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;) | MUSTA, Malta postmark AM/DE 17 05 on KE7 1d carmine Post Card cut-out piece. Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £75 |
;) | "2" used SAN FERNANDO, Trinidad numeral postmark (Type 0.3) on 1862 1d crimson-lake P.11½,12 (SG.60). £18 |
;) | ST. VINCENT cds used Grenadine island of MAYREAU NEW DISCOVERY dated A/AP 9 02 on QV 1d Keyplate (SG.68). Nothing is known for MAYREAU period C/NO 21 01 to MAYREAU B.W.I C/DE 18 14. Kingstown at this time was using a very clean ST. VINCENT cds with the apex of the "A" code inside left of the "N" of VINCENT. Concurrently another ST. VINCENT cds is in play with apex of "A" code between "N" and "C" of VINCENT. The first period Mayreau almost always had the strikes in the full upright position, and this characteristic ST. VINCENT is immediately recognised for its full upright OILY strikes. Seven copies are now recorded A/AP 9 02 (SG.68), A/JY 4 02 (SG.67, 55% full), A/JY 31 02 (SG.68, full extremely oily in the inverted position, perhaps the stamp was placed upside down), A/SP 4 02 (SG.68), A/NO 3 02 (SG.77), A/NO 20 02 (SG.77), A/A- 1 03 (SG.77). These would all pay an internal rate to the mainland. There seems to be no alternative than to suggest these oily strikes attributed to use on the Grenadines island of Mayreau. £250 |
;) | SEYCHELLES forgery on CEYLON stamp: 1903 QV 2r.25 purple & green (SG.356), a forgery in issued colours 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 BADULLA (Ceylon) cds dated SP 9 07 which could not be removed. Smeets work on Seychelles issues rarely encountered. £240 |
;) | PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad on GREAT BRITAIN stamps: a stunning block of four Great Britain 1904 KE7 ½d yellowish-green (SG.218) pmk'd PORT-OF-SPAIN A/FE 4 06, some hinged perf. splitting middle right. Almost certainly unique. £80 |
;) | PAID AT MONTSERRAT Crowned Circle piece with clear strike in BLACK ink. Only one cover and this piece in BLACK ink recorded. Proud handbook lists two periods of use being JA 25 1853 to JU 10 1861 (red ink) and DE 15 1883 to JY 23 1886, the DE 15 1883 cover is in red ink to the Colonial Bank, St. Kitts (Est. £8000 in auction) and the JY 23 1886 cover is in black ink to George Callf, Horsham, Sussex (Est. £9000). £280 |
;) | CLAXTON Bay, Trinidad postmark (T.2) C/AU 17 93 on QV 1d (SG.107). £6 |
;) | ST. VINCENT cds used at the Grenadine island of MAYREAU NEW DISCOVERY dated A/SP 4 02 on QV 1d Keyplate (SG.68) Nothing is known for MAYREAU period C/NO 21 01 to MAYREAU B.W.I C/DE 18 14. Kingstown at this time was using a very clean ST. VINCENT cds with the apex of the "A" code inside left of the "N" of VINCENT. Concurrently another ST. VINCENT cds is in play with apex of "A" code between "N" and "C" of VINCENT. The first period Mayreau almost always had the strikes in the full upright position, and this characteristic ST. VINCENT is immediately recognised for its full upright OILY strikes. Seven copies are now recorded A/AP 9 02 (SG.68), A/JY 4 02 (SG.67, 55% full), A/JY 31 02 (SG.68, full extremely oily in the inverted position, perhaps the stamp was placed upside down), A/SP 4 02 (SG.68), A/NO 3 02 (SG.77), A/NO 20 02 (SG.77), A/A- 1 03 (SG.77). These would all pay an internal rate to the mainland. There seems to be no alternative than to suggest these oily strikes attributed to use on the Grenadines island of Mayreau. £250 |
;) | CALABAR, Southern Nigeria postmark on ANGOLA stamps: (T.6a) dated A/OC 26 08 on horiz. pair Angola 25c, most unusual. £120 |
;) | VICTORIA, Malta postmark C/JU 11 00 on 1890 QV 1/- pale violet (SG.29, Cat.£25). Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £18 |
;) | ATTARD, Malta postmark AM/OC 18 06 on KE7 1d Post Card cut-out piece. Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £140 |
;) | COLIHAUT, Dominica postmark dated */FE 2 03 on Leeward Islands KE7 ½d (SG.20). £75 |
;) | CASAL-LIA, Malta postmark rare "B" code on KE7 dated B/NO 9 16 on "out of period" use of KE7 1d carmine Post Card "cut-out" piece - perhaps the only survivor on KE7 issue as the "B" code normally confined to KGV issues and known for period B/DE 24 14 to B/AP 15 19. Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £90 |
;) | NOTABILE, Malta postmark A/JY 11 98 on horiz. pair QV 1d (SG.21) with re-united QV ½d (SG.20) hinged at left. Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £8 |
;) | MELLEHA, Malta postmark A/MY 20 21 (currently last use of ½d denomination, day oily but enlarged more 20 than 28) on KGV ½d (SG.71). Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £20 |
;) | ZEBBUG, Malta postmark part dated very rare PM/N- 26 08 (seemingly left side of N) on KE7 ½d (SG.47). Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £100 |
;) | CURMI, Malta postmark AM/SP -- 17 (the day has short 1 and appearance of a large sideways 7) on KGV ½d (SG.71), Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £14 |
;) | CURMI, Malta postmark AM/DE 16 10 (sideways 0 in year) on KE7 ½d (SG.47). Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £24 |
;) | BARBADOES dbl-arc plus BARBADOS cds combination Not previously seen with both cancels struck on horiz. strip of four 1873 1/- black Large star wmk (SG.61), the dbl-arc dated possibly JY 11 1874 but month and day unclear, the cds clearly dated I/JY 11 74. £125 |
;) | "44" used NAWALAPITIYA, Ceylon numeral cancel on 1872 8c orange-yellow CC wmk (SG.124). £24 |