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;) | GB used abroad at CALLAO, PERU postal history (Ex DALE LICHTENSTEIN) 1876 cover to Cumnock, Ayrshire with Peru 1d green (creased) and w/marginal pair GB QV 9d pale straw Plate 4 (SG.Z50, Cat.£400) pmk'd Callao "C38" with blue COLVILLE & Co, CALLAO sender's cachet dated OCT 14 1876 alongside address panel, reverse with A/CALLAO/OC 14 76 and CUMNOCK A/NO 13 76 arrival, some peripheral faults and damaged flap. Ex DALE LICHTENSTEIN This Peru 1 dinero was cancelled "C38" from stocks held at the British Packet Agencies to comply with the tax on all outgoing mail. £650 |
;) | Second Sailing GB used abroad, BRITISH GUIANA postal history 1858 entire headed "(Duplicate) Demerara May 10th 1858" (being the date GB stamps placed on sale having arrived the day before on the MY 9 1858 steamer) with lightly creased and badly defective GB 6d pmk'd crisply struck "A03" to London with DEMERARA MY 25 1858 despatch dbl-arc. A significant item documenting the Second Sailing with duplicate of First Sailing letter. A first sailing cover pmk'd Demerara MY 10 1858 with GB 6d used strip of four pmk'd "A03" to James Ewing in Glasgow is recorded £125 |
;) | NEW SOUTH WALES postal history 1875 cover to Paris with three colour franking of 4d, 6d, 1/- pmk'd SYDNEY AU 9 1875, no flap. £250 |
;) ;) | BELIZE,/(date)/British Honduras postmark (D18, introduced after Post Office fire of 17 August 1918), temporary 3-line dated (AU)G 19 19(18) on KGV 1c WAR (SG.119) with date-line 5½mm high (with possible differences in typeset of wording BELIZE). Only two examples of the 5½mm setting are known both being dated AUG 19 1918. The other example ex Addiss on KGV 3c orange WAR (SG.118). The 5½mm setting was replaced by 3½mm setting (ERD being AUG 26 1918) £225 |
;) | Manuscript "No 6/E C B/21.4.77" used Fyrish, British Guiana postmark a very fine upright example dated "21.4.77" on 1876 2c orange CC wmk (SG.127), slight thinning hinge area. The CCB code cds used Fyrish was lost during 1876 £375 |
;) | 1 in Two Concentric Circles, Mauritius postmark on 1859 Britannia 6d blue (SG.32), mainly clear four margins, design just touched top left corner. £200 |
;) | MAILBAG SEAL (unidentified), New South Wales postmark on 1d, tiny central pin-hole. £60 |
;) | VICTORIA WEST, Cape of Good Hope postmark (CDS) JU 20 82 on "3" on 3d pale dull rose (SG.37). £7 |
;) | STEINKOPF, Cape of Good Hope postmark (CDS) AP 7 08 on KE7 1/- (SG.77). £7 |
;) | MARINE P.O., South Australia postmark JY 22 80 on QV 1/-. £6 |
;) | SPANISH TOWN, Jamaica postal history (P1 in black) dated MY 30 1835 (the Foster ERD) on wrapper docketted as from St. Mary (MY 27) to London rated 2/2. £85 |
;) | BOHEMIA OF LLOYD maritime postmark on EAST AFRICA AND UGANDA stamp dated 18/9/05 on KE7 1a grey and red MCA wmk (SG.18). £225 |
;) | C30 used VALPARAISO, Chile postmark on GB 1867-75 QV 5/- rose Plate 2 (SG.Z88, Cat.£400). £165 |
;) | NOUVELLE CALEDONIE postmark on New South Wales stamp dated 31 MARS 85 on NSW QV 6d. £65 |
;) | 12 in Concentric Circles, Mauritius postmark on 1863 QV 2d pale blue Crown CC wmk (SG.59). £36 |
;) | 12 in Concentric Circles, Mauritius postmark on 1863 QV 1d brown CC wmk (SG.57). £28 |
;) | ZII, Cyprus postmark (T.4) DE 9 92 on QV ½ pi (SG.31). £18 |
;) | OFFICIAL PAID, Antigua postmark */MY 3 06 on 2d Badge (SG.33). £10 |
;) | 126, Orange River Colony postmark on KE7 1d MCA wmk (SG.140), creased. £8 |
;) | MALTA postal history 1860 wrapper to Marseilles with GB QV 4d strip of three (fault) pmk'd A/MALTA/AU 11 60 "A25" duplex paying the scarce 1/- rate with oval "P-D." in black. £240 |