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;) | BRIDGETOWN bootheel (issued 1863), Barbados postmark on 1861 (½d) blue-green, possibly from an imperforate used pair (SG.21b). £48 |
;) | LONG CAY F.I., Bahamas postmark (T.1) C/AP 2 89 on QV £1.00 Venetian-red (SG.57, Cat.£225). £65 |
;) | 4 code used ST. GEORGE, Barbados postmark (M2-R) dated 4/JA 8 84 on QV 1d (SG.92). £5 |
;) | R.A.F. STATION No.111, Bahamas postal history 1946 stampless foolscap OHMS covers (2) to Montreal, Quebec and London, England showing PAID AT BAHAMAS crowned circle and R.A.F. STATION No.111/OFFICIAL MAIL/NASSAU BAHAMAS h/stamps (both with clear strikes across reverse flaps), some creasing. £90 |
;) | K1 "9", Bermuda postmark (6mm) on 1866 QV 2d dull blue CC wmk (SG.3). £8 |
;) | K1 "2", Bermuda postmark on 1865 QV 1d rose-red CC wmk (SG.1), some wrinkling. £7 |
;) | K1 "1", Bermuda postmark on 1865 QV 1/- green (SG.8), short-lived as replaced by B/1 handstamp. £24 |
;) ;) | MAURITIUS - boxed "R" (narrow top, dancing leg) postal history 1876 entire to Nantes, France with QV 4d rose, 1/- yellow pmk'd Port Louis "B53" with differing shades red ink boxed "R" (hint of black pad ink) and oval "REGISTERED/No.xx/12 OC 76/MAURITIUS" with French Maritime Suez 5 NOV 76 alongside, reverse Marseilles A Lyon 5 NOV, Paris A Rennes, and Nantes 6 NOV. £600 |
;) | STANN CREEK framed oval of 6 lines, British Honduras postmark (KD1) the obliterator portion of the rare TRD on "2 CENTS" on QV 1d (SG.37). £48 |
;) | K1 "15" used Crawl, Bermuda postmark part strike showing only the "5" portion on 1865 QV 1d pale rose CC wmk (SG.2). £48 |
;) | APPA, Gold Coast (T.5) A/AU 21 91 ("16" for year) on QV 1d (SG.12a), creased. £15 |
;) | K1 "9", Bermuda postmark (6mm high) on 1873 QV 3d yellow-buff (SG.5). £120 |
;) | K1 "13", Bermuda postmark on 1865 QV QV 1d pale rose CC wmk (SG.2). £48 |
;) | 3 CONCENTRIC CIRCLES (used San Estevan), British Honduras postmark the "killer" portion of the rare San Estevan TRD duplex on 1888 "3 CENTS" on QV 3d red-brown (SG.38), £48 |
;) | BERBICE, British Guiana postmark dbl-arc dated OC 4 1860 on 4c blue (SG.33, Cat.£75). Ex DUPONT £48 |
;) | K1 "11", Bermuda postmark/cancel on 1866 QV 2d dull blue CC wmk (SG.3), trimmed perfs both top and left sides but one of the most difficult numbers in the K1 series. £125 |
;) ;) ;) | MAURITIUS - boxed "R" (bulbous top, straight leg) postal history QV 2c Inland Post Card to Port Louis with adhesive pmk'd "B53" B/JY 12 79 duplex, reverse with pristine early strike of the black boxed "R" showing traces of the outer circular rim (see Ibbotson page 117). £325 |
;) ;) ;) | MAURITIUS - boxed "R" (narrow top, dancing leg) postal history Text headed "Rose Belle 23 October 91" on QV 2c Post Card to Port Louis with design pmk'd "B53" duplex dated OC 23 91, alongside superb strike black boxed "R" (see Ibbotson Page 117). £250 |
;) | NICOLLS TOWN mailbag seal, Bahamas postmark an exceptional strike showing almost all of the lettering on QV 2½d (SG.52). Rarely seen. £325 |
;) | COROZAL, British Honduras postmark (SC-1) dated JY 14 04 on QV 50c (SG.62, Cat.£75.00). Unusual on this denomination. The KE7 50c (SG.90) issued during 1907. £25 |