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;) ;) ;) | MAIL TO CRIMEAN WAR GENERAL WHO INVENTED A HEATED CANNONBALL AS A BED-WARMER, Canada postal history 1863 cover to General Higginson, 9 Wilton Crescent, London with QV 12½c tied Montreal duplex dated AP 17 63. Grenadier Guards General Sir George Wentworth Alexander Higginson was born in Wilton Crescent Belgravia and during the Crimean War improvised a bed-warmer for the freezing nights by heating up a cannonball in the campfire. £225 |
;) | KAMABAI, Sierra Leone postmark (060.00) */AU 2 8 (single digit year for 18), on KGV 1d (SG.113a) piece, unusual. £24 |
;) | 288, Cape of Good Hope postmark on 1d (SG.59a). £7 |
;) | V.R. EVRYKHOU, Cyprus postmark (T.21) on QV 1pi (SG.42). £40 |
;) | 11 used ST. LUCY, Barbados postmark (C2) bootheel on 1872 (1d) blue Small star (SG.52). £9 |
;) | 292, Cape of Good Hope postmark on 1d (SG.59a). £7 |
;) | SAN SALVADOR, Bahamas postmark (T.7, D6) 19 DEC 53 on KG6 1½d (SG.151a). £7 |
;) ;) | BAHAMAS postal history 1866 cover (with two conflicting dated cancels) to Charleston, South Carolina b/stamped BAHAMAS MR 9 1866/A dbl-arc with QV 4d Chalon pmk'd "A05" rated red "4" and landed N. YORK BR. PKT 5/MAR 17 with boxed "ADV/MAR 30/1865" and "UNCLAIMED" between horiz. bars with CHARLESTON N.C. APR 30 cds on reverse, surface hole in frontal paper stock adjacent to adhesive. (On April 2 1865 the victory of Grant over Lee concluded the American Civil War). £280 |
;) | SPANISH WELLS, Bahamas postmark (T.1, D2) C/20 SP 13 on KGV 1d (SG.83). Illustrated Page 20 "The Bahama Islands" by Ludington and Raymond £50 |
;) | ABERDEEN, Sierra Leone postmark (001.01) */SP 8 31 on KGV 1d (SG.132a), perf, faults. £24 |
;) | HATCHET BAY, Bahamas postmark (T.7 II, D3) 27 NOV 41 on KG6 1½d (SG.151). £9 |
;) | SEMBEHU, Sierra Leone postmark (142.01) reversed C/DE 16 13 on KGV 1d (SG.113). £24 |
;) | SEMBEHU, Sierra Leone postmark (142.02) */24 MR 42 on KG6 2d (SG.191a). £7 |
;) | 11 used ST. LUCY, Barbados postmark (C2) bootheel on 1874 1d deep blue (SG.74). £8 |
;) | 10 used ST. PETER, Barbados postmark (C2) bootheel on 1874 1d deep blue (SG.66). £9 |
;) | 393, Cape of Good Hope postmark on 1d (SG.49). £6 |
;) | SEGBWEMA, Sierra Leone postmark (141.01) */AP 4 13 on 2 x KE7 ½d (SG.99) piece, this cds rare on KE7 issues. £15 |
;) | V.R. PISSOURI, Cyprus postmark (T.21) on QV 30pa mauve (SG.32) piece. £140 |
;) | FRESH CREEK ANDROS ISLAND, Bahamas postmark (T.3a, D2) 26 JAN 12 on QV 1d (SG.49), rare and exceptional on QV issue. This datestamp was introduced 1909 and only appears on obsolete QV 1d stamp as they were re-introduced to use up the supply on economic grounds. £95 |
;) | HOPE TOWN, Bahamas postmark (T.7 I, D4) 10 JAN 49 on KG6 1½d (SG.180). £7 |