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;) | 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 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1877 QV 4d deep blue (SG.25, Cat.£550), a beautiful lightly mounted mint copy with fresh colour and being exceptionally well-centred for this issue, sideways small star wmk. £350 |
;) | 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 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1877 QV 6d pale green (SG.23, Cat.£50), fine used pmk'd black horiz. "A10". £14 |
;) | A10 used at Kingstown, St. Vincent postmark (PML.4) in red on 1875 QV 6d deep blue-green (SG.19b, Cat.£50). £20 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1893 QV 2½d on 1d (SG.55a), fine used with "scratch on Queen's cheek" plate variety. £8 |
;) | 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 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1885 1d on 2½d on 1d (SG.46), fine mounted mint with prominent "scratch on Queen's cheek" plate variety (12,060 stamps overprinted on sheets of 60 making only 201 varieties originally available). £36 |
;) | MESOPOTAMIA, St. Vincent postmark C/JA 21 92 on QV 1d carmine-red (SG.48c). £14 |
;) | BAR used BARROUALLIE, St. Vincent postmark dated NO 2 83 on QV 1d drab (SG.39). Ex SINTON £60 |
;) | UNION, St. Vincent postmark C/MR 30 94 on QV 1d red (SG.48b). £12 |
;) | UNION, St. Vincent postmark C/NO 3 93 on QV 1d red (SG.48b). £12 |
;) ;) ;) ;) | The MUSTIQUE ISLAND carriage labels - "No mint copies exist" This is the only known 10c yellow mint sheetlet of two labels, produced circa 1971, in fresh unmounted mint condition (small gum disturbance at lower right), accompanied by both 10c yellow label on inaugural first flight cover dated 1 SEP 1971 which terminated the private conveyance service, and subsequent Urch Harris "ballot" order form (included) for supply of the four covers. Lord Glenconnor, Colin Tennant, owner of Mustique island conceived the idea of 10c labels to privately convey island mail, with Government consent from the Hon. Hudson Tannis, Minister for Communications & Works, by more flexible regular use of small aircraft to mainland St. Vincent circumventing the slower and less frequent by boat service offered by the Mustique Post Office. Four differing colour same design labels were printed, and stocks ultimately depleted when they were affixed, alongside St. Vincent GPO issues, to SP 1 1971 first day covers for the official inaugural flight Mustique to St. Vincent. Cancelling of the covers was firstly undertaken by Doreen Simon, the Mustique schoolmistress who doubled as the island post mistress, and secondly by the mainland Kingstown G.P.O., and the bulk were carried back to London by a member of the Mustique management team in a suitcase via Luxembourg (accompanied by Princess Margaret). The Bristol based Urch Harris company, famed for their distribution of new stamp issues, marketed them . These covers were not only First Day Covers but also LAST DAY COVERS. The Urch Harris catalogue listed printing quantities as 10c orange (2000), 10c blue (550), 10c yellow (250), 10c mauve (70). The Wilson figures for both blue and yellow are inaccurate and the estimated use for yellow labels used on inaugural flight covers is 234 leaving 14 labels (or 7 sheetlets) unaccounted for. No "earlier" service 10c orange labels are known on cover. Accompanied by scan of BWISC Bulletin article being the UH copied source for quantities affixed to first flight covers. £1200 |