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;) | MALTA postal history (Plate 1 blued paper) 1875 wrapper with green Petrocochino & Co. sender cachet to Genoa with QV 2½d rosy-mauve Plate 1 blued paper pmk'd "A25" duplex dated C/MALTA/OC 12 75. £375 |
;) | 24 used HAMBANTOTA, Ceylon postmark/cancel on 1867 QV 2d ochre (SG.64). £24 |
;) | MALTA postal history 1876 entire on printed A. Gatt, Malta albino sender lettersheet marked "Via Italy" to Carmelo F. Caruana, New York with GB QV 2½d Plate 2 pmk'd "A25" duplex dated C/MALTA/FE 8 76. £60 |
;) | MALTA postal history 1876 entire with green Petrocochino & Co. sender cachet to Marseilles with GB QV 2½d Plate 6 pmk'd "A25" duplex dated C/MALTA/NO 28 76. £40 |
;) | MALTA postal history 1878 entire with green Petrocochino & Co. sender cachet to Constantinople with GB QV 2½d Plate 11 pmk'd "A25" duplex dated D/MALTA/MY 30 78 with blue crayon "11" alongside. £60 |
;) ;) | ANTIGUA revenue receipt Church re-building fund (consequences of earlier hurricane) 1964 QE2 2c postal adhesive used for revenue purposes on receipt dated August 15th from Mrs. A Nugent for £5 donation towards the St. George's Church Re-building Fund. History of church enclosed. £24 |
;) ;) ;) ;) | SYRIAN COMMUNITY in ANTIGUA postal history 1957 printed KALLIL SHOUL sender cover reg. to London with QE2 4c, 6c, 12, 24c pmk'd St. Johns */20 AP 57 d/ring. Kallil Shoul established the business in 1908, history of firm and family enclosed plus printed photo of the original shop decorated to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. £28 |
;) | MALTA postal history 1879 cover to Naples with GB QV 2½d Plate 13 tied "A25" duplex sated C/MALTA/FE 6 79, reverse clear Napoli 9 2-79 arrival cds. £45 |
;) | MALTA postal history 1878 albino embossed A. L. MICALE, MALTA sender lettersheet with full written content to Catania (Sicily) with GB QV 2½d Plate 9 tied "A25" duplex dated A/MALTA/OC 31 78, full clear backstamps. £48 |
;) | MALTA postal history 1872 wrapper to Livorno with GB QV 1d Plate 125 and GB QV 3d Plate 8 pmk'd "A25" duplex dated A/MALTA/OC 18 72, accountancy and full clear backstamps which can display. £125 |
;) ;) ;) | F87 used SMYRNA, British Levant postal history 1877 mourning cover with content to Mrs. H. Lee Wilson, Lancaster Gate, London with GB QV 2½d rosy-mauve Plate 9 tied "F87" with SMYRNA A/DE 14 77 cds alongside, reverse red PADDINGTON Z/DE 20 77 arrival. Part letter, one sheet, enclosed which talks about a walk around the town, mention of the Roman, Saxon, Norman remains, and of the stone coffins containing glass and jewellery excavated whilst building the new railway stations. £200 |
;) ;) | ST. VINCENT postal history re-posted at PLYMOUTH (Devon) 1906 b/w ppc of Kingstown to Plymouth with KE7 1d pmk'd Kingstown C/DE 24 06, on arrival re-addressed to Newport, Lincoln with GB KE7 ½d pmk'd Plymouth JA 7 07 d/ring. £24 |
;) | TRINIDAD (village use?) postmark (Proud D14, thought to be re-allocated duty to a newly opened office), 19mm cds dated no code/FE 12 91 on QV 2½d (SG.108), full perfs. This cds used Port-of-Spain 1882-83 £40 |
;) | TRINIDAD (village use?) postmark on GRENADA stamp (Proud D14, thought to be re-allocated duty to a newly opened office), measures 20mm (ink spread) but maybe 19mm cds dated DE 19 91 on Grenada QV 2½d (SG.32). £40 |
;) | KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT postmark on GRENADA stamp arrival dated A/OC 15 97 on Grenada QV 1d Keyplate (SG.49). £8 |
;) | GRENADA postmark/cancel Head Office cds dated MY 24 92 on QV 2½d (SG.32) overstruck TRINIDAD C/MY 25 (92) on arrival. £14 |
;) | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE postal history 1839 lengthy cross-written entire headed "Bedford Wednesday Feb'y 6th 1839" and marked "Post paid March 8th" to Mrs Maclear, Royal Observatory, Cape Town with red ink PAID-SHIP LETTER/(crown) 9 MR 9 1839/LONDON and black SHIP LETTER/(crown)/CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. £150 |
;) | F used CARRIACOU and C used ST. PATRICK'S combination, Grenada postmark/cancels a rare combination of Carriacou "F" dated 18 MY 93 and large part St. Patrick's "C" on QV 1d (SG.40), toning. £16 |
;) ;) ;) | GB QV 2½d rosy-mauve PLATE 17 on entire, Malta postal history 1880 complete entire "p. S.S. Nantes" with TEOFANI & MERICAS, MALTA cachet to Syra (Greece) with GB QV 2½d rosy-mauve Plate 17 tied "A25" duplex dated C/MALTA/FE 12 80. £500 |
;) ;) ;) | WW2 Mail to DARRELL'S ISLAND ROYAL AIR FORCE STATION, Bermuda postal history 1941 use of GB KG6 2½d PSE pmk'd Tunbridge Wells "Post Early In The Day" machine cancel dated 29 JUN 1941 to Corporal Arthur James Brett, R.A.F. possibly addressed Dept. 08 Air Ministry, British Mails prior forwarding to Darrell's Island, Bermuda with HAMILTON 1 AUG 41 backstamp, further blue 8 SEP 1941 handstamp PERSONAL LETTERS/AIR MINISTRY pencilled "08", and manuscript forwarding "1425 Flight (RAF) Honeybourne, Worcester, RAF Prestwick, Scotland, and RAF I.OTU (No. 1 (Coastal) Operations Training Unit), Silloth, Cumberland with 29 DE 41 arrival d/ring. £180 |