SPECIALISING IN THE UNUSUAL - WHETHER IT BE VILLAGE POSTMARKS, THE UNEXPECTED WITH BASIC STAMPS, UNUSUAL POSTAL HISTORY, OR EXCEPTIONAL QV COVERS
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;) | ONE FARTHING RATE NEWSPAPER pmk'd NOTABILE. B.O., MALTA postal history 1930 complete "Militia Christ" newspaper of 22 Gunju 1930 (June) to Migiarro with KGV ¼d tied NOTABILE B.O. JU 21 30 cds. The ¼d stamp was intended for the conveyance of newspapers up to 2oz in weight. £125 |
;) | BERMUDA postal history 1906 cover to Milford, New Hampsire with strip of five, block of four, pair, single ONE FARTHING on QV 1/- pmk'd FLATTS A/JY 9 1906 d/rings, reverse Milford (JY 14) arrival. £120 |
;) | BAILEY'S BAY, BERMUDA postal history 1902 cover with ONE FARTHING on QV 1/- slate strip of five and two pairs paying the correct 2½d rate to Nancy, France pmk'd BAILEY'S BAY B/JA 17 1902 d/rings with Nancy 29-1 02 arrival struck on upper reverse flap, minor faults. £85 |
;) ;) | BERMUDA postal history 1902 OHMS ("His") departmental cover with colourless embossed "BERMUDA/(crown)/POST OFFICE" flap to St. Louis, Missouri with 3-colour franking of two pairs ONE FARTHING on QV 1/- slate, single QV ½d and 1d making the correct 2½d rate, the second stamp showing the broken "G" variety. £165 |
;) ;) | DOMINICA and MARTINIQUE postal history 1947 b/w ppc of "A Country Road, Dominica" with Dominica KG6 1½d affixed for Chula Vista, California, carried privately to Martinique with pair 3fr on 2fr added and tied FORT DE FRANCE */15 4 47 cds. Closed tear to card at top but a most unusual combination. £75 |
;) ;) ;) | DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, BERMUDA postal history 1966 (JU 9) lengthy typewritten letter from a 19 year old Colonel's daughter to Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk on an overprinted for Government use Air Letter (overprinting deleted as used personally) mailed with GB QE2 4d pmk'd Post Office Maritime Mail. £65 |
;) ;) | BRITISH GUIANA via SURINAM to HOLLAND postal history 1895 use of "2 CENTS" on 3c carmine Post Card pmk'd Georgetown JA 30 95 routed through Surinam with PARAMARIBO 4/2/1895 d/ring to Amsterdam, Holland, some faults. £48 |
;) ;) ;) | MOGADOR, Morocco postal history 1887 use of the ST. VINCENT QV 1d carmine Post Card overprinted for use in GIBRALTAR written from MOGADOR with "Mog. 5/4 87" with turquoise PER "EMPUSA" to Stuttgart, Germany pmk'd at Gibraltar with "A26" duplex dated A/AP 10 87, some harsher toning. The Mogador Post Office opened in 1887 £325 |
;) | BERMUDA postal history 1957 unusual combination GB KG6 2/6d, GB QE2 6d ovp'd "TANGIER" on reg. cover to Belmont Manor Hotel, Warwick pmk'd Streatham B.O. S.W.16 cds dated */26 MR 57. £32 |
;) | OLD CALABAR RIVER, Southern Nigeria postal history (T.1) AU 31 00 on GB ovp'd 1d Post Card to Leipzig, Germany, pencilled text on reverse. £85 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS postal history 1888 cover with 10 CENTS on QV 4d mauve (SG.40) to Berlin, Germany pmk'd "O" obliterator in combination with BELIZE/JY 9 88 cds. This stamp has a normal 9 months short life pmk’d “O” obliterator in combination with BELIZE/date cds (Proud D6 recorded MR 20 88 to MR 12 89, this being the earliest cover dated JY 9 88). The stamp has a longer life pmk’d “O” obliterator in combination with BELIZE cds (D7) from AP 18 89 until replaced by the 6c rate in March 1891. £300 |
;) ;) | THE BIGHT, Bahamas postal history (T.1) arrival dated reversed C/AP 7 91 (year error for 01) on TRANSVAAL 1d V.R.I. Briefkaart pmk'd BOKSBURG 31 JAN 01 from affectionate brother to Rev. R.K. Bennett, Cat Island, Bahamas. During his tenure as Rector (1912) of St. Mary's Church New Providence Reverend Bennett documented changes that met resistance in the church - altar curtains looked at with disapproval, altar lights seen as an unpardonable offence, wafer bread thought of as an insult to the Blessed Sacrement etc. £250 |
;) | GRENADA postal history 1892 unsealed cover to A.W. Lewis, Chambers with QV 1d on 6d Postage Due (SG.D4) pmk'd OC 24 92, cover with folded edge at left. £40 |
;) | PORTSMOUTH, Dominica postal history 1897 local cover to The Government Office, Roseau with pair QV ½d Sexagenary (SG.9) tied PORTSMOUTH sideways down C/SP 9 97 with Head Office */SP 10 97 arrival alongside. £140 |
;) | REFUGEE CAMP, SPRINGFONTEIN, Orange River Colony postal history 1901 cover dated "3/8/01" at top in red ink with 1d V.R.I. to Paarl, interesting circled red "X" on address panel. £180 |
;) | REFUGEE CAMP, SPRINGFONTEIN, Orange River Colony postal history 1901 cover dated "22/8/01" in red at top to Simons Town with 1d V.R.I. pmk'd Springfontein cds. £175 |
;) ;) | TRINIDAD postal history: KGV 3d PSRE ovp'd "SPECIMEN", fine unused. £15 |
;) ;) | ST. VINCENT postal history: 1893 QV 1d carmine newswrapper complete unused handstamped rare "Specimen." (Type XI, in upper and lower case type 19mm long with period, 2½mm high). A single example recorded per PML handbook Page 83 £240 |
;) ;) | ST. VINCENT postal history: 1893 QV ½d green newswrapper complete unused handstamped rare "Specimen." (Type XI, in upper and lower case type 19mm long with period, 2½mm high). A single example recorded on the QV ½d wrapper per PML handbook Page 83 £240 |
;) | NATAL postal history: KE7 1d Post Card ovp'd "SPECIMEN", fine condition. £9 |