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;) | 1913 underpaid interprovincial cover with pair Transvaal KE7 1d tied PHILIPSTOWN A/JU 21 13 cds, pencilled T with further KE7 ½d added and tied CAPE TOWN JU 25 13. £24 |
;) | UNION, St. Vincent postmark C/DE 4 03 on blocks of 7 and 6 plus 4 KE7 ½d (SG.76) on pieces which connect. £40 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1974 Grenadines 2c, 3c Birds(SG.24/25) the locals overprints in u/m blocks of four additionally showing full clear complete offsets on reverse. £32 |
;) | BURUTU skeleton (RUTU not inserted or fallen out) (D9) 20 AU 1928 on KGV 2d chestnut to London, no backstamps, skeleton width 30mm. Identification of this BU as BURUTU is not certain (as the BURUTU D7 d/ring was in use up to SP 8 1928 per Proud); and BUEA has been considered. Perhaps recognition of the correspondence will assist. £125 |
;) ;) | GRANTS TOWN, Bahamas postal history 1930 cover from "MASON THE FLORIST" with enclosure with pressed flora and stuck-down petals addressed to Cambridge, Massachusetts with 2 x 3d Staircase (SG.77) and decorative "WE TELEGRAPH FLOWERS" advertising label all tied by GRANTS TOWN */FE 10 30 (Type 5) cds. £280 |
;) | 1902 (JA 27) BOER WAR - NQUTU, Natal postal history (M.2) JA 27 1902 tying GB QV 1d on cover to Cradock arriving FE 2 02. £140 |
;) | VICTORIA postal history: 1865 mourning cover with P.12 QV 4d pink, 6d grey-black for Marseilles route tied Geelong FE 24 65 duplex, b/stamped AP 13 65 arrival. £125 |
;) ;) | 868 used ALIWAL NORTH, Cape of Good Hope postal history C/MY 2 98 with CGH 1d tied on uncancelled Orange Free State 1d orange Brief Kaart to Hamburg. £90 |
;) ;) | BOGUS BISECTED REVENUE, BARBADOS to ST.CHRISTOPHER postal history the bogus "Revenue" and "HALF PENNY" overprints on diagonally perforated genuine QV 1d carmine (SG.92) tied faked Barbados duplex A/JA 4 87 on cover to St. Christopher showing both red and black faked arrival cancels. Opened-out for display, a little fragile with small faults, only entire seen as such. BPA cert as faked cover. £275 |
;) | MAN-OF-WAR CAY, Bahamas postmark (TRD 3C) NOV 21 1952 on block of 4 KG6 ½d brown purple (SG.149ec), upper right copy showing elongated E (Row 9/6). £60 |
;) | BAHAMAS dbl-arc postmark/cancel CONTRARY TO REGULATIONS dated MR 14 1864/A (instead of killer "A05") on 1863 QV 4d dull rose CC wmk P.12½ (SG.27), a fine and rare horiz. strip of three (used for paying 1/- rate to the UK introduced AP 1 1863). £225 |
;) | FOX HILL, Bahamas postmark (T.5, D2) */DE 30 29 in blue on re-united vertical pairs KGV ½d (upper copy elongated E, Cat.£65.00), 1d (SG.115/115a,116). £95 |
;) | NICOLLS TOWN negative brass MAIL BAG seal, Bahamas postmark showing lettering LLS on 1906-11 KE7 1d (SG.72). Very rare. £175 |
;) | Oval of 6 bars applied ACKLINS ISLAND, Bahamas postmark (TRC V in violet) on QV 2½d (SG.52). £75 |
;) | EXUMA negative brass MAIL BAG seal, Bahamas postmark showing all five letters of office name on QV 2½d (SG.50). Extremely rare and thought previously unrecorded on QV issues. £280 |
;) | POA 2 used 1902 (JY --) BOER WAR, Natal postal history tying GB KE7 1d on cover to Cradock (B/JY 22 02 arrival) with Newcastle A/JY 19 1902 transit. Minor soiling. £48 |
;) ;) | P.O.A. 59, NATAL postal history P.O.A. 59 on much travelled opened-out 1898 Transvaal 1d rate cover pmk'd Johannesburg 3 ME1 98 to Lower Umzimkulu re-addressed Imbezana, Natal with GPO, Natal 4 MY 98, Durban 5 MY 98, Umzinto 5 5 98, Umhlangeni MY 12 98 and MY 13 98, 2 x POA 59, Port Shepstone JY 7 98, Umhlangeni JY 8 98 and purple Returned Letter Office 15 9 98 plus 2 OCT 98 unidentified Z.A.R. return arrival, reverse with blue crayon "Advertised + Unclaimed". Exhibition item. £525 |
;) ;) | NATAL postal history 1902 reg. cover to Cradock with 7 x QV 1d (SG.99a) tied P.O.A. 91 numerals, b/stamped Durban MR 6 1902, flap tied by stamp selvedge and marked "Reported" with initials to show registered mail has extra sealing (stamp selvedge), staining on reverse. £725 |
;) | POA 94 used 1902 (JA --) BOER WAR, Natal postal history on QV 1d rate cover to Diyatalawa Camp, Ceylon, b/stamped FE 15 02 arrival. £140 |
;) | FORWARDED BY/GEORGE A. LLOYD & Co/SYDNEY, N.S.W. blue in oval cachet on lower flap of 1861 cover from San Francisco p. Electra to Parametta, N.S.W. The agent affixed the 2d and 2 x 1d adhesives for the onward 4d inland rate between ½oz and 1oz. Cover a little aged etc but believed to be the only example of this rare cachet. £525 |