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;) | A64, Jamaica postmark/cancel Topaz unrecorded OVERPRINT INVERTED (17mm) on QV ½d OFFICIAL (SG.01e). £160 |
;) | GB/40c, St. Vincent postmark/cancel (allocated PML.73a showing an upright serif on the '4') an exceptionally clear strike on 1877 QV 1/-vermilion (SG.24). Most strikes of this instrument are badly worn, and it is due these elusive early clear strikes that it was noticed that three, instead of two, types of GB/40c exist. PML.73 sans-serif '4' and rounded top to instrument, PML.73a seriffed '4', PML.74 small 'c' and pointed top to instrument. £75 |
;) | GB/40c, St. Vincent postmark/cancel (allocated PML.73a showing an upright serif on the '4') on 1877 QV 6d light yellow-green upr. star (SG.26a). Most strikes of this instrument are badly worn, and it is due to elusive early clear strikes that it was noticed that three, instead of two, types of GB/40c exist. PML.73 sans-serif '4' and rounded top to instrument, PML.73a seriffed '4', PML.74 small 'c' and pointed top to instrument. £24 |
;) | SEROWE, Bechuanaland postmark/cancel Newly discovered skeleton type relief datestamp for FE 7 1922 on GB ovp'd KGV 2d (SG.76a). £160 |
;) | DENBEIGH (error of spelling), Jamaica postmark/cancel Newly discovered 11 JUL 1967 temporary rubber datestamp tying perfs. pair QE2 1d Lignum Vitae (SG.217) to piece. The David Horry Encyclopaedia of British West Indies Postmarks Queen Elizabeth II illustrates the first DENBIGH with 20mm spacing base of "D" to "H" and the wider spacing DENBIGH with 27mm spacing base of "D" to "H". This error of spelling has 25mm spacing base of "D" to "H". £48 |
;) ;) | BARBADOS stamps: 1876 ½d bright green CC wmk P.14 (SG.72), used showing prominent plate-scratches in second "N" of "PENNY", some trimmed perfs. Three used examples and one mint copy now recorded on this issue. £48 |
;) | NORTON mailbag seal, Southern Rhodesia postmark/cancel (Unrecorded by both Hoyte/Lashbrook and Proud) on KGV 1d Admiral, rare. £350 |
;) ;) | PARCEL POST BAHAMAS postmark/cancel (Proud unrecorded, BAHAMAS in smaller letters, 25mm) poorly struck but dated 28 NO 29 on 1924 3/- Staircase Mult. Script CA wmk (SG.114, Cat.£70) clear of "double treetrunk" variety, fine used. £60 |
;) ;) ;) | Combination "W A" manuscript and oval of bars, LAGOS postmark/cancel previously unrecorded manuscript dated "W A 6.1.6" on postally used 1904 KE7 1d MCA wmk (SG.55) in combination with light/poorly struck oval of bars. In the absence of positive identification the possibility can exist that the weakly struck oval of bars on this KE7 1d was "killed" on arrival by addition of manuscript at Wa, Northern Territories, Gold Coast as that office does not record use of a datestamp until JA 17 1908 (Proud handbook). £140 |
;) | DOMINICA stamps: Previously unrecorded BROKEN PIN PERFORATION on 1879-88 (per SG) QV 1d lilac REVENUE Crown CC wmk P.14 (SG.R1), clearly manuscript dated "16/3/78". Dates and quantities for the first supplies DLR QV 1d lilac REVENUE Crown CC wmk P.14 are given in the handbook of Dominica by Victor Toeg as 20,000 on MR 5 1877, and 14,160 on AP 24 1877, plus details of further deliveries (Page 188). £60 |
;) | JOHANNESBURG, Transvaal postmark/cancel Newly discovered oval part dated 12 MAY 8- on 1/- yellow-green (SG.183), creased with some soiling. £75 |
;) ;) ;) ;) ;) | PD in oval, ST. VINCENT postal history (Ex FORSYTH) Newly discovered FIRST RECORDED USE OF THE "PD" IN OVAL IN BLACK INK USED AS A "KILLER" ON ENTIRE: 1878 wrapper from George Robertson, St. Vincent to Messrs. Charles W. Gray, London with QV 1/- vermilion P.11 to 12½ x 15 (SG.24) tied by black "PD" in oval (PML.83) with matching ink colour ST. VINCENT AU 9 78 despatch plus red London Paid 28 (AU 78) arrival on address panel, adhesive crossed by filing fold and may have been lifted for inspection, recipient's purple notes on address panel include "Trouble with Rose Bank machinery". (Ex FORSYTH lot 562) Similar purple ink recipient notes on this correspondence to Charles Gray show that letters were posted from Kingstown which was using the horiz. "A10" (PML.4) at this time but had changed from red to black ink mid-1878 as per illustrations JU 18 78 and AU 8 78; and this next day use may indicate late mail accepted into the Post Office. £525 |
