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;) | MONTSERRAT to Colegate toothpaste 1899 opened-out commercial cover to Messrs. Colegate & Co., New York, USA with Leeward Islands QV ½d , pair QV 1d pmk'd Montserrat A/DE 20 99, reverse violet W.G. Bladen & Co., Com. & General Merchant, Glasgow House, Montserrat sender's cachet. Colgate's (an American multinational) hygiene products were first sold by the Colgate-Palmolive company in 1873, sixteen years after the death of the founder, William Colgate. The company originally sold soap. Colegate toothpaste was sold in glass jars since 1873. Tubes as pioneered by Kalodon, Johnson & Johnson were introduced in 1896. £60 |
;) | 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 |
;) | "CO" used COLONARIE, St. Vincent postmark/cancel in red ink on 17 copies QV 1d black, condition and quality of strikes mixed. Ex DUGGLEBY Listed in COVERS section for convenience £50 |
;) | DOMINICA to ANTIGUA postal history 1940cover to Miss Maude Collens, St. John's, Antigua with ten copies KG6 ¼d pmk'd PORTSMOUTH */AP 15 40, b/stamped Roseau and St. Johns AP 18 arrival. £60 |
;) ;) | POST PAID WITHDRAWN SHIP LETTER/(crown) 18 AP 18 1815/LONDON to Nassau, Bahamas 1815 outer wrapper to the Hon. James Webster, Nassau, Bahamas rated red 2/1/½d, reverse POST PAID WITHDRAWN SHIP LETTER, LONDON dated AP 18 1815, docketted "Chalmers 18 April, rec'd 20 June". £825 |
;) | "T.21" used CEDROS, Trinidad postal history 1885 use of QV ½d brown Inland Post Card pmk'd Type 0.9 "T.21" duplex dated C/MR 7 85 to Mrs. L.E. Legge, Port of Spain showing Trinidad A/MR 8 85 arrival cds, overall toning. Ex MEDLICOTT. £48 |
;) | "9." and "T.9" used MANZANILLA, Trinidad postal history 1882 cover to Lionel Legge, Port of Spain with "1d" in red on 6d tied indistinct Type O.6 "9." with Type 0.9 "T.9" duplex dated C/JU 6 82 and Trinidad JU 8 82 arrival alongside, flap missing. Ex MEDLICOTT. £120 |
;) | "9." and "T.9" used MANZANILLA, Trinidad postal history 1883 cover to Lionel Legge, Port of Spain with "1d" in red on 6d tied Type O.6 "9." with Type 0.9 "T.9" duplex dated C/JY 10 83 and Trinidad JY 12 83 arrival alongside, tone-speckled. Ex MEDLICOTT. £100 |