See "BUY THE BEST" for records of postmarks, scans of covers with text, provenance, maintained over 45 years. BUY YOUR OWN DIGITAL PDF FILE ................... Knowledge puts you ahead in the game
| Country: All Subject: QV Head pmks Clear | Sort: Newest listed first |
;) ;) | 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 |