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;) | MELLEHA, Malta postmark/cancel A/JU 15 05 on Crown CA wmk KE7 1d horiz. pair (SG.39) with control lines margin. Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £48 |
;) | GARGUR, Malta postmark/cancel partly dated AM/NO 14 -- on KE7 1d (SG.49), Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £40 |
;) | MARSA, Malta postmark/cancel PM/SP 18 21 on Script wmk KGV 2d grey (SG.100), rare on this issue. Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £10 |
;) | MONTSERRAT to Colegate toothpaste 1899 opened-out commercial cover to Messrs. Colegate & Co., New York, USA with Leeward Islands QV ½d , pair QV 1d pmk'd Montserrat A/DE 20 99, reverse violet W.G. Bladen & Co., Com. & General Merchant, Glasgow House, Montserrat sender's cachet. Colgate's (an American multinational) hygiene products were first sold by the Colgate-Palmolive company in 1873, sixteen years after the death of the founder, William Colgate. The company originally sold soap. Colegate toothpaste was sold in glass jars since 1873. Tubes as pioneered by Kalodon, Johnson & Johnson were introduced in 1896. £60 |
;) | "A10" (vertical) used GEORGETOWN, St. Vincent postmark/cancel (PML.5) in red on 1877 QV 6d pale green (SG.23). Ex DUGGLEBY £325 |
;) | "54" used KACHCHERI, Ceylon numeral postmark on 2c on QV 4c rose (SG.205), smaller faults. £12 |
;) | "16" used MASKELIYA, Ceylon numeral postmark on 1885 2c on QV 4c rose CA wmk (SG.178). £7 |
;) | "88" used LUNUGALA, Ceylon numeral postmark on 1885 5c on QV 64c red-brown (SG.158). £32 |
;) | "45" used NUWERA ELIJA, Ceylon numeral postmark on 1885 5c on QV 64c red-brown (SG.158). £8 |
;) | "35" used HALDUMULLA, Ceylon numeral postmark on 1885 5c on QV 64c red-brown (SG.158) £8 |
;) | "28" used BADULLA, Ceylon numeral postmark on 1885 5c on QV 64c red-brown (SG.158), stained. £3 |
;) | GUDIA, Malta postmark/cancel AM/MR 10 05 on KE7 1d (SG.39), scarce on this issue. Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £40 |
;) | "28" used BADULLA, Ceylon numeral postmark on 1867 QV 3d bright rose CC wmk (SG.62a), trimmed perfs. £8 |
;) | "28" used BADULLA, Ceylon numeral postmark on 1867 QV 3d bright rose CC wmk (SG.62a). £24 |
;) | GUDIA, Malta postmark/cancel partly dated AM/JA 6 -- on QV 1d rose (SG.21), rare on this issue. Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £40 |
;) | MARSA, Malta postmark/cancel PM/7 JY 19 (ERD) on KGV ¼d (SG.69a). Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £40 |
;) | MARSA, Malta postmark/cancel PM/JY 31 19 on KGV ½d WAR TAX (SG.92) piece. Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £40 |
;) | "T.35" used CALIFORNIA, Trinidad numeral postmark on 1883 QV 4d grey (SG.110), rare on this issue. Ex MEDLICOTT £24 |
;) | NEWLY DISCOVERED second series smaller type "T.16" used CHAGUANAS, Trinidad numeral postmark on ONE PENNY rosy carmine (SG.101x) clearly showing a smaller font. Supplied with normal "T.16" on the same issue for comparison, both stamps REVERSED CC wmk. Ex MEDLICOTT (but the smaller font not identified as such). £150 |
;) | NEWLY DISCOVERED second series smaller type "T.17" used COUVA, Trinidad numeral postmark on ONE PENNY rosy carmine (SG.101) clearly showing the smaller font "17" but the "T." portion invisible. Supplied with normal "T.17" on QV 1d (SG.107) for comparison. Ex MEDLICOTT (but the smaller font not identified as such). £48 |