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;) ;) ;) | BELIZE via HAVANA to CADIZ, SPAIN, British Honduras postal history 1842 entire headed "Belize Honduras 13 April 1842" carried privately to Havana where identified with red 2-line ISLAS DE/BARLOVENTO (Windward Islands) and marked by forwarding agent in Havana as received AP 19 and sent AP 23, red handstruck "5R" charge mark. £450 |
;) ;) | BAHAMAS postal history 1918 cover to a Private in the 3rd Somerset Light Infantry, Palace Barracks, Holywood, Nr. Belfast, Ireland, forwarded initially from London 27 JU 18 by The West Indian Contingent Committee (per b/stamp), with KGV 1d WAR TAX and 1d Red Cross showing "full extra tree-trunk" variety pmk'd Nassau 4 JUN 18 £140 |
;) | MONKEY RIVER, British Honduras postal history 1919 pencil addressed col. ppc of East Indian Coolie Hut to Government House, Belize with KGV 3c WAR affixed pmk'd MONKEY RIVER sideways down C/MR 5 19 cds. £80 |
;) | 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 |
;) | PINE RIDGE to MALTA, Bahamas postal history 1953 cover to Const. A. Schembre, Zabbar, Malta with 2 x KG6 10d yellow-orange (SG.154a) tied blue ink PINE RIDGE cds dated 20 AUG 52 (T.7, D4), b/stamped Nassau AUG 20 1953 and Valletta AU 25 53. £75 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS postal history 1895 cover to New Haven, Connecticut with strip of five QV 1c (SG.51) pmk'd "'K.65" with BELIZE A/JU 28 95 despatch. In October 1894 the CURRENCY OF COLONY CHANGED TO UNITED STATES GOLD DOLLAR STANDARD - Aligned to gold standard with US $1 = 100 ½d, 5c = 2½d rate (previously 6c = 2½d) £75 |
;) | ORANGE WALK to QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO postal history 1928 opened-out cover to Quintana Roo with KGV 2c lightly tied ORANGE WALK 2 MY 28 cds with purple boxed PREVENT PINE FOREST/FIRES - IT PAYS and 2-line BUY BRITISH GOOD/AND GET THE BEST (Proud HS2 applied at Orange Walk) and handstruck "REZAGOS" (absent) and "AUSENTE", b/stamped various transit with final marking at the DEAD LETTER OFFICE 22 OC 28. £225 |
;) ;) ;) | "CITY OF BELIZE", British Honduras postal history 1908 cover to Chicago with KE7 5c (SG.86) pmk'd "K.65" with purple "CITY OF BELIZE" handstamp dated MAR 11 1908 below, reverse Belize A/MR 12 08 and St. Louis, MI backstamps. Ex ADDISS, few covers exist. Ian Mathieson records only three covers period June to August 1908. £225 |
;) | VICTORIA to QUEENSLAND postal history 1872 mourning cover to Rockhampton, Queensland with Victoria QV 6d tied Melbourne 5 Y/MY 4 72 duplex, reverse Brisbane (MY 9), Marlborough (MY 21), Rockhampton (MY 15) transit and arrival. £125 |
;) | 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 |
;) ;) | 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 |
;) | MALTA with chisel slits to Genoa, ITALY postal history 1865 part contents wrapper to Genoa, Italy with GB QV 4d tied MALTA "A25" duplex dated A/JY 26 65 with boxed PIROSCAFI/POSTALI/ITALIANI and disinfected by two chisel slits. Other 1865 entires with chisel slits are recorded for OC 17 65 to Catania, OC 31 65 to Corfu, NO 14 65 to Tunis, NO 21 65 to Genoa, Italy, NO 23 65 to Messina, Sicily. £185 |
;) | 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 |
;) | TRANSVAAL postal history to JAVA, Nederland Indies 1896 cover with ½d, 2d pmk'd Pretoria 30 JAN 96 to Bandoeng, Java forwarded Willerrede, handstruck RANTJA EKET village str. line, b/stamped BATAVIA 24 3 1896 d/ring, TJIANDJOER 24 3 1896 d/ring, BANDOENG 25 3 1896 d/ring. £325 |
;) | 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 |
;) | EKUTULENI, Natal postal history Previously unrecorded d/ring with maltese cross at base dated 21 FEB 13 on Natal KE7 1d UPU Post Card with same day MELMOTH, ZULULAND transit to Klefoa, Sweden, full text. Head Office MELMOTH, previously named SITEKU (office opened 1910), renamed EKUTULENI (OC 1 1911). £150 |
;) | By LAND ROUTE inter-colonial rate to Melbourne, Victoria, Queensland postal history 1878 cover to Germain Nicholson, Melbourne with QV 2d Chalon tied "QL" with BRISBANE 4/JU 12 78 despatch alongside, reverse Melbourne JN 17 78 arrival. £150 |
;) | BARBADOS to Pernambuco, BRAZIL postal history 1885 cover to Messrs. Pohlman and Co., Pernambuco, Brazil with QV 1d tied Barbados open bootheel duplex dated A/MR 29 85, lower flap can display PERNAMBUCO 22 ABR 85 arrival. A rare QV period destination. £140 |
;) | 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 |
;) | SYDNEY, Nova Scotia, Canada postal history 1899 cover to Lancaster, Massachusetts with QV 1c pmk'd SYDNEY N.S. cds dated MY 22 99 with two line "INSUFFICIENTLY/PREPAID" and U.S, 2c brown POSTAGE DUE affixed. £75 |