;) | 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 £225 |
;) ;) | THE UNIQUE "HALF OPEN BOOTHEEL DUPLEX" CDS COVER, BARBADOS Postal history (See BLOGS section) 1875 local cover to T.P. Goring, above "Rices", St. Philip with last and last recorded use 1872 (1d) blue (SG.52) tied 19mm BARBADOS I/JU 28 75 cds at Bridgetown with alongside previously unseen 21mm BARBADOS JU 28 75 code A cds which has now been shown to be part of the newly introduced cobbled together open bootheel duplex which took up duty 12 days later on JY 10 1875, no backstamps. Ex 'OLIVE BLOSSOM'. £2400 |
;) | FIRST SAILING with NEWLY INTRODUCED BOOTHEEL DUPLEX, Barbados postal history (See BLOGS section) 1875 full contents entire with blue LOUIS & Co. buckled double oval sender's cachet marked "Via United States" to Messrs de Grinchy Renouf Clement Co., Burgeo, Newfoundland with 1d deep blue and (4d) dull rose-red (SG.66, 49) tied newly cobbled together BARBADOS open bootheel duplex dated A/JY 11 75 rated red "4" with circled black "5" due, backstamped New York and St. Johns AU 12 1875 transits. £750 |
;) | REDIRECTED, St. Vincent postmark/cancel (PML.99) straight line instructional mark on 1883 QV 2½d on 1d lake (SG.40), almost certainly unique on this stamp. Proofed at the GPO London in December 1866. PML handbook Page 129 records no known use, this being the only example seen by me. £275 |
;) | PARCEL POST, St. Vincent postmark/cancel (PML.79) currently the only recorded example in red ink part dated C/-U 11 96 on QV ½d green (SG.47). £75 |
;) | PARCEL POST, St. Vincent postmark/cancel Newly discovered and previously unrecorded 24mm cds with "B" code dated B/25 JU 26 on KGV 6d, 1/- (SG.115,138) piece. £120 |
;) ;) | BOOK-POST rate INDIA to JAMAICA postal history 1955 cover pmk'd Calcutta 9 III 55 with previously unrecorded boxed purple RETURN TO SENDER/FROM KINGSTON, JAMAICA handstamp (with "NAMES" instead of "NO POST OFFICE NAMED). Filing punch holes at base, reverse return backstamps of R.L.O. 31 MA 55 and Bare Bazar 16 JNE 1955. £48 |
;) ;) ;) | EARLIEST KNOWN USE OF A ST. VINCENT STAMP and a first sailing date of use (Placed in POSTAL HISTORY section for convenience): This QV 1d rose-red Perf. 14 to 16 (SG.1) in the accepted paler shade of colour of the first printing, as mentioned PML handbook Page 27, came from the first delivery invoiced from London on 27 March 1861 (56,040 stamps plus 10,020 6d deep yellow-green, SG.2) with expected arrival on 8 April 1861. These adhesives were seemingly not immediately unpacked as known covers of AP 9 61 and AP 24 1861 to the UK are cancelled with the red “PAID AT ST. VINCENT” pre-stamp handstamp. The Stanley Gibbons catalogue lists 8 May 1861 for issue date of the two denominations, which may be true. This 1d adhesive was cancelled by horizontal “A10” (PML.1) on the 8th, 9th or 10th for the 10 May 1861 sailing, and travelled on R.M.S.P. Teviot collecting BARBADOES dbl-arc arrival dated MY 11 1861 making this the EARLIEST KNOWN USE OF A ST. VINCENT STAMP and a first sailing date. The first known adhesive cover bears a strip of three QV 1d, pair QV 6d pmk’d JU 8 1861 addressed to Norfolk, Virginia and travelled in through New Orleans being possibly the finest known American Civil War blockade running cover. The second delivery of the QV 1d rose-red was not invoiced until 22 July 1862 (28,020 stamps), slight thinning. £450 |