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;) | NEW SOUTH WALES postal history (Ex WILLCOCKS) 1863 cover to Lambeth, London with QV 6d plus (6d) REGISTERED pmk'd "36" with handstruck REGISTERED/BRAIDWOOD and red (crown)/REGISTERED applied on arrival, reverse Braidwood JA 19 1863 despatch clear of missing flap. Worn appearance. Ex Martin WILLCOCKS (1999). £195 |
;) | 524 numeral, Cape of Good Hope postmark on 6d (SG.52a). £5 |
;) | K3a "13", Bermuda postmark on 1866 QV 2d dull blue Crown CC wmk (SG.3). £48 |
;) | 564 numeral, Cape of Good Hope postmark on 1d (SG.59). £7 |
;) | K3a "15", Bermuda postmark on 1865 QV 1d rose-red Crown CC wmk (SG.1), str. edge at right. £48 |
;) | K3a "15", Bermuda postmark on 1866 QV 2d dull blue Crown CC wmk (SG.3), str. edge at right. £40 |
;) | K3a "15", Bermuda postmark on 1880 QV ˝d stone Crown CC wmk (SG.19). £10 |
;) | K3a "13", Bermuda postmark on 1873 QV 3d yellow-buff CC wmk (SG.5). £125 |
;) | K3a "11", Bermuda postmark on 1875 QV 3d yellow-buff CC wmk (SG.10). £65 |
;) | K4a "11", Bermuda postmark on 1880 QV 4d orange-red CC wmk (SG.20). £32 |
;) | K3a "10", Bermuda postmark on 1875 QV 3d yellow-buff CC wmk (SG.10) showing positioning of duplex cds, perf. faults along base. £85 |
;) | K1 "14", Bermuda postmark on 1865 QV 1d pale rose CC wmk (SG.2), straight edge at right. £50 |
;) | K1 "12", Bermuda postmark on 1865 QV 1d pale rose CC wmk (SG.2), heavy stain lower left corner. £60 |
;) | K4a "11", Bermuda postmark on QV 2˝d deep ultramarine CA wmk (SG.27) £30 |
;) | AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE CASE OF "O.R." (Official Registration), Victoria postal history 1876 interrupted mail cover to Horse Shoe Bend with QV 1d, 2d pmk'd Sandhurst "4" duplex dated B/MY 29 76. Marked in manuscript "O.R." (Officially Registered) as it contained something of value contrary to law with two strikes framed REGISTERED and oval MORE TO PAY appended "6d" in matching ink. Some faults, soiling and backstamped Redesdale Victoria MY 30 76 clear of missing flap. RPSV Certificate (2008). The expectation is that the survival rate of Officially Registered covers, because they contained coin or other valuables, for the pre-1885 adhesive period is approximately 1 within every 10,000. This means that most countries can offer no examples. For the whole of the British West Indies group I record only one cover which was compulsorily registered. £2250 |
;) | K1 "13", Bermuda postmark on 1874 QV 6d dull mauve Crown CC wmk (SG.7), short perf. £65 |
;) | T.18 used Princes Town, Trinidad postal history 1883 use of GB QV 1˝d Post Card pmk'd Birmingham JA 31 83 sqc to Mrs Cleaver, Savannah Grande, Trinidad with "T.18" arrival duplex dated C/FE 24 83 on address panel. On JA 20 1880 Princes Albert and George (later KGV) disembarked ship at San Fernando and took the Cipero Tramway to the town named The Mission Of Savannah Grande, where they planted two pooi trees in the St. Stephens Anglican Church compound, on their way to visit the Devils' Woodyard (famous mud volcano which first erupted 1852) near Indian Walk. To commemorate this event Savannah Grande was re-named Princes Town on FE 18 1880. £250 |
;) | C61 used SAN JUAN, Porto Rico postal history 1872 entire to Lanman & Kemp, New York with GB QV 4d vermilion Plate 12 pmk'd "C61" with red PORTO-RICO PAID C/DE 13 72 and black N.Y. STEAMSHIP/10 dated DEC 20 cds, the adhesive lightly crossed by filing fold. £250 |
;) ;) | "A36" used DRY HARBOUR (Ex Trivett, Glassco, Jose P. Simon, Simpson, Mahfood, Pitts) The unique and complete entire with letter headed "Dry Harbour 9th Dec 1859 " from John Ellis to Edward Leahy, Chief Engineers Office, Spanish Town with GB QV 4d rose pmk'd "A36" (H) with matching inked DRY HARBOUR code 2/DE 9 1859 across upper flap which would display perfectly for exhibition if a few hinge remainders were professionally removed. The adhesive with top left wing marginal short perfs. Ex TRIVETT, GLASSCO, JOSE P. SIMON, SIMPSON, MAHFOOD, PITTS. Distance Dry Harbour to Kingston 71 miles, Spanish Town to Kingston 13 miles being 71 less 13 = 58 miles (4d rate under 60 miles). The code "2" was previously unlisted. The only other known entire is the top portion of a wrapper to Barclays & McDowell (Kingston) pmk'd code 2/SP 2 1858 which has GB QV 6d lilac for the 71 mile distance (over 60 miles rate). The “A36” (H) had a short life being either lost or mislaid as the earliest Pine watermark Jamaica stamps are cancelled by manuscript “36”. The best explanation probably comes from Bill Atmore in his January 2000 “Land of Wood and Water” publication where he wrote “It is known that stocks of imperial stamps had begun to run out at several offices as early as 1859, even before their official withdrawal from use on 1st August 1860. In these circumstances, the obliterators at most, if not all, offices became temporarily redundant, possibly leading to their loss or damage”. £4500 |
;) | 524 numeral, Cape of Good Hope postmark on 2d (SG.50a). £6 |