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;) | NATAL postal history 1879 soiled cover with George Washington 3c strip of four, Zachary Taylor 5c (17c rate, further stamp missing) pmk’d cork cancels with Flatbush, New York SEP 17 1879 cds with red New York “50” duplex SEP 17 79 to Private Patrick Woods, H(?) Company 58th Regiment, Lower Chiefspruit(?), Natal, South Africa strangely re-directed Northampton with DOVER SP 29 79 and Northampton “570” duplex dated M/SP 30 79 re-directed Port Natal, Africa and finally re-directed Standerton, b/stamped Dover (SP 29 same cds), Northampton (B/SP 30 cds only), Durban 31 10 1879 d/ring. £140 |
;) | SIAM (THAILAND) to DJIBOUTI Sensational destination, and you know how incredibly rare early REGISTERED post cards are! Written in French by A. Bradae (acute accent over e) DE 1 1901 with return address c/o Siam Canals & Irrigation Company, Bangkok to Pierre Faivre, Djibouti with boxed "R", Bangkok transit (top left), Singapore, Aden (DE 30 01), Sea Post oval appended "1789". The rate should have been 4att (postage) and 10att (registration) but someone took a great liking to the missing 10att for its splendid postmark, and there would have a greater incentive if the Thai stamp added LAOS or CAMBODIA (and later a substituted 1 att put in its a place). The clues of origin are the 8 rayed star within the fleuron on the 4att whose ink matches the town/village boxed key-shaped local registration handstamp - has anyone ever seen this EXACT FORMAT rare mark before? What a wonderful 4-countries item, and what a wonderful mystery to be solved. £2000 |
;) | 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 |
;) | CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN INDIA and the BRITISH WEST INDIES period 1805-1904. Price £14 (WIP-160) a digital pdf illustrating known MILITARY and INDENTURED LABOUR entires, 29 illustrated items from Barbados (1), British Guiana (9, including 3 Soldier's letters), British Honduras (1), Grenada (1), Jamaica (2 - the fabulous Major Lt. Colonel Kent correspondence, 59 covers offered separately under WIP-143), St. Vincent (3), Trinidad (11), Virgin Islands (1). Arranged by country, showing the rare outgoing Far East rate, provenance given when known. Price £14 (no trade or collector discounts but two free updates available on request). Mail to and from indentured labourers, rarely saved, will command the most interest. Payment by PayPal or UK bank draft (Barclays account closed). £14 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS ILLUSTRATED COVERS 1865-1901, 302 items. Price £95 (WIP-45) Information rewards immediately when the fuller picture is to hand, this digital pdf has destinations Amoy China, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Cyprus (with mention of the 1895 riots due adoption of gold standard), Falkland Islands, Finland, Mexico, and Norway. 1878 mixed franking Guatemala and British Honduras and 1888 mixed currency issues, 15 Cuthbert Brothers Caye Service covers, 1884 Missent to Yokohama Japan, and two later Missent to Belize. The pdf file available in minutes once ordered, price £95 (no refunds) but two later updates available on request. Invaluable so no trade or customer discounts. The 302 illustrated covers arranged in chronological sequence with provenance allocated when known. £95 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS PRE-STAMP and GB used in period 1756-1865, 167 covers. Price £40 (WIP-44) has about 20 examples PAID AT BELIZE, some delightful covers and pieces originating Guatemala with GB 6d adhesives cancelled Belize "A06", covers 1849 mentioning revolution in Yucatan, and 1864 written whilst waiting to embark for more trouble in Mexico. Probably the most wonderful is the eye-witness account of the 1798 Battle of St. Georges Cay, with other stampless to Bahamas, Belgium, El Salvador, Finland, Jamaica, Norway, and Spain. This digital pdf is waiting to be ordered and can be with you in minutes. 167 covers arranged in chronological sequence, much of the earlier in b/w, and provenance added when known with the final item with the very rare 2-line BELIZE/SHIP-LETTER. Price £40 (no refunds) but two free updates given as and when requested. Information always proves invaluable so no trade or collector discounts. £40 |
;) | BARBADOS to JAMAICA postal history 1864 large part wrapper to Barclay & McDowell, (Jamaica) with 6d orange-red (SG.30) pmk'd Bridgetown "1" bootheel with I/MY 25 64 despatch, top flap shows St. Thomas MY 28 1864 transit dbl-arc and Kingston C/JU 4 64 arrival. £75 |
;) | DJAMBI, Netherland Indies to TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS 1915 use of Nederlandsch Indie 5c Post Card written "Djambi 13 Mei 1915" and pmk'd 18 5 15 to Professor Oscar Grey, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands and re-directed Detroit, Michigan, USA, light TURKS ISLANDS A/JY 13 15 arrival above address panel. £60 |
