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| Country: Great Britain Clear Subject: GB QV 1d lilac Clear | Sort: Newest listed first |
;) | CLARKE, NICKOLLS & COOMBS to St. Lucia changed St. Vincent 1900 cover with albino embossed Clarke, Nickolls & Coombs, London flap with GB QV 1d lilac pmk'd HOMERTON S.O. dated NO 27 00 to James Gray Matheson, Post Office, Kingstown, St. Lucia changed St. Vincent, b/stamped (delayed arrival) Kingstown reversed C/DE 25 00. Ex DUGGLEBY This was once one of Britain’s leading confectionary manufacturer's. Set up by three men, Clarke, Nickolls & Coombs, the company later combined their names to create ‘Clarnico’. By 1899 the company employed 2,000 men and women, mainly from the local area, and made 700 different varieties of sweets. The location on the Lee Navigation allowed easy bulk deliveries of sugar carried by barge from London’s docks. Bought by Trebor in 1969 and later part of the Cadburys group. £48 |
;) | Mail to GREEN POINT Prisoner of War, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE postal history 1901 Great Britain QV ˝d Post Card with added QV ˝d 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 ˝d green pmk'd KIMBERLEY 14 MY 01 with blue circular CENSOR PRISONER OF WAR on address panel, lengthy text. £75 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS full cover with two pairs GB QV 1d lilac pmk'd Etchingham NO 30 87, b/stamped Burwash same day (both East Sussex villages) showing partial Belize DE 19 87 arrival. £100 |
;) ;) ;) | HOTEL VICTORIA UNCLAIMED, Great Britain (Isle of Wight) postal history 1890 cover to Mrs. Greenwood, Hotel Victoria, Northumberland Avenue, London with GB QV 1d lilac (16 dots) tied VENTNOR "971" duplex dated C/DE 22 90 with purple d/ring oval HOTEL VICTORIA /UNCLAIMED/RECEPTION BUREAU alongside, reverse framed "Not called for/W.C", manuscript and dated initials, and London DE 22 90 and JA 1 91 cds. £75 |
;) ;) | JAMAICA postal history 1901 Empire rate cover with GB QV 1d lilac pmk'd Bedford FE 12 01 to Kingston where Advertised, Unclaimed etc, various backstamps, toning and peripheral faults. £95 |