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| Country: St. Vincent Clear Subject: QV Head pmks Clear | Sort: Newest listed first |
;) | CHATEAUBELAIR, St. Vincent postmark dated C/DE 16 84 on QV 1d drab (SG.39). Currently recorded C/AP 22 84 to C/FE 21 85 on QV 1d drab. £28 |
;) | MESOPOTAMIA, St. Vincent postmark dated C/DE 3 84 on QV 1d drab (SG.39). Currently recorded C/AP 24 84 to C/FE 20 85 on QV 1d drab but finely struck examples rarely found. £15 |
;) | CHATEAUBELAIR, St. Vincent postmark dated C/OC 24 90 on 1889 QV 1d carmine-red (SG.48c) showing "cut-throat" plate variety. This village cds seldom found on this printing. £30 |
;) | A10 used KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent postmark (PML.7) on 1883 QV 1/- orange P.12 (SG.45, Cat.£60), full perfs. £30 |
;) | A10 used KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent postmark (PML.3) from the short-lived brown ink period on 1862 QV 6d deep green (SG.4). See PML handbook Page 86 £18 |
;) | A10 used KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent postmark (PML.2) on 1880 QV 6d bright green (SG.30, Cat.£70). £24 |
;) | DICKOYA, Ceylon postmark on forged ST. VINCENT stamp 1899 QV 5/- green & blue (SG.75, Cat.£170 used), a forgery believed to have been cleverly executed by the Belgian forger Dr Julian Smeets by bleaching out the design of used copies of the 1886 Ceylon QV 5c dull purple (SG.195) to a give a "blank" CA wmk P.14 stamp; only immediately given away by the indelible ink portion of a DICKOYA (Ceylon) cds which could not be removed. £95 |
;) | CO used COLONARIE, St. Vincent postmark in red dated MY 15 82 on QV 1d drab (SG.37), shallow thinning below hinge with nick into design top right and str. edge at base. £48 |
;) | PARCEL-POST, St. Vincent postmark (25mm) dated C/SP 27 01 on QV 4d yellow (SG.56). £48 |
;) | A10 used KINGSTOWN plus A10 used GEORGETOWN combination, St. Vincent postmarks (PML.4) horiz. "A10" in black applied Kingstown overstriking red vertical "A10" (PML.5) used Georgetown on QV 1d black (SG.18). £18 |
;) | A10 used KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent postmark (PML.3) from the short-lived brown ink period on 1862 QV 6d deep green (SG.4), printer's guide-line at top left identifies as sheet position 6. £24 |
;) ;) | Black "K" with black horiz. "A10" (used Kingstown) combination, St. Vincent postmarks a rare combination dated during "81" on marginal position 1880 QV 6d bright green (SG.30, Cat.£70), some light toning. £60 |
;) | GEORGETOWN, St. Vincent postmark New ERD dated A/JA 3 99 on QV 1d red (SG.48b). The previous gap between code letters was C/DE 23 98 and A/JA 6 99 (both as reported by West Indies Postal History Review by Joe Chin Aleong). The "A" code had a short life on QV 1d red, current last date being A/AP 18 99, and strikes on the QV 1d red are not as plentiful as one might expect. £24 |
;) | EDINBURGH postmark on St. Vincent stamp Black ink Edinburgh JA 13 77 arrival "killing" lightly pmk'd red horiz. "A10" on QV 6d deep blue-green (SG.19b, Cat.£50). Dated arrivals rarely found for this period (useful for confirming precise date of a Head Office killer). This stamp would have sailed with the DE 28 76 1/- claret cover (Ex Glossop) to London £24 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1891 QV 1/- orange (SG.58) with forged KINGSTOWN C/JY 2 09 cds. £12 |
;) | A10 used at Kingstown, St. Vincent postmark (PML.1) fine impression on 1861 QV 1d rose-red (SG.1). £6 |
;) | LONDON postmark on St. Vincent stamp QV 2½d on 1d blue (SG.55a) with arrival sqc dated DE 12 94. £5 |
;) | A10 used at Kingstown, St. Vincent postmark (PML.4) in red on 1875 QV 6d deep blue-green (SG.19b, Cat.£50). £20 |
;) | A10 used KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent postmark (PML.4) on 1872 1/- deep rose-red (pale shade, SG.17, Cat.£140), fine used. £30 |
;) | GEORGETOWN, St. Vincent postmark C/AU 27 90 on QV 1d carmine-red (SG.48c), tiny tear middle left side. £4 |