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;) | WALKERS CAY, Bahamas red ink TRD dated NOV 15 1955. £48 |
;) ;) | PUNTA GORDA "From Air by Rev. Hugh Warren" Black & white Post Card with pencil annotations "Taken by plane, blurring due to vibration" and "when flying back to Belize". £25 |
;) | A R (Avis De Reception), Bahamas postal history 1923 commercial use (opened only along top) of KGV 2d PSRE with added 1/2d, 3d to Huddersfield pm'd Nassau 13 AP 23, appended in pencil "AR" with blue crayon "23", some lighter toning. £75 |
;) ;) | SEA FLOOR, Bahamas to American actor Adolphe Jean Menjou Illustrated and Williamson signed cover with The Development Board MAY 6 1940 departmental cachet with KG6 4d tied SEA FLOOR (twisted A, dropped R) with handstruck str. line "POSTED IN THE WILLIAMSON PHOTOSPHERE" (lower left), and handstruck str. line "Bahamas - Williamson Undersea Expedition" on reverse below Adolphe Menjou Hollywood 1941 signature. Menjou (1890-1963) has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6826 Hollywood Boulevard. As an American actor his career spanned both silent films and talkies from The Faith Healer (1921) to the State of the Union (1948). £120 |
;) | STANN CREEK, British Honduras Full cover to Chicago with KGV 5c pmk'd STANN CREEK E/OC 8 14, b/stamped Belize OC 9 and New Orleans OC 12. £32 |
;) | STANN CREEK TOWN, British Honduras 1968 local stampless OHMS with DISTRICT OFFICE, STANN CREEK departmental cachet cover pmk'd 8 JU 68. £15 |
;) | MONTSERRAT to ST. VINCENT (but did not reach St. Vincent) 1974 tatty commercial cover from Radio Antilles with 3 x 5c UPU (one tied on reverse) pmk'd */6 AU 74 addressed Questelles Village, handstruck "INSUFFICIENT ADDRESS" as St. Vincent not included in address line. £15 |
;) | Ipswich "87", QUEENSLAND stamps 1862 strip of three QV Chalon 2d blue (SG.23). £75 |
;) ;) ;) | BAHAMAS postal history circa 1877 near complete contents large part entire with QV Chalon 1d scarlet P.14 (SG.34) defaced with manuscript initials from Joseph A Gilmour to Nassau, £750 |
;) ;) | GOVERNORS HARBOUR, Bahamas c1921 commercial cover front from "Gov. Harbour, Eleuthera" to Huddersfield with KGV 1d tied rare blue boxed "Regain Health and Vigour. Take/Cruise in Your Motor Yacht to/ELEUTHERA, BAHAMAS./THE TOMATO GROWING ISLAND." Proud handbook records as HS7 with single date of use for 15 May 1921. £50 |
;) | PUNTA GORDA, stated to be from Mitchell Hedges (regarded by many as the real "Indiana Jones") 1926 cover to Sydenham, England with KGV 2c pair tied PUNTA GORDA AP 24 26, marked at base in ink "From Mitchell Hedges, the explorer", opening fault top right corner. Michael Hedges (1882-1959) is best noted for having discovered what is termed "The Crystal Skull of Doom" at the Maya ruins of Lubaantun in 1927. In 2008 Paramount Pictures released the film "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull". £80 |
;) | BAHAMAS to POST-WAR AMERICAN OCCUPATION of VIENNA, AUSTRIA 1948 reg. cover with Plate 1 block of four KG6 3d to Vienna with purple ink Austrian "V1" and 240 inspector handstamps pmk'd Nassau 21 JUN 48. £65 |
;) | ORANGE WALK N.R., British Honduras 1921 full cover to Army Contractors, London pmk'd E/20 JY 21. £45 |
;) | ORANGE WALK N.R., British Honduras 1912 full cover to London pmk'd E/AP 17 12. £16 |
;) | ORANGE WALK, British Honduras 1938 full cover to Edinburgh pmk'd */NO 23 28 (error 28 for 38), b/stamped Belize 24 NO 38. £18 |
;) | GUINEA GRASS, British Honduras Large part cover (sender address excised) to Chicago with mauve ink GUINEA GRASS (TRD) dated JUL 15 1919. £60 |
;) | RIVERSDALE, British Honduras Large part cover (sender address excised) to Chicago with purple RIVERSDALE (TRD) dated DEC 31 1919. £48 |
;) | SEINE BIGHT, British Honduras Full cover with weak ink bluish-black (TRD) dated FEB 4 1939 to Bognor Regis, Sussex, b/stamped Belize FE 6 39, (Proud illustrated). £50 |
;) | BAHAMAS Hotel Royal Victoria cover to New York with QV 2½d tied Nassau C/DE 12 99, some soiling. £32 |
;) | ST. THOMAS, Danish West Indies to ST. LUCIA 1890 use of 3c pink UPU Post Card pmk'd ST. THOMAS 18 11 1890 to the Colonial Bank, St. Lucia with ST. LUCIA C/NO 21 90, some soiling. £125 |