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;) ;) | SANTOS (AVULSA), Brazil postmark on Great Britain stamps dated 19 AGO 1907 tying 2 each GB KE7 ½d and 1/- on large, folded in places, foolscap cover with printed flap of "The Atlantic Transport Company Limited, Swansea" (size 288 x 122mm) addressed Rio de Janeiro, soiling/toning around adhesives. Scanned from reduced size photocopy £125 |
;) | 30, Orange River Colony postal history on KE7 1d PSE with added V.R.I. 2d (SG.114) to Germany, b/stamped DEWETSDORP 19 NO 04. £65 |
;) | REGISTERED JOHANNESBURG, Transvaal postal history (D/R) in blue ink dated 7 APR 04 on KE7 1d pink PSE with added KE7 ½d, 1d, 4d to Hobart, Tasmania. Both low values with very large part of stamps removed, one by scissors, as if deliberately to hide previous (cancelled) use. £24 |
;) ;) | A66 used PORT MARIA, Jamaica postal history tying "TWO PENCE/HALF PENNY" on QV 4d red-brown (SG.30) with "HALF.-" variety (looks like "HALE) on cover to Scotland b/stamped Port Maria FE 1 91, New York FE 18 91 and Dundee MR 2 91, toning, small part flap removed. Village covers for this issue seldom encountered. £165 |
;) | BAHAMAS postal history: 1881 cover with QV 4d dull rose Crown CA wmk P.14 (SG.36) tied "A05" to Wexford, Ireland, b/stamped A/BAHAMAS/MY 4 81 despatch cds and WEXFORD A/MY 22 81 arrival. The U.P.U. QV 4d rate (using CC wmk P.14) to UK introduced JY 1 1880, and QV 4d CA wmk P.14 issued March 1882. Covers with the former scarce to England and particularly rare to Ireland during this 21 month period. £325 |
;) ;) | GEORGETOWN, British Guiana postal history to TURKEY: 1908 cover with 2c, 5c pmk'd Georgetown 8 AUG 1908 to Turkey, b/stamped Constantinople-Galata 27-8 08 d/ring, toning but an exceptional destination. £140 |
;) | 997 used MIDDELBURG, Cape of Good Hope postal history on cover dated C/AU 31 96 with horiz. pair, strip of three ½d (SG.48a) to London re-addressed Munich, Bavaria, one stamp defective. £60 |
;) | TURKS ISLAND postal history: QV 2½d blue/cream PSE (140 x 79mm) ovp'd SPECIMEN, fresh condition. £20 |
;) | B O., Sierra Leone postal history (016.05) */23 MY 56 on mixed reign KG6 1/3d, QE2 4d, 6d reg. "Express Delivery" cover to London. 1/3d airmail postage, 4d reg. fee, 6d Express Delivery fee £40 |
;) | BAHAMAS postal history 1879 mourning cover to New York with QV 4d dull rose CC wmk P.14 (SG.36) tied clear "A05" with very fine B/BAHAMAS/AP 23 79 despatch cds clear of missing flap, taxed on arrival with New York Due 3c opera-glass handstamp. Unusually, for this period, the sender did not take the opportunity of prepaying the U.S.A. internal postage with a U.S. 3c adhesive available at the Nassau Post Office period JA 1 1879 to JY 1 1880 (date of UPU entry) and was taxed in lieu of. £450 |
;) ;) | 824 used BURGERSDORP, Cape of Good Hope postal history contrary to regulations as without despatch datestamp on QV ½d Post Card written 4 Jan 94 to Paarl showing A/AP 6 91 arrival. £36 |
;) | VOLKSRUST, Transvaal postal history purple ARMY POST OFFICE d/ring dated 14 SEP 1900 on On Active Service stampless cover to East Dulwich, postscript on reverse says "I enclose the curl for fear of losing it. Atlee". Some peripheral tears/faults. £65 |
;) | 215 used MALMESBURY, Cape of Good Hope postal history dated A/FE 20 83 on 2d rate cover, with original enclosure, to Cape Town. £40 |
;) | PILGRIMS REST, Transvaal postal history dated 26 SEP 08 on 2 x ½d E.R.I. (SG.238) on cover to London, England, opened most of two sides, peripheral faults. £28 |
;) | POA 3 plus LADYSMITH skeleton, Natal postal history transit cancel dated FE 20 1909 on QV 1d Post Card pmk'd P.O.A. 3 written P.O. Sunkelsdrift addressed Berlin, Germany. £60 |
;) | 594 used LADISMITH, Cape of Good Hope postal history on 1d rate cover dated NO 4 01 to Cape Town. £32 |
;) ;) | UMZIMKULU, Natal postal history dated 16 JY 94 as transit on GB 1d UPU Post Card to Richmond, Natal endorsed "Harding" in blue crayon, b/stamped HARDING JY 17 94. £30 |
;) | PRETORIA 1, Transvaal postal history censored cover with 3 x 1d E.R.I. dated 25 OCT 01 to P.O.W. in Ceylon with Durban, Natal transit, soiled. £35 |
;) ;) | DUIVELSKLOOF and PIETERSBURG combination franking, Transvaal postal history on KE7 ½d Post Card pmk'd Duivelskloof 21 DEC 1906 with added KE7 1d tied Pitersburg 22 DEC 06 written at Medingen to Germany, some soiling. £85 |
;) | TRANSVAAL postal history: taxed and censored 1d V.R.I. cover pmk'd 21 OCT 00 to Lorenco Marques, partial Martial Law label on reverse. £28 |