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;) | FLYING BOAT CALPURNIA CRASH IN IRAQ, cover Muswell Hill to Invercargill, NEW ZEALAND postal history 1938 cover with several pages readable lengthy letter from Milly in Muswell Hill pmk'd 22 NOV 1938 to L.G. Crawford, Thomson & Beattie Ltd, Invercargill, New Zealand, stamp washed off with 2-line purple "RECEIVED IN DAMAGED CONDITION/EX FLYING BOAT CALPURNIA". £60 |
;) | JUSQUA' A ROME, Malta postal history 1938 from A.J. Tayar, Lascaris Wharf (per flap) marked via Italy to Hamburg, Germany with KG6 1½d, 2½d pmk'd MY 17 38 d/rings, the airmail label struck through and purple boxed "PAR AVION JUSQUA' A ROME" added, reverse 19.5.38 transit. £75 |
;) | METEMMA POSTAL AGENCY, Sudan postal history 1955 local use of 4½pi PSRE pmk'd purple METEMMA POSTAL AGENCY temporary rubber datestamp (Proud D1) for 15 JAN 1955, b/stamped Shendi 16 JAN 55. £60 |
;) ;) ;) | Mail to St. George's DETAINED AT AMERICAN CONSUL FOR 13 YEARS, Bermuda postal history 1879 cover from P.D. Slocum & Co., Clothiers, New Bedford, Massachusetts to Mr. Holder B. Slocum, 1st Mate Brig V.H. Hill, Capt. Sylvia, Bermuda (showing "Care Am Consul" at lower left) with U.S. 5c blue Zachary Taylor tied New Bedford cork dated MAY 10 with Boston MAY 10 transit and ST. GEORGES MAY 20 1879 oval receiving backstamps (LRD on incoming mail), after 13 years marked in red manuscript "Remained at American Consulate until 23rd April 1892/Not called for" with presumed Consulate Dead Letter Office purple pointing hand "RETURN TO THE WRITER. D.L.O." handstamp and placed in the mail with ST. GEORGES B/AP 23 92 cds (H1, usually applied at a transit or arrival datestamp, Ludington Page 141) with DEAD LETTER OFFICE/S A triangle dated MAY 11-92 on reverse. A fascinating item. Previous history: The whaling schooner Varnum H. Hill of and from Provincetown, was captured by the rebel steamer "Florida" on 27 June 1863 and released on bond of $10,000 on condition that she would take prisoners belonging to the destroyed ships "Southern Cross" (June 6, burnt same day), "Red Gauntlet" (June 14, kept in company as carrying coal and burnt on the 26th), "Benjamin Hoxie" (June 16 carrying silver bars valued at £500,000, sunk June 27) into Bermuda. Some 54 seamen were landed at Hamilton on 4 July and were taken in charge by the American Consul, and on 7 July Captain Doe of the British brig "Henrietta" agreed to take the seamen brought in by the V.H. Hill to New York. (Research shows no further mention of the V.H. Hill allowing no explanation for this incoming letter of 1879, and it being detained at the American Consul for 13 years until released in 1892). The "Florida" was a highly successful commerce raider in the Confederate States Navy capturing 37 prize ships. £525 |
;) | KELLY, KINGSTON 14, Jamaica postmark/cancel purple TRD dated 24 APR 1954 on QE2 2d (SG.154) piece, some toning. £4 |
;) | SUNGEI UJONG, Malaya postmark/cancel (D3) in violet ink dated AU 7 95 on block of four S. Ujong 1c on 5c green (SG.53). £18 |
;) | WEPENER, Orange Free State postmark/cancel in purple ink dated C/26 JUN 86 on pair 1/- orange-yellow (SG.9). £60 |
;) | MOUNT EDGECOMBE, Natal postmark/cancel (Type N) in violet dated P/JA 9 03 on QV 1d (SG.99a) overstruck LONDON arrival dated JA 31 03. £14 |
;) ;) ;) ;) | TITCHFIELD (two differing dates showing flexibility of handstamp), Jamaica postal history 1903 cover from The University of Chicago with 5c franking pmk'd Chicago APR 5 1903 to Prof. D.S. Johnson PhD, Chester Vale, Gordon Town, Jamaica variously forwarded with twelve differing backstamps including purple boxed TITCHFIELD (TRD 11) for both 16.4.03 and 17.4.03 (showing movement of "J" under "TC"), cover with corner fault. William Fawcett was the Director of Public Gardens and Plantations in Jamaica from 1887 to 1908, and having returned to Britain was the co-author of the first volumes of Flora of Jamaica. £180 |
;) | EAST END Grand Cayman RURUL Post Gollection, Cayman Islands postmark/cancel purple boxed on 1907 KE7 1d carmine (SG.26). £75 |
;) | VENTERSBURG, Orange River Colony postmark/cancel in purple ink dated AP 8 03 on KE7 1d (SG.140), minor toning. £10 |
;) | UTRECHT, Natal postmark/cancel (M.M.13.3) purple ink TRD dated 27 NOV 1902 on KE7 1d (SG.128). £18 |
;) | BALGOWAN, Natal postmark/cancel (M.1) in purple ink dated C/JA 5 11 on KE7 1d (SG.148) piece. £16 |
;) | UTRECHT, Natal postmark/cancel (M.M.13.3) purple TRD dated 6 JAN 1903 on QV 1d (SG.99a). £18 |
;) | UTRECHT, Natal postmark/cancel (M.M.13.3) purple TRD dated 13 AUG 1902 on QV 1d CA wmk (SG.99a). £15 |
;) | LUCKY HILL, Jamaica postmark/cancel (TRD 21, D1) undated in purple ink on ½d Exhibition (SG.94) showing partial d/ring with clear "21" year slugs. £15 |
;) | NKANDHLA, Zululand postmark/cancel (Z.3) purple TRD dated 18 OCT 90 on GB ovp'd QV 4d (SG.6, Cat.£75) faulty cut-to-shape piece. £48 |
;) | FUNAFUTI ISLAND, Gilbert & Ellice Islands postmark/cancel (D1) in violet dated 15 AUG 12 on 2½d (SG.11). £24 |
;) | 5, possibly used TRAKHONI RAILWAY STATION, Cyprus postmark/cancel in purple ink on 1904 KE7 ½pi MCA wmk (SG.62), perf. toning. £18 |
;) | RACE COURSE, Jamaica postmark/cancel (TRD 13) in purple ink possibly dated 9.8.05 on 1905 QV 3d MCA wmk (SG.46). £18 |