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;) | ST.LUCIA - ILLUSTRATED PRE-STAMP AND GB used PERIOD 1779-1860. Price £24 I wonder what the financial outlay would be to own all the stamp catalogues ever produced, and how many years it would take to harness all the illustrated pre-stamp and QV covers, plus the dated information (of non-illustrated items) in the most famous of the early named Sales. Even on the easiest flowing days harnessing 50 scans is tough going and exhausting (50 x 365 = 18,250) and my current scan total is 92,922. St. Lucia pre-stamp shows how the island was very much influenced by the French and unlike other British Islands entires are found from Martinique travelling through Castries to FRENCH PORTS. Also there are those travelling through from Antigua and Tortola. Handstamps employed are the ST. LUCIA fleuron, the double arc, and the PAID AT ST. LUCIA, not forgetting the elusive SOUFRIERE dbl-arc. The scarcity turns to great rarity with very few GB used in going to Barbados, Bordeaux, and London. Many of the 81 illustrated items are part or full in b/w, arranged in chronological sequence with provenance attributed when known. This digital pdf can be yours for £24 arriving in minutes once ordered (no trade or collector discounts). Payable by PayPal or UK bank transfer (note Barclays Bank account is closed). Successful buyers can request two free updates as and when required £24 |
;) | "B", Bahamas postmark/cancel on 1882 Chalon QV 1d scarlet-vermilion CA wmk P.12 (SG.40) fine used strip of three. £36 |
;) | "11" used ARGY, Mauritius numeral cancel on 1878 2c dull rose (SG.83). £40 |
;) | THE MALTA "M" OBLITERATOR PERIOD 1857-1850, mainly illustrated 250 covers. Price £80 The most astute collector will be wondering whether any "M" obliterator REGISTERED mail exists. Year 1857 (September) illustrates earliest known use plus covers to Shanghai, China and Danzig, Prussia; 1858 offers a 4-colour franking, a 1d Soldier's letter to New South Wales, 9 chisel slits on one cover, and 10 stamps on another cover, 1859 (February) illustrates the latest known used abroad franking, and 1860 shows off the wonderful QV ½d orange internal use covers Of the 250 covers listed 234 are shown in part or full b/w or colour, provenance is attributed where known. This digital pdf can be yours for £80 arriving in minutes once ordered (no trade or collector discounts). Payable by PayPal or UK bank transfer (note Barclays Bank account is closed). Successful buyers can request two free updates as and when required. £80 |
;) | HAMRUN, Malta postmark/cancel rare B/SP 15 02 on QV ½d (SG.20). Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £75 |
;) | GARGUR, Malta postmark/cancel thought dated AM/JA 18 12 on KE7 1d (SG.49). Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £60 |
;) | SIGGIEUI, Malta postmark/cancel AM/JY 30 02 on QV ½d (SG.20) piece, some soiling. Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £100 |
;) | LUCA, Malta postmark/cancel AM/OC 15 01 on QV ½d (SG.20). Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £80 |
;) | CURMI, Malta postmark/cancel AM/DE 20 01 on QV ½d (SG.20). Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £48 |
;) | NOABILE, Malta postmark/cancel A/JY 10 01 on block of four QV 1d (SG.22). Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £12 |
;) | HAMRUN, Malta postmark/cancel PM/OC 30 14 on KGV ½d (SG.71) piece, some toning. Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £14 |
;) | JAMAICA - COMMERCIAL ROOMS 1818-1843, 76 ILLUSTRATED COVERS. Price £25 (WIP-137) A small group from which a most interesting display can be made with ingoing from Ecuador, Panama, Santiago de Cuba, and outgoing to Bermuda, Canada, Cuba, Martinique, Omoa Honduras, Peru, with a staggering list of ports landed around the UK with Brighton, Cork, Dartmouth, Deal, Dover, Falmouth, Gravesend, Greenock, Hastings, Kingsbridge, Liverpool, Milford, Portsmouth, Ryde, and Swanage, one being a De Cordova’s Prices Current (Jacob Cordova was a Jewish Jamaica who founded the Gleaner newspaper). 76 illustrated entires with lots of different types of Commercial Rooms or Buildings handstamps, mostly in part or full b/w, but provenances added when known. Price £25 (no refunds but two free updates available as and when requested). No trade or collector discounts. Payable PayPal or by UK bank transfer. £25 |
;) | MELLEHA, Malta postmark/cancel A/MR 14 21 on KGV 2d (SG.100). Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £18 |
;) | GUDIA, Malta postmark/cancel AM/JU 30 20 on KGV ½d (SG.71), toned perfs. Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £36 |
;) | DINGLI, Malta postmark/cancel AM/JA 7 15 on KGV 1d (SG.73a). Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £36 |
;) | DINGLI, Malta postmark/cancel AM/JU 24 21 on KGV ½d (SG.71). Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £12 |
;) | HAMRUN, Malta postmark/cancel AM/NO 26 20 on KGV ¼d (SG.69a). Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £18 |
;) | NOTABILE, Malta postmark/cancel D/MR 8 04 on ¼d Harbour Crown CA INVERTED wmk (SG.31w). Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £12 |
;) | COSPICUA, Malta postmark/cancel D/DE 6 02 on horiz. pair ¼d Harbour (SG.31). Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £28 |
;) | PAULA, Malta postmark/cancel AM/FE 27 02 on horiz. strip of three ¼d Harbour (SG.31a) on piece. Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £20 |