;) | M.G.7 UP TRAIN (SC) JA 31 81 (Purves ERD) on re-joined strip of three QV 1d, minor toning. £32 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: PRINTER'S PROOF SHEET 1977 $2 Caribbean Visit showing the full overprint forme on plain white paper (SG.540). Only three such sheets exist. £100 |
;) | 112 used MOUNT STEWART(?), CGH postmarks individually written in manuscript on block of four 1d (SG.59) with indistinct cds dated A/FE 11 01. Previously unrecorded. £100 |
;) | JAMAICA stamps: 1932 6d Priestman's River (SG.113), fine u/m block of four. Cat.£100.00. £40 |
;) | PITSANI, Bechuanaland postmark (D1) dated DE 10 98 on re-joined two vertical pairs GB ovp'd QV ½d (SG.59). £40 |
;) | CEYLON stamps: 1857-59 QV 1d blue (SG.2a), used horiz. strip of three, margins on two sides. Cat.£180.00. £48 |
;) ;) | SOUTH AUSTRALIA postal history: 1855 QV 2d (deep) rose-carmine (SG.2) horiz. strip of three wrapper to Barnet, Herts pmk'd indistinct "28" numerals and showing Kooringa MR 27 1855 despatch. £350 |
;) ;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1973 30c on 50c Bird definitive SURCHARGED FIVE TIMES (SG.380var) from trials done by Government printer, block of four u/m, minor toning. £200 |
;) ;) | INCORRECT VICTORIAN GRAMMAR on PREPARATION PROOF SHEET with UNISSUED VERTICAL LINED PAPER 1866 QV 1d pale rose INLAND REVENUE on unissued vertical laid paper, a generally fine and fresh IMPERFORATE complete sheet of twelve stamps showing the two units of six stamps laid down but BADLY ALIGNED within the full marginal inscriptions including One Penny Each - One Shilling per Sheet. at base (changed on issued sheets) on gummed paper sheet numbered 256 at top left. Trace of rusty paper clip at top which probably had a note attached re the two corrections required. Some slight creasing. Note: The initial delivery is thought to be Sheets 1 to 250 making a total of 3,000 stamps being issued on horizontal laid paper with base inscription reading One Penny each - One Shilling per Sheet. - the change from Each to each being made at preparation stage due Victorians being fussy about incorrect grammar. Only three imperforate sheets (numbered 256,257,258) are currently known with the original "Each" setting, and each showing differing adjustments to the lining up of the two units. Morley in 1910 reported the existence of these stamps on vertical laid paper but both Britnor (1965) and Robson Lowe (1990) were unable to confirm their existance in their handbooks. Sheets 251 to 260 are therefore printer’s unissued preparation sheets. The "Each" error was not noticed by philatelists until 2001 (135 years later!). £1500 |
;) | JAMAICA stamps: 1897 QV 5/- lilac Crown CA wmk (SG.26), used block of four pmkd REGISTERED oval d/ring dated DE 11 05. Cat.?340.00. £225 |
;) | BOSHOP, Orange River Colony postmark JY 13 without year on "2½" on 3d (SG.104) block of four. £40 |
;) | UNION, St. Vincent postmark C/DE 4 03 on blocks of 7 and 6 plus 4 KE7 ½d (SG.76) on pieces which connect. £40 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1974 Grenadines 2c, 3c Birds(SG.24/25) the locals overprints in u/m blocks of four additionally showing full clear complete offsets on reverse. £32 |
;) | MAN-OF-WAR CAY, Bahamas postmark (TRD 3C) NOV 21 1952 on block of 4 KG6 ½d brown purple (SG.149ec), upper right copy showing elongated E (Row 9/6). £60 |
;) | BAHAMAS dbl-arc postmark/cancel CONTRARY TO REGULATIONS dated MR 14 1864/A (instead of killer "A05") on 1863 QV 4d dull rose CC wmk P.12½ (SG.27), a fine and rare horiz. strip of three (used for paying 1/- rate to the UK introduced AP 1 1863). £225 |
;) | SAN FERNANDO (M.O.O.), Trinidad postmark FE 28 1880 on horiz. strip of three SIDEWAYS Crown CC ½d mauve (SG.99a). Rare multiple. £150 |
;) | TRINIDAD stamps: 1869 (1d) lake Crown CC SIDEWAYS and REVERSED wmk (SG.69a), generally fine mint block of four, minor central perf. toning. £400 |
;) | 1953 BERMUDA CHRISTMAS SEAL fresh u/m block of four, printing crease. £6 |
;) | 1949 BERMUDA CHRISTMAS SEAL fresh u/m block of four. £6 |
;) | 1946 BERMUDA CHRISTMAS SEAL fresh m.m. block of four. £6 |