pmk'd "A26" on covers to Monsieur A. Boucard, London, Ex Glassco). Some irregular private couriers were also actively taking international mail to European Post Offices. The handstamp was probably carved from wood and the manufacturer chiselled it as he would see it but when struck it would appear in mirror image, ie reverse. It is also noted that if the third digit in the "date" were not inverted and reversed it might read 1871. (See also Kabyle Rebellion, Algeria) £4250 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA to FRANCE 1859 cover with GB QV 1d, 6d pmk’d “A03” dated DEMERARA A/MR 11 1859 to Dieppe, France showing London AP 5, AMB Calais, Le Havre A Paris, and Paris 6 AVRIL transits. Flap removed by recipient to show his hand-written notes re content. Only one other GB QV 1d, 6d combination is recorded dated JA 23 1860 ex Paramaribo via Demerara to Dunkerque. £2500 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA to FRANCE 1859 cover with GB QV 1d pair, QV 6d pmk’d “A03” dated DEMERARA A/JU 25 59 to Dieppe, France re-directed to 47 Avenue des Champs Elysees, Paris showing London JY 19, AMB Calais 20 JUL, Le Havre A Paris 22 JUIL transits. Flap removed by recipient to show his hand-written notes re content. Thought to be a unique GB used abroad combination (use of 8d rate to France is confirmed by double rate entire (1/4d) from same correspondence bearing GB QV 4d, pair QV 6d dated OC 10 1859. £3500 |