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;) | BERMUDA postal history 1902 illustrated Princess Hotel cover to Cambridgeport, Massachusetts with two pairs and single ONE FARTHING on QV 1/- dull grey and QV 1d carmine tied HAMILTON FE 25 1902 d/rings, arrival backstamps. £120 |
;) ;) | 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 |
;) | The "1d GALLE SURCHARGE", New South Wales postal history 1874 cover "Ellora via Galle and Brindisi" to Lower Norwood, Surrey, England with NINEPENCE on QV 10d, QV 1d pmk'd Sydney D/MY 15 74, reverse London JY 10 74 arrival. Edge tear at top, soiling. When the new P&O contracts came into force in 1874 NSW refused to contribute to the P&O service because Melbourne was made the mail terminus, and because NSW favoured the route via San Francisco. To use the route via Melbourne and Pt de Galle NSW had to pay a fee to Victoria based on the number of letters sent by that route. In order to defray that expense, and also to discourage NSW writers from using the route, a 1d surcharge was added to the 9d rate via Brindisi from February 10th 1874 to May 27th 1875. £325 |
;) | 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 |
;) | "5" (16 bar) used SMITHFIELD, Orange Free State postal history 1892 "½d." on 1d orange Brief Kaart to Bethulie pnk'd SMITHFIELD AP 23 1892, reverse full text and fine arrival cds. £60 |
;) ;) | 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 |
;) ;) | Y used DEWETSDORP, Orange Free State postal history tying 1½d on 2d Brief Kaart to Chicago, reverse DEWETSDORP SP 5 95 despatch cds. £55 |