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;) | ROSE'S, Bahamas postmark (T.5, D3) */14 FE 45 on KG6 1½d (SG.151). £24 |
;) | PORT MARIA, Jamaica postmark (CDS) C/JY 2 76 on QV 6d CC wmk (SG.12), contrary to regulations. £15 |
;) | 11 used ST. LUCY, Barbados postmark (C2) bootheel on 1/- violet (SG.81), some clipped perfs. £20 |
;) | V.R. KOMI KEBIR, Cyprus postmark (T.21) on QV ½pi (SG.40). £28 |
;) | V.R. KOMI KEBIR, Cyprus postmark (T.21) on QV ½pi (SG.40), creased. £36 |
;) | WEMYSS BIGHT, Bahamas postmark (T.3, D2) 10 APR 18 on KGV 1/- WAR TAX (SG.95, Cat.£160), very rare on this issue. £90 |
;) ;) | DOUBLE RATE TO ITALY with SINGLE RATE ACCOUNTANCY HANDSTAMP ERROR, MALTA postal history 1871 wrapper with J. BORGES DA SILVA/MALTA sender's cachet to Livorno, Italy with double rate paid by pair GB QV 1d Plate 111, pair QV 3d Plate 6 pmk'd Malta "A25" duplex dated B/AP 28 71 showing red handstruck "2 3/4" accountancy reserved for single weight letters (the double rate was applied as "5½" in blue manuscript as no handstruck instrument was made). £275 |
;) | MALTA postal history 1871 cover marked "via Messina" to Naples with GB QV 1d Plate 121, 3d Plate 5 pmk'd Malta "A25" duplex dated A/FE 21 71. £120 |
;) | A44, Jamaica postmark on QV 1d Keyplate (SG.27), toning. £2 |
;) | A52, Jamaica postmark on QV ½d CC wmk (SG.7a). £3 |
;) | A52, Jamaica postmark on QV 5d CC wmk (SG.12). £4 |
;) | A52, Jamaica postmark on QV 4d (SG.22b). £5 |
;) ;) | TRIPOLI, Barbary Coast to France, MALTA postal history 1878 entire on Emile de Testa printed paper written headed in French "Tripoli 17 Mai 1878" to Paris, France taken to Malta with GB QV 2½d rosy-mauve Plate 10 pmk'd "A25" duplex dated C/MY 20 78 arriving 24 MAI 78. £185 |
;) ;) | UPU MALTA to non-UPU Melbourne, VICTORIA, Australia postal history 1890 opened to display cover showing HUDDART, PARKER & Cos.. LINE printed sender's flap to Huddart-Parker & Co, Melbourne, Australia with QV 4d brown pmk'd Malta "A25" duplex dated H/SP 11 90, b/stamped Brindisi (13-9) and Melbourne (OC 16). Malta joined the UPU on JY 1 1875 but Australia did not become a member until OC 1 1891. £180 |
;) ;) | MALTA (5d rate) to Tokyo, JAPAN postal history 1883 printed sender's flap cover to Basil Hall Chamberlain, Tengin Dani, Tokyo, Japan with 2 copies GB QV 2½d blue Plate 23 pmk'd Malta "A25" duplex dated B/JA 25 83 showing arrival cancel on address panel, b/stamped at Brindisi, Siracusa, and Yokohama. Ex Michael Lewis. This is the only recorded 5d rate cover to Japan (normal rate being 4d). £280 |
;) | MALTA to Gothenburg, SWEDEN postal history 1878 cover marked "via Italy" and "via Stettin & Berlin" to Georgine Nordenskjorg, Gothenburg, Sweden with GB QV 2½d rosy-mauve Plate 12 pmk'd Malta "A25" duplex dated C/DE 16 78, b/stamped 30/12/1878 arrival, rare destination. £250 |
;) | MALTA to Helsingor, DENMARK postal history 1885 unsealed printed rate cover to Helsingor, Denmark with QV ½d green tied Malta "A25" duplex dated D/DE 31 85, backstamped Helsingor 7/1 arrival, opened at right with enclosed visiting card from the Chancelier du Consulat de France (text on reverse). £275 |
;) | V.R. ORMIDHIA, Cyprus postmark (T.21) in blue on KGV ½pi MCA wmk (SG.75b). £140 |
;) | V.R. VASSA, Cyprus postmark (T.21) on KE7 ½pi CA wmk (SG.50). £80 |
;) | V.R. VASSA, Cyprus postmark (T.21) on KE7 2pi CA wmk (SG.53). £90 |