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;) | GRANTS TOWN, Bahamas postmark/cancel (T.5, D2) */MY 16 39 on KG6 1d (SG.150). £7 |
;) | WEST END, Bahamas postmark/cancel (T.6, D4) */MY 19 52 on KG6 1½d (SG.151a) piece. £14 |
;) | NASSAU, Bahamas postmark in violet ink dated 21 DEC 63 on QE2 1d (SG.202) piece. £10 |
;) | PINE RIDGE, Bahamas postmark (T.7, D4) in blue ink dated 16 FEB 53 on KG6 1½d (SG.151a) piece. £15 |
;) | PIEDMONTAGNES, Grenada postmark JU 9 58 on QE2 3c Federation (SG.205). £9 |
;) | GOUYAVE, Grenada postmark/cancel (CDS) in purple ink dated */JY 8 59 on QE2 2c, 3c piece. £8 |
;) | BLACK ROCK, Barbados postmark dated AP 3 63 on QE2 4c (SG.292) piece. £6 |
;) | INAGUA, Bahamas postmark/cancel (T.1, D2) dated A/JU 28 19 (19 for 1900) on QV 1d (SG.47). £12 |
;) | 556 used CAPE COAST, Gold Coast postmark/cancel on 1907 KE7 ½d dull green MCA wmk (SG.59), soiled. £24 |
;) | GEORGE TOWN EXUMA, Bahamas postmark/cancel (T.2, D3) dated sideways down C/JU 27 08 on KE7 1d (SG.72). £48 |
;) | T.P.O., RIVER GAMBIA, Gambia postmark/cancel dated 26 FE 27 on KGV ½d (SG.123). £9 |
;) | A64, Jamaica postmark/cancel on QV 1d Keyplate (SG.27). £3 |
;) | 24/7/79 village(?) manuscript, Antigua cancel on 1876 QV 1d lake-rose Crown CC REVERSED wmk (SG.17x). £48 |
;) | BELVIDERE (CARRIACOU) GRENADA to ST. VINCENT postal history 1958 airmail inter-village inter-island cover from F. Paterson, Carriacou (reverse lower flap) to The Very Revd. Canon Ogden, St. Paul's Rectory, Calliaqua, St. Vincent with Federation trio pmk'd BELVIDERE */AP 22 58 cds, reverse top flap mostly missing, b/stamped CARRIACOU AP 28 58 (poor), GPO Grenada */AP 29 58, and poor CALLIAQUA */3 MY 58 cds. BELVIDERE should not be confused with BELVEDERE, the infamous mainland estate where Julien Fedon planned his rebellion (March 2, 1795 - June 19, 1796, also known as the Brigand's War) by converting his Belvedere coffee and cocoa plantation into a fortified headquarters for his army. The estate was near the top of a very steep mountain, and almost inaccessible, after the failure of one of the many unsuccessful British attacks Fedon ordered the death of 40 white hostages. £85 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA postal history 1921 printed Foster & Co, Georgetown sender's cover to Holland with underpaid pair KGV 2c pmk'd Georgetown 6 APL 1921 cds, alongside circled "T" tax-h/stamp with pair 2½c Postage Dues tied AMERSFOORT 27. IV. 1921, opened 2 sides with some edge staining. £48 |
;) | H.M. PRISON, Barbuda postal history 1992 manila Government Service cover from Adrian Nicholas (flap) to Ms Denise Nicholas, Miami, Florida with Antigua Barbuda 60c pmk'd BARBUDA d/ring with H.M. PRISON/25 FEB 1992/ANTIGUA oval d/ring cachet alongside. £20 |
;) | AKUSE, Gold Coast postmark/cancel (T.2) dated sideways up C/AP 20 5 on KE7 2d (SG.40). £18 |
;) ;) | ST. LUCIA (unissued) stamp: Panelli forgery in lemon-yellow of the QV 1882 FOUR PENCE on undenominated (4d) with impressed Crown CC REVERSED wmk and partial diagonal off-setting of the overprint on reverse, bogus cancel. The 1882 FOUR PENCE (SG.27) only being issued with Crown CA watermark (as it not found with reversed wmk as such). £60 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: (PML.31) 1888 "1d REVENUE" on QV 1d red (SG.48b), with broken serif to base of "1" probably from the higher setting (see illustrated multiple PML handbook Page 152). £16 |
;) ;) | Broad "A" used ST. JOHNS, Grenada postal history 1898 use of QV 1d carmine UPU Post Card to a Photo Chemist in London with design pmk'd St. Johns broad "A" dated 22 DE 98 with St. Georges C/DE 22 98 transit backstamp. £40 |