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;) ;) | PARCEL POST BAHAMAS postmark/cancel (Proud unrecorded, BAHAMAS in smaller letters, 25mm) poorly struck but dated 28 NO 29 on 1924 3/- Staircase Mult. Script CA wmk (SG.114, Cat.£70) clear of "double treetrunk" variety, fine used. £60 |
;) | A67 used PORT ROYAL, Jamaica postal history 1883 commercial reg. cover (opened top and right side) with SUNBEAM crested crown printed flap to Fraser, Manager of The La Guayra and Caracas Railway, Caracas, Venezuela with horiz. strip pf six QV 2d deep rose CC wmk (SG.9a) neatly pmk'd "A67" obliterators with PORT-ROYAL A/NO 12 83 backstamp, alongside address panel both Jamaica and St. Thomas registration handstamps and French Messageries Maritime line paquebot d/ring. The Venezuelan capital, Caracas, is situated seven miles from the Caribbean sea, but lies at an altitude of 3,000 feet. Surveys for a rail line from La Guaira began in 1867 and British and U.S. engineers disputed the route and financing for 14 years. An English group finally secured a contract in 1881, registered La Guaira and Caracas Railway Company in London, and began construction of a 23 mile line that involved neither cables, switchbacks nor rack, It ordered eight locomotives from Nasmyth, Wilson & Co. in Manchester and an assortment of passenger and freight cars, The line began carrying passengers in July 1883. £1650 |
;) | 27 used BEAU BASSIN, Mauritius postmark/cancel on 1878 QV 13c on 3d orange-red (SG.86), thinned. £20 |
;) | BETHAL, Transvaal postmark/cancel (D/R) 23 APR 12 on KE7 1d (SG.274) piece. £4 |
;) | POA 28, Natal postmark/cancel on QV 1d (SG.99a). £14 |
;) | MONTSERRAT PAID postmark/cancel CONTRARY TO REGULATIONS dated A/FE 16 84 tying bisected QV 1d red CC wmk P.12 (SG.6b) on local piece addressed the Gazette. All Montserrat covers 1876 to end 1878 (including the numerous bisect covers to Dominica and St. Christopher) have the adhesives corrected "killed" by the "A08" obliterator with despatch datestamp alongside on the cover, only one exception is noted with pair QV 6d green to Islington, London (ex Hopkins, Thompson, Toeg) dated NO 25 78 with adhesives solely cancelled MONTSERRAT PAID cds. £250 |
;) | MAURITIUS stamps: BROKEN PIN PERFORATION as found Column 3 on 1880 QV 17c rose Crown CC P.14 (SG.96, Cat.£95), fresh very lightly mounted mint. £65 |
;) | CRADOCK, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel 2-line CRADOCK./MAR 24 1865 on 1862 6d slate-lilac/white (SG.7c), margins clear 2 sides. £185 |
;) | SOMBREIRO RIVER, Niger Coast postmark/cancel (T.1a) A/AP 23 97 on QV 2½d. £12 |
;) | NASSAU, Bahamas postmark/cancel dated 22 JUN 05 on 1d Staircase CC wmk (SG.58) with combination "rifleman" and "half extra-treetrunk" varieties. £9 |
;) | MACARTHY ISLAND, Gambia postmark/cancel 29 MR 22 on KGV ½d (SG.108). £8 |
;) | MACARTHY ISLAND M.O.O., Gambia postmark/cancel (Money Order Office) dated 15 JY 22 on KGV 1d, 2d (SG.109,111) piece. £60 |
;) | BOKSBURG, Transvaal postmark/cancel (D/R) 13 APR 12 on horiz. pair KE7 1d (SG.274). £4 |
;) | POA 31, Natal postmark/cancel on QV 1d (SG.99a). £9 |
;) | GEORGETOWN, Gambia postmark/cancel */28 JY 52 on KG6 1d (SG.151). £7 |
;) | 10 used YORK, Natal postmark/cancel on 1872 Chalon QV 3d bright blue (SG.61), perf. fault. £14 |
;) | MANSA KONKO, Gambia postmark/cancel */15 JA 54 on QE2 3d (SG.175). £10 |
;) | 728, Cape of Good Hope postmark/cancel on 1d (SG.59a). £9 |
;) | 5 used POINT, Natal postmark/cancel on 1876 QV 1/- green (SG.84). £15 |
;) | KAUR, Gambia postmark/cancel */29 JU 50 on KG6 1½d (SG.152c). £12 |