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;) | 17 used COLENSO, Natal postmark/cancel on 1876 Chalon QV 6d violet (SG.83). £12 |
;) | ALL SAINTS, Antigua postmark/cancel C/OC 25 99 on Leewards QV ½d (SG.1), faults. £7 |
;) ;) ;) ;) | TITCHFIELD (two differing dates showing flexibility of handstamp), Jamaica postal history 1903 cover from The University of Chicago with 5c franking pmk'd Chicago APR 5 1903 to Prof. D.S. Johnson PhD, Chester Vale, Gordon Town, Jamaica variously forwarded with twelve differing backstamps including purple boxed TITCHFIELD (TRD 11) for both 16.4.03 and 17.4.03 (showing movement of "J" under "TC"), cover with corner fault. William Fawcett was the Director of Public Gardens and Plantations in Jamaica from 1887 to 1908, and having returned to Britain was the co-author of the first volumes of Flora of Jamaica. £180 |
;) | WESLEY (used MARIGOT), Dominica postmark/cancel dated */AP 28 04 on ½d View (SG.27). The WESLEY office closed July 31 1903 and business moved to MARIGOT 3 miles away. The current ERD for use of the MARIGOT cds is C/MR 2 06. £10 |
;) ;) | PHOENIX, Mauritius postmark/cancel (T.2) dated A/PHOENIX/JA 2 92 on TWO CENTS on QV 4c (SG.118) showing distinctive stop between "T" and "S" of "CENTS". £24 |
;) | A91, Virgin Islands postmark/cancel on 1870 4d lake-red/pale rose paper (SG.15, Cat.£75). £40 |
;) | 6 used PINETOWN, Natal postmark/cancel (T.G) on 1870 Chalon QV 1d bright red (SG.60). £10 |
;) | NEW SOUTH WALES stamps: BROKEN PIN PERFORATION on 1890 lilac-rose Lyrebird ovp'd "O S" (SG.043), fine lightly mounted mint. £16 |
;) | 308, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel on 1d (SG.59a). £10 |
;) | LAGOS postmark/cancel (T.5a, 20mm) STRUCK IN ERROR IN RED INK dated A/OC 24 75 with correction in black ink A/OC 24 75 twice emphasised on 1874 QV 4d carmine CC wmk P.12½ (SG.4, Cat.£50). £60 |
;) | MAURITIUS stamps: BROKEN PIN PERFORATION as found Column 3 on 1902 QV 50c green ovp'd Postage & Revenue (SG.161), fresh mounted mint. £28 |
;) ;) | PARCEL POST BAHAMAS postmark/cancel (Proud unrecorded, BAHAMAS in smaller letters, 25mm) poorly struck but dated 28 NO 29 on 1924 3/- Staircase Mult. Script CA wmk (SG.114, Cat.£70) clear of "double treetrunk" variety, fine used. £60 |
;) | A67 used PORT ROYAL, Jamaica postal history 1883 commercial reg. cover (opened top and right side) with SUNBEAM crested crown printed flap to Fraser, Manager of The La Guayra and Caracas Railway, Caracas, Venezuela with horiz. strip pf six QV 2d deep rose CC wmk (SG.9a) neatly pmk'd "A67" obliterators with PORT-ROYAL A/NO 12 83 backstamp, alongside address panel both Jamaica and St. Thomas registration handstamps and French Messageries Maritime line paquebot d/ring. The Venezuelan capital, Caracas, is situated seven miles from the Caribbean sea, but lies at an altitude of 3,000 feet. Surveys for a rail line from La Guaira began in 1867 and British and U.S. engineers disputed the route and financing for 14 years. An English group finally secured a contract in 1881, registered La Guaira and Caracas Railway Company in London, and began construction of a 23 mile line that involved neither cables, switchbacks nor rack, It ordered eight locomotives from Nasmyth, Wilson & Co. in Manchester and an assortment of passenger and freight cars, The line began carrying passengers in July 1883. £1650 |
;) | 27 used BEAU BASSIN, Mauritius postmark/cancel on 1878 QV 13c on 3d orange-red (SG.86), thinned. £20 |
;) | BETHAL, Transvaal postmark/cancel (D/R) 23 APR 12 on KE7 1d (SG.274) piece. £4 |
;) | POA 28, Natal postmark/cancel on QV 1d (SG.99a). £14 |
;) | MONTSERRAT PAID postmark/cancel CONTRARY TO REGULATIONS dated A/FE 16 84 tying bisected QV 1d red CC wmk P.12 (SG.6b) on local piece addressed the Gazette. All Montserrat covers 1876 to end 1878 (including the numerous bisect covers to Dominica and St. Christopher) have the adhesives corrected "killed" by the "A08" obliterator with despatch datestamp alongside on the cover, only one exception is noted with pair QV 6d green to Islington, London (ex Hopkins, Thompson, Toeg) dated NO 25 78 with adhesives solely cancelled MONTSERRAT PAID cds. £250 |
;) | MAURITIUS stamps: BROKEN PIN PERFORATION as found Column 3 on 1880 QV 17c rose Crown CC P.14 (SG.96, Cat.£95), fresh very lightly mounted mint. £65 |
;) | CRADOCK, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel 2-line CRADOCK./MAR 24 1865 on 1862 6d slate-lilac/white (SG.7c), margins clear 2 sides. £185 |
;) | SOMBREIRO RIVER, Niger Coast postmark/cancel (T.1a) A/AP 23 97 on QV 2½d. £12 |