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;) | 4 code used ST. GEORGE, Barbados postmark (M2-R) dated 4/MR 16 98 (year error for 86) on QV ½d (SG.90), currently unique. Nearest recorded normals are currently 4/MR 5 86 to 4/AP 9 86 £24 |
;) | 3 code used ST. PHILIP, Barbados postmark (M3) sideways top facing right 3/MY 13 97 on 1d Seal (SG.107). Currently recorded with sideways facing right MY 5 97 to NO 1 97 £12 |
;) | PAGET-WEST, Bermuda postmark (H5) A/AP 16 1900 on QV 1d (SG.24a). £12 |
;) | ST. DAVID'S, Bermuda postmark (H9b, apparent side bars) 7 NOV 27 on 3d Ship (SG.83) piece. £48 |
;) | 3 code used ST. PHILIP, Barbados postmark (M3) sideways top facing left 3/DE 16 97 on 1d D. Jubilee (SG.118). Currently recorded sideways facing left for NO 22 97 to DE 31 87 £15 |
;) | WAR STAMP used ARMISTICE DAY, British Honduras postmark pmk'd Belize NOV 11 1918 on the day World War One ended on KGV 3c WAR (SG.120), nice conversational display item. £25 |
;) ;) | THE BIGHT, Bahamas postal history (T.1) arrival dated reversed C/AP 7 91 (year error for 01) on TRANSVAAL 1d V.R.I. Briefkaart pmk'd BOKSBURG 31 JAN 01 from affectionate brother to Rev. R.K. Bennett, Cat Island, Bahamas. During his tenure as Rector (1912) of St. Mary's Church New Providence Reverend Bennett documented changes that met resistance in the church - altar curtains looked at with disapproval, altar lights seen as an unpardonable offence, wafer bread thought of as an insult to the Blessed Sacrement etc. £250 |
;) | GIBRALTAR postal history 1875 underpaid wrapper marked pr "Lesbian" to Genoa with pair GB QV 1d red Plate 155 tied "A26" duplex dated A/AU 7 75, on arrival Italian 40c Postage Due tied GENOVA 12 AGO 75 cds. Ed Gerd Born and Adrian Almond. £280 |
;) | 11 used ST. LUCY, Barbados postmark (M2-O) dated 11/AP 12 84 on QV ½d green (SG.90). £24 |
;) | INLAND-ISLAND, Bermuda postmark The K3a "3" duplex cds portion dated C/FE 1 88 on QV 6d mauve (SG.7), marked alongside "ex Papworth". £36 |
;) ;) | K1 "14" (inverted watermark), Bermuda postmark on 1865 QV 1d pale rose CROWN CC INVERTED wmk (SG.2w), some trimmed perfs but an extraordinary and extremely rare combination. £400 |
;) | ST. GEORGES (normal watermark), Bermuda postmark (H1) B/JU 11 89 on normal wmk QV ½d stone (SG.19), part extra cds rim at right. This cds also dated B/JU 11 89 also exists on the QV ½d stone INVERTED CC wmk (SG.19w) £48 |
;) | ST. GEORGES (inverted watermark), Bermuda postmark (H1) B/JU 11 89 on Crown CC INVERTED wmk QV ½d stone (SG.19w, Cat.£225), part extra cds rim at left. Ludington Page 141 states "the St. Georges Type H1 appears to have been used mainly as a transit or arrival datestamp, for unlike the Hamilton Type H1 few have been recorded cancelling adhesives". Geoff Osborn also considered examples as very rare, however in view of the frequency of this date with INVERTED WATERMARK plus traces of further datestamps at edges one must consider that these came from a large multiple perhaps cancelled-to-order. This date also exists with NORMAL WATERMARK (scarcer) £125 |
;) | ST. GEORGES (inverted watermark), Bermuda postmark (H1) B/JU 11 89 on Crown CC INVERTED wmk QV ½d stone (SG.19w, Cat.£225), trace of extra rim cancel at left. Ludington Page 141 states "the St. Georges Type H1 appears to have been used mainly as a transit or arrival datestamp, for unlike the Hamilton Type H1 few have been recorded cancelling adhesives". Geoff Osborn also considered examples as very rare, however in view of the frequency of this date with INVERTED WATERMARK plus traces of further datestamps at edges one must consider that these came from a large multiple perhaps cancelled-to-order. This date also exists with NORMAL WATERMARK (scarcer) £130 |
;) | ST. GEORGES (inverted watermark), Bermuda postmark (H1) B/JU 11 89 on Crown CC INVERTED wmk QV ½d stone (SG.19w, Cat.£225), part extra cds at left and trace rim of further strike at base. Ludington Page 141 states "the St. Georges Type H1 appears to have been used mainly as a transit or arrival datestamp, for unlike the Hamilton Type H1 few have been recorded cancelling adhesives". Geoff Osborn also considered examples as very rare, however in view of the frequency of this date with INVERTED WATERMARK plus traces of further datestamps at edges one must consider that these came from a large multiple perhaps cancelled-to-order. This date also exists with NORMAL WATERMARK (scarcer) £125 |
;) | WARWICK-EAST, Bermuda postmark (H5) 30 AP 1909 on 2d Dock (SG.39). £15 |
;) | WARWICK-WEST, Bermuda postmark (H5) dated A/JA 20 1896 on vertical pair QV 6d dull mauve (SG.7). £36 |
;) | ST.G used ST. GEORGES, Bermuda postmark (P5) dated 2 FE 70 contrary to regulations on QV 1/- green CC wmk (SG.8), several defects. £48 |
;) | 7 used ST. JAMES, Barbados postmark (C2) bootheel on QV 4d grey (SG.97), perf. fault. £20 |
;) | BARBADOS postal history 1953 Fishery Products 4-colour combination foolscap cover to Bridgetown with Canada 7c pmk'd St. John's, Newfoundland, tax handstamps and 1c pair, 2c (fault), 6c Postage Dues added pmk'd GPO REGISTRATION dated 28 DE 53. £140 |