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;) ;) | GOVERNOR locally produced Postal Stationery Envelope, British Guiana postal history (T+H unlisted) lightly but clearly struck in violet pmk'd Georgetown P.B. dated 13 SP 26 on cover to Essequibo, b/stamped Anna Regina */14 SP 26, address panel lightly toned. A rare official postal stationery PSE, probably unique. £175 |
;) ;) ;) | ROYAL ARMS (reverse flap) INTERPROVINCIALLY USED envelope with Natal KE7 5d, Transvaal KE7 ½d, 6d pmkd Cape Town reg ovals dated 28 MR 12 to Vienna, hinge remains on reverse. Note: not the Lion and Unicorn Royal Arms, this appears more Armorial or Heraldic. £40 |
;) ;) | 1893 HOPKINS BROS./FORWARDING AGENTS./HARRISMITH violet dbl-ring oval dated 10/4/99 used as senders cachet on ½d carmine Brief Kaart addressed Bethlehem, minor blemishes. £150 |
;) ;) | TRANSVAAL postal history: 1901 ½d Briefkaart with added 1d tied both Pretoria 5 MR 01 with BOTHA'S HILL, Natal A/MR 8 01 arrival. £36 |
;) ;) | AMANZIMTOTE railway station, Natal postal history ppc with KE7 1d pmkd AMANZIMTOTE JU 22 07, text says the town name is Zulu words for Sweet Waters. £48 |
;) ;) | GREAT BRAK RIVER, Cape of Good Hope postal history DE 15 10 on KE7 ½d Post Card, reverse attractive advertising. £18 |
;) | 1913 underpaid interprovincial cover with pair Transvaal KE7 1d tied PHILIPSTOWN A/JU 21 13 cds, pencilled T with further KE7 ½d added and tied CAPE TOWN JU 25 13. £24 |
;) | BURUTU skeleton (RUTU not inserted or fallen out) (D9) 20 AU 1928 on KGV 2d chestnut to London, no backstamps, skeleton width 30mm. Identification of this BU as BURUTU is not certain (as the BURUTU D7 d/ring was in use up to SP 8 1928 per Proud); and BUEA has been considered. Perhaps recognition of the correspondence will assist. £125 |
;) ;) | GRANTS TOWN, Bahamas postal history 1930 cover from "MASON THE FLORIST" with enclosure with pressed flora and stuck-down petals addressed to Cambridge, Massachusetts with 2 x 3d Staircase (SG.77) and decorative "WE TELEGRAPH FLOWERS" advertising label all tied by GRANTS TOWN */FE 10 30 (Type 5) cds. £280 |
;) | 1902 (JA 27) BOER WAR - NQUTU, Natal postal history (M.2) JA 27 1902 tying GB QV 1d on cover to Cradock arriving FE 2 02. £140 |
;) | VICTORIA postal history: 1865 mourning cover with P.12 QV 4d pink, 6d grey-black for Marseilles route tied Geelong FE 24 65 duplex, b/stamped AP 13 65 arrival. £125 |
;) ;) | 868 used ALIWAL NORTH, Cape of Good Hope postal history C/MY 2 98 with CGH 1d tied on uncancelled Orange Free State 1d orange Brief Kaart to Hamburg. £90 |
;) ;) | BOGUS BISECTED REVENUE, BARBADOS to ST.CHRISTOPHER postal history the bogus "Revenue" and "HALF PENNY" overprints on diagonally perforated genuine QV 1d carmine (SG.92) tied faked Barbados duplex A/JA 4 87 on cover to St. Christopher showing both red and black faked arrival cancels. Opened-out for display, a little fragile with small faults, only entire seen as such. BPA cert as faked cover. £275 |
;) | POA 75 used WARTBURG arrival, Natal postal history on CGH QV ½d green Post Card from Cape Town 27 AP 98. £55 |
;) | POA 2 used 1902 (JY --) BOER WAR, Natal postal history tying GB KE7 1d on cover to Cradock (B/JY 22 02 arrival) with Newcastle A/JY 19 1902 transit. Minor soiling. £48 |
;) | POA 94 used 1902 (JA --) BOER WAR, Natal postal history on QV 1d rate cover to Diyatalawa Camp, Ceylon, b/stamped FE 15 02 arrival. £140 |
;) | FORWARDED BY/GEORGE A. LLOYD & Co/SYDNEY, N.S.W. blue in oval cachet on lower flap of 1861 cover from San Francisco p. Electra to Parametta, N.S.W. The agent affixed the 2d and 2 x 1d adhesives for the onward 4d inland rate between ½oz and 1oz. Cover a little aged etc but believed to be the only example of this rare cachet. £525 |
;) | ST. LUCIA to NEW SOUTH WALES 1898 cover to E. Wallwork, "Carrington", Newcastle, New South Wales with enclosed letter bearing QV ½d and 1d pmk'd C/NO 25 98, b/stamped Sydney and Newcastle (JA 10) and Carrington (JA 11). £60 |
;) | MAURITIUS postal history: (T.3) scarce CALEBASSES B/MY 24 9 (9 for 99) tying 1899 15c on 36c (SG.135, earlier date than MY 28 99 as listed by SG) on local tone-speckled cover to Vallombreuse, Calebasses. £120 |
;) ;) | 1885 incoming cover with USA 5c brown tied Brooklyn OCT 30 duplex. £48 |