ST. VINCENT - DUKE DE POLIGNAC correspondence - Price £48 You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL copy (no refunds). 128 covers mostly colour illustrated (only 3 without scans) with descriptions for each including provenance where known arranged in chronological sequence. A real guide to which covers to buy covering pre-stamp (2), GB used in St. Vincent period, the Siege of Paris period. Price £48 payable by PayPal or WISE transfer. Information is everything....order your copy today. £48
BRIDGETOWN to ST. PETERS parish, BARBADOS postal history 1868 locally addressed cover to W.B Gibbons, Gibbs, St. Peters with (1d) deep blue (SG.24) tied Bridgetown "1" bootheel, reverse I/MY 27 68 despatch and 10/MY 27 68 arrival (both M2-original) clear of partly missing flap. £325
ANTIGUA postal history 1872 full entire with perf. faults GB QV 1/- green Plate 5 tied Glasgow "159" duplex dated JA 16 72 to William Martin, Antigua, reverse light B/ANTIGUA/FE 2 72 arrival. £48
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE triangular issues on cover 1853-1870. Price £400 You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL pdf copy (no refunds). 812 covers mainly illustrated in part or full in b/w or colour, with text descriptions spanning period SP 3 1853 - JA 1 1870. This file is perfect for planning an exhibit, gives a comprehensive coverage of what to expect, destinations, rates, combinations etc. Provenance given when known. 258 pages (A4 size) Price £400 payable by PayPal or WISE transfer. Know exactly what to buy, and not waste money on unwanted items. £400
WESTERN AUSTRALIA postal history (1854-1900). Price £180 You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL copy (no refunds). Suitable for carrying around in your tablet or laptop. 367 covers illustrated in part or full in mainly colour with text descriptions spanning period 1854-1900 mostly addressed to females (Mrs or Miss) as perhaps expected. 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. 145 pages (A4 size) Price £180 payable by PayPal or WISE transfer. Knowing what to buy is your key to buying .... order your copy today. £180
LAGOS contrary to regulations without despatch cds 1877 cover marked "per S.S. Volta" to August Rikli, Water Lane, Liverpool with QV 6d green CC wmk (SG.15) tied "L" obliterator with red PAID/LIVERPOOL/BR. PACKET/1 JY 77 arrival alongside rated red "5", reverse flap shows Mrs Franklin, Lagos as sender. Small corner perf. fault lower right. £325
ST. JAMES "7" bootheel cover, Barbados postal history 1865 miniature envelope locally addressed to Mrs. Robert Gordon, St. Alban's Lodge, St. Michael's with (1d) deep blue (SG.24, faults) tied St. James "7" bootheel with BARBADOS 7/DE 8 65 (M2-original) and BARBADOS I/DE 8 65 arrival alongside, poorly opened and damaged flap. £325
GLASGOW to ANTIGUA postal history 1869 entire from James Ewing with GB QV 1/- green Plate 4 tied Glasgow "159" duplex dated MR 16 69 to W.K. Martin, Antigua showing A/ANTIGUA/AP 2 69 arrival and red crayon 1(d) to be retained by the Colony. Illustrated in Britnor Page 22. £75
ST. VINCENT - DUKE DE POLIGNAC correspondence - Price £48 You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL copy (no refunds). 128 covers mostly colour illustrated (only 3 without scans) with descriptions for each including provenance where known arranged in chronological sequence. A real guide to which covers to buy covering pre-stamp (2), GB used in St. Vincent period, the Siege of Paris period.
Price £48 payable by PayPal or WISE transfer. Information is everything....order your copy today. £48
INDIA "147" postal history 1868 decorative mourning cover with QV ½a tied "147" numeral, b/stamped FE 21 68, some toning. £120
DOUBLE 2d rate plus 1d LATE FEE, New South Wales postal history 1877 mourning cover to Wagga Wagga with 2d x 2 (double rate) plus 1d (late fee) pmk'd Sydney K/NO 16 77 duplex appended "Late Fee", creased with flap tears. £80
VICTORIA to QUEENSLAND postal history 1863 cover to Rockhampton, Queensland with QV 6d pale grey-black pmk'd MELBOURNE duplex 5 O/SE 24 63, b/stamped OC 6 arrival. £80
VICTORIA to QUEENSLAND postal history 1863 cover to Rockhampton, Queensland with QV 6d grey-black pmk'd MELBOURNE duplex 5 K/DC 3 63, b/stamped DE 14 arrival. £80
Bacchus Marsh "15" travelling on ill-fated S.S. "Emeu", Victoria postal history 1857 cover marked "via Marseilles" (deleted for Southampton routing) with QV 6d orange tied "15" with red London Paid DE 7 57 on address panel (after 122 280days), reverse Bacchus Marsh and Melbourne JY 28 1857. Sent on the S.S. "Emeu" (under charter of the Australian Royal Mail Co.) which left Sydney on September 11 bound for Suez, but stranded on October 22nd in the Red Sea, on the Guttal el Bunna, a coral reef 120 miles from Jeddah. She was refloated the following day and beached for repairs near Duber Dubb finally reaching Suez on the 3rd November, the mails however having been transferred to the P.&.O S.S. "Madras" which reached Suez on the 19th November (16 days after the "Emeu"!). Paid for delivery in Southampton the cover was sent from Alexandria on the P.&.O "Ripon" arriving December 7th. £280
VICTORIA to NEW ZEALAND 1876 printed blue flap of The Commercial Bank of Australia/Geelong marked "p. Albion" to Napier, New Zealand with QV 2d pmk'd Geelong "2" duplex dated 3 X/NO 22 76, neatly b/stamped Melbourne 4 A/NO 23 76 and Napier 6 DE 70/L. £125
NEW SOUTH WALES to ANTIGUA postal history 1869 flimsy stock cover to Clare Hall, Antigua marked "Per R.M.S. Malta" with QV 2d x 3, QV 10d x 3 (3/- rate) pmk'd Sydney DE 31 69 showing London 25 FE 70 transit, reverse, clear of detached flap, Antigua B/MR 17 70 arrival. Faults. £525
MAURITIUS - boxed "R" (bulbous top, straight leg) postal history QV 2c Inland Post Card to Port Louis with adhesive pmk'd "B53" B/JY 12 79 duplex, reverse with pristine early strike of the black boxed "R" showing traces of the outer circular rim (see Ibbotson page 117). £325
NEW SOUTH WALES to SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1868 cover to the Gas Works, Adelaide with QV 6d tied Sydney H/FE 26 1868 duplex showing GPO Adelaide N/MR 5 68 arrival alongside. Smaller faults but a scarcer inter-colonial destination. Reverse docketted "G.C. Clark, Sydney 24 Feb 68 - didn't authorize sale of instruments."
£150
BAHAMAS postal history circa 1877 near complete contents large part entire with QV Chalon 1d scarlet P.14 (SG.34) defaced with manuscript initials from Joseph A Gilmour to Nassau, £750
QUEENSLAND postal history 1879 REGISTERED CLERMONT foolscap cover with QV Chalon 4d, 1/- tied "29" with CLERMONT DE 15 1879 to the Jewellers Asylum, South Hackney, London, b/stamped DE 17 and Adelaide DE 23 79 with two types red London registered oval 18 FE 80 on address panel, peripheral soiling. £325