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;) | NATAL postal history 1879 soiled cover with George Washington 3c strip of four, Zachary Taylor 5c (17c rate, further stamp missing) pmk’d cork cancels with Flatbush, New York SEP 17 1879 cds with red New York “50” duplex SEP 17 79 to Private Patrick Woods, H(?) Company 58th Regiment, Lower Chiefspruit(?), Natal, South Africa strangely re-directed Northampton with DOVER SP 29 79 and Northampton “570” duplex dated M/SP 30 79 re-directed Port Natal, Africa and finally re-directed Standerton, b/stamped Dover (SP 29 same cds), Northampton (B/SP 30 cds only), Durban 31 10 1879 d/ring. £140 |
;) | WILLIAM FOGARTY, Barbados "used elsewhere" St. Vincent postal history 1937 printed sender address cover to William Hughes, St. Vincent with KGV 1d, 1½d, 2½d neatly pmk'd Kingstown C/21 MY 37. Ex DUGGLEBY Established in 1926 it was the island's largest multiple department store. During the 1930s, Fogarty's had the reputation of being 'the poor man's store' and it was believed that this is why it was spared from the fury of the 1937 riots in Bridgetown. However, the fire which occurred on January 20, 1970, was less merciful. It gutted William Fogarty (Barbados) limited as firemen directed jets of water on the front of the building. The fire went on to sweep the whole block £24 |
;) | CLARKE, NICKOLLS & COOMBS to St. Lucia changed St. Vincent 1900 cover with albino embossed Clarke, Nickolls & Coombs, London flap with GB QV 1d lilac pmk'd HOMERTON S.O. dated NO 27 00 to James Gray Matheson, Post Office, Kingstown, St. Lucia changed St. Vincent, b/stamped (delayed arrival) Kingstown reversed C/DE 25 00. Ex DUGGLEBY This was once one of Britain’s leading confectionary manufacturer's. Set up by three men, Clarke, Nickolls & Coombs, the company later combined their names to create ‘Clarnico’. By 1899 the company employed 2,000 men and women, mainly from the local area, and made 700 different varieties of sweets. The location on the Lee Navigation allowed easy bulk deliveries of sugar carried by barge from London’s docks. Bought by Trebor in 1969 and later part of the Cadburys group. £48 |
;) | Unusual JAMAICA forwarded with BRITISH HONDURAS cover 1960 printed St. Michael's Seminary cover with QE2 6d pmk'd STONY HILL OC 19 60 d/ring to the Most Rev. Robert L. Hodapp, S.J. at Belize forwarded to St. Louis, Missouri with QE2 2c x 10c pmk'd Belize 27 OV 60. £48 |
;) | GRENADA Chalon cover with red REGISTERED 1872 reg. cover to Waterloo Place, London (FE 26 arrival) with recipient name scratched out with Chalon QV 1d strip of three (further 1d stamp removed), Chalon QV 6d pair pmk'd "A15" with light strike red REGISTERED, A/GRENADA/FE 08 72 despatch b/stamp. Ex URWICK, LIVINGSTON DICKASON, WD WALKER. £350 |
;) | ST. VINCENT - elusive grey-blue on cover 1892 reg. G.P.O. signed O.H.M.S. cover to New Bond Street, London with QV ½d green x 2, QV 1d red, "2½ PENCE" on QV 1d grey-blue (SG.55) pmk'd Kingstown A/JA 28 92 with same date red ST. VINCENT cds alongside, most attractive. £295 |
;) | JAMAICA - POSTAL SERVICE TO FINLAND SUSPENDED 1940 KG6 ½d large part newswrapper front to Helsingfors, Finland pmk'd Kingston MR 19 40 with three strikes purplish "POSTAL SERVICE SUSPENED/RETURN TO SENDER" handtamp. £120 |
;) | CEYLON to HONG KONG postal history 1895 use of portion of QV 5c LETTER CARD written "Kandy Sep. 5 1895 with 2 x QV 5c lilac (SG.195) added and pmk'd SP 7 95 to Henry Humphreys, Hong Kong, China. £48 |
;) | SION HILL, St. Vincent postal history 1936 cover to John J. Pohl, Newport Mews, Virginia, USA with KGV 2½d neatly pmk'd SION HILL */12 SP 36. Undoubtedly the finest of the known covers from this small office just outside Kingstown. £325 |
