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| Country: British Honduras Clear Subject: Overprints Clear | Sort: Newest listed first |
;) | STANN CREEK RAILWAY, British Honduras postmark/cancel (TDC-3, D1) in violet dated MAY 17 1917 on KGV 2c (SG.112). £20 |
;) | MONKEY RIVER, British Honduras postal history 1919 pencil addressed col. ppc of East Indian Coolie Hut to Government House, Belize with KGV 3c WAR affixed pmk'd MONKEY RIVER sideways down C/MR 5 19 cds. £80 |
;) | MIXED CURRENCY, British Honduras postal history (Ex ADDISS, FREELAND) 1888 use of QV 1½d Post Card with added bisected "2 CENTS" on QV 6d rose P.14 (SG.25) pmk'd "O" obliterator with BELIZE JA 17 88 despatch to Vienna showing Mariahilf, Wien 6 2 88 arrival. Ex ADDISS, FREELAND. One of only three mixed currency recorded. As of 1st January 1888 CURRENCY CHANGED FROM STERLING TO DOLLARS and CENTS (Guatemalan as its standard). BRH went decimalised on the gold standard equal to U.S. dollars, but the USA told them to get lost, and BRH had to decimalise off the Guatemalan quetzel. The $1.00 US was equal 4/2d (ie 100 ½d) but the Quetzel was 3/11½d (ie 95 ½d) therefore running at 5% less (eventually allowed to align with gold standard in 1895 at US $1 = 100 ½d). £575 |
;) | 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 |
;) ;) | COROZAL and COROSAL spelling, BRITISH HONDURAS postal history 1918 J.E. Carrillo & Co., COROZAL cover to New Orleans with KGV 3c WAR tied COROSAL E/DE 19 18 cds partly obscured by OPENED BY/CENSOR. No. label tied purple "PASSED BY CENSOR 1147 d/ring with BELIZE DEC 20 and New Orleans DEC 26 1918 b/stamps. £48 |
;) | 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 |