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;) | BERMUDA postal history 1832 faded archive backed entire written "Hamilton 14th Sept 1832" to Darrell & Smith, Halifax, N.S. with poor St. George's 14 SE 1832 fleuron (PM2), marked rate by weight "1¼oz" and with 1/8 changed "1N10". Only four fleurons recorded on entires to Nova Scotia, all from the same faded correspondence £225 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: Litho perforated forgery of the QV 6d in deep green showing wide spacing V I in ST. VINCENT, fine used. £16 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: Litho imperforate forgery of the QV 6d in deep green showing wide spacing V I in ST. VINCENT, fine used. £18 |
;) | "54" used JAFFNAKACHCHERI, Ceylon postal history 1883 QV 2c brown complete Newswrapper with added QV 2c pale brown (SG.146, creased) tied "54" numerals to The Catholic Mission, Lyon, France with JAFFNAKACHCHERI PAID JU 30 83 cds, red framed TOO LATE and red MODANE A PARIS 31 JUIL 83 d/ring alongside. £375 |
;) ;) ;) | ST. LUCIA postal history 1877 cover with 1/- deep orange (SG.18a) pmk'd black "A11" smudge with similarly poor ST. LUCIA JU 28 1877 despatch dbl-arc to Paris, France re-directed to Fontainebleau (in the inverted position) on reverse. There is no indication that the adhesive belonged elsewhere, and the black smudge just extends onto the cover. Note the black vertical line in the cancel which matches the vertical crease below (and reverse) which strongly suggests there was an enclosure partly causing the poor strike. £200 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1977 "CARIBBEAN VISIT 1977" INVERTED OVERPRINT on QE" $2.00 Silver Jubilee (SG.540a, Cat.£35.00), fresh u/m. £18 |
;) | Boxed T.P.O. and ANNOTTO BAY, Jamaica railway postmarks combination purple boxed T.P.O. (D1) and part blue ANNOTTO BAY (S3a,D4) dated SEP 24 19(13) on KGV 1d (SG.58) piece. £80 |
;) | GANDOHUN FAKUNYA, Sierra Leone postmark (038.02) */13 OC 55 on KG6 2d (SG.191a). £100 |
;) | P.O. VUNISEA, Fiji postmark 19 JUL 1915 on KGV 1d (SG.127) piece. £15 |
;) ;) | OFFICIAL-PAID, Antigua postal history to Tapton Close, Sheffield 1916 Leewards KE7 2d PSRE with added KGV 1d to Sheffield pmk'd OFFICIAL-PAID, ANTIGUA */MY 19 16, album page backing paper adhers to whole of reverse, rarely seen cancel. £140 |
;) | B/1 used ST. GEORGES, Bermuda postmark (K2) on 1874 QV 6d dull mauve (SG.7), mild toning. The B/1 had a much shorter life on this QV 6d £75 |
;) | Obsolete JAMAICA "A01" transferred to G.P.O, LONDON FOREIGN SECTION, Transvaal postal history 1902 censored cover to The Hague, Holland with 2 x 1d E.R.I. overprints tied Johannesburg 18 APR 02 with further uncancelled KE7 ½d firmly "killed" by obsolete Jamaica "A01" numeral (Type E) transferred from Kingston to the G.P.O. London Foreign Section specifically for the duty of cancelling uncancelled adhesives. A wonderful combination cover. £350 |
;) ;) ;) | Code 5 used ST. JOHN, Barbados postal history (M2-Original) seldom seen dated 5/FE 3 74 as arrival on reverse GB QV 1/- green Plate 8 mourning cover pmk'd London JA 16 74 to Scottish railway Engineer P.A. Frazer, Bridgetown re-directed to "Windy Ridge, St. John" showing I/JA 31 74 arrival I/FE 2 74 re-direction cds. The M2-Replacement cds for this office shows lettering further away from outer rim. £325 |
;) | JIMMI BAGBO, Sierra Leone skeleton postmark (056.02) 6 OC 54 on KG6 ½d (SG.188). £48 |
;) | A10 used GEORGETOWN, St. Vincent postmark (PML.5 in red) on 1872 QV 1/- deep rose red (SG.17) overstruck black horiz. A10 at Kingstown, superb strikes. £150 |
;) ;) | RICHMOND, Jamaica railway postmark (S3,D2 in unrecorded purple ink) dated JUN 15 1945 on reverse 2nd Class cheap fare ticket to Riversdale. £150 |
;) | A47 used HOPE BAY, Jamaica postal history 1888 cover to Kingston with QV 2d slate (SG.22a) tied "A47" with HOPE-BAY A/7 MR (88) and Kingston MR 8 88 sqc arrival on reverse, some toning. £75 |
;) ;) | SIERRA LEONE postal history 1936 KGV 1½d Post Card with added KGV ½d pmk'd Freetown NO 26 36 to Bienne, Switzerland, sender says that after travelling with the Wahehe his head is done in and attaches a photograph after the storm. £65 |
;) | Vertical "A10" (late use), St. Vincent postal history c1892 Barbados QV 1d pink embossed PSE pmk'd vertical "A10" to S.M.S. "Molthe", German training ship, Kingstown, no despatch ar arrival datestamps. Other late uses vertical "A10" are found on Barbados reply card portion JA 29 1892 and the latest date of FE 15 1892 on QV 1d UPU card to Trinidad £140 |
;) | ST. ANDREW, Barbados postmark 9/OC 10 46 on KG6 1½d Victory (SG.262). £9 |