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;) | MAURITIUS used SEYCHELLES "B64" COVERS (1863-1890). Price £20 A look at this difficult area is available by DIGITAL pdf (no refunds). Covers illustrated in b/w or colour, part or full illustrations. 28 pages (A4 size) Price £20 payable by PayPal or WISE transfer. £20 |
;) | Crowned "R" free re-direction within London, Antigua postal history 1887 use of QV 1½d brown UPU Post Card pmk'd "A02" to Edwin England, Southgate, London locally re-directed on arrival with Crowned "R" showing Antigua A/JA 21 78 (inverted 78) and London FE 7 87, full text. Currently the only recorded example of use of the London Crowned "R" on Antigua QV period mail. £75 |
;) | MALTA QV ½d (DE 13 1860 - MR 14 1885). Price £120 You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL pdf copy (no refunds), which can be usefully carried to Stamp Fairs or Auctions on your tablet or laptop. 226 covers from this very popular group mainly illustrated in part, or full b/w or colour scans. No attempt has been made to identify by colour, or shades of colour/printings. The emphasis has been to identify the covers by date, and allocate provenance where known 46 pages (A4 size) Price £120 payable by PayPal or WISE transfer. £120 |
;) | CYPRUS postal history (1875-1900). Price £100 You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL copy (no refunds). Suitable for carrying around in your tablet or laptop. 292 covers illustrated in part or full in mainly colour with text descriptions spanning period 1875-1900. This file will be most helpful for planning an exhibit, giving a comprehensive coverage of what to expect, with destinations etc. Provenance given when known. 91 pages (A4 size) Price £100 payable by PayPal or WISE transfer. Knowing what to buy is key to buying .... order your copy today. £100 |
;) | BRITISH WEST INDIES QV DESTINATION MAIL. Price £36 You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL copy (no refunds). 111 covers fully illustrated, nearly all in colour. The perfect idea for planning an exhibit. 15 pages (A4 size) Price £36 payable by PayPal or WISE transfer. £36 |
;) | ANTIGUA used in ST. CHRISTOPHER (1890). Price £14 You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL copy (no refunds). 33 covers mainly illustrated in b/w or colour with text descriptions spanning period January to April 1890 including the build up to shortages covers. Provenance given when known. 18 pages (A4 size) Price £14 payable by PayPal or WISE transfer. Knowledge is key to buying .... order your copy today. £14 |
;) | ANTIGUA - ADHESIVE COVERS PERIOD 1862 - 1890. Price £120 You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL copy (no refunds). 309 covers mainly illustrated in b/w or colour with text descriptions spanning period 1862-1890 including 8 bogus ENGLISH HARBOUR "A18" covers. As a new collector to this country the file is perfect for planning an exhibit, gives a comprehensive coverage of what to expect, destinations, rates, combinations etc, and often shows the pitfalls (missing stamp, stamp added or not belonging). Provenance given when known. 88 pages (A4 size) Price £120 payable by PayPal or WISE transfer. Knowledge is key to buying .... order your copy today. £120 |
;) | BARBADOS to NICARAGUA postal history 1890 use of QV 1½d UPU Post Card pmk'd Barbados JY 1 90 open bootheel duplex to Managua, Nicaragua, purple TRANSITO COLON (JY 15), black TRANSITO PANAMA (JY 16), purple CORINTO, NICARAGUA (JY 24) with red MANAGUA duplex (JY 25) on full text reverse. Unusual destination. £125 |
;) | ANTIGUA postal history 1881 cover front to London with QV 4d blue CC wmk (SG.20) tied vertical "A02" with Antigua A/OC 11 81 and red London 29 OC 81 arrival alongside. £180 |
