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;) ;) | AN EXCEPTIONAL 1860 GREAT BRITAIN QV 2d BLUE COVER to ANTIGUA 1860 cover marked "Very important inheritance" with GB QV 2d blue Plate 8 (DG, DH, DI) pmk'd London JY 5 60 to Antigua with lengthy addressing "Matthew Christian by Son of Mr. Robert Christian Esq who died at Antigua in 1777 or to the Relatives of the said Robert and Matthew Christian, Antigua (West Indies) .... Expressly Recommended to the post to be Enquired for those Relatives and to be delivered to one of them". Marked in manuscript "Not Known", b/stamped C/ANTIGUA/AU 1 60 (arrival) and C/ANTIGUA/DE 29 60 (date returned to London). Fine heraldic embossed flap. Mathew Christian, owner of various estates in Antigua, Biffins (200 acres), Red Hill (400 acres), Elme’s (158 acres), and Windward (180 acres). Died in London in 1778. Son of Robert Christian died in Antigua in 1776. He is supposed to have left Antigua about the year 1777 and come to London, and it is believed that in 1778, he was living in Southampton-street, Strand, in the city of Westminster, where he died. He had a brother, John, who died in Antigua shortly before 1777, and a sister, Margaret, who was married to William Gunthorpe of Antigua. £950 |
;) | 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 2˝d 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 |
;) | CANCELLED air mail sticker to Karachi, Great Britain postal history three reign cover to Karachi pmk'd Hastings 17 May 1937 with air mail sticker tied boxed "CANCELLED". £24 |
;) ;) | MAURITIUS - boxed "R" (narrow top, dancing leg) postal history 1876 entire to Nantes, France with QV 4d rose, 1/- yellow pmk'd Port Louis "B53" with differing shades red ink boxed "R" (hint of black pad ink) and oval "REGISTERED/No.xx/12 OC 76/MAURITIUS" with French Maritime Suez 5 NOV 76 alongside, reverse Marseilles A Lyon 5 NOV, Paris A Rennes, and Nantes 6 NOV. £600 |
;) ;) ;) | MAURITIUS - boxed "R" (bulbous top, straight leg) postal history QV 2c Inland Post Card to Port Louis with adhesive pmk'd "B53" B/JY 12 79 duplex, reverse with pristine early strike of the black boxed "R" showing traces of the outer circular rim (see Ibbotson page 117). £325 |
;) ;) ;) | MAURITIUS - boxed "R" (narrow top, dancing leg) postal history Text headed "Rose Belle 23 October 91" on QV 2c Post Card to Port Louis with design pmk'd "B53" duplex dated OC 23 91, alongside superb strike black boxed "R" (see Ibbotson Page 117). £250 |
;) | A R (Avis De Reception), Bahamas postal history 1923 commercial use (opened only along top) of KGV 2d PSRE with added 1/2d, 3d to Huddersfield pm'd Nassau 13 AP 23, appended in pencil "AR" with blue crayon "23", some lighter toning. £75 |
;) | MONTSERRAT to ST. VINCENT (but did not reach St. Vincent) 1974 tatty commercial cover from Radio Antilles with 3 x 5c UPU (one tied on reverse) pmk'd */6 AU 74 addressed Questelles Village, handstruck "INSUFFICIENT ADDRESS" as St. Vincent not included in address line. £15 |
;) ;) | STANN CREEK, British Honduras 1923 underpaid cover to the Conservatory of Music, Stuttgart, Wurtemburg, Germany with KGV 4c tied STANN CREEK E/31 MY 23, alongside cicled "T" and oval "Partie" handstamps. £95 |
;) | Tax handstamp, Lagos in bluish ink on QV 3d chestnut CC wmk P.14 (SG.13). £30 |
;) | INAGUA, Bahamas to PANAMA full cover dated 20 JUN 11, b/stamped 7 JUL 1911 in black and blue ink £40 |
;) | MALTA postal history one of those wonderfully distressed fragile cover fronts with adhesive missing which would have been a fine exhibition item with creased GB QV 4d despatched B/MALTA/JA 20 73 to Henry Bevan, 95th Regiment, Aldershot, Farnham, England with FARNBORO STATION D/JA 29 73 forwarded Athlone, Ireland showing C/WICKLOW/FE 3 73 and DUBLIN FE 4 73 with manuscript "Not Known" added prior return to FARNBORO STATION D/FE 5 73 collecting handstruck "1d" due. £125 |
;) ;) | RECEIVED IN THIS CONDITION, ST. ANN CREEK TOWN, British Honduras postal history 1967 opened commercial pristine condition cover with Trinidad QE2 35c pmk'd P.O.S. */4 MR 67 to St. Ann Creek, Belize with five strikes purple framed "RECEIVED IN THIS CONDITION", b/stamped St. ANN CREEK TOWN 9 AU 67 d/ring. £60 |
;) ;) | NASSAU, Bahamas Full cover pmk'd 17 JUL 15 addressed S. Mass without town, blue crayon "Not Signed:: and oval REBUT. added at New York, repaired tear middle right side. £48 |
;) | NEW AMSTERDAM, British Guiana opened 2 sides full Pegasus illustrated Air Mail cover with QE2 9c rate pmk'd 13 FE 56, 3-line purple "Insufficient Postage for/transmission by/Air Mail.", no b/stamps. £15 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS complete outer wrapper with blue/white CURTIS'S & HARVEY buckled label affixed lower flap (as seal) with damaged GB QV 1/- Plate 4 pmk'd London MY 16 67 with Belize JY 6 67 (51 days transit) showing red crayon "1(d)" due to the Colony on the 1/- per half ounce rate, unusually with black handstruck "2" applied London, assumed to be 1d Late Fee plus 1d Fine to be collected from recipient. £125 |
;) | BAHAMAS full QV 4d orange PSRE pmk'd Nassau 24 JAN 59 with EXPRESS handstamp, b/stamped Miami Biscayne Annex. £12 |
;) | BAHAMAS full Bahamas Feed Supply local cover pmk\\\'d Freeport 9 FEB 76, purple boxed RETURN TO SENDER/UNCLAIMED, b/stamped GEN. DEL.2. FREEPORT cds. £14 |
;) ;) | BAHAMAS full all-over Royal Victoria Hotel advertising cover, poorly opened at right, with QV 4d Chalon (fine) pmk'd A05 to Jacksonville, Florida FORWARDED St. Augustine, reverse A/BAHAMAS/AP 8 81 and Jacksonville APR 12. £120 |
;) | SHIRLEY STREET, Bahamas full reg. cover with EXPRESS handstamp and label pmk'd 12 MAR 86, larger part flap removed. £12 |