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;) | CANOUAN, Grenadine island of ST. VINCENT postal hisory 1941 cover from this tiny almost inhabited island to the West Bank Demerara, British Guiana with KG6 3d pmkd */JU 17 41, reverse G.P.O. St. Vincent A/27 JU 41 and Vreed-En-Hoop */25 JU 41 cds. £48 |
;) | CHAMTIMELLE, Grenada to BARBADOS coil stamps £18 |
;) | 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 |
;) | DOMINICA to ANTIGUA postal history 1940cover to Miss Maude Collens, St. John's, Antigua with ten copies KG6 ¼d pmk'd PORTSMOUTH */AP 15 40, b/stamped Roseau and St. Johns AP 18 arrival. £60 |
;) ;) | "T.35" (probable re-allocation, office unknown), Trinidad postal history 1898 cover to Capt. Short, Richmond, Tobago with 1896 Seated Britannia ½d (SG.114) tied Type 0.9 "T.35" duplex dated reversed C/FE 7 98 (the top of the 2-digit numeral almost guess work) with Port of Spain A/FE 8 98 and Tobago inverted A/FE 10 98 alongside. Ex MEDLICOTT. The 0.9 "T.35" allocated California, the office stated opened in 1881 with earliest extended cds known for JU 2 1886. £225 |
;) ;) | "31" used CARONI, Trinidad postal history 1880 4d grey pmk’d 31/NO 30 1880 (Type 0.7, “1” not inserted) at lower left and left to be cancelled at Port of Spain with weak 0.4 “1” and Trinidad DE 1 1880 dbl-arc) to Mrs Percy Austin, Georgetown, Demerara being the short-lived under 300 mile rate (subsequently reduced to 2½d). Ex FORSYTH, MEDLICOTT. £525 |
;) | EAT BRITISH HONDURAS GRAPEFRUIT handstruck in purple in on KGV 3c Silver Jubilee to Liguanea, Jamaica pmk'd Belize 17 JY 35. £18 |
;) | MONTSERRAT to ST. VINCENT (but did not reach St. Vincent) 1974 tatty commercial cover from Radio Antilles with 3 x 5c UPU (one tied on reverse) pmk'd */6 AU 74 addressed Questelles Village, handstruck "INSUFFICIENT ADDRESS" as St. Vincent not included in address line. £15 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS 1944 cover from Major V.C. Underhill, Pomono P.O., Stann Creek with KG6 29c rate pmk'd STANN CREEK 20 JU 44 to Col. H.S. Hodgson, Territorial Commander, The Salvation Army, Kingston, Jamaica, OPENED BY EXAMINER I.D./8833 label, some soiling. £75 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS Cover from Major Aston Davis, Belize (flap) to Lt. Col. George Robinson, Chief Secretary, The Salvation Army, Kingston, Jamaica with KG6 29c rate indistinctly pmk'd, OPENED BY EXAMINER J./8171 appened "B" in blue manuscript. £55 |
;) ;) ;) | ST. GEORGE'S, Bermuda to St. Georges, GRENADA 1872 mourning cover pmk'd STG/JY 28 72 to Grenada with 1865 QV 6d dull purple (SG.6) left to be cancelled at Hamilton with K1 "1", partial St. Thomas and Grenada transit/arrivals, larger part of flap missing. Rare destination. £750 |
;) ;) | KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent postal history red KINGSTOWN C/MY 13 88 arrival on incoming Trinidad QV 2d PSRE with added QV 2½d (faults) to William Thomas, Georgetown, St. Vincent pmk'd ST. JOSEPH A/MY 12 88. £90 |
;) | BAHAMAS to TRINIDAD full reg. OHMS (changed from HIS to HER) foolscap cover to Trinidad with KG6 to £1.00 (15 stamps) pmk\'d Nassau 8 APR 52, b/stamped POS 12 AP 52. £75 |
;) ;) | 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 |
;) | 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 |
;) | WARWICK-WEST to TURKS ISLANDS postal history 1907 b/w ppc of Royal Palms marked "Per S.S. Bermudian via New York" to Lindsay Smith, Grand Turk, Turks Islands with 1d Dock pmk'd WARWICK-WEST FE 18 1907 with TURKS ISLANDS FE 21 07 arrival cds alongside. £55 |
;) | 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 |
;) | CAYMAN ISLANDS postal history: 1947 First Flight cover Cayman Brac to Kingston, Jamaica with KG6 2½d pmk'd CAYMAN BRAC NO 3 47, b/stamped Half-Way-Tree NO 7 47. £30 |