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;) | CURMI, Malta postmark/cancel AM/SP 10 01 on QV ½d green Crown CA INVERTED WATERMARK (SG.20w), creased top right. Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £120 |
;) | "72" used KATALUWA, Ceylon numeral cancel on 1885 5c on QV 4c rose CA wmk (SG.178), broken "&" variety. £18 |
;) | "34" used GAMPOLA, Ceylon numeral cancel on 1885 5c on QV 4c rose CA wmk (SG.178), broken "&" variety. £14 |
;) | "98" used NAINAMADAMA, Ceylon numeral cancel on 1885 5c on QV 4c rose strip of three CA wmk (SG.178), middle stamp with broken "&". £32 |
;) | "101" used HATTON, Ceylon numeral postmark on 1885 5c on QV 4c rose CA wmk (SG.178), broken "&" variety £18 |
;) | "22" used CLAXTON BAY, Trinidad numeral cancel (Type 0.4, short tail) on 1876 (1d) rose-carmine REVERSED CC wmk (SG.75bx). Ex MEDLICOTT £10 |
;) | NEWLY DISCOVERED second series smaller type "T.16" used CHAGUANAS, Trinidad numeral postmark on ONE PENNY rosy carmine (SG.101x) clearly showing a smaller font. Supplied with normal "T.16" on the same issue for comparison, both stamps REVERSED CC wmk. Ex MEDLICOTT (but the smaller font not identified as such). £150 |
;) | "9" used MANZANILLA, Trinidad numeral cancel (Type 0.4) on 1876 (1d) rose-carmine REVERSED CC wmk (SG.75bx). £60 |
;) | "12" used BLANCHISSEUSE, Trinidad numeral cancel (Type 0.4) on 1876 (1d) rose-carmine REVERSED CC wmk (SG.76bx). £100 |
;) | "64" used CHILWA, Ceylon numeral postmark on 1885 5c on QV 32c slate (SG.155), surface scuff, broken "E" in "CENTS". £10 |
;) | "10" used NEGOMBO, Ceylon numeral postmark on 1885 QV SHIFTED OVERPRINT 28c on 48c rose (SG.168), some thinning. £36 |
;) ;) | "28" used BADULLA, Ceylon numeral postmark on 1885 FIVE CENTS (damaged top letters EN) on QV 64c red-brown P.14 x 12½ (SG.173), perf. defect top left. £20 |
;) | "6." used AROUCA, Trinidad numeral postmark (Type 0.6) on 1882 ONE PENNY rosy-carmine REVERSED CA wmk (SG.101x). Ex MEDLICOTT £24 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1884 QV 4d ultramarine-blue Crown CA REVERSED wmk P.12 ovp'd "Revenue" (SG.43x, PML.15), a mounted mint block of four with large areas original gum, some toned perfs. along top. An exceptionally rare multiple. £1200 |
;) ;) | BARBADOS stamps: QV 4d pale brown (SG.96) with prominent coloured dot below "R" of BARBADOS fine mounted mint. £28 |
;) ;) | 1916 heavily underlined GI with partial stop between N and I of VIRGIN ISLANDS on 1d carmine WAR STAMP (SG.78), fresh u/m, only three examples recorded to date. War Tax specialist John Cranmer has a positional multiple from top left pane (without Plate number) showing the variety Row 3/5. This prominent variety NOT listed in the newly published War Tax Stamps of the British Empire by John G.M. Davis. £125 |
;) ;) | Southern Cross plate flaw with broken "F" variety, St. Vincent stamps a fresh mounted mint copy of the 1894 FIVE PENCE on QV 6d lake (SG.60b) showing combination broken "F" in "FIVE" and the three distinctive coloured marks on Queen's neck (aptly named the Southern Cross plate flaw by Peter Jaffe) as always found on Row 5/1 of the complete sheet. £18 |
;) ;) | Southern Cross plate flaw WITHOUT short "F", St. Vincent stamp: a fresh mounted mint copy presumably from the FIRST PRINTING of the 1893 FIVE PENCE on QV 6d carmine-lake (SG.60) showing combination full "F" in "FIVE" and 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. Not previously seen by me. £140 |
;) ;) | "Full extra tree-trunk" variety, BAHAMAS postal history 1919 reg. cover to Port Washington, New York with pair 1918 3d purple/yellow ovp'd "WAR TAX" (SG.94) pmk'd Nassau 7 MAR 19, the left stamp showing the full extra tree-trunk" variety. £80 |
;) | BARBADOS stamps: 1873 (½d) green wmk Large Star (SG.58), used with DOUBLE PERFORATIONS at base, slight toning, unusual. £60 |