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;) | ST. JAMES, Antigua postmark */JY 19 28 on KGV 1d mauve (SG.64a) piece. The newly published handbook on Antigua by Freeland & Jordan gives the earliest and latest recorded dates for St. James as */JY 19 28 to */FE 18 29 (a mere 7 months). The */FE 18 29 strike was recorded as the only known dated example and it is illustrated in the new handbook but seems to be partly enhanced in black ink. It is currently believed that this */JY 19 28 example is the finest copy. £325 |
;) | LA REUNION A MARSEILLE No.5 French maritime postmark on Mauritius stamp */5-10-15 on 6c (SG.186). £18 |
;) | PARCEL POST, Lagos postmark (T.15B) F/AU 12 1906 on KE7 1/- MCA wmk (SG.60a). £28 |
;) | 555 used VRYBURG, Bechuanaland postmark on QV 2d (SG.11). £8 |
;) | 4 CONCENTRIC CIRCLES postmark on Leeward Islands stamp on 1927 KGV 2½d bright blue (SG.67). £20 |
;) | ST. ANN'S BAY, Jamaica postmark (CDS) AP 7 91 on QV 1d Keyplate (SG.27). £8 |
;) | CEDAR GROVE, Antigiua postmark */31 AU 66 on QE2 2c ITU (SG.166). £8 |
;) | LONDON, F.S. PAQUEBOT postmark on Antigua stamp used Foreign Section dated */22 AP 28 on KGV 1½d (SG.68) piece. £12 |
;) | 1003 used LOBATSI, Bechuanaland postmark on 1897 CGH ovp'd ½d (SG.56, 13mm apart, bottom line 16mm.) £14 |
;) | jusqu'a purple bars on Bahamas stamp on 1922 KGV 6d (SG.122). £7 |
;) | ST. PETER'S, Antigua postal history 1919 cover to Montgomery Ward, Chicago with Leewards KGV ½d deep green, 1d bright scarlet (SG.47a,48a) pmk'd ST. PETER'S sideways down C/DE 1 19 cds, flap removed. £140 |
;) ;) | Parish "B" (INVERTED) used St. Marks, Grenada postal history 1898 use of QV 2d grey PSRE with added QV 2½d Keyplate (SG.51) to Egerton Burnett Ltd, Wellington, Somerset pmk'd "B" dated 17 FE 98, the removable "B" being inverted. Only two covers with 2nd Parish Type INVERTED "B" are currently recorded, the other dated DE 12 95 £525 |
;) | MONEAGUE, Jamaica postmark (CDS) AP 15 93 on QV 1d Keyplate (SG.27). £4 |
;) | OLD CALABAR RIVER, Southern Nigeria postmark (T.1) SP 6 00 on Niger Coast QV 1d vermilion. £24 |
;) | BARBADOS to Prince Edward Island postal history (Ex GINGOLD, HURLOCK) 1873 cover (torn along top) with rounded corner perf. (4d) dull vermilion compound perf. 11 to 13 x 14½ to 15½ (SG.57, Cat.£110) and clean-cut (1d) blue (SG.52) pmk'd BARBADOS I/JY 29 73 to Nathaniel McLaren, Georgetown, Prince Edward Island rated red "4" and b/stamped ST. THOMAS A/AU 2 73 transit. A rare destination. Ex GINGOLD (1947) and HURLOCK (1959). £240 |
;) | 20 used LA BREA, Trinidad postal history on wrapper front tying 1861 (1d) rose-red (SG.52) addressed Charles Fabien, Port of Spain, reverse text does not include despatch date, faults. £175 |
;) | ANGUILLA VALLEY, St. Kitts Nevis postmark */20 AP 45 on KG6 1½d (SG.70). £5 |
;) | PATANI, Nigeria postmark (D2) in purple ink dated JU 5 17 on Northern Nigeria KGV 2d grey (SG.47). £75 |
;) | K1 "12", Bermuda postmark on 1865 QV 1d pale rose CC wmk (SG.2), minute tear top right corner. £200 |
;) ;) | BULL BAY, Jamaica postal history 1897 QV ½d Post Card from L.O. Chitty, Inspector of Schools to The Teacher of Harbour Head School, Kingston with printed text re forthcoming inspection pmk'd Kingston Street Letter Box F/NO 2 97 marked blue crayon "Unclaimed" and "Bull Bay" with partly fine BULL-BAY NO 9 97 cds and eventual RETURNED/LETTER/BRANCH/25 DE 97/KINGSTON alongside address panel. £75 |