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PRIVATE SHIP LETTER "AYR" 1d RATE cover to BARBADOS
1906 cover endorsed "Per Private Ship "Ayr" from DARTMOUTH" to Highgate House, St. Michael's, Barbados with GB KE7 1d pmk'd WALWORTH G.O. dated NO 15 06, partial arrival b/stamp.
Use of 1d by longer journey time private ship most unusual at this time as mail carried by contract vessels at the 1d Empire Rate.
£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

BRITISH HONDURAS
complete outer wrapper with blue/white CURTIS'S & HARVEY buckled label affixed lower flap (as seal) with damaged GB QV 1/- Plate 4 pmk'd London MY 16 67 with Belize JY 6 67 (51 days transit) showing red crayon "1(d)" due to the Colony on the 1/- per half ounce rate, unusually with black handstruck "2" applied London, assumed to be 1d Late Fee plus 1d Fine to be collected from recipient.
£125

BRITISH HONDURAS
cover front with GB QV 1/- Plate 5 (reduced wing margin at left) pmk'd London JA 17 73 showing FE 10 73 arrival.
£40

BRITISH HONDURAS
outer wrapper with GB QV 1/- Plate 4 pmk'd Liverpool 1 MR 66, reverse London MR 2 and Belize AP 2 66.
RMSP contract expired AP 9 1866.
£80

Great Britain to CAPE OF GOOD HOPE postal history:
1875 covers, both with enclosed letter, to Miss Helen Ayliffe, Grahamstown marked "per R.M.S. via Plymouth NOV 25 1875" and "DE 5 1875" each with GB QV 1/- Plate 12 tied Manchester "498" duplex dated NO 25 1875 and DE 5 75 and both showing CAPE TOWN N/JA 1 76 transit, reverse of each with Grahams Town JA 5 76 arrival.
The former was posted too late for the sailing specified and has small red handstruck circled cross on the address panel.
£75

Great Britain to CAPE OF GOOD HOPE postal history:
1875 cover, with enclosed letter, to Miss Helen Ayliffe, Grahamstown with GB QV 1/- Plate 12 tied Manchester "498" duplex dated DE 25 1875 showing CAPE TOWN D/JA 29 76 transit, reverse with Grahams Town FE 2 76 arrival.
Carried by the "American" on her record breaking voyage to Cape Town.
£40

Great Britain to CAPE OF GOOD HOPE postal history:
1876 cover, with enclosed letter, to Miss Helen Ayliffe, Grahamstown with pair GB QV 6d Plate 15 tied Manchester "498" duplex dated JU 24 1876 showing CAPE TOWN B/JY 22 76 transit, reverse with Grahams Town JY xx 76 arrival.
£40

Great Britain to CAPE OF GOOD HOPE postal history:
1876 cover, with enclosed letter, marked per Steamer "Anglian" to Miss Helen Ayliffe, Grahamstown with GB QV 1/- Plate 9 tied Manchester "498" duplex dated SP 27 1876 showing CAPE TOWN G/OC 25 7(6) transit and purple "3" accountancy, reverse with Plymouth cds and Cape Packet Plymouth cds both dated SP 28 76 and Grahams Town OC 30 76 arrival, front soiled and creased.
£30



Surbiton Hill, Great Britain destination mail to Fort Murray, BRITISH KAFFRARIA postal history
1859 mourning cover to George Brownlow, Fort Murray, British Kaffraria, Cape of Good Hope from SURBITON HILL (no date slugs backstamp) with GB QV 6d pale lilac tied KINGSTON-ON-THAMES "422" duplex dated D/SP 5 59 showing red crayon 1d credited to the Cape Colony, reverse London S.W., DEVONPORT E/SP 6 59, red CAPE TOWN NO 16 1859 arrival, under flap "Ansd letter to Edward 12 Dec 1859". (Carried by the "Dane" packet boat).
The area annexed to the British Cape Colony on 10 May 1835 as Queen Adelaide Province, but on 5 December 1835 the Cape Colony disallowed the annexation and it was renamed Queen Adelaide Land district with Grahamstown as its capital until 1847. On 17 December 1847 it was again annexed to the Cape Colony as British Kaffraria Colony with King William's Town as its capital. On 7 March 1860 British Kaffraria became a separate crown colony. It was finally re-incorporated into the Cape Colony on 17 April 1866.
£425



Wolverhampton to Kellerberrin, Western Australia re-directed Bulawayo, Salisbury, Rhodesia
1924 cover with GB KGV 1½d pmk'd Wolverhampton to Kellerberrin, Western Australia forwarded Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia with boxed "UNCLAIMED/ADVERTISED" and Returned Letter Branch, G.P.O. Salisbury d/ring.
Wolverhampton DE 5 1924, Kellerberrin JA 8 1925, Bulawayo JA 2 and JA 7, Salisbury MY 6 1925.
£85

TWO DIFFERENT REIGNS, THREE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, Jamaica postal history to Sicily
1936 cover to Eastbourne College, England with Jamaica KGV 1½d chocolate pmk'd Mandeville AP 12 37 d/ring. On arrival in Eastbourne, Sussex forwarded to Taormina, Sicily with pair contemporary GB KE7 ½d green pmk'd 27 APR 1937 with 25c green Postage Due tied 1-5 37.
The KG6 issues not released until 10 May 1937.
£120


POSTAGE DUES TWO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, BRITISH GUIANA postal history
1937 (AP 9) KGV 2c pair underpaid franking from Georgetown most unusually addressed by the sender to three locations arriving Paris (AP 28) with 1fr due added and re-directed MY 10 to London (MY 13) with GB 1d due tied MY 15 37, various tax marks, return to sender, unknown additions as expected for a cover attracting postage dues in two differing countries.
£120


GREAT BRITAIN to GIBRALTAR postal history
Probably used 1875 undated GB QV ½d green newswrapper with added bantam QV ½d Plate 12 pmk'd W/27 oval obliterator to Gibraltar, some faults.
£45


GIBRALTAR destination postal history
1871 wrapper with sender's cachet to Gibraltar with Great Britain QV 6d (postage) and QV 1d (late fee) twice pmk'd London IX/21 AP 71 "9" duplex.
£85


GREAT BRITAIN to BAMENDA, CAMEROON missent BARBADOS and BERMUDA postal history
1931 cover with GB KGV 1½d tied Glasgow machine dated 3 SEP 1931 to "BAMENDA, B.W.I." with handstruck "NOT KNOWN" and "ADVERTISED" applied Barbados 19 SEP 1931 (backstamp) with manuscript "Try Bermuda" amended "Not" with "Try" deleted with Hamilton 23 NOV 31 backstamp, originally poorly opened 3 sides but frontal tear at right sealed with tear at left open.
£120
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