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;) | REFUGEE CAMP, SPRINGFONTEIN, Orange River Colony postal history 1901 cover dated "22/8/01" in red at top to Simons Town with 1d V.R.I. pmk'd Springfontein cds. £175 |
;) | LEEWARD ISLANDS postal history 1940 airmail combination cover with Antigua KG6 ½d, Leewards 6d, 2/- pmk'd St. John's AP 8 40 to the BBC, London, alongside void centre RECEIVED FROM H.M. SHIPS d/ring, unusual as such. £65 |
;) | MONTSERRAT postal history 1d Badge UPU Post Card ovp'd SPECIMEN with design handstamped purple "ULTRAMAR", small fault. £65 |
;) | TRANSVAAL postal history 1905 cover to Ladysmith, Natal with KE7 1d tied BRITISH ASSOCIATION JOHANNESBURG purple TRD dated 1 SEP 1905, light central vertical crease. £475 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA to FRANCE 1859 cover with GB QV 1d, 6d pmk’d “A03” dated DEMERARA A/MR 11 1859 to Dieppe, France showing London AP 5, AMB Calais, Le Havre A Paris, and Paris 6 AVRIL transits. Flap removed by recipient to show his hand-written notes re content. Only one other GB QV 1d, 6d combination is recorded dated JA 23 1860 ex Paramaribo via Demerara to Dunkerque. £2500 |
;) | GRENADA postal history 1882 QV 1½d pale brown UPU Post Card to Forton Barracks, Gosport pmk'd blue A/GRENADA/MR 27 82 cds, rarely seen. £225 |
;) | ST. LUCIA postal history 1881 wrapper from Luc Eudoxie to Macfarlane Senior & Co., London with QV (4d) yellow P.14 (SG.16) tied "A11" with ST. LUCIA C/JU 9 81 despatch rated red "4". Ex MESSENGER £350 |
;) ;) | Black "CA" (Calliaqua) and red "RAB" (Rabacca) combination, St. Vincent postmarks currently unique combination red "RAB" OC 23 81 and black "CA" OC 28 81 on QV 1d olive-green (SG.29), straight edge at top. £95 |
;) | BATKANU, Sierra Leone postmark (010.01) A/MR 6 03 on KE7 1½d orange (SG.101). Illustrated Page 4 of "The Postmarks of Sierra Leone 1854-1961 Second Edition" by Walton, Quirk, Hamilton, Horry. £185 |
;) | MURRAY TOWN, Sierra Leone postmark (118.02) C/FE 14 18 on KGV 1d (SG.113b). New Walton handbook illustrated £75 |
;) ;) | JAMAICA postal history FIRST DAY WITH NEW 1/- PER QUARTER OUNCE PACKET RATE to BWI based on progressive weight (previously based on sheets): entire written Ayr 30th December with light boxed AYR/DEC 30 1839 and red (London) N/1 JA 1/1840 which display top flap to Alex C. Logan, Great Valley, Manchester, Jamaica rated 1/- unpaid with 2/3½" (local currency) below and red "silver" (unknown whether contemporary), docketting on lower flap, some soiling but finding another would be like looking for a needle in a haystack! The new rate introduced from G.P.O. London January 1st 1840, increased to 1/- per half ounce January 1st 1842. £225 |
;) | BARBADOS postal history 1865 cover with rare printed sender's address of GOODRICH & HOUGH, PHOTOGRAPHERS, No. 1 BROAD STREET, Bridgetown, Barbados marked "via Colon" to McAdam, New York rated red "4" with (1d) deep blue, (4d) dull rose-red (SG.24,25) tied bootheel "1" with BARBADOS MR 11 65 despatch cds alongside, reverse ST. THOMAS MR 14 1865 transit dbl-arc. The (1d) stamp torn right through prior affixing, and cover slightly reduced at left. £280 |
;) | EWARTON, Jamaica railway postmark (S1b-1 square letters, D4 blue) dated JUL 29 1921 on KGV 1½d Contingent (SG.96), minor toning. £75 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: Litho forgery by the Spiro Brothers of the QV 1/- in indigo, fine used. £5 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: Litho forgery by the Spiro Brothers of the QV 6d in green, fine used. £6 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: Litho forgery by the Spiro Brothers of the QV 6d in green, fine used. £6 |
;) | A10 used KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent postmark (PML.2) on 1881 QV 4d bright blue (SG.38, Cat.£120), strong colour fine used. £24 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: Plate proof marginal horizontal pair of the 1881 QV ½d (SG.36) in black on unwatermarked paper. £125 |
;) ;) ;) | ROODEPOORT, Transvaal postal history 1909 KE7 1d carmine PSE to Durban pmk'd 21 JUL 09, opened 3 sides to show full intense offset of the printed design. £175 |
;) | RIVERSDALE, Jamaica railway postmark (S3a,D2 blue) dated SEP 24 1921 on KGV 1/- Statue (SG.85). £24 |