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;) | PORT LOKKO, Sierra Leone postmark (126.02) C/17 JY 45 on KG6 1/3d (SG.196a). £6 |
;) | LUNSAR, Sierra Leone postmark (089.01) */JY 25 35 on KGV 1d Silver Jubilee (SG.181). £12 |
;) | RUM CAY, Bahamas postmark (T.1) sideways down C/SP 26 without year on QV 1d (SG.48), crease top left corner. Sideways up and down C code seldom seen on this Type 1 cds. £15 |
;) | COMMENDI, Sierra Leone postmark (027.01) */NO 12 37 on KG6 1d Coronation (SG.185). £8 |
;) | WEST END, Bahamas postmark (T.7) 19 JUL 32 on KGV 1d (SG.116). £20 |
;) | MOYAMBA, Sierra Leone postmark (117.02) C/27 AU 34 on 2d Slavery (SG.171). £10 |
;) | KANRE LAHUN, Sierra Leone postmark (064.01) */MR 16 34 on 1d Slavery (SG.169). £10 |
;) | PAID AT DOMINICA postmark on 1883 QV ½d olive-yellow Crown CA wmk (SG.13). £20 |
;) | RIZOKARPASO, Cyprus postmark (T.4) A/SP 20 21 on KGV 30pa MCA wmk (SG.87). £8 |
;) | MORPHOU, Cyprus postmark (T.2) A/JA 31 01 on QV ½pi (SG.40). £10 |
;) ;) | ST. LUCIA stamps Litho forgery of the 1863 QV (6d) green in pale greyish-green in a fine unused without gum unwatermarked sheet of 20 stamps, position 13 without constant diagonal line plate flaw at right (as found on similar sheets) and the last three stamps of each of rows 2, 3, and 4 moved upwards. £85 |
;) ;) | ST. LUCIA stamps Litho forgery of the 1863 QV (4d) blue in a fine unused without gum unwatermarked sheet of 20 stamps, position 13 with constant diagonal line plate flaw at right. £80 |
;) ;) | ST. LUCIA stamps Litho forgery of the 1863 QV (6d) green in a fine unused without gum unwatermarked sheet of 20 stamps, position 13 with constant diagonal line plate flaw at right. £80 |
;) ;) | ST. LUCIA stamps Litho forgery of the 1863 QV (1d) lake in brown-lake in a fine unused without gum unwatermarked sheet of 20 stamps, position 13 with constant diagonal line plate flaw at right. £80 |
;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) | THE UNIQUE B.W.I. "DOUBLE COUNTRY" JAMAICA and BAHAMAS SAILOR'S CONCESSIONARY RATE ENTIRE 1835 entire "From Alexander Spain on board His Majestys Brig Wasp" to his sister Charlotte Spain in Southampton countersigned on face by J.N. Syke, Lt. Acting Commanding Officer with "Paid 1" in horizontal oval and matching red ink LIVERPOOL AP 14 1835 arrival backstamp. Written at Port Royal, Jamaica 12th February, travelled with him to Belize, with cross-written finish at Nassau, Bahamas 12th March with "since writing the first part we have been with troops to Honduras in New Spain and thence to this place on the same errand". Opening tear into address panel hardly detracts, some small internal splits but clean with delightful content including mention of fond memories of picking buttercups and daisies on their way to school. No privilege rate countersigned pre-stamp Sailor's letters are currently recorded from Jamaica (which is quite extraordinary for such a large island) or the Bahamas, and the only two recorded entires as such for the B.W.I. group, are from Antigua (HMS Pique MY 26 1845) with rate paid by attached sewn 1d coin, and 1d paid from Alexander to his sister Charlotte Spain on the Wasp while again at Belize 30 June landed Dartmouth 29 August 1835. The "Wasp" was built during 1811-12 and at this time was on duty on the North America and West Indies station with 85 officers and men, 24 boys, 20 marines. Alexander Spain was a first class boy waiting to be rated. He mentions homecoming in about 20 months - the Wasp arrived Portsmouth 15 April 1837 having left Jamaica 11 February but during a gale on 4 April she lost her foremast and straps plus her bowsprit during a mid-Atlantic collision with the Elizabeth due poor visibility. £2800 |
;) | MAURITIUS postal history 1868 cover with blue GALDEMAR FRERES, PORT LOUIS sender's cachet marked "per Mozambique" to G. Lafaye & Cie, Bordeaux, France with QV 4d rose, QV 1/- orange pmk'd "B53" with fine clear Mauritius A/MR 18 68 despatch cds alongside arrivals which can fully display. £185 |
;) | 5 used ST. JOHN, Barbados postmark (C2) bootheel on 1d dull blue (SG.73). £4 |
;) | SOUTH AFRICA postmark S.S. WEST IMBODEN paquebot handstamp on piece alongside KG6 3d pmk'd CAPETOWN 4 VI 40. £8 |
;) | 10 used ST. PETER, Barbados postmark (C2) bootheel on 1874 1d deep blue (SG.74). £9 |
;) | 10 used ST. PETER, Barbados postmark (C2) bootheel on (1d) blue Small Star wmk (SG.52), defective middle right edge, clear part double lined seriffed "PO" marginal watermark (upright and in reverse as viewed from back). £9 |