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;) | MAURITIUS postal history QV 9d brown/white PSE cut-out piece pmk'd blue oval of bars applied on arrival. £36 |
;) | TARPUM-BAY, Bahamas postal history 1924 use of KGV 2d PSRE to Wall Street, New York City with added KGV 1d, 2d pmk'd TARPUM-BAY (T 7 1) dated 25 AUG 24, opened most of two sides. £85 |
;) ;) | Code 8 used ST. THOMAS, Barbados postal history 1884 use of QV ½d Post Card from Bridgetown to Augustus Briggs Hinkson, Rugby, St. Thomas with clear 8/MR 27 84 (M2-Replacement cds) arrival, by far the scarcest of the M2 Parish grouping. £240 |
;) ;) | THE BIGHT, Bahamas postal history (T.1) arrival dated reversed C/AP 7 91 (year error for 01) on TRANSVAAL 1d V.R.I. Briefkaart pmk'd BOKSBURG 31 JAN 01 from affectionate brother to Rev. R.K. Bennett, Cat Island, Bahamas. During his tenure as Rector (1912) of St. Mary's Church New Providence Reverend Bennett documented changes that met resistance in the church - altar curtains looked at with disapproval, altar lights seen as an unpardonable offence, wafer bread thought of as an insult to the Blessed Sacrement etc. £250 |
;) | SIERRA LEONE to BELGIUM postal history 1895 use of QV ½d Post Card marked per S.S. "Roquelle" to Hasselt, Belgium pmk'd "B31" with FREETOWN B/JY 13 95 plus handstruck "LATE", landed with red LIVERPOOL A/AU 5 95/SHIP cds (Private Ship as opposed to Liverpool Packet arrival) with HASSELT 7 AOUT 1895 arrival, lengthy reverse text in French. Rare destination. £200 |
;) | 555 used VRYBURG, Bechuanaland postmark on GB ovp'd QV ½d newswrapper cut-out piece. £14 |
;) | Broad "A" used ST. JOHNS, Grenada postal history 1896 use of QV 1d carmine Post Card pmk'd 28 MY 96 to New Oxford Street, London, full commercial text. £75 |
;) ;) | Parish "B" (INVERTED) used St. Marks, Grenada postal history 1898 use of QV 2d grey PSRE with added QV 2½d Keyplate (SG.51) to Egerton Burnett Ltd, Wellington, Somerset pmk'd "B" dated 17 FE 98, the removable "B" being inverted. Only two covers with 2nd Parish Type INVERTED "B" are currently recorded, the other dated DE 12 95 £525 |
;) ;) | BULL BAY, Jamaica postal history 1897 QV ½d Post Card from L.O. Chitty, Inspector of Schools to The Teacher of Harbour Head School, Kingston with printed text re forthcoming inspection pmk'd Kingston Street Letter Box F/NO 2 97 marked blue crayon "Unclaimed" and "Bull Bay" with partly fine BULL-BAY NO 9 97 cds and eventual RETURNED/LETTER/BRANCH/25 DE 97/KINGSTON alongside address panel. £75 |
;) ;) | EBUTE METTA W.C.A., Southern Nigeria postal history 1908 use of KE7 2d PSRE with added pair KE7 1d pmk'd EBUTE METTA (LRD Lagos T.13A) dated A/11 MY 1908 to The White House, Portrush, Ireland. £140 |
;) ;) ;) | POSTAL STATIONERY ENVELOPE with COMPLETE OFFSET, BRITISH GUIANA postal history 1896 use of complete 2c carmine PSE locally to Hopetown, West Coast, Berbice pmk'd Georgetown and on reverse FORT WELLINGTON OC 10 96 d/ring opened 3 sides to show full intense offset of the printed design. Not recorded in T+H handbook £140 |
;) ;) | KENEMA, Sierra Leone postal history (072.07, long arcs) */12 NO 59 on QE2 6d PSRE with added QE2 6d, 1/- to Leicester, black KENEMA reg. handstamp. £18 |
;) ;) | FIELD POST OFFICE 616, British Guiana postal history 1956 use og GB QV 2½d PSE pmk'd 10 JY 56 to Totnes, Devon, with reverse showing serving address of "D" Company, 1dt D.C.L.I., BFPO 9, some soiling. T+H pages 246-247 record use from MR 24 54 to AU 15 59 £15 |
;) ;) | FIELD POST OFFICE 616, British Guiana postal history 1957 GB QE2 2½d PSE pmk'd 6 FE 57 to Totnes, Devon with senders serving address on reverse of 1st D.C.L.I. BFPO 9. T+H Pages 246-247 records use from MR 24 54 to AU 15 59 £20 |
;) | VRYBURG, Bechuanaland postmark without dates inserted on GB ovp'd QV ½d newswrapper cut-out piece. £75 |
;) | Combination first types HLABISA and LOWER UMFOLOSI, Zululand postal history 1895 exceptionally rare and perhaps unique side-by-side combination purple Resident Magistrate's Office (R.M. OFFICE) cds for HLABISA 16 NOV 1895 and LOWER UMFOLOSI NOV 19 1895 on GB ovp'd 1d Post Card written by Edith Turnbull at "Bush View 15th Nov. 1895" to Cockington, Torquay with ESHOWE and DURBAN transits. Exhibition item. £2400 |
;) | SUMBUYA, Sierra Leone postal history (147.01) rare code sideways up C/MR 11 11 (later than new Walton) on KE7 1d PSE pmk'd Freetown A/MR 7 11 to Deutsche Kamerun Gesellshaft, Sumbuyah. £140 |
;) | MONTSERRAT postal history 1d Badge UPU Post Card ovp'd SPECIMEN with design handstamped purple "ULTRAMAR", small fault. £65 |
;) | GRENADA postal history 1882 QV 1½d pale brown UPU Post Card to Forton Barracks, Gosport pmk'd blue A/GRENADA/MR 27 82 cds, rarely seen. £225 |
;) ;) ;) | ROODEPOORT, Transvaal postal history 1909 KE7 1d carmine PSE to Durban pmk'd 21 JUL 09, opened 3 sides to show full intense offset of the printed design. £175 |