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;) | REGISTERED SURFACE MAIL from SANDY BAY, St. Vincent postal history 1970 mixed franking "Butler" cover to Toronto, Canada with a 23c rate paying the registered surface mail pmk'd SANDY BAY */15 AP 70 with chunky "R" in oval village reg. handstamp alongside the address panel. Sandy Bay at the northernmost tip of the island is the only village comprised mainly of the surviving indigenous Carib people. £36 |
;) | REGISTERED, St. Vincent postmark/cancel straight line on QV 1d black (SG.22), seldom seen. £48 |
;) | REGISTERED handstamp used STUBBS, St. Vincent postmark/cancel PML No.70 (1) part strike used as a "killer" strangely without supporting STUBBS on QV 1d red (SG.48b). On SP 11 1898 St. Vincent was devastated by a giant hurricane, and some village offices might have resorted to temporary measures if their datestamps were mislaid. £75 |
;) | RATLAM, India postal history QV ½anna PSE with added QV ½anna strip of four, pair, two singles tied 13/A-20 numerals with framed REGISTERED RATLAM handstamp and RUTLAM 12 JAN and BOMBAY JAN 14 cds, opened for display, edge faults. £60 |
;) | FRANCISTOWN, Bechuanaland postmark/cancel dated 27 MAR 28 on GB ovp'd KGV 6d (SG.96) on piece showing full boxed registration etiquette, stamp with fault. £9 |
;) ;) ;) ;) | DIFFERING REGISTRATION LABELS (one "Cancelled"), ST. VINCENT postal history 1917 foolscap OHMS with embossed Royal Coat-of-Arms flap (unlikely to be of village origin) with "Saint Vincent." (18½mm long) R.282 label "Cancelled" in red ink, and "Saint Vincent." (20mm long) R.352 label on corner copy KGV 1/- bistre (SG.117, Cat.£32) cover to Port Washington, New York, USA showing Kingstown C/NO 23 17 despatch and G.P.O. A/FE 4 18 subsequent return, a wonderful item for the St. Vincent registered mail specialist. £150 |
;) | CODRINGTON, BARBUDA postal history 1981 reg. cover to Celle, Germany with 20c x 2, ovp'd Antigua $1 pmk'd CODRINGTON 22 JAN 81 cds, fine boxed BRANCH OFFICE BARBUDA reg. h/stamp. £12 |
;) | MOYAMBA, Sierra Leone postmark/cancel (117.02) C/AU 12 24 on KGV 2d, 3d piece with boxed MOYAMBA reg. h/stamp (No.13) alongside. £12 |
;) ;) | ST. VINCENT postal history 1964 printed sender cover from Bequia Marine Supply Company to the Stainless Steel Wire Company in Sheffield with handstruck REGISTERED, DO NOT BEND, AIRMAIL and 4-colour combination QE2 1c, 15c, 25c, 50c pmk'd BEQUIA 4(?) OC 64 cds showing Kingstown */8 OC 64 transit. £40 |
;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) | BRITISH KAFFRARIA WRAPPER from a SURVIVOR OF THE H.M.S. BIRKENHEAD TROOPSHIP DISASTER In response for requests for testimonies from survivors the only surviving letter from the Cape: 1858 wrapper docketted "Andrews 20 Nov 1858" (the content removed but published) to David Seton, Portabello, near Edinburgh marked "Registered at King W Town 25.11.58" and "K.W.T. C.G. Hope" at lower left with two damaged copies 4d blue tied triangular handstamp with CAPE PACKET DEVONPORT JA 26 1859, red Crown/REGISTERED and red oval REGISTERED/LONDON 27 JA 59 alongside address panel, reverse red CAPETOWN DE 2 1858 transit, black Edinburgh and blue PORTABELLO JA 28 1859 arrivals. Younger brother (Major) David Seton was quite determined from an early stage to gather as many facts as possible. He met many of the survivors personally and continued with his determination that the heroism displayed by his elder brother Alex should always be associated with the ‘Birkenhead’. Personal interviews, and correspondence with testimonies from survivors, continue as late as 1858-59 and he printed a little book on the Wreck of the ‘Birkenhead’ in Edinburgh in 1861, and again in 1873 and 1890 which was initially intended for private use and not for publication or sale. The Andrews testimony is published on pages 134/5 in "A Deathless Story" by A.C. Addison being a 318 page account of the Birkenhead. £7250 |
