;) | "T.21" used CEDROS, Trinidad postal history 1885 use of QV ˝d 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 |
;) ;) | "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 ˝d 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 |
;) | "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 1˝d 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. JAMES 7/JA 10 90 arrival, Barbados postal history 1890 use of QV ˝d 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 |
;) ;) | NORTH BORNEO via SINGAPORE to GOLD COAST 1907 use of North Borneo 1c red REPLY POST CARD portion uprated with 3c tied SANDAKAN 22 FEB 1907 cds to Dr. Robert Fisch, Basel Mission, Aburi, Gold Coast showing Singapore MR 4 1907, Accra 14 APR 1907, and Aburi APR 15 1907 arrival, full commercial text. Samuel Rudolf Fisch (1856-1946) was a Swiss-born physician, preacher, and medical missionary to the Gold Coast. Fisch built the Basel Mission Hospital in Aburi in 1885. Whilst there Fisch pioneered the application of prophylaxis for Malaria and founded the Blue Cross (originally named “Anidaho Fekuw” translated as “The Temperance Movement”) with a core mission of fighting against alcoholism and other substances. £625 |
;) | Crowned "R" free re-direction within London, Antigua postal history 1887 use of QV 1˝d 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 |
;) | JAMAICA - WORLD WAR ONE censored NEWSWRAPPER Complete KGV ˝d yellow-green newswrapper with added Badge ˝d green marked "Book Post" pmk'd Kingston 3K/SP 20 15 d/ring to Domburg, Holland, mauve 2-line "Censuur/Gepasseerd" handstamp. A very rare example of a censored newswrapper. £90 |
;) | BARBADOS to NICARAGUA postal history 1890 use of QV 1˝d 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 |
;) | RUSSIA to CURACAO postal history 1912 use of uprated 3k Post Card headed "Alexandropol 29 Marz 1912" to Willemstad with CURACAO 11 MEI 12 arrival. £95 |
;) ;) | BAVARIA to NATAL postal history 1909 use of 10pf Post Card pmk'd WURZBURG 16 FEB 09 to the Trappists Mission, St. Faith's, Natal showing IXOPO MR 13 09, HIGH-FLATS MR 15 09, and ST. FAITHS MR 19 09 transits, reverse full text. £48 |
;) ;) ;) | 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" (bulbous top, straight leg) postal history QV 2c Inland Post Card to Port Louis with adhesive pmk'd "B53" B/JY 12 79 duplex, reverse with pristine early strike of the black boxed "R" showing traces of the outer circular rim (see Ibbotson page 117). £325 |
;) ;) ;) | 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 |
;) | GOVERNMENT printed Formula Air Letter, British Honduras 1964 use of internally printed GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES Air Letter to New York with 15c postage re request for booklet describing the birds of British Honduras. £24 |
;) | 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 |
;) | 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 |