;) | "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.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 |
;) ;) | 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 |
;) ;) | BRIDGETOWN to ST. PETERS parish, BARBADOS postal history 1868 locally addressed cover to W.B Gibbons, Gibbs, St. Peters with (1d) deep blue (SG.24) tied Bridgetown "1" bootheel, reverse I/MY 27 68 despatch and 10/MY 27 68 arrival (both M2-original) clear of partly missing flap. £325 |
;) | ST. JAMES "7" bootheel cover, Barbados postal history 1865 miniature envelope locally addressed to Mrs. Robert Gordon, St. Alban's Lodge, St. Michael's with (1d) deep blue (SG.24, faults) tied St. James "7" bootheel with BARBADOS 7/DE 8 65 (M2-original) and BARBADOS I/DE 8 65 arrival alongside, poorly opened and damaged flap. £325 |
;) | BARBADOS ST. PETER Parish "10" arrival 1868 cover with GB QV 1/- green (surface abrasions) pmk'd BATH "53" duplex dated MY 16 68 to W. B. Gibbons, Gibbes, Barbados showing very fine BARBADOS 10/JU 6 68 arrival (M2-original) alongside address panel, red London MY 18 68 b/stamp clear of missing flap. £250 |
;) | 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 |
;) | 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 |
;) | 48 used PUSILLAWA, Ceylon postal history full card pmk'd JY 9 89. £20 |
;) | 35 used HALDUMMULLAH, Ceylon postal history full card pmk'd DE 18 86. £18 |
;) | F87 used SMYRNA, British Levant postal history 1883 cover to Thomas Stephenson, Glen Caladh by Greenock with GB QV 2½d tied "F87" with Smyrna B/DE 15 83 cds alongside, b/stamped Greenock DE 25 83. Glen Caladh Castle had a number of owners including George Stephenson (1781-1848), nephew of the famous engineer and designer of the steam locomotive Rocket. During World War II the castle, situated on the western shores of Loch Riddon north of the Isle of Bute, was requestioned as a training establishment by Combined Operations becoming the Beach Pilotage School 1942-45, and designated H.M.S James Cook, a reference to the advancing navigation skills that the founder of Australia introduced into the Royal Navy, and reflected the task of operators of troop landing craft and their cargoes, and tank landing operations. The property was demolished in 1960, having been rendered unsafe by dry rot. £225 |
;) | DEWETSDORP, Orange River Colony KE7 1d PSE pmk'd 22 JUL 05 with "30" numeral, b/stamped Rustenburg, Pretoria and Silverkrans 30 JUL 1905. £50 |
;) ;) | SHAHJAHANPUR, India postal history 1876 reg. cover to Shazipoor with QV 1a, 2a, 4a tied SHAHJAHANPUR A-19 duplex dated JAN 16 (76), various backstamps and wax seal. £90 |
;) | 15 used UNION-VALE, Mauritius postal history (Ex George R. WREN) 1880 use of QV 2c Post Card to Port Louis with design pmk'd "15" with UNION-VALE A/JU 1 80 cds alongside. Ex George R WREN (1963). £90 |
;) | MALTA postal history 1874 entire with printed G. SEGOND E FRATELLO letterhead to New York with GB QV 4d Plate 13, 6d Plate 13 (10d rate via Italy) pmk'd A/MALTA DE 23 74 showing London 29 DE 74 transit and red crayon "2", reverse New York JAN 12 arrival. £175 |
;) ;) | C38 used CALLAO, PERU to JAMAICA postal history: A UNIQUE FRANKING TO JAMAICA combination cover with Peru 1868-72 1d green, GB QV 6d pale buff (assumed Plate 11), GB QV 1/- green Plate 6 (SG.Z43, Z53) tied Callao "C38" cancels addressed John Small, Port Maria, Jamaica with 3-line PANAMA/3 AP 1873/TRANSIT plus pencilled "2" on face, b/stamped A/CALLAO/MR 26 73, Kingston IIIA/AP 8 73 and Port Maria C/AP 9 73 cds. Cover soiled with peripheral base tear and GB QV 6d with pale colour. This Peru 1 dinero was cancelled "C38" from stocks held at the British Packet Agencies to comply with the tax on all outgoing mail. £1400 |
;) ;) ;) | Code 4 used ST. GEORGE, Barbados postal history (M2-R, replacement cds with wording further away from outer rim) arrival dated (4)/JA 8 (87) both code and year not inserted (LRD) on QV ½d red-brown Post Card written "St. John's Jany 8th" and posted with Bridgetown open bootheel duplex dated A/JA 8 87 to His Honor, The Speaker, Greens, St. George. Confirmation that this is the Parish code 4 cds comes with the damaged rim at 8 o'clock as found on earlier dates on loose adhesives. The current ERD for the M3 series cds is only 10 days later, JA 18 87. The earliest strikes JA 18 87 to OC 23 90 also show no code 4, at some point thereafter the code 4 was inserted. £240 |