;) | BOGUS CANCELLATION and REGISTRATION, LEEWARD ISLANDS postal history Bogus mourning cover to London with genuine Leewards 1949 KG6 ½d slate-grey tied forged 26mm ANTIGUA with fleuron at base cds dated OC 17 94 for 49 purporting to prepay the registered rate with blue "R" in oval appended "2895", reverse forged WEST EALING 11.45 PM 11 NOV 1938 arrival cds. The genuine ANTIGUA fleuron at base measures 23½mm and was used period 1890 to 1901. £120 |
;) | GUADELOUPE to NEW CALEDONIA forwarded NEW SOUTH WALES 1938 reg. cover to Noumea, New Caledonia with Guadeloupe 40c, 1f 75c pmk'd Basseterre 18 OCT 38 arriving Noumea 20 DEC 38 (backstamp), re-directed to the French Consul, Sydney, New South Wales with Nouvelle Caledonie 50c, 2f pmk'd Noumea 16 FEVR 39 showing 23 FEB 39 arrival (backstamp). An exceptional combination of countries. £250 |
;) | AUSTRALIA to Bermuda postal history 1952 (MR 19) reg. cover with 2/6d Aborigine pmk'd Eildon, Queensland to Pembroke West with EXPRESS label, Eildon, Brisbane, Sydney, New York transit backstamps but no arrival being unusual for secured mail. £25 |
;) | Hand-drawn CRAWL registration etiquette to New Zealand, Bermuda postal history 1947 (SP 17) cover to Wellington, New Zealand with 10 stamps KG6 2/8½d franking pmk'd Crawl with hand-drawn "R/CRAWL/O717" reg. etiquette, reverse New York (SP 17), San Francisco (SP 19) and Brooklyn N.Z. (SP 24) backstamps. £65 |
;) | NEW SOUTH WALES postal history (Ex WILLCOCKS) 1863 cover to Lambeth, London with QV 6d plus (6d) REGISTERED pmk'd "36" with handstruck REGISTERED/BRAIDWOOD and red (crown)/REGISTERED applied on arrival, reverse Braidwood JA 19 1863 despatch clear of missing flap. Worn appearance. Ex Martin WILLCOCKS (1999). £195 |
;) | AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE CASE OF "O.R." (Official Registration), Victoria postal history 1876 interrupted mail cover to Horse Shoe Bend with QV 1d, 2d pmk'd Sandhurst "4" duplex dated B/MY 29 76. Marked in manuscript "O.R." (Officially Registered) as it contained something of value contrary to law with two strikes framed REGISTERED and oval MORE TO PAY appended "6d" in matching ink. Some faults, soiling and backstamped Redesdale Victoria MY 30 76 clear of missing flap. RPSV Certificate (2008). The expectation is that the survival rate of Officially Registered covers, because they contained coin or other valuables, for the pre-1885 adhesive period is approximately 1 within every 10,000. This means that most countries can offer no examples. For the whole of the British West Indies group I record only one cover which was compulsorily registered. £2250 |
;) ;) | M.O. OFFICE (Money Order), Barbados to Canada postal history 1902 reg. cover with 1d Seal strip of three pmk'd M.O. OFFICE */DE 5 02 to Phelpston, Ontario, Canada, reverse with fine ALL & PENETANG R.P.O. N/DE 20 02 cds. £75 |
;) ;) ;) | VICTORIA postal history 1860 reg. cover with pair 1/- paying 1/- postage 1/- registration to Reading, Berkshire pmk'd "93" numerals with ARARAT C/MY 15 60 despatch and READING C/JY 8 60 arrival backstamps, left stamp with perf. faults. £175 |
;) | BARBADOS stamps: Spanish-style litho forgery for a QV head label inscribed BARBADOS and REGISTERED used, light thinnings. £24 |
;) ;) | KENEMA, Sierra Leone postal history (072.07, long arcs) */12 NO 59 on QE2 6d PSRE with added QE2 6d, 1/- to Leicester, black KENEMA reg. handstamp. £18 |