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;) | WEPENER, Orange Free State postmark/cancel in purple ink dated C/26 JUN 86 on pair 1/- orange-yellow (SG.9). £60 |
;) | ADJUAH, Gold Coast postmark/cancel (T.2) rare C/AU 17 90 on QV 4d (SG.16). The ADJUAH elusive "C" code is currently recorded period C/FE 24 86 to C/DE 14 90 but my listing only records 2 examples on QV 4d (SG.16). £60 |
;) | B53 used PORT LOUIS, Mauritius postmark/cancel on horiz, strip of four QV 16c chestnut CA wmk (SG.109). £15 |
;) | A02 (vertical) used ANTIGUA postmark/cancel on 1882 QV 2½d red-brown CA wmk (SG.22, Cat.£55). £36 |
;) | A67 used PORT ROYAL, Jamaica postmark/cancel on QV 1d CA wmk (SG.18a). £5 |
;) | A64, Jamaica postmark/cancel on QV 1d Keyplate (SG.27). £6 |
;) | 14 used MAHEBOURG, Mauritius postmark/cancel on 1878 QV 20c on 6d (SG.88). £20 |
;) | WINNEBAH, Gold Coast postmark/cancel (T.2, D2, standard lettering) C/JA 12 95 on QV 3d (SG.15a). £6 |
;) ;) ;) | BARBADOS stamps: SG UNLISTED 1855-57 diagonally bisected imperforate (1d) deep blue (SG.10a) tied to printed matter piece by Bridgetown "1" obliterator with matching ink colour BARBADOES AP 25 1859 double-arc alongside, further portion of another obliterator at right shows a full (1d) stamp removed for a triple rate, reverse shows (Page) 258. The missing adhesive adds to the authenticity of the piece, and the dbl-arc shows the dent at base as found on full covers for the period. (Listed under covers for convenience): The Edmund Bayley handbook (Page 27) states: There is only one recorded copy of the deep blue (1d) stamp bisected vertically joined to a whole stamp on part of a newspaper, which bears the "1" numerical cancellation and is dated OC 21 1857. This copy is in the Royal Philatelic Collection. (The bisected 1860 (1d) pin-perf. issues, without datestamps, are catalogued £750.00 on piece). £625 |
;) | RUWANWELLA, Ceylon postmark on forged LEEWARD ISLANDS stamp 1890 QV 5/- green & blue (SG.8, Cat.£325 used), a forgery believed to have been cleverly executed by the Belgian forger Smeets by bleaching out the design of used copies of the 1886 Ceylon QV 5c dull purple (SG.195) to a give a "blank" CA wmk P.14 stamp; only immediately given away by the indelible ink complete RUWANWELLA (Ceylon) cds dated MR 11 96 which could not be removed. £80 |
;) | SALT.POND, Gold Coast postmark/cancel (T.2) dated C/MR 14 93 on QV 1/- (SG.18). £14 |
;) | KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent postmark/cancel A/MY 27 88 on QV 1/- orange-vermilion P.12 (SG.45, Cat.£60), short base perf. £24 |
;) | T.15 used ST. MARY'S, Trinidad postmark/cancel (Type 0.9) on QV ½d dull green (SG.106). £18 |
;) | 11 used ST. LUCY, Barbados postmark/cancel (C2) bootheel on 1870 6d orange No wmk (SG.33), perf. faults. £36 |
;) | A03 used GEORGETOWN, British Guiana postmark/cancel on 2c orange with horizontal bar through OFFICIAL (SG.140, Cat.£80). £36 |
;) | A91, Virgin Islands postmark/cancel on 1884 QV 2½d ultramarine (SG.31). £14 |
;) | BELIZE, British Honduras postmark/cancel A/NO 19 97 on horiz. strip of four QV 5c on 3c on 3d red-brown (SG.49). £36 |
;) | K3a "6", Bermuda postmark/cancel on 1880 QV ½d stone (SG.19) showing spacing at left between numeral and duplex cds. £30 |
;) | ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada postmark/cancel (small lettering) postally used on QV 2d REVENUE dated C/MY 9 95. £28 |
;) | A08 used PLYMOUTH, Montserrat postmark/cancel in bluish ink on Leewards QV 1d (SG.2). £18 |