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;) ;) ;) | AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE ANTI-SEMITISM LABEL, ANTIGUA postal history 1941 U.S. 5c rate patriotic cover pmk’d Saint Louis, Missouri NOV 14 1941 with AJC (top corners) "WHILE THIS RULES/(Nazi serpent)/DONT BUY GERMAN GOODS" label to Antigua, PASSED BY CENSOR with ANTIGUA below on reverse with A/DE 1 41 arrival, some soiling. £95 |
;) | MAIL CARRIED BY LOGGING TRANSPORTER VESSEL, Belize postal history 1983 cover marked “Juanito Boat” from Martha Hernandez, Roaring Creek, Cayo District with QE2 15c pmk’d ROARING CREEK JU 3 83 d/ring to the B.E.C. Shipping Dept., Belize City. The “Juanito” hauled a thousand logs at a time from Orange Walk to the Belize Estate Company sawmills and lumber yards in Belize City. Logs were sent to Orange Walk from Hill Bank where they had been delivered by train from Gallon Jug. £120 |
;) | REGISTERED SURFACE MAIL from SANDY BAY, St. Vincent postal history 1970 mixed franking "Butler" cover to Toronto, Canada with a 23c rate paying the registered surface mail pmk'd SANDY BAY */15 AP 70 with chunky "R" in oval village reg. handstamp alongside the address panel. Sandy Bay at the northernmost tip of the island is the only village comprised mainly of the surviving indigenous Carib people. £36 |
;) | REGISTRATION FEE paid by Colonial Postmaster OFFICIAL PAID, St. Vincent postal history 1948 OHMS reg. cover with purple "Colonial Postmaster" handstamp to London, Ontario, Canada with KG6 2½d, 3½d, 6d pmk'd Kingstown */21 MY 48 with red ink endorsement "Official pay 2d shortage in Registration Fee" (with postmaster's initials) and ST. VINCENT/*/OFFICIAL PAID handstamp applied, b/stamped Trinidad, New York, Toronto, London arrival. £80 |
;) ;) | Postal Stationery "USED ABROAD", British Guiana postal history 1938 use one "ONE CENT" on 2c carmine UPU Post Card by the Regent Stamp Company to Oxton, Birkenhead put through the London machine cancel on 5 AUG 1938 with the uncancelled GB KG6 1d tied by London 5 AU 38 d/ring. £36 |
;) ;) | BARBADOS "USED ABROAD" U.P.U. POST CARD ACCEPTED IN ERROR AT DOMINICA 1886 use of Barbados QV 1½d brown UPU Post Card with cross-written text headed "Mar 29" pmk'd Dominica vertical "A07" at Roseau with C/AP 3 86 despatch cds alongside to Miss M.B. Clinckett, Rev. Canon Branch, The Rectory, Barrouallie, St. Vincent with only KINGSTOWN C/AP 8 86 arrival b/stamp, corner fault but a fine example of accepted mail which should not have been accepted without penalty. £275 |
;) ;) ;) | MISSENT or POST OFFICE KNOWS BEST, Dominica and St. Vincent postal history 1886 use of Dominica QV 1½d brown UPU Post Card with cross-written text headed "Dec 24" pmk'd vertical "A07" with C/DE 24 86 cds alongside to Miss M.B. Clinckett, Rev. Canon Branch, The Rectory, Barrouallie, St. Vincent with both KINGSTOWN and CALLIAQUA C/DE 30 86 transit and arrival cds alongside address panel. Barrouallie is situated 14 miles west of Kingstown on the Leeward coast whilst Calliaqua is about 8 miles east of Kingstown at the bottom of the island on the near Windward coast. £525 |
;) ;) ;) ;) | DIFFERING REGISTRATION LABELS (one "Cancelled"), ST. VINCENT postal history 1917 foolscap OHMS with embossed Royal Coat-of-Arms flap (unlikely to be of village origin) with "Saint Vincent." (18½mm long) R.282 label "Cancelled" in red ink, and "Saint Vincent." (20mm long) R.352 label on corner copy KGV 1/- bistre (SG.117, Cat.£32) cover to Port Washington, New York, USA showing Kingstown C/NO 23 17 despatch and G.P.O. A/FE 4 18 subsequent return, a wonderful item for the St. Vincent registered mail specialist. £150 |
;) | UNSEALED RATE, Grenada postal history 1895 unsealed rate cover to Utica, New York with QV ½d dull green pmk'd ST. GEORGE'S sideways facing down C/NO 25 95 cds. £75 |
;) ;) | MISSENT MAIL TO THE CAPTAIN OF A STEAM SHIP, Grenada postal history 1948 cover intended for Captain. E. W. Hensen on the S/S Alcoa Roamer care of the Alcoa Steamship Company in Mobile, Alabama with KG6 2½d x 2, 6d (11d rate) pmk'd GPO Grenada 10 DE 48, presumed no longer working for the company as purple "Missent to ......." handstamp applied, backstamped light Spring Hills, Ala 14 DEC 48 machine. £75 |
