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;) | OVAL OF 14 BARS, Natal postmark on QV 1d Crown CA wmk (SG.99). £18 |
;) | OLDEANI, Tanganyika postmark (D3) 12 SE 35 on KGV 20c S. Jubilee (SG.124). £18 |
;) | A10 (vertical) used BARROUALLIE, St. Vincent postmark (PML.7) in watery black on QV 1d black sideways small star (SG.18), thin. £48 |
;) | KENT, Sierra Leone postmark (073.04) */11 MR 58 on QE2 ½d (SG.210). £85 |
;) | YORK ISLAND, Sierra Leone postmark (164.04) */16 AU 56 on QE2 1/3d (SG.218), blunt corner perf. £28 |
;) | VICTORIA postal history 1875 cover via London to Germany with 4d, 1/- pmk'd MELBOURNE 5 K/MR 23 75 duplex, flap removed clear of SALDER 19 5 75 arrival, soiling etc. £120 |
;) | LADYSMITH, Natal postmark (M.2) SP 8 04 on KE7 5d (SG.134) piece. £7 |
;) ;) | NATAL postal history 1880 cover with part damaged flap showing part "ROYAL RIFLES" printed crest with QV 6d pmk'd "1" numeral with 27 12 1880 despatch to Ripley House, Ripley, Surrey with handstruck red circled "A" (railway marking) with Farnborough Station A/JA 25 81 and on reverse Woking Station E/JA 25 81 cds. £75 |
;) ;) ;) ;) | INTRODUCING THE LADY ANNE COVER, the greatest and most significant item of MUSTIQUE postal history It was always assumed that the four Mustique Company labels were solely produced for the SP 1 1971 Government run inaugural First Flight covers between Mustique Post Office and mainland, St. Vincent, but this UNIQUE PROVING COVER shows that a Government approved PRIVATELY OPERATED LOCAL CARRIAGE SERVICE existed (by-passing the Mustique post office, and perhaps for only a few months) which REMAINED UNDISCOVERED for nearly 45 YEARS - 1971 commercial cover hand addressed by Colin Tennant to Lady Anne Tennant with MUSTIQUE COMPANY LTD 10c MAUVE label tied by their 10 JUN 1971 company handstamp for air carriage of 18 miles to mainland, and St. Vincent 50c Bird postmarked the next day KINGSTOWN */11 JU 71 to the family home at Tite Street, London. Arrival confirmed by automatic letter sorting machine luminescent dots applied at the London Eastern Central District Office as seen lower right of cover. No early ORANGE, YELLOW, or BLUE labels are known on cover. LADY ANNE TENNANT (formerly Lady Anne Coke), wife of Lord Glenconnor, Colin Tennant, owner of Mustique, was a Maid of Honour to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Her Coronation and is best seen holding the Queen's gown during the procession down the aisle at Westminster Abbey. Lady Anne was also Lady-In-Waiting to H.R.H. Princess Margaret. (Accompanied by early example of the SP 1 71 10c mauve on First Flight cover typewritten address - ie before use of printed address labelling). This is the ONLY KNOWN COVER leaving just 5 labels unaccounted for as only 70 of the 10c mauve label were printed for exclusive use by the owners of Mustique - the remaining 64 labels known to have been used up on the later First Day Covers for the SP 1 1971 inaugural flight Mustique to St. Vincent. The normal Mustique Post Office was fully operational since 1958 but the company service offered a more flexible air connection to the mainland. The labels were printed in units of two. £18500 |
;) | KENT, Sierra Leone postmark (073.03) reversed C/DE 4 12 on KGV 1d (SG.113). The reversed C code found so far on the two earliest known dates, the other date being NO 30 12 £30 |
;) | PLAINE DES PAPAYES, Mauritius postmark 19 SP 68 on QE2 15c (SG.322). £8 |
;) | BAUYA, Sierra Leone postmark (011.02) */19 JA 54 on KG6 1/3d (SG.196a). £5 |
;) | STANGER, Natal postmark (M.2) A/DE 12 10 on KE7 4d (SG.152). £6 |
;) | NEW SOUTH WALES postal history 1883 cover via Naples to Berlin, Germany with QV 3d, 6d pmk'd SYDNEY HMY 7 83 duplex. £85 |
;) | MOUNT AUREOL, Sierra Leone postmark (116.01) */AP 7 55 on KG6 1/3d (SG.196a). £6 |
;) | RUSSELL, Sierra Leone postmark (139.03) */22 MY 53 on KG6 ½d (SG.188). £24 |
;) | ISIPINGO, Natal postmark (M.4.1) P/16 JA 89 on QV 1d (SG.99) piece. £10 |
;) | BURUTU, Southern Nigeria postmark (T.6A) A/NO 24 14 on Nigeria KGV 1d (SG.2). £10 |
;) | ARMY POST OFFICE SOUTH AFRICA postmark on Natal stamps purple TRD dated 3 M B/6 APR 1900 on pair Natal QV ½d (SG.97) piece. £32 |
;) | VICTORIA postal history 1867 reg. cover front to Locarno, Switzerland with QV 10d, 1/- pair, single (3/10d rate) pmk'd "3" numerals with REGISTERED CASTLEMAINE A/OC 25 67 alongside, soiling. £250 |