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;) | SEGMENTED CORK, British Guiana postmark on 1878 on (2c) on 8c rose OFFICIAL with two horiz bars and one vertical (SG.146, Cat.£375), generally fine. £125 |
;) | ST. VINCENT postmark A/SP 26 00 on 1892 5d on 4d chocolate (SG.59, Cat.£60), rarely found on this issue. £32 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps 1888 QV 6d violet ovp'd "REVENUE" (PML.45) manuscript dated "8/4/90", age marks on reverse. £15 |
;) | BANNERMAN TOWN, Bahamas postmark (T.7 II, D3) 22 JAN 38 on KGV ½d WAR TAX (SG.102) piece. £28 |
;) | ABU FATMAH, Sudan postmark (D1) in blue dated 17 VII 97 on ovp'd 3m orange-yellow (SG.4). Stagg - 2 complete strikes known and some part strikes all on 1st issue. P.O. opened and closed in 1897. Stagg does not refer to cancel in blue. £150 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps 1883 QV 1/- vermilion ovp'd "Revenue" P.12 Crown CA REVERSED wmk (PML.13), fine used with forged "A10" postmark. 1,800 issued (60 sheets, PML Page 147), "R" with "dancing shoes" as opposed to "feet firmly on floor". £80 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps 1886 1d.. vermilion on QV 1d rose-lilac Crown CA REVERSED wmk (PML.24), fine used manuscript dated "1.7.86". £40 |
;) | BERMUDA postal history 1902 illustrated Princess Hotel cover to Cambridgeport, Massachusetts with two pairs and single ONE FARTHING on QV 1/- dull grey and QV 1d carmine tied HAMILTON FE 25 1902 d/rings, arrival backstamps. £120 |
;) | RONDEBOSCH, CAPE COLONY postmark on TRANSVAAL stamp dated I/JA 23 83 on EEN PENNY on QV 4d (SG.170), blunt corner perf. £48 |
;) ;) ;) | DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, BERMUDA postal history 1966 (JU 9) lengthy typewritten letter from a 19 year old Colonel's daughter to Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk on an overprinted for Government use Air Letter (overprinting deleted as used personally) mailed with GB QE2 4d pmk'd Post Office Maritime Mail. £65 |
;) | 11 used GREYTOWN, Natal postmark (T.G) on QV 1/- (SG.59), perf. fault. £16 |
;) ;) | Via SURINAM for DUTCH MAIL to HOLLAND, BRITISH GUIANA postal history 1895 use of "2 CENTS" on 3c carmine Post Card pmk'd Georgetown JA 30 95 routed through Surinam with PARAMARIBO 4/2/1895 d/ring to Amsterdam, Holland, some faults. £48 |
;) ;) ;) | MOGADOR, Morocco postal history 1887 use of the ST. VINCENT QV 1d carmine Post Card overprinted for use in GIBRALTAR written from MOGADOR with "Mog. 5/4 87" with turquoise PER "EMPUSA" to Stuttgart, Germany pmk'd at Gibraltar with "A26" duplex dated A/AP 10 87, some harsher toning. The Mogador Post Office opened in 1887 £325 |
;) | A63 used PEAR TREE GROVE, Jamaica postmark on QV 1d OFFICIAL (SG.04), rare on this issue. £12 |
;) | LONDON postmark on St. Vincent stamp QV 2½d on 1d blue (SG.55a) with arrival sqc dated DE 12 94. £5 |
;) | GRENADA stamps: 1891 "2½d" on QV 8d grey-brown (SG.47), used with raised quad variety, blunt corner perf. £18 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1893 QV 2½d on 1d (SG.55a), fine used with "scratch on Queen's cheek" plate variety. £8 |
;) | The "1d GALLE SURCHARGE", New South Wales postal history 1874 cover "Ellora via Galle and Brindisi" to Lower Norwood, Surrey, England with NINEPENCE on QV 10d, QV 1d pmk'd Sydney D/MY 15 74, reverse London JY 10 74 arrival. Edge tear at top, soiling. When the new P&O contracts came into force in 1874 NSW refused to contribute to the P&O service because Melbourne was made the mail terminus, and because NSW favoured the route via San Francisco. To use the route via Melbourne and Pt de Galle NSW had to pay a fee to Victoria based on the number of letters sent by that route. In order to defray that expense, and also to discourage NSW writers from using the route, a 1d surcharge was added to the 9d rate via Brindisi from February 10th 1874 to May 27th 1875. £325 |
;) | ESSEXVALE, Rhodesia postmark 3 DEC 1910 on 2½d piece. £7 |
;) | 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 |