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;) | GB/40c, St. Vincent postmark/cancel (the newly discovered sans-serif "4" possibly used Georgetown) on 1878 QV 6d light-yellow-green upright star wmk (SG.26a). Ex DUGGLEBY £14 |
;) | GB/40c, St. Vincent postmark/cancel (the newly discovered sans-serif "4" possibly used Georgetown) on 1878 QV 6d light-yellow-green upright star wmk (SG.26a). Ex DUGGLEBY £10 |
;) | GB/40c in both red and black ink, St. Vincent postmark/cancel Two strikes, the stronger in red ink facing 9 o'clock, and in black at 10 o'clock, each of worn appearance on 1881 QV 4d bright blue (SG.38), a previously unrecorded combination. Ex DUGGLEBY £175 |
;) | GB/40c in red ink, St. Vincent postmark/cancel The worn GB/40c (used Kingstown, only found in black ink per PML Page 124) has never been recorded in red ink, and this copy with UPRIGHT SMALL STAR wmk is a re-perforated 1881 QV 4d bright blue (SG.38) and probably too late to be considered as small "c" Biabou use. Ex DUGGLEBY This stamp comes from the Vincent Duggleby "G.P.O. Cancellations" collection and was written-up incorrectly as 4d ultramarine-blue (SG.43). £175 |
;) | "1" used BRIDGETOWN, Barbados postmark/cancel on SG unlisted vertically bisected 1852 (1d) deep blue/blued paper (SG.4var) tied to piece, crossed by light crease. £125 |
;) | "B49" (large, allocation unknown), Mauritius numeral cancel Previously unrecorded on 1877 "HALFPENNY" on QV 10d rose (SG.79) ovp'd "CANCELLED", most unusual and very rare as such. £120 |
;) | NEWLY DISCOVERED second series smaller type "T.16" used CHAGUANAS, Trinidad numeral postmark on ONE PENNY rosy carmine (SG.101x) clearly showing a smaller font. Supplied with normal "T.16" on the same issue for comparison, both stamps REVERSED CC wmk. Ex MEDLICOTT (but the smaller font not identified as such). £150 |
;) | NEWLY DISCOVERED second series smaller type "T.17" used COUVA, Trinidad numeral postmark on ONE PENNY rosy carmine (SG.101) clearly showing the smaller font "17" but the "T." portion invisible. Supplied with normal "T.17" on QV 1d (SG.107) for comparison. Ex MEDLICOTT (but the smaller font not identified as such). £48 |
;) | NO CODE, Trinidad postmark/cancel PREVIOUSLY UNRECORDED without office code/FE 2 1877 on 1876 (1d) scarlet (SG.75c). Ex Simon GOLDBLATT The lettering, as seen above "FE 2", is the year "1877" from the second upper cancel. £75 |
;) ;) | OBUASSI, Gold Coast postmark large part purple oval d/ring part dated OCT 1901 showing trace of wording WEST AFRICA at lower right on QV 3d (SG.29), previously unrecorded. The text "WEST AFRICA" - I suspect - may have something to do with the fact that the cancellation was used by the "Ashanti Goldfields Corporation," which also mined gold in other parts of West Africa (e.g., in french territories like Mali and Ivory Coast). A similar three-lined oval cancellation is also used, for example, by the "NIGER COMPANY CHARTERED" in Akassa (Niger Territories). The Ashanti Goldfields Corporation is a gold mining company based in Gold Coast that was founded by Joseph Ellis and Joseph Biney both from Cape Coast. The Ashanti Mine, located at Obuas(s)i, 56 km south of Kumasi, has been producing since 1897. At the beginning of the 19th century, the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation was one of the most important gold mining companies listed on the London Stock Exchange. £300 |
;) ;) | Southern Cross plate flaw WITHOUT short "F", St. Vincent stamp: a fresh mounted mint copy presumably from the FIRST PRINTING of the 1893 FIVE PENCE on QV 6d carmine-lake (SG.60) showing combination full "F" in "FIVE" and the three distinctive coloured marks on Queen's neck (aptly named the Southern Cross plate flaw by Peter Jaffe) as always found in conjunction with the short "F" overprint variety on Row 5/1 of the complete sheet. Not previously seen by me. £140 |
;) | The unique red ink RABACCA, St. Vincent postmark/cancel Newly discovered dated C/FE 6 98 on 1897 QV 5d sepia (SG.62). Ex Ron Cronin collection. £525 |
;) ;) | BARBADOS stamps: Newly discovered 1874 ½d deep green (SG.65), a used example with unlisted DOUBLE PRINT. Scan of normal for comparison only (not included) £75 |
;) | ANTIGUA Newly discovered proof printed on white paper for a Keyplate style QV 1d in black (no shading behind both lighthouse and sailing ship). £125 |
;) | ANTIGUA Newly discovered proof printed on white paper for a Keyplate style QV 1d in black (no shading behind both lighthouse and sailing ship). £125 |
;) | ANTIGUA Newly discovered unused copy affixed plain grey stock unaddressed envelope with printed and perforated QV 1d in greyish-black (Keyplate style, no shading behind both lighthouse and sailing ship), slightly rounded lower left corner perf. £85 |
;) | ANTIGUA Newly discovered bogus Essay (Keyplate style) for a QV 1d stamp WITH SHADING BEHIND BOTH LIGHTHOUSE and SAILING SHIP (no actual printed stamps currently seen) in black printed on white stock. Printed and perforated stamps without shading behind both lighthouse and sailing ship are recorded. £180 |
;) ;) | ANTIGUA (bogus) postal history Newly discovered home-made wrapper with printed and perforated QV 1d in greyish-black (Keyplate style, no shading behind both lighthouse and sailing ship) tied "A02" to a Mr Frederick Young, last heard of in Canterbury Settlement, care of Messrs. John White Villet & Sons, Parliament Street, Liverpool, England, peripheral faults. £175 |
;) | NASSAU, Bahamas postmark/cancel Unrecorded in both LUDINGTON and PROUD handbooks 20mm cds dated B/SP 7 82 on 1882 QV 1/- green CA wmk P.14 (SG.44). No obvious signs of "PAID" excised from base as per Ludington (P4) and Proud (PD3) illustrations £150 |
;) | GREGORY TOWN, Bahamas postmark/cancel hand-drawn dated C/SP 1 94 on QV 1d (SG.48), previously unrecorded. £200 |