;) | A91, Virgin Islands postmark in violet on QV 1d pale rose (SG.29, Cat.£38.00). £20 |
;) | A07 used ROSEAU, Dominica postmark on VIRGIN ISLANDS stamp arrival on 1884 QV 2½d ultramarine CA wmk (SG.31), exceptionally rare to find a QV numeral used as a "killer" on another BWI island issued stamp. £120 |
;) | VIRGIN ISLANDS stamps: 1867 1/- black & rose-carmine greyish paper (SG.20), unused without gum showing extended frame at base from sheet position 19. £750.00. Robson Lowe encyclopaedia Page 169 considers the sheets perforated outside the border to be an experimental printing limited to 25 to 50 sheets. All examples being rare. £185 |
;) | VIRGIN ISLANDS stamps: 1899 1/- brown-yellow (SG.49), fine mounted mint. £7 |
;) | VIRGIN ISLANDS stamps: 1923 KGV 5/- Mult. Script CA wmk (SG.101), mounted mint part gum. £6 |
;) | VIRGIN ISLANDS stamps: 1899 4d brown (SG.46), used. £6 |
;) | VIRGIN ISLANDS stamps: 1867 1/- black & rose-carmine/white (SG.18), fine lightly mounted mint from Position 8. Cat.£80.00. £30 |
;) | VIRGIN ISLANDS stamp: 1899 ½d with inverted "L" in HALFPENNY (SG.48b), m.m., gum toning. £28 |
;) | VIRGIN ISLANDS stamp: 1904 KE7 ½d MCA (SG.54), good m.m. ovp'd SPECIMEN. £6 |
;) | VIRGIN ISLANDS stamp: 1922 KGV ½d green MSA (SG.86), fine m.m. ovp'd SPECIMEN. £8 |
;) | VIRGIN ISLANDS stamps: 1867 1/- black & rose-carmine greyish paper (SG.20), fine mint showing extended frame at top from sheet position 5, blind horizontal perfs near base, one short perf top left. Cat.£750.00. Robson Lowe encyclopaedia Page 169 considers the sheets perforated outside the border to be an experimental printing limited to 25 to 50 sheets. All examples being rare. £250 |
;) ;) ;) | VIRGIN ISLANDS temporary rubber datestamps postal history EAST END and ROAD TOWN, the unique side by side combination of temporary rubber datestamps both dated 4 JUL 1907, the latter in purple, on Ursula ½d Post Card to Islington. Exceptionally clean and exciting exhibition item. No example of the ROAD TOWN TRD has been found on loose stamp, the only other example known is on the reverse of envelope from same correspondence when writer sent the Post Office Order enclosed in an envelope from EAST END with TRD cancelling adhesive on face. £3000 |
;) ;) | 1887-89 1d rose-red MAJOR DOUBLING of VIRGIN ISLANDS (SG.33) without gum and some faults but currently the only known example as such on this issue. £425 |
;) ;) ;) | 1883-1887 6d PLATE PROOF taken by DLR from the Nissen & Parker plate in dull mauve-lilac imperforate on ungummed CA wmkd paper seemingly top left corner marginal but enlargement suggests a further impression was alongside at left. £525 |
;) | 7 used ARIMA (originally), Trinidad postmark on VIRGIN ISLANDS (Type 0.2) used as sole canceller on 1884 QV 2½d ultramarine (SG.31), smaller faults. The 1883 QV issues for Arima are normally always cancelled by either the 0.9 duplex numeral datestamp or by the 0.6 numeral in diamond handstamp. This late use of 0.2 7 is also known on Trinidad 1883 QV 1d (SG.107). This extraordinary and unusual use might suggest re-allocation to Dead Letter Office or elsewhere. £85 |
;) ;) | VIRGIN ISLANDS ..... Ex HOPKINS long tailed "S" on 1/- black & rose-carmine/greyish (SG.20a, Cat.£2000), fine mint with full extended margin from sheet position 11. Ex Adrian HOPKINS (1936 RPS certificate). Robson Lowe encyclopaedia Page 169 considers the sheets perforated outside the border to be an experimental printing limited to 25 to 50 sheets. All examples being rare. £1200 |
;) ;) | 1916 heavily underlined GI with partial stop between N and I of VIRGIN ISLANDS on 1d carmine WAR STAMP (SG.78), fresh u/m, only three examples recorded to date. War Tax specialist John Cranmer has a positional multiple from top left pane (without Plate number) showing the variety Row 3/5. This prominent variety NOT listed in the newly published War Tax Stamps of the British Empire by John G.M. Davis. £125 |
;) | FORGERY 1d (SG.32, genuine), fake VIP cancel. £18 |
;) | VIRGIN ISLANDS stamps: VERTICAL DOUBLE PERFORATIONS on pair 1887-89 1d rose CA (SG.34), fresh m.m. £120 |
;) | EAST END (T.14) TRD in black dated 10 JUL 19-- on KE7 ½d (SG.54). Rarely available. £90 |