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;) | CODRINGTON, BARBUDA postal history 1981 reg. cover to Celle, Germany with 20c x 2, ovp'd Antigua $1 pmk'd CODRINGTON 22 JAN 81 cds, fine boxed BRANCH OFFICE BARBUDA reg. h/stamp. £12 |
;) | PARCEL POST, St. Vincent postmark/cancel Newly discovered and previously unrecorded 24mm cds with "B" code dated B/25 JU 26 on KGV 6d, 1/- (SG.115,138) piece. £120 |
;) | 5 used ST. JOHN, Barbados postmark/cancel (C2) bootheel on 1876 ½d bright green REVERSED CC wmk (SG.72x). £18 |
;) ;) ;) ;) ;) | CONFEDERATE sloop-of war transfers YANKEE P.O.W.s to DANISH brig, St. Croix postal history 1863 letter written April 13 by semi-literate Dudley K. Dow to his "mothere" Mrs Thomas Dow, Deer Isle, Maine, USA stating that he had been taken by the Felardy (his hearing/understanding for the Florida) and "Cent in to Cante Croix", his postscript in ink confirms that his stay on the island has been dull "the times hire is dool" but mentions "we shell leave here to day For home", posted in small envelope, slightly trimmed at left, with handstruck SHIP and "5" (due) in black and landed with red BOSTON/MY 6/MASS d/ring. On March 12th 1863 the Danish brig “Christian” took into St. Croix prisoners recently transferred from the Confederate States Steamer (C.S.S.) “Florida”. The “Florida” was a sloop-of-war serving as a highly successful commerce raider in the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. She was built in Liverpool and departed England 22 March 1862, and after a collision with a United States Army Transport troop ferry sank on 28 November 1864. The Florida captured 37 prizes during her short impressive career. Two books cover this event: “The Life and Services of John Newland Maffitt” (captain of the C.S.S. Florida). On Page 283 of the journal is mention of capturing the bark M. J. Colcord from New York bound Cape Town on 30 March 1863, and their transfer to the Danish brig Christian some 37 hours later on 1 April 1863. “The High Seas Confederate” book, Page 83, confirms that Maffitt captured “a propaganda” ship, the M.J. Colcord on 30 March 1863, transferring provisions from the prize, that the master of a Danish brig agreed to take all the remaining prisoners, and that Maffitt burned the M.J. Colcord. £6500 |
;) | A03 duplex used GEORGETOWN, British Guiana postmark/cancel (KD3) the duplex numeral portion in blue ink on 186-63 12c grey-lilac P.2 (SG.37, Cat.£50), faults but rarely seen. £65 |
;) | Vertical A07 used ROSEAU, Dominica postmark/cancel on 1887 QV 1d rose CA wmk (SG.22, Cat.£26). £16 |
;) | ARIMA, Trinidad postmark/cancel (T.2) dated A/FE 15 90 on QV 4d (SG.110). £10 |
;) | PARCELS POST NASSAU, Bahamas postmark/cancel (PP7) dated 8 DEC 51 on block of four KG6 3/- (SG.132b). £20 |
;) | BARBADOS to PITCAIRN ISLAND postal history 1946 cover to The Postmaster, Pitcairn Islands with KG6 ½d, 1½d pmk'd 22 MY 46 with PITCAIRN ISLAND POST OFFICE arrival d/ring dated 4 AUG 46. £60 |
;) | Muhktar of Ay. Irini brass seal, Cyprus postmark/cancel in Arabic script with "V.R." at top as used by the Turkish authorities at the time of the Occupation in 1878 struck in blue on 1960 5m piece. £12 |
;) | MOYAMBA, Sierra Leone postmark/cancel (117.02) C/AU 12 24 on KGV 2d, 3d piece with boxed MOYAMBA reg. h/stamp (No.13) alongside. £12 |
;) | K1 "3", Bermuda postmark/cancel on 1865 QV 1/- green P.14 (SG.8). £48 |
;) | PAID AT NEVIS crowned circle, Nevis postmark/cancel on 1883 QV 1d dull rose (SG.27, Cat.£35). £30 |
;) | A01 duplex used KINGSTON, Jamaica postmark/cancel dated OC 24 66 on horiz. strip of three 1860-70 QV 4d red-orange Pine wmk (SG.4a, Cat.£150). £55 |
;) | ELMINA, Gold Coast postmark/cancel (T.2) in red dated narrow A/22 OC 81 on QV 6d orange CC wmk P.14 (SG.8), missing corner perf. I only record 5 examples loose stamp 1st red band narrow A code for A/SP 24 81 (ERD) to A/NO 26 81. This band is replaced by red C/DE 28 81 to AP 12 82, thereafter the narrow A band has extensive use in either red, black, blue inks A/AP 30 82 to A/AU 22 89. My earliest wide A code is A/23 AU 89 (black ink). £60 |
;) | CH: CH: used CHRISTCHURCH, Barbados postmark/cancel (M3) dated OC 18 92 on QV 1d (SG.92), paper wrinkle. £8 |
;) ;) ;) | UNCLAIMED MAIL TO THE PURSER ON BOARD "CARNARVON CASTLE", South Africa postal history 1953 cover to John Havers, Purser on the Carnarvon Castle, Cape Town Docks with boxed purple "UNCLAIMED/ON BOARD/23 NOV 1953/"CARNARVON CASTLE" re-directed both Dunnothar Castle and to Durban with KG6 2d pmk'd Cape Town 21-11 1953 machine, reverse purple Durban Agency of the Steamship Line cachet dated 27 NOV 1953. £65 |
;) | ADDAH, Gold Coast postmark/cancel (T.2, 20mm) dated no code/FE 4 77 on QV 1d blue CA wmk (SG.5), minor perf. toning. £14 |
;) ;) | BRITISH GUIANA to MADEIRA postal history 1915 cover with Mandel Fernandes, Water Street, Georgetown sender's cachet on flap to Jose Maria de Faria, Funchal, Madeira with KGV 1c, 4c pmk'd Georgetown 7 AUG 15 cds, reverse Funchal 5 SET 15 arrival. £45 |
;) ;) | MISSENT MAIL TO THE CAPTAIN OF A STEAM SHIP, Grenada postal history 1948 cover intended for Captain. E. W. Hensen on the S/S Alcoa Roamer care of the Alcoa Steamship Company in Mobile, Alabama with KG6 2½d x 2, 6d (11d rate) pmk'd GPO Grenada 10 DE 48, presumed no longer working for the company as purple "Missent to ......." handstamp applied, backstamped light Spring Hills, Ala 14 DEC 48 machine. £75 |