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| Country: St. Vincent Clear Subject: Overprints Clear | Sort: Newest listed first |
;) | KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent multiple 1883 "2½ PENCE" on QV 1d lake (SG.40), a rare and attractive block of four pmk'd KINGSTOWN C/JA 8 85. £125 |
;) | "A10" used Kingstown, St. Vincent postmark an unusually near perfect strike on 1883 2½d on QV 1d lake (SG.40). £8 |
;) | FIRST SAILING with EMPIRE RATE 1d, St. Vincent postal history 1899 reg. cover with THREE PENCE on QV 1d mauve (SG.63) pmk'd Kingstown A/JA 6 99 paying the EMPIRE 1d Rate (introduced DE 25 1898) plus 2d REGISTRATION ro W.J. Ricks, Crowthorne, Berkshire showing Reading JA 19 99 arrival, reverse reg. label R.5,867, Reading S.O. reg, oval, super WELLINGTON-COLLEGE-STATION cds. Ex DUGGLEBY £480 |
;) | ST. VINCENT postal history 1885 spectacular appearance reg. cover to Winch Brothers, Colchester with two pairs and four singles 1d on QV 2½d on 1d lake (SG.46) all tied vertical black "A10" obliterators with red Kingstown C/AP 28 85, London reg. oval 12 MY 85 on address panel with same date arrival backstamp, all adhesives faded and the lowest copy (belonging) lifted and hinged in place having had watermark examined. An absolute gem in my books Ex BESSEMER, JAFFE, and DUGGLEBY. This provisional was placed on sale on MR 18 1885 and was used on local mail with the "K" datestamp for eleven days MR 18 to MR 28 1885 with first dated "K" on newly arrived QV 1d red (SG.48) known pmk'd "K" AP 2 1885. Overseas mail being cancelled with the vertical "A10" making this an in-period commercial cover. £950 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1884 QV 4d ultramarine-blue Crown CA REVERSED wmk P.12 ovp'd "Revenue" (SG.43x, PML.15), a mounted mint block of four with large areas original gum, some toned perfs. along top. An exceptionally rare multiple. £1200 |
;) | ST. VINCENT postmark/cancel (PML.16, apex of "A" code after the "N"), elusive dated A/AP 12 99 on THREE PENCE on QV 3d red-mauve (SG.63a). Elusive, Ex DUGGLEBY £40 |
;) | UNION, St. Vincent postmark dated C/DE 1 93 on QV 2½d on 1d (SG.55a). £14 |
;) | "K" used KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent postmark/cancel 1883 piece with rare block of six "2½ PENCE" on QV 1d lake (SG.40) individually cancelled black horiz. "A10" with black "K" AP 27 (83) and red ST. VINCENT A/AP 27 83 alongside, central pair with light vertical crease. Ex George BLAKEY, Stephen SHARP, Vincent DUGGLEBY. £300 |
;) ;) | Southern Cross plate flaw with broken "F" variety, St. Vincent stamps a fresh mounted mint copy of the 1894 FIVE PENCE on QV 6d lake (SG.60b) showing combination broken "F" in "FIVE" and the three distinctive coloured marks on Queen's neck (aptly named the Southern Cross plate flaw by Peter Jaffe) as always found on Row 5/1 of the complete sheet. £18 |
;) ;) | Southern Cross plate flaw WITHOUT short "F", St. Vincent stamp: a fresh mounted mint copy presumably from the FIRST PRINTING of the 1893 FIVE PENCE on QV 6d carmine-lake (SG.60) showing combination full "F" in "FIVE" and the three distinctive coloured marks on Queen's neck (aptly named the Southern Cross plate flaw by Peter Jaffe) as always found in conjunction with the short "F" overprint variety on Row 5/1 of the complete sheet. Not previously seen by me. £140 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1892 5/- purple ovp'd REVENUE (PML.49) badly thinned dated "2/5/94" and 1894 5/- greyish-purple ovp'd REVENUE (PML.50) fine used. £18 |
;) | BARROUALLIE, St. Vincent postmark/cancel C/AU 12 85 on QV 2½d on 1d blue (SG.55a). £6 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps; (PML.36) 1888 "1d.." on QV 1d rose-lilac, overprinted "Proudfoot & Co". £8 |
;) | K used KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent postmark/cancel MR 27 85 on QV 1d on 2½d on 1d lake (SG.46). Placed on sale Wednesday MR 18 85 with normal band of use ending MR 28 85. £9 |
;) ;) | ST. VINCENT used GIBRALTAR postal history 1889 use of the St. Vincent QV 1d UPU Post Card ovp'd "GIBRALTAR" headed "Government House August 12 1889" to Munich, Germany with design pmk'd "A26" duplex dated B/AU 14 89. Sterling issues ovp'd in CENTIMOS were introduced 1st August 1889. This duplex not listed in the Parmenter/Gordon handbook as handbook only covers cancellations used on GB stamps up to the end of 1885 when the use of GB stamps in Gibraltar officially ceased. The earliest strikes of this duplex are currently thought to be MY 6 1886 and MY 24 1886. £80 |
;) | ST. VINCENT REVENUE stamps: 1885 THREE PENCE on QV 3d lilac ovp'd "REVENUE" (PML.19), fine part original gum handstamped "Specimen" (PML.Type II, Samuel SV1). £375 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1890 QV 2½d on 1d grey-blue (SG.55, Cat.£100), fresh mint block of four. £28 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1890 QV 2½d on 1d grey-blue (SG.55, Cat.£100), fresh mint block of four, very minor vertical crease. £20 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1890 QV 2½d on 1d grey-blue (SG.55, Cat.£100), fresh mint block of four, very minor vertical crease. £20 |
;) | GB/40c used KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent postmark/cancel (PML.73) on 1883 "2½ PENCE" on QV 1d lake (SG.40), rare as very short life on this issue. £36 |