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;) | BAHAMAS to Holland full reg. cover to Amsterdam with Peace set pmk'd 6 MAR 20, b/stamped partial London. £40 |
;) | BAHAMAS to HOLLAND full QV 2½d PSE pmk'd Nassau C/21 OC 98(?), b/stamped 5 NOV arrival. £18 |
;) | BAHAMAS to JAMAICA full cover to Kingston pmk'd Nassau OCT 1 1941 with SALVATION ARMY arrival cachet. £15 |
;) | ECUADOR to BAHAMAS full Hotel Metropolitano sender cover to Nassau (MY 19) from RIOBAMBA APR 11 1931, opened for display. £48 |
;) ;) | STANN CREEK, British Honduras to GOLD COAST 1955 mixed reign airmail cover with 72c franking pmk'd STANN CREEK 25 OC 55 to Kumasi, Gold Coast showing 4 NO 55 arrival, handstruck UNCLAIMED. Enclosed letter mentions "Corozal one of the northern towns was completely destroyed by Janet". £75 |
;) ;) | BAHAMAS to EGYPT Full cover with TAORMINA K.u.K.Y.G printed flap to Prince Colloredo Mannsfeld (originally an Italian noble family) in Cairo pmk'd Nassau C/MR 28 01. TAORMINA is a beach holiday town under Mount Etna in Sicily. £120 |
;) ;) ;) | BELIZE via HAVANA to CADIZ, SPAIN, British Honduras postal history 1842 entire headed "Belize Honduras 13 April 1842" carried privately to Havana where identified with red 2-line ISLAS DE/BARLOVENTO (Windward Islands) and marked by forwarding agent in Havana as received AP 19 and sent AP 23, red handstruck "5R" charge mark. £450 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS to ARGENTINA postal history 1934 use of KGV 3c PSRE with added corner marginal KGV 5c (sheet number 1592) lightly pmk'd Registration Belize 30 MY 34 cds to Puerto Deseado, Argentina, b/stamped New York 6-9 1934 and Buenos Aires 4 JUL 34 and Puerto Deseado 19 JUL 34. £65 |
;) | PINE RIDGE to MALTA, Bahamas postal history 1953 cover to Const. A. Schembre, Zabbar, Malta with 2 x KG6 10d yellow-orange (SG.154a) tied blue ink PINE RIDGE cds dated 20 AUG 52 (T.7, D4), b/stamped Nassau AUG 20 1953 and Valletta AU 25 53. £75 |
;) | BAHAMAS via JAMAICA to BELIZE (Ex SHENFIELD, DALE LICHTENSTEIN, "STAIRCASE") 1879 cover to The Hon. T.W.H. Dillet, Belize, Honduras with QV Chalon 4d rose tied "A05" showing JAMAICA/TRANSIT, Kingston I C/JA 22 79 and Belize FE 9 79 arrival, reverse b/stamped Bahamas JA 4 1879/B dbl-arc. £1200 |
;) ;) | MASKALL BANK, British Honduras postmark on cover to Republic of Honduras 1929 opened-out reg. cover to La Ceiba, Republic Honduras from Peter Melnikov, Northern River with KGV 10c pmk'd at Belize 5 OC 29, wide display of transit cancels with handstruck mauve REBUT and AUSENTE finishing return journey with MASKALL BANK temporary rubber datestamp dated MAR 19 1930 (TDC-17, D2). A rare commercial cover. £625 |
;) ;) | VREED-EN-HOOP, British Guiana to SENEGAL, West Africa postal history 1930 reg. opened-out cover marked "Per F.M.S. Biskra via France" to M'Bour, Senegal with KGV 2c, 4c, 6c pmk'd Vreed-En-Hoop */29 MY 30 with boxed "INCONNU" and "RETOUR/A L'ENVOYEUR and purple NON RECLAME/NOT CALLED FOR (style unlisted by Proud) with re-direction to Dakar and numerous transit datestamps. Exotic destination. £300 |
;) | MALTA to TUNISIA postal history 1892 use of QV 1d carmine UPU Post Card to La Goulette pmk'd Malta B/JU 2 92 "A25" duplex, alongside address panel 7 JUIN 92 arrival. £60 |
;) | TRANSVAAL postal history to JAVA, Nederland Indies 1896 cover with ½d, 2d pmk'd Pretoria 30 JAN 96 to Bandoeng, Java forwarded Willerrede, handstruck RANTJA EKET village str. line, b/stamped BATAVIA 24 3 1896 d/ring, TJIANDJOER 24 3 1896 d/ring, BANDOENG 25 3 1896 d/ring. £325 |
;) | EKUTULENI, Natal postal history Previously unrecorded d/ring with maltese cross at base dated 21 FEB 13 on Natal KE7 1d UPU Post Card with same day MELMOTH, ZULULAND transit to Klefoa, Sweden, full text. Head Office MELMOTH, previously named SITEKU (office opened 1910), renamed EKUTULENI (OC 1 1911). £150 |
;) | BARBADOS to Pernambuco, BRAZIL postal history 1885 cover to Messrs. Pohlman and Co., Pernambuco, Brazil with QV 1d tied Barbados open bootheel duplex dated A/MR 29 85, lower flap can display PERNAMBUCO 22 ABR 85 arrival. A rare QV period destination. £140 |
;) | The GOVERNMENT OF ST. VINCENT Crowned Circle cover to DENMARK, St. Vincent postal history 1865 unique O.H.M.S. cover to Copenhagen, Denmark with spectacular GOVERNMENT OF ST. VINCENT embossed flap showing two strikes of the red ink PAID AT ST. VINCENT crowned circle (latest use) with SAINT-VINCENT A/JU 06 66 despatch cds alongside, reverse 30 6 arrival. A wonderful exhibition item. The SAINT-VINCENT cds only appears on two Crowned Circle covers. £6000 |
;) | Great Britain to CAPE OF GOOD HOPE postal history: 1875 covers, both with enclosed letter, to Miss Helen Ayliffe, Grahamstown marked "per R.M.S. via Plymouth NOV 25 1875" and "DE 5 1875" each with GB QV 1/- Plate 12 tied Manchester "498" duplex dated NO 25 1875 and DE 5 75 and both showing CAPE TOWN N/JA 1 76 transit, reverse of each with Grahams Town JA 5 76 arrival. The former was posted too late for the sailing specified and has small red handstruck circled cross on the address panel. £75 |
;) | Great Britain to CAPE OF GOOD HOPE postal history: 1876 cover, with enclosed letter, to Miss Helen Ayliffe, Grahamstown with pair GB QV 6d Plate 15 tied Manchester "498" duplex dated JU 24 1876 showing CAPE TOWN B/JY 22 76 transit, reverse with Grahams Town JY xx 76 arrival. £40 |
;) ;) | C38 used CALLAO, PERU to JAMAICA postal history: A UNIQUE FRANKING TO JAMAICA combination cover with Peru 1868-72 1d green, GB QV 6d pale buff (assumed Plate 11), GB QV 1/- green Plate 6 (SG.Z43, Z53) tied Callao "C38" cancels addressed John Small, Port Maria, Jamaica with 3-line PANAMA/3 AP 1873/TRANSIT plus pencilled "2" on face, b/stamped A/CALLAO/MR 26 73, Kingston IIIA/AP 8 73 and Port Maria C/AP 9 73 cds. Cover soiled with peripheral base tear and GB QV 6d with pale colour. This Peru 1 dinero was cancelled "C38" from stocks held at the British Packet Agencies to comply with the tax on all outgoing mail. £1400 |