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;) | 7 used ARIMA (originally), Trinidad postmark on VIRGIN ISLANDS (Type 0.2) used as sole canceller on 1884 QV 2½d ultramarine (SG.31), smaller faults. The 1883 QV issues for Arima are normally always cancelled by either the 0.9 duplex numeral datestamp or by the 0.6 numeral in diamond handstamp. This late use of 0.2 7 is also known on Trinidad 1883 QV 1d (SG.107). This extraordinary and unusual use might suggest re-allocation to Dead Letter Office or elsewhere. £85 |
;) | SAN FERNANDO (M.O.O.), Trinidad postmark FE 28 1880 on horiz. strip of three SIDEWAYS Crown CC ½d mauve (SG.99a). Rare multiple. £150 |
;) | TRANSVAAL to a gold mining company in London postal history 36 used EUREKA KAAP GOUDV., (T.6a) in blue on pair ½d grey, 2 x 2d olive-bistre cover dated A/27 AP 93 to a Gold Mining Company in London. £625 |
;) | ST. LUCIA to NEW SOUTH WALES 1898 cover to E. Wallwork, "Carrington", Newcastle, New South Wales with enclosed letter bearing QV ½d and 1d pmk'd C/NO 25 98, b/stamped Sydney and Newcastle (JA 10) and Carrington (JA 11). £60 |
;) | MAURITIUS postal history: (T.3) scarce CALEBASSES B/MY 24 9 (9 for 99) tying 1899 15c on 36c (SG.135, earlier date than MY 28 99 as listed by SG) on local tone-speckled cover to Vallombreuse, Calebasses. £120 |
;) | K4a "8", Bermuda postmark on QV 6d dull mauve CC wmk (SG.7). Extremely rare on this issue. £175 |
;) | PALEKYTHRO (T.31A) in purplish-black on QE2 3m (SG.174) piece. £9 |
;) | V.R. ASHA (T.21) on KGV 3/4pi (SG.119). £28 |
;) | PAPHO (T.2) A/JU 4 21 on KGV 2pi (SG.78). £12 |
;) ;) | 1885 incoming cover with USA 5c brown tied Brooklyn OCT 30 duplex. £48 |
;) | E.R. ASGATA (T.25A) on KGV ½pi (SG.75), minor toning. £40 |
;) | G.R. KORNO, Cyprus postmark (T.28) on KGV 3/4pi (SG.119). £24 |
;) | TRINIDAD stamps: 1869 (1d) lake Crown CC SIDEWAYS and REVERSED wmk (SG.69a), generally fine mint block of four, minor central perf. toning. £400 |
;) ;) | VIRGIN ISLANDS ..... Ex HOPKINS long tailed "S" on 1/- black & rose-carmine/greyish (SG.20a, Cat.£2000), fine mint with full extended margin from sheet position 11. Ex Adrian HOPKINS (1936 RPS certificate). Robson Lowe encyclopaedia Page 169 considers the sheets perforated outside the border to be an experimental printing limited to 25 to 50 sheets. All examples being rare. £1200 |
;) | 1921 KGV 5/- yellow-green SPECIMEN (SG.64), the yellow-green issue fine mint. £24 |
;) | K4a "12", Bermuda postmark on QV 1d CA wmk (SG.24a). £12 |
;) ;) | 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 |
;) | 1900 3/- Badge of the Islands (SG.109), m.m., slight off-setting on base of reverse. £15 |
;) | TRINIDAD stamps: 1896 5d (SG.119) handstamped local SPECIMEN (TR 12), good mint. £50 |
;) | ABA, Southern Nigeria (T.6a) OC 11 19 on KGV 2d rate cover to Chicago. £45 |