;) | Mail to GREEN POINT Prisoner of War, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE postal history 1901 Great Britain QV ½d Post Card with added QV ½d lilac pmk'd Birmingham AP 11 01 to Mr. Whittall, Savoy Hotel, Kimberley, South Africa with KIMBERLEY MY 2 01 arrival, re-directed Officers Quarters Room F, Prisoner of War, Green Point Town with CGH ½d green pmk'd KIMBERLEY 14 MY 01 with blue circular CENSOR PRISONER OF WAR on address panel, lengthy text. £75 |
;) | FIRST SAILING with EMPIRE RATE 1d, St. Vincent postal history 1899 reg. cover with THREE PENCE on QV 1d mauve (SG.63) pmk'd Kingstown A/JA 6 99 paying the EMPIRE 1d Rate (introduced DE 25 1898) plus 2d REGISTRATION ro W.J. Ricks, Crowthorne, Berkshire showing Reading JA 19 99 arrival, reverse reg. label R.5,867, Reading S.O. reg, oval, super WELLINGTON-COLLEGE-STATION cds. Ex DUGGLEBY £480 |
;) | BERMUDA postal history 1866 reduced cover front to Robert Tucker, London with QV 1/- green (SG.8) tied K1 "2" with Hamilton H/16 FE 66 (black P5) cds rated red "11d" showing red London Paid 8X/MR 13 66 arrival, stamp with perf. faults at base, front with lighter vertical creases. £480 |
;) | NEW SOUTH WALES to NATAL postal history 1889 cover with NSW 1d, 2d, 6d pmk'd MUDGEE "18" duplex dated JY 12 89 to John Swift, Natal G.P.O. South Africa forwarded Ladysmith with manuscript "2d to pay" (deleted) and handstruck circled 1/1, reverse Durban OC 8 89 d/ring and poor Ladysmith 13 11 89. £180 |
;) | "Consignee per S.S. Don", St. Vincent postal history 1898 cover marked "Consignee per S.S. Don" with seldom found solo QV 2½d blue (SG.61) pmk'd Kingstown A/OC 14 98 to Messrs. Thomas Duncan & Son., London, reverse OC 26 arrival. Ex DUGGLEBY Surprisingly this is the only recorded QV adhesive cover period 1861-1902 marked "Consignee". £325 |
;) | NEW SOUTH WALES postal history 1887 use of QV 1d salmon Post Card with added QV 8d pmk'd Sydney A/JU 15 87 to G. Hannath, Oderin, Halbe, Germany showing fine strike violet "1½D." accountancy, full text, soiled etc. £125 |
;) | CEYLON postal history 1860 wrapper from Colombo OC 15 1860 with two tied copies 1/- to William Milne & Co., Glasgow, backstamped NO 27 60 arrival, Ex JEWELL, SHENFIELD. £750 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA 2c MILITIA CONCESSION RATE COVER 1897 use of the 2c carmine PSE pmk'd Georgetown 14 OC 97 from Sergeant Major U.S. Mayfield, British Guiana Militia to Sergeant Major J. McEwen, Depot Border Regiment, Carlisle, Cumberland countersigned with purple "Colonel, Commandant British Guiana Militia" handstamp. No early concession rate covers from Militia are known for the rest of the British West Indies group, and no Sailor's concession rate covers are still not known from British Guiana (as mentioned Townsend + Howe Page 242) £600 |
;) | BARBADOS to JAMAICA postal history 1864 large part wrapper to Barclay & McDowell, (Jamaica) with 6d orange-red (SG.30) pmk'd Bridgetown "1" bootheel with I/MY 25 64 despatch, top flap shows St. Thomas MY 28 1864 transit dbl-arc and Kingston C/JU 4 64 arrival. £75 |
;) | DJAMBI, Netherland Indies to TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS 1915 use of Nederlandsch Indie 5c Post Card written "Djambi 13 Mei 1915" and pmk'd 18 5 15 to Professor Oscar Grey, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands and re-directed Detroit, Michigan, USA, light TURKS ISLANDS A/JY 13 15 arrival above address panel. £60 |
;) | MALTA to FINNBODA SLIP, Stockholm, Sweden 1883 clean cover with sender's purple SALVO GRIMA/SHIP CHANDLER/MALTA d/ring oval cachet mailed to the famous ship-building Finnboda Slip, Stockholm, Sweden with GB 2½d blue Plate 22 tied "A25" duplex dated A/DE 17 83, b/stamped 24.12 arrival, cover with tear top left corner. £125 |