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;) | CHATEAUBELAIR, St. Vincent postmark/cancel C/JU 26 85 on QV 1d rose red (SG.48). £40 |
;) | A52, Jamaica postmark/cancel on QV 1d CA wmk (SG.17). £2 |
;) | A54 (Type J) used MILE GULLY, Jamaica postmark/cancel on QV 1d CA wmk (SG.18a), very rare on this issue. £36 |
;) | 17 used COLENSO, Natal postmark/cancel on 1872 QV 3d bright blue (SG.61). £20 |
;) | 312 used IRON MINE HILL, Rhodesia on 1898 1d rose (SG.77). £60 |
;) | SINGAPORE "balsa wood cover", Malaya postal history 1959 hand-illustrated "balsa wood" cover to Liverpool with QE2 2c, 10c pmk'd Singapore 27 NOV 1959, some opening tears top left. £80 |
;) | A03 used Georgetown, British Guiana postmark/cancel in red ink on 1867 12c pale lilac P.10 (SG.97). £18 |
;) | ST. LUCIA postmark/cancel dated C/NO 1 85 on QV 1d carmine-rose (SG.32), rarely seen as such. £24 |
;) | A67 used Port Royal, Jamaica postmark/cancel on QV 1d CA wmk (SG.17), rare on this issue. £20 |
;) | MOOLTAN "36", India postal history 1871 mourning cover to Mrs Harkness, The Ivy House, Ore, Hastings, Sussex with 2 x QV 1a, 2 x QV 2a (6a rate) pmk'd MOOLTAN "36" duplex dated JU 8 71 with red boxed INDIA/PAID alongside, reverse Bombay 13 JU 71 and Hastings A/JY 17 71 arrival. John Granville Harkness (1831-1900) was a major-general in the British army during the Victorian era. During the 1830's his family moved to Ivy Lodge, Ore where he attended schools both in Hastings and Brighton. He entered the army on MY 13 1853 as Ensign in the 55th Regiment, without purchase - on the recommendation of the Duke of Wellington for his grandfather's service. Served throughout the Crimean War 1854-55 and carried the Queen's colours at Alma, for heroic conduct nominated for the Victoria Cross. He fought at Inkerman, the assault on the Quarries, siege and fall of Sebastopol and the Battle of the Great Redan. Two pencil drawings of the Crimea War by Harkness survive at the National Army Museum. In 1862 he was appointed to the 5th Fusiliers and ADC to the Governor of Mauritius, later served in South Africa 1864-67, took part in the Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878-1880, and he commanded the column that cleared the entrance to the Khyber Pass. £450 |
;) | BIABOU, St. Vincent postmark/cancel C/JY 21 86 on QV 1d rose (SG.48a). Currently the latest recorded date before the terrible cyclone of AU 16 86. No further strikes are known until C/SP 1 86 and the black GB/40c was probably used as a consequence during the interim period. £50 |
;) | OFFICERS 6d CONCESSION RATE cover (1 of 2 known), BRITISH HONDURAS postal history 1869 wrapper marked "Officers Letter, via New Orleans" to Mrs. Langford, Rathangan, Co. Kildare, Ireland countersigned "(Thos.) Edwards, Captain 4th W. I, Regiment, Commanding Left Wing" showing red BELIZE A/AP 7 69 PAID, red crayon "6", Liverpool Paid Br. Packet 27 AP 69, Rathangan O/AP 28 69. Small portion missing lower left. The civilian rate was increased from 6d to 1/- per half ounce on AP 1 1863 until UPU entry AP 1 79, and the Officers concession rate of 6d was introduced FE 1 1869 and withdrawn DE 31 1869 (23 months) allowing a savings of 6d. From the same correspondence only one other similar Officers Letter is recorded to Mrs Langford countersigned Thos. Edwards dated DE 7 68, and a civilian rate cover to Miss Alice Langford, via New Orleans, rated red crayon 1/1 is dated AU 9 67. £1750 |
;) | COROZAL, British Honduras postmark/cancel */SP 7 21 on KGV 2c Peace (SG.121). £14 |
;) | The unique red ink RABACCA, St. Vincent postmark/cancel Newly discovered dated C/FE 6 98 on 1897 QV 5d sepia (SG.62). Ex Ron Cronin collection. £725 |
;) | WHITTLESEA, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel 1884 6d reddish purple Cabled Anchor wmk (SG.52), block of 24 pmk'd AP 22 86, a stunning and sensational exhibition piece. £725 |
;) | EGYPT to MALTA postal history 1889 use of 5mils carmine UPU Post Card pmk'd Alexandrie 4 XI 89 to Alfred Gouder, Valletta with fine MALTA G/NO 9 89 arrival, full text. £28 |
;) | A27 used ALEXANDRIA, Jamaica postmark/cancel on QV 1d CC wmk (SG.8a). £5 |
;) | A73 used ST. ANN'S BAY, Jamaica postmark/cancel on QV 1d Pine wmk (SG.1). £6 |
;) | A76 used SPANISH TOWN, Jamaica postmark/cancel (Type O), on QV 1d Keyplate (SG.27). £3 |
;) | CHAMAH, Gold Coast postmark/cancel (T.2) C/AU 11 90 on QV 2d slate (SG.13b). £9 |