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;) | MARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas postal history 1935 cover to The McCarrie School of Mechanical Dentistry, Philadelphia, USA with KGV 1½d strip of three tied MARSH HARBOUR (T.5, D4) */AP 30 35 cds, full transit backstamps. £120 |
;) | NEW SOUTH WALES postal history 1876 cover to New Haven, Connecticut, USA with QV 6d pale lilac pmk'd Sydney B/JA 14 76 with handstruck red circled "PAID ALL" (with fleurons applied Sydney) showing San Francisco FEB 14 transit, no arrival backstamp. The Postal Convention of FE 1 1874 between USA and NSW established the use of PAID ALL handstamps at Sydney on mail to San Francisco. Queensland and Victoria did the same when their conventions became effective in 1876 and 1879. Their use continued until the Colonies joined the UPU in 1891. £120 |
;) | NEW SOUTH WALES postal history 1878 double rate cover to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA with QV 1/- black pmk'd Sydney C/FE 28 1878 with handstruck oval purple "PAID ALL" showing red San Francisco MAR 28 transit, b/stamped APR 4 arrival. The Postal Convention of FE 1 1874 between USA and NSW established the use of PAID ALL handstamps at Sydney on mail to San Francisco. Queensland and Victoria did the same when their conventions became effective in 1876 and 1879. Their use continued until the Colonies joined the UPU in 1891. £120 |
;) | IBADAN, Lagos postal history 1902 cover to George Bell & Sons, Covent Garden, London (a book publishing house) with pair QV ½d dull green (SG.21) tied IBADAN B/MR -- 1902 cds (no day slug), backstamped Lagos B/MR 3 1902 and London MR 27 02. £175 |
;) | 20 used LA BREA, Trinidad postmark (Type 0.2) on 1853 (1d) brownish red/blue paper (SG.7, Cat.£70), clear margins. £48 |
;) | ST. VINCENT postmark A/SP 26 00 on 1892 5d on 4d chocolate (SG.59, Cat.£60), rarely found on this issue. £32 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps 1888 QV 6d violet ovp'd "REVENUE" (PML.45) manuscript dated "8/4/90", age marks on reverse. £15 |
;) ;) ;) | Wreck of the 'Schiller' (Hoboken N.J, Scilly Isles, Germany's "Titanic"), Canada postal history THE ONLY RECORDED WRECK COVER ORIGINATING FROM CANADA marked "Via United States" with Small Queen 2c green x 2, QV 6c brown x 2 pmk'd HALIFAX N.S. A/AP 22 75 duplex to The Manager, The Imperial Bank, Lothbury, London taken from the wrecked S.S. Schiller on the Retarrier Ledges, Scilly Isles to London where red London Paid 10 MY 75 cds applied, reverse with handwritten contemporary endorsement of "This Envelope was down in the Sr. Ship Schiller wrecked on a rock off the Scilly Isles in the month of May 1875". Accompanied by a wonderfully easy to read pre-owned copy of "The Victorian Titanic". £3000 |
;) ;) | BIMINI, Bahamas postal history 1921 Bimini Bay Rod & Gun Club (sender's printed flap) commercial cover to Lemon City, Florida with KGV 1d tied BIMINI (T.7 1, D3) 07 OCT 21 cds (unusual with "07" day set-up). £55 |
;) | DEADMAN'S CAY, Bahamas postal history 1915 reg. commercial cover with sender address to Montgomery Ward, Chicago with pair, single KGV 1d tied DEADMAN'S CAY 22 JAN 15 (T.7 1, D2) cds. £48 |
;) | DEADMAN'S CAY, Bahamas postal history 1927 McFarlan cover to Downington, Pennsylania with KGV 1d pmk'd DEADMAN'S CAY (T.7 1, D2) 20 MAR 27 cds. £65 |
;) | RAGGED ISLAND, Bahamas postal history 1917 commercial cover with sender address to Buffalo, New York with KGV 1d pmk'd RAGGED ISLAND sideways up B/28 MR 17 (T.1, D2) with boxed "NASSAU"/Tourist Season/Dec. to Apl. advertising slogan. £75 |
;) | BAHAMAS postal history 1868 cover to Henry Dunn, New York with QV 4d Chalon tied "A05" with fine BAHAMAS OC 17 1868/C dbl-arc on upper flap which can fully display showing NEW YORK OCT 25 arrival with "3" due. Handstruck "CANNOT BE FOUND" and NEW YORK POST OFFICE/OCT 30/ADVERTISED oval with New York NOV 30 return cds on reverse. £525 |
;) | KNOWLES, Bahamas postmark (T.7 1, D3) 21 JUN 52 on 2 x KG6 ½d (SG.149e) piece. £6 |
;) ;) | QUEENSLAND postal history 1875 Wagstaff family cover from California with U.S. 3c x 2, 10c tied segmented cork cancels with adjacent red SAN FRANCISCO PAID cds dated MAR 8 and marked "per City of Melbourne Ship" to John Wagstaff, Agricultural (Station?), Rockhampton, Queensland forwarded with tied Queensland QV 2d blue to Lily Vale via Gainsford, backstamped Brisbane AP 5 75 with Rockhampton AP 9 75 arrival and forwarded Rockhampton AP 22 75 with Lilly Vale MY 3 1875 arrival. An exceptional combination. On JA 1 1874 the rate to all Australian Colonies, New Zealand and Fiji was reduced to 2d. £3000 |
;) | APPAM, Gold Coast postmark (T.2, 19mm cds with large letters wide M, D5) dated C/AU 20 8 (ERD, 8 for 89?) on QV ½d (SG.11). £60 |
;) | SEMBEHU, Sierra Leone postmark (142.03) C/JU 20 32 on KGV 3d (SG.159). £14 |
;) | A10 used GEORGETOWN, St. Vincent postmark (PML.5) in red on QV 1d drab Crown CA REVERSED wmk (SG.39a). £18 |
;) | KENEMA, Sierra Leone postmark (072.03) */JA 18 37 on KGV 4d (SG.160). £9 |
;) | BO-PENDEMBU TRAVELLING POST OFFICE, Sierra Leone postmark (206.01) */JU 2 37 on KGV 4d (SG.160). £16 |