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;) | BARBADOS postal history 1959 cover to Grenada with QE2 6c pmk'd 15 AUG 1959 with purple OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE cachet alongside. £12 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS postal history 1961 cover with Germany 5pf pair pmk'd BELIZE 18 JU 61 with S.S. "Karl-Christian" and "PAQUEBOT" handstamps alongside. £16 |
;) | ZARIA, Northern Nigeria postmark manuscript dated "Zaria 10.7.8" overstruck JY 18 1907 d/ring (at ZUNGERU?) on KE7 1d (presumed SG.21 as envelope paper backed), corner perf. fault. £60 |
;) | ILORIN, Northern Nigeria postmark (T.5) JN 27 1912 on KE7 dull purple & chestnut MCA wmk pair and single (SG.24a, Cat.£80 each) piece. £80 |
;) | "CA" (Calliaqua), St. Vincent postmark in red dated JU 8 75 overstruck black horiz. "A10" at Kingstown on 1875 QV 1/- claret (SG.21, Cat.£250). £120 |
;) | NEW CALABAR, NIGER COAST postmark (T.P3) parcel cancel on QV 1d vermilion, worn and over-inked. £48 |
;) | ANTIGUA postmark with YEAR ERROR dated A/AP 28 28 on QV 1d (difficult to determine whether CC or CA wmk). £12 |
;) | BARO, Northern Nigeria postmark (T.5) AP 11 17 on Nigeria KGV 1d (SG.2a). £9 |
;) | PATANI, Nigeria postmark (D2) in purple dated JU 5 17 on Northern Nigeria KGV 2d grey (SG.47). £70 |
;) | Broad "A" used ST. JOHNS, Grenada postal history 1896 use of QV 1d carmine Post Card pmk'd 28 MY 96 to New Oxford Street, London, full commercial text. £75 |
;) | A71, Jamaica postmark on QV 1d CA wmk (SG.17), tiniest thin, rare on this. £14 |
;) | A73 used ST. ANN'S BAY, Jamaica postmark on QV 1/- Pine wmk (SG.6b). £12 |
;) | A73 used ST. ANN'S BAY, Jamaica postmark on QV 2d CA wmk (SG.20a). £3 |
;) | "10" in Concentric Circles, Mauritius postmark on 1863 4d rose Crown CC wmk (SG.62), pale colour. £60 |
;) | BROWNS-TOWN sqc plus TELEGRAPHS combination, Jamaica postmarks (SQC) dated A/M5 8 94 with JAMAICA/TELEGRAPHS/M5 8 94/BROWNS-TOWN on QV 1d Keyplate (SG.27), a rare error with both cancels having "M5" for month. £18 |
;) | OLD HARBOUR STATION, Jamaica railway postmark (S2a, D1) in blue dated APR 18 1904 on 1d Falls (SG.32). £28 |
;) | PARCEL POST OFFICE G.P.O., Jamaica postmark (PP?, narrow O in G.P.O.) MY 3 24 on 1/- Statue (SG.102). £12 |
;) | BOG WALK, Jamaica railway postmark (S3, D3) in blue dated JAN 12 1923 on KGV 1½d Contingent (SG.96), perf. faults. £85 |
;) ;) | CEYLON postal history (CEY59756) 1869 OFFICERS CONCESSION RATE OF 10d cover (1 of 2 known) endorsed Chichester/Cap. A.D.C. at lower left to his daughter Amy in London RE-DIRECTED THREE TIMES on arrival with Ceylon QV 10d orange pmkd black B showing red TRICOMALEE PAID AU 18 69 cds alongside and b/stamped red COLOMBO PAID A/AU 21 69. On arrival b/stamped LONDON N7/SP 20 69 and LONDON X10/SP 20 69 with re-direction to a Square in London S.W with circled 1d due handstamp; further re-direction to Army Agents Cox & Co, Craig Street with free re-direction within London crowned R applied plus CHARING CROSS W.C. A6/SP 20 69 cds, finally re-posted with GB QV 1d red Plate 108 pmkd BEWDLEY SP 21 69 duplex to Tiverton, Devon. Flap removed plus minor faults. Officers did not mark their mail for the privilege postage rate of 6d per ½oz (plus any Foreign Rate) unless there was a savings. There was no advantage on U.K. mail when rates were 6d via Southampton and 10d via Marseilles, but increases to 9d and 1/1d respectively on FE 1 1868 allowed a savings of 3d (as seen on the above cover). The concessionary rate was withdrawn DE 31 1869 so savings were only possible over a 23 month period. £3250 |
;) | RUIGTEFONTEIN, Orange Free State postmark in purplish-black dated F/FEB 18 85 on 2d pale mauve (SG.49). Recorded JAN 30 84 to APR 1 85 £90 |