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;) ;) ;) ;) | Proofed/unrecorded ERRONEOUSLY APPLIED unique TRINCOMALEE/RETURNED FOR POSTAGE,CEYLON postal history 1845 wrapper from C. Brun fils, Port Louis pmk'd red MAURITIUS POST OFFICE d/ring dated NO 05 1845 marked "via Ceylon" to Veillon Freres, Bordeaux, France with "Paid 1/8" in dark black ink most unusually landed on Ceylon's north east coast (instead of the southern port of Galle) showing prepared for application TRINCOMALEE/RETURNED FOR POSTAGE datestamp for NO 22 1845 erroneously applied, crossed through, and TRINCOMALEE/STEAMER LETTER added for the next day in the same coloured ink. Carried via ALEXANDRIA (JA 7 1846) with 25mm chisels slits and large part PURIFIE AU LAZERET/MALTE handstamp added showing red PAQ. ANG. MARSEILLES (16 JANV 46) on address panel and Bordeaux (10 JANV 46) arrival backstamp with 96 decimes to be collected. Exhibition item collecting cancellations from five different countries. Similar RETURNED FOR POSTAGE datestamps were proofed for other Ceylon towns but none are known used. This remarkable example only exists due being wrongly applied. £7250 |
;) | MYRTLE BANK temporary rubber datestamp, Jamaica postmark (TRD 10, D1) in purple dated 13.4.1901 on 1d Falls (SG.31). £12 |
;) | PALMETTO POINT, Bahamas postmark (T.7 I, D2) 19 JUN 1908 on KE7 1d (SG.72), rare office. £28 |
;) | MYRTLE BANK, Jamaica postmark (TRD 10, D1) in purple used during 1901 (date not established) on QV ½d (SG.16). The Myrtle Bank Post Office opened JA 16 1901. £18 |
;) | ST. JAMES, Barbados postmark (M3) dated 7/MR 6 88 on QV 1d (SG.92). £6 |
;) | BLACK HILL, Jamaica postmark (CDS, D2) */JY 25 66 on 1d (SG.217) fragment. £5 |
;) | WALKERSWOOD, Jamaica postmark (D/R, D3) NO 2 35 on KGV 1d S. Jubilee (SG.114). £8 |
;) | BARBADOS postal history 1938 Red Tower Lager cover sent stampless to The Aurora School of Photo-Engraving, Aurora, Washington with scarce "T" in diamond tax handstamp, GPO 12 AU 38 despatch and New York Due 10 cents duplex. £60 |
;) | V.R. MARATHO VOUNO, Cyprus postmark (T.21) on 1912 KGV 10pa MCA wmk (SG.74). £32 |
;) | MYERS WHARF, Jamaica postmark (TRD 17, D1) in purple undated on combination Red Cross label and KGV 1d piece. £20 |
;) | BOWDEN, Jamaica postmark (TRD 8, D1) dated 2.9.96 on QV 1d Keyplate (SG.27), some toning but elusive as short-lived. £32 |
;) | ALEXANDRIA, Jamaica postmark (D/R) 18 OC 35 on KGV 1d S. Jubilee (SG.114). £12 |
;) | KNOWLES'S, Bahamas postal history 1932 reg. cover to C.E. Cedar, Tacoma, Washington with KGV 2½d (SG.84a) pmk'd KNOWLES'S (T.5, D2) */SP 13 32, b/stamped Miami SP 21 transit. £85 |
;) | RAGGED ISLAND, Bahamas postal history 1935 reg. cover to Alan Round, Stourbridge with Sheet Number 150 KGV 4d yellow (SG.85a) pmk'd RAGGED ISLAND (T.5, D3) */FE 2 35, further strike on reverse plus Nassau (8 FE) and Stourbridge (22 FE). £60 |
;) | RUM CAY, Bahamas postmark (T.1, D2) B/MY 1 12 on KE7 6d MCA wmk (SG.74, Cat.£48), exceptionally rare on this issue. £48 |
;) | MOSS TOWN temporary rubber datestamp, Bahamas postmark (TRD 2C, D1) in violet dated FEB 17 1945 on KG6 1½d (SG.151) piece. £18 |
;) | V.R. MANDRIA, Cyprus postmark (T.21) on KE7 ½pi MCA wmk (SG.75). £65 |
;) | V.R. KONTEA, Cyprus postmark (T.21) on KE7 ½pi Crown CA wmk (SG.62), corner perf. fault. £32 |
;) | V.R. KHRYSOKHOU, Cyprus postmark (T.21) on overlapping hinge backed KGV ¼pi, ½pi (SG.103,105). £30 |
;) | V.R. KARPAS, Cyprus postmark (T.21) on KGV ½pi MCA wmk (SG.75b), seldom found on KGV issues. £60 |