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;) ;) | 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 |
;) ;) | GRENADA stamps: Prominent short "R" in GRENADA on QV 2/- REVENUE issue manuscript dated "20/6/02" used. £48 |
;) | 11 used ST. LUCY, Barbados postmark/cancel (C2) bootheel on 1876 6d chrome-yellow P.14 (SG.79). £16 |
;) | 11 code used ST. LUCY, Barbados postmark/cancel (M2-R) dated 11/JU 23 84 on QV 1d (SG.92). £8 |
;) | 10 code used ST. PETER, Barbados postmark/cancel (M2-R) dated 10/JU 30 86 on QV 2½d (SG.93). £9 |
;) | CENSORED BOTH COUNTRIES JAMAICA to SURINAME postal history 1941 cover from Miss Marilyn Gregory, Halfway-Tree to Paramaribo City, Suriname with corner fault KG6 3d pmk'd HALF-WAY-TREE MY 30 41 with censor label and handstamp and 30.6.41 (one month later) arrival backstamp, two vertical creases. £25 |
;) ;) | PRESTWICK AIR CRASH, Bahamas postal history 1954 charred and grimy commercial cover to Kenneth Mackintosh, Nassau from Williamson's Linoleum store posted with red Lancaster & Morecambe meter machine for 1/3d dated 22 X11 54, three days later boxed purple "SALVAGED MAIL/AIRCRAFT CRASH/ PRESTWICK 25-12-54" cachet applied, intact Williamson & Son Statement of Account to the Community Furniture Store for goods received. £125 |
;) | ST. THOMAS, Barbados postmark/cancel (M3) dated DE 10 89 on QV 4d (SG.99). £10 |
;) | 7 code used ST. JAMES, Barbados postmark/cancel (M2-R) dated 7/AU 10 85 on QV 4d (SG.99). £15 |
;) | ST. JAMES "7" code, Barbados postmark/cancel (M3) dated 7/DE 24 87 on QV ½d (SG.90). £12 |
;) ;) | VANTS DRIFT self-printed Post Card, Natal postal history 1904 chrome photo of the Vants Drift Hotel & Store from Austin to Miss Gearing, Brighton, England with KE7 1d pmk'd VANTS DRIFT C/JA 30 1904, text includes "I will print some different ones for you all next week". £48 |
;) | GINGERLAND and CHARLESTOWN forged cancels, Nevis postmarks (in stamp section for convenience) 1951 clipping from Stamp Collecting magazine. £8 |
;) | Details of the Spiro Brothers forgeries, ST. CHRISTOPHER stamps (in cover section for convenience) 1870 QV 1d in pale lilac as produced by the Spiro Brothers mounted on card with full description details. £24 |
;) | BY ONWARD OVERSEAS SPECIAL DELIVERY, Jamaica postal history (in covers for convenience) 1969 piece with pair 6d cricket and U.S. 30c SPECIAL DELIVERY tied Kingston machine dated 3 MAY 1968, rarely encountered as such. £30 |
;) | 11 used ST. LUCY, Barbados postmark/cancel (C2) bootheel on 1876 6d chrome-yellow (SG.79). £15 |
;) | K1 "2" Bermuda postmark/cancel on 1866 QV 2d dull blue CC wmk (SG.3). £24 |
;) | WARWICK-WEST to TURKS ISLANDS postal history 1907 b/w ppc of Royal Palms marked "Per S.S. Bermudian via New York" to Lindsay Smith, Grand Turk, Turks Islands with 1d Dock pmk'd WARWICK-WEST FE 18 1907 with TURKS ISLANDS FE 21 07 arrival cds alongside. £55 |
;) | ST. MARGARET'S BAY, Jamaica railway postmark/cancel (S3, D2) the currently unique strike in purplish-black dated DEC 2 1924 (LRD) on ½d View fragment. £120 |
;) | A08 used PLYMOUTH, Montserrat postmark/cancel on 1885 QV 2½d ultramarine CA wmk (SG.11). £20 |
;) | A11 used CASTRIES, St. Lucia postmark/cancel on 1884 QV 1d slate ovp'd REVENUE postal fiscal (SG.F27). £20 |