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;) | K1 "13", Bermuda postmark on 1865 QV QV 1d pale rose CC wmk (SG.2). £48 |
;) | K1 "11", Bermuda postmark/cancel on 1866 QV 2d dull blue CC wmk (SG.3), trimmed perfs both top and left sides but one of the most difficult numbers in the K1 series. £125 |
;) | A07 used Roseau, Dominica postmark superb strike tying 1879 bisected QV 4d blue (SG.7) to piece. £180 |
;) | K3a "8", Bermuda numeral postmark on 1877 QV 2d bright blue CC wmk (SG.4). £65 |
;) | 48 used PUSILLAWA, Ceylon postal history full card pmk'd JY 9 89. £20 |
;) | 35 used HALDUMMULLAH, Ceylon postal history full card pmk'd DE 18 86. £18 |
;) | Ipswich "87", QUEENSLAND stamps 1862 strip of three QV Chalon 2d blue (SG.23). £75 |
;) | 199 used GUY'S HILL, Jamaica on QV 4d red-orange CA wmk (SG.22), very rare on this issue. £90 |
;) | F95 used WATSON'S HILL, Jamaica postmark/cancel strip of four QV 1d CA wmk (SG.18), central perfs re-inforced by hinge. £48 |
;) | F87 used SMYRNA, British Levant postal history 1883 cover to Thomas Stephenson, Glen Caladh by Greenock with GB QV 2½d tied "F87" with Smyrna B/DE 15 83 cds alongside, b/stamped Greenock DE 25 83. Glen Caladh Castle had a number of owners including George Stephenson (1781-1848), nephew of the famous engineer and designer of the steam locomotive Rocket. During World War II the castle, situated on the western shores of Loch Riddon north of the Isle of Bute, was requestioned as a training establishment by Combined Operations becoming the Beach Pilotage School 1942-45, and designated H.M.S James Cook, a reference to the advancing navigation skills that the founder of Australia introduced into the Royal Navy, and reflected the task of operators of troop landing craft and their cargoes, and tank landing operations. The property was demolished in 1960, having been rendered unsafe by dry rot. £225 |
;) | QUEENSLAND to NEW SOUTH WALES re-directed on arrival 1875 mourning cover with Queensland QV Chalon 2d tied "102" sunburst with Rockhampton JA 4 75 to Rees R. Jones, Yass, New South Wales, on arrival NSW Side Face QV 2d added and tied for re-direction to the Royal Hotel, Sydney. Large part missing flap but an unusual and rare combination of two different QV portrait adhesives. Ex Von UEXKULL. £725 |
;) | A10 used KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent postmark/cancel on 1877 QV 6d pale green (SG.23), very fine strikes in red ink seldom found. £60 |
;) | F95 used WATSON'S HILL, Jamaica postmark/cancel three delightful strikes on horiz. strip of four QV ½d (SG.7). £60 |
;) | K1 "2" on QV 3d orange-buff CC wmk P.14 (SG.5), small thin at top. £18 |
;) | K1 "3" on QV 1/- CC wmk P.14 (SG.8). £25 |
;) | K1 "10" on QV 1d rose-red CC wmk (SG.1), heavier thin. £160 |
;) | K1 "14" on QV 6d dull mauve CC wmk (SG.7), thinned £125 |
;) | K4a "9" small surface abrasion, SG.26 £120 |
;) | Berbice A04 Some faults £48 |
;) | Berbice A04 Some faults £28 |