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;) | JAMAICA to CAYMAN ISLANDS showing both FORWARDING AGENT and NAMED MAIL BOAT 1890 cover to James S. Webster, Bodden Town, Grand Caymans c/o W.H.B. Hitchins, 2 Lower George Lane, Kingston endorsed Schr Electra with Jamaica QV 1d Keyplate pmk'd SHOOTERS HILL A/NO 14 90 and backstamped Kingston 3 D/NO 15 90 squared circle. Peripheral faults but exceptional for showing both forwarding agent for Cayman Islands mail and named mail boat. A Post Office was opened at Grand Cayman during April 1889. GEORGE ORWITT was agent for the Cayman Islands in Kingston 1859 until AP 12 1889. Letters destined for Caymanians were first addressed to friends/relatives in Jamaica, who then gave them to Orwitt to deliver through the captain of any vessel bound for the Caymans. Thereafter H.B. Hitchins became the forwarding agent for mail to the Caymans. £1200 |
;) | REGISTERED PRINTED MATTER, British Honduras postal history 1891 home-made and still sealed wrapper using large part of a printed Deed dated Belize 15th March 1889 opened at both ends so as to enclose a printed pamphlet or newspaper showing small portion removed at left where the enclosure was probably "tied" addressed to Dresden, Germany with 3 x "3 CENTS" on QV 3d tied "O" obliterators without despatch datestamp being contrary to regulations, endorsed 'Printed Matter Registered' with REGISTERED LONDON 10 MY 91 oval and DRESDEN 19 5 91 arrival b/stamp. Exceptionally rare as such. £480 |
;) ;) | ARROYO, Porto Rico carried "loose" to ST. THOMAS postal history (Ex Don Gaspar Roca)
1874 entire, written at Arroyo on July 11th 1874 has the correct 4d rate adhesive for mail to the British Postal Agency at St. Thomas, but was carried as a ‘loose’ letter (outside the mailbag) and was pmk’d ‘C51’ on arrival, no datestamp was applied probably due the letter originating elsewhere. The letter was then carried from St. Thomas to New York by the U.S. and Brazil Mail Steamship Company, the only line serving New York and Brazil during this period. The line was viewed by the British Government as an intruder on the British monopoly over mail service to and from Brazil, and was consequently driven out of business by heavy British government subsidies to the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. Ex Don Gaspar ROCA (2006). Entires from the British Postal Agency at Arroyo, opened 24th October 1872, are seldom encountered with the GB adhesives pmk’d ‘F83’. The few surviving covers are divided into two groups, those initially cancelled by round top ‘3’ in the ‘F83’ and those with a replacement flat top ‘3’ sent out 31st August 1876 due a fire. £825 |
;) | TRANSVAAL postal history to JAVA, Nederland Indies 1896 cover with ½d, 2d pmk'd Pretoria 30 JAN 96 to Bandoeng, Java forwarded Willerrede, handstruck RANTJA EKET village str. line, b/stamped BATAVIA 24 3 1896 d/ring, TJIANDJOER 24 3 1896 d/ring, BANDOENG 25 3 1896 d/ring. £325 |
;) | 15 used UNION-VALE, Mauritius postal history (Ex George R. WREN) 1880 use of QV 2c Post Card to Port Louis with design pmk'd "15" with UNION-VALE A/JU 1 80 cds alongside. Ex George R WREN (1963). £90 |
;) | 9 used HEIDELBERG, Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.3) on 2d on 3d (SG.194). £12 |
;) | 15 used NYLSTROOM, Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.3) on 2d on 3d (SG.193). £12 |
;) | 8 used ZEERUST, Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.3) on 2d (SG.177). £10 |
;) | OGBOMOSHO, Lagos postmark/cancel (T.14) SE 9 06 on KE7 6d MCA (SG.59). £60 |
;) | MELMOTH, Zululand postmark/cancel (Z.9, M.1) MR 18 02 on Natal QV 1d (SG.99a). £12 |
;) | KWITTA, Gold Coast postmark/cancel (T.5) JY 16 96 on QV 10/- (SG.23). £18 |
;) | 11 code used ST. LUCY, Barbados postmark/cancel (M2-R) dated ll/JY 14 86 on QV 2½d (SG.93). £18 |
;) | 8 used Zeerust, Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.3) on 1d (SG.176), perf. fault. £4 |
;) | 8 used Zeerust, Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.3) on 3d (SG.180). £12 |
;) | 8 used Zeerust, Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.3) on 6d (SG.182). £4 |
;) | 8 used Zeerust, Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.3) on 1/- (SG.183). £12 |
;) | 13 used LYDENBURG, Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.3) on ½d (SG.175). £8 |
;) | 13 used LYDENBURG, Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.3) on ½d (SG.175). £10 |
;) | 13 used LYDENBURG, Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.3) on 1d (SG.176). £8 |
;) | 13 used LYDENBURG, Transvaal postmark/cancel (T.3) on 1d (SG.176). £5 |