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;) | ST. VINCENT stamps 1866 QV 1/- slate-grey P.14 to 16 (SG.9, Cat.£375), fresh large part original gum. £95 |
;) | CONFUSED TOURISTS: GREAT BRITAIN and BERMUDA postal history combination 1932 cover from confused tourists staying at The New St. George Hotel, St. George's, Bermuda addressed Oakland, California with Bermuda 2½d Caravel placed over pair Great Britain KGV 1½d tied ST. GEORGES 23 FEB 32 cds. £48 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA to NETHERLANDS postal history 1953 underpaid cover from Kitty (per reverse sender address) with KG6 6c indistinctly tied to the Netherlands marked "T20" with 10c Postage Due tied Wassenaar 24.111.1953, reverse GPO Georgetown machine dated NOON/24 FEB 1953. £36 |
;) ;) | POSTAGE DUES TWO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, BRITISH GUIANA postal history 1937 (AP 9) KGV 2c pair underpaid franking from Georgetown most unusually addressed by the sender to three locations arriving Paris (AP 28) with 1fr due added and re-directed MY 10 to London (MY 13) with GB 1d due tied MY 15 37, various tax marks, return to sender, unknown additions as expected for a cover attracting postage dues in two differing countries. £120 |
;) | BOGUS CANCELLATION and REGISTRATION, LEEWARD ISLANDS postal history Bogus mourning cover to London with genuine Leewards 1949 KG6 ½d slate-grey tied forged 26mm ANTIGUA with fleuron at base cds dated OC 17 94 for 49 purporting to prepay the registered rate with blue "R" in oval appended "2895", reverse forged WEST EALING 11.45 PM 11 NOV 1938 arrival cds. The genuine ANTIGUA fleuron at base measures 23½mm and was used period 1890 to 1901. £120 |
;) | VICTORIA postal history (ex Groom) 1856 entire headed "Melbourne 26 July 1856" to London marked p. "Formosa" to Pt de Galle" with 6d Woodblock pmk'd Melbourne "1" on JY 29 1856 showing handstruck red "1d" accountancy and OC 18 1856 arrival. Ex GROOM. £80 |
;) | A10 used KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent postmark (PML.7) on 1883 QV 6d green P.12 (SG.44, Cat.£300). £90 |
;) | CHATEAUBELAIR, St. Vincent postmark dated C/DE 16 84 on QV 1d drab (SG.39). Currently recorded C/AP 22 84 to C/FE 21 85 on QV 1d drab. £28 |
;) | MESOPOTAMIA, St. Vincent postmark dated C/DE 3 84 on QV 1d drab (SG.39). Currently recorded C/AP 24 84 to C/FE 20 85 on QV 1d drab but finely struck examples rarely found. £15 |
;) | CHATEAUBELAIR, St. Vincent postmark dated C/OC 24 90 on 1889 QV 1d carmine-red (SG.48c) showing "cut-throat" plate variety. This village cds seldom found on this printing. £30 |
;) | A10 used KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent postmark (PML.7) on 1883 QV 1/- orange P.12 (SG.45, Cat.£60), full perfs. £30 |
;) | THIS COVER STOLEN FROM MY STAND AT THE BANGKOK INTERNATIONAL 27/11/2023 - DO NOT ORDER PONDICHERRY, FRENCH INDIAN SETTLEMENTS to MAURITIUS 1867 REYNAUD SOUPRAYA & Co, PONDICHERY sender cachet entire with strip of four QV 2a orange pmk'd PONDICHERRY "111" duplex dated FE 11 67 to Piper Adam & Co, Mauritius backstamped Madras transit and 2/MR 2 67 arrival, address panel with handstruck "6d TO PAY" in black. Exhibition item. £1250 |
;) | FRANCE postal history 1970's Hotel Edison, New York airmail cover used in France to Japan, some soiling etc. £15 |
;) | BARBADOS postal history 1862 refolded horizontally along top (to reduce/improve) wrapper front and back to London with 6d (SG.29) pmk'd Bridgetown "1" with BARBADOES NO 7 1862 despatch dbl-arc showing red London NO 29 62 arrival, discoloured at left. £85 |
;) | CAPE TOWN, CAPE COLONY postmark on TRANSVAAL stamp dated I/AU 9 80 on Transvaal QV 6d (SG.137a), minor perf. faults. £36 |
;) | RONDEBOSCH, CAPE COLONY postmark on TRANSVAAL stamp dated I/JA 23 83 on EEN PENNY on QV 4d (SG.170), blunt corner perf. £48 |
;) | 1 used PRETORIA, Transvaal postmark on NATAL stamp (T.6) coded barred triangular on Natal QV 1d (SG.99a), very minor toning. £18 |
;) ;) | TASMANIA postal history 1859 cover to London with QV 6d dull lilac pmk'd "59" with Launceston FE 12 despatch showing London AP 11 59 arrival. £225 |
;) ;) ;) | VICTORIA postal history 1883 cover with QV 2d sepia strip of three (right stamp large tear) to London pmk'd "587" with COBDEN SE 1 83 despatch. RPS (2012) Certificate. £475 |
;) | ANTIGUA stamp: 1870 DLR QV 1d STAMP DUTY Crown CA watermark twice pmk'd vertical "A02". £90 |