INDIA postal history: 1858 mourning cover front and top flap marked via Marseilles to c/o General Ian James Douglas K.C.B. at Clifton, Bristol with QV ½ anna pale blue pair and two singles plus QV 4 anna black/blue paper tied "94" obliterators with red BOMBAY JY 3 1856 transit displaying on flap, cover edge faults. £180
41 used ST. PIERRE, Mauritius postmark/cancel on 1880 QV 17c rose CC wmk (SG.96). £16
A10 used GEORGETOWN, St. Vincent postmark/cancel (PML.3) in red ink on 1873 QV 6d deep blue-green (SG.19, Cat.£50). £60
16 used ROSE BELLE, Mauritius postmark/cancel on 1863 QV 2d pale blue CC wmk (SG.59). £24
24 used QUATRE BORNES, Mauritius postmark/cancel on 1878 QV 17c on 4d rose (SG.87), small fault. £24
33 used RIVIERE DRAGON, Mauritius postmark/cancel on QV 15c chestnut CA wmk (SG.107). £7
A10 used KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent postmark/cancel (PML.1) on 1861 QV 6d deep yellow-green (SG.2, Cat.£200), thinned. £24
17 used COUVA, Trinidad postmark/cancel on 1853 (1d) brownish red/blued paper (SG.7), margins cut into at top. £24
39, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE postmark/cancel on 1d (SG.49), perf. toning. £2
Code 3 used ST. PHILIP, BARBADOS postal history 1879 locally addressed cover to J.G. Carter, Thurbun, St. Philip with 1d grey-blue (SG.74) tied Bridgetown open bootheel duplex dated A/JA 2 79 showing BARBADOS 3/JA 02 79 (M2-O) arrival alongside address panel, flap removed. Thought one of only two covers to St. Philip with this Parish arrival cds, the other has the arrival as backstamp. £250
A10 (brown ink) used KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent postmark/cancel (PML.3) crisply struck in brown ink on 1866 QV 4d deep blue (SG.6), stamp with downward tear top left corner. The brown ink period is thought to be mid-October 1867 until the end of the year (PML handbook Page 86). £95
A10 used KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent postmark/cancel in black on QV 6d deep green (SG.4) with red LONDON AP 13 75 arrival. RMSP Tagus arrived Plymouth AP 12 75. £18
French postmarks on ST. VINCENT stamp Squares and numeral 4509 as arrivals on 1861 QV 1d rose-red (SG.1). £36
A91, Virgin Islands postmark/cancel (T.8) on 1d (SG.32). £9
POA 25, Natal postmark/cancel on QV 1d (SG.99a). £12
POA 23, Natal postmark/cancel in brownish ink on QV 1d (SG.99a), £14
POA 23, Natal postmark/cancel in brownish ink on QV 1d (SG.99a). £20
POA 22, Natal postmark/cancel on QV 1d (SG.99a). £9
POA 21, Natal postmark/cancel on QV 1d (SG.99a). £12
POA 19, Natal postmark/cancel on QV 1d (SG.99a), toning. £12