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| Country: British Honduras Clear Subject: Overprints Clear | Sort: Newest listed first |
;) | REGISTERED PRINTED MATTER, British Honduras postal history 1891 home-made and still sealed wrapper using large part of a printed Deed dated Belize 15th March 1889 opened at both ends so as to enclose a printed pamphlet or newspaper showing small portion removed at left where the enclosure was probably "tied" addressed to Dresden, Germany with 3 x "3 CENTS" on QV 3d tied "O" obliterators without despatch datestamp being contrary to regulations, endorsed 'Printed Matter Registered' with REGISTERED LONDON 10 MY 91 oval and DRESDEN 19 5 91 arrival b/stamp. Exceptionally rare as such. £480 |
;) | BELIZE, British Honduras postmark/cancel A/NO 19 97 on horiz. strip of four QV 5c on 3c on 3d red-brown (SG.49). £36 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS postal history 1888 cover with 10 CENTS on QV 4d mauve (SG.40) to Berlin, Germany pmk'd "O" obliterator in combination with BELIZE/JY 9 88 cds. This stamp has a normal 9 months short life pmk’d “O” obliterator in combination with BELIZE/date cds (Proud D6 recorded MR 20 88 to MR 12 89, this being the earliest cover dated JY 9 88). The stamp has a longer life pmk’d “O” obliterator in combination with BELIZE cds (D7) from AP 18 89 until replaced by the 6c rate in March 1891. £300 |
;) | WAR STAMP used ARMISTICE DAY, British Honduras postmark pmk'd Belize NOV 11 1918 on the day World War One ended on KGV 3c WAR (SG.120), nice conversational display item. £25 |
;) ;) | BELIZE,/(date)/British Honduras postmark (D18, introduced after Post Office fire of 17 August 1918), temporary 3-line dated (AU)G 19 19(18) on KGV 1c WAR (SG.119) with date-line 5½mm high (with possible differences in typeset of wording BELIZE). Only two examples of the 5½mm setting are known both being dated AUG 19 1918. The other example ex Addiss on KGV 3c orange WAR (SG.118). The 5½mm setting was replaced by 3½mm setting (ERD being AUG 26 1918) £225 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS stamps:
"TWO" in red on "5 CENTS" on bisected QV 50c grey (SG.35a) piece pmk'd "O" obliterator. £48 |