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COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE FRESH CREEK, ANDROS, Bahamas
full local cover with red ink TRD dated AUG 20 1959.
£30

GUINEA GRASS, British Honduras
Large part cover (sender address excised) to Chicago with mauve ink GUINEA GRASS (TRD) dated JUL 15 1919.
£60


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

P.A.A. OFFICE BELIZE, British Honduras postal history
full cover to London, England with KGV 1c, 4 x KGV 2c, 2 x KGV 5c (underpaid 20c rate) tied magenta JAN 15 1933 TRD's.
£75

P.A.A. OFFICE BELIZE, British Honduras postal history
full cover to Detroit with 2 x KGV 10c tied magenta AUG 7 1932 TRD.
£50

COMPLETED JOURNEY WITHOUT ADHESIVES, Bahamas postal history
cover with red ink LOVELY BAY temporary rubber datestamp MAY 16 1958 to Houston, missent to Dallas, Texas MAY 23 1958, endorsed “Received without stamps at Bellaire” (a suburb of Houston).
£55

GUINEA GRASS, British Honduras postal history
(TDC-1) temporary rubber datestamp in mauve MAY 3 1919 tying KGV 1c WAR, KGV 2c on large part cover (sender address portion cut away) to Montgomery Ward, Chicago.
£75

JAMAICA
meter machine cancel dated 18 II 56
£15

GOVERNOR'S HARBOUR, Bahamas
full local cover with ROAD TRAFFIC DEPT. APR 23 1979 cachet, no b/stamps.
£8


52 used LAUNCESTON, Tasmania with London 20 lines unframed circular CORRECTION HANDSTAMP
1870 cover to Islington, London with QV 6d tied "52" numeral with red LAUNCESTON 12 AU 1870 despatch, on arrival red LONDON PAID dated A/SP 10 70 mistakenly applied and obliterated with unframed circular 20 lines correction handstamp, and correct arrival of A/OC 10 70 applied alongside, re-directed to Stoke Newington some 2.7 miles away with small black crowned circle applied to show no further charge for delivery within London area, envelope with colourless embossed J. WALSH & SONS, HOBART TOWN & LAUNCESTON makers imprint under flap, no backstamps.
£240

EAST END, CAYMAN ISLANDS postal history
1911 large part cover to Headly Dalton (or Patton), Kingston, Jamaica with ¼d brown strip of four (one stamp facially damaged) tied two strikes purple boxed "EAST END/Grand Cayman./RURAL/Post Gollection." temporary rubber handstamp with BODDENTOWN JU 28 11 d/ring backstamp. On arrival eventually "ADVERTISED" and "UNCLAIMED." with red RETURNED LETTER OFFICE, JAMAICA d/ring dated 25 SE 11. Full of character, Ex MARSTON, PODGER.
£575

TWICE RETURNED FOR POSTAGE, BERMUDA to N.S.WALES, AUSTRALIA postal history
1953 three times postmarked Gibbons Co. printed sender cover to Penhurst, N.S.Wales with KG6 1/- pmk'd Hamilton 8 DEC machine, red boxed "Returned for/3d Postage." added with further KG6 3d pmk'd Hamilton 10 Dec machine for WALES (UK) and with error noted red crayon "AUSTRALIA" added prior further "Returned for/1/- Postage." with defective KG6 1/- affixed tied Hamilton 12 DEC 53 cds.
A very rare TWICE RETURNED FOR POSTAGE cover.
£120


R.M.S. "LADY RODNEY" cachet, Bermuda postal history
1937 Canadian National Steamships printed flap cover with sender address from Inverurie Hotel, Paget Parish to Detroit Michigan with CANADA KGV 1c pair, 3c tied str. line "PAQUEBOT" with Hamilton 17 JLY 1937 along base, superb magenta 3-line R.M.S. "LADY RODNEY" cachet.
£95





