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;) ;) | BARBADOS postal history 1939 cover with 2 x U.S. 3c Landing of the Swedes and Finns tied U.S.S. RANGER/BRIDGETOWN BARBADOS duplex dated MAR 16 1939 addressed Denver, Colorado with purple 3-line "SPECIAL FLIGHT/AROUND BARBADOES/BRITISH WEST INDIES" handstamp on front, reverse with ½d Badge of Colony tied GPO 6 MR 39 cds appended below "9 of 28" and signed "JS Johnson-Pilot, Bridgetown, Barbadoes". £150 |
;) ;) | 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 |
;) ;) | BRITISH HONDURAS postal history 1918 reg. OHMS cover with Royal Coat-of-Arms embossed flap to the Italian Translator, Post and Railway Department, Berne, Switzerland with vertical strip of five KGV 1c WAR (some middle perfs split) and pair KGV 3c WAR pmk'd Belize A/JU 17 18. £35 |
;) | BHAMAS to TURKS ISLANDS postal history 1895 use of QV 2½d blue PSE with added QV 1d carmine pmk'd Nassau 1 OC 95 routed via New York (OC 7 backstamp) to Cockburn Harbour, Turks Islands showing no code/OC 21 95 alongside address panel. £150 |
;) ;) | BRITISH HONDURAS to BARBADOS postal history 1944 cover to His Excellency The Governor, Bridgetown, Barbados with KG6 50c pmk'd Belize 9 NO 44 showing two purple OFFICIAL PAID/COL. SEC. cachets and secretive "1" handstamp at lower left. £35 |
;) ;) | 2nd Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, BARBADOS postal history 1892 cover to London with 2½d Seal pmk'd open bootheel duplex A/NO 5 92, the envelope flap skilfully backed for display of the regiments arms. £45 |
;) | TURKS ISLANDS postal history PARCEL POST receipt pmk'd TURKS ISLANDS A/DE 27 28 d/ring. £20 |
;) | TURKS ISLANDS postal history CERTIFICATE OF POST OFFICE REGISTRATION with No. 1364 pmk'd TURKS ISLANDS A/JY 6 27 d/ring. £15 |
;) ;) ;) ;) | INDIA to CAYMAN ISLANDS postal history 1948 envelope (containing coin contrary to regulations and clearly escaping compulsory registration) with letter written 9-10-1948 appended "I thought I had posted this letter long ago - Sept 3 1949 Posting date" with India 3a, 3ps pair tied EXPERIMENTAL P.O. d/ring dated 3 SEP 49 to Beulah Johnson, Georgetown, Grand Cayman. Writer says to use strong envelopes and pieces of oil paper at edges to stop coins slipping out, and "The enclosed smallest copper coin of Travancore is perhaps the smallest in size and lowest in value in the whole world - Enclosed 5 coins." £65 |
;) ;) | "B" (St. Marks parish), GRENADA postal history 1901 cover to Derby re-addressed locally with QV 1d Keyplate affixed to reverse flap tied "B" dated 15 AU 01 with St. George's transit and Derby arrival alongside. £75 |
;) ;) | BARBADOS to NEWFOUNDLAND postal history 1877 Michael Cavan & Co. printed flap cover marked "Per Mail via Bermuda & Halifax" to Burgeo, Newfoundland with 4d deep red P.12½, 1d grey-blue P.14 (SG.68,74) pmk'd open bootheel duplex dated A/OC 29 77 showing red crayon "4" and St. Johns Newf'd NO 24 77 arrival backstamp, a little roughly opened along top. A single printing of 36,000 stamps of the 4d deep red P.12½ was invoiced JY 14 1875, currently only 6 covers are recorded bearing this stamp. £475 |
;) ;) | 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 |
;) ;) | PARCEL POST, TRINIDAD postal history NOTIFICATION OF PARCEL LYING AT A POST OFFICE form with boxed purple "2nd NOTICE/Issued 30/12/30" (manuscript date) posted O.H.M.S. "Sub-Office Parcel Post Advice." to M.W. Hardy, Box 884, P.O.S. with PARCEL POST C/JA 3 31 cds, address deleted in red crayon with "via Guiaco" added with purple straight line "CREOLE PETROLEUM CORPORATION" and "Maturin-Venezuela" applied as arrival acknowledgements. The Creole Petroleum Corporation was an American oil company formed in 1920 to produce fields on Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. The company was acquired by Standard Oil of New Jersey in 1928. Until 1951 Creole Petroleum was the world's number one oil producer. £225 |
;) ;) ;) | 2nd Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, BARBADOS postal history 1891 QV 2½d rate regimental cover to Cushendun, Co. Antrim, Ireland pmk'd SP 12 91 duplex with neatly written 14 sides on 3 pages regimental note paper in the form of a diary spanning the period 14 days Saturday 29th August to Friday 11th September. Newsy contents mention loss of £70 worth of silver in a robbery, the subsequent capture of one of the robbers when he tried to sell some of the spoons to a jeweller, another of the garrison had up by the police for refusing to pay full fare on the railway, and additionally getting caught when he gave his A.D.C.s free pass to his sister, polo matches, guard duty, shooting of braces golden plover, long legs and chirps, and taking the ponies for a swim and their rapid exit due a nearby blue shark. There is also mention of sketches of the glens of Antrim by the English artist and author Rose de Crespiguy. £150 |
;) ;) | 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 |
;) ;) | CHILE postal history 1906 b/w ppc of La Laguna, Santiago with text at base to Fort de France, Martinique with 2c, 20c pmk'd 22 1 05 with JAMAICA/TRANSIT ("A" below last leg of "M") and Kingston 5F/FE 19 05 transit alongside, some blemishes. £115 |
;) ;) | COLOMBIA postal history 1901 cover with pair 5c pmk'd at Honda SEP 10 1901 to Paris, France with two strikes JAMAICA/TRANSIT ("A" below middle of "M"), reverse Kingston 4H/SP 25 01 transit. £115 |
;) ;) | GRENADA postal history 1926 printed return Montgomery Ward, Chicago with KGV 4d paying registered post pmk'd CARRIACOU C/JU 7 26, some smaller faults. Unusual use of Spanish language envelope for this English speaking island £60 |
;) | GINGERLAND, Nevis postal history 1960 underpaid cover to Downington, Pennsylvania with St. Kitts QE2 2c, pair 3c pmk'd GINGERLAND */FE 26 60 with "T" tax handstamp, on arrival 2 x U.S. pre-cancelled 3c Postage Dues added. £30 |
;) ;) ;) | 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 |