;) | ST. LUCIA postal history 1858 - 1900. Price £120 You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL copy (no refunds). 334 covers mainly illustrated in b/w or colour with text descriptions spanning period 1858 (GB used abroad) to 1900. As a new collector to this country the file is perfect for planning an exhibit, gives a comprehensive coverage of what to expect, destinations, rates, combinations etc, and often shows the pitfalls (missing stamp, stamp added or not belonging). Provenance given when known. 98 pages (A4 size) Price £120 payable by PayPal or WISE transfer. Knowledge is key to buying ....order your copy today. £120 |
;) | BAHAMAS postal history Purple boxed "MAIL DELAYED/ON SHIP." applied under extremely busy Port conditions when mail was not immediately taken to the Post Office on docking, according to regulations, on interrupted mail on QV 2½d cover tied Nassau C/AP 13 97 to Pottsville, Pennsylvania, USA. Two over covers (both damaged) are recorded with this boxed handstamp both also pmk'd Nassau C/AP 13 97. £180 |
;) | BAHAMAS postal history 1894 cover with printed "Guardian" Office address to Boston, Massachusetts with QV 2½d pmk'd 19 FE 94. £10 |
;) | MITCHELL, Queensland postal history 1905 reg. cover to Hobart, Tasmania with QV 1d strip of three, QV 2d tied numerals with 2-line REGISTERED/ MITCHELL and OC 30 1905 despatch cds, usual spike hole. £65 |
;) | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE postal history Undated Coat-of-Arms flap OHMS cover as used by the Officer of the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Public Works, a deep tear affects the Coat-of-Arms. £25 |
;) | STANTHORPE, Queensland postal history 1904 reg. cover to Hobart, Tasmania with seven QV 1d tied "163" numerals with 2-line REGISTERED/ STANTHORPE and OC 4 1904 despatch cds, small part flap missing. £60 |
;) | BARBADOS to TRIESTE (Austria) postal history 1890 printed address cover from N.E. Parravicino with QV 1d to Trieste pmk'd open bootheel duplex dated A/SP 12 90. £75 |
;) | BERMUDA to TURKS ISLAND ONE FARTHING DENOMINATION COVER 1901 reg. cover to Reginald Frith, Turks Islands with twelve ONE FARTHING on QV 1/- pmk'd Hamilton JY 5 1901/c d/rings with New York transit reg. label, four worm-holes, one affecting second adhesive. £165 |
;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) | TRINIDAD (RANDOLPH RUST, pioneer of the Oil Industry) via BARBADOS to NOVA SCOTIA THE ONLY RECORDED TRINIDAD COVER QV PERIOD TAKEN TO BARBADOS FOR ONWARD TRANSMISSION - 1892 cover with purple RANDOLPH RUST/PORT OF SPAIN/TRINIDAD W.I./COMMISSION AGENT sender cachet (not previously seen) taken to Barbados with QV ½d dull green tied open bootheel duplex dated A/DE 31 92 addressed Halifax, Nova Scotia. £450 |
;) ;) | BRITISH HONDURAS postal history 1904 reg. cover with QV 5c (postage) and QV 6c (registration) on "On His Majesty's Service" cover (Queen Victoria died JA 22 1901 but KE7 adhesives not available until OC 10 1902 per SG. Catalogue) with Coat-of-Arms flap pmk'd Belize A/FE 26 02 to Newark, New Jersey. £65 |
;) ;) ;) | TRANSVAAL to ARGENTINA (gold mining period) 1894 use of 1d PSE with added defective 1d pmk'd Pretoria 25 FEB 94 additionally tied by red London MR 8 94 transit, reverse text headed by an unidentified 'camp' (purity, survey?) with Cape Town D/FE 28 94 transit and Buenos Aires AB 15 94 arrival, central vertical crease. Gold was discovered on the Witwatersrand, in the Transvaal, in 1886. Thousands of white and black South Africans were employed on the mines by 1890. Even though the Transvaal gold mines were the richest in the world they were the most difficult to mine because the reefs lay so deep underground. The gold had to be mined by shafts as opposed to open mines, like diamonds. £95 |