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;) | JAMAICA postal history: 1871 cover with pairs USA 2c brown, 3c green pmk'd cork cancels with BROOKLYN MAR 21 despatch to wife of Alex Lindo, Attorney at Law, Kingston, handstruck black "4" applied St. Thomas changed to blue crayon "5" at Kingston, reverse ST. THOMAS A/MR 30 71 and KINGSTON C/AP 3 71 cds. Carried by U.S. and Brazil Mail Steamship "North America" departing New York MR 23 71 and arriving St. Thomas MR 30 71. Transferred to R.M.S. Elbe departing St. Thomas AP 1 71 arriving Kingston shortly after midnight AP 3 71. £225 |
;) | CEDAR VALLEY temporary rubber datestamp, Jamaica postal history TRD Type 7 applied on arrival on part QV ½d Newswrapper with added QV 1d pmk'd Kingston 4F/MY 21 94 marked "by Book Post" to Cedar Valley showing crayon "Missent" with COLD SPRING cds alongside. £295 |
;) ;) | JAMAICA postal history 1901 Empire rate cover with GB QV 1d lilac pmk'd Bedford FE 12 01 to Kingston where Advertised, Unclaimed etc, various backstamps, toning and peripheral faults. £95 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS postal history 1898 underpaid cover to Germany with QV 5c (SG.54 paying 2½d single rate) pmk'd Belize JA 7 98 showing local "T" and large handstruck "5d" (applied Liverpool) plus 40pf in blue crayon. Reverse 5 A/LIVERPOOL/US PACKET/22 JA 98 and GRANSEE 24.1.98 arrival, some creasing and tears to flap. £195 |
;) ;) | CHILE to BARBADOS with JAMAICA/TRANSIT (A below right leg of M) on CHILE 1c Post Card uprated with 2c pmk'd Santiago 15 JUL 02 to Evan King, Barbados showing KINGSTON AU 24 02 d/ring and JAMAICA/TRANSIT alongside address panel, reverse AU 31 02 arrival. £195 |
;) ;) | JAPAN TO JAMAICA 1901 unsealed cover with pair 1sn brown to Kingston with Advertised, Unclaimed and Returned Letter Branch 5 AU 01 handstamps alongside address panel, b/stamped TOKIO return dated 6 MAR 01. Francis E Reed was Examiner Education Department Jamaica in 1901 £275 |
;) ;) ;) ;) | JAMAICA(-PAID), Jamaica postmark (10½mm high) assumed JAMAICA-PAID showing JA 24 on lower line (similarly to Proud PD14 recorded FE 8 1889 to AP 7 1897 but with square, rather than rounded, corners) together with KINGSTON, JAMAICA cds dated C/JA 24 76 on QV 1/- CC wmk (SG.13), horizontal bend and perf. faults. The later PD14 stampless covers are struck in red and have similar red crayon amount alongside. A single cover to UK dated NO 9 61 has QV 1/- for postage and QV 6d for late fee. Therefore it is plausible that a similar cover to the JU 5 76 known cover to Belize franked QV 6d could have had 6d postage plus 6d late fee and been paid with QV 1/- stamp. The handstamp would have acted like a Crowned Circle to distinguish as such rather than the letter read as double 6d rate. £48 |
;) | A.O. (autres objets), Mauritius postal history purple circled alongside address panel to St. Lucia with QE2 5c,15c,50c pmk'd Quatre Bornes 15 NO 65, reverse without backstamps but ink marked ""Rec'd 20/11/65". Post Office introduced a second class mail for non-urgent matter at half the usual airmail rate £60 |
;) | 2d postage due handstamp, Sierra Leone postal history struck alongside "T" tax handstamp on QE2 3d (SG.214) cover pmk'd 2 (AP?) 58 to Feltham, Middlesex. Walton unrecorded, Proud records one example of use dated JA 15 24. £65 |
;) ;) ;) | A76 used SPANISH TOWN, Jamaica postal history (Type O) in blue ink indistinctly tying QV 2d Crown CC (SG.9) on OHMS Royal Arms stationery cover to Kingston dated B/JY 22 80. On arrival ADVERTISED, UNCLAIMED with RETURNED LETTER BRANCH 18 AU 80 handstamps. Only one other blue ink numeral cover recorded - from Port Antonio with A64 dated JA 25 1878. £250 |
;) | INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID plus "triangle-type" Sierra Leone postmarks newly discovered str. line (allocated 726.02 as without "FOR AIR MAIL") and unlisted 15mm high triangles in greenish-black nullifying "T" handstamp on KG6 ½d, 1d pmk'd FREETOWN EAST */11 OC 55 piece with added KG6 ½d pmk'd FREETOWN 28 OC 55. Note small portion bluish "E" at extreme left £40 |
;) ;) | J.G.R. ACCOUNTING BRANCH, Jamaica railway postal history purple departmental dated JUL 28 19(33) on reverse OHMS reg. cover to Kingston. £125 |
;) ;) | POSTAGE DUE./CENTS. with T.P.O. DEMERARA, British Guiana postmarks (PD.1) with T.P.O. DEMERARA (T.7) dated NO 2 1896 on 2c (SG.234), some clipped perfs., rarely seen. Use on cover would determine whether some supplies of these 2c were pre-cancelled at Head Office so as to be used as Postage Dues £95 |
;) ;) | POSTAGE DUE./CENTS. with MAHAICA, British Guiana postmarks (PD 1) with large part d/ring showing last "A" of MAHAICA dated 8 AP 97 on 2c (SG.234), rarely seen. Use on cover would determine whether some supplies of these 2c were pre-cancelled at Head Office so as to be used as Postage Dues £95 |
;) | TOO LATE FOR BAG with 23 code cds used CEDROS STEAMER combination, Trinidad postmarks (Type 0.7) large 23 code dated JA 26 1882 with part extremely rare boxed "TOO LATE FOR BAG" h/stamp on 1876 1d (SG.75b). £48 |
;) | Circled "PP", British Guiana postmark French accountancy h/stamp (intended probably indicating Paid to Port/Port Payee) on 1865 2c orange-red (SG.67). Listed T+H handbook Page 223, probably used on internal mail as no examples seen indicating overseas use £60 |
;) | A18 used ENGLISH HARBOUR, Antigua postmark in combination with red "PD" in oval on 1870 REVERSED Crown CC wmk QV 1d lake (SG.13x) showing French Paid Destination mark. £40 |
;) ;) | INCONNU/NOT KNOWN/ONBEKEND applied PIETERMARITZBURG, Transvaal postal history with POLISH AIR FORCE boxed on GB KG6 1d cover from Blackpool 18 NO 42 with purple jusqu'a bars denoting insufficient for airmail, on arrival pmk'd 25 II 43/15 and 13 III 43/41 with 4 MAY 1943 return arrival backstamp, some peripheral faults. £95 |
;) | 178 used MARENGO, New South Wales postal history cover with 2 x QV 2d to Hobart, Tasmania dated OC 13 1904 with handstruck "TOO-LATE". £24 |
;) ;) | UMZIMKULU, Natal postal history dated 16 JY 94 as transit on GB 1d UPU Post Card to Richmond, Natal endorsed "Harding" in blue crayon, b/stamped HARDING JY 17 94. £30 |