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;) ;) ;) | MAURITIUS - a wonderfully difficult cover Firstly this cover to the Rheinisches Luft Regiment was thought to be to Unter Offizier Hogeback in the experimental German Army balloon company (formed from 1884 to 1901); secondly did 4c equal the British 1d concession rate for sailors and soldiers for letters back to the UK - but surely that not apply to foreign destination regiments, lastly the seemingly B35 duplex dated MR 16 85 does not seem to conform with any Proud illustrations, forwarded by BLYTH BROTHERS & Co., Mauritius showing unidentified 7 AVRIL cds and SAARLOUIS 8 4 85 arrival. £300 |
;) ;) | BRITISH HONDURAS £12 |
;) ;) | MAURITIUS boxed "R" £250 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS wrapper, undated £20 |
;) | DICKOYA "72", Ceylon Bogawantalawa arrival £15 |
;) | Parish "D", Grenada open 3 sides, commercial £48 |
;) | Parish narrow "A", Grenada wrapper front £28 |
;) | GOVERNOR'S HARBOUR, Bahamas £40 |
;) | San Fernando, Trinidad Toned £5 |
;) | ST. LUCIA to DUBROVNIK damaged corner £12 |
;) | BAHAMAS £8 |
;) | ST. VINCENT complete wrapper £80 |
;) | INDIA £120 |
;) | NEW SOUTH WALES to TASMANIA "6d to pay", forced registration £48 |
;) | BAHAMAS £8 |
;) | ST. VINCENT to TURKS ISLANDS 1898 use of QV ½d green Newswrapper, the front panel only with added QV 1d red (SG.48b) added for LATE FEE (PML.79) pmk'd Kingstown A/OC 14 98 to Turks Islands. Ex DUGGLEBY £150 |
;) | ST. LUCIA to ST. VINCENT postal history 1888 use of QV 2d PSRE (flap damaged) with added QV 2½d pmk'd ST. LUCIA C/OC 14 88 to Mrs. Thomas Robin, Georgetown, St. Vincent with red KINSTOWN C/DE 18 88 cds, no backstamps. Ex DUGGLEBY £180 |
;) | 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 |
;) | ST. VINCENT - elusive grey-blue on cover (STV69900) 1892 reg. G.P.O. signed O.H.M.S. cover to New Bond Street, London with QV ½d green x 2, QV 1d red, 2½ PENCE on QV 1d grey-blue (SG.55) pmkd Kingstown A/JA 28 92 with same date red ST. VINCENT cds alongside, most attractive. £295 |
;) | CEYLON to HONG KONG postal history 1895 use of portion of QV 5c LETTER CARD written "Kandy Sep. 5 1895 with 2 x QV 5c lilac (SG.195) added and pmk'd SP 7 95 to Henry Humphreys, Hong Kong, China. £48 |