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;) | LONDON postmark on St. Vincent stamp QV 2½d on 1d blue (SG.55a) with arrival sqc dated DE 12 94. £5 |
;) | GRENADA stamps: 1891 "2½d" on QV 8d grey-brown (SG.47), used with raised quad variety, blunt corner perf. £18 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1893 QV 2½d on 1d (SG.55a), fine used with "scratch on Queen's cheek" plate variety. £8 |
;) | The "1d GALLE SURCHARGE", New South Wales postal history 1874 cover "Ellora via Galle and Brindisi" to Lower Norwood, Surrey, England with NINEPENCE on QV 10d, QV 1d pmk'd Sydney D/MY 15 74, reverse London JY 10 74 arrival. Edge tear at top, soiling. When the new P&O contracts came into force in 1874 NSW refused to contribute to the P&O service because Melbourne was made the mail terminus, and because NSW favoured the route via San Francisco. To use the route via Melbourne and Pt de Galle NSW had to pay a fee to Victoria based on the number of letters sent by that route. In order to defray that expense, and also to discourage NSW writers from using the route, a 1d surcharge was added to the 9d rate via Brindisi from February 10th 1874 to May 27th 1875. £325 |
;) | ESSEXVALE, Rhodesia postmark 3 DEC 1910 on 2½d piece. £7 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1885 1d on 2½d on 1d (SG.46), fine mounted mint with prominent "scratch on Queen's cheek" plate variety (12,060 stamps overprinted on sheets of 60 making only 201 varieties originally available). £36 |
;) ;) | The UNIQUE QV 1d red INVERTED "S" cover, Montserrat postal history (Ex THOMPSON) 1886 commercial cover to Mrs. Witham, Basseterre, St. Kitts with accepted by Post Office and correctly tied diagonally bisected QV 1d red (SG.8ca) with full QV 1d red with INVERTED "S" (SG.8a) alongside partly pmk'd identically inked "A08" with both MONTSERRAT A/JA 23 86 despatch and ST. KITTS C/JA 29 86 alongside address panel. A further 1d stamp, making up the 2½d inter-island rate, was lost during transit or subsequently removed, peripheral faults. Ex THOMPSON (1977). This Perf. 14 bisect Cat.£1300 on cover, Inverted "S" Cat.£1000 and rated from x12 on cover. Sir Edward Bacon whilst examining a full sheet of 120 stamps established that the Setting was twice arranged in five horizontal rows with the inverted "S" appearing Stamp No.3 in both 2nd and 7th rows. £2500 |
;) ;) | K1 "3", Bermuda postmark on 1873 "One Penny." on QV 3d (SG.16, Cat.£350), the "One" with dropped "O". £200 |
;) | 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 |
;) ;) | THE BIGHT, Bahamas postal history (T.1) arrival dated reversed C/AP 7 91 (year error for 01) on TRANSVAAL 1d V.R.I. Briefkaart pmk'd BOKSBURG 31 JAN 01 from affectionate brother to Rev. R.K. Bennett, Cat Island, Bahamas. During his tenure as Rector (1912) of St. Mary's Church New Providence Reverend Bennett documented changes that met resistance in the church - altar curtains looked at with disapproval, altar lights seen as an unpardonable offence, wafer bread thought of as an insult to the Blessed Sacrement etc. £250 |
;) ;) | 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 |
;) | VICTORIA WEST, Cape of Good Hope postmark (CDS) JU 20 82 on "3" on 3d pale dull rose (SG.37). £7 |
;) | 555 used VRYBURG, Bechuanaland postmark on GB ovp'd QV ½d newswrapper cut-out piece. £14 |
;) | BRASS, Oil Rivers postmark (T.P3) in violet ink on GB ovp'd QV 2½d (SG.4). £36 |
;) | WARRI, Oil Rivers postmark (T.P3) on GB ovp'd QV 2½d (SG.4). £20 |
;) | Re-introduced 10 in Concentric Circles, Mauritius postmark on 1886 2 CENTS on QV 38c bright purple (SG.116, Cat.£45), some facial faults. £65 |
;) | Parish "F" used CARRIACOU, Grenada postmark in blue dated 25 FE 92 on 2½d. on QV 8d (SG.47), horiz. crease. £15 |
;) | BENIN, Oil Rivers postmark (T.2) C/JU 19 94 on GB ovp'd QV 5d (SG.5). £36 |
;) | 1003 used LOBATSI, Bechuanaland postmark on 1897 CGH ovp'd ½d (SG.56, 13mm apart, bottom line 16mm.) £14 |