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;) | GLOUCESTER, Sierra Leone postmark (047.03) */30 JA 47 on KG6 1½d Victory (SG.201). £40 |
;) | GBOYAMA, Sierra Leone postmark (044.01) */27 JY 56 on QE2 2d (SG.213), perf. fault at lower right. £60 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS postal history 1878 cover front with Germany 10pf red, 20pf ultramarine strip of four and single confirmed by red crayon "1 10" pmk'd HAMBURG 14/12 77 cds to Wm. Guild & Co., Belize showing blue sender's cachet, red London Paid 17 DE 77 transit, BELIZE JA 9 78 arrival. Exceptionally attractive. £625 |
;) | CLINE TOWN, Sierra Leone postmark (025.03) */JY 6 37 on KG6 1d Coronation (SG.185). £4 |
;) | W.S. PENDEMBU T.P.O., Sierra Leone postmark (207.01) */12 AU 56 on QE2 3d (SG.214) piece, crease. £10 |
;) | CONGO X RDS., Sierra Leone postmark (028.01) */31 OC 57 on QE2 1½d (SG.212). £8 |
;) | PORT LOKKO, Sierra Leone postmark (126.02) C/OC 21 37 on KG6 1d Coronation (SG.185). £4 |
;) | PORT LOKO, Sierra Leone postmark (126.03) */21 JU 56 on QE2 6d (SG.216). £4 |
;) | PATROL POST No.2, Sierra Leone postmark (210.02) 3 OC 53 on QE2 1½d Coronation (SG.209). £5 |
;) | ABERDEEN, Sierra Leone postmark (001.01) */JA 21 32 on KGV 1d (SG.132a). £40 |
;) | ALLEN TOWN, Sierra Leone postmark (002.02) */3 MY 60 on QE2 1/3d (SG.218). Seldom seem on QE2 issues £32 |
;) | BRADFORD, Sierra Leone postmark (019.02) B/JY 20 40 on KG6 1½d (SG.190). £9 |
;) | BRADFORD, Sierra Leone postmark (019.02) sideways up B/OC 5 26 on horiz. pair KGV 1d (SG.132a), right stamp with minor creasing. £45 |
;) ;) ;) | TRINIDAD stamps: 1916 SG UNPRICED 1d scarlet with RED SHADING ON CROSS OMITTED (SG.175c), fine marginal unmounted mint accompanied by normal block of four for comparison. £525 |
;) | NEW ZEALAND postal history 1866 cover "via Marseilles" to Loughborough with 2d deep blue x 2, 6d red-brown each initialled "K" (at Kowai) and overstruck "C" obliterator, reverse Christchurch AP 13 66 and Loughborough C/JU 11 66 cds £325 |
;) ;) | Combination GERMANY and NEW ZEALAND, postal history 1891 cover with Reichpost 20pf blue twice pmk'd OLDENBURG 13/2 91 to sailor Heinrich Rose on the German Barque Kiandra/Kapitan Ahlers addressed care of Messrs. Cunningham in Christ Church who affixed QV 2d pmk'd CHRISTCHURCH 31 MR 91 for re-direction to Dunedin, reverse London transit, incoming Christchurch 30 MR 91 plus arrival, opened two sides, unusual. £300 |
;) ;) | JAMAICA postal history January 1st 1851 printed circular from Kingston to London rated 1/- in black with MR 10 1851 arrival additionally showing circular 5/NEW YORK/FEB 26 and red framed MAITLAND PHELPS & Co/NEW-YORK cachet. The circular 10/NEW YORK (half ounce mail) and 20/NEW YORK (under one ounce mail) are regular seen, but the 5/NEW YORK on printed matter very seldom seen on BWI correspondence. £65 |
;) | CYPRUS postal history Ex GLASSCO 1878 with GB QV 2½d rosy-mauve Plate 12 pmk'd "942" with Larnaca B/DE 4 78 despatch to London, part flap removed. Ex GLASSCO. £350 |
;) | MONTSERRAT - PREPARATION SHEET on UNISSUED VERTICAL LAID PAPER Montserrat 1866 QV 1d pale rose INLAND REVENUE on unissued vertical laid paper, a fine and fresh gummed and perforated sheet numbered "251" showing the two units of six stamps misaligned. Contemporary ink blobs noted on stamp seven and to the right of stamp twelve. The lower selvedge deliberately removed both to indicate spoilage and to ensure the grammatically incorrect "Each" sheets did not get into circulation. Minor perf. splitting at margin edges. Note: The initial delivery is thought to be Sheets 1 to 250 making a total of 3,000 stamps being issued on horizontal laid paper with base inscription reading One Penny each - One Shilling per Sheet. - the change from Each to each being made at preparation stage due Victorians being fussy about incorrect grammar. Only three imperforate sheets (numbered 256,257,258) are currently known with the original "Each" setting, and each showing differing adjustments to the lining up of the two units. Morley in 1910 reported the existence of these stamps on vertical laid paper but both Britnor (1965) and Robson Lowe (1990) were unable to confirm their existance in their handbooks. Sheets 251 to 260 are therefore printer’s unissued preparation sheets. The "Each" error was not noticed by philatelists until 2001 (135 years later!). £825 |
;) | REFUGEE CAMP, SPRINGFONTEIN, Orange River Colony postal history 1901 cover dated "3/8/01" at top in red ink with 1d V.R.I. to Paarl, interesting circled red "X" on address panel. £180 |