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;) ;) ;) | Arrival of James Grant Forbes, Planter, JAMAICA postal history (and ST. LUCIA historical interest) 1786 entire headed "Jamaica 12th November 1786" from newly arrived James Grant Forbes to his father Lieut. General James Grant in London rated 1/- with "IAMAICA" and JANUARY/M/22 experimental Bishop mark on lower flap. Major General James Grant was born at Ballindoch, Banffshire in 1720. By 1757 he was a major fighting in the French & Indian Wars and captured at Fort Duquesne. Fought at the Siege of Havana, made Governor of East Florida. Served in the American War of Independence, was General William Howe's primary planning officer, led a division at the Battle of Long Island. In 1778 he led an expeditionary force to capture the French island of St. Lucia with its surrender at the Battle of La Vigie. Died 1806. £200 |
;) ;) | Return by RMSP "Tay" (28th home, arriving Falmouth MR 19), JAMAICA postal history OCANA - SANTA MARTA - KINGSTON - LONDON: 1843 wrapper docketted from Marcelino de Pinillos, Ocana (Colombia) JA 2 with manuscript forwarding at coastal town Santa Marta on JA 20 with Q.B.S.M. (que besa su mano - who kisses your hand) with KINGSTON FE 16 1843 dbl-arc transit addressed Federico Huth, London (MR 21) rated 1/-, address panel soiled which would display opened in inverted position. £185 |
;) ;) | GRENADA postal history GRENADA dbl-arc (A11) with code "B" inverted: 1853 entire to John Richards, London rated 1/- with top flap (portion missing) displaying GRENADA dbl-arc dated AP 25 1853/B. Only four examples code "B" currently recorded, others dated OC 28 1852/B (Pearce Est.£300/350); JA 29 1853/B (Russell Jones Est.£450), AP 10 1853/B as arrival on incoming Trinidad (1d) cover (WD Walker). £325 |
;) ;) ;) | MARTHA/BRAE and IAMAICA, Jamaica postal history 1792 lengthy entire from David Hood headed "Trelawny, Jamaica 7th Feb 1792" to James Stothart in Dumfries rated 1/- changed 1/7 showing weak MARTHA/BRAE (overstruck MAR 26 arrival) and IAMAICA (42 x 6mm). Contents include "Mr. Meredith, Postmaster & clerk of the vestry, died lately at Martha Brae" £120 |
;) | Port Antonio, JAMAICA to FRANCE postal history 1853 entire to Orleans, France re-directed to Charing Cross, London rated 1/2 with framed red "POSTAGE NOT PAID/TO LONDON" despatched with PORT-ANTONIO dbl-arc (P3) dated MY 6 1853. Lengthy content from John Richards describing the discovery of "copper well interspersed with silver" found on one of his properties and "strong indications of Black Lead" on another. The letter goes on to describe the boom in mining and exploration - "The Parish of Portland seems to be one vast lump of mineral worth, every day brings a new discovery". £240 |
;) ;) | JAMAICA postal history January 1st 1851 printed circular from Kingston to London rated 1/- in black with MR 10 1851 arrival additionally showing circular 5/NEW YORK/FEB 26 and red framed MAITLAND PHELPS & Co/NEW-YORK cachet. The circular 10/NEW YORK (half ounce mail) and 20/NEW YORK (under one ounce mail) are regular seen, but the 5/NEW YORK on printed matter very seldom seen on BWI correspondence. £65 |
;) ;) | JAMAICA postal history FIRST DAY WITH NEW 1/- PER QUARTER OUNCE PACKET RATE to BWI based on progressive weight (previously based on sheets): entire written Ayr 30th December with light boxed AYR/DEC 30 1839 and red (London) N/1 JA 1/1840 which display top flap to Alex C. Logan, Great Valley, Manchester, Jamaica rated 1/- unpaid with 2/3½" (local currency) below and red "silver" (unknown whether contemporary), docketting on lower flap, some soiling but finding another would be like looking for a needle in a haystack! The new rate introduced from G.P.O. London January 1st 1840, increased to 1/- per half ounce January 1st 1842. £225 |
;) | BERMUDA postal history 1832 faded archive backed entire written "Hamilton 14th Sept 1832" to Darrell & Smith, Halifax, N.S. with poor St. George's 14 SE 1832 fleuron (PM2) rated 8d changed 9 1/10. Only four fleurons recorded on entires to Nova Scotia, all from the same faded correspondence £225 |
;) | BERMUDA postal history 1832 faded archive backed entire written "Hamilton 14th Sept 1832" to Darrell & Smith, Halifax, N.S. with poor St. George's 14 SE 1832 fleuron (PM2), marked rate by weight "1¼oz" and with 1/8 changed "1N10". Only four fleurons recorded on entires to Nova Scotia, all from the same faded correspondence £225 |
