GRENADA to Trinidad postal history 1872 mourning cover to Mungo Campbell, San Fernando, Trinidad with QV 6d orange-red (SG.7) tied "A15" with A/GRENADA/MY 02 72 despatch backstamp showing small part TRINIDAD MY 3 1872 arrival rated red crayon "4". Ex RUSSELL JONES, PITTS. £475
JAMAICA postal history 1859 mourning cover front to Thomas Perrier, London with GB QV 6d pmk'd "A01" (SG.Z5) with KINGSTON-JAMAICA A/SP 10 59 and LONDON PAID OC 3 59 cds alongside. £120
Code 5 used ST. JOHN, Barbados postal history (M2-Original) seldom seen dated 5/FE 3 74 as arrival on reverse GB QV 1/- green Plate 8 mourning cover pmk'd London JA 16 74 to Scottish railway Engineer P.A. Frazer, Bridgetown re-directed to "Windy Ridge, St. John" showing I/JA 31 74 arrival I/FE 2 74 re-direction cds. The M2-Replacement cds for this office shows lettering further away from outer rim. £325
THE BAFFLING INTAGLIO "A" MAILBAG SEAL, Montserrat and St. Kitts postal history 1916 small mourning envelope piece possibly mailed from Basseterre with ST. KITTS C/MR 10 16 cds with Montserrat 1d Badge (SG.36) isolated by small red crayon circles so as to identify as unacceptable postage within St. Kitts, and boldly "killed" by "A" intaglio mailbag seal. Believed unique, the use of this mailbag seal not seen before, and "A" obviously suggests the possibility that it was prepared for sealed bags from Anguilla as it is almost certainly a mark of local origin, the only other suggestion might be "A" for ANULLED. £250
BAHAMAS postal history 1879 mourning cover to New York with QV 4d dull rose CC wmk P.14 (SG.36) tied clear "A05" with very fine B/BAHAMAS/AP 23 79 despatch cds clear of missing flap, taxed on arrival with New York Due 3c opera-glass handstamp. Unusually, for this period, the sender did not take the opportunity of prepaying the U.S.A. internal postage with a U.S. 3c adhesive available at the Nassau Post Office period JA 1 1879 to JY 1 1880 (date of UPU entry) and was taxed in lieu of. £450
BRANDFORT, Orange River Colony dated MY 25 03 on ½d, 2 x 1d mourning cover to Switzerland £25
NEW SOUTH WALES postal history 1860 mourning cover to Muswell Brook with perf. Plate II QV 2d tied Tamworth "71" numeral, b/stamped MR or MY 22 60, part flap removed. £140
HARDING, Natal postal history (N) on strip of three QV 1d mourning cover dated 23 2 91 to Bicester, Oxfordshire (MR 24), some creasing and blemishes. £20
HATTING SPRUIT, Natal postal history (M.2) on QV 1d mourning cover dated JU 27 1902 to Pretoria (JU 28), fault at top and 75% reverse flap removed. £14
VICTORIA postal history: 1865 mourning cover with P.12 QV 4d pink, 6d grey-black for Marseilles route tied Geelong FE 24 65 duplex, b/stamped AP 13 65 arrival. £125