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;) | ST. VINCENT stamps 1883 QV 1/- vermilion ovp'd "Revenue" P.12 Crown CA REVERSED wmk (PML.13), fine used with forged "A10" postmark. 1,800 issued (60 sheets, PML Page 147), "R" with "dancing shoes" as opposed to "feet firmly on floor". £80 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps 1886 1d.. vermilion on QV 1d rose-lilac Crown CA REVERSED wmk (PML.24), fine used manuscript dated "1.7.86". £40 |
;) | BERMUDA postal history 1902 illustrated Princess Hotel cover to Cambridgeport, Massachusetts with two pairs and single ONE FARTHING on QV 1/- dull grey and QV 1d carmine tied HAMILTON FE 25 1902 d/rings, arrival backstamps. £120 |
;) | RONDEBOSCH, CAPE COLONY postmark on TRANSVAAL stamp dated I/JA 23 83 on EEN PENNY on QV 4d (SG.170), blunt corner perf. £48 |
;) ;) ;) | DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, BERMUDA postal history 1966 (JU 9) lengthy typewritten letter from a 19 year old Colonel's daughter to Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk on an overprinted for Government use Air Letter (overprinting deleted as used personally) mailed with GB QE2 4d pmk'd Post Office Maritime Mail. £65 |
;) | 11 used GREYTOWN, Natal postmark (T.G) on QV 1/- (SG.59), perf. fault. £16 |
;) ;) | Via SURINAM for DUTCH MAIL to HOLLAND, BRITISH GUIANA postal history 1895 use of "2 CENTS" on 3c carmine Post Card pmk'd Georgetown JA 30 95 routed through Surinam with PARAMARIBO 4/2/1895 d/ring to Amsterdam, Holland, some faults. £48 |
;) ;) ;) | MOGADOR, Morocco postal history 1887 use of the ST. VINCENT QV 1d carmine Post Card overprinted for use in GIBRALTAR written from MOGADOR with "Mog. 5/4 87" with turquoise PER "EMPUSA" to Stuttgart, Germany pmk'd at Gibraltar with "A26" duplex dated A/AP 10 87, some harsher toning. The Mogador Post Office opened in 1887 £325 |
;) | A63 used PEAR TREE GROVE, Jamaica postmark on QV 1d OFFICIAL (SG.04), rare on this issue. £12 |
;) | 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 |