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;) | "B", Bahamas postmark/cancel on 1882 Chalon QV 1d scarlet-vermilion CA wmk P.12 (SG.40) fine used strip of three. £36 |
;) | NOABILE, Malta postmark/cancel A/JY 10 01 on block of four QV 1d (SG.22). Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £12 |
;) | PAULA, Malta postmark/cancel AM/FE 27 02 on horiz. strip of three ¼d Harbour (SG.31a) on piece. Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £20 |
;) ;) | BARBADOS - the unique PRE-PREPARATION BY VERTICAL SCISSOR-CUT STRIP OF THREE First awareness of this practice, for easy separation, was noticed on 1858 imperforate horiz. pair 6d pale rose-red (SG.11) ex Sir James Marshall (1947 auction catalogue) clearly showing vertical 90% full scissor separation on FE 15 1860 cover to Samuel Barber, London (written-up BWISC Bulletin No.271, December 2021). The article was subsequently followed up as it was found that the wrapper was docketted "Demerary 9 Feby 60" and smuggled to Barbados for posting (as no outgoing British Guiana markings). This amazing horizontal strip of three imperforate 1858 1/- brown-black (SG.12, Cat.£330) has somehow managed to survive as the two right stamps were just barely overlapping when affixed to cover and now supported by small hinges, cancelled Bridgetown bootheel "1" (the bootheels despatched from the GPO London April 10 1863). The 1/- in black was needed to meet the AP 1 1863 increase from 6d to 1/- per half ounce rate, the bootheels sent out AP 10 1863, and the 1/- ERROR OF COLOUR in BLUE sent out from Perkins Bacon on AP 28 1863. The replacement perforated 1/- black was invoiced OC 29 1863 £275 |
;) | 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 |
;) | 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 |