;) | CENSORED BOTH COUNTRIES JAMAICA to SURINAME postal history 1941 cover from Miss Marilyn Gregory, Halfway-Tree to Paramaribo City, Suriname with corner fault KG6 3d pmk'd HALF-WAY-TREE MY 30 41 with censor label and handstamp and 30.6.41 (one month later) arrival backstamp, two vertical creases. £25 |
;) | BY ONWARD OVERSEAS SPECIAL DELIVERY, Jamaica postal history (in covers for convenience) 1969 piece with pair 6d cricket and U.S. 30c SPECIAL DELIVERY tied Kingston machine dated 3 MAY 1968, rarely encountered as such. £30 |
;) ;) ;) ;) | CRYPTIC HAND-DRAWN COVER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.A., Barbados postal history 1968 airmail cover with hand-drawn and coloured steamship marked "Wup" to Prestiment Johnson (sic), United States, U.S.A. with QE2 25c coral pmk'd CHRIST CHURCH 14 NO 68 showing small red NOV 16 arrival on address panel, sender address on reverse. Lyndon Baines Johnson was the 36th President of the USA 1963 to 1969 taking office after the Kennedy assassination. £175 |
;) ;) | SUSPENDED POSTAL SERVICE, BERMUDA to SIERRA LEONE postal history 1978 printed Bermuda Bible Society large manila cover initially posted stampless from Hamilton to Paget on 28 MAY, re-addressed to Mohamed T. Bangura, Calaba Town, Wellington, Freetown, Sierra Leone with QE2 5c, 35c, $3 pmk'd PAGET 17 JUN 78 with address deleted by blue crayon and boxed "SERVICE SUSPENDED/RETURN TO SENDER" handstamp applied. £48 |
;) | BELVIDERE (CARRIACOU) GRENADA to ST. VINCENT postal history 1958 airmail inter-village inter-island cover from F. Paterson, Carriacou (reverse lower flap) to The Very Revd. Canon Ogden, St. Paul's Rectory, Calliaqua, St. Vincent with Federation trio pmk'd BELVIDERE */AP 22 58 cds, reverse top flap mostly missing, b/stamped CARRIACOU AP 28 58 (poor), GPO Grenada */AP 29 58, and poor CALLIAQUA */3 MY 58 cds. BELVIDERE should not be confused with BELVEDERE, the infamous mainland estate where Julien Fedon planned his rebellion (March 2, 1795 - June 19, 1796, also known as the Brigand's War) by converting his Belvedere coffee and cocoa plantation into a fortified headquarters for his army. The estate was near the top of a very steep mountain, and almost inaccessible, after the failure of one of the many unsuccessful British attacks Fedon ordered the death of 40 white hostages. £85 |
;) | H.M. PRISON, Barbuda postal history 1992 manila Government Service cover from Adrian Nicholas (flap) to Ms Denise Nicholas, Miami, Florida with Antigua Barbuda 60c pmk'd BARBUDA d/ring with H.M. PRISON/25 FEB 1992/ANTIGUA oval d/ring cachet alongside. £20 |
;) ;) | ANTIGUA revenue receipt Church re-building fund (consequences of earlier hurricane) 1964 QE2 2c postal adhesive used for revenue purposes on receipt dated August 15th from Mrs. A Nugent for £5 donation towards the St. George's Church Re-building Fund. History of church enclosed. £24 |
;) ;) ;) ;) | SYRIAN COMMUNITY in ANTIGUA postal history 1957 printed KALLIL SHOUL sender cover reg. to London with QE2 4c, 6c, 12, 24c pmk'd St. Johns */20 AP 57 d/ring. Kallil Shoul established the business in 1908, history of firm and family enclosed plus printed photo of the original shop decorated to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. £28 |
;) | TWICE RETURNED FOR POSTAGE, BERMUDA to N.S.WALES, AUSTRALIA postal history 1953 three times postmarked Gibbons Co. printed sender cover to Penhurst, N.S.Wales with KG6 1/- pmk'd Hamilton 8 DEC machine, red boxed "Returned for/3d Postage." added with further KG6 3d pmk'd Hamilton 10 Dec machine for WALES (UK) and with error noted red crayon "AUSTRALIA" added prior further "Returned for/1/- Postage." with defective KG6 1/- affixed tied Hamilton 12 DEC 53 cds. A very rare TWICE RETURNED FOR POSTAGE cover. £120 |
;) ;) | BOOK-POST rate INDIA to JAMAICA postal history 1955 cover pmk'd Calcutta 9 III 55 with previously unrecorded boxed purple RETURN TO SENDER/FROM KINGSTON, JAMAICA handstamp (with "NAMES" instead of "NO POST OFFICE NAMED). Filing punch holes at base, reverse return backstamps of R.L.O. 31 MA 55 and Bare Bazar 16 JNE 1955. £48 |