;) ;) ;) ;) | Confirmation new 6d rate with locally handstruck "6d", Jamaica postal history entire headed "Duplicate. Kingston Jamaica 24th June 1854" pmk'd KINGSTON-JAMAICA JY 11 1854 dbl-arc to John Mathie, Stirling, North Britain rated manuscript "6" unpaid confirmed with handstruck "6d" which appears to be in matching ink colour. Red JY 31 1854 (applied London) and red circled M/NR (Morning, Northern Railway applied London) and STIRLING AU 1 1854 in paler black ink. Currently the only known example. The new 6d rate per half ounce was introduced MR 23 1854. Three experts on UK postal history have been approached and their combined opinion is that the handstruck "6d" is not a British handstamp, and therefore most probably applied at Jamaica (a similar handstruck "6" is known on two ingoing unpaid Barbados entires) £725 |
;) ;) | BRITISH HONDURAS postal history 1840 entire headed "Sch Outesie at the town of Belise in the bay of Honduras Sunday June 7th 1840" to Maine, USA landed red BOSTON JUN 30 with red SHIP and rated 20c. £225 |
;) ;) | POSITIONING VOYAGE of TWEED - PRIOR START R.M.S.P. SAILINGS FROM FALMOUTH 3rd JANUARY 1842 1841 business entire from Messrs. Stewart & Westmoreland, London to Alexander Logan, May Hill P.O., Manchester, Jamaica initially marked “Paid” and rated “8” with red PAID SHIP LETTER/(crown)/17 DE 17/1841/LONDON, but with the “Tweed” leaving for her West Indies station the following day the entire changed to “p. packet” and duly rated 1/- (unpaid) prior precise inscription of “By Ship” (no R.M.S. prefix as the R.M.S.P.Co not officially up and running) and “Steamer Tweed” arriving as a “ship letter” as handstamped KINGSTON SHIP LETTER (SL3) dated JA 17 1842. An exceptional first page item of R.M.S.P. Co. postal history showing all the intricate detail of “first ever” mail carried by the company to the West Indies. The R.M.S.P. handbook by Kenton & Parsons notes on Page 10 that the Tweed “carried some Ship letter mail to Jamaica and Arr. 17/1” £5250 |
;) ;) | FABRICATED PAID AT ENGLISH HARBOR Crowned Circle, ANTIGUA postal history a completely fabricated wrapper (produced circa 1950) on brown parchment-like outer lettersheet addressed J. Lea Esq, Solicitor, Nevis with “Pd” lower left corner showing very fine red ink PAID AT ENGLISH HARBOR Crowned Circle plus very fine black ink ENGLISH HARBOR, ANTIGUA datestamp for JY 1 19 (19 for 61) and purplish ink “4” inter-island rate mark above address panel. Lower flap with trace of NEVIS arrival dbl-arc and some circular stains which are the base of a candle holder which has been cunninglyly blown out to spatter tiny flecks of red wax, also some minor soiling added by use of a paint brush dipped in water. Only two genuine entires with this Crowned Circle (Cat.£9,000) are recorded. £725 |
;) ;) | JAMAICA postal history: 1836 large piece outer wrapper to Grenada docketted "Jamaica 30th Sept. 1836" rated black "4" and "2/6d unpaid with poor KINGSTON OC 8 1836 on upper flap. Part contents imply that "acts of rebellion" had been committed in St. Thomas in the Vale and surrounding districts by the Apprentices and their Masters and Managers. £60 |
;) | LACOVIA, Jamaica postmark (P2a) dated AP 21 1842 on pre-stamp piece showing Liverpool MY 12 1842 arrival, few examples on full entire recorded. Sailed with R.M.S. "Clyde" arrived Falmouth May 8th (unfortunate outgoing R.M.S. Medina struck rocks off Turks Island May 11th) £20 |
;) | BAHAMAS postal history: 1850 entire from Governor's Harbour, Bahamas to London rated 1/- with clear BAHAMAS OC 10 1850/B broken dbl-arc despatch. Ex MORETON BLACK. £120 |
;) ;) | JAMAICA postal history: 1774 internal entire to Plantain Garden River from Kingston 16th April, prepaid 1/3 in red, enclosing affidavit sworn before Alexander Allardice, Justice of the Peace, on the Holy Evangelists of almighty God that leakage of Madeira on board the Fanny, Capt. Sinclair was owing entirely to the badness of the Cask. Some water-stained edges. £200 |
;) | BAHAMAS and BRITISH HONDURAS postal history: 1835 entire written June 17th from Anne Edgar, 6 Mary Place, to her son Alexander Edgar, 2nd West Indies Regiment, Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas re-directed Honduras (docketted as received 18 Oct 35) rated 2/5 plus Scottish toll tax "½". Scottish toll applied on more than two wheel mail carrying coaches period June 18th 1813 to December 5th 1839. £185 |