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;) | CEYLON to INDIA postal history 1857-1871. Price £40 You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL copy (no refunds), which can be usefully carried to Stamp Fairs or Auctions on your tablet or laptop. 80 covers in b/w or colour, part or full scans, with text descriptions and provenance where known, all to India, with combination covers (including the probably unique combination cover of Ceylon 1d tied Chittipoor "C126"). 23 pages (A4 size) Price £40 payable by PayPal or WISE transfer. £40 |
;) | JAMAICA - THE KENT, 77th WEST INDIES REGIMENT, CORRESPONDENCE 1858-1872. Price £25 You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL copy (no refunds), which can be usefully carried to Stamp Fairs or Auctions on your tablet or laptop. 59 covers, commencing with single March 1858 NEW SOUTH WALES cover as Major of Brigade 77th Regiment, then after the 77th (the East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot sailed the following month to help suppress the Indian Rebellion, the correspondence continues from Kingston and Gordon Town, Jamaica to India and Cabul (Afghanistan), and ends addressed to the Clarence Barracks, Portsmouth, England. 15 pages (A4 size) Price £25 payable by PayPal or WISE transfer. Order your copy today. £25 |
;) ;) | "Full extra tree-trunk" variety, BAHAMAS postal history 1919 reg. cover to Port Washington, New York with pair 1918 3d purple/yellow ovp'd "WAR TAX" (SG.94) pmk'd Nassau 7 MAR 19, the left stamp showing the full extra tree-trunk" variety. £80 |
;) | GREAT BRITAIN used in BRITISH GUIANA (1858-1860). Price £25 You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL copy (no refunds). 53 covers (plus some dated pieces) mainly illustrated in b/w or colour with text descriptions spanning period 1858-1860. GB used ABROAD has always been very popular with serious collectors, and this file will be most helpful for planning an exhibit giving a comprehensive coverage of what to expect, destinations, rates, combinations etc, and often shows the pitfalls (missing stamp, part stamp added etc). Provenance given when known. 17 pages (A4 size) Price £25 payable by PayPal or WISE transfer. Knowing what to buy is key to buying .... order your copy today. £25 |
;) | ANTIGUA used in ST. CHRISTOPHER (1890). Price £14 You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL copy (no refunds). 33 covers mainly illustrated in b/w or colour with text descriptions spanning period January to April 1890 including the build up to shortages covers. Provenance given when known. 18 pages (A4 size) Price £14 payable by PayPal or WISE transfer. Knowledge is key to buying .... order your copy today. £14 |
;) | ANTIGUA - ADHESIVE COVERS PERIOD 1862 - 1890. Price £120 You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL copy (no refunds). 309 covers mainly illustrated in b/w or colour with text descriptions spanning period 1862-1890 including 8 bogus ENGLISH HARBOUR "A18" covers. As a new collector to this country the file is perfect for planning an exhibit, gives a comprehensive coverage of what to expect, destinations, rates, combinations etc, and often shows the pitfalls (missing stamp, stamp added or not belonging). Provenance given when known. 88 pages (A4 size) Price £120 payable by PayPal or WISE transfer. Knowledge is key to buying .... order your copy today. £120 |
;) | BARBADOS stamps: 1873 (½d) green wmk Large Star (SG.58), used with DOUBLE PERFORATIONS at base, slight toning, unusual. £60 |
;) | BARBADOS to NICARAGUA postal history 1890 use of QV 1½d UPU Post Card pmk'd Barbados JY 1 90 open bootheel duplex to Managua, Nicaragua, purple TRANSITO COLON (JY 15), black TRANSITO PANAMA (JY 16), purple CORINTO, NICARAGUA (JY 24) with red MANAGUA duplex (JY 25) on full text reverse. Unusual destination. £125 |
;) | ANTIGUA to JAMAICA postal history 1880 mourning cover to Mrs. P. Larsen, Newmarket P.O., Jamaica with QV 4d blue CC wmk (SG.20) pmk'd vertical "A10" (sent out to Colony JY 16 1880) with ANTIGUA A/DE 12 80 cds alongside rated red "2", reverse KINGSTON (DE 20) and Newmarket (DE 21) arrivals, smaller edge faults. £525 |
;) | ANTIGUA postal history 1881 cover front to London with QV 4d blue CC wmk (SG.20) tied vertical "A02" with Antigua A/OC 11 81 and red London 29 OC 81 arrival alongside. £180 |
