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;) | K3a "3", Bermuda postmark on QV 3d grey (SG.28). £9 |
;) | K3a "15", Bermuda postmark on QV ½d stone (SG.19). £36 |
;) | ANTIGUA postal history 1903 underpaid cover front to Funchal, Madeira with Leeward KE7 1d pmk'd ANTIGUA AP 22 03 showing tax handstamps and handstruck "1 30" due, plenty of character and most unusual destination. A liitle gem. £65 |
;) | WIRELESS STATION GEORGETOWN, Gambia postmark */18 MY 26 on KGV 1d (SG.124). £28 |
;) | MAUN, Bechuanaland postmark 12 OCT 29 on horiz. pair GB ovp'd KGV 1d (SG.92). £16 |
;) | KILANI, Cyprus postmark (T.2) A/FE 18 01 on QV 2pi CA wmk (SG.43). £25 |
;) | SHASHI, Bechuanaland postmark 17 XI 47 on KG6 3d Royal Visit (SG.134). £10 |
;) | VRYBURG, Bechuanaland postmark A/NO 17 90 on QV 2d (SG.11). £6 |
;) | 555 used VRYBURG, Bechuanaland postmark on QV 2d (SG.11). £8 |
;) | JAMAICA postal history 1859 mourning cover front to Thomas Perrier, London with GB QV 6d pmk'd "A01" (SG.Z5) with KINGSTON-JAMAICA A/SP 10 59 and LONDON PAID OC 3 59 cds alongside. £120 |
;) | LUMLEY, Sierra Leone postmark (087.01) */1 AP 58 on block of four QE2 1½d (SG.212). £48 |
;) | TWO DIFFERENT NUMBERS on 1d POSTAGE DUE, St. Lucia stamps 1930 1d black/blue unused vertical pair (SG.D1h, Cat.£2,000), top stamp showing numbers 6536 and 6537, lower stamp showing number 6537. Two different numbers on same stamp "few and far between" per Hap Pattiz. Partly erased with corrected number, and partially showing second number on same stamp much commoner. £925 |
;) ;) | Return by RMSP "Tay" (28th home, arriving Falmouth MR 19), JAMAICA postal history OCANA - SANTA MARTA - KINGSTON - LONDON: 1843 wrapper docketted from Marcelino de Pinillos, Ocana (Colombia) JA 2 with manuscript forwarding at coastal town Santa Marta on JA 20 with Q.B.S.M. (que besa su mano - who kisses your hand) with KINGSTON FE 16 1843 dbl-arc transit addressed Federico Huth, London (MR 21) rated 1/-, address panel soiled which would display opened in inverted position. £185 |
;) | MAHAICA, British Guiana postmark AU 6 without year on 2c orange CC wmk (SG.127). £10 |
;) | K1 "3", Bermuda postmark on QV 3d yellow-buff (SG.5, Cat.£65). £40 |
;) | GEORGETOWN, St. Vincent postmark A/JA 9 99 (early "A" code) on QV 1d (SG.48b). "A" code currently recorded A/JA 6 99 to A/JA 22 6 £10 |
;) ;) | GRENADA postal history GRENADA dbl-arc (A11) with code "B" inverted: 1853 entire to John Richards, London rated 1/- with top flap (portion missing) displaying GRENADA dbl-arc dated AP 25 1853/B. Only four examples code "B" currently recorded, others dated OC 28 1852/B (Pearce Est.£300/350); JA 29 1853/B (Russell Jones Est.£450), AP 10 1853/B as arrival on incoming Trinidad (1d) cover (WD Walker). £325 |
;) | ARMY TELEGRAPHS, Orange River Colony postmark dated K 23 VII 00 on 10/- orange postal fiscal ovp'd both V.R.I. and A T. £75 |
;) | Manuscript "Middle Quarters", Jamaica postmark NEWLY DISCOVERED manuscript "Middle Quarters" on QV 2d Crown CC (SG.9a) dated Kingston A/JY 29 76 used pending the arrival of the "A.82" numeral, currently unique. The Middle Quarters office was opened during May 1876 and the A.82 (Type M) numeral stated to have been sent during 1876. The earliest confirmed date of use for A.82 is currently JU 30 1882 on QV 1d Post Card (ex Surtees) £725 |
;) | DOMINICA stamps: 1879 bisected QV 1d lilac REVENUE Crown CC wmk (SG.81a) pmk'd vertical "A07" on piece. £75 |