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;) | MONTSERRAT to Colegate toothpaste 1899 opened-out commercial cover to Messrs. Colegate & Co., New York, USA with Leeward Islands QV ½d , pair QV 1d pmk'd Montserrat A/DE 20 99, reverse violet W.G. Bladen & Co., Com. & General Merchant, Glasgow House, Montserrat sender's cachet. Colgate's (an American multinational) hygiene products were first sold by the Colgate-Palmolive company in 1873, sixteen years after the death of the founder, William Colgate. The company originally sold soap. Colegate toothpaste was sold in glass jars since 1873. Tubes as pioneered by Kalodon, Johnson & Johnson were introduced in 1896. £60 |
;) | CEYLON to HONG KONG postal history 1895 use of portion of QV 5c LETTER CARD written "Kandy Sep. 5 1895 with 2 x QV 5c lilac (SG.195) added and pmk'd SP 7 95 to Henry Humphreys, Hong Kong, China. £48 |
;) | Mail to GREEN POINT Prisoner of War, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE postal history 1901 Great Britain QV ½d Post Card with added QV ½d lilac pmk'd Birmingham AP 11 01 to Mr. Whittall, Savoy Hotel, Kimberley, South Africa with KIMBERLEY MY 2 01 arrival, re-directed Officers Quarters Room F, Prisoner of War, Green Point Town with CGH ½d green pmk'd KIMBERLEY 14 MY 01 with blue circular CENSOR PRISONER OF WAR on address panel, lengthy text. £75 |
;) | NEW SOUTH WALES to NATAL postal history 1889 cover with NSW 1d, 2d, 6d pmk'd MUDGEE "18" duplex dated JY 12 89 to John Swift, Natal G.P.O. South Africa forwarded Ladysmith with manuscript "2d to pay" (deleted) and handstruck circled 1/1, reverse Durban OC 8 89 d/ring and poor Ladysmith 13 11 89. £180 |
;) | "Consignee per S.S. Don", St. Vincent postal history 1898 cover marked "Consignee per S.S. Don" with seldom found solo QV 2½d blue (SG.61) pmk'd Kingstown A/OC 14 98 to Messrs. Thomas Duncan & Son., London, reverse OC 26 arrival. Ex DUGGLEBY Surprisingly this is the only recorded QV adhesive cover period 1861-1902 marked "Consignee". £325 |
;) | 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 |
;) | 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 |
;) | "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 |
;) ;) | "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 |
;) ;) | Georde Town (sic), St. Vincent postal history 1883 use of QV 1½d red-brown UPU Post Card written by Claudius C.C. Adams at Georgetown to William R. Pix, London pmk'd "A10" with red ST. VINCENT A/FE 8 83 cds. An OC 7 1882 William Pix identical card is pmk'd "A10" with red ST. VINCENT cds but has suburb abbrevated "G" struck lower left corner. £180 |
;) | ST. THOMAS, Barbados postal history (M3) arrival dated DE 30 90 on QV ½d Post Card to B. Gaskin, Dunscombe Plantation, St. Thomas. £20 |
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