SIERRA LEONE to BELGIUM postal history 1895 use of QV ½d Post Card marked per S.S. "Roquelle" to Hasselt, Belgium pmk'd "B31" with FREETOWN B/JY 13 95 plus handstruck "LATE", landed with red LIVERPOOL A/AU 5 95/SHIP cds (Private Ship as opposed to Liverpool Packet arrival) with HASSELT 7 AOUT 1895 arrival, lengthy reverse text in French. Rare destination. £200
VICTORIA postal history 1868 cover to Edinburgh with strip of three QV 2d pmk'd "196" numerals with boxed "TOO LATE" handstamp alongside, reverse BRANXHOLME despatch datestamp showing "MR" slug, fine blue Melbourne AP 1 68 and Edinburgh JU 19 68 arrival, some toned perfs. This cover missed the previous ship, the GEELONG, by just one day £140
TOO LATE used KINGSTON, Jamaica postal history 1868 worm-eaten edged cover open most of 3 sides b/stamped Kingston C/AU 10 68 to Richard Hill, Spanish Town showing TOO LATE (TL3, LRD) and Spanish Town A/AU 11 68 clear of address panel, flap with printed blue buckled DAT CURA COMMODUM (carefulness bestows profit). The absence of adhesive or manuscript postal charge being usual on official correspondence mailed within the island. £125
LATE, Sierra Leone postmark (710.01, 17x5mm) on QV 2½d CA wmk (SG.31) lightly dated SP 19 91. £20
TOO-LATE, Natal postmark (U.5) on QV 3d blue No wmk (SG.3). £20
TOO LATE FOR BAG with 23 code cds used CEDROS STEAMER combination, Trinidad postmarks (Type 0.7) large 23 code dated JA 26 1882 with part extremely rare boxed "TOO LATE FOR BAG" h/stamp on 1876 1d (SG.75b). £48
178 used MARENGO, New South Wales postal history cover with 2 x QV 2d to Hobart, Tasmania dated OC 13 1904 with handstruck "TOO-LATE". £24
Too Late For The (Bag), Grenada postmark previously unrecorded manuscript cancel with initials "WS" on 1875 QV 1d (SG.14), toned but unique. £150
TOO LATE, Natal postmark full boxed type with I/5 OC 94 cds on QV 1d (SG.99a). £18
TOO-LATE, Trinidad postmark on QV 5/- (SG.87). Minor toning. £50