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;) | 997, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel on 1d (SG.59a). £3 |
;) | 822, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel on 1d (SG.59a). £5 |
;) | 824, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel on 2½d (SG.56a). £3 |
;) | 482, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel on 2½d (SG.56), perf. defect. £3 |
;) | 356, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel on 1d (SG.49a). £5 |
;) | 226, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel on 3d CC wmk (SG.39a). £5 |
;) | 997, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel on 1d (SG.59a). £2 |
;) | 145, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel on 3d CC wmk (SG.39), some trimmed perfs. £4 |
;) | 227, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel on 6d (SG.52a). £5 |
;) | HASTINGS, Sierra Leone postmark/cancel (051.02) C/FE 1 15 on KGV 1d (SG.113) piece. £28 |
;) | HANGHA, Sierra Leone postmark/cancel (050.02) C/JA 11 18 on KGV 1d (SG.113a) piece with PASSED BY CENSOR handstamp alongside. £16 |
;) | LIPKE MATE, Gold Coast postmark/cancel (T.21) 9 FE 54 on KG6 2d (SG.138). £5 |
;) | To Captain of Ship "Achilles", NEW SOUTH WALES postal history 1861 cover from Newcastle to Captain Hurt, or present Captain, of Ship "Achilles", Sydney with QV 2d pmk'd "55", reverse Newcastle NO 15 1861 and SYDNEY A O/NO 16 61. £90 |
;) | NEW SOUTH WALES postal history 1858 cover to Captain Kent, 77th Regiment, Major of Brigade, Brigade Office with QV 1d pmk'd barred oval paying the "drop letter" rate, b/stamped SYDNEY MR 4 1858, both adhesive and cover with smaller faults. The 77th (the East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot embarked for New South Wales in June 1857 and then sailed for India in April 1858 to help suppress the Indian Rebellion. £125 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1882 DLR QV 1d drab ovp'd "Revenue" (PML.9), an exceptionally lightly mounted mint positional horizontal strip of three showing printer's guide-line at lower right with Crown CA REVERSED wmk, a very rare multiple. £240 |
;) | ST. LUCIA stamps: Essay in black with typographed head and surround but without outer name and duty plate frame-lines, the top tablet "ST. LUCIA" and bottom tablet "HALFPENNY" hand-painted, cut down to stamp size and affixed to small piece. Ex De La Rue Archives (1979). £750 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1888 QV 6d violet normal CA wmk (SG.52) handstamped "Specimen" (PML Type II), mounted mint with stamp selvedge hinge remain. £160 |
;) | ACHIMOTA, Gold Coast postmark/cancel (T.16) 9 OCT 1956 on QE2 4d (SG.159). £3 |
;) | PLYMOUTH SHIP LETTER postmark on GOLD COAST stamp arrival dated X/AP 21 on QV 4d (dull pale) mauve CA wmk (SG.18a). £15 |
;) | CA used CALLIAQUA plus blue crayon lines, ST. VINCENT postmark/cancel doubly-struck in red dated AP 11 78 with additional three diagonal blue crayon lines on QV 1d black (SG.22) showing "ST" of "POSTAGE" marginal lines watermark, currently unique as such. Red "CA" abbreviates are sometimes found with manuscript "X" in either red or blue crayon, but this office is not associated blue diagonal crayon lines although one 6d pair has a single red crayon line. £75 |