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;) | TARXIEN, Malta postmark/cancel AM/NO 28 10 on block of four KE7 ¼d (SG.45w). Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £48 |
;) | NOTABILE, Malta postmark/cancel D/DE 9 13 on block of four KE7 2½d (SG.93). Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £28 |
;) | MUSTA, Malta postmark/cancel PM/JY 30 06 on block of four KE7 ½d (SG.47). Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £60 |
;) | COSPICUA, Malta postmark/cancel G/OC 21 10 on block of four KE7 1d (SG.49). Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £28 |
;) | NOTABILE, Malta postmark/cancel B/JA 7 04 on block of six KE7 ½d CA wmk (SG.38). Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £48 |
;) | COSPICUA (23mm), Malta postmark/cancel F/SP 19 01 on block of six QV 1d (SG.21), top two left stamps with diagonal crease. Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £20 |
;) | ZURRICO, Malta postmark/cancel AM/NO 8 19 on block of four KGV ½d (SG.71), Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £14 |
;) | COSPICUA, Malta postmark/cancel F/AP 10 01 on block of four QV 4d brown (SG.27). Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £14 |
;) | ZEITUN, Malta postmark cancel AM/MY 14 21 on marginal strip of three KGV ¼d (SG.69a), scarce on this issue. Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £48 |
;) | "98" used NAINAMADAMA, Ceylon numeral cancel on 1885 5c on QV 4c rose strip of three CA wmk (SG.178), middle stamp with broken "&". £32 |
;) | ZEBBUG, Malta postmark/cancel AM/MR 31 02 on QV 1d carmine embossed PSE piece with added block of three QV ½d (SG.20). Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £175 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA to BERMUDA postal history 1875 foolscap cover, folded back at left 2 inches for display, to N.J. Darrell, Smith's Parish, Bermuda with strip of six 2c orange OFFICIAL (SG.02. four copies slanting "O") individually tied "A03" and rated red "4", reverse blue embossed flap of the COLONIAL RECEIVER GENERAL'S OFFICE/(Crown)/B. GUIANA and GEORGETOWN OC 25 75 despatch and ST. THOMAS B/NO 4 75 transit cancels. Unique as such. Ex Simon GREENWOOD. £4250 |
;) | KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent multiple 1883 "2½ PENCE" on QV 1d lake (SG.40), a rare and attractive block of four pmk'd KINGSTOWN C/JA 8 85. £125 |
;) | The W.C. Proudfoot underprint, St. Vincent postal history The unique block of four showing the full 5-line setting as repeated on each stamp 1899 QV ½d Keyplate (SG.67) pmk'd ST. VINCENT (apex "A" inside left side of "N") cds dated A/MR 20 02. An excellent display item. Lower left copy no stop after Proudfoot, the "l" in "value" found after "V" above; before "i" above; immediately below "i" above; immediately below "V" above, and lower right copy dropped "a" in "at". £425 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1880 QV 1d olive-green (SG.29), a rare horiz. strip of three pmk'd GPO "A10". It has always been my expectation that a single strike of the "A10" on this QV 1d would be local use, and an over-lapped (second) strike would be from a multiple, but the commonest of this stamp cannot be from locally used survival, and the precision of the strikes on such a small area proves me wrong on two counts. £120 |
;) ;) | TRINIDAD stamps: 1876 4d bluish grey CC wmk P.14 (SG.76), a positional block of nine (3/- rate), the top right stamp dated MY 8 82, slight faults but undoubtedly the largest used multiple for this issue, and display showpiece. The paper hinge refers to a Jan. 1917 sale. £180 |
;) | "39" used KOTMALE, Ceylon numeral postmark on vertical strip of three 1888 QV 2c on 4c rose (SG.205). £30 |
;) | INDIA postal history 1865 cover to Mrs Ramsden, East Ham, Barking, Esssex with QV 2a strip of three, single QV 8a 3 pies tied Bombay "1" duplex dated JUL 23 65 showing red London Paid AU 22 65. £125 |
;) | "A18" used ENGLISH HARBOUR, Antigua postmark/cancel on block of four 1864 QV 1d dull rose upright star wmk (SG.6), some perf. splitting central top but very rare as such. £280 |
;) | ST. VINCENT postmark/canel in red ink pmk'd ST. VINCENT A/FE 11 90 on block of six QV ½d green (SG.47). Ex DUGGLEBY £48 |