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;) | GRENVILLE, Grenada postal history 1937 cover to Audubon, New Jersey with strips of 7 and 3 KG6 ¼d pmk'd GRENVILLE */22 JY 37, some perf. splitting middle top row of stamps. £60 |
;) ;) | PHILATELIC PRESS RELEASE TIED TO COVER, British Guiana postal history 1946 reg. cover to the Publishers of "Philatelic Gossip", Holton, Kansas pmk'd Airmail 2 NO 46 with reverse block of 3c tying both adhesives and press announcement with New York 11-9 1946 transit d/ring oval. Unusual. £32 |
;) | BARBADOS to ARGENTINA postal history 1933 cover to Buenos Aires with KG6 2½d Badge pmk'd GPO machine dated 2 SEP 1933. £25 |
;) ;) | BRITISH GUIANA postal history: 1927 cover marked "Special Delivery" to G.W. Gordon, Tower Hotel, Georgetown with EXPRESS label and 4 x KGV 2c pmk'd DEM: RIVER STEAMER */15 AU 77. Some gum soiling from further stamp affixed but removed as cds and blue crayon cross that area. £75 |
;) ;) | R.M.S. "LADY RODNEY" cachet, Bermuda postal history 1937 Canadian National Steamships printed flap cover with sender address from Inverurie Hotel, Paget Parish to Detroit Michigan with CANADA KGV 1c pair, 3c tied str. line "PAQUEBOT" with Hamilton 17 JLY 1937 along base, superb magenta 3-line R.M.S. "LADY RODNEY" cachet. £95 |
;) | LOWER PENVILLE, Dominica postal history: 1969 cover to Toronto, Canada with Churchill 1c, 24c pmk'd LOWER PENVILLE */MR 29 69. £18 |
;) | CAYMAN ISLANDS postal history: 1947 First Flight cover Cayman Brac to Kingston, Jamaica with KG6 2½d pmk'd CAYMAN BRAC NO 3 47, b/stamped Half-Way-Tree NO 7 47. £30 |
;) ;) | BRITISH GUIANA postal history 2c carmine/grey PSE pmk'd Suddie (date unclear) to Queenstown, Essequibo with COMPLETE OFFSET of indicia, opened for display. £75 |
;) ;) ;) ;) ;) | RECEIVED ON BOARD NEAR THE EQUATOR, Germany and Falmouth (Cornwall) postal history: 1882 stampless cover to Warin, Mecklenburg (Western Pomeramia), Germany marked along top "p. N. German Bark Alma Elisabeth/Received on bord near the Equator" landed with FALMOUTH SHIP LETTER cds dated AP 19 72 and rated "5" in blue crayon, side flap opens to display further FALMOUTH SHIP LETTER AP 19 72 cds overstruck red SHIP LETTER LONDON A/AP 20 72 as it travelled in the overnight sealed ship letter bag with turquoise VERVIERE (Belgium) 20 4 transit, a little sea water staining at left. A lovely research item. £500 |
;) ;) | MARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas postal history 1924 reg. "Iremonger" cover to Bristol with KGV 4d (SG.21) tied MARSH HARBOUR (T.1, D2 LRD) bluish-black reversed C/DE 25 24 cds, b/stamped Nassau and London. Proud handbook records D2 with "A" code but as this is the only example I have handled I cannot confirm whether two codes were used. £95 |
;) ;) | GOVERNMENT H.Q., Commonwealth of Dominica postal history 1980 OHMS stampless local cover (Coat-of-Arms on flap) to Mero, St. Joseph from the Ministry of Education and Health 7 AUG 80 pmk'd GOVERNMENT H.Q. */8 AU 80 using the official address name of COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA. £12 |
;) | MALTA postal history 1872 cover to Firenze, Italy with GB QV 1d red Plate 125 and GB QV 3d Plate 7 pmk'd "A25" duplex dated A/MALTA/AP 13 72, red handstruck 2 3/4, flap missing, various complete backstamps. Ex Michael Lewis. £90 |
;) | ST. LUCIA postal history 1946 St. Lucia Philatelic Society First Exhibition unaddressed cover with KG6 ½d pmk'd Castries 10 FE 46 d/ring. £24 |
;) | "B" used St. Marks, GRENADA postal history 1897 cover to Verviers, Belgium with QV 2½d Keyplate pmk'd St. Marks "B" dated 14 OC 97. £120 |
;) ;) | SOUTH AFRICA to BERMUDA postal history 1942 censored cover to Hampstead, London with 1½d mining issue pmk'd JOHANNESBURG 16.1.42, forged violet CM21 PASSED BY CENSOR/47/BERMUDA added to reverse supported with deceiving address changing to The Princess Hotel, Hamilton, Bermuda as the cover never went to Bermuda, small corner fault. £80 |
;) | GREAT GUANO CAY, Bahamas postal history 1934 Alan S. Round reg. cover to Stourbridge with KGV 2½d, 3d pmk'd GREAT GUANO CAY (T.7 I, D3) 27 NOV 34 cds. £85 |
;) | SIMMS LONG ISLAND, Bahamas postal history 1925 reg. commercial cover from Caroline E. Knowles (per flap with sender seal removed by scissors) to the Priscilla Publishing Company in Boston, Massachusetts with 3 x KGV 1d tied SIMMS LONG ISLAND (T3a, D2) 24 JAN 25 d/rings. £65 |
;) ;) | P & O and BRITISH INDIA LINES, Greece postal history 1953 cover to Flixton, Manchester with GB KG6 2½d tied Greek machine cancel, reverse with purple boxed "TRAVEL & SHIP/BY P & O/AND/BRITISH INDIA LINES" and 2-line "VISIT GREECE/SUNSHINE - BLUE SKY" advertising handstamps. £45 |
;) ;) ;) | BEACHMOUNT HOTEL, BATHSHEBA, ST. JOSEPH, Barbados postal history 1936 Beachmount Hotel cover to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania with 2½d Badge pmk'd Barbados 18 AUG 1936 machine with 4-sided printed brochure extolling the virtues of this recently renovated hotel (rates from $2.00 to $3.00 per day, no mosquitoes). £48 |
;) | BARBADOS postal history 1873 cover to P.A. Fraser, Barbados Railway Company, Bridgetown with GB QV 1/- green Plate 8 tied BEAULY "39" duplex dated A/NO 30 73 with BARBADOS I/DE 19 73 arrival on lower flap. The Barbados Railway Company was formed in 1873, the line opened 1st August 1882. £95 |