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;) | SIERRA LEONE to BELGIUM postal history 1895 use of QV ½d Post Card marked per S.S. "Roquelle" to Hasselt, Belgium pmk'd "B31" with FREETOWN B/JY 13 95 plus handstruck "LATE", landed with red LIVERPOOL A/AU 5 95/SHIP cds (Private Ship as opposed to Liverpool Packet arrival) with HASSELT 7 AOUT 1895 arrival, lengthy reverse text in French. Rare destination. £200 |
;) | VICTORIA postal history 1868 cover and lengthy enclosure with QV 2d pair, single pmk'd Melbourne JY 18 68 duplex to Cirencester, Gloucestershire. £50 |
;) | NEW BRUNSWICK postal history (Ex DALE LICHTENSTEIN, CARTIER) 1863 treble rate local cover with exceptionally rare QV 10c red bisected diagonally in se-tenant pair with whole stamp (SG.17) tied by mute grids on orange envelope to Richibucto, flap torn on opening, backstamped weak red KINGSTON and clearer black SHEDIAC both dated JY 20 1863. Ex DALE LICHTENSTEIN (Nov/1868) and CARTIER (Sept/1977 realised £1300). The 10c red bisected on its own (SG.17a, Cat.£600 on cover) paying the 5c local rate is commonly found (the bisect being a temporary solution for the suppressed 5c Connell stamp which was never issue, the QV 5c was issued in or around July 18). The 10c alongside a separate 10c bisect on cover is exceptional (one noted dated DE 1860 paying 5c local rate plus 10c registration from Salisbury to Lower Coverdale SG Auction May/1979 realised £1300). Argenti only recorded three examples of the se-tenant 10c pair, one bisected on entire. The two other dated covers being FE 14 1861 from W.O. Albert Mines to Hampton paying 5c local, 10c registration (Dale Lichtenstein May/1969 R$525, Sothebys Sept/1984 E£800) and a second triple local rate dated MR 30 1865 from St. John to Kingston, Richibucto marked "with note enclosure" no doubt accounting for the extra weight (ex Argenti, Groom, Chester Beatty). Argenti only recorded three examples of this 15c make-up, two being treble local rate (for letters weighing 1 oz. but not exceeding 1½ oz.), and one paying 5c local rate plus 10c registration. £4250 |
;) | MAURITIUS stamps: 1862 QV 1/- buff No wmk (SG.52), fresh lightly mounted mint IMPRIMATUR horiz. pair showing part marginal inscription. £250 |
;) | 555 used VRYBURG, Bechuanaland postmark on GB ovp'd QV ½d newswrapper cut-out piece. £14 |
;) | WOODSTOCK STATION, Cape of Good Hope postmark (CDS) D/9 JA 01 on 1d (SG.59a). £8 |
;) | ST. GEORGES ST CAPE TOWN, Cape of Good Hope postmark (SQC) B/FE 7 00 on 1d (SG.69). £5 |
;) | PHOKWANI, Bechuanaland postmark (CDS) MR 21 98 on CGH 2½d (SG.63), extremely rare. 1st office opened JU 1 1896 and closed MY 1 1897, 2nd office opened MR 1 1899 and closed July 1899, no postmark seen by Putzel at time of printing his handbooks on The Postmarks of South Africa. PHOWANI SIDING, however, was simultaneously open period 1897 to 1904 but no postmark recorded. £300 |
;) | KNYSMA, Cape of Good Hope postmark (CDS) MY 6 86 on 1885 1/- green (SG.53). £7 |
;) | O'OKIEP, Cape of Good Hope postmark (CDS) A/NO 10 89 on block of four 1885 1/- green (SG.53). Cat.£34.00. £15 |
;) | MOROKWEN, Bechuanaland postmark (CDS) FE 20 04 on CGH KE7 1d (SG.71), corner perf. fault. Very rare, few examples recorded. £280 |
;) ;) ;) ;) | The MUSTIQUE ISLAND carriage labels - "No mint copies exist" This is the only known 10c yellow mint sheetlet of two labels, produced circa 1971, in fresh unmounted mint condition (small gum disturbance at lower right), accompanied by both 10c yellow label on inaugural first flight cover dated 1 SEP 1971 which terminated the private conveyance service, and subsequent Urch Harris "ballot" order form (included) for supply of the four covers. Lord Glenconnor, Colin Tennant, owner of Mustique island conceived the idea of 10c labels to privately convey island mail, with Government consent from the Hon. Hudson Tannis, Minister for Communications & Works, by more flexible regular use of small aircraft to mainland St. Vincent circumventing the slower and less frequent by boat service offered by the Mustique Post Office. Four differing colour same design labels were printed, and stocks ultimately depleted when they were affixed, alongside St. Vincent GPO issues, to SP 1 1971 first day covers for the official inaugural flight Mustique to St. Vincent. Cancelling of the covers was firstly undertaken by Doreen Simon, the Mustique schoolmistress who doubled as the island post mistress, and secondly by the mainland Kingstown G.P.O., and the bulk were carried back to London by a member of the Mustique management team in a suitcase via Luxembourg (accompanied by Princess Margaret). The Bristol based Urch Harris company, famed for their distribution of new stamp issues, marketed them . These covers were not only First Day Covers but also LAST DAY COVERS. The Urch Harris catalogue listed printing quantities as 10c orange (2000), 10c blue (550), 10c yellow (250), 10c mauve (70). The Wilson figures for both blue and yellow are inaccurate and the estimated use for yellow labels used on inaugural flight covers is 234 leaving 14 labels (or 7 sheetlets) unaccounted for. No "earlier" service 10c orange labels are known on cover. Accompanied by scan of BWISC Bulletin article being the UH copied source for quantities affixed to first flight covers. £1200 |
;) | 6 in Concentric Circles, Mauritius postmark on 1863 QV 6d dull violet CC wmk (SG.63). £125 |
;) | 18 used FICKSBURG, Orange Free State postmark (18 bar) in purple on 2d (SG.49), corner perf. fault. £8 |
;) | 24 used HEILBRON, Orange Free State postmark (11 bar) in red on 2d (SG.49), light vertical crease. £6 |
;) | 24 used HEILBRON, Orange Free State postmark (11 bar) on 1d (SG.3). £10 |
;) | LADY FRERE, Cape of Good Hope postmark (CDS) A/JU 2 02 on 4d (SG.56), corner bend/crease. £4 |
;) | HEILBRON R.O., Orange River Colony postmark Newly discovered and previously unrecorded HEILBRON RAILWAY OFFICE dated 24 DEC 1910 in purple ink on KE7 2d (SG.141). £120 |
;) | GRIQUA TOWN, Cape of Good Hope postmark (CDS) A/JY 17 04 on KE7 1d (SG.71). £9 |
;) | CARNARVON, Cape of Good Hope postmark (CDS) AP 21 99 on 1/- (SG.67). £9 |