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;) | 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 |
;) ;) ;) | HAMBURG-AMERICA LINE postal history HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE/ENE 7 1914/PUERTO MEXICO.-OFFICE purple oval agents arrival cachet on 2c Post Card pmk'd Mexico D.F. 5 ENE 14 to Sr. W.C. Barthman, Puerto Mexico, minor bends at left. Unlisted in Michael Rego handbook £125 |
;) ;) | MOUNT STEWART, Cape of Good Hope postal history 1897 QV 4d PSRE with added 1d Hope x 4 pmk'd MR 31 97 to Johannesburg, reverse MIDLAND UP F/31 MR 97 transit. £65 |
;) | KINGSTON, Jamaica postal history 1868 cover with QV 1d, 2d Pine wmk issues pmk'd "A01" b/stamped Kingston C/JA 27 68 to Vere. £125 |
;) | WATERLOO, Sierra Leone postal history (156.01) dated B/JU 10 (95) (ERD) on QV 1d carmine UPU Post Card pmk'd indistinct "B31" overstruck Eccles C73 duplex addressed Manchester re-directed Bolton. £95 |
;) | Army Post Office, Sierra Leone postmark (310.01) in purple ink on KG6 1/- (SG.196), possibly used on parcels (as in similar format to the parcel cancels used Nigeria). £65 |
;) | HIGHGATE, Jamaica railway postmark (S3a-II in blue) dated SEP 10 1923 on 1d Arawak (SG.95) piece. £24 |
;) | YONIBANA, Sierra Leone postmark (162.02) */DE 15 37 on KG6 1d Coronation (SG.185). £8 |
;) | MANGE, Sierra Leone postmark (105.03) */AU 27 37 on KG6 1d Coronation (SG.185). £14 |
;) | MAY PEN STATION, Jamaica railway postmark (S2a, D1 in blue) dated FEB 7 1905 on 1d Falls (SG.32), large tear at left. Rare, few strikes known. £120 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA postal history 1886 1c grey Inland Post Card with "SPECIMEN." (Type 3) struck across the stamp, diagonally and inverted. Unlisted T+H Page 175. £65 |
;) | GOODS TRAIN, Jamaica railway postmark previously unrecorded large part straight line in purple ink on ½d Arms (thought SG.37 but some paper adhers) with manuscript signature of "A. Cooper" below. Currently unique. £525 |
;) ;) ;) | TOO LATE used KINGSTON, Jamaica postal history 1868 worm-eaten edged cover open most of 3 sides b/stamped Kingston C/AU 10 68 to Richard Hill, Spanish Town showing TOO LATE (TL3, LRD) and Spanish Town A/AU 11 68 clear of address panel, flap with printed blue buckled DAT CURA COMMODUM (carefulness bestows profit). The absence of adhesive or manuscript postal charge being usual on official correspondence mailed within the island. £125 |
;) ;) ;) | "33" used UDA PUSSELLAWA, Ceylon postal history 1883 opened for display reg. mourning cover with superb intact UDA PUSSELLAWA/(crown)/POST OFFICE wax seal on reverse to The Vicarage, Fremington, North Devon with QV 4c rosy mauve x 3, QV 24c green tied "33" numerals with NO 9 83 PAID cds alongside, some faults. £325 |
;) | AR, Sierra Leone postal history (716.02) alongside KG6 6d, 1/- tied REGISTERED G.P.O. oval dated 12 JU 42 on censored cover to Old Hill, England. £65 |
;) | RETURNED FOR/POSTAL ADDRESS, Jamaica postal history (Proud Type 173, ERD) on QV ½d Reply Post Card (reverse blank) pmk'd KINGSTON 3D/FE 26 90 sqc from Capt. Clark to a George D'Pass with text reading "I leave today for Buff Bay and to leave next week for Kingston. What you have for me save for me. I been laying here six days now and would take to rum quickly". He obviously did as with no postal address. £180 |
;) ;) | BUSHY PARK STATION, Jamaica railway postmark (S2b in blue, Proud unlisted) dated AUG 10 1903 on 1d Falls (SG.32), perf. defects at lower right. Only one dated strike for JAN 20 1906 recorded by Topaz, Seifert, Cwiakala, a further strike dated FE 27 1905 confirms no side dot so Type S2b and not S2. The cancel seemingly so elusive that it is unlisted in the Proud handbook. £325 |