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;) | 27 used SEVEN OAKS, Natal postmarks/cancels (Type H), magnificent strike on SURCHARGE DOUBLE, ONE INVERTED 1879 "One Penny" on QV Chalon 6d rose (SG.93c). £250 |
;) | GRENADA stamps: 1875 1/- deep mauve with prominent raised inverted "S" in "POSTAGE" (SG.13c, Cat.£500), fine used. 500 sheets printed (500 errors). £180 |
;) ;) | ONE OF GRENADA's RAREST STAMPS 1875 QV 1/- deep mauve SHLLIING error (SG.13a, Cat.£6500 as normal mint), fine unused without gum ovp'd "SPEC" (as recorded Tim Pearce handbook Page 26, 3rd paragraph). Only 200 copies of the SPEC(IMEN) produced (ie 100 pairs) making at most ONLY TWO EXAMPLES possible with ONE SHLLIING error. 500 sheets of this issue were printed 13 March 1875 and overprinted 15 May 1875, and sent out to the colony 28 May 1875, shortly after the 'SPECIMEN' overprint was applied to two sheets. The issue was fully used and mint copies in good condition are hard to find. £6000 |
;) | Brstish Honduras reg. etiquette error clear strike in blue ink on damaged KGV 3c, 5c rate cover to Chicago pmk'd Belize OC 30 19, creased front and large part reverse missing. £20 |
;) | Brstish Honduras reg. etiquette error Fine strike in blue ink on KGV 3c, 5c cover to Chicago pmk'd Belize OC 30 19. £60 |
;) | 13 used LYDENBURG, Transvaal postmark/cancel on 1877 6d blue/rose INVERTED OVERPRINT (SG.113b). £20 |
;) | DOMINICA stamps: 1886 "One Penny" on QV 1/- magenta (SG.19), unused without gum showing spaced "On e" error, stamp pale in colour/faded. £30 |
;) | A64, Jamaica postmark/cancel Topaz unrecorded OVERPRINT INVERTED (17mm) on QV ½d OFFICIAL (SG.01e). £160 |
;) | DENBEIGH (error of spelling), Jamaica postmark/cancel Newly discovered 11 JUL 1967 temporary rubber datestamp tying perfs. pair QE2 1d Lignum Vitae (SG.217) to piece. The David Horry Encyclopaedia of British West Indies Postmarks Queen Elizabeth II illustrates the first DENBIGH with 20mm spacing base of "D" to "H" and the wider spacing DENBIGH with 27mm spacing base of "D" to "H". This error of spelling has 25mm spacing base of "D" to "H". £48 |
;) | MAJOR ERROR "Revenue" OVERPRINT OMITTED with Crown CA REVERSED watermark, St. Vincent stamps: 1883 THREE PENCE on QV 1d lilac Crown CA REVERSED wmk with "Revenue" OVERPRINT OMITTED (PML.10), superb unused without gum. PML records this error on Page 147 of the handbook. The later 1897 issues of THREE PENCE on QV 1d mauve and red-mauve (SG.63, 63a) have never been recorded with Crown CA REVERSED wmk. £425 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1916 KGV 1d red WAR STAMP (SG.122/122a, Cat.£180), a fresh mounted mint pair, right stamp OVERPRINT DOUBLE, hinge remains. £60 |
;) | LAGOS postmark/cancel (T.5a, 20mm) STRUCK IN ERROR IN RED INK dated A/OC 24 75 with correction in black ink A/OC 24 75 twice emphasised on 1874 QV 4d carmine CC wmk P.12½ (SG.4, Cat.£50). £60 |
;) ;) ;) | THE UNIQUE and SG UNLISTED SURCHARGE DOUBLE with SHORT “F”, St. Vincent stamps: 1894 “FIVE PENCE” on QV 6d lake (SG.60c + d combination), a used example part dated Kingstown – 13 95 showing the three distinctive coloured marks on Queen’s neck (aptly named the Southern Cross plate flaw by Peter Jaffe) as always found in conjunction with the short “F” overprint variety on Row 5/1 of the complete sheet, corner perf. fault and with BPA Certificate. Ex CHARLTON-HENRY. The SURCHARGE DOUBLE error is SG catalogued £6,000 mint and £3,000 used for any of the few known survivors, the SURCHARGE DOUBLE with short “F” is not known mint and this is probably the only surviving example. £1800 |
