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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;) ;) ;) ;) | INAGUA, Bahamas postal history 1903 use of KE7 1d UPU Post Card with full German text headed "17.9.03" pmk'd INAGUA SP 18 without year to Lubeck, Germany re-directed to Charlottenberg with handstamped and 14.10.03 pmk'd label affixed which translates "Not determined, confirmed P.A.I. Charlottenburg" and "Work of reference, recognised" (Nachschlagewerke eingesehen), unusual. £95 |
;) ;) | BRITISH HONDURAS postal history 1953 large piece painted with gum to which block of four plus single KG6 5c, and single KG6 $2.00 affixed pmk'd Belize 24 AP 53 alongside tied PARCEL POST form (140-51-P-41) No. 28808. £90 |
;) ;) | TURKS ISLANDS postal history 1895 cover to J.C. Crisson (former Postmaster), Turks Islands with 3 x Germany 20pfpmk'd Leipzig 16.12.95. Leipzig reg. label, red and black London reg. ovals (DE 18), Halifax N.S. cds (DE 28), St. John N.B. cds (DE 30), New York reg. label and NY reg oval (JA 2 96) but WITHOUT ARRIVAL MARKS being most unusual for secured mail. Red wax ties fourteen "Post Office Department/OFFICIALLY SEALED./United States of America" perforated labels affixed to seal edges. Once the transit had been interrupted with the application of the labels being applied in America this cover SEEMINGLY LOST ITS SECURE STATUS and travelled as normal mail thereafter. £300 |
;) | CHAPLAINS OFFICE 2 BLACK WATCH, British Guiana postal history 1955 unused OHMS foolscap cover with OHMS label added pmk'd F.P.O.955 cds dated */9 MY 55 with handstruck purple cachet CERTIFIED OFFICIAL/9 MAY 1955/CHAPLAINS OFFICE/2 BLACK WATCH to The Chief Staff Chaplain, Berkeley Square, London. T+H handbook Pages 246-247 record use for the F.P.O. 955 cds for period OC 23 53 to JY 10 54 £65 |
;) ;) ;) | GARRISON B.F. P.O. 9, British Guiana postal history 1964 stampless foolscap cover with purple boxed HEADQUARTERS BRITISH/GUIANA GARRISON/1 1964/B.F. P.O. 9 cachet addressed I D & D, Bank House, re-sealed with OHMS Re-Use label addressed British Guiana BFPO 9 with indistinct d/ring and red HEADQUARTERS/(date)/ARMY AIR CORPS/CENTRE cachet both dated 26 MAY 1964. £48 |