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;) | ST. GEORGES (inverted watermark), Bermuda postmark (H1) B/JU 11 89 on Crown CC INVERTED wmk QV ½d stone (SG.19w, Cat.£225), part extra cds rim at left. Ludington Page 141 states "the St. Georges Type H1 appears to have been used mainly as a transit or arrival datestamp, for unlike the Hamilton Type H1 few have been recorded cancelling adhesives". Geoff Osborn also considered examples as very rare, however in view of the frequency of this date with INVERTED WATERMARK plus traces of further datestamps at edges one must consider that these came from a large multiple perhaps cancelled-to-order. This date also exists with NORMAL WATERMARK (scarcer) £125 |
;) | ST. GEORGES (inverted watermark), Bermuda postmark (H1) B/JU 11 89 on Crown CC INVERTED wmk QV ½d stone (SG.19w, Cat.£225), trace of extra rim cancel at left. Ludington Page 141 states "the St. Georges Type H1 appears to have been used mainly as a transit or arrival datestamp, for unlike the Hamilton Type H1 few have been recorded cancelling adhesives". Geoff Osborn also considered examples as very rare, however in view of the frequency of this date with INVERTED WATERMARK plus traces of further datestamps at edges one must consider that these came from a large multiple perhaps cancelled-to-order. This date also exists with NORMAL WATERMARK (scarcer) £130 |
;) | ST. GEORGES (inverted watermark), Bermuda postmark (H1) B/JU 11 89 on Crown CC INVERTED wmk QV ½d stone (SG.19w, Cat.£225), part extra cds at left and trace rim of further strike at base. Ludington Page 141 states "the St. Georges Type H1 appears to have been used mainly as a transit or arrival datestamp, for unlike the Hamilton Type H1 few have been recorded cancelling adhesives". Geoff Osborn also considered examples as very rare, however in view of the frequency of this date with INVERTED WATERMARK plus traces of further datestamps at edges one must consider that these came from a large multiple perhaps cancelled-to-order. This date also exists with NORMAL WATERMARK (scarcer) £125 |
;) | WARWICK-EAST, Bermuda postmark (H5) 30 AP 1909 on 2d Dock (SG.39). £15 |
;) | WARWICK-WEST, Bermuda postmark (H5) dated A/JA 20 1896 on vertical pair QV 6d dull mauve (SG.7). £36 |
;) | ST.G used ST. GEORGES, Bermuda postmark (P5) dated 2 FE 70 contrary to regulations on QV 1/- green CC wmk (SG.8), several defects. £48 |
;) | 7 used ST. JAMES, Barbados postmark (C2) bootheel on QV 4d grey (SG.97), perf. fault. £20 |
;) | BARBADOS postal history 1953 Fishery Products 4-colour combination foolscap cover to Bridgetown with Canada 7c pmk'd St. John's, Newfoundland, tax handstamps and 1c pair, 2c (fault), 6c Postage Dues added pmk'd GPO REGISTRATION dated 28 DE 53. £140 |
;) | YORK & LANCASTER REGIMENT, Barbados postal history 1890 (trace of postmark) portion of a Soldiers Letter with QV 1d (SG.92) tied by open bootheel. The York & Lancaster Regiment was a line of infantry regiment officially formed in 1881 through the amalgamation of the 65th and the 84th Regiment of Foot during the Childers Reforms £40 |
;) | MANGROVE-BAY, Bermuda postmark the cds portion of the K3 "4" duplex dated A/MR 27 84 on 1881 QV 3d yellow-buff CC wmk (SG.10). £60 |
;) ;) ;) ;) | BAHAMAS postal history 1909 destruction by earthquake of Myrtle Bank Hotel, Jamaica Post Card to Irvington, N.J. with KE7 1d tied purple Hamburg-American Line/Atlas Service PRINZ AUGUST WILHELM d/ring oval dated APR 15 1909, Pitch Lake, Trinidad sticker added by sender. £200 |
;) | LATE RE-INTRODUCTION OF THE QV 1d CARMINE, Bahamas postal history 1911 cover to Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada with 1890 QV 1d (SG.49) pmk'd TARPUM-BAY (T.1) dated C/OC 20 11, this currently a unique cover with re-introduced use of the QV 1d during the KGV reign (KE7 having been monarch period JA 22 1901 - MY 6 1910). The late uses of the QV 1d are currently confined to the period MY 20 11 to JA 28 12. Examples are far from common but are recorded for Bimini, Clarence Town L.I., Deadman's Cay, Fresh Creek, George Town (LRD), Green Turtle Cay, Inagua, Mangrove Cay, Mastic Point, Nicholls-Town, Rock Sound, Rum Cay, Spanish Wells (ERD), Tarpum-Bay, "The Bight", Watlings £425 |
;) | 3 code used ST. PHILIP, Barbados postmark (M2-0) dated 3/MR 4 with 8 for year on QV 1d (SG.92). The only recorded example with single digit year, slots nicely for year 86 use £28 |
;) | ST. PHILIP, Barbados postmark (M3) inverted code 3/SP 26 03 on 1d Seal (SG.107), currently the only recorded date with this variety. £12 |
;) | BARBADOS postal history 1893 cover to Major McCracken DAAG c/o Powell Spring House, near Bathsheba with pair 1d Seal pmk'd open bootheel duplex dated A/JU 24 93, light ST. JOSEPH 6/JU 24 93 arrival. Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick William Nicholas McCracken KCB, DSO (1859-1949) of the Royal Berkshire Regiment resided at Banyan, The Garrison, Barbados where he was Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General (DAAG) 1892-97. £35 |
;) | K3 "4", Bermuda postmark on QV 3d grey (SG.28). £8 |
;) | K4 "3", Bermuda postmark on QV 3d grey (SG.28) showing positioning of duplex cds. £9 |
;) | K3a "6", Bermuda postmark on QV 3d grey (SG.28). The only recorded example in the David Pitts (May 1998) and MH charts (BWISC 9/2015 and 12/2015 journals) £65 |
;) ;) | POSTMAN'S DELIVERY ROUTE, BARBADOS postal history 1935 cover to the Ursaline Convent, Barbados with USA 20c Airmail pmk'd WALL ST. STA. dated FEB 1 1935, on arrival bluish 5-line instructional handstamp "YOUR POSTMAN'S ROUTE IS/BRIDGETOWN No.15/Please include it as part of your Address, and ask your correspon/dents to do so." (Proud Type 145, this being the only recorded date for No.15 instruction). £275 |
;) ;) | REMOVED/ADDRESS UNKNOWN, Left The Island, CAYMAN ISLANDS to JAMAICA postal history 1913 cover (opened 2 sides) to Chas H. Phelps, Milk River Baths (mineral springs, highly radioactive), Milk River P.O., Jamaica with KGV 1d red pmk'd Type 5 GEORGETOWN MY 3 13 (SG lists FE 25 13 as release or earliest date), re-directed in blue crayon to Moneague House Hotel, Kingston and three times endorsed manuscript "Left the Island" with purple "REMOVED/ADDRESS UNKNOWN." (Proud Type I100) and black "UNCLAIMED." (with stop), red RETURNED LETTER BRANCH, JAMAICA dated 9 JU 13 and presumed sender's name of "Mrs A.J. Robertson" in red crayon at left edge. A rare commercial inter-island cover full of character. £625 |