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;) | BARINGO, Kenya postmark (D2) in violet dated 9 NO 06 on EA & U KE7 1a (SG.18). £28 |
;) | BRASS, Oil Rivers postmark (T.P3) in violet ink on GB ovp'd QV 2½d (SG.4). £36 |
;) | OBADU, Southern Nigeria postmark (T.7A) in purple dated JN 9 14 on 2 x KGV 1d (SG.46) piece, one stamp smaller perf. faults, other with some trimmed perfs. £36 |
;) | BENIN, Niger Coast postmark (T.2) in purple ink dated A/JA 11 95 on QV 1d vermilion. £32 |
;) | KWALE, Southern Nigeria postmark (T6A) in purple dated 15 JU 08 (ERD) on KE7 1d (SG.34) piece. £18 |
;) | BAKANA mailboat postmark on Niger Coast stamp purple straight line overstruck part PAQUEBOT (LIVERPOOL) SP 4 -- on Niger Coast 2½d, rounded corner perf. The S.S. Bakana was a ship of the British & Africa Steam Navigation Co., 2793 tonnes. Built 1894, lost 1913. £60 |
;) | jusqu'a purple bars on Bahamas stamp on 1922 KGV 6d (SG.122). £7 |
;) | PATANI, Nigeria postmark (D2) in purple ink dated JU 5 17 on Northern Nigeria KGV 2d grey (SG.47). £75 |
;) | AHOADA, Southern Nigeria postmark (T.7C) in purple ink dated 20 MY 14 on KGV 1d (SG.46) piece. £32 |
;) | ABA, Southern Nigeria postmark (T.6a) purple ink dated 9 JU 14 on KGV 1d (SG.46) piece. £18 |
;) ;) ;) ;) | GRENADA postal history 1944 stampless OHMS/S. DE S.M. cover to Mrs Rose Joseph, Gouyave Estate with purple oval WINDWARD ISLANDS/2 DEC 1944/GARRISON H.Q. cachet, reverse GOUYAVE */11 DE 44 and */14 DE 44 d/rings. £95 |
;) ;) | SOUTHERN RHODESIA postal history 1941 "On Active Service " stampless cover to Bulawayo with purple oval KING GEORGE VI BARRACKS HEADQUARTERS OFFICE cachet dated 28 JAN 1941. £48 |
;) ;) | OBU(ASSI), Gold Coast postmark part strike in purple ink on QV 4d Crown CA wmk (SG.16), previously unrecorded. £300 |
;) | MYERS WHARF, Jamaica postmark (TRD T.17) undated on ½d Arms, KGV 1d (SG.38b, 58a) piece. £24 |
;) | CHAPLAINS OFFICE 2 BLACK WATCH, British Guiana postal history 1955 unused OHMS foolscap cover with OHMS label added pmk'd F.P.O.955 cds dated */9 MY 55 with handstruck purple cachet CERTIFIED OFFICIAL/9 MAY 1955/CHAPLAINS OFFICE/2 BLACK WATCH to The Chief Staff Chaplain, Berkeley Square, London. T+H handbook Pages 246-247 record use for the F.P.O. 955 cds for period OC 23 53 to JY 10 54 £65 |
;) | FIELD POST OFFICE 154, British Guiana postal history 1962 cover with GB QE2 ½d, 2½d pmk'd A/26 FE 62 to Cheadle Hulme, Stockport with purple cachet ORDERLY ROOM/1st BN THE EAST ANGLIAN REGT dated 25 FEB 1962. T+H Pages 246-247 record a single dated use of MR 21 62 £48 |
;) ;) | SIGNAL CENTRE, British Guiana postal history 1964 OHMS economy envelope handstamped front and back with purple "RESTRICTED", reverse with SIGNAL CENTRE cachet dated 16 JUN 1964. £60 |
;) | ARMY POST OFFICE SOUTH AFRICA postmark on Natal stamps purple TRD dated 3 M B/6 APR 1900 on pair Natal QV ½d (SG.97) piece. £32 |
;) | "VOLTA" paquebot handstamp on Sierra Leone stamp in purple on KE7 1d (SG.74) with part CAPE COAST MY 15 -- cds. £48 |
;) | Combination first types HLABISA and LOWER UMFOLOSI, Zululand postal history 1895 exceptionally rare and perhaps unique side-by-side combination purple Resident Magistrate's Office (R.M. OFFICE) cds for HLABISA 16 NOV 1895 and LOWER UMFOLOSI NOV 19 1895 on GB ovp'd 1d Post Card written by Edith Turnbull at "Bush View 15th Nov. 1895" to Cockington, Torquay with ESHOWE and DURBAN transits. Exhibition item. £2400 |