;) | "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 |
;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) | TRINIDAD (RANDOLPH RUST, pioneer of the Oil Industry) via BARBADOS to NOVA SCOTIA THE ONLY RECORDED TRINIDAD COVER QV PERIOD TAKEN TO BARBADOS FOR ONWARD TRANSMISSION - 1892 cover with purple RANDOLPH RUST/PORT OF SPAIN/TRINIDAD W.I./COMMISSION AGENT sender cachet (not previously seen) taken to Barbados with QV ½d dull green tied open bootheel duplex dated A/DE 31 92 addressed Halifax, Nova Scotia. £450 |
;) | Illegal use of KGV 4c REVENUE issue, Trinidad postal history 1938 cover to Chicago with unaccepted KGV 4c REVENUE alongside faulty KGV 2c pmk'd San Fernando 12 APR 38, circled "T" tax handstamp and New York Due 8 cents. £75 |
;) ;) | KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent postal history red KINGSTOWN C/MY 13 88 arrival on incoming Trinidad QV 2d PSRE with added QV 2½d (faults) to William Thomas, Georgetown, St. Vincent pmk'd ST. JOSEPH A/MY 12 88. £90 |
;) ;) | RECEIVED IN THIS CONDITION, ST. ANN CREEK TOWN, British Honduras postal history 1967 opened commercial pristine condition cover with Trinidad QE2 35c pmk'd P.O.S. */4 MR 67 to St. Ann Creek, Belize with five strikes purple framed "RECEIVED IN THIS CONDITION", b/stamped St. ANN CREEK TOWN 9 AU 67 d/ring. £60 |
;) | MAYARO on QV 2d PSRE pmk'd A/SP 8 92 £75 |
;) | BAHAMAS to TRINIDAD full reg. OHMS (changed from HIS to HER) foolscap cover to Trinidad with KG6 to £1.00 (15 stamps) pmk\'d Nassau 8 APR 52, b/stamped POS 12 AP 52. £75 |
;) ;) ;) | PSRE from COUVA with REGISTRATION NOT ACTIVATED, Trinidad postal history 1890 use of QV 2d PSRE with added QV 4d grey, pair QV 6d olive-black (SG.110,111) pmk'd COUVA B/NO 6 90 to Bishop Auckland, England arriving A/NO 20 90 being an extremely rare example of quadruple 4d postage but due failure to transit through Port Of Spain (circumstances of interruption not yet established) the 2d registration fee could not be employed resulting in there being no Head Office transit cds, no registration label affixed by Port of Spain, and no hooded REGISTERED LONDON transit cds being all the requirements of secure mail. Mail left Port of Spain NO 6 1890, arrived Barbados NO 8 1890, arrived Plymouth NO 19 1890 as per RMSP homeward schedule attached. £350 |
;) ;) | PARCEL POST, TRINIDAD postal history NOTIFICATION OF PARCEL LYING AT A POST OFFICE form with boxed purple "2nd NOTICE/Issued 30/12/30" (manuscript date) posted O.H.M.S. "Sub-Office Parcel Post Advice." to M.W. Hardy, Box 884, P.O.S. with PARCEL POST C/JA 3 31 cds, address deleted in red crayon with "via Guiaco" added with purple straight line "CREOLE PETROLEUM CORPORATION" and "Maturin-Venezuela" applied as arrival acknowledgements. The Creole Petroleum Corporation was an American oil company formed in 1920 to produce fields on Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. The company was acquired by Standard Oil of New Jersey in 1928. Until 1951 Creole Petroleum was the world's number one oil producer. £225 |
;) ;) | TRINIDAD postal history 1903 Watkins-Scott Liebers "Trinidad Prices Current" marked "per s/s Maraval" with ½d Britannia (defective) pmk'd Port of Spain K/AP 7 03 to Capt W.H. Bernard, Prince Edward Island, reverse fine Summerside AP 22 03 duplex. £140 |
;) ;) | MISSENT TO GRENADA, Trinidad to Holland postal history 1903 use of Trinidad KE7 ½d newswrapper, the front portion pmk'd Port of Spain E/MR 28 03 with str. line "MISSENT TO GRENADA" and attractively showing Amsterdam 25 APR 03 arrival. £125 |