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;) ;) | BULWER, Natal postal history QV 1d UPU Reply Post Card pmk'd B/MY 29 05 to Bremen, Germany. £24 |
;) ;) | Y used DEWETSDORP, Orange Free State postal history tying 1½d on 2d Brief Kaart to Chicago, reverse DEWETSDORP SP 5 95 despatch cds. £55 |
;) ;) | 21 used VENTERSBURG, Orange Free State postal history 11 bar tying 1½d on 3d Brief Kaart within Ventersburg, reverse FE 20 96 cds. £40 |
;) | JAMAICA postal history: 1871 cover with pairs USA 2c brown, 3c green pmk'd cork cancels with BROOKLYN MAR 21 despatch to wife of Alex Lindo, Attorney at Law, Kingston, handstruck black "4" applied St. Thomas changed to blue crayon "5" at Kingston, reverse ST. THOMAS A/MR 30 71 and KINGSTON C/AP 3 71 cds. Carried by U.S. and Brazil Mail Steamship "North America" departing New York MR 23 71 and arriving St. Thomas MR 30 71. Transferred to R.M.S. Elbe departing St. Thomas AP 1 71 arriving Kingston shortly after midnight AP 3 71. £225 |
;) ;) | GREYTOWN, Natal postal history: rare interprovincial use of a parcel tag locally addressed to Fawn Leas with on reverse pair and block of six Transvaal KE7 1d (SG.274), the lower pair creased as folded out. £65 |
;) ;) | REGISTERED MACCARTHY ISLAND, Gambia postal history (R1) B/18 DE 19 tying KGV 1d (SG.87b, corner perf. fault on KGV 2d PSRE (damaged flap) to Huddersfield. £75 |
;) | CEDAR VALLEY temporary rubber datestamp, Jamaica postal history TRD Type 7 applied on arrival on part QV ½d Newswrapper with added QV 1d pmk'd Kingston 4F/MY 21 94 marked "by Book Post" to Cedar Valley showing crayon "Missent" with COLD SPRING cds alongside. £295 |
;) | TORTOLA, Virgin Islands postal history 1902 cover to St. Thomas, Danish West Indies with horiz. strip of three "One/Penny" on QV 4d dull mauve & orange (SG.17) pmk'd TORTOLA B/SP 16 02, reverse ST. THOMAS 18/9 1902 arrival. £240 |
;) | MANSA KONKO, Gambia postal history 1950 cover with KG6 1½d x 2, 2d pmk'd */31 MY 50 to A.W. Morley, Rochdale. £75 |
;) | KUNTA-UR, Gambia postal history dated 23 JU 36 tying KGV SJ set of 4 values on cover to Edinburgh. £60 |
;) | BANSANG, Gambia postal history (D1) */13 OC 51 tying two pairs KG6 5d (SG.154a) on reg. cover to North Shields. £70 |
;) ;) | JAMAICA postal history 1901 Empire rate cover with GB QV 1d lilac pmk'd Bedford FE 12 01 to Kingston where Advertised, Unclaimed etc, various backstamps, toning and peripheral faults. £95 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS postal history 1898 underpaid cover to Germany with QV 5c (SG.54 paying 2½d single rate) pmk'd Belize JA 7 98 showing local "T" and large handstruck "5d" (applied Liverpool) plus 40pf in blue crayon. Reverse 5 A/LIVERPOOL/US PACKET/22 JA 98 and GRANSEE 24.1.98 arrival, some creasing and tears to flap. £195 |
;) ;) | JAMAICA TELEGRAPHS SAV LA MAR, Jamaica postal history 1891 full TELEGRAM envelope with message on enclosed POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS form, both cancelled framed handstruck JAMAICA TELEGRAPHS/24 FE 91/SAV LA MAR. £325 |
;) ;) | CHILE to BARBADOS with JAMAICA/TRANSIT (A below right leg of M) on CHILE 1c Post Card uprated with 2c pmk'd Santiago 15 JUL 02 to Evan King, Barbados showing KINGSTON AU 24 02 d/ring and JAMAICA/TRANSIT alongside address panel, reverse AU 31 02 arrival. £195 |
;) ;) | JAPAN TO JAMAICA 1901 unsealed cover with pair 1sn brown to Kingston with Advertised, Unclaimed and Returned Letter Branch 5 AU 01 handstamps alongside address panel, b/stamped TOKIO return dated 6 MAR 01. Francis E Reed was Examiner Education Department Jamaica in 1901 £275 |
;) ;) | FABRICATED PAID AT ENGLISH HARBOR Crowned Circle, ANTIGUA postal history a completely fabricated wrapper (produced circa 1950) on brown parchment-like outer lettersheet addressed J. Lea Esq, Solicitor, Nevis with “Pd” lower left corner showing very fine red ink PAID AT ENGLISH HARBOR Crowned Circle plus very fine black ink ENGLISH HARBOR, ANTIGUA datestamp for JY 1 19 (19 for 61) and purplish ink “4” inter-island rate mark above address panel. Lower flap with trace of NEVIS arrival dbl-arc and some circular stains which are the base of a candle holder which has been cunninglyly blown out to spatter tiny flecks of red wax, also some minor soiling added by use of a paint brush dipped in water. Only two genuine entires with this Crowned Circle (Cat.£9,000) are recorded. £725 |
;) | BO, Sierra Leone postal history (016.01) */NO 6 09 alongside design KE7 1d PSE pmk'd Freetown A/9 NO 09 to R.C. Mission, Freetown. £60 |
;) | POA 91 used INGAGANE, Natal postal history on reg. cover with three pairs QV 1d (SG.99a) to Cradock, Cape Colony, partial AP -- 02 backstamp. Cover with missing flap. Ex Bill Hart collection and illustrated Putzel Volume 4 Page 142. £200 |
;) | A UNIQUE COMBINATION, Bermuda postal history The second earliest adhesive cover from St. Georges with short-lived K1 "1" plus STG cds combination: 1866 local cover front (peripheral faults) to Mrs Reginald Smith, Olive Bank, Warwick with 1st printing QV 1d rose-red CC wmk (SG.1) tied short-lived K1 "1" with STG cds (P5) dated 15 MR 66 alongside. Only 9 covers are currently recorded with K1 plus STG cds combination: one with 1d, four with 6d, four with 1/- adhesives. The earliest 1d cover with B/1 and STG cds (P5) combination is dated JY 21 67. £450 |