;) ;) | MAJOR ERROR "Revenue" OVERPRINT OMITTED with Crown CA REVERSED watermark, St. Vincent stamps: 1883 THREE PENCE on QV 1d lilac Crown CA REVERSED wmk with "Revenue" OVERPRINT OMITTED (PML.10), fresh very lightly mounted mint. PML records this error on Page 147 of the handbook. The later 1897 issues of THREE PENCE on QV 1d mauve and red-mauve (SG.63, 63a) have never been recorded with Crown CA REVERSED wmk. £1200 |
;) | 222, Cape of Good Hope postmark on SURCHARGE INVERTED "3" on 3d pale dull rose (SG.37a), thinned. £18 |
;) | INISFADA LONG ISLAND, West Cork Ireland local carriage service postmark currently the only known copy with dramatic shift of magenta colour on 4p tied piece dated 24 APR 1973. £185 |
;) ;) | DOUBLE RATE TO ITALY with SINGLE RATE ACCOUNTANCY HANDSTAMP ERROR, MALTA postal history 1871 wrapper with J. BORGES DA SILVA/MALTA sender's cachet to Livorno, Italy with double rate paid by pair GB QV 1d Plate 111, pair QV 3d Plate 6 pmk'd Malta "A25" duplex dated B/AP 28 71 showing red handstruck "2 3/4" accountancy reserved for single weight letters (the double rate was applied as "5½" in blue manuscript as no handstruck instrument was made). £275 |
;) ;) ;) ;) | Proofed/unrecorded ERRONEOUSLY APPLIED unique TRINCOMALEE/RETURNED FOR POSTAGE,CEYLON postal history 1845 wrapper from C. Brun fils, Port Louis pmk'd red MAURITIUS POST OFFICE d/ring dated NO 05 1845 marked "via Ceylon" to Veillon Freres, Bordeaux, France with "Paid 1/8" in dark black ink most unusually landed on Ceylon's north east coast (instead of the southern port of Galle) showing prepared for application TRINCOMALEE/RETURNED FOR POSTAGE datestamp for NO 22 1845 erroneously applied, crossed through, and TRINCOMALEE/STEAMER LETTER added for the next day in the same coloured ink. Carried via ALEXANDRIA (JA 7 1846) with 25mm chisels slits and large part PURIFIE AU LAZERET/MALTE handstamp added showing red PAQ. ANG. MARSEILLES (16 JANV 46) on address panel and Bordeaux (10 JANV 46) arrival backstamp with 96 decimes to be collected. Exhibition item collecting cancellations from five different countries. Similar RETURNED FOR POSTAGE datestamps were proofed for other Ceylon towns but none are known used. This remarkable example only exists due being wrongly applied. £7250 |
;) | LOWER BOGUE ("Q" for "G" error), Bahamas postmark (T.7 II, D8 inscribed BOQUE) 21 SEP 53 on horiz. pair KG6 3d (SG.154b). £12 |
;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) | A UNIQUE IMPERFORATE PROOF SHEET SHOWING THE UNISSUED TRANSPOSED AMERICAN PRESIDENTS ERROR 1975 200th Anniversary of American Independence issue: Two differing mint imperforate proof sheets exist (this one having DARKER PINK BACKGROUND TO LOWER MIDDLE LABEL than found on the issued stamps, the reason unknown) showing wrong portrait of Franklin Pierce on the 5c, and wrong portrait of Andrew Johnson on the 10c (transposed portraits error). The other transposed Presidents error sheet, also mounted by the printers on white card, has lighter black backgrounds behind portraits of the Presidents than found on issued stamps. This sheet is uniquely marked "Q541 BLACKS" in lower selvedge being the House of Questa printers reference number presumed connected with the black printing. The error was noted after completion of printing with ALL SHEETS DESTROYED by the Crown Agents and printers, and the corrected printing sent to St. Vincent (the two error sheets accepted by O.J. Urch, philatelic adviser, from Prime minister of St. Vincent Milton Cato per "accountable items" original envelope which is enclosed). For the complete story of how this error occurred see BLOGGS SECTION and newspaper article "A NEW STAMP ISSUE IS BORN". £1525 |