;) ;) | K3 "2" (handstamp II) used ST. GEORGE'S, Bermuda postal history The short-lived K3 "2" duplex (Handstamp II) dated A/NO 20 80 on 50% top half cover to Warwick West b/stamped Hamilton B/NO 20 80 and very poor K3a "8" arrival. This elusive Handstamp II recorded OC 21 1880 to DE 22 1880 £120 |
;) | AXIM, Gold Coast postmark (T.2) B/JU 8 93 on QV 2½d (SG.14). £6 |
;) | AXIM, Gold Coast postmark (T.2) B/JY 3 96 on QV 3d (SG.15a), torn top right corner, rare on this. £12 |
;) | AXIM, Gold Coast postmark (T.2) red ink A/MR 11 91 on QV ½d (SG.11). £20 |
;) | AXIM, Gold Coast postmark (T.2) red ink A/JA 8 90 on QV 4d (SG.16), harsher toning. This currently earliest date for A/JA 8 90, the last known "C" code being C/DE 31 89 £12 |
;) | CHAMAH, Gold Coast postmark (T.2) C/OC 6 90 on QV 2d (SG.13). £14 |
;) | K3a "13", Bermuda postmark on 1873 QV 3d yellow-buff CC wmk P.14 (SG.5). Ex Geoff OSBORN display page £140 |
;) ;) | A76 used SPANISH TOWN, Jamaica postmark on QV 1/- dull brown DOLLAR variety (SG.6b, Cat.£600.00), stamp fine. £240 |
;) | WINNEBAH, Gold Coast postmark (T.2) C/NO 11 96 on QV 6d (SG.17), slight purple mark lower right corner. £7 |
;) | K3a 8, Bermuda postmark on 1881 QV 3d yellow-buff CC wmk P.114 x 12½ (SG.10, slightly soiled appearance, full perfs. £40 |
;) | 556 used CAPE COAST CASTLE, Gold Coast postmark on QV 6d orange CC wmk P.14 (SG.8). £20 |
;) | AXIM, Gold Coast postmark (T.2) in red dated C/MY 31 89 on QV 4d (SG.16). £20 |
;) | AXIM, Gold Coast postmark (T.2) in red dated C/DE 30 89 on QV 2d (SG.13). £12 |
;) | ADDAH, Gold Coast postmark (T.4) mailbag seal on QV 2d green CC wmk (SG.6), one toned perf. at top. £15 |
;) | ADDAH, Gold Coast postmark (T.2) C/NO 8 90 on QV 6d (SG.17), perf. fault top left, very rare on this. £18 |
;) | CAPE COAST CASTLE, Gold Coast postmark (T.2a) A/AU 23 76 on QV 6d orange CC wmk (SG.3, Cat.£65), minute pin-hole. £18 |
;) | VICTORIA stamps: 1899 QV 9d rose-red INVERTED Wmk Type 85 (SG.366), used block of four dated Melbourne AP 23 01, right vertical pair slightly creased. SG unlisted £75 |
;) | ST. LUCIA (Smeets forgery) stamps: 1885 QV 1/- orange-brown (SG.36), a forgery believed to have been cleverly executed by the Belgian forger Smeets by bleaching out the design of used copies of the 1886 Ceylon QV 5c dull purple (SG.195) to a give a "blank" CA wmk P.14 stamp; only immediately given away by the indelible ink KOTAGALA (Ceylon) OC 19 97 cds which could not be removed. £140 |
;) | 36 in manuscript used DRY HARBOUR, Jamaica postmark on QV 1d Pine wmk (SG.1b) overstruck clear Kingston A01 (Type A, found only on GB and Pine wmk issues). £160 |
;) | PRAMPRAM, Gold Coast postmark (T.2) sideways up C/SP 8 82 on QV ½d olive-yellow CC wmk (SG.4), thinning. Very rare "C" code use. £280 |