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;) ;) ;) ;) | INTRODUCING THE LADY ANNE COVER, the greatest and most significant item of MUSTIQUE postal history It was always assumed that the four Mustique Company labels were solely produced for the SP 1 1971 Government run inaugural First Flight covers between Mustique Post Office and mainland, St. Vincent, but this UNIQUE PROVING COVER shows that a Government approved PRIVATELY OPERATED LOCAL CARRIAGE SERVICE existed (by-passing the Mustique post office, and perhaps for only a few months) which REMAINED UNDISCOVERED for nearly 45 YEARS - 1971 commercial cover hand addressed by Colin Tennant to Lady Anne Tennant with MUSTIQUE COMPANY LTD 10c MAUVE label tied by their 10 JUN 1971 company handstamp for air carriage of 18 miles to mainland, and St. Vincent 50c Bird postmarked the next day KINGSTOWN */11 JU 71 to the family home at Tite Street, London. Arrival confirmed by automatic letter sorting machine luminescent dots applied at the London Eastern Central District Office as seen lower right of cover. No early ORANGE, YELLOW, or BLUE labels are known on cover. LADY ANNE TENNANT (formerly Lady Anne Coke), wife of Lord Glenconnor, Colin Tennant, owner of Mustique, was a Maid of Honour to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Her Coronation and is best seen holding the Queen's gown during the procession down the aisle at Westminster Abbey. Lady Anne was also Lady-In-Waiting to H.R.H. Princess Margaret. (Accompanied by early example of the SP 1 71 10c mauve on First Flight cover typewritten address - ie before use of printed address labelling). This is the ONLY KNOWN COVER leaving just 5 labels unaccounted for as only 70 of the 10c mauve label were printed for exclusive use by the owners of Mustique - the remaining 64 labels known to have been used up on the later First Day Covers for the SP 1 1971 inaugural flight Mustique to St. Vincent. The normal Mustique Post Office was fully operational since 1958 but the company service offered a more flexible air connection to the mainland. The labels were printed in units of two. £18500 |
;) | ST. VINCENT GRENADINES stamps: 1974 3c parrot (SG.25), u/m corner marginal se-tenant pair showing both MISSING and DOUBLE "GRENADINES OF" overprint. £125 |
;) | ST. VINCENT GRENADINES stamps: 1974 3c parrot (SG.25), u/m corner marginal Plate 1A block of four showing FIVE DIAGONAL OVERPRINTS of "GRENADINES OF". £60 |
;) | GRENADINES OF ST. VINCENT: 1974 $2.50 Shell (SG.51A), folded u/m sheet of 50 stamps ovp'd SPECIMEN. £75 |
;) | GRENADINES OF ST. VINCENT: 1974 $5.00 Shell (SG.52A), folded u/m sheet of 50 stamps ovp'd SPECIMEN. £75 |
;) | GRENADINES OF ST. VINCENT: 1974 $1.00 Shell (SG.50A), folded u/m sheet of 50 stamps ovp'd SPECIMEN. £50 |
;) ;) | ST. VINCENT Grenadines stamps: 1974 20c thrush (SG.12), u/m corner marginal block of four, lower left stamp showing misplaced "OF" error. £18 |
;) ;) | ST. VINCENT Grenadines stamps: 1974 3c parrot (SG.5), u/m corner marginal block of four, lower left stamp showing misplaced "OF" error. £14 |
;) ;) ;) | ST. VINCENT Grenadines stamps: 1974 3c parrot (SG.5), u/m corner marginal block of ten showing YELLOW DOUBLE in "IA" control letters. £125 |
;) ;) | ST. VINCENT Grenadines stamps: 1974 3c parrot (SG.5), u/m marginal lower two rows of sheet showing YELLOW DOUBLE in both printers guide-lines at left and in "IA" control letters, the lower left stamp additionally showing wrongly placed "OF" overprint error. £150 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1977 ($2) Grenadines Royal Visit Mustique with VALUE OMITTED (SG.105), u/m interpanneau marginal block of four. £140 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1977 (40c) Grenadines Royal Visit Mustique with VALUE OMITTED (SG.104), u/m interpanneau marginal block of four. £140 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1977 Grenadines Royal Visit Mustique with VALUES OMITTED (SG.104/105), the pair fine u/m. £75 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1974 Grenadines 2c, 3c Birds(SG.24/25) the locals overprints in u/m blocks of four additionally showing full clear complete offsets on reverse. £32 |