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;) ;) | GRENADA postal history 1897 poorly opened three sides with tear across address panel reg. cover to Myerscough in London with QV ½d (SG.30) strips of six and three, top left stamp showing distinctive short left leg to "H" of HALFPENNY, pmk'd St. David's "E" for NO xx 97 (without day slug). £75 |
;) ;) | K1 "14" (inverted watermark), Bermuda postmark on 1865 QV 1d pale rose CROWN CC INVERTED wmk (SG.2w), some trimmed perfs but an extraordinary and extremely rare combination. £400 |
;) | ST. GEORGES (inverted watermark), Bermuda postmark (H1) B/JU 11 89 on Crown CC INVERTED wmk QV ½d stone (SG.19w, Cat.£225), part extra cds rim at left. Ludington Page 141 states "the St. Georges Type H1 appears to have been used mainly as a transit or arrival datestamp, for unlike the Hamilton Type H1 few have been recorded cancelling adhesives". Geoff Osborn also considered examples as very rare, however in view of the frequency of this date with INVERTED WATERMARK plus traces of further datestamps at edges one must consider that these came from a large multiple perhaps cancelled-to-order. This date also exists with NORMAL WATERMARK (scarcer) £125 |
;) | ST. GEORGES (inverted watermark), Bermuda postmark (H1) B/JU 11 89 on Crown CC INVERTED wmk QV ½d stone (SG.19w, Cat.£225), trace of extra rim cancel at left. Ludington Page 141 states "the St. Georges Type H1 appears to have been used mainly as a transit or arrival datestamp, for unlike the Hamilton Type H1 few have been recorded cancelling adhesives". Geoff Osborn also considered examples as very rare, however in view of the frequency of this date with INVERTED WATERMARK plus traces of further datestamps at edges one must consider that these came from a large multiple perhaps cancelled-to-order. This date also exists with NORMAL WATERMARK (scarcer) £130 |
;) | ST. GEORGES (inverted watermark), Bermuda postmark (H1) B/JU 11 89 on Crown CC INVERTED wmk QV ½d stone (SG.19w, Cat.£225), part extra cds at left and trace rim of further strike at base. Ludington Page 141 states "the St. Georges Type H1 appears to have been used mainly as a transit or arrival datestamp, for unlike the Hamilton Type H1 few have been recorded cancelling adhesives". Geoff Osborn also considered examples as very rare, however in view of the frequency of this date with INVERTED WATERMARK plus traces of further datestamps at edges one must consider that these came from a large multiple perhaps cancelled-to-order. This date also exists with NORMAL WATERMARK (scarcer) £125 |
;) | ST. PHILIP, Barbados postmark (M3) inverted code 3/SP 26 03 on 1d Seal (SG.107), currently the only recorded date with this variety. £12 |
;) | ANTIGUA postmark with YEAR ERROR dated A/AP 28 28 on QV 1d (difficult to determine whether CC or CA wmk). £12 |
;) | BIDA, Northern Nigeria postmark (T.2B, 2½mm letters) 13 OC 22 (LRD) on MCA INVERTED wmk Die I KGV 6d (SG.25aw), minor faults. £100 |
;) ;) | 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 |
;) | K3a "9", Bermuda postmark on 1865 QV 1 pale rose Crown CC INVERTED wmk (SG.2w, Cat.£250), rare combination. The finest of two examples recorded by me £165 |
;) ;) ;) | 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 |
;) ;) | LEEWARD ISLAND stamps: 1902 "One Penny" on QV 7d (SG.19var, Cat.£52), fine used block of four on fragment pmk'd Roseau "A07", lower right stamp initially appears to be "One Penn" only due weak "y" typeset. £75 |
;) ;) ;) | TRINIDAD stamps: 1916 SG UNPRICED 1d scarlet with RED SHADING ON CROSS OMITTED (SG.175c), fine marginal unmounted mint accompanied by normal block of four for comparison. £525 |
;) | PENAL, Trinidad skeleton postmark (T.10) showing reversed first D in TRINIDAD dated 20 NO 50 on KG6 4c (SG.249a). £24 |
;) | 17 used MARE D'ALBERT, Mauritius postmark on QV 1/- orange Crown CC INVERTED wmk (SG.70w). £30 |
;) ;) | BRITISH HONDURAS 2c on 15c (1st Setting) Position 50 showing "no stop" and middle state chips to base of T and lower left leg of W (SG.224a, Cat.£70), fine used. £36 |
;) ;) | BRITISH GUIANA 2c on 15c (1st Setting) Position 25 showing lead mark between T and S and RETOUCH to left value tablet, fresh mounted mint. £18 |
;) ;) ;) ;) ;) | BRITISH GUIANA 2c on 15c (1st Setting) Positions 25, 26. Position 25 showing lead mark and RETOUCH in left side value tablet, Position 26 WITHOUT RAISED QUAD and earlier stages broken top right of T and chipped lower left leg of W, a fine mounted mint positional pair with some backing paper adherence along base. A key piece. As this Position 26 WITHOUT RAISED QUAD shows earlier stages to broken letters to T and W (ie less chipped W) one must now consider that the RAISED QUAD arose at a later stage £70 |
;) ;) | BRITISH GUIANA 2c on 15c (1st Setting) Position 26 showing raised quad and broken top right of T and chipped lower left leg of W, generally fine used. £18 |
;) ;) ;) | BRITISH GUIANA 2c on 15c (1st Setting) Positions 23,24. Position 23 showing raised T, fresh mounted mint pair. £5 |