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;) | "A01" used KINGSTON, Jamaica on PRIVATE SHIP LETTER piece to London 1870 QV 3d green CC wmk (SG.10) on piece pmk'd "A01" with framed "JAMAICA/9 OC 74/SHIP MAIL" showing red SHIP-LETTER/A/PAID/NO 4 74/LONDON, large downward tear sealed by hinges left of adhesive, £75 |
;) | HAMRUN, Malta postmark part dated A/DE 25 -- on QV ½d (SG.20). Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £18 |
;) | HAMRUN, Malta postmark part dated A/NO 5 -- on QV 2½d (SG.24). Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £28 |
;) | "A10" used KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent 1880 QV 1d olive-green (SG.29), a rare horiz. strip of three pmk'd GPO "A10", some perf. faults. £100 |
;) | "A10" used KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent 1880 QV 1d olive-green (SG.29), a rare horiz. strip of three pmk'd GPO "A10". £120 |
;) | "A12" used BASSETERRE, St. Kitts-Nevis postmark on ANTIGUA stamp on provisionally supplied Antigua QV 1d carmine-red (SG.26). Cat.£140.00. £50 |
;) | LE HAVRE, France on SOUTHERN NIGERIA postmark dated 26.12.02 on QV 1d (SG.2) piece, some toning. £12 |
;) | "F" used CARRIACOU, Grenada horiz. pair of the 1871 Chalon QV 6d vermilion (SG.9) dated NOV 25 1872. Early use of the 2nd Inland Post - the office re-opened OC 1 1872. £65 |
;) | "A15" used ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada 1863 horiz. strip of three Chalon QV 6d rose upr. small star wmk (SG.6) showing interesting vertical spacing between stamps. £60 |
;) | "4" code used ST. GEORGE, Barbados (M-2R) dated 4/JU 2 77 on 1872 KE7 ½d bright green (SG.72), perf. faults. £18 |
;) | "2" used SAN FERNANDO, Trinidad numeral postmark (Type 0.3) on 1862 1d crimson-lake P.11½,12 (SG.60). £18 |
;) | ST. VINCENT cds used Grenadine island of MAYREAU NEW DISCOVERY dated A/AP 9 02 on QV 1d Keyplate (SG.68). Nothing is known for MAYREAU period C/NO 21 01 to MAYREAU B.W.I C/DE 18 14. Kingstown at this time was using a very clean ST. VINCENT cds with the apex of the "A" code inside left of the "N" of VINCENT. Concurrently another ST. VINCENT cds is in play with apex of "A" code between "N" and "C" of VINCENT. The first period Mayreau almost always had the strikes in the full upright position, and this characteristic ST. VINCENT is immediately recognised for its full upright OILY strikes. Seven copies are now recorded A/AP 9 02 (SG.68), A/JY 4 02 (SG.67, 55% full), A/JY 31 02 (SG.68, full extremely oily in the inverted position, perhaps the stamp was placed upside down), A/SP 4 02 (SG.68), A/NO 3 02 (SG.77), A/NO 20 02 (SG.77), A/A- 1 03 (SG.77). These would all pay an internal rate to the mainland. There seems to be no alternative than to suggest these oily strikes attributed to use on the Grenadines island of Mayreau. £250 |
;) | SEYCHELLES forgery on CEYLON stamp: 1903 QV 2r.25 purple & green (SG.356), a forgery in issued colours believed to have been cleverly executed by the Belgian forger Dr Julian 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 BADULLA (Ceylon) cds dated SP 9 07 which could not be removed. Smeets work on Seychelles issues rarely encountered. £240 |
;) | PAID AT MONTSERRAT Crowned Circle piece with clear strike in BLACK ink. Only one cover and this piece in BLACK ink recorded. Proud handbook lists two periods of use being JA 25 1853 to JU 10 1861 (red ink) and DE 15 1883 to JY 23 1886, the DE 15 1883 cover is in red ink to the Colonial Bank, St. Kitts (Est. £8000 in auction) and the JY 23 1886 cover is in black ink to George Callf, Horsham, Sussex (Est. £9000). £280 |
;) | CLAXTON Bay, Trinidad postmark (T.2) C/AU 17 93 on QV 1d (SG.107). £6 |
;) | ST. VINCENT cds used at the Grenadine island of MAYREAU NEW DISCOVERY dated A/SP 4 02 on QV 1d Keyplate (SG.68) Nothing is known for MAYREAU period C/NO 21 01 to MAYREAU B.W.I C/DE 18 14. Kingstown at this time was using a very clean ST. VINCENT cds with the apex of the "A" code inside left of the "N" of VINCENT. Concurrently another ST. VINCENT cds is in play with apex of "A" code between "N" and "C" of VINCENT. The first period Mayreau almost always had the strikes in the full upright position, and this characteristic ST. VINCENT is immediately recognised for its full upright OILY strikes. Seven copies are now recorded A/AP 9 02 (SG.68), A/JY 4 02 (SG.67, 55% full), A/JY 31 02 (SG.68, full extremely oily in the inverted position, perhaps the stamp was placed upside down), A/SP 4 02 (SG.68), A/NO 3 02 (SG.77), A/NO 20 02 (SG.77), A/A- 1 03 (SG.77). These would all pay an internal rate to the mainland. There seems to be no alternative than to suggest these oily strikes attributed to use on the Grenadines island of Mayreau. £250 |
;) | VICTORIA, Malta postmark C/JU 11 00 on 1890 QV 1/- pale violet (SG.29, Cat.£25). Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £18 |
;) | NOTABILE, Malta postmark A/JY 11 98 on horiz. pair QV 1d (SG.21) with re-united QV ½d (SG.20) hinged at left. Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £8 |
;) | BARBADOES dbl-arc plus BARBADOS cds combination Not previously seen with both cancels struck on horiz. strip of four 1873 1/- black Large star wmk (SG.61), the dbl-arc dated possibly JY 11 1874 but month and day unclear, the cds clearly dated I/JY 11 74. £125 |
;) | "44" used NAWALAPITIYA, Ceylon numeral cancel on 1872 8c orange-yellow CC wmk (SG.124). £24 |