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;) | ANTIGUA to BERMUDA postal history: 1889 part cover with pair QV 1d carmine-red (reg. fee), pair QV 4d chestnut (double UPU rate) pmk'd A/NO 7 89 via New York to Bermuda with Bailey's Bay K4a 12 A/DE 9 89 arrival duplex, some peripheral tears etc, intact this would have been a spectacular franking. £175 |
;) | BARBADOS postal history: 1908 reg. cover to Mannheim, Germany with Nelson MCA wmk ¼d, 2d, 2½d trio (SG.158,161,162) pmk'd R.L.O. 12 FEB 08 cds. Cat.£100 and rated x 5 on cover. £90 |
;) ;) | SOUTH AUSTRALIA postal history: 1855 QV 2d (deep) rose-carmine (SG.2) horiz. strip of three wrapper to Barnet, Herts pmk'd indistinct "28" numerals and showing Kooringa MR 27 1855 despatch. £350 |
;) ;) | HONG KONG to EGYPT postal history 1889 cover "via Suez" to Cairo, Egypt with QV 10c bluish-green CA wmk tied "B62" showing Hong Kong A/AP 17 89 despatch, superbly b/stamped at both Suez and Cairo MY 10 89. Cover with slight wear, unusual destination. £325 |
;) | CGH used at Harrismith, ORC interprovincially pmkd 23 MAR 11 on ORC KE7 ½d Post Card. £15 |
;) | LEEWARD ISLANDS postal history: 1915 Sun Printery, Antigua advertising cover to New Jersey with KGV 1d (SG.48) tied St. John's C/AP 15 15 cds. £80 |
;) ;) | 1907 2c with unrecorded PLATE SCRATCH to Canada cover £65 |
;) ;) | 1922 Abfchnitt/Coupon Parcel Card to British Guiana £50 |
;) ;) | 1901 (AU 10) BOER WAR - UMSINSINI, Natal postal history (M.4.2) in violet dated A/AU -- 10 (for A/AU 10 01) on QV 1d rate cover to Diyatalawa, reverse E.(crown)R. (KE7) OPENED UNDER MARTIAL LAW label. A rare office £125 |
;) ;) | 10 used PHILIPPOLIS, Orange Free State postal history on 1d Brief Kaart written 24 Sept to Cape Town. £75 |
;) ;) | ST. VINCENT postal history: 1977 $2.00 Guides NO DATES error on correct rate reg. commercial cover (240 x 105mm) pmk'd Kingstown */27 SP 77 to HQ US Forces, APO New York, undeliverable with numerous cancels arriving back in Kingstown */8 DE 77. A rare survivor and rarity. £240 |
;) | HARDING, Natal postal history (N) on strip of three QV 1d mourning cover dated 23 2 91 to Bicester, Oxfordshire (MR 24), some creasing and blemishes. £20 |
;) | HATTING SPRUIT, Natal postal history (M.2) on QV 1d mourning cover dated JU 27 1902 to Pretoria (JU 28), fault at top and 75% reverse flap removed. £14 |
;) | 1047 used CATHCART, Cape of Good Hope postal history A/SP 9 99 on 1d (SG.59) cover to Vermont, USA. Fine T over 15c tax h/stamp, roughly opened at right. £48 |
;) | 653 used MONTAGU, Cape of Good Hope postal history B/MR 26 96 on ONE HALFPENNY on QV 1d Post Card to Cape Town. £36 |
;) ;) ;) ;) ;) | 1900 (JU 23) BOER WAR: RAILWAY PIONEER REGIMENT entire describing 1000 strong Boer attack with original photo of the bridge at Norvalspont, the outer cover with some toning, tears, Newport Pagnell JY 16 00 arrival. £325 |
;) | ROYAL ARMS used COLONIAL BANK, LONDON on undated GB KE7 ½d green Newspaper wrapper tied F.S. (Foreign Section) to Kingston, Jamaica, worm-holes etc but most unusual. £45 |
;) ;) | GOVERNOR locally produced Postal Stationery Envelope, British Guiana postal history (T+H unlisted) lightly but clearly struck in violet pmk'd Georgetown P.B. dated 13 SP 26 on cover to Essequibo, b/stamped Anna Regina */14 SP 26, address panel lightly toned. A rare official postal stationery PSE, probably unique. £175 |
;) ;) ;) | ROYAL ARMS (reverse flap) INTERPROVINCIALLY USED envelope with Natal KE7 5d, Transvaal KE7 ½d, 6d pmkd Cape Town reg ovals dated 28 MR 12 to Vienna, hinge remains on reverse. Note: not the Lion and Unicorn Royal Arms, this appears more Armorial or Heraldic. £40 |
;) ;) | 1893 HOPKINS BROS./FORWARDING AGENTS./HARRISMITH violet dbl-ring oval dated 10/4/99 used as senders cachet on ½d carmine Brief Kaart addressed Bethlehem, minor blemishes. £150 |