;) | KALUTARA, Ceylon postmark/cancel (D2) SP 28 93 on QV 5c (SG.195). £5 |
;) | HATTON, Ceylon postmark/cancel (D3) AU 8 01 on QV 2c ovp'd "On Service" (SG.08). £2 |
;) | GALLE, Ceylon postmark/cancel (D3) D/MY 18 96 on QV 5c (SG.195), minor toning. £2 |
;) | DELTOTA, Ceylon postmark/cancel (D3) JA 15 03 on QV 2c (SG.256). £1 |
;) | CINNAMON GARDENS, Ceylon postmark/cancel (D1) AP 23 92 on "Two" on QV 4c (SG.205), minor faults. £4 |
;) | GALBODDA R.O., Ceylon postmark/cancel Railway Office dated AU 12 95 on QV 5c (SG.195), corner perf. fault. £5 |
;) | 24 used HAMBANTOTA, Ceylon postmark/cancel on 1867 QV 2d ochre (SG.64). £24 |
;) | 28, Ceylon postmark/cancel on horiz. pair REVERSED CC wmk 6d blackish brown (SG.55cx, Cat.£150), rounded corner perf. £60 |
;) | 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 |
;) ;) ;) | KURUNEGALA, 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 KURUNEGALA (Ceylon) and MR 24 95 dated cds which could not be removed. Few examples show trace of original design in the value tablet. £100 |
;) | ST. LUCIA (Smeets forgery) stamps: 1885 QV 1/- orange-brown (SG.36), a forgery believed to have been cleverly executed by the Belgian forger 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 KOTAGALA (Ceylon) OC 19 97 cds which could not be removed. £140 |
;) ;) | 1901 (AU 10) BOER WAR - UMSINSINI, Natal postal history (M.4.2) in violet dated A/AU -- 10 (for A/AU 10 01) on QV 1d rate cover to Diyatalawa, reverse E.(crown)R. (KE7) OPENED UNDER MARTIAL LAW label. A rare office £125 |
;) | POA 94 used 1902 (JA --) BOER WAR, Natal postal history on QV 1d rate cover to Diyatalawa Camp, Ceylon, b/stamped FE 15 02 arrival. £140 |
;) | 41, Ceylon postmark/cancel on Crown CA INVERTED wmk QV 5c (SG.195w). £48 |
;) | 7, Ceylon postmark/cancel on INVERTED SURCHARGE 2 CENTS on QV 4c (SG.206a). £48 |