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| Country: Antigua Clear Subject: QV covers (late) Clear | Sort: Newest listed first |
;) | Crowned "R" free re-direction within London, Antigua postal history 1887 use of QV 1½d brown UPU Post Card pmk'd "A02" to Edwin England, Southgate, London locally re-directed on arrival with Crowned "R" showing Antigua A/JA 21 78 (inverted 78) and London FE 7 87, full text. Currently the only recorded example of use of the London Crowned "R" on Antigua QV period mail. £65 |
;) | ANTIGUA used in ST. CHRISTOPHER (1890). Price £14 You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL copy (no refunds). 33 covers mainly illustrated in b/w or colour with text descriptions spanning period January to April 1890 including the build up to shortages covers. Provenance given when known. 18 pages (A4 size) Price £14 payable by PayPal or WISE transfer. Knowledge is key to buying .... order your copy today. £14 |
;) | ANTIGUA - ADHESIVE COVERS PERIOD 1862 - 1890. Price £120 You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL copy (no refunds). 309 covers mainly illustrated in b/w or colour with text descriptions spanning period 1862-1890 including 8 bogus ENGLISH HARBOUR "A18" covers. As a new collector to this country the file is perfect for planning an exhibit, gives a comprehensive coverage of what to expect, destinations, rates, combinations etc, and often shows the pitfalls (missing stamp, stamp added or not belonging). Provenance given when known. 88 pages (A4 size) Price £120 payable by PayPal or WISE transfer. Knowledge is key to buying .... order your copy today. £120 |
;) | ANTIGUA postal history 1881 cover front to London with QV 4d blue CC wmk (SG.20) tied vertical "A02" with Antigua A/OC 11 81 and red London 29 OC 81 arrival alongside. £180 |
;) | LEEWARD ISLANDS postal history 1894 cover front to Ontario, Canada with Leewards QV 2½d pmk'd ANTIGUA JA 31 94 cds, marked "No P.O. given" in manuscript with handstruck 2-line RETURNED FOR/BETTER DIRECTION, soiled with edge faults. £12 |
;) | GREAT BRITAIN and ANTIGUA "both ways" postal history 1900 cover with GB QV 1d lilac pmk'd Chipping Norton AP 4 00 to Miss Bowen, The Point, St. Johns, Antigua with MY 4 00 (wider fleuron at base) backstamp, returned with Leeward Islands QV 1d pmk'd Antigua MY 9 00 (smaller fleuron at base), backstamped Bristol and Chipping Norton MY 25 00 cds, flap roughly opened. £275 |
;) | ST. KITTS PAID (used during shortage 2½d stamps for the under 300 sea miles rate) to ANTIGUA. 1889 stampless cover to Joe Goodwin, High Street, (St. John's), Antigua with the (2½d) rate covered by black undated ST. KITTS PAID with ST. KITTS C/DE 12 89 despatch being the latest known date of use. Frontal vertical fold and with no arrival backstamp which is consistent with covers to Antigua at this time. Ex FORSYTH, BROOKES. The 1889 shortage of ½d, 1d, 2½d, 4d stamps currently spans a 22 day period NO 21 1889 to DE 12 1889. New supplies were invoiced NO 29 1889 comprising ½d dull green (6,080 stamps), 1d carmine-rose, 2½d ultramarine, 4d grey (6,100 each) all Crown CA wmk, with expected arrival in time for the DE 19 89 sailing to UK. Only four covers and two cover fronts are recorded comprising NO 21 89 (at the over 300 miles rate) to Trinidad, NO 21 89 and DE 5 89 cover fronts (at the 4d UPU rate) to Edinburgh and London respectively, DE 5 89 and DE 12 89 (at the 2½d under 300 miles radius rate) to Barbados and Antigua respectively, and DE 10 89 (at the 1d local rate) to Nevis. £1250 |
;) ;) | A18 used ENGLISH HARBOUR, Antigua postal history 1885 cover to R.V. Sherring, Hallatrow, Nr. Bristol with strip of three, single QV 1d carmine-red tied "A18" (a second type) with ENGLISH HARBOUR A/DE 4 85 cds alongside. Top left with re-instated "via Saint Thomas", reverse with most of flap removed showing Hallatrow and Bristol DE 21 85 cds. Sold "as is". Note: This A18 cancel is not of the type proofed and sent out in 1858. It is now thought that the cover is contrived and fabricated in the early 1950's. £500 |
;) | ANTIGUA postal history: 1887 cover to South Brooklyn, New York with QV 4d blue CA wmk (SG.23) neatly pmk'd ANTIGUA A/DE 20 87 cds, delightful appearance. £550 |
;) | 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 |
;) | LEEWARD ISLANDS postal history Letter Card (fancy black typeset on eggshell stock) from proprietor of the Observer with QV 2½d DE 7 98 to London, thought privately produced. £85 |