;) | ST. LUCIA postal history 1858 - 1900. Price £120 You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL copy (no refunds). 334 covers mainly illustrated in b/w or colour with text descriptions spanning period 1858 (GB used abroad) to 1900. As a new collector to this country the file is perfect for planning an exhibit, gives a comprehensive coverage of what to expect, destinations, rates, combinations etc, and often shows the pitfalls (missing stamp, stamp added or not belonging). Provenance given when known. 98 pages (A4 size) Price £120 payable by PayPal or WISE transfer. Knowledge is key to buying ....order your copy today. £120 |
;) ;) | AN EXCEPTIONAL 1860 GREAT BRITAIN QV 2d BLUE COVER to ANTIGUA 1860 cover marked "Very important inheritance" with GB QV 2d blue Plate 8 (DG, DH, DI) pmk'd London JY 5 60 to Antigua with lengthy addressing "Matthew Christian by Son of Mr. Robert Christian Esq who died at Antigua in 1777 or to the Relatives of the said Robert and Matthew Christian, Antigua (West Indies) .... Expressly Recommended to the post to be Enquired for those Relatives and to be delivered to one of them". Marked in manuscript "Not Known", b/stamped C/ANTIGUA/AU 1 60 (arrival) and C/ANTIGUA/DE 29 60 (date returned to London). Fine heraldic embossed flap. Mathew Christian, owner of various estates in Antigua, Biffins (200 acres), Red Hill (400 acres), Elme’s (158 acres), and Windward (180 acres). Died in London in 1778. Son of Robert Christian died in Antigua in 1776. He is supposed to have left Antigua about the year 1777 and come to London, and it is believed that in 1778, he was living in Southampton-street, Strand, in the city of Westminster, where he died. He had a brother, John, who died in Antigua shortly before 1777, and a sister, Margaret, who was married to William Gunthorpe of Antigua. £950 |
;) | "37" (allocation unknown), Trinidad postmark/cancel (Type 0.6) extremely rare "37" on 1896 1d Britannia (SG.115). £325 |
;) | BAHAMAS postal history Purple boxed "MAIL DELAYED/ON SHIP." applied under extremely busy Port conditions when mail was not immediately taken to the Post Office on docking, according to regulations, on interrupted mail on QV 2½d cover tied Nassau C/AP 13 97 to Pottsville, Pennsylvania, USA. Two over covers (both damaged) are recorded with this boxed handstamp both also pmk'd Nassau C/AP 13 97. £180 |
;) | BAHAMAS postal history 1894 cover with printed "Guardian" Office address to Boston, Massachusetts with QV 2½d pmk'd 19 FE 94. £10 |
;) ;) | A PRICING STRUCTURE FOR GOLD COAST QV CANCELS - Price £280 You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL copy (no refunds). An in-depth text only study of the mainly Macrae T.2 and T.5 cancellations as found on QV issues arranged in chronological sequence, showing both the bands of use of code letters and ink colours. The majority of the 5,640 listed items being described and priced (as sold over the years). Provenance is given when known. 100 pages (A4 size), a sample page is illustrated. Price £280 payable by PayPal or WISE transfer. Information is the key to buying....order your copy today. £280 |
;) | RUSSIA to JAMAICA postal history 1905 col. ppc with 4kon tied Moscow 18.8.05 datestamp to the Manager of the Titchfield Cottages showing KINGSTON and PORT ANTONIO SE 20 05 arrivals. £48 |
;) | MITCHELL, Queensland postal history 1905 reg. cover to Hobart, Tasmania with QV 1d strip of three, QV 2d tied numerals with 2-line REGISTERED/ MITCHELL and OC 30 1905 despatch cds, usual spike hole. £65 |
;) ;) | JAMAICA NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS CATALOGUE - PRICE £120 You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL copy (no refunds). Over 2,000 combinations individually priced. 1,725 colour illustrations of numeral combinations plus further 61 colour illustrations related items (cds used when numeral missing/lost etc) + 30 colour illustrations of selected covers. 149 pages (A4 size) Price £120 payable by PayPal or WISE transfer. Information is everything....order your copy today. £120 |
;) | ST. VINCENT - DUKE DE POLIGNAC correspondence - Price £48 You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL copy (no refunds). 128 covers mostly colour illustrated (only 3 without scans) with descriptions for each including provenance where known arranged in chronological sequence. A real guide to which covers to buy covering pre-stamp (2), GB used in St. Vincent period, the Siege of Paris period. Price £48 payable by PayPal or WISE transfer. Information is everything....order your copy today. £48 |