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;) ;) | GRENADA postal history 1897 poorly opened three sides with tear across address panel reg. cover to Myerscough in London with QV ½d (SG.30) strips of six and three, top left stamp showing distinctive short left leg to "H" of HALFPENNY, pmk'd St. David's "E" for NO xx 97 (without day slug). £75 |
;) | MALTA postal history 1860 wrapper to Marseilles with GB QV 4d strip of three (fault) pmk'd A/MALTA/AU 11 60 "A25" duplex paying the scarce 1/- rate with oval "P-D." in black. £240 |
;) | O'OKIEP, Cape of Good Hope postmark (CDS) A/NO 10 89 on block of four 1885 1/- green (SG.53). Cat.£34.00. £15 |
;) ;) ;) ;) | The MUSTIQUE ISLAND carriage labels - "No mint copies exist" This is the only known 10c yellow mint sheetlet of two labels, produced circa 1971, in fresh unmounted mint condition (small gum disturbance at lower right), accompanied by both 10c yellow label on inaugural first flight cover dated 1 SEP 1971 which terminated the private conveyance service, and subsequent Urch Harris "ballot" order form (included) for supply of the four covers. Lord Glenconnor, Colin Tennant, owner of Mustique island conceived the idea of 10c labels to privately convey island mail, with Government consent from the Hon. Hudson Tannis, Minister for Communications & Works, by more flexible regular use of small aircraft to mainland St. Vincent circumventing the slower and less frequent by boat service offered by the Mustique Post Office. Four differing colour same design labels were printed, and stocks ultimately depleted when they were affixed, alongside St. Vincent GPO issues, to SP 1 1971 first day covers for the official inaugural flight Mustique to St. Vincent. Cancelling of the covers was firstly undertaken by Doreen Simon, the Mustique schoolmistress who doubled as the island post mistress, and secondly by the mainland Kingstown G.P.O., and the bulk were carried back to London by a member of the Mustique management team in a suitcase via Luxembourg (accompanied by Princess Margaret). The Bristol based Urch Harris company, famed for their distribution of new stamp issues, marketed them . These covers were not only First Day Covers but also LAST DAY COVERS. The Urch Harris catalogue listed printing quantities as 10c orange (2000), 10c blue (550), 10c yellow (250), 10c mauve (70). The Wilson figures for both blue and yellow are inaccurate and the estimated use for yellow labels used on inaugural flight covers is 234 leaving 14 labels (or 7 sheetlets) unaccounted for. No "earlier" service 10c orange labels are known on cover. Accompanied by scan of BWISC Bulletin article being the UH copied source for quantities affixed to first flight covers. £1200 |
;) | REGISTERED IDAH, Southern Nigeria postmark (T.R15) AP 4 13/A on horiz. strip of three KE7 1d (SG.34) piece. £15 |
;) | DOMINICA stamps: 1909-12 3d View MCA wmk, unmounted mint Plate 1 block of ten stamps. £24 |
;) | BALACLAVA, Jamaica postmark (CDS) B/MY 2 94 on horiz. strip of three QV 1d Keyplate (SG.27). £20 |
;) | REGISTERED DEGEMA, Southern Nigeria postmark (T.R13B)A/8 SE 04 on vertical strip of three KE7 ½d (SG.21). £15 |
;) | TRINIDAD stamps: Litho forgery of the undenominated (1d) Britannia design in deep blue/white reverse in an imperforate used block of four stamps, rare in multiple. £36 |
;) | TRINIDAD stamps: Litho forgery of the undenominated (1d) Britannia design in pale mauve in an imperforate used block of four stamps, rare in multiple. £36 |
;) | TRINIDAD stamps: Litho forgery of the undenominated (1d) Britannia design in black in an imperforate used block of four stamps, rare in multiple. £36 |
;) | TRINIDAD stamps: Litho forgery of the 4d Britannia design in purple in an imperforate used block of four stamps, rare in multiple. £40 |
;) | TRINIDAD stamps: Litho forgery of the 6d Britannia design in green in an imperforate used block of four stamps, rare in multiple. £40 |
;) | TRINIDAD stamps: Litho forgery of the 1/- Britannia design in purple in an imperforate used block of four stamps, rare in multiple. £45 |
;) | NEVIS stamps: Litho forgery of the 4d Medicinal Spring issue in a very fine unused without gum imperforate block of six stamps. £36 |
;) | LUMLEY, Sierra Leone postmark (087.01) */1 AP 58 on block of four QE2 1½d (SG.212). £48 |
;) ;) | LEEWARD ISLAND stamps: 1902 "One Penny" on QV 7d (SG.19var, Cat.£52), fine used block of four on fragment pmk'd Roseau "A07", lower right stamp initially appears to be "One Penn" only due weak "y" typeset. £75 |
;) | HONG KONG stamps: Spiro Bothers forgery of the QV 6c in dull purple pmk'd blue "B62" in a block of eight (4 x 2) stamps. £60 |
;) | MONTSERRAT - PREPARATION SHEET on UNISSUED VERTICAL LAID PAPER Montserrat 1866 QV 1d pale rose INLAND REVENUE on unissued vertical laid paper, a fine and fresh gummed and perforated sheet numbered "251" showing the two units of six stamps misaligned. Contemporary ink blobs noted on stamp seven and to the right of stamp twelve. The lower selvedge deliberately removed both to indicate spoilage and to ensure the grammatically incorrect "Each" sheets did not get into circulation. Minor perf. splitting at margin edges. Note: The initial delivery is thought to be Sheets 1 to 250 making a total of 3,000 stamps being issued on horizontal laid paper with base inscription reading One Penny each - One Shilling per Sheet. - the change from Each to each being made at preparation stage due Victorians being fussy about incorrect grammar. Only three imperforate sheets (numbered 256,257,258) are currently known with the original "Each" setting, and each showing differing adjustments to the lining up of the two units. Morley in 1910 reported the existence of these stamps on vertical laid paper but both Britnor (1965) and Robson Lowe (1990) were unable to confirm their existance in their handbooks. Sheets 251 to 260 are therefore printer’s unissued preparation sheets. The "Each" error was not noticed by philatelists until 2001 (135 years later!). £825 |
;) | GRENADA stamps: 1906 1d Badge (SG.78, Cat.£32), fine mounted mint block of four, hinge remains. £14 |