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;) | A67 used PORT ROYAL, Jamaica postal history 1883 commercial reg. cover (opened top and right side) with SUNBEAM crested crown printed flap to Fraser, Manager of The La Guayra and Caracas Railway, Caracas, Venezuela with horiz. strip pf six QV 2d deep rose CC wmk (SG.9a) neatly pmk'd "A67" obliterators with PORT-ROYAL A/NO 12 83 backstamp, alongside address panel both Jamaica and St. Thomas registration handstamps and French Messageries Maritime line paquebot d/ring. The Venezuelan capital, Caracas, is situated seven miles from the Caribbean sea, but lies at an altitude of 3,000 feet. Surveys for a rail line from La Guaira began in 1867 and British and U.S. engineers disputed the route and financing for 14 years. An English group finally secured a contract in 1881, registered La Guaira and Caracas Railway Company in London, and began construction of a 23 mile line that involved neither cables, switchbacks nor rack, It ordered eight locomotives from Nasmyth, Wilson & Co. in Manchester and an assortment of passenger and freight cars, The line began carrying passengers in July 1883. £1650 |
;) | LUCKY HILL, Jamaica postmark/cancel (TRD 21, D1) undated in purple ink on ½d Exhibition (SG.94) showing partial d/ring with clear "21" year slugs. £15 |
;) | ANNATTO BAY, Jamaica railway postmark/cancel (S1b-I, D2) NOV 23 1904 on 1d Falls (SG.32). £24 |
;) | RACE COURSE, Jamaica postmark/cancel (TRD 13) in purple ink possibly dated 9.8.05 on 1905 QV 3d MCA wmk (SG.46). £18 |
;) | WALKERS WOOD, Jamaica postmark/cancel (D/R) FE 6 12 on 1d Arms (SG.40). £7 |
;) ;) | The GHOSTS of POINT ELLICE HOUSE, the most haunted house on VANCOUVER ISLAND 1898 cover to Mrs (Caroline Agnes) O'Reilly (1831-1899, thought to appear as an apparition in the grounds of her house) at Point Ellice, Victoria, Vancouver Island pmk'd KINGSTON AU 10 98 and then mysteriously spirited some 4,432 miles to DUBLIN (AU 24 98, husband Peter originated from Ballybeg, Co. Meath, only 45 miles from Dublin) before travelling a further 4,502 miles to VICTORIA, B.C. PM/SP 6 98 per b/stamp) with I/SP 7 98 and "10" cents tax due handstamp added the next day, some soiling. Husband Peter, former Indian Reserve Commissioner, is the subject of supernatural investigations at the house which went live on a YouTube video October 31 2020. Visitors and volunteers have had spooky encounters with lights switching on and off, a piano playing on its own, and apparitions chasing them away. In later years "a nice young lady in a blue dress" had shown visitors around the house giving many previously unknown facts, when questioned they went back inside the house and pointed to a blue gown lying across a bed, "that's the one she was wearing" in daughter Kathleen O'Reilly's bedroom. Kathleen had returned! For many years the whereabouts of the grave of Caroline Agnes was a mystery, but in her final year, being so ill, she made a last visit to her family in England, dying only a few days after arrival. Her remains lie in the cemetery at Cheriton, Folkestone (only 2.1 miles down the road, a 39 minute walk, from me!). £475 |
;) | EAST END, CAYMAN ISLANDS postal history 1911 large part cover to Headly Dalton (or Patton), Kingston, Jamaica with ¼d brown strip of four (one stamp facially damaged) tied two strikes purple boxed "EAST END/Grand Cayman./RURAL/Post Gollection." temporary rubber handstamp with BODDENTOWN JU 28 11 d/ring backstamp. On arrival eventually "ADVERTISED" and "UNCLAIMED." with red RETURNED LETTER OFFICE, JAMAICA d/ring dated 25 SE 11. Full of character, Ex MARSTON, PODGER. £575 |
;) | A01 duplex used KINGSTON, Jamaica postmark/cancel dated OC 24 66 on horiz. strip of three 1860-70 QV 4d red-orange Pine wmk (SG.4a, Cat.£150). £55 |
;) | CENSORED BOTH COUNTRIES JAMAICA to SURINAME postal history 1941 cover from Miss Marilyn Gregory, Halfway-Tree to Paramaribo City, Suriname with corner fault KG6 3d pmk'd HALF-WAY-TREE MY 30 41 with censor label and handstamp and 30.6.41 (one month later) arrival backstamp, two vertical creases. £25 |
;) | BY ONWARD OVERSEAS SPECIAL DELIVERY, Jamaica postal history (in covers for convenience) 1969 piece with pair 6d cricket and U.S. 30c SPECIAL DELIVERY tied Kingston machine dated 3 MAY 1968, rarely encountered as such. £30 |
;) | ST. MARGARET'S BAY, Jamaica railway postmark/cancel (S3, D2) the currently unique strike in purplish-black dated DEC 2 1924 (LRD) on ½d View fragment. £120 |
;) | WILLIAMSFIELD, Jamaica railway postmark/cancel (S1b-11, D3) dated SEP 16 1924 on 1d Arawak piece. £12 |
;) | TROJA, Jamaica railway postmark/cancel (S3, D2) dated OCT 18 1913 on KGV 1d (SG.58) piece showing purple ink sliver of the 18mm high boxed T.P.O. handstamp (D1). £32 |
;) | ANNOTTO BAY, Jamaica railway postmark/cancel (S-1b II, D1) dated AUG 20 1903 on 1d Falls (SG.32). £16 |
;) | WALKERS WOOD, Jamaica postmark/cancel (D/R) DE 27 93 on QV ½d (SG.16a). £7 |
;) | LINSTEAD, Jamaica railway postmark/cancel
(S3, Proud D3 but with Maltese crosses) dated DEC 31 1923 on 1d Arawak fragment. £28 |
;) ;) | KINGSTON BAGGAGE OFFICE, Jamaica railway postmark/cancel (S7 variation, D5) part dated OCT 24 190(9?) on 1909 1d Arms (SG.40), rare in purple ink. £48 |
;) | HIGHGATE, Jamaica railway postmark/cancel (S-3a II, D2) in bluish-black ink dated FEB 13 1923 on ½d Arms (SG.38b). £14 |
;) | "R" in oval, Jamaica postmark/cancel used as a "killer" on QV 4d CA wmk (SG.22b). £7 |
;) | HIGHGATE, Jamaica railway postmark/cancel (S3a-II, D2) SEP 20 1923 on 1d Arawak mourning piece. £16 |