MAURITIUS postal history 1880 cover to France with QV 17c tied A/SP 10 80 duplex, various French markings, reverse IRELAND. FRASER & Co. cachet. £80
SHIP MAIL NASSAU, Bahamas full cover pmk'd MAR 8 1957 £14
SHIP MAIL NASSAU, Bahamas full cover pmk'd DEC 9 1959 £12
S.S. NEW NORTHLAND paquebot, BAHAMAS postal history full cover off-loaded Miami JAN 30 1928 £32
SHIP MAIL NASSAU, Bahamas full underpaid cover dated MAR 30 1961 £20
SHIP MAIL NASSAU, Bahamas full cover dated DEC 21 1951 £20
SHIP MAIL NASSAU, Bahamas full cover dated JAN 10 1952 £24
SHIP MAIL NASSAU, Bahamas full cover dated JAN 18 1957 £9
NEW SOUTH WALES postal history cover marked "per German Line" with QV 6d (fault) pmk'd Sydney OC 18 86 to Lancashire, b/stamped Carnforth G/NO 29 86 and Dalton-in-Furness A/NO 29 86. £75
Threat to Administration of Colony, H.M.S. IMPLACABLE sent to BRITISH GUIANA 1953 unsealed cover to Vienna, Austria with GB KG6 1˝d tied POST OFFICE MARITIME MAIL machine with blue boxed COMMANDING OFFICER/26 OCT 1953/H.M.S. "IMPLACABLE" handstamp, no backstamps. £30
RECEIVED FROM H.M. SHIPS, Bahamas postal history 1942 cover to Nassau, Bahamas with 2-line "RECEIVED FROM/H.M. SHIPS" and red censor handstamps appended "11.10.42". £36
R.M.S. "LADY RODNEY" cachet, Bermuda postal history 1937 Canadian National Steamships printed flap cover with sender address from Inverurie Hotel, Paget Parish to Detroit Michigan with CANADA KGV 1c pair, 3c tied str. line "PAQUEBOT" with Hamilton 17 JLY 1937 along base, superb magenta 3-line R.M.S. "LADY RODNEY" cachet. £95
RECEIVED ON BOARD NEAR THE EQUATOR, Germany and Falmouth (Cornwall) postal history: 1882 stampless cover to Warin, Mecklenburg (Western Pomeramia), Germany marked along top "p. N. German Bark Alma Elisabeth/Received on bord near the Equator" landed with FALMOUTH SHIP LETTER cds dated AP 19 72 and rated "5" in blue crayon, side flap opens to display further FALMOUTH SHIP LETTER AP 19 72 cds overstruck red SHIP LETTER LONDON A/AP 20 72 as it travelled in the overnight sealed ship letter bag with turquoise VERVIERE (Belgium) 20 4 transit, a little sea water staining at left. A lovely research item. £500
6 CONCENTRIC CIRCLES maritime postmark, Leeward Islands postal history 1919 reg. cover front to Clifton, Bristol with Leeward Islands KGV 1d, 3d, 6d tied 6 Concentric circles dumb maritime handstamp with St. John's, Antigua FE 27 19 despatch alongside. £75
ATLAS STEAMSHIP CO. Limited cachet, Jamaica postal history 1893 use of QV ˝d Post Card pmk'd Kingston and Mandeville for MY 18 93, reverse fine ATLAS STEAMSHIP Company cachet and text signed by the General Manager W. Peploe Forwood. £80
UPU MALTA to non-UPU Melbourne, VICTORIA, Australia postal history 1890 opened to display cover showing HUDDART, PARKER & Cos.. LINE printed sender's flap to Huddart-Parker & Co, Melbourne, Australia with QV 4d brown pmk'd Malta "A25" duplex dated H/SP 11 90, b/stamped Brindisi (13-9) and Melbourne (OC 16). Malta joined the UPU on JY 1 1875 but Australia did not become a member until OC 1 1891. £180
Cunard White Star Line R.M.S. HOMERIC" Letter Card, Bahamas postal history 1935 illustrated and printed LETTER CARD to Chesham, Bucks with KGV 6d pmk'd Nassau FEB 11 1935 machine cancel. £48
FRENCH MAIL for FRANCE, BRITISH GUIANA postal history 1906 with printed sender "FRED J. BANKART, SUCCESSOR TO A. PEROT & Co. DEMERARA" marked "p. French Mail" to Beaune, France with 5c pmk'd Georgetown 4 JUL 1906, alongside octagonal d/ring CAYENNE A FORT-DE-FRANCE LC dated 6 JUL 06. There are strong links between the Perot's of British Guiana and Bermuda. Covers from Demerara (1859) and Berbice (1872) are known to William H. Perot, Baltimore, son of the famous William Bennett Perot of Bermuda. Two 1833 entires from Demerara to Philadelphia have manuscript endorsement “Hamilton, Bermuda. Forwarded by Your Most Ob Servant Wm. B. Perot” whilst working as a forwarding agent during the period before he was appointed Postmaster of Bermuda by warrant dated SP 6 1836. £120
SPECIAL FIGHT AROUND THE ISLAND, 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 ˝d Badge of Colony tied GPO 6 MR 39 cds appended below "9 of 28" and signed "JS Johnson-Pilot, Bridgetown, Barbadoes". £150
Combination BERMUDA and ST. LUCIA postal history c1932 underpaid combination cover with Canadian Government Merchant Marine Ltd/(flag) flap with Bermuda 1d Caravel and St. Lucia KGV 2d to Sheffield, Massachusetts, tax handstamps. £48