West Indies
Curacao 45c pictorial issue on 1st flight Curacao to Amsterdam; illustrated special KLM envelope; cancelled Curacao Willemstad 19 February 1946; no b/s Reference: 1192 |
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Curacao 20c and 25c (SG 203, 204) pictorials on 1st flight Curacao to Amsterdam; illustrated special KLM envelope; cancelled Curacao Willemstad 19 February 1946; no b/s Reference: 1191 |
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KGVI 2/- and 10/- on airmail envelope lightly cancelled GRENADA 26 September 1942, to Sussex; wartime airmail, uncensored; small faults to envelope and front only but a good franking Reference: 1181 |
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complete envelope (has been opened out) with illustrated advertising for Hats and plastic tablecloths (front & back), franked with 6 x 3d pictorials, for 1/6 airmail rate to Bristol, cancelled Kingston 16 September 1955, slight faults to envelope but a very striking cover Reference: 1169 |
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KGV 3 pence embossed registration envelope 8" x 5"; c1922, unused, scarce (previous owner sold for £50) Reference: 1164 |
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Official envelope inscribed "On Trinidad and Tobago Government" franked with 12c QE2 stamp, to Bristol 19 August 1964: h/s "On Postal Service" & "Postmaster General" and "Air mail" with an official letter from Trinidad Postmaster General, signed, enclosing a typed list of all the Post Offices then open (in August 1954) including in Tobago, with 27 added in ms; important historical document Reference: 1157 |
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KGB ½d (SG 93), KGVI 2½d (SG 113c), 1/- (SG 115) all cancelled by undated VF strike of "Queen of Bermuda/Posted on the High Seas"; to Runcorn; on airmail envelope inscribed 'Furness Bermuda Line' (service suspended during WW2, restarted 1949, ended 1966: nice maritime colonial cover Reference: 960 |
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5 x 3c President Jefferson definitive on airmail envelope cancelled American Base Forces APO 803 11 April 1942 to New Orleans; boxed red censor h/s 'Passed by US Army Examiner 715', no b/s, from the American Forces in Trinidad durng WW2, scarce source Reference: 920 |
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GB KGVI 3d deep violet on envelope cancelled London WC m/c d/s 7 Jan 1941; opened by British censor & re-sealed with tape reading 'Opened by Examiner 2563'; b/s Havana, Cuba slogan d/s 31 January 1941; some faults to envelope Reference: 901 |
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QE2 2d portrait issue cancelled with VF double rim rural cds 'DUNDEE/JAMAICA B.W.I' in violet 4 March 1958; no b/s Reference: 730 |
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St Vincent Coronation 6 x 4c (2 on reverse) + KGVI 6d pictorial on registered airmail envelope, cancelled with s/r cds Kingstown St Vincent 18 June 1954, Registration GPO Trinidad 20 June, large red cds Montreal Registered 23 June, large purple d/s REGISTERED cds MONTREAL PQ 23 June 1953; a nice combination Reference: 661 |
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Jamaica 2d pictorial black and green cancelled with fine double oval postal agency h/s Galina 16 December 1955 in violet; philatelic cover to E.F. Aguilar, no b/s Reference: 605 |
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KGVI ½d cancelled 9 May 1950 with very fine double oval postal agency h/s Windsor Forest in violet with 'toothed' outer rim; b/s double ring cds Newport 10 May 1950 Reference: 604 |
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KGVI ½d cancelled with very fine double oval postal agency h/s Plowden in violet with 'toothed' outer rim 3 July 1950; b/s double ring cds Newport 5 July 1950 Reference: 602 |
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Jamaica 1d red cancelled with VF double oval postal agency h/s Rio Grande in violet, with manuscript "Posted at Knockpatrick under cover to P.M. Rio Grande; 2d (to pay) in blue crayon; b/s Newport, Jamaica 28 May 1951 Reference: 601 |
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KGVI ½d cancelled with very fine double oval postal agency h/s Mt. Airy in violet 17 December 1949; b/s double ring cds Newport 19 December 1949 Reference: 603 |
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14 November 1944, Hamilton, Bermuda to Wimbledon. Mixed issues 7 1/2d x 2 + KGV 6d airmail, cancelled Hamilton and readdressed to Wandsworth, with additional Wimbledon cds 20 November 1944 on one stamp Reference: 587 |
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Curious part lettersheet franked with 1d + 2 x ½d Britannia issue (SG 149b, 150c), to the Command Paymaster Eastern Command, London, cancelled GPO Port of Spain Trinidad, error 18 inverted in 1918 date (reads 81): with extensive minutely written clear text which includes a note 'British troops from Mesopotamia have reached Baku on the Caspian...' and much other fascinating detail: a scarce and impressive item Reference: 511 |
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Decorative envelope inscribed 'First Flight Air Reference: 418 |
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Trinidad 1c, 2c, 3c KGVI pictorials (SG 246, 247, 248a) on illustrated envelope for the 1st Caribbean Intercolonial Stamp Exhibition, Port of Spain, May 1948, cancelled Whitehall Trinidad skeleton type cds; b/s Cross, Trinidad & San Fernando 7 May 1948, attractive and less common stamp exhibition cover Reference: 369 |
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1854 entire letter to New York with a partial PHILADELPHIA postmark dated 13.JUN and a FORWARDED BY JAURETCHE & CARSTAIRS PHILA'A cachet. The contents also include a bank draft from the Colonial Bank. Reference: 190H |