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All world BANK TRANSFERS by WISE to Michael David Cameron Hamilton SORT CODE 23-08-01 Account 58021507. No postal charges
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BRITISH GUIANA 2c MILITIA CONCESSION RATE COVER
1897 use of the 2c carmine PSE pmk'd Georgetown 14 OC 97 from Sergeant Major U.S. Mayfield, British Guiana Militia to Sergeant Major J. McEwen, Depot Border Regiment, Carlisle, Cumberland countersigned with purple "Colonel, Commandant British Guiana Militia" handstamp.
No early concession rate covers from Militia are known for the rest of the British West Indies group, and no Sailor's concession rate covers are still not known from British Guiana (as mentioned Townsend + Howe Page 242)
£600

BARBADOS to JAMAICA postal history
1864 large part wrapper to Barclay & McDowell, (Jamaica) with 6d orange-red (SG.30) pmk'd Bridgetown "1" bootheel with I/MY 25 64 despatch, top flap shows St. Thomas MY 28 1864 transit dbl-arc and Kingston C/JU 4 64 arrival.
£75

DJAMBI, Netherland Indies to TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS
1915 use of Nederlandsch Indie 5c Post Card written "Djambi 13 Mei 1915" and pmk'd 18 5 15 to Professor Oscar Grey, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands and re-directed Detroit, Michigan, USA, light TURKS ISLANDS A/JY 13 15 arrival above address panel.
£60

MALTA to FINNBODA SLIP, Stockholm, Sweden
1883 clean cover with sender's purple SALVO GRIMA/SHIP CHANDLER/MALTA d/ring oval cachet mailed to the famous ship-building Finnboda Slip, Stockholm, Sweden with GB 2½d blue Plate 22 tied "A25" duplex dated A/DE 17 83, b/stamped 24.12 arrival, cover with tear top left corner.
£125

"CO" used COLONARIE, St. Vincent postmark/cancel
in red ink on 17 copies QV 1d black, condition and quality of strikes mixed. Ex DUGGLEBY
Listed in COVERS section for convenience
£50

DOMINICA to ANTIGUA postal history
1940cover to Miss Maude Collens, St. John's, Antigua with ten copies KG6 ¼d pmk'd PORTSMOUTH */AP 15 40, b/stamped Roseau and St. Johns AP 18 arrival.
£60


POST PAID WITHDRAWN SHIP LETTER/(crown) 18 AP 18 1815/LONDON to Nassau, Bahamas
1815 outer wrapper to the Hon. James Webster, Nassau, Bahamas rated red 2/1/½d, reverse POST PAID WITHDRAWN SHIP LETTER, LONDON dated AP 18 1815, docketted "Chalmers 18 April, rec'd 20 June".
£825

"T.21" used CEDROS, Trinidad postal history
1885 use of QV ½d brown Inland Post Card pmk'd Type 0.9 "T.21" duplex dated C/MR 7 85 to Mrs. L.E. Legge, Port of Spain showing Trinidad A/MR 8 85 arrival cds, overall toning. Ex MEDLICOTT.
£48

"9." and "T.9" used MANZANILLA, Trinidad postal history
1882 cover to Lionel Legge, Port of Spain with "1d" in red on 6d tied indistinct Type O.6 "9." with Type 0.9 "T.9" duplex dated C/JU 6 82 and Trinidad JU 8 82 arrival alongside, flap missing. Ex MEDLICOTT.
£120

"9." and "T.9" used MANZANILLA, Trinidad postal history
1883 cover to Lionel Legge, Port of Spain with "1d" in red on 6d tied Type O.6 "9." with Type 0.9 "T.9" duplex dated C/JY 10 83 and Trinidad JY 12 83 arrival alongside, tone-speckled. Ex MEDLICOTT.
£100


"T.35" (probable re-allocation, office unknown), Trinidad postal history
1898 cover to Capt. Short, Richmond, Tobago with 1896 Seated Britannia ½d (SG.114) tied Type 0.9 "T.35" duplex dated reversed C/FE 7 98 (the top of the 2-digit numeral almost guess work) with Port of Spain A/FE 8 98 and Tobago inverted A/FE 10 98 alongside. Ex MEDLICOTT.
The 0.9 "T.35" allocated California, the office stated opened in 1881 with earliest extended cds known for JU 2 1886.
£225