RECEIVED ON BOARD NEAR THE EQUATOR, Germany and Falmouth (Cornwall) postal history:
1882 stampless cover to Warin, Mecklenburg (Western Pomeramia), Germany marked along top "p. N. German Bark Alma Elisabeth/Received on bord near the Equator" landed with FALMOUTH SHIP LETTER cds dated AP 19 72 and rated "5" in blue crayon, side flap opens to display further FALMOUTH SHIP LETTER AP 19 72 cds overstruck red SHIP LETTER LONDON A/AP 20 72 as it travelled in the overnight sealed ship letter bag with turquoise VERVIERE (Belgium) 20 4 transit, a little sea water staining at left.
A lovely research item.
£500

NEW SOUTH WALES postal history
1876 cover to New Haven, Connecticut, USA with QV 6d pale lilac pmk'd Sydney B/JA 14 76 with handstruck red circled "PAID ALL" (with fleurons applied Sydney) showing San Francisco FEB 14 transit, no arrival backstamp.
The Postal Convention of FE 1 1874 between USA and NSW established the use of PAID ALL handstamps at Sydney on mail to San Francisco. Queensland and Victoria did the same when their conventions became effective in 1876 and 1879. Their use continued until the Colonies joined the UPU in 1891.
£120



RECEIVED/GPO FREETOWN/SCHED No....., Sierra Leone postal history
New Walton handbook unlisted (Type 711 group, see Page 120) dated II MR 49 on stampless OHMS GPO Freetown Reply portion to Ernest B. Blango, Dillet Street (named after former postmaster Joseph Dillet), Freetown with pencilled "Try Government Medical Store" with red OFFICIAL PAID (035.99) dated both */7 MR 49 and */10 MR 49 alongside address panel.
This instrument has continuous solid line after SCHED No and two examples of the same instrument can be viewed on the West Africa Study Circle website on Page 7 of the Frank Walton 1949 audit book.
£250


DELAYED THROUGH POSTING IN A LONDON LETTER BOX, BRITISH GUIANA postal history
1952 cover with KG6 1c, 2 x 2c pmk'd Georgetown */7 JA 52 to the Philaletic (sic) Traders Society, London with 24 John Adams Street address added, re-directed Tottenham Court Road, and finally directed to The Strand, rare use of red handstamp "DELAYED THROUGH BEING/POSTED IN A LETTER BOX/FOR 'LONDON' LETTERS./PLEASE ADVISE SENDER" added in London, backstamped London FE 18, and FE 19 (twice) cancels.
£75

BERMUDA postal history
1951 Masters Limited underpaid stampless window envelope pmk'd Hamilton 8 OCT 1951 with ARMY AIR FORCE POSTAL SERVICE 9 OC transit backstamp plus New York 2c Due, various RETURN TO SENDER handstamps with red Bermuda CENTIMES duplex appended "6" and KG6 1½d added for postage due tied ST. GEORGES 12 OCT 51, various backstamps.
£60


AUTHORISED CONCESSIONAL RATE AIR MAIL, Rhodesia postal history
1960 opened-out printed AIR MAIL envelope with both oval Royal Coat-of-Arms on flap and "CODE No. 23-31." alongside to Foyles Book Shop, London with QE2 3d pmk'd Salisbury 28 DEC 60, red 5-line "Authorised for Transmission/by Air Mail at Concessional/Rate./U.K.S.L.S. (Army Element), Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia" handstamp.
£75

BARBADOS postal history
1882 use QV 1½d red-brown Post Card "per Zoe" to London with design pmk'd open bootheel duplex dated A/FE 1 82, landed with red SHIP-LETTER/A/PAID/FE 20 82/LONDON cds. Soiling and with pieces paper obscuring parts of reverse text.
Mail landed by private ship from Barbados to UK ports is rarely met for the later period. During period 1865 to 1886 only six entires are recorded as such, one landing Dover, five landing London.
£185
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