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;) | A75 used SAVANNA LA MAR, Jamaica postmark (Type L) on QV 2d CA wmk (SG.20). £2 |
;) ;) | PAID AT NEVIS - AN EXQUISITE and INTRIGUING FAKED COVER 1885 completed fabricated cover showing why the PAID AT NEVIS Crowned Circle was used on pairs QV ½d dull green and singles QV 1d carmine (SG.25,27a) during the period 9/12/83 to 9/9/86 (dates taken from village manuscript markings on loose stamp overstruck with the Crowned Circle): 1885 cover addressed Chas. Hill Esq., English Harbour, Antigua with genuine QV 1d carmine superbly tied full upr. bogus PAID AT NEVIS Crowned Circle to uprate to 2½d for the under 300 mile inter-island rate (with further strike alongside) additionally showing bogus NEVIS A/DE 12 85 despatch cds alongside address panel. B/stamped further bogus NEVIS A/DE 12 85 cds and what is now considered extremely dubious ANTIGUA/ A/DE 14 85/ ENGLISH HARBOUR cds (note that this is the same date as found on the E.V. Toeg cover bearing 8 x QV 1d to Sherring, Bristol with RPS certificate). The author being aware that genuine strikes of both the Crowned Paid and Nevis cds have an oily appearance at this time has cleverly used his paint brush to simulate the oily stains within the Nevis despatch cds and soiled the cover at top left for good measure. (Shortages of the 2½d adhesive were highly probable at this time as only 1080 copies 2½d red-brown CA were invoiced AU 10 82 followed by 5100, 5100, 5160 copies of the 2½d ultramarine on NO 6 83, MY 21 84, AU 7 84). No genuine covers with the QV ½ds or single QV 1d with PAID AT NEVIS are known to exist. £925 |
;) | DAMBARA, Sierra Leone postmark (029.01) */24 JA 56 on KG6 2d (SG.54258). £95 |
;) | A64, Jamaica postmark on QV 1d Postal Fiscal SIDEWAYS CA wmk (SG.F3). £7 |
;) | GRENADA, Grenada postmark short-lived cds dated sideways up C/NO 19 85 on QV 2½d (SG.32). Recorded AP 2 85 (with C code until NO 15 85), thereafter no code until MR 1 86 £12 |
;) ;) | MAURITIUS stamps: 1953 QE2 20c Labourdonnais Statue (SG.299), u/m with additional COMPLETE OFFSET OF DESIGN on gummed side. £425 |
;) | ST. VINCENT GRENADINES stamps: 1974 3c parrot (SG.25), u/m corner marginal Plate 1A block of four showing FIVE DIAGONAL OVERPRINTS of "GRENADINES OF". £60 |
;) | A66 used PORT MARIA, Jamaica postmark on QV 1d Postal Fiscal SIDEWAYS wmk (SG.F3), some thinning and small crease. £2 |
;) | A38, Jamaica postmark (Type N) on QV ½d CC wmk (SG.7a), visual faults. £7 |
;) | K1 "13", Bermuda postmark on 1873 QV 3d yellow-buff CC wmk P.14 (SG.5), repaired tear top left side. £75 |
;) | KENNEMA, Sierra Leone postmark (072.01) C/JA 11 26 on KGV 3d (SG.136). £12 |
;) | LONG CAY F.I., Bahamas postmark (T.1) dated A/SP 23 without year on QV 2½d (SG.51). £18 |
;) | MBABANE, Swaziland postmark on Orange River Colony stamps 20 SEP 32 on differing shades 2 x KE7 1d piece. £20 |
;) | GRENADINES OF ST. VINCENT: 1974 $2.50 Shell (SG.51A), folded u/m sheet of 50 stamps ovp'd SPECIMEN. £75 |
;) | GRENADINES OF ST. VINCENT: 1974 $5.00 Shell (SG.52A), folded u/m sheet of 50 stamps ovp'd SPECIMEN. £75 |
;) | GRENADINES OF ST. VINCENT: 1974 $1.00 Shell (SG.50A), folded u/m sheet of 50 stamps ovp'd SPECIMEN. £50 |
;) | 20 used LA BREA, Trinidad postmark (Type 0.2) on 1853 (1d) brownish red/blued paper (SG.7, Cat.£70), clear margins. £40 |
;) | CAYMAN BRAC, Cayman Islands postmark a forgery of this exceptionally rare postmark on 1d Falls (SG.Z27, genuine Cat.£6,000), a nice conversation piece or space-filler. £120 |
;) ;) | BRITISH GUIANA stamps: 1862 1c rose Type-set (SG.116, Cat.£800), a forgery showing "wrong ornament" and "large A" in POSTAGE, fine used. £50 |
;) | 5 used ST. JOHN, Barbados postmark (C2) bootheel on 1858 1/- black (SG.12a), cut into both top and bottom left sides, extremely rare on this, only two examples currently recorded by me. £75 |