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WIRELESS STATION GEORGETOWN, Gambia postmark dated 26 MR 26 on KGV 1d (SG.124). £30
TELA AVLANTIDA, Republic of Honduras postmark in purple ink dated SEP 13 1937 on combination Republica De Honduras 8c and British Honduras KG6 5c Coronation piece. £18
KAU-UR, Gambia postmark (D1) */11 JA 31 on KGV 1½d (SG.125). £36
MYRTLE BANK, Jamaica skeleton postmark dated AU 22 57 on QE2 4d, 1/6d piece. £24
KAU-UR, Gambia postmark (D1) */2 FE 30 on KGV 1½d (SG.125). £36
A10 used KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent postmark (PML.2) on 1880 QV 6d bright green (SG.30, Cat.£70). £24
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, BERMUDA postal history 1966 (JU 9) lengthy typewritten letter from a 19 year old Colonel's daughter to Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk on an overprinted for Government use Air Letter (overprinting deleted as used personally) mailed with GB QE2 4d pmk'd Post Office Maritime Mail. £65
BARBADOS postal history 1931 U.S. 2c PSE pmk'd West Chester, Pennsylvania (AP 14) to Kingston, Jamaica and returned (AP 30), marked "Try Bridgetown, Barbados" arriving JU 2 31 with eventual "UNCLAIMED" handstamp, marked with "RETURN TO SENDER" (OC 9) arriving back New York (OC 18). £60
V.R. KONTEA, CYPRUS postmark (T.21) on QV ½pi (SG.40), full perfs. £175
PRIVATE SHIP LETTER RATE TO ITALY, MALTA postal history 1874 wrapper by private ship "Picarche" to Marsiglia (Province of Genoa, Italy) with GB QV 4d pmk'd "A25" duplex dated OC 19 74 showing red MARSEILLE 23 OCT 74 transit, no backstamps. £225
Rarely seen 2d RATE TO USA, GIBRALTAR postal history Ex METLISS, OSBORN, STIRRUPS 1874 printed headed entire by private ship
"Pleiades" to New York with GB QV 2d blue pmk'd light "A25" duplex dated A/OC 9 74 landed with NEW YORK SHIP LETTER cds dated OCT 26 showing 4c to be collected. Ex METLISS, OSBORN, STIRRUPS. 'Direct' ship letters to New York were quicker and cheaper than mails via Liverpool. £350
BELGIUM to VIRGINS ISLANDS postal history 1933 cover with "114, Place La Fayette, Paris" printed on flaps diagonal edge stampless to Tortola with partial ROAD-TOWN OC 19 (33) backstamp, manuscript "unknown - return to sender" with matching ink asterisk alongside printed "LIGUE CONTRE LE POURBOIRE" (League Against Tipping), handstruck RETURN/VOIRauDO5, boxed RETOUR/A L'ENVOYEUR", and handstruck "T" with Bruxelles 28 XI 1933 arrival and 1fr Postage Due (closed tear) added and cancelled, partial ROAD-TOWN backstamp. £65
KASSE, Sierra Leone postmark (069.01) */FE 13 08 on KE7 1d (SG.100). £75
DARU, Sierra Leone postmark (030.02) */JU 13 13 on horiz. pair KE7 ½d (SG.99) on fragment. £28
MOPALMA, Sierra Leone postmark (115.01) sideways down C/NO 12 without year on KE7 1d (SG.87). Illustrated Page 72 of "The Postmarks of Sierra Leone 1854-1961 Second Edition" by Walton, Quirk, Hamilton, Horry. £175
HASTINGS, Sierra Leone postmark (051.03) C/31 JY 09 on KE7 1d (SG.100a). £60