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;) ;) | MAJOR ERROR Revenue OVERPRINT OMITTED with Crown CA REVERSED watermark, St. Vincent stamps: (STV64800) 1883 THREE PENCE on QV 1d lilac Crown CA REVERSED wmk with Revenue OVERPRINT OMITTED (PML.10), fresh very lightly mounted mint. PML records this error on Page 147 of the handbook. The later 1897 issues of THREE PENCE on QV 1d mauve and red-mauve (SG.63, 63a) have never been recorded with Crown CA REVERSED wmk. £1200 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: (STV64582) 1882 QV 5/- rose-red ovpd REVENUE (PML.6), superb full gum with light hinge remains. £1200 |
;) | CONSIGNEE ENTIRE landed GRAVESEND SHIP LETTER, St. Vincent postal history (STV64660) 1910 cover marked Consignee and p. S.S. St. Croix to William Burr, Broad Street House, London with 1d re-drawn Arms (SG.99) unusually tied purple str. line THE EAST-ASIATIC COMPANY handstamp with both GRAVESEND/SHIP-LETTER and GRAVESEND 2 AM/MY 18 10 arrival cds alongside address panel, reverse London E.C. 10.15AM MAY 18 10 arrival. The East Asiatic Company was founded in 1897 in Copenhagen by Hans Niel Andersen, initially to operate shipping services between Copenhagen, Bangkok and the Far East. In 1907 the St. Croix was sold to the Hamburg America Line. £750 |
;) ;) ;) ;) ;) | PD in oval, ST. VINCENT postal history (Ex FORSYTH) Newly discovered FIRST RECORDED USE OF THE "PD" IN OVAL IN BLACK INK USED AS A "KILLER" ON ENTIRE: 1878 wrapper from George Robertson, St. Vincent to Messrs. Charles W. Gray, London with QV 1/- vermilion P.11 to 12½ x 15 (SG.24) tied by black "PD" in oval (PML.83) with matching ink colour ST. VINCENT AU 9 78 despatch plus red London Paid 28 (AU 78) arrival on address panel, adhesive crossed by filing fold and may have been lifted for inspection, recipient's purple notes on address panel include "Trouble with Rose Bank machinery". (Ex FORSYTH lot 562) Similar purple ink recipient notes on this correspondence to Charles Gray show that letters were posted from Kingstown which was using the horiz. "A10" (PML.4) at this time but had changed from red to black ink mid-1878 as per illustrations JU 18 78 and AU 8 78; and this next day use may indicate late mail accepted into the Post Office. £525 |
;) ;) | BARBADOS "USED ABROAD" U.P.U. POST CARD ACCEPTED IN ERROR AT DOMINICA 1886 use of Barbados QV 1½d brown UPU Post Card with cross-written text headed "Mar 29" pmk'd Dominica vertical "A07" at Roseau with C/AP 3 86 despatch cds alongside to Miss M.B. Clinckett, Rev. Canon Branch, The Rectory, Barrouallie, St. Vincent with only KINGSTOWN C/AP 8 86 arrival b/stamp, corner fault but a fine example of accepted mail which should not have been accepted without penalty. £275 |
;) ;) ;) | MISSENT or POST OFFICE KNOWS BEST, Dominica and St. Vincent postal history 1886 use of Dominica QV 1½d brown UPU Post Card with cross-written text headed "Dec 24" pmk'd vertical "A07" with C/DE 24 86 cds alongside to Miss M.B. Clinckett, Rev. Canon Branch, The Rectory, Barrouallie, St. Vincent with both KINGSTOWN and CALLIAQUA C/DE 30 86 transit and arrival cds alongside address panel. Barrouallie is situated 14 miles west of Kingstown on the Leeward coast whilst Calliaqua is about 8 miles east of Kingstown at the bottom of the island on the near Windward coast. £525 |
;) ;) ;) ;) | DIFFERING REGISTRATION LABELS (one "Cancelled"), ST. VINCENT postal history 1917 foolscap OHMS with embossed Royal Coat-of-Arms flap (unlikely to be of village origin) with "Saint Vincent." (18½mm long) R.282 label "Cancelled" in red ink, and "Saint Vincent." (20mm long) R.352 label on corner copy KGV 1/- bistre (SG.117, Cat.£32) cover to Port Washington, New York, USA showing Kingstown C/NO 23 17 despatch and G.P.O. A/FE 4 18 subsequent return, a wonderful item for the St. Vincent registered mail specialist. £150 |
;) | ST. VINCENT REVENUE stamps: 1888 "3d" on QV 4d lilac ovp'd REVENUE (PML.32), fresh unused part gum example, rare as such. £200 |
;) | ST. VINCENT REVENUE stamps: 1885-86 "1d." in vermilion on QV 1d rose-lilac ovp'd "REVENUE" (PML.24), fine part original gum handstamped "Specimen" (PML.Type II, Samuel SV1). £425 |
;) | ST. VINCENT REVENUE stamps: 1884 QV 1d lilac ovp'd "REVENUE" (PML.18), fine unused, gum traces. £14 |
;) | ST. VINCENT REVENUE stamps: 1883 THREE PENCE on QV 1d lilac ovp'd "Revenue" Crown CA REVERSED wmk (PML.10), good mounted mint. £25 |
;) | ST. VINCENT REVENUE stamps: 1883 QV 1/- vermilion ovp'd "Revenue" P.12 normal Crown CA wmk, SG.45 Cat.£150 (PML.13), fresh mounted mint. £180 |
;) | ST. VINCENT REVENUE stamps: 1884-86 QV 5/- lilac ovp'd "REVENUE" (PML.23), mounted mint with hinge remains, moderately toned gum. £225 |
;) | ST. VINCENT REVENUE stamps: 1882 QV 1/- bright vermilion ovp'd "Revenue", SG.31, Cat.£800 (PML.4), fresh colour unused with gum traces. £90 |
;) | ST. VINCENT REVENUE stamps 1882 QV 6d bright green ovp'd "Revenue", SG.30, Cat.£475 (PML.3), fresh colour unused with gum traces. £90 |
;) | ST. VINCENT REVENUE stamps: 1882 "3d." and "Revenue" overprints on diagonally bisected QV 6d bright green, SG.30 (PML.5), fine unused without gum showing printer's guide-line in base margin. £40 |
;) | A10 used GEORGETOWN, St. Vincent postmark/cancel (PML.3) in red ink on 1873 QV 6d deep blue-green (SG.19, Cat.£50). £60 |
;) | ST. VINCENT postmark/cancel (PML.17, 19.5mm) dated A/AU 29 02 on block of four QV ½d Keyplate (SG.67). £18 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1866 QV 4d deep blue (SG.6, Cat. £275 mint), with cancellation of single black horiz. line denoting either SPECIMEN or cancelled remainder, unused without gum, fresh colour and from right edge of sheet. £40 |
;) | A10 used KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent postmark/cancel (PML.1) on 1861 QV 6d deep yellow-green (SG.2, Cat.£200), thinned. £24 |