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;) ;) ;) | SAILOR'S LETTER WITH CONCESSION RATE PAID BY 1d COIN, Antigua postal history 1845 entire headed May 26th 1845 from John King, Master at Arms on board Her Majesty's Ship Pique, Antigua (a naval soldier responsible for discipline and law enforcement aboard a ship) countersigned Horace Baker (Lieutenant & Commanding Officer) to his wife in Devonshire Buildings in Bath without the customary manuscript "1d paid" in red ink (as applied on land) but with his last ("my last") GB QV 1d coin sewn alongside the address panel confirmed by London PAID JU 20 1845 transit (not deemed overweight or subject to additional charge). Although a few dozen Soldier's Letters are recorded for the prestamp period this seems to be the only recorded accepted stampless Sailor's Letter from the BWI prior 1850. Contents include mention of discovery that the Foremast is so rotten, and a portion sent to the Admiralty with expectation of being ordered Home by September unless the mast is ordered to be built at Halifax or Port Royal "which I do not think they will do now the ship is three years in Commission". (Between 1841 and 1846 Pique, a sailing frigate with 36 guns, served on the North America and West Indies Station, on 10 March 1842 the Illustrious (see David Pitts lots 39, 159), with the Pique, Fair Rosamond and Spitfire departed Barbados for Antigua and Jamaica). A scan of the entire has been mounted on card and an actual 1845 1d coin has been sewn on with hemp, using the original 7 in and 7 out needle holes, to simulate how it could have looked, although it was on reverse in actual transit. Only one other BWI prepayment by sewn 1d coin entire is known written January 24th 1847 and posted on land with ANTIGUA double arc JA 27 1847 on a Soldiers Letter (ex Gerald Sattin) to a shoe maker in Edinburgh, the coin evidently was also sewn to the reverse as the circumference of the sewing holes obscure the frontal addressing. £6500 |
;) ;) | "A36" used DRY HARBOUR (Ex Trivett, Glassco, Jose P. Simon, Simpson, Mahfood, Pitts) The unique and complete entire with letter headed "Dry Harbour 9th Dec 1859 " from John Ellis to Edward Leahy, Chief Engineers Office, Spanish Town with GB QV 4d rose pmk'd "A36" (H) with matching inked DRY HARBOUR code 2/DE 9 1859 across upper flap which would display perfectly for exhibition if a few hinge remainders were professionally removed. The adhesive with top left wing marginal short perfs. Ex TRIVETT, GLASSCO, JOSE P. SIMON, SIMPSON, MAHFOOD, PITTS. Distance Dry Harbour to Kingston 71 miles, Spanish Town to Kingston 13 miles being 71 less 13 = 58 miles (4d rate under 60 miles). The code "2" was previously unlisted. The only other known entire is the top portion of a wrapper to Barclays & McDowell (Kingston) pmk'd code 2/SP 2 1858 which has GB QV 6d lilac for the 71 mile distance (over 60 miles rate). The “A36” (H) had a short life being either lost or mislaid as the earliest Pine watermark Jamaica stamps are cancelled by manuscript “36”. The best explanation probably comes from Bill Atmore in his January 2000 “Land of Wood and Water” publication where he wrote “It is known that stocks of imperial stamps had begun to run out at several offices as early as 1859, even before their official withdrawal from use on 1st August 1860. In these circumstances, the obliterators at most, if not all, offices became temporarily redundant, possibly leading to their loss or damage”. £4500 |
;) | OPOBO, Niger Coast postmark (T.R6) part dated B/-- NO 00 on QV ½d. £15 |
;) | 524 numeral, Cape of Good Hope postmark on 2d (SG.50a). £6 |
;) | 4 CONCENTRIC CIRCLES dumb maritime handstamp on Antigua stamps on horiz. pair 2½d Badge (SG.34). £32 |
;) | 4 CONCENTRIC CIRCLES dumb maritime handstamp on Antigua stamp on 1d Badge (SG.32). £15 |
;) | K3a "7", Bermuda postmark on 1865 QV 1d rose-red Crown CC wmk (SG.1). £48 |
;) | BOWDEN, Jamaica postmark (D/R) MR 5 01 on QV 2½d Keyplate (SG.29). £7 |
;) | S.S. ROSALIND paquebot cancel on Bahamas stamp in blue on KGV 1d (SG.116). £9 |
;) | K3a "8", Bermuda postmark on 1880 QV 4d red-orange Crown CC wmk (SG.20), minor toning. £36 |
;) | RUM-CAY, Bahamas postmark (T.1) B/MR 13 09 on KE7 1d (SG.72). £12 |
;) | GOVERNORS HARBOUR, Bahamas postmark (T.7 I) 30 JUN 06 on KE7 1d (SG.62). £15 |
;) | GOVERNORS HARBOUR, Bahamas postmark (T.7 I) 24 SEP 10 on KE7 1d (SG.72), creased. £9 |
;) | RUM-CAY, Bahamas postmark (T.1) B/JA 20 14 on horiz. pair KGV 1d (SG.82). £14 |
;) | K4 "3", Bermuda postmark on 1874 QV 6d dull mauve Crown CC wmk (SG.7). £30 |
;) | 498 numeral, Cape of Good Hope postmark on 1d (SG.59). £5 |
;) | K3a "15", Bermuda postmark on 1874 QV 6d dull mauve Crown CC wmk (SG.7), tear at middle right side. £45 |
;) | B/1 numeral, Bermuda postmark on 1865 QV 6d dull purple Crown CC wmk (SG.6). £75 |
;) | 27 out island numeral, Bahamas postmark on 1863 QV 1d vermilion INVERTED & REVERSED Crown CC wmk (SG.25y, Cat.£100), thin at top and some short base perfs. £20 |
;) ;) | K1 "3", Bermuda postmark on 1873 "One Penny." on QV 3d (SG.16, Cat.£350), the "One" with dropped "O". £200 |