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;) | LOWER UMFOLOSI, Zululand postmark/cancel (Z.7) in purple dated 18 JAN 1898 on Natal QV 1d (SG.99a). £75 |
;) | 9 used ST. ANDREW, Barbados postmark/cancel (C2) bootheel on 1d dull blue (SG.74). £36 |
;) | 5 used ST. JOHN, Barbados postmark/cancel (C2) bootheel on 1870 1/- black Large star wmk (SG.47), rare on this issue. £40 |
;) | BARBADOS SHIP LETTER postmark/cancel (Benwell D3) dated 2 FE 82 on 1876 4d red (SG.76), extremely rare as an adhesive "killer". In the post-UPU period (Barbados joined SP 1 1881) adhesives on cover were cancelled by this oval BARBADOS SHIP LETTER datestamp, a fact not previously known. No examples yet found on "loose" 1882 Queen's head issues. £240 |
;) | TRINCOMALEE, Ceylon postmark on forged ST. KITTS-NEVIS stamp 1903 5/- Medicinal Spring (SG.10), a forgery 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 portion of a (TRINC)OMALEE (Ceylon) cds which could not be removed. £80 |
;) | EKUTULENI, Natal postal history Previously unrecorded d/ring with maltese cross at base dated 21 FEB 13 on Natal KE7 1d UPU Post Card with same day MELMOTH, ZULULAND transit to Klefoa, Sweden, full text. Head Office MELMOTH, previously named SITEKU (office opened 1910), renamed EKUTULENI (OC 1 1911). £150 |
;) | 29 used SPRINGVALE, Natal postmark/cancel (Type H) on 1870 QV 1d bright red (SG.60). £32 |
;) | 16 used CHAGUANAS, Trinidad postmark/cancel (Type 0.2) on re-perforated 1863-80 1/- lilac-rose (SG.73a). £20 |
;) | BALANGODA, Ceylon postmark on forged ST. KITTS-NEVIS stamp 1903 5/- Medicinal Spring (SG.10), a forgery 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 portion of a (BA)LANGODA (Ceylon) cds which could not be removed. £80 |
;) | A64, Jamaica postmark/cancel Topaz unrecorded OVERPRINT INVERTED (17mm) on QV ½d OFFICIAL (SG.01e). £160 |
;) | BARROUALLIE, St. Vincent postmark/cancel C/AU 12 85 on QV 2½d on 1d blue (SG.55a). £6 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps; (PML.36) 1888 "1d.." on QV 1d rose-lilac, overprinted "Proudfoot & Co". £8 |
;) | 4 CONCENTRIC CIRCLES postmark/cancel on DOMINICA stamp on KG6 1d (SG.100). £6 |
;) | COLONARIE, St.Vincent postmark/cancel C/OC 18 88 on QV 1d red (SG.48b), ex Jaffe collection. £18 |
;) | 2 used SAN FERNANDO, Trinidad postmark/cancel (Type 0.7a) 2/MY 23 70 on 1863-80 1/- mauve (aniline) CC wmk P.12½ (SG.73b), tear and perf. faults. £5 |
;) | 2 used SAN FERNANDO, Trinidad postmark/cancel (Type 0.6) on 1876 4d bluish grey CA wmk P.14 (SG.76), thinned with perf. toning. £5 |
;) | 21 used CUREPIPE, Mauritius postmark/cancel on QV 4c orange CA wmk (SG.104), £12 |
;) | PRAMPRAM, Gold Coast postmark/cancel (T.2) A/MY 16 83 on QV 2d green CC wmk P.14 (SG.6), creasing. £20 |
;) | "S.S. SCANPENN" paquebot postmark/cancel on DOMINICA stamp on KGV 1d (SG.73). £10 |
;) | G.P.O. PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD postmark/cancel on DOMINICA stamp arrival dated OC 1 12 on 1d View (SG.48). £6 |