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;) | B31 used FREETOWN, Sierra Leone postmark (035.12, narrow B) on QV ½d pair, (035.13, thick bars) on QV ½d, 1d, (035.14, wide B) on QV ½d CC wmk, 1d (thin), 3d, 6d, 1/-, fine condition. £45 |
;) ;) | GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands postmark in purple dated (OC)T 23 1890 on Jamaica QV ½d OFFICIAL 17-17½mm long (SG.Z14, Cat.£1400), perf. defect with 5mm closed tear at top. £400 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA stamps: 1860-63 24c green, a corner marginal horiz. strip of four pmk'd forgeries showing DOUBLE PERFORATIONS along top, all stamps affected by diagonal crease. £60 |
;) ;) | Trinidad CRACKED SHIELD constant plate flaw on 1876 6d bright yellow-green CC wmk P.14 (SG.77), fine used with full perfs dated TRINIDAD dbl-arc AP 27 1880. £125 |
;) ;) | POSITIONING VOYAGE of TWEED - PRIOR START R.M.S.P. SAILINGS FROM FALMOUTH 3rd JANUARY 1842 1841 business entire from Messrs. Stewart & Westmoreland, London to Alexander Logan, May Hill P.O., Manchester, Jamaica initially marked “Paid” and rated “8” with red PAID SHIP LETTER/(crown)/17 DE 17/1841/LONDON, but with the “Tweed” leaving for her West Indies station the following day the entire changed to “p. packet” and duly rated 1/- (unpaid) prior precise inscription of “By Ship” (no R.M.S. prefix as the R.M.S.P.Co not officially up and running) and “Steamer Tweed” arriving as a “ship letter” as handstamped KINGSTON SHIP LETTER (SL3) dated JA 17 1842. An exceptional first page item of R.M.S.P. Co. postal history showing all the intricate detail of “first ever” mail carried by the company to the West Indies. The R.M.S.P. handbook by Kenton & Parsons notes on Page 10 that the Tweed “carried some Ship letter mail to Jamaica and Arr. 17/1” £5250 |
;) ;) | BRITISH HONDURAS postal history 1881 QV 1½d Post Card pmk'd "O" with Belize JA 22 81 cds marked "per S.S. Glendale via England" to Helsingfors, Finland, Russia with red SHIP-LETTER LONDON B/MR 2 81 cds, b/stamped blue St. Petersburg 22 FEB 1881 transit. £625 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1882 DLR QV 1d drab ovp'd "Revenue" with OVERPRINT INVERTED (PML.9), the only example showing clear date of "31/12/83", minor blemish one perf. tip. Only four examples from a single sheet of 60 stamps are currently known to have survived. The three other examples dated "15/12/83" (faults, Peter Jaffe lot 537), "15/12/83" (fine), and "29/12/83" (illus. PML handbook Page 147). £2400 |
;) | ADA, Gold Coast postmark (T.5 no side dots) dated MY 4 90 on QV 4d (SG.16). £12 |
;) | ST. LUCIA stamps: 1881 QV "One Penny Stamp" black (SG.F7, Cat.£55), pmk'd "A11". £18 |
;) | A75 used SAVANNA LA MAR, Jamaica postmark on horizontal strip of three QV 3d Pine wmk (SG.3). £75 |
;) | CASENOVALE (error of spelling), Mauritius postmark (T.4) in red ink dated MA 28 13 on 2c (SG.165), rare as such. £48 |
;) | ST. LUCIA stamps: 1884 QV 1d slate ovp'd REVENUE (SG.F27, Cat.£25), fine used pmk'd "A11". £14 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA stamps: 1850 forgery of the 8c Cotton Reel in green (SG.4) tied to piece by forged "A03" cancel. £36 |
;) | British Guiana stamps: 1850 forgery of the 12c Cotton Reel in blue (SG.7) tied to piece by forged "A03" cancel, centrally thinned. £20 |
;) | British Guiana stamps: 1856 4c Type-set PRINTED IN REVERSE on thin greyish-pink paper (nothing on reverse). £40 |
;) ;) | JAMAICA postal history 1901 Empire rate cover with GB QV 1d lilac pmk'd Bedford FE 12 01 to Kingston where Advertised, Unclaimed etc, various backstamps, toning and peripheral faults. £95 |
;) | 29 used SENEKAL, Orange Free State postmark (11 bar) in red on 1d (SG.2), minor corner crease. £15 |
;) | 17 used LADYBRAND, Orange Free State postmark (16 bar) on 6d rose (SG.5). £12 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS postal history 1898 underpaid cover to Germany with QV 5c (SG.54 paying 2½d single rate) pmk'd Belize JA 7 98 showing local "T" and large handstruck "5d" (applied Liverpool) plus 40pf in blue crayon. Reverse 5 A/LIVERPOOL/US PACKET/22 JA 98 and GRANSEE 24.1.98 arrival, some creasing and tears to flap. £195 |
;) | A71, Jamaica postmark on QV 2d OFFICIAL (SG.05), horiz. crease. £10 |