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;) ;) | TURKS ISLANDS "used elsewhere" envelope, JAMAICA postal history 1937 printed Wesley House, Grand Turk sender envelope with Jamaica KG6 Coronation trio pmk'd Oracabessa MY 12 37 addressed to Rev. Sherlock, Oracabessa. £24 |
;) ;) | SUSPENDED POSTAL SERVICE, BERMUDA to SIERRA LEONE postal history 1978 printed Bermuda Bible Society large manila cover initially posted stampless from Hamilton to Paget on 28 MAY, re-addressed to Mohamed T. Bangura, Calaba Town, Wellington, Freetown, Sierra Leone with QE2 5c, 35c, $3 pmk'd PAGET 17 JUN 78 with address deleted by blue crayon and boxed "SERVICE SUSPENDED/RETURN TO SENDER" handstamp applied. £48 |
;) | BELVIDERE (CARRIACOU) GRENADA to ST. VINCENT postal history 1958 airmail inter-village inter-island cover from F. Paterson, Carriacou (reverse lower flap) to The Very Revd. Canon Ogden, St. Paul's Rectory, Calliaqua, St. Vincent with Federation trio pmk'd BELVIDERE */AP 22 58 cds, reverse top flap mostly missing, b/stamped CARRIACOU AP 28 58 (poor), GPO Grenada */AP 29 58, and poor CALLIAQUA */3 MY 58 cds. BELVIDERE should not be confused with BELVEDERE, the infamous mainland estate where Julien Fedon planned his rebellion (March 2, 1795 - June 19, 1796, also known as the Brigand's War) by converting his Belvedere coffee and cocoa plantation into a fortified headquarters for his army. The estate was near the top of a very steep mountain, and almost inaccessible, after the failure of one of the many unsuccessful British attacks Fedon ordered the death of 40 white hostages. £85 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA postal history 1921 printed Foster & Co, Georgetown sender's cover to Holland with underpaid pair KGV 2c pmk'd Georgetown 6 APL 1921 cds, alongside circled "T" tax-h/stamp with pair 2½c Postage Dues tied AMERSFOORT 27. IV. 1921, opened 2 sides with some edge staining. £48 |
;) | H.M. PRISON, Barbuda postal history 1992 manila Government Service cover from Adrian Nicholas (flap) to Ms Denise Nicholas, Miami, Florida with Antigua Barbuda 60c pmk'd BARBUDA d/ring with H.M. PRISON/25 FEB 1992/ANTIGUA oval d/ring cachet alongside. £20 |
;) ;) | Broad "A" used ST. JOHNS, Grenada postal history 1898 use of QV 1d carmine UPU Post Card to a Photo Chemist in London with design pmk'd St. Johns broad "A" dated 22 DE 98 with St. Georges C/DE 22 98 transit backstamp. £40 |
;) ;) | URUGUAY to NEW CALEDONIA postal history 1908 use of Uruguay 3c brown illustrated (Palace of Gobierno) UPU Post Card to Noumea, Nouvelle Caledonie, Oceania pmk'd CIUDAD NUEVA AL SUD, MONTEVIDEO A/27 JUN 1908, purple ROBERTO STIRLING sender's cachet front and back, some toning. £150 |
;) | MALTA postal history 1875 wrapper to Livorno with GB QV 2½d Plate 2 pmk'd "A25" duplex dated C/MALTA/DE 14 75. Plate 2 seems to have appeared in late 1875, until mid-1876. Earliest DE 14 1875, latest MR 28 1876. £50 |
;) | MALTA postal history (Plate 1 white paper) 1875 wrapper with green Petrocochino & Co. sender cachet to Catania (Sicily) with early use QV 2½d rosy-mauve Plate 1 white paper pmk'd "A25" duplex dated C/MALTA/AU 3 75. Plate 1 issued JY 1 1875 £75 |
;) | MALTA postal history (Plate 1 blued paper) 1875 wrapper with green Petrocochino & Co. sender cachet to Genoa with QV 2½d rosy-mauve Plate 1 blued paper pmk'd "A25" duplex dated C/MALTA/OC 12 75. £375 |
;) | MALTA postal history 1876 entire on printed A. Gatt, Malta albino sender lettersheet marked "Via Italy" to Carmelo F. Caruana, New York with GB QV 2½d Plate 2 pmk'd "A25" duplex dated C/MALTA/FE 8 76. £60 |
;) | MALTA postal history 1876 entire with green Petrocochino & Co. sender cachet to Marseilles with GB QV 2½d Plate 6 pmk'd "A25" duplex dated C/MALTA/NO 28 76. £40 |
;) | MALTA postal history 1878 entire with green Petrocochino & Co. sender cachet to Constantinople with GB QV 2½d Plate 11 pmk'd "A25" duplex dated D/MALTA/MY 30 78 with blue crayon "11" alongside. £60 |
;) ;) | ANTIGUA revenue receipt Church re-building fund (consequences of earlier hurricane) 1964 QE2 2c postal adhesive used for revenue purposes on receipt dated August 15th from Mrs. A Nugent for £5 donation towards the St. George's Church Re-building Fund. History of church enclosed. £24 |
;) ;) ;) ;) | SYRIAN COMMUNITY in ANTIGUA postal history 1957 printed KALLIL SHOUL sender cover reg. to London with QE2 4c, 6c, 12, 24c pmk'd St. Johns */20 AP 57 d/ring. Kallil Shoul established the business in 1908, history of firm and family enclosed plus printed photo of the original shop decorated to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. £28 |
;) | MALTA postal history 1879 cover to Naples with GB QV 2½d Plate 13 tied "A25" duplex sated C/MALTA/FE 6 79, reverse clear Napoli 9 2-79 arrival cds. £45 |
;) | MALTA postal history 1878 albino embossed A. L. MICALE, MALTA sender lettersheet with full written content to Catania (Sicily) with GB QV 2½d Plate 9 tied "A25" duplex dated A/MALTA/OC 31 78, full clear backstamps. £48 |
;) | MALTA postal history 1872 wrapper to Livorno with GB QV 1d Plate 125 and GB QV 3d Plate 8 pmk'd "A25" duplex dated A/MALTA/OC 18 72, accountancy and full clear backstamps which can display. £125 |
;) ;) ;) | F87 used SMYRNA, British Levant postal history 1877 mourning cover with content to Mrs. H. Lee Wilson, Lancaster Gate, London with GB QV 2½d rosy-mauve Plate 9 tied "F87" with SMYRNA A/DE 14 77 cds alongside, reverse red PADDINGTON Z/DE 20 77 arrival. Part letter, one sheet, enclosed which talks about a walk around the town, mention of the Roman, Saxon, Norman remains, and of the stone coffins containing glass and jewellery excavated whilst building the new railway stations. £200 |
;) ;) | ST. VINCENT postal history re-posted at PLYMOUTH (Devon) 1906 b/w ppc of Kingstown to Plymouth with KE7 1d pmk'd Kingstown C/DE 24 06, on arrival re-addressed to Newport, Lincoln with GB KE7 ½d pmk'd Plymouth JA 7 07 d/ring. £24 |