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;) | ATEBUBU, Gold Coast postmark/cancel (T.21) 5 JU 53 on KG6 2d (SG.138). £5 |
;) | APPAM, Gold Coast postmark/cancel (T.5) A/MY 8 97 on QV 6d (SG.17a). This being the current latest known use of the "A" code. £18 |
;) ;) | SHIKOHABAD and LASHKAR, GWALIOR STATE, India postal history 1894 use of East India QV ¼ anna REPLY CARD portion pmk'd SHIKOHABAD JL 15 (94) sqc with LASHKAR, GWALIOR STATE 16 JL 94 cds alongside address panel. £16 |
;) ;) ;) ;) ;) | PD in oval, ST. VINCENT postal history (Ex FORSYTH) Newly discovered FIRST RECORDED USE OF THE "PD" IN OVAL IN BLACK INK USED AS A "KILLER" ON ENTIRE: 1878 wrapper from George Robertson, St. Vincent to Messrs. Charles W. Gray, London with QV 1/- vermilion P.11 to 12½ x 15 (SG.24) tied by black "PD" in oval (PML.83) with matching ink colour ST. VINCENT AU 9 78 despatch plus red London Paid 28 (AU 78) arrival on address panel, adhesive crossed by filing fold and may have been lifted for inspection, recipient's purple notes on address panel include "Trouble with Rose Bank machinery". (Ex FORSYTH lot 562) Similar purple ink recipient notes on this correspondence to Charles Gray show that letters were posted from Kingstown which was using the horiz. "A10" (PML.4) at this time but had changed from red to black ink mid-1878 as per illustrations JU 18 78 and AU 8 78; and this next day use may indicate late mail accepted into the Post Office. £525 |
;) ;) | BARBADOS "USED ABROAD" U.P.U. POST CARD ACCEPTED IN ERROR AT DOMINICA 1886 use of Barbados QV 1½d brown UPU Post Card with cross-written text headed "Mar 29" pmk'd Dominica vertical "A07" at Roseau with C/AP 3 86 despatch cds alongside to Miss M.B. Clinckett, Rev. Canon Branch, The Rectory, Barrouallie, St. Vincent with only KINGSTOWN C/AP 8 86 arrival b/stamp, corner fault but a fine example of accepted mail which should not have been accepted without penalty. £275 |
;) ;) ;) | MISSENT or POST OFFICE KNOWS BEST, Dominica and St. Vincent postal history 1886 use of Dominica QV 1½d brown UPU Post Card with cross-written text headed "Dec 24" pmk'd vertical "A07" with C/DE 24 86 cds alongside to Miss M.B. Clinckett, Rev. Canon Branch, The Rectory, Barrouallie, St. Vincent with both KINGSTOWN and CALLIAQUA C/DE 30 86 transit and arrival cds alongside address panel. Barrouallie is situated 14 miles west of Kingstown on the Leeward coast whilst Calliaqua is about 8 miles east of Kingstown at the bottom of the island on the near Windward coast. £525 |
;) ;) ;) ;) | DIFFERING REGISTRATION LABELS (one "Cancelled"), ST. VINCENT postal history 1917 foolscap OHMS with embossed Royal Coat-of-Arms flap (unlikely to be of village origin) with "Saint Vincent." (18½mm long) R.282 label "Cancelled" in red ink, and "Saint Vincent." (20mm long) R.352 label on corner copy KGV 1/- bistre (SG.117, Cat.£32) cover to Port Washington, New York, USA showing Kingstown C/NO 23 17 despatch and G.P.O. A/FE 4 18 subsequent return, a wonderful item for the St. Vincent registered mail specialist. £150 |
;) | UNSEALED RATE, Grenada postal history 1895 unsealed rate cover to Utica, New York with QV ½d dull green pmk'd ST. GEORGE'S sideways facing down C/NO 25 95 cds. £75 |
;) ;) ;) | SLIEMA, Malta postal history 1888 used of QV 1d carmine Post Card written at "Sliema 11/5/88" to a Leipzig bookseller pmk'd Malta "A25" duplex dated C/MY 11 88. £85 |
;) ;) ;) | HOBART to AUCKLAND WHARF, NEW ZEALAND, Tasmania postal history 1854 outer lettersheet wmk'd "SALMON 1853" and marked "Per Lusia" to William Davis, Auckland Wharf, New Zealand with cut-to-shape Van Dieman's Land QV 4d bright red-orange, clear engraving lines (SG.5, Cat.£1,000, x 6 on cover) pmk'd Hobart numeral "63" showing clear AUCKLAND JY 25 1854/A arrival, both adhesive (small scissor-cut top right) and entire stained but an exceptionally rare destination for this issue. £825 |
;) ;) ;) | Wreck of S.S. "Emeu" to Woodford, Kensington, missent Hackney, NEW SOUTH WALES postal history 1857 entire with large part content to a Mrs. Cowell, Belgrave Villa, Woodford, near London with QV 6d slate tied barred oval cancel with fine SYNEY D/SEP 10 1857 displaying upper flap and red LONDON NL/DE 7 57 on address panel, on arrival re-directed Kensington and showing manuscript "Missent to Hackney", some smaller faults. Sent on the S.S. "Emeu" (under charter of the Australian Royal Mail Co.) which left Sydney on September 11 bound for Suez, but stranded on October 22nd in the Red Sea, on the Guttal el Bunna, a coral reef 120 miles from Jeddah. She was refloated the following day and beached for repairs near Duber Dubb finally reaching Suez on the 3rd November, the mails however having been transferred to the P.&.O S.S. "Madras" which reached Suez on the 19th November (16 days after the "Emeu"!). Paid for delivery in Southampton the cover was sent from Alexandria on the P.&.O "Ripon" arriving December 7th. £625 |
;) | ST. VINCENT REVENUE stamps: 1888 "3d" on QV 4d lilac ovp'd REVENUE (PML.32), fresh unused part gum example, rare as such. £200 |
;) | 21 used CUREPIPE, Mauritius postmark/cancel on 1880 QV 8c blue CC wmk (SG.94). £18 |
;) | INDIA postal history: 1858 mourning cover front and top flap marked via Marseilles to c/o General Ian James Douglas K.C.B. at Clifton, Bristol with QV ½ anna pale blue pair and two singles plus QV 4 anna black/blue paper tied "94" obliterators with red BOMBAY JY 3 1856 transit displaying on flap, cover edge faults. £180 |
;) | 41 used ST. PIERRE, Mauritius postmark/cancel on 1880 QV 17c rose CC wmk (SG.96). £16 |
;) ;) | LEBANESE COMMUNITY in DOMINICA postal history 1937 commercial cover with purple ELIAS GEORGE, The NEW LEBANON STORE, Roseau sender's cachet on flap to Kettering, Northants with KGV 1½d pmk'd Roseau */10 JU 37. £24 |
;) | ST. VINCENT REVENUE stamps: 1885-86 "1d." in vermilion on QV 1d rose-lilac ovp'd "REVENUE" (PML.24), fine part original gum handstamped "Specimen" (PML.Type II, Samuel SV1). £425 |
;) | ST. VINCENT REVENUE stamps: 1884 QV 1d lilac ovp'd "REVENUE" (PML.18), fine unused, gum traces. £14 |
;) | ST. VINCENT REVENUE stamps: 1883 THREE PENCE on QV 1d lilac ovp'd "Revenue" Crown CA REVERSED wmk (PML.10), good mounted mint. £25 |
;) | ST. VINCENT REVENUE stamps: 1883 QV 4d bright blue Crown CA wmk P.14, SG.41, Cat.£650 (PML.11), good mounted mint. £120 |