;) | KINGSTON, Jamaica railway postmark (S3, D7) in blue dated MAY 6 1922 on KGV 1½d Contingent (SG.96) piece. £16 |
;) | V.R. ORMIDHIA, Cyprus postmark (T.21) in blue on KGV ½pi MCA wmk (SG.75b). £140 |
;) ;) | FOX HILL, Bahamas postal history 1929 use of KGV 2d orange PSRE commercially used to Lennards Ltd, Bristol with added KGV 1d pmk'd blue FOX HILL (T. 7 I, D3) */FE 22 29 cds, reverse with Nassau 22 FE 29 and red hooded REGISTERED LONDON 8 MR 29 transit, opened along base only. £240 |
;) | JAMAICA GOVERNMENT RAILWAY TROJA, Jamaica railway postmark (unlisted S4b (no dot) as does not conform with illustrated Topaz S4a, Proud D4) in blue dated NOV 5 1924 on ½d Exhibition (SG.94?), some thinned perfs top left corner. £32 |
;) | FAIRFIELD temporary rubber datestamp, Bahamas postmark (TRD 3C, D1) in bluish-black dated JUN 30 1951 on KG6 1½d (SG.151a) piece. £20 |
;) | POMPEY BAY temporary rubber datestamp, BAHAMAS postal history 1948 commercial cover with Mrs Delores E. Tynes, Pompey Bay, Acklin's Island sender's address to Kansas City, Missouri with KG6 3d tied turquoise ink POMPEY BAY (TRD 2C2, D1) temporary rubber datestamp of JAN 30 1948, reverse Nassau FEB 3 1948 machine slogan. £160 |
;) | BENETTS HARBOUR, Bahamas postmark (TRD 2C2, D1) in blue dated SEP 29 1953 on KG6 1½d (SG.151a) piece. £24 |
;) | SIMMS, Bahamas postmark (T.7 II, D5) in blue ink dated 30 JUN 51 on KG6 1½d (SG.151) piece. £9 |
;) | POSTED ON THE HIGH SEAS U.S. M.S. MUNARGO maritime postmark on BAHAMAS stamp in blue on KGV 1d piece. £14 |
;) | SHIPPING POSTMASTER, CAPE TOWN postmark on TRANSVAAL stamp interprovincial use in blue ink dated 5 APR 1911 with indistinct numeral at base (possibly 6) on KE7 1/- (SG.151) piece. £45 |
;) | ABU FATMAH, Sudan postmark (D1) in blue dated 17 VII 97 on ovp'd 3m orange-yellow (SG.4). Stagg - 2 complete strikes known and some part strikes all on 1st issue. P.O. opened and closed in 1897. Stagg does not refer to cancel in blue. £150 |
;) | BOGUS CANCELLATION and REGISTRATION, LEEWARD ISLANDS postal history Bogus mourning cover to London with genuine Leewards 1949 KG6 ½d slate-grey tied forged 26mm ANTIGUA with fleuron at base cds dated OC 17 94 for 49 purporting to prepay the registered rate with blue "R" in oval appended "2895", reverse forged WEST EALING 11.45 PM 11 NOV 1938 arrival cds. The genuine ANTIGUA fleuron at base measures 23½mm and was used period 1890 to 1901. £120 |
;) | D (used St. Andrew's), Grenada postmark 1st Type in blue ink part dated OCT 6 -- on QV 1d (SG.31). Blue ink seldom seen, possibly tail end use late 1885 but year yet to be ascertained with certainty £18 |
;) | LLOYD AUSTRIACO XXVI, Austria used in offices in the Turkish Empire postmark in blue dated 27/3 94 on 1pi on 10kr ultramarine. £36 |
;) | U.S.M.S. MUNARGO maritime postmark on BAHAMAS stamp in blue ink on lightly creased KGV 2½d piece, mauve "PAQUEBOT" handstamp alongside. £9 |
;) | S.S. ROSALIND paquebot cancel on Bahamas stamp in blue on KGV 1d (SG.116). £9 |
;) ;) | K3a "8" R.O. duplex, Bermuda postal history (ex LUDINGTON) 1880 cover with QV 1d pmk'd St. GEORGES K3 "2" duplex dated B/JU 2 80 (during 1st period blue ink DE 1879 to JU 1880) to Eden Grove, Warwick, reverse SAMUEL CHAPMAN/BERMUDA sender's oval with HAMILTON K3 "1" C/JU 2 80 transit and K3a "8" arrival dated B/JU 3 80. Ex LUDINGTON. £325 |
;) ;) ;) | North Africa BARBARY COAST and GB USED ABROAD combination, GIBRALTAR postal history 1871 mourning cover with unidentified blue Arabic-like origin cachet almost certainly originating in the Barbary Coast regions of North Africa, addressed with French salutation to Madame Isabella Wilson, Youngstown, Ohio with GB 4d, 6d pmk'd "A26" with GIBRALTAR A/NO 22 71 despatch showing London 7 DE 71 and New York Paid All (indistinct date) transits over red "2/CENTS" handstamp). No backstamps and smaller portion of flap missing. A currently unique and intriguing item. At that time there was no state postal system and foreign post offices were in only a few North African coastal towns. The Parmenter & Gordon handbook Page 1/5 states that "From 1st March 1858 mail from Tangier and other British Consulates in "Barbary" had to be prepaid in GB adhesives which were later cancelled in Gibraltar". The first TANGIER cds was sent from the GPO London on 16th March 1872 (some 4 months later than this cover, examples of use are TANGIER A/JU 29 73 and A/OC 15 73 placed below GB 6d, and GB 2d,4d each pmk'd "A26" on covers to Monsieur A. Boucard, London, Ex Glassco). Some irregular private couriers were also actively taking international mail to European Post Offices. The handstamp was probably carved from wood and the manufacturer chiselled it as he would see it but when struck it would appear in mirror image, ie reverse. It is also noted that if the third digit in the "date" were not inverted and reversed it might read 1871. (See also Kabyle Rebellion, Algeria) £4250 |
;) | MAURITIUS postal history QV 9d brown/white PSE cut-out piece pmk'd blue oval of bars applied on arrival. £36 |
;) | 1 used BLOEMFONTEIN, Orange Free State postmark (11 bar) in greenish-blue on 2d (SG.49). £8 |