;) ;) | 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 postal history 1880 cover to France with QV 17c tied A/SP 10 80 duplex, various French markings, reverse IRELAND. FRASER & Co. cachet. £80 |
;) | NEW SOUTH WALES postal history cover marked "per German Line" with QV 6d (fault) pmk'd Sydney OC 18 86 to Lancashire, b/stamped Carnforth G/NO 29 86 and Dalton-in-Furness A/NO 29 86. £75 |
;) | S/S CUYAMAPA £18 |
;) | S.S. MUNARGO £14 |
;) | U.S.M.S. MUNARGO in blue ink £10 |
;) | U.S.M.S. MUNARGO in blue ink, some toning £8 |
;) | S.S. ROSALIND in blue ink £16 |
;) | CAYENNE A FORT DE FRANCE LC £14 |
;) | SOUTHAMPTON PACKET-LETTER cancel on BARBADOS stamp dated 14 SP 05 on 1d Nelson (SG.147). £14 |
;) | LIGNE C, French maritime postmark/cancel on BRITISH GUIANA stamp part dated 6 -- 83 on 24c (SG.132). £28 |
;) | s/s "St. Thomas" maritime postmark/cancel on DOMINICA stamp in purple ink on 1d View (SG.48). £16 |
;) | ST. JOHN, New Brunswick PAQUEBOT postmark/cancel on DOMINICA stamp arrival cds PAQUEBOT/POSTED AT SEA/RECEIVED/DE 29 24/ST. JOHN on Dominica 1½d on 2½d orange WAR TAX (SG.59). £12 |
;) | RECEIVED FROM H.M. SHIPS, Malta postmark/cancel OC 12 63 on QE2 2d (SG.312). £7 |
;) | S.S. "LINGUIST" paquebot postmark/cancel on DOMINICA stamps purple boxed on block of four QE2 ½c (SG.140). £7 |
;) | POSTED ON THE HIGH SEAS maritime postmark/cancel on DOMINICA stamp violet oval on Dominica 1d View (SG.48). £8 |
;) | SIRACUSA PORTO, Italy postmark on MALTA stamp dated 25.3.24 on 1½d (SG.127). £14 |
;) ;) | Combination BAHAMAS and CUBA to Sweden postal history 1936 printed Swedish America Line (top left) cover to Gothenborg, Sweden with delightful combination Bahamas KGV ½d, two pairs plus single KGV 1½d and Cuba 3c, 10c tied four strikes PAQUEBOT (41 x 6mm) handstamp, reverse Havana ABR 2 1936 cigars machine slogan. Sender address on flap from Pier 97, New York, some frontal stains. £225 |
;) ;) | R.M.S. "LADY RODNEY" cachet, Bermuda postal history 1937 Canadian National Steamships printed flap cover with sender address from Inverurie Hotel, Paget Parish to Detroit Michigan with CANADA KGV 1c pair, 3c tied str. line "PAQUEBOT" with Hamilton 17 JLY 1937 along base, superb magenta 3-line R.M.S. "LADY RODNEY" cachet. £95 |
;) ;) ;) ;) ;) | RECEIVED ON BOARD NEAR THE EQUATOR, Germany and Falmouth (Cornwall) postal history: 1882 stampless cover to Warin, Mecklenburg (Western Pomeramia), Germany marked along top "p. N. German Bark Alma Elisabeth/Received on bord near the Equator" landed with FALMOUTH SHIP LETTER cds dated AP 19 72 and rated "5" in blue crayon, side flap opens to display further FALMOUTH SHIP LETTER AP 19 72 cds overstruck red SHIP LETTER LONDON A/AP 20 72 as it travelled in the overnight sealed ship letter bag with turquoise VERVIERE (Belgium) 20 4 transit, a little sea water staining at left. A lovely research item. £500 |