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;) | Second Sailing GB used abroad, BRITISH GUIANA postal history 1858 entire headed "(Duplicate) Demerara May 10th 1858" (being the date GB stamps placed on sale having arrived the day before on the MY 9 1858 steamer) with lightly creased and badly defective GB 6d pmk'd crisply struck "A03" to London with DEMERARA MY 25 1858 despatch dbl-arc. A significant item documenting the Second Sailing with duplicate of First Sailing letter. A first sailing cover pmk'd Demerara MY 10 1858 with GB 6d used strip of four pmk'd "A03" to James Ewing in Glasgow is recorded £125 |
;) | NEW SOUTH WALES postal history 1875 cover to Paris with three colour franking of 4d, 6d, 1/- pmk'd SYDNEY AU 9 1875, no flap. £250 |
;) | SPANISH TOWN, Jamaica postal history (P1 in black) dated MY 30 1835 (the Foster ERD) on wrapper docketted as from St. Mary (MY 27) to London rated 2/2. £85 |
;) | MALTA postal history 1860 wrapper to Marseilles with GB QV 4d strip of three (fault) pmk'd A/MALTA/AU 11 60 "A25" duplex paying the scarce 1/- rate with oval "P-D." in black. £240 |
;) | RIVER ROAD, GRENADA postal history 1971 card with QE2 3c, 15c pmk'd RIVER ROAD */13 SP 71 to Woodbridge, Suffolk, no reverse text. £28 |
;) | MALTA postal history 1952 stampless OHMS cover pmk'd BRITISH FLEET MAIL 10 dated */12 AU 52 to C in C, HMS Vanguard, London with purple H.M. s/m "TALENT" submarine cachet. £24 |
;) | SIERRA LEONE to BELGIUM postal history 1895 use of QV ½d Post Card marked per S.S. "Roquelle" to Hasselt, Belgium pmk'd "B31" with FREETOWN B/JY 13 95 plus handstruck "LATE", landed with red LIVERPOOL A/AU 5 95/SHIP cds (Private Ship as opposed to Liverpool Packet arrival) with HASSELT 7 AOUT 1895 arrival, lengthy reverse text in French. Rare destination. £200 |
;) | VICTORIA postal history 1868 cover and lengthy enclosure with QV 2d pair, single pmk'd Melbourne JY 18 68 duplex to Cirencester, Gloucestershire. £50 |
;) | BARBADOS postal history 1959 cover to Grenada with QE2 6c pmk'd 15 AUG 1959 with purple OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE cachet alongside. £12 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS postal history 1961 cover with Germany 5pf pair pmk'd BELIZE 18 JU 61 with S.S. "Karl-Christian" and "PAQUEBOT" handstamps alongside. £16 |
;) | Broad "A" used ST. JOHNS, Grenada postal history 1896 use of QV 1d carmine Post Card pmk'd 28 MY 96 to New Oxford Street, London, full commercial text. £75 |
;) | GRENADA postal history 1937 locally addressed First Day Cover with KG6 Coronation trio pmk'd */12 MY 37 re-posted with QE2 Coronation 3c pmk'd first day */JU 3 53. A double First Day Cover. £24 |
;) ;) | SNUG CORNER, Grenada postal history 1896 use of QV 1d carmine Post Card to Woollen Merchants, Wellington, Somerset pmk'd SNUG CORNER sideways down C/MY 27 96 cds, staple holes but fine commercial text. £90 |
;) | BERMUDA postal history 1883 cover to New York with QV ½d stone CC wmk, QV 2d dull blue (SG.19,3) pmk'd ST. GEORGES K3 "2" duplex dated A/OC 25 83, some faults including 2d adhesive with large tear but this combination seemingly very scarce from St. Georges to the USA. £115 |
;) | ST. PETER'S, Antigua postal history 1919 cover to Montgomery Ward, Chicago with Leewards KGV ½d deep green, 1d bright scarlet (SG.47a,48a) pmk'd ST. PETER'S sideways down C/DE 1 19 cds, flap removed. £140 |
;) ;) | Parish "B" (INVERTED) used St. Marks, Grenada postal history 1898 use of QV 2d grey PSRE with added QV 2½d Keyplate (SG.51) to Egerton Burnett Ltd, Wellington, Somerset pmk'd "B" dated 17 FE 98, the removable "B" being inverted. Only two covers with 2nd Parish Type INVERTED "B" are currently recorded, the other dated DE 12 95 £525 |
;) | BARBADOS to Prince Edward Island postal history (Ex GINGOLD, HURLOCK) 1873 cover (torn along top) with rounded corner perf. (4d) dull vermilion compound perf. 11 to 13 x 14½ to 15½ (SG.57, Cat.£110) and clean-cut (1d) blue (SG.52) pmk'd BARBADOS I/JY 29 73 to Nathaniel McLaren, Georgetown, Prince Edward Island rated red "4" and b/stamped ST. THOMAS A/AU 2 73 transit. A rare destination. Ex GINGOLD (1947) and HURLOCK (1959). £240 |
;) ;) | CIUDAD BOLIVAR, Venezuela via TRINIDAD to Leipzig, Germany 1882 wrapper on Bookman Mills wmkd paper with N. GARDES & Ca, Ciudad Bolivar purple d/ring senders cachet endorsed p. Royal Mail to Leipzig, Germany with Trinidad 4d grey tied TRINIDAD MY 27 82 cds locally applied and rated red 3 as top flap displays rare blue chamfered corners framed FORWARDED BY/SCHOCK BUNDSCHUH & CO/PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD, W.I. cachet which has sealed tear. £600 |
;) ;) | BULL BAY, Jamaica postal history 1897 QV ½d Post Card from L.O. Chitty, Inspector of Schools to The Teacher of Harbour Head School, Kingston with printed text re forthcoming inspection pmk'd Kingston Street Letter Box F/NO 2 97 marked blue crayon "Unclaimed" and "Bull Bay" with partly fine BULL-BAY NO 9 97 cds and eventual RETURNED/LETTER/BRANCH/25 DE 97/KINGSTON alongside address panel. £75 |
;) ;) | EBUTE METTA W.C.A., Southern Nigeria postal history 1908 use of KE7 2d PSRE with added pair KE7 1d pmk'd EBUTE METTA (LRD Lagos T.13A) dated A/11 MY 1908 to The White House, Portrush, Ireland. £140 |