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;) | ST. VINCENT to TURKS ISLANDS 1898 use of QV ½d green Newswrapper, the front panel only with added QV 1d red (SG.48b) added for LATE FEE (PML.79) pmk'd Kingstown A/OC 14 98 to Turks Islands. Ex DUGGLEBY £150 |
;) | ASCIAK, Malta postmark PM/NO 21 10 on mixed reigns combination QV 1d carmine PSE cut-out piece with added KE7 ½d (SG.47). Ex BIRKETT ALLAN ASCIAK PM code not recorded on QV adhesives £65 |
;) | ST. LUCIA to ST. VINCENT postal history 1888 use of QV 2d PSRE (flap damaged) with added QV 2½d pmk'd ST. LUCIA C/OC 14 88 to Mrs. Thomas Robin, Georgetown, St. Vincent with red KINSTOWN C/DE 18 88 cds, no backstamps. Ex DUGGLEBY £180 |
;) | ANTIGUA cover 1904 use of 1d Badge PSE with added ½d Badge, 1d Badge pmk'd St. JOHN'S FE 9 04 to F. Koch, Berlin, Germany, reverse very fine 26 2 04 arrival. £60 |
;) | HAITI (Jacmel), DANISH WEST INDIES (St. Thomas), UK (Liverpool), SIERRA LEONE (Mano Salija) 1904 use of Haiti 3c green UPU Post Card written "Jacmel 29 Sept. 04" marked p. S/S Canada to the c/o Herrn Carl Kuhrmann, Manoh-Salijah, Sierra Leone pmk'd Jacmel 29 SEPT 04, St. Thomas 2 10 1904, both Liverpool and London OC 19 04 arriving MANO SALIJA A/NO 19 04. £1250 |
;) | SEYCHELLES to BRITISH HONDURAS then via JAMAICA to GRENADA 1897 use of 30c PSE pmk'd Seychelles A/FE 20 97 to His Excellency Sir Alfred Moloney, Belize, British Honduras showing BELIZE C/AP 5 97 arrival, re-directed Grenada in blue crayon with superb 2-line JAMAICA/TRANSIT b/stamped KINGSTON 3E/AP 23 97 transit d/ring alongside ST. GEORGE'S C/MY 4 97 arrival cds. Some soiling but a remarkable Four Countries destination showpiece. Sir Cornelius Alfred Moloney KCMG (1848-1913) was a British colonial administrator. He served as British Administrator of The Gambia from 1884 to 1886, Governor of Lagos Colony from 1886 to 1890, Governor of British Honduras from 1891 to 1897, Governor of the Federal Colony of the Windward Islands from 1897 to 1900, and Governor of Trinidad and Tobago from November 1900 to 1904. It was during his term as governor of Trinidad and Tobago that the 1903 Water Riots took place. The riot resulted in the destruction of the Red House, the seat of government. £1400 |
;) | JAMAICA - POSTAL SERVICE TO FINLAND SUSPENDED 1940 KG6 ½d large part newswrapper front to Helsingfors, Finland pmk'd Kingston MR 19 40 with three strikes purplish "POSTAL SERVICE SUSPENED/RETURN TO SENDER" handtamp. £120 |
;) | ZEBBUG, Malta postmark/cancel AM/MR 31 02 on QV 1d carmine embossed PSE piece with added block of three QV ½d (SG.20). Ex BIRKETT ALLAN £175 |
;) | CEYLON to HONG KONG postal history 1895 use of portion of QV 5c LETTER CARD written "Kandy Sep. 5 1895 with 2 x QV 5c lilac (SG.195) added and pmk'd SP 7 95 to Henry Humphreys, Hong Kong, China. £48 |
;) | Mail to GREEN POINT Prisoner of War, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE postal history 1901 Great Britain QV ½d Post Card with added QV ½d lilac pmk'd Birmingham AP 11 01 to Mr. Whittall, Savoy Hotel, Kimberley, South Africa with KIMBERLEY MY 2 01 arrival, re-directed Officers Quarters Room F, Prisoner of War, Green Point Town with CGH ½d green pmk'd KIMBERLEY 14 MY 01 with blue circular CENSOR PRISONER OF WAR on address panel, lengthy text. £75 |
