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ST. THOMAS, Barbados postal history
(M3) arrival dated DE 30 90 on QV ½d Post Card to B. Gaskin, Dunscombe Plantation, St. Thomas.
£20

BARROUALLIE, St. Vincent postal history
rare internal to a village with use of full QV ½d green Newswrapper pmk'd Kingstown A/DE 7 95 to The Rev. Canon Branch, Barrouallie Rectory with weak BARROUALLIE C/DE 7 95 arrival.
£80

WESTERN AUSTRALIA postal history (1854-1900). Price £180
You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL copy (no refunds). Suitable for carrying around in your tablet or laptop. 367 covers illustrated in part or full in mainly colour with text descriptions spanning period 1854-1900 mostly addressed to females (Mrs or Miss) as perhaps expected. This file will be most helpful for planning an display, giving a comprehensive coverage of what to expect, with destinations etc. Provenance given when known. 145 pages (A4 size) Price £180 payable by PayPal or WISE transfer. Knowing what to buy is your key to buying .... order your copy today.
£180

ST. JAMES 7/JA 10 90 arrival, Barbados postal history
1890 use of QV ½d Post Card with Bridgetown open bootheel to Dr. J.E. Moore showing ST. JAMES 7/JA 10 90 arrival, reverse text reads "The Atrato from Jamaica is due here on Saturday morning 6 o'clock 19th July & will leave here for England at 5pm on the 19th".
£25

Crowned "R" free re-direction within London, Antigua postal history
1887 use of QV 1½d brown UPU Post Card pmk'd "A02" to Edwin England, Southgate, London locally re-directed on arrival with Crowned "R" showing Antigua A/JA 21 78 (inverted 78) and London FE 7 87, full text.
Currently the only recorded example of use of the London Crowned "R" on Antigua QV period mail.
£65

ANTIGUA used in ST. CHRISTOPHER (1890). Price £14
You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL copy (no refunds). 33 covers mainly illustrated in b/w or colour with text descriptions spanning period January to April 1890 including the build up to shortages covers. Provenance given when known. 18 pages (A4 size) Price £14 payable by PayPal or WISE transfer. Knowledge is key to buying .... order your copy today.
£14

BARBADOS to NICARAGUA postal history
1890 use of QV 1½d UPU Post Card pmk'd Barbados JY 1 90 open bootheel duplex to Managua, Nicaragua, purple TRANSITO COLON (JY 15), black TRANSITO PANAMA (JY 16), purple CORINTO, NICARAGUA (JY 24) with red MANAGUA duplex (JY 25) on full text reverse. Unusual destination.
£125

ANTIGUA postal history
1881 cover front to London with QV 4d blue CC wmk (SG.20) tied vertical "A02" with Antigua A/OC 11 81 and red London 29 OC 81 arrival alongside.
£180

BAHAMAS postal history
Purple boxed "MAIL DELAYED/ON SHIP." applied under extremely busy Port conditions when mail was not immediately taken to the Post Office on docking, according to regulations, on interrupted mail on QV 2½d cover tied Nassau C/AP 13 97 to Pottsville, Pennsylvania, USA.
Two over covers (both damaged) are recorded with this boxed handstamp both also pmk'd Nassau C/AP 13 97.
£180

BAHAMAS postal history
1894 cover with printed "Guardian" Office address to Boston, Massachusetts with QV 2½d pmk'd 19 FE 94.
£10

MITCHELL, Queensland postal history
1905 reg. cover to Hobart, Tasmania with QV 1d strip of three, QV 2d tied numerals with 2-line REGISTERED/ MITCHELL and OC 30 1905 despatch cds, usual spike hole.
£65

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE postal history
Undated Coat-of-Arms flap OHMS cover as used by the Officer of the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Public Works, a deep tear affects the Coat-of-Arms.
£25

STANTHORPE, Queensland postal history
1904 reg. cover to Hobart, Tasmania with seven QV 1d tied "163" numerals with 2-line REGISTERED/ STANTHORPE and OC 4 1904 despatch cds, small part flap missing.
£60

BARBADOS to TRIESTE (Austria) postal history
1890 printed address cover from N.E. Parravicino with QV 1d to Trieste pmk'd open bootheel duplex dated A/SP 12 90.
£75






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


BRITISH HONDURAS postal history
1904 reg. cover with QV 5c (postage) and QV 6c (registration) on "On His Majesty's Service" cover (Queen Victoria died JA 22 1901 but KE7 adhesives not available until OC 10 1902 per SG. Catalogue) with Coat-of-Arms flap pmk'd Belize A/FE 26 02 to Newark, New Jersey.
£65



TRANSVAAL to ARGENTINA (gold mining period)
1894 use of 1d PSE with added defective 1d pmk'd Pretoria 25 FEB 94 additionally tied by red London MR 8 94 transit, reverse text headed by an unidentified 'camp' (purity, survey?) with Cape Town D/FE 28 94 transit and Buenos Aires AB 15 94 arrival, central vertical crease.
Gold was discovered on the Witwatersrand, in the Transvaal, in 1886. Thousands of white and black South Africans were employed on the mines by 1890. Even though the Transvaal gold mines were the richest in the world they were the most difficult to mine because the reefs lay so deep underground. The gold had to be mined by shafts as opposed to open mines, like diamonds.
£95



MAURITIUS - boxed "R" (narrow top, dancing leg) postal history
Text headed "Rose Belle 23 October 91" on QV 2c Post Card to Port Louis with design pmk'd "B53" duplex dated OC 23 91, alongside superb strike black boxed "R" (see Ibbotson Page 117).
£250


MAURITIUS postal history
1880 cover to France with QV 17c tied A/SP 10 80 duplex, various French markings, reverse IRELAND. FRASER & Co. cachet.
£80

VREED-EN-HOOP, British Guiana
1927 use of KGV 2c PSRE with added 2 x KGV 2c pmk'd */15 OC 27 to The Hague, Holland, and ppc of the village with 2c pmk'd Georgetown 25 APR 01 to Nimes, France.
£24
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