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;) | GRAVELOTTE, Transvaal postmark/cancel (D/R) 5 DEC 41 on South Africa ½d piece. £5 |
;) | ROKEBY, Tasmania postmark/cancel (T.1) MY 23 05 on 1d Pictorial. £7 |
;) ;) ;) | Combination "W A" manuscript and oval of bars, LAGOS postmark/cancel previously unrecorded manuscript dated "W A 6.1.6" on postally used 1904 KE7 1d MCA wmk (SG.55) in combination with light/poorly struck oval of bars. In the absence of positive identification the possibility can exist that the weakly struck oval of bars on this KE7 1d was "killed" on arrival by addition of manuscript at Wa, Northern Territories, Gold Coast as that office does not record use of a datestamp until JA 17 1908 (Proud handbook). £140 |
;) | HAMILTON (contrary to regulations), Bermuda postmark/cancel (H1) dated A/AP 7 71 contrary to regulations on QV 6d pale dull purple (SG.6, Cat.£75) which should have been cancelled by the K1 "2" killer at this date. This first 6d comes in shades ranging from pale to deep dull purple (as recorded by Ludington Page 241) £60 |
;) ;) | T.P.O. BERBICE STR (steamer), BRITISH GUIANA postal history: 1919 cover to J.P. Wright, Croydon, Surrey subsequently re-directed Henley-on-Thames with KGV 2c WAR TAX tied both T.P.O. BERBICE STR cds dated NO 7 19 and boxed "CHARGE NOT COLLECTED/FRESH LABEL REQUIRED" handstamp with circled "T" and handstruck "2d F.B.A" with GB 2d Postage Due tied PURLEY SORTING OFFICE 12 DE 19 d/ring, backstamped New Amsterdam and Georgetown 8 NOV 19, vertical fold. £125 |
;) | 8 (used ISIPINGO), Natal postal history MISSENT to Scotland 1883 cover to Mrs. J. N. Leonard, Scotland, Massachusetts with QV ½d CC wmk, 1d, 6d CA wmk pmk'd "8" obliterators with two strikes circled "MISSENT" alongside address panel, reverse Durban 25 AU 83 shield, London SP 25 93, New York OCT 6 83 Paid All, Waltham OCT 6 1883 arrival. £175 |
;) | CORNELIUS PA, Orange Free State postmark/cancel (CDS) indistinct oily date on 1897 ½d yellow (SG.84), diagonal crease. £18 |
;) | VICTORIA WEST, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel (D/R) OC 10 11 on KE7 1d (SG.71). £5 |
;) | LOWER PAARL, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel (D/R) DE 28 11 on KE7 ½d (SG.70). £5 |
;) | 21 used CUREPIPE, Mauritius postmark/cancel on 1880 QV 17c rose CC wmk P.14 (SG.96, Cat.£95). £40 |
;) | MODDERFONTEIN, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel (CDS) JA 30 9 on QV 1d (SG.49a). £7 |
;) | MAURITIUS stamps: BROKEN PIN PERFORATION as found Column 3 on 1880 QV 17c rose Crown CC P.14 (SG.96, Cat.£95), good fresh mounted mint. £48 |
;) | DOMINICA stamps: Previously unrecorded BROKEN PIN PERFORATION on 1879-88 (per SG) QV 1d lilac REVENUE Crown CC wmk P.14 (SG.R1), clearly manuscript dated "16/3/78". Dates and quantities for the first supplies DLR QV 1d lilac REVENUE Crown CC wmk P.14 are given in the handbook of Dominica by Victor Toeg as 20,000 on MR 5 1877, and 14,160 on AP 24 1877, plus details of further deliveries (Page 188). £60 |
;) | FORT BEAUFORT, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel (D/R) FE 28 11 on KE7 ½d (SG.70). £3 |
;) | BELIZE, British Honduras postmark/cancel WITHOUT CODE and DATE SLUGS on 1906 KE7 2c MCA wmk (SG.85a), unusual as normally found on KE7 1c denomination. £30 |
;) | GRAHAMS TOWN STATION, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel (CDS) part dated B/AP 15 -- (year partial but indistinct) on KE7 ½d (SG.70). £8 |
;) | D used ST. ANDREW'S, Grenada postmark/cancel dated 8 AP 3 on 1902 KE7 2/- green and ultramarine Crown CA wmk (SG.64, Cat.£65), extremely unusual on this denomination. £40 |
;) | MARTINDALE, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel (CDS) sideways O/AP 8 04 on KE7 1d (SG.71). £8 |
;) | GEORGE, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel (D/R) SP 15 11 on KE7 ½d (SG.70). £6 |
;) | MALENGE, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel (D/R) SP 18 11 on KE7 1d (SG.71), rare office. £18 |