;) | NEW SOUTH WALES postal history 1887 use of QV 1d salmon Post Card with added QV 8d pmk'd Sydney A/JU 15 87 to G. Hannath, Oderin, Halbe, Germany showing fine strike violet "1½D." accountancy, full text, soiled etc. £125 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA 2c MILITIA CONCESSION RATE COVER 1897 use of the 2c carmine PSE pmk'd Georgetown 14 OC 97 from Sergeant Major U.S. Mayfield, British Guiana Militia to Sergeant Major J. McEwen, Depot Border Regiment, Carlisle, Cumberland countersigned with purple "Colonel, Commandant British Guiana Militia" handstamp. No early concession rate covers from Militia are known for the rest of the British West Indies group, and no Sailor's concession rate covers are still not known from British Guiana (as mentioned Townsend + Howe Page 242) £600 |
;) | 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 |
;) | "T.21" used CEDROS, Trinidad postal history 1885 use of QV ½d brown Inland Post Card pmk'd Type 0.9 "T.21" duplex dated C/MR 7 85 to Mrs. L.E. Legge, Port of Spain showing Trinidad A/MR 8 85 arrival cds, overall toning. Ex MEDLICOTT. £48 |
;) ;) | "T.17" used COUVA, Trinidad postal history 1883 use of the "ONE PENNY." UPU Formula Post Card with added "1d" in red on 6d pmk'd Trinidad B/SP 18 83 to L.E. Agostini, Couva, reverse Type 0.9 "T.17" arrival duplex dated C/SP 18 83, very clean. Ex MEDLICOTT. £250 |
;) | "T.9" (Mayaro), "T.10" (Manzanilla), a CONTRADICTION in DELIVERY, Trinidad postal history (Type 0.9) Two QV ½d deep green newswrappers each addressed in the same hand to E. Legge, Mayaro, the earliest showing Mayaro "T.9" C/DE 30 84 delivery, and the second with much rarer Manzanilla "T.10" C/JA 16 85 delivery (17 days apart, 29 miles apart on the coastal road). Faults including worm holes. Ex MEDLICOTT. £480 |
;) | "27" used MONOS, Trinidad numeral postmark 1882 use of "ONE PENNY." UPU Formula Post Card with added (1d) rosy-carmine to Master H.K. Collen, c/o Mr. Morris, Monos pmk'd Trinidad AP 7 1882 dbl-arc with Type 0.9 "T.27" duplex s/ways down C/AP 8 82 arrival, with added str. line "REGISTERED", str. line "UNCLAIMED", and Type 0.6 "27" being all four of the Monos instruments. Heavily soiled at left and cracked lower right corner (separated at one point but now reinforced with hinges). Quite the showpiece, Ex MEDLICOTT. Reverse text headed 7-4-82 with "My dear boy, I hope you are enjoying the holiday - and that you are not giving any trouble. Be careful in bathing not be too troublesome. The children send love." £950 |
;) | CASTRIES to VIEUX FORT, St. Lucia postal history 1901 use of QV 1d PSE with "Per Mail" (deleted) pmk'd Castries C/MR 26 01 to J.W. Elliott, Vieuxfort showing no code/MR 26 01 arrival, some opening tears at top. "Loose" stamps show the "VF" code apparently not inserted period VF/11 FE 96 to VF/16 NO 99, and a second period VF/14 FE 01 to VF/FE 24 03. £40 |
;) ;) | Georde Town (sic), St. Vincent postal history 1883 use of QV 1½d red-brown UPU Post Card written by Claudius C.C. Adams at Georgetown to William R. Pix, London pmk'd "A10" with red ST. VINCENT A/FE 8 83 cds. An OC 7 1882 William Pix identical card is pmk'd "A10" with red ST. VINCENT cds but has suburb abbrevated "G" struck lower left corner. £180 |
;) | ST. JAMES 7/JA 10 90 arrival, Barbados postal history 1890 use of QV ½d Post Card with Bridgetown open bootheel to Dr. J.E. Moore showing ST. JAMES 7/JA 10 90 arrival, reverse text reads "The Atrato from Jamaica is due here on Saturday morning 6 o'clock 19th July & will leave here for England at 5pm on the 19th". £25 |