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;) | BAILEY'S BAY, BERMUDA postal history 1902 cover with ONE FARTHING on QV 1/- slate strip of five and two pairs paying the correct 2½d rate to Nancy, France pmk'd BAILEY'S BAY B/JA 17 1902 d/rings with Nancy 29-1 02 arrival struck on upper reverse flap, minor faults. £140 |
;) | MAIL TO BUD ABBOTT and LOU COSTELLO, Barbados postal history 1950 cover to Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, M.G.M. Studios, Culva City, California with 2 x 1½d Badge pmk'd GPO 28 FE 50 with handstruck red 2-line "UNCALLED FOR AT/METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER", reverse Culver City MR 22 1850 machine cancel. £75 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: (PML.31) 1888 "1d REVENUE" on QV 1d red (SG.48b), manuscript dated "2/9/90" probably from the higher setting (see illustrated multiple PML handbook Page 152). An excellent stamp for a first-time plating study based on the plating study of the QV 1d red as published in the RPS Journal "The London Philatelist", this stamp shows prominent dot in "N" of "VINCENT". £8 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: (PML.36) 1888 "1d.." on QV 1d rose-lilac, overprinted "Proudfoot & Co" and manuscript dated "30/12/92", central pin-hole. £8 |
;) | Vertical "A05", Bahamas postmark (Ex Hoey) (K2, unlisted Proud handbook) on QV 1d carmine-rose (SG.48), extremely rare. Ex HOEY. The only other copy seen being on QV 2½d (SG.52) overstruck Nassau C/JA 11 99 cds. £625 |
;) | CORNWALL temporary rubber datestamp, Bahamas postmark (TRD C1, D1) dated SEP 23 1937 on hinged together re-united KGV 1d, 2½d (SG.116,119). £85 |
;) | MAIL TO YALE UNIVERSITY SCROLL AND KEYS SECRET SOCIETY CO-FOUNDER 1875 cover to William L. Kingsley, New Haven, Connecticut with GB QV 2½d rosy mauve pmk'd London AU 2 75 duplex showing New York Paid All, forwarded with U.S. 3c green to Keene Flats, Essex County, New York arriving AUG 14. £240 |
;) | SEGMENTED CORK, British Guiana postmark on 1878 on (2c) on 8c rose OFFICIAL with two horiz bars and one vertical (SG.146, Cat.£375), generally fine. £125 |
;) | 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 |
;) | 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 |