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;) | 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 |
;) | ABA, Southern Nigeria (T.6a) OC 11 19 on KGV 2d rate cover to Chicago. £45 |
;) | 1943 censored cover to India pmkd Hamilton 6 FEB 43 showing m/script reg. label, damaged at left plus part back removed. £20 |
;) | 1938 FFC Liverpool to POS pmkd JA 31 38 showing new 1/- rated (FDC for GB KG6 3d) arriving POS 11 FE 38. £28 |
;) | 26 used RIVERSDALE, Cape of Good Hope postal history OC 11 1874 on 4d (badly defective) wrapper to Cape Town. £48 |
;) | JAMAICA postal history 1907 OHMS foolscap cover to Thorngumbald, near Hull with QV 6d yellow MCA pmk'd REGISTERED d/ring oval dated JU 25 07 with Bristol reg. label added in transit. £65 |
;) | KG6 definitives FDC 1c to $2.40 complete set pmkd 1 MAY 50. £65 |
;) ;) | The EMPIRE BURE troop transporter 1945 arrival of smoke-stained British Empire Bure (West Africa-Liverpool-Bermuda-Cuba-Trinidad) troop transporter. Story assembled by skipper with 4 newspaper clippings (stowaway, soldier overboard rescue, terrific storm, arrival) with ppc of vessel arriving Cuba, 11 small b/w photographs (skipper, ships cat, local Trinidad views of Empire cinema, Navy House etc) all mailed to Essex, England under KG6 36c rate cover pmkd POS 8 DE 47. £150 |