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;) | ZIMI, Sierra Leone postmark (166.01) */JY 7 30 on KGV 1d (SG.132a) piece. £60 |
;) | 234, Cape of Good Hope postmark on 1d (SG.48a) piece. £5 |
;) | 624, Cape of Good Hope postmark on 1d (SG.49a). £8 |
;) | LONG BAY CAYS, Bahamas postmark (TRD CI) in purple dated APR 4 1946 on KG6 3d Victory (SG.177) piece. £36 |
;) | K4a "9", Bermuda postmark on 1886 QV 2d blue CA wmk (SG.25). £75 |
;) | MORPHOU, Cyprus postmark (T.2) A/JY 19 08 on KE7 ½pi (SG.62). £14 |
;) | COURT CAPE COAST DIV. COURT, Gold Coast postmark fiscal cancel on 1898 QV 6d (SG.30), full perfs. £18 |
;) ;) | 10 (used Brighton), TASMANIA postal history 1861 cover "per Tasmania" to James S. Harrison, 22 Charlotte Place, Sydney, New South Wales with Chalon 2d slate-green pair (uneven setting), single superbly pmk'd Brighton "10" numerals with red PRE-PAID 4 SP 1861 alongside, reverse Sydney C/SP 9 61 arrival. James Start Harrison (1837-1902) arrived Sydney in January 1849 with his parents after a voyage of 157 days on board the Penyard Park and eventually took up the profession of an accountant working with the new partnership formed 1861 of Alexander Learmonth & Samuel Dickinson, merchant and commission agents. He is best known as a philanthropist and local newspapers capture his interests and service given to the Sydney Ragged Schools, Sydney City Mission, Sydney Female Refuge. £3500 |
;) | 13 used Kingston, TASMANIA postal history (Ex TINSLEY, BOMBIERI, BLAKE, CHARTWELL) 1864 drop letter mailed within Kingston with Chalon 1d brick-red imperforate superbly tied "13" addressed Mr. Dixon, Browns River with postmaster's manuscript "Kingston 11-1-64" alongside, no reverse markings. Ex TINSLEY, BOMBIERI, BLAKE, CHARTWELL. The settlement known as Browns River had its name changed to Kingston by the Governor of Tasmania in 1851, so the postmaster followed this edict which was not acknowledged until a Government Gazette in 1881. It was then changed to Kingston Beach in 1900. £825 |
;) | POSTMEESTERS KANTOOR JOHANNESBURG, Transvaal postmark previously unrecorded dated 5 SEP 00 on cut-out piece £24 |
;) | SCOTTS HEAD, Dominica postmark */17 FE 79 on 45c. £5 |
;) | KARENE, Sierra Leone postmark (066.01) C/AU 17 99 on envelope cut-out piece, very rare office. Illustrated Page 49 of "The Postmarks of Sierra Leone 1854-1961 Second Edition" by Walton, Quirk, Hamilton, Horry. £48 |
;) | KAMBIA, Sierra Leone postmark (062.01) A/16 FE 00 (ERD), a magnificent strike on seemingly envelope cut-out piece. Earlier than recorded in the new Walton handbook £30 |
;) | 564 numeral, Cape of Good Hope postmark on 1d (SG.59). £7 |
;) | MAGISTRATE'S OFFICE, IXOPO., Natal fiscal cancellation in purple dated MAR 2 1903 on QV 1d dull lilac REVENUE stamp on piece, one stamp with official punch-hole £75 |
;) | WINNEBAH, Gold Coast postmark (T.2, tall & narrow letters) C/OC 9 89 on QV 3d (SG.15). £20 |
;) | SECONDEE, Gold Coast postmark (T.2) dated C/JY 4 9 ("9" for year) on QV 1d (SG.12a). Recorded C/FE 2 9 to C/NO 25 9. No examples Secondee with years 94 and 95 inserted found so far £14 |
;) | 498 numeral, Cape of Good Hope postmark on 1d (SG.59). £5 |
;) | K3 "4", Bermuda postmark on 1873 QV 3d yellow-buff Crown CC wmk (SG.5, Cat.£65.00). £48 |
;) | 6 in Concentric Circles, Mauritius cancel on 1863 QV 6d dull violet Crown CC wmk (SG.63). £125 |