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;) | Oval of 6 bars applied ACKLINS ISLAND, Bahamas postmark (TRC V in violet) on QV 2½d (SG.52). £75 |
;) | EXUMA negative brass MAIL BAG seal, Bahamas postmark showing all five letters of office name on QV 2½d (SG.50). Extremely rare and thought previously unrecorded on QV issues. £280 |
;) | POA 75 used WARTBURG arrival, Natal postal history on CGH QV ½d green Post Card from Cape Town 27 AP 98. £55 |
;) | POA 2 used 1902 (JY --) BOER WAR, Natal postal history tying GB KE7 1d on cover to Cradock (B/JY 22 02 arrival) with Newcastle A/JY 19 1902 transit. Minor soiling. £48 |
;) ;) | P.O.A. 59, NATAL postal history P.O.A. 59 on much travelled opened-out 1898 Transvaal 1d rate cover pmk'd Johannesburg 3 ME1 98 to Lower Umzimkulu re-addressed Imbezana, Natal with GPO, Natal 4 MY 98, Durban 5 MY 98, Umzinto 5 5 98, Umhlangeni MY 12 98 and MY 13 98, 2 x POA 59, Port Shepstone JY 7 98, Umhlangeni JY 8 98 and purple Returned Letter Office 15 9 98 plus 2 OCT 98 unidentified Z.A.R. return arrival, reverse with blue crayon "Advertised + Unclaimed". Exhibition item. £525 |
;) ;) | NATAL postal history 1902 reg. cover to Cradock with 7 x QV 1d (SG.99a) tied P.O.A. 91 numerals, b/stamped Durban MR 6 1902, flap tied by stamp selvedge and marked "Reported" with initials to show registered mail has extra sealing (stamp selvedge), staining on reverse. £725 |
;) | POA 94 used 1902 (JA --) BOER WAR, Natal postal history on QV 1d rate cover to Diyatalawa Camp, Ceylon, b/stamped FE 15 02 arrival. £140 |
;) | FORWARDED BY/GEORGE A. LLOYD & Co/SYDNEY, N.S.W. blue in oval cachet on lower flap of 1861 cover from San Francisco p. Electra to Parametta, N.S.W. The agent affixed the 2d and 2 x 1d adhesives for the onward 4d inland rate between ½oz and 1oz. Cover a little aged etc but believed to be the only example of this rare cachet. £525 |
;) | 7 used ARIMA (originally), Trinidad postmark on VIRGIN ISLANDS (Type 0.2) used as sole canceller on 1884 QV 2½d ultramarine (SG.31), smaller faults. The 1883 QV issues for Arima are normally always cancelled by either the 0.9 duplex numeral datestamp or by the 0.6 numeral in diamond handstamp. This late use of 0.2 7 is also known on Trinidad 1883 QV 1d (SG.107). This extraordinary and unusual use might suggest re-allocation to Dead Letter Office or elsewhere. £85 |
;) | SAN FERNANDO (M.O.O.), Trinidad postmark FE 28 1880 on horiz. strip of three SIDEWAYS Crown CC ½d mauve (SG.99a). Rare multiple. £150 |
;) | TRANSVAAL to a gold mining company in London postal history 36 used EUREKA KAAP GOUDV., (T.6a) in blue on pair ½d grey, 2 x 2d olive-bistre cover dated A/27 AP 93 to a Gold Mining Company in London. £625 |
;) | ST. LUCIA to NEW SOUTH WALES 1898 cover to E. Wallwork, "Carrington", Newcastle, New South Wales with enclosed letter bearing QV ½d and 1d pmk'd C/NO 25 98, b/stamped Sydney and Newcastle (JA 10) and Carrington (JA 11). £60 |
;) | MAURITIUS postal history: (T.3) scarce CALEBASSES B/MY 24 9 (9 for 99) tying 1899 15c on 36c (SG.135, earlier date than MY 28 99 as listed by SG) on local tone-speckled cover to Vallombreuse, Calebasses. £120 |
;) | K4a "8", Bermuda postmark on QV 6d dull mauve CC wmk (SG.7). Extremely rare on this issue. £175 |
;) | PALEKYTHRO (T.31A) in purplish-black on QE2 3m (SG.174) piece. £9 |
;) | V.R. ASHA (T.21) on KGV 3/4pi (SG.119). £28 |
;) | PAPHO (T.2) A/JU 4 21 on KGV 2pi (SG.78). £12 |
;) ;) | 1885 incoming cover with USA 5c brown tied Brooklyn OCT 30 duplex. £48 |
;) | E.R. ASGATA (T.25A) on KGV ½pi (SG.75), minor toning. £40 |
;) | G.R. KORNO, Cyprus postmark (T.28) on KGV 3/4pi (SG.119). £24 |