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;) | WILLIAM FOGARTY, Barbados "used elsewhere" St. Vincent postal history 1937 printed sender address cover to William Hughes, St. Vincent with KGV 1d, 1˝d, 2˝d neatly pmk'd Kingstown C/21 MY 37. Ex DUGGLEBY Established in 1926 it was the island's largest multiple department store. During the 1930s, Fogarty's had the reputation of being 'the poor man's store' and it was believed that this is why it was spared from the fury of the 1937 riots in Bridgetown. However, the fire which occurred on January 20, 1970, was less merciful. It gutted William Fogarty (Barbados) limited as firemen directed jets of water on the front of the building. The fire went on to sweep the whole block £24 |
;) | CLARKE, NICKOLLS & COOMBS to St. Lucia changed St. Vincent 1900 cover with albino embossed Clarke, Nickolls & Coombs, London flap with GB QV 1d lilac pmk'd HOMERTON S.O. dated NO 27 00 to James Gray Matheson, Post Office, Kingstown, St. Lucia changed St. Vincent, b/stamped (delayed arrival) Kingstown reversed C/DE 25 00. Ex DUGGLEBY This was once one of Britain’s leading confectionary manufacturer's. Set up by three men, Clarke, Nickolls & Coombs, the company later combined their names to create ‘Clarnico’. By 1899 the company employed 2,000 men and women, mainly from the local area, and made 700 different varieties of sweets. The location on the Lee Navigation allowed easy bulk deliveries of sugar carried by barge from London’s docks. Bought by Trebor in 1969 and later part of the Cadburys group. £48 |
;) | Unusual JAMAICA forwarded with BRITISH HONDURAS cover 1960 printed St. Michael's Seminary cover with QE2 6d pmk'd STONY HILL OC 19 60 d/ring to the Most Rev. Robert L. Hodapp, S.J. at Belize forwarded to St. Louis, Missouri with QE2 2c x 10c pmk'd Belize 27 OV 60. £48 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA to BERMUDA postal history 1875 foolscap cover, folded back at left 2 inches for display, to N.J. Darrell, Smith's Parish, Bermuda with strip of six 2c orange OFFICIAL (SG.02. four copies slanting "O") individually tied "A03" and rated red "4", reverse blue embossed flap of the COLONIAL RECEIVER GENERAL'S OFFICE/(Crown)/B. GUIANA and GEORGETOWN OC 25 75 despatch and ST. THOMAS B/NO 4 75 transit cancels. Unique as such. Ex Simon GREENWOOD. £4250 |
;) | MALTA to FINNBODA SLIP, Stockholm, Sweden 1883 clean cover with sender's purple SALVO GRIMA/SHIP CHANDLER/MALTA d/ring oval cachet mailed to the famous ship-building Finnboda Slip, Stockholm, Sweden with GB 2˝d blue Plate 22 tied "A25" duplex dated A/DE 17 83, b/stamped 24.12 arrival, cover with tear top left corner. £125 |
;) | BAHAMAS postal history 1894 cover with printed "Guardian" Office address to Boston, Massachusetts with QV 2˝d pmk'd 19 FE 94. £10 |
;) | KUWAIT to CYPRUS postal history 1952 cover with GB KG6 ovp'd KUWAIT 6 ANNAS to Nicosia pmk'd AHMEDI 23 SP 52, b/stamped 29 SP 52 arrival. £40 |
;) | 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 |
;) | VIRGIN ISLANDS to TRANSVAAL postal history 1921 reg. cover from The Tortola Drug Store to Langlaagte, Transvaal with KGV ˝d, 1d x 3, 2˝d (6d rate) pmk'd purple ink TORTOLA A/JA 5 21 d/rings with matching ink ROAD TOWN registration etiquette h/stamped numeral "10", b/stamped Charlotte Amalie St. Thomas JAN 9 1921 and New York 1-17 1921 transits, unevenly opened at right but a wonderful destination cover. £240 |
;) | TURKS ISLANDS sender cover used ORACABESSA, Jamaica full cover with Grand Turk sender address with Jamaica KG6 Coronation trio pmk'd Oracabessa MY 12 37 addressed Oracabessa. £15 |
;) | SAN PEDRO AMBERGRIS CAY, British Honduras full cover with San Pedro sender address to Fort Worth, Texas with KGV 5c pmk'd Belize 4 AU 32. £15 |
;) ;) | THE CAYO, British Honduras 1906 cover with Bishop's mitre on flap to the Rev'd L.H. Squire, Kenley Vicarage, Surrey with pair QV 1c tied THE CAYO A/NO 23 06, smaller reverse fault. £45 |
;) ;) | DUCHESS OF WINDSOR (wife of abdicated KE8), Bahamas postal history 1943 GOVERNMENT HOUSE printed flap cover to Saks, Fifth Avenue, New York signed by Secretary to the Duchess of Windsor with KG6 10d rate pmk'd Nassau 19 AUG 43, censor 14797 at left. £28 |
;) | BAHAMAS 1975 Red Cross cover free of charge to Nassau with blue ink GOVERNMENT HOUSE, BAHAMAS oval dated JUL 2 1975. £14 |
;) | BAHAMAS postal history 1918 covers (3) posted Nassau 4 JUN, 13 JUN, 20 JUN 18 chasing Private Bruce M. Maura 35616 of the 6th Somerset Light Infantry C Company 12 Platoon. £80 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS 1944 cover from Major V.C. Underhill, Pomono P.O., Stann Creek with KG6 29c rate pmk'd STANN CREEK 20 JU 44 to Col. H.S. Hodgson, Territorial Commander, The Salvation Army, Kingston, Jamaica, OPENED BY EXAMINER I.D./8833 label, some soiling. £75 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS 1941 Santiago Castillo cover with KG6 6c rate pmk'd Belize 20 JU 41 to the American Caramel Company, Lancaster, Pa., OPENED BY CENSOR BRITISH HONDURAS (larger letters). £40 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS 1941 Machado & Sons cover with KG6 6d rate pmk'd Belize 25 SP 41, OPENED BY CENSOR, BRITISH HONDURAS (larger letters) label. £40 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS 1942 cover from Dr. W. Stein, Dental Surgeon, Belize with philatelic letter with KG6 6c rate pmk'd JU 18 42 to New York, OPENED BY CENSOR, BRITISH HONDURAS (smaller letters). £48 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS Cover from Dr. D.W. Degazor (flap) with KG6 6c rate indistinctly pmk'd to New York, OPENED BY EXAMINER J./8174 label. £40 |