;) | BAHAMAS full QV 2½d PSE with added QV 2½d pmk'd C/6 AP 93, reverse London AP 21 93. £20 |
;) ;) ;) | DUNDEE, Natal d/ring oval TRD dated 17 AUG 1903 on reverse full QV 4d PSRE with added KE7 stamps to London, soiled. £65 |
;) | KALK BAY "447", Cape of Good Hope full text card written Noordhoek pmk'd Kalk Bay A/OC 25 02 with Cape Town OC 25 02 and Noordhoek I/OC 25 02, message re sending eggs by todays train. £40 |
;) | 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 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS to ARGENTINA postal history 1934 use of KGV 3c PSRE with added corner marginal KGV 5c (sheet number 1592) lightly pmk'd Registration Belize 30 MY 34 cds to Puerto Deseado, Argentina, b/stamped New York 6-9 1934 and Buenos Aires 4 JUL 34 and Puerto Deseado 19 JUL 34. £65 |
;) ;) | COROZAL to ORANGE WALK, British Honduras postal history 1898 use of QV 1c Post Card locally used to Orange Walk with design cancelled "C" obliterator supported by COROZAL SP 20 98 cds, weak ORANGE WALK arrival alongside address panel, some sealed repairs. Contents include "I am sorry that Bread was not shipped last mail owing to my being in Belize and Baker not sending any to the House ..." £175 |
;) | MALTA to TUNISIA postal history 1892 use of QV 1d carmine UPU Post Card to La Goulette pmk'd Malta B/JU 2 92 "A25" duplex, alongside address panel 7 JUIN 92 arrival. £60 |
;) | JERSEY, Channel Islands and ST. MALO, France combination postal history 1904 use of GB KE7 1d carmine UPU Post Card pmk'd JERSEY JA 13 04 with France 10c adhesive pmk'd ST. MALO 14 1 04 addressed to Orme, France showing 15 JANY 04 arrival. £60 |
;) | 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 |
;) | ST. VINCENT postal history circa 1880 'ON HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE.' (seriffed capitals, 41mm underlining bar) postal stationary envelope (137 x 79mm) unused with large attractive raised white on orange-red embossed seal of colony flap, right flap showing embossed 'WILLIAM BROWN & Co., MAKERS, LONDON'. Flap largely detached (strengthened by hinges) with smaller faults but few believed to exist. Note: this is a differing size underlining bar to the one illustrated by Vincent Duggleby in the December 1991 BWISC Bulletin No.151 which shows the bar starting under the 'R' of 'HER' and ending under 'SE' of 'SERVICE.' £140 |
;) ;) | ST. VINCENT used GIBRALTAR postal history 1889 use of the St. Vincent QV 1d UPU Post Card ovp'd "GIBRALTAR" headed "Government House August 12 1889" to Munich, Germany with design pmk'd "A26" duplex dated B/AU 14 89. Sterling issues ovp'd in CENTIMOS were introduced 1st August 1889. This duplex not listed in the Parmenter/Gordon handbook as handbook only covers cancellations used on GB stamps up to the end of 1885 when the use of GB stamps in Gibraltar officially ceased. The earliest strikes of this duplex are currently thought to be MY 6 1886 and MY 24 1886. £80 |
;) | URUGUAY to NEW CALEDONIA postal history 1907 use of Uruguay 2c blue illustrated (Hospital Italiano) UPU Post Card to Noumea, Nouvelle Caledonie pmk'd CIUDAD NUEVA AL SUD, MONTEVIDEO A/17 AGO 1907, purple ROBERTO STIRLING sender's cachet and his signature on reverse, some toning. £75 |
;) | METEMMA POSTAL AGENCY, Sudan postal history 1955 local use of 4½pi PSRE pmk'd purple METEMMA POSTAL AGENCY temporary rubber datestamp (Proud D1) for 15 JAN 1955, b/stamped Shendi 16 JAN 55. £60 |
;) ;) ;) | 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 |
;) | RATLAM, India postal history QV ½anna PSE with added QV ½anna strip of four, pair, two singles tied 13/A-20 numerals with framed REGISTERED RATLAM handstamp and RUTLAM 12 JAN and BOMBAY JAN 14 cds, opened for display, edge faults. £60 |
;) ;) | Kyoto, Japan via Broome, Western Australia and Singapore to Egypt, Germany, Switzerland 1913 use of Japan 4 sen deep brown/buff UPU Post Card to The School of Medicine, Cairo written Kyoto 26 April 1913 with BROOME 5 JU 13, Singapore JU 18 13 (reverse), Cairo 8 VII 13 with re-addressing in red ink to Leipzig, Germany and the Hotel Kronenberg, Pontresina, Switzerland. £125 |
;) ;) | SHIKOHABAD and LASHKAR, GWALIOR STATE, India postal history 1894 use of East India QV ¼ anna REPLY CARD portion pmk'd SHIKOHABAD JL 15 (94) sqc with LASHKAR, GWALIOR STATE 16 JL 94 cds alongside address panel. £16 |
;) ;) | BARBADOS "USED ABROAD" U.P.U. POST CARD ACCEPTED IN ERROR AT DOMINICA 1886 use of Barbados QV 1½d brown UPU Post Card with cross-written text headed "Mar 29" pmk'd Dominica vertical "A07" at Roseau with C/AP 3 86 despatch cds alongside to Miss M.B. Clinckett, Rev. Canon Branch, The Rectory, Barrouallie, St. Vincent with only KINGSTOWN C/AP 8 86 arrival b/stamp, corner fault but a fine example of accepted mail which should not have been accepted without penalty. £275 |
;) ;) ;) | MISSENT or POST OFFICE KNOWS BEST, Dominica and St. Vincent postal history 1886 use of Dominica QV 1½d brown UPU Post Card with cross-written text headed "Dec 24" pmk'd vertical "A07" with C/DE 24 86 cds alongside to Miss M.B. Clinckett, Rev. Canon Branch, The Rectory, Barrouallie, St. Vincent with both KINGSTOWN and CALLIAQUA C/DE 30 86 transit and arrival cds alongside address panel. Barrouallie is situated 14 miles west of Kingstown on the Leeward coast whilst Calliaqua is about 8 miles east of Kingstown at the bottom of the island on the near Windward coast. £525 |
;) ;) ;) | SLIEMA, Malta postal history 1888 used of QV 1d carmine Post Card written at "Sliema 11/5/88" to a Leipzig bookseller pmk'd Malta "A25" duplex dated C/MY 11 88. £85 |