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;) | K1 "9", Bermuda postmark (6mm high) on 1873 QV 3d yellow-buff (SG.5). £120 |
;) | K1 "13", Bermuda postmark on 1865 QV QV 1d pale rose CC wmk (SG.2). £48 |
;) | 3 CONCENTRIC CIRCLES (used San Estevan), British Honduras postmark the "killer" portion of the rare San Estevan TRD duplex on 1888 "3 CENTS" on QV 3d red-brown (SG.38), £48 |
;) | BERBICE, British Guiana postmark dbl-arc dated OC 4 1860 on 4c blue (SG.33, Cat.£75). Ex DUPONT £48 |
;) | K1 "11", Bermuda postmark/cancel on 1866 QV 2d dull blue CC wmk (SG.3), trimmed perfs both top and left sides but one of the most difficult numbers in the K1 series. £125 |
;) ;) ;) | MAURITIUS - boxed "R" (bulbous top, straight leg) postal history QV 2c Inland Post Card to Port Louis with adhesive pmk'd "B53" B/JY 12 79 duplex, reverse with pristine early strike of the black boxed "R" showing traces of the outer circular rim (see Ibbotson page 117). £325 |
;) ;) ;) | MAURITIUS - boxed "R" (narrow top, dancing leg) postal history Text headed "Rose Belle 23 October 91" on QV 2c Post Card to Port Louis with design pmk'd "B53" duplex dated OC 23 91, alongside superb strike black boxed "R" (see Ibbotson Page 117). £250 |
;) | NICOLLS TOWN mailbag seal, Bahamas postmark an exceptional strike showing almost all of the lettering on QV 2½d (SG.52). Rarely seen. £325 |
;) | COROZAL, British Honduras postmark (SC-1) dated JY 14 04 on QV 50c (SG.62, Cat.£75.00). Unusual on this denomination. The KE7 50c (SG.90) issued during 1907. £25 |
;) | NEW SOUTH WALES to SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1868 cover to the Gas Works, Adelaide with QV 6d tied Sydney H/FE 26 1868 duplex showing GPO Adelaide N/MR 5 68 arrival alongside. Smaller faults but a scarcer inter-colonial destination. Reverse docketted "G.C. Clark, Sydney 24 Feb 68 - didn't authorize sale of instruments." £150 |
;) | SIMMS, LONG ISLAND, Bahamas postmark (T.3a, D2) currently the ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE on QV ISSUE dated 16 JUN 11 on QV 1d (SG.49). Proud records period AP 30 1904 to NO 21 1930 £125 |
;) | TARPUM BAY, Bahamas postmark (T.1) SP 8 11 on QV 1d (SG.48), rarely found on QV issues. £40 |
;) | RAGGED ISLAND, Bahamas postmark (T.1) s/ways up top facing left code B/11 MR 18 on KGV 1/- WAR TAX (SG.99). £20 |
;) | LONG CAY F.I., Bahamas postmark (T.1) very rare code B/MY 24 91 on QV 1d (SG.48). £48 |
;) | LONG CAY F.I., Bahamas postmark (T.1) dated sideways up C/SP 13 93 on QV 1d (SG.48), perf. faults. £18 |
;) | BARBADOS "tramlines" variety: 1876 ½d bright green P.14 with Crown CC REVERSED wmk (SG.72x), mint pair with left copy showing prominent diagonal lines through second "N" of "PENNY". £125 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1892 5/- purple ovp'd REVENUE (PML.49) badly thinned dated "2/5/94" and 1894 5/- greyish-purple ovp'd REVENUE (PML.50) fine used. £18 |
;) | ANTIGUA stamps: 1884 QV 6d deep green (SG.29), mint block of four from sheet positions 107-108, 119-120 showing mark in "UA" (Pos.107) and line over top outer frame-line (Pos.109), small imperfections. Cat.£240.00. £80 |
;) | ANTIGUA postmark village manuscript "26/8/86" on QV 1d carmine-red CA wmk (SG.24), mild perf. toning at top. £24 |
;) | Parish "C" (used St. Patrick's), Grenada postmark fullish upr. part dated JUL 23 tying diagonally bisected QV 1d green Chalon (SG.19?) to piece. £48 |