"2" used SAN FERNANDO, Trinidad numeral cover
1862 within San Fernando cover with 1861 (1d) rose (SG.53) pmk'd Type 0.3 "2" numeral to J.C. Alston, Merchant, San Fernando, reverse light partly indistinct Type 0.7a code 2/FE 13 cds. Ex MEDLICOTT.
£175


"T.17" used COUVA, Trinidad postal history
1883 cover to Dr. Cleaver, Montserrat with 1d in red on delightful colour 6d pmk'd JA 31 83, reverse with the numeral portion Type 0.9 "T.17" duplex and mirest trace of cds portion, seemingly originating at Couva and left to be cancelled at Port of Spain, no flap. Ex MEDLICOTT.
£125


"T.17" used COUVA, Trinidad postal history
1883 use of the "ONE PENNY." UPU Formula Post Card with added "1d" in red on 6d pmk'd Trinidad B/SP 18 83 to L.E. Agostini, Couva, reverse Type 0.9 "T.17" arrival duplex dated C/SP 18 83, very clean. Ex MEDLICOTT.
£250

"T.9" (Mayaro), "T.10" (Manzanilla), a CONTRADICTION in DELIVERY, Trinidad postal history
(Type 0.9) Two QV ½d deep green newswrappers each addressed in the same hand to E. Legge, Mayaro, the earliest showing Mayaro "T.9" C/DE 30 84 delivery, and the second with much rarer Manzanilla "T.10" C/JA 16 85 delivery (17 days apart, 29 miles apart on the coastal road). Faults including worm holes. Ex MEDLICOTT.
£480


"31" used CARONI, Trinidad postal history
1880 4d grey pmk’d 31/NO 30 1880 (Type 0.7, “1” not inserted) at lower left and left to be cancelled at Port of Spain with weak 0.4 “1” and Trinidad DE 1 1880 dbl-arc) to Mrs Percy Austin, Georgetown, Demerara being the short-lived under 300 mile rate (subsequently reduced to 2½d). Ex FORSYTH, MEDLICOTT.
£525

"27" used MONOS, Trinidad numeral postmark
1882 use of "ONE PENNY." UPU Formula Post Card with added (1d) rosy-carmine to Master H.K. Collen, c/o Mr. Morris, Monos pmk'd Trinidad AP 7 1882 dbl-arc with Type 0.9 "T.27" duplex s/ways down C/AP 8 82 arrival, with added str. line "REGISTERED", str. line "UNCLAIMED", and Type 0.6 "27" being all four of the Monos instruments. Heavily soiled at left and cracked lower right corner (separated at one point but now reinforced with hinges). Quite the showpiece, Ex MEDLICOTT.
Reverse text headed 7-4-82 with "My dear boy, I hope you are enjoying the holiday - and that you are not giving any trouble. Be careful in bathing not be too troublesome. The children send love."
£950

CASTRIES to VIEUX FORT, St. Lucia postal history
1901 use of QV 1d PSE with "Per Mail" (deleted) pmk'd Castries C/MR 26 01 to J.W. Elliott, Vieuxfort showing no code/MR 26 01 arrival, some opening tears at top.
"Loose" stamps show the "VF" code apparently not inserted period VF/11 FE 96 to VF/16 NO 99, and a second period VF/14 FE 01 to VF/FE 24 03.
£40

INDIA postal history
1865 cover to Mrs Ramsden, East Ham, Barking, Esssex with QV 2a strip of three, single QV 8a 3 pies tied Bombay "1" duplex dated JUL 23 65 showing red London Paid AU 22 65.
£125

BARBADOS to NATAL postal history
1914 cover to Miss Colepeper, W.R. Club, Florida Road, Durban with block of four KGV ¼d pmk'd 9 DEC 14, bi-lingual censor label at left, no backstamps.
£60
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