;) | 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 2½d blue Plate 22 tied "A25" duplex dated A/DE 17 83, b/stamped 24.12 arrival, cover with tear top left corner. £125 |
;) | NEW ZEALAND - CHALON ADHESIVE (130) DESTINATION COVERS (no Australia, UK, USA). Price £50 Buy with confidence as I have been trading full time since 1978. This too is a "work-in-progress" file (meaning that I add more covers as and when I see them). You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL pdf copy (no refunds, but you are entitled to TWO free updates as and when requested). Suitable for carrying around in your tablet or laptop. Destination mail from a single country to all other countries, foreign or Commonwealth regardless of whether they are QV, KE7, KGV, KG6, QE2 reign, can always be a fascinating challenge, this pdf is exclusively 130 Chalon period covers to the less common destinations showing differing rates etc. Provenance given when known. Price £50 (no discounts) payable by PayPal or WISE transfer (ignore Barclays mention at check out as account now closed, and I cannot change that page, this web shop 22 years old!). A WONDERFUL collecting area. £50 |
;) | BRITISH WEST INDIES QV DESTINATION MAIL. Price £36 (WIP-99) You can now order from "BUY THE BEST" section of my shop and pay for your own DIGITAL pdf copy (no refunds, but you can request two updates at the time of your choice). 111 covers fully illustrated, nearly all in colour. The perfect idea for planning an exhibit, and, of course, you can form your own one-country display embracing both outgoing and incoming mail QV to QE2 period. 15 pages (A4 size) Price £36 payable by PayPal or UK accounts bank transfer (both Barclays and Santander bank accounts closed). £36 |
;) | BARBADOS to NATAL postal history 1914 cover to Miss Colepeper, W.R. Club, Florida Road, Durban with block of four KGV ¼d pmk'd 9 DEC 14, bi-lingual censor label at left, no backstamps. £60 |
;) ;) | BARBADOS censored ERITREA on arrival 1918 use of "Queen's Park" col. ppc from H. Neville Taylor, Bridgetown (U.S.C.E. 457a) to Prionistis Michele, Asmara, Eritrea, Africa with 2-line "COLONIA ERITREA/CENSURA No.1" black handstamp, view side with 1d Large Seap pmk.d 23 MR 18. £95 |
;) | NEW SOUTH WALES to CEYLON postal history 1882 cover p. "Hydasfoes" to Mrs. Fetch, c/o Major Fetch, Kandy, Ceylon with QV 8d yellow pmk'd Sydney B/JU 2 82, b/stamped Colombo (JU 25) and Kandy (JU 26). Rare destination. £325 |
;) | ANTIGUA postal history 1872 full entire with perf. faults GB QV 1/- green Plate 5 tied Glasgow "159" duplex dated JA 16 72 to William Martin, Antigua, reverse light B/ANTIGUA/FE 2 72 arrival. £48 |
;) ;) | NORTH BORNEO via SINGAPORE to GOLD COAST 1907 use of North Borneo 1c red REPLY POST CARD portion uprated with 3c tied SANDAKAN 22 FEB 1907 cds to Dr. Robert Fisch, Basel Mission, Aburi, Gold Coast showing Singapore MR 4 1907, Accra 14 APR 1907, and Aburi APR 15 1907 arrival, full commercial text. Samuel Rudolf Fisch (1856-1946) was a Swiss-born physician, preacher, and medical missionary to the Gold Coast. Fisch built the Basel Mission Hospital in Aburi in 1885. Whilst there Fisch pioneered the application of prophylaxis for Malaria and founded the Blue Cross (originally named “Anidaho Fekuw” translated as “The Temperance Movement”) with a core mission of fighting against alcoholism and other substances. £625 |
;) | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE triangular issues on cover 1853-1870. Price £400 You can now order and pay for your own DIGITAL pdf copy (no refunds). 812 covers mainly illustrated in part or full in b/w or colour, with text descriptions spanning period SP 3 1853 - JA 1 1870. This file is perfect for planning an exhibit, gives a comprehensive coverage of what to expect, destinations, rates, combinations etc. Provenance given when known. 258 pages (A4 size) Price £400 payable by PayPal or WISE transfer. Know exactly what to buy, and not waste money on unwanted items. £400 |
;) | The most beautiful of the genuine ENGLISH HARBOR "A18" Antigua covers 1869 cover with two singles and strip of three QV 1d vermilion to Wilmot, Nova Scotia neatly pmk'd "A18" with red crayon "4" alongside, reverse ENGLISH-HARBOR AP 25 69, St. Thomas A/AP 28 69, and MY 12 1869 arrivals. Ex ADRIAN HOPKINS 8 bogus "A18" covers are recorded, the obliterator being in a different format, and with single circle datestamp inscribed ENGLISH HARBOUR. £3500 |
;) | BARBADOS ST. PETER Parish "10" arrival 1868 cover with GB QV 1/- green (surface abrasions) pmk'd BATH "53" duplex dated MY 16 68 to W. B. Gibbons, Gibbes, Barbados showing very fine BARBADOS 10/JU 6 68 arrival (M2-original) alongside address panel, red London MY 18 68 b/stamp clear of missing flap. £250 |
;) | 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 |