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;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: Litho perforated forgery of the "fat face" QV 1d in black, thinned. £9 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: Litho forgery by the Spiro Brothers of the QV 1d in black, very fine used. £6 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: Litho forgery by the Spiro Brothers of the QV 1d in black, fine use with straight edge along top. £5 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: Litho forgery by the Spiro Brothers of the QV 4d in deep blue, very fine used. £6 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: Litho forgery by the Spiro Brothers of the QV 1/- in indigo, very fine used. £6 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: Litho forgery by the Spiro Brothers of the QV 1/- in grey-black, perf. faults. £4 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: Litho forgery by the Spiro Brothers of the QV 1/- in grey-black, very fine used. £6 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: Germany litho forgery of the 1888 5/- in lake incorporating the word "FALSCH" in the design ovp'd "FACSIMILE", very fine unused without gum. £18 |
;) ;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: Germany litho forgery of the 1888 5/- in lake incorporating the word "FALSCH" in the design ovp'd "FACSIMILE" unusually with offset of the overprint on reverse, very fine unused without gum. £24 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: Panelli type forgery of the 1880 5/- rose-red (SG.32), beautifully cancelled, with impressed sideways star wmk. £75 |
;) | CANTERBURY MONTEGO BAY skeleton postmark, Jamaica postal history (D1) dated */28 JA 58 tying QE2 1d on local cover to Mandeville. £80 |
;) ;) | Dropped "O" in "ONE" variety, DOMINICA postal history 1917 cover with "Estate of Jno J. Tavernier, Wholesale & Retail Provisions Dealer" sender's address marked "per S.S. Chignecto" to Wholesale Fish Merchants, Jones Wharf, Halifax, Nova Scotia with "ONE HALFPENNY" (dropped "0" variety) WAR TAX, 1d View pmk'd Roseau JA 1 17, no backstamps. £75 |
;) | Aftermath wreck of Rennie steamer "Waldensian", Natal postal history 1866 piece with QV 6d Chalon pmk'd Pietermaritzburg JAN xx 1863, taken by the "L'Imperatice Eugenie" from Durban on JA 11 1863 as far as Port Elizabeth, the mails then taken overland to Cape Town, showing the PAID/DEVONPORT/CAPE PACKET/28 FE 63 arrival and portion red crayon "4". The Waldensian" sailing from Durban was wrecked en route to Cape Town on 13 October 1862, the saved mail taken overland from Somerset West to Cape Town. £95 |
;) | Great Britain to CAPE OF GOOD HOPE postal history: 1875 covers, both with enclosed letter, to Miss Helen Ayliffe, Grahamstown marked "per R.M.S. via Plymouth NOV 25 1875" and "DE 5 1875" each with GB QV 1/- Plate 12 tied Manchester "498" duplex dated NO 25 1875 and DE 5 75 and both showing CAPE TOWN N/JA 1 76 transit, reverse of each with Grahams Town JA 5 76 arrival. The former was posted too late for the sailing specified and has small red handstruck circled cross on the address panel. £75 |
;) | Great Britain to CAPE OF GOOD HOPE postal history: 1876 cover, with enclosed letter, to Miss Helen Ayliffe, Grahamstown with pair GB QV 6d Plate 15 tied Manchester "498" duplex dated JU 24 1876 showing CAPE TOWN B/JY 22 76 transit, reverse with Grahams Town JY xx 76 arrival. £40 |
;) | JAMAICA "A01" postmark transferred to G.P.O. London Foreign Section on CHILE stamp (Type E) cancelling uncancelled Chile 10c orange Columbus issue. £60 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1924 KGV 5/- Arms (SG.140), two very fresh mounted mint horizontal pairs ovp'd "SPECIMEN" formed to make a block of four. £48 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1924 KGV 5d sage-green (SG.136), two very fresh mounted mint horizontal pairs ovp'd "SPECIMEN" formed to make a block of four. £40 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1922 KGV 3d bright blue (SG.134), two very fresh mounted mint horizontal pairs ovp'd "SPECIMEN" formed to make a block of four. £40 |
;) ;) | PAID-ONLY TO ENGLAND, Malta postal history (Ex Lloyd-Lowles, Camillery) 1869 wrapper with blue P. ERYNAUD & CO, MALTA sender's cachet marked "via Marseilles by French Steamer" to New York, USA (the recipient's name cut out) with GB QV 6d Plate 8 pmk'd B/MALTA/AP 7 69 "A25" duplex with 2-line "PAID-ONLY/TO ENGLAND" with blue crayon "8 cts" changed "13" in black, New York APR 27 alongside address panel with red London NN/AP 13 69 transit on reverse. Ex LLOYD-LOWLES, CAMILLERY. £350 |