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;) | NEW SOUTH WALES to SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1868 cover to the Gas Works, Adelaide with QV 6d tied Sydney H/FE 26 1868 duplex showing GPO Adelaide N/MR 5 68 arrival alongside. Smaller faults but a scarcer inter-colonial destination. Reverse docketted "G.C. Clark, Sydney 24 Feb 68 - didn't authorize sale of instruments." £150 |
;) | SIMMS, LONG ISLAND, Bahamas postmark (T.3a, D2) currently the ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE on QV ISSUE dated 16 JUN 11 on QV 1d (SG.49). Proud records period AP 30 1904 to NO 21 1930 £125 |
;) | TARPUM BAY, Bahamas postmark (T.1) SP 8 11 on QV 1d (SG.48), rarely found on QV issues. £40 |
;) | RAGGED ISLAND, Bahamas postmark (T.1) s/ways up top facing left code B/11 MR 18 on KGV 1/- WAR TAX (SG.99). £20 |
;) | LONG CAY F.I., Bahamas postmark (T.1) very rare code B/MY 24 91 on QV 1d (SG.48). £48 |
;) | LONG CAY F.I., Bahamas postmark (T.1) dated sideways up C/SP 13 93 on QV 1d (SG.48), perf. faults. £18 |
;) | BARBADOS "tramlines" variety: 1876 ½d bright green P.14 with Crown CC REVERSED wmk (SG.72x), mint pair with left copy showing prominent diagonal lines through second "N" of "PENNY". £125 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1892 5/- purple ovp'd REVENUE (PML.49) badly thinned dated "2/5/94" and 1894 5/- greyish-purple ovp'd REVENUE (PML.50) fine used. £18 |
;) | ANTIGUA stamps: 1884 QV 6d deep green (SG.29), mint block of four from sheet positions 107-108, 119-120 showing mark in "UA" (Pos.107) and line over top outer frame-line (Pos.109), small imperfections. Cat.£240.00. £80 |
;) | ANTIGUA postmark village manuscript "26/8/86" on QV 1d carmine-red CA wmk (SG.24), mild perf. toning at top. £24 |
;) | Parish "C" (used St. Patrick's), Grenada postmark fullish upr. part dated JUL 23 tying diagonally bisected QV 1d green Chalon (SG.19?) to piece. £48 |
;) | BARBADOS stamps 1875 5/- dull rose (SG.64), fine unused without gum. £95 |
;) | PINE RIDGE G.B., Bahamas postmark (TRD 3CI) in red dated NOV 25 1948 on KG6 1½d (SG.151a) piece. £18 |
;) | FARMERS CAY, Bahamas (T.7, D2) in black (usually purple) dated 12 NOV 47 on KG6 1½d (SG.151) piece. £20 |
;) | ROAD-TOWN, TORTOLA AP 21 1911 on QV 2½d (SG.31). £14 |
;) ;) | ONE OF GRENADA's RAREST STAMPS 1875 QV 1/- deep mauve SHLLIING error (SG.13a, Cat.£6500 as normal mint), fine unused without gum ovp'd "SPEC" (as recorded Tim Pearce handbook Page 26, 3rd paragraph). Only 200 copies of the SPEC(IMEN) produced (ie 100 pairs) making at most ONLY TWO EXAMPLES possible with ONE SHLLIING error. 500 sheets of this issue were printed 13 March 1875 and overprinted 15 May 1875, and sent out to the colony 28 May 1875, shortly after the 'SPECIMEN' overprint was applied to two sheets. The issue was fully used and mint copies in good condition are hard to find. £6000 |
;) | A07 used Roseau, Dominica postmark superb strike tying 1879 bisected QV 4d blue (SG.7) to piece. £180 |
;) | LOWER BOGUE, Bahamas (T.7 1) 6 APR 12 on KE7 1d, perf defect at base, rarely seen on KE7 issues. £28 |
;) | HOPE-TOWN, Bahamas C/26 MR 91 on QV 4d, rarely seen on this denomination. £32 |
;) | ANTIGUA Newly discovered proof printed on white paper for a Keyplate style QV 1d in black (no shading behind both lighthouse and sailing ship). £125 |