LOT NO.                                                                                                                                                                                 EST.

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOMINICA (See also Lots 763, 777)

 

543

#17//24 (SG20-26, 22a) 1886-90 QV ½d - 1/ wmk Crown CA, perf 14, complete by SG, used plus shade of the 1d. The 6d with VF cds, the others all cancelled A07. F-VF. (Scott $655, SG £490). PHOTO

$    225

544

#5 (SG5) 1877 QV 1d lilac wmk Crown CC perf 14 with ms Colihaut cancel and dated 28/2/82. Rare. Fine+. PHOTO

$    250

545

#5 (SG5) 1877 QV 1d lilac wmk Crown CC perf 14 with Colihaut ms cancel dated 29/11/84. Rare. F-VF. PHOTO

$    200

546

#17 (SG20) 1886 QV ½d dull green wmk Crown CA with ms Wesley and partial date 27.1. Fine+. PHOTO

$    110

547

#17 (SG20) 1886 QV ½d dull green wmk Crown CA with ms Wesley similar to previous lot and partial date 28. Fine. PHOTO

$    100

548

#18 (SG14) 1883 QV 1d lilac wmk Crown CA perf 14 with ms Rosalie cancel dated 21/10/85. Scarce. F-VF. PHOTO

$    200

549

#18 (SG14) 1883 QV 1d lilac wmk Crown CA perf 14 with complete St. Joseph ms cancel dated 11.9.85. Scarce. F-VF. PHOTO

$    250

550

#22 (SG24) 1886 QV 4d grey wmk Crown CA with ms Wesley dated 12.9.88. Stamp faulty but rare for this denomination to be found with a ms cancel. Fine appearance. PHOTO

$      90

551

SG R1 1879-88 QV 1d lilac wmk Crown CC overprinted REVENUE and with ms Wesley cancel dated 13/11/87. Two short perfs at bottom. Fine. PHOTO

$    100

552

#25-34 (SG27-36) 1903-7 KEVII ½d - 5/ set of 10 values complete wmk Crown CC plus a few shades, used. F-VF. (Scott $413, SG £339). PHOTO

$    140

553

#35//49 (SG37-46) 1908 KEVII ½d - 5/ set of 10 values wmk Crown CA, complete by SG, used. F-VF. (Scott $490, SG £350). PHOTO

$    140

554

#65-85 (SG71-91) 1923-33 KGV ½d - £1 Pictorial set of 21 values complete with both 3/ and 5/ watermarks, used plus 13 shades of various denominations. The £1 a left margin example tied on piece with 1984 RPS certificate. An unusually nice set. F-VF. (Scott $770++, SG £650++). PHOTO

$    300

555

#65-85 (SG71-91) 1923-33 KGV ½d - £1 Pictorial set of 21 values complete including both 3/ and 5/ watermarks, used. F-VF. (Scott $770, SG £600). PHOTO

$    250

556

COLL

QV//QEII Cancellation collection on album pages, about 50 stamps representing 17 different towns (no Roseau). Includes several higher donominations including 2/ Roseau View with Point Michel and Wesley and a nice 5/ with Portsmouth cds. Also includes serveral QV 1d stamps with Paid At Dominica Crowned Circles and a maritime. Most 1890//1935, a few KGVI and QEII. F-VF. PHOTO 1  PHOTO 2  PHOTO 3

$    170

 

 

 

 

 

 

QUEEN VICTORIA POSTAL HISTORY

 

557

1846 Stampless folded document to the Wesleyan Mission consisting of 8 pages being the minutes of the Antigua district church meeting. Rated 4/, a quadruple rate. Unframed DOMINICA ( ) FE 1846 ds and red London arrival of 22 MR 46. Most unusual to have the complete contents as this correspondence consisted of outer wrappers only. Fine. Ex-Freeland. PHOTO

$    200

558

1846 Stampless folded outer sheet to London rated 1/ and with DOMINICA SP 27 1846 double arc on reverse. F-VF. PHOTO

$    110

559

1858 Incoming folded outer sheet from England with QV 1/ green (SG 72) cancelled barred numeral “20” with blue London ds of JY 1 58 and DOMINICA 20 JU 1858 on reverse. Endorsed “RMS Laplata.” Uncommon. File folds, one of which affects the stamp. Fine. PHOTO

$    130

560

#A1 (SG CC1) 1866 Stampless folded letter to Scotland rated 1/ in red and bearing red Crowned Circle PAID AT DOMINICA. London transit on face and DOMINICA FR 10 1865 (error, should read 1866!) double arc and St. Andrews arrival of MR 3 66 on reverse. Has been folded which affects the Crowned Circle. Still a nice example of this marking. Fine. PHOTO

$    140

561

1880 QV 4d blue on cover to London cancelled A07 and with DOMINICA JU 27 80 cds alongside. A scarce item. A little fragile. Fine. PHOTO

$    325

562

#19b (SG22b) 1888 QV 1d rose strip of 3, the third stamp being a vertical bisect used on cover front to Basseterre cancelled A07 and with DOMINICA C DE 19 88 cds at LL. St. Kitts JA 2 89 arrival at UL. A very scarce commercial use. Some staining and rough around the edges. Fine. PHOTO

$    600

563

1903 LI QV 1d on 7d Provisional (a little rubbed) on cover to Lasoye with indistinct cancellation. Dominica JY 4 03 at left partially overstruck by boxed TOO LATE hs and with Portsmouth JY 8 below, the latter marking affected by repaired cover tear. A scarce marking and an unusual usage which show the cover missed the coastal steamer Yar. Fine. Ex-Freeland. PHOTO

$    250

564

PPC

1905 Incoming ppc to Stowe from St. Lucia with KEVII 1d cancelled Castries FE 10 05 and with Soufriere cds. On picture side Dominica arrival of FE 15 and almost complete GRAND BAY of the same date. A scarce early use. F-VF. PHOTO

$    110

565

1905 Cover to New Jersey endorsed Consignee Letter/p s/s/Parina franked with US 2¢ Washington and cancelled New York DEC 4 1905. With merchant’s attractive return address at UL. Burlington DE 9 arrival on reverse. Scarce and F-VF. PHOTO

$    200

566

PS

1918 1d carmine postal stationery envelope uprated with ½d (2) and 1d (scuffed) Roseau Views to Copenhagen cancelled JY 17 18, town indistinct, and with buff OPENED BY CENSOR label, origin believed to be Dominica. One other example recorded on a cover from Dominica to Switzerland. Fine. PHOTO

$    250

567

1919 2½d bright blue Roseau View on cover to Zurich cancelled DOMINICA JU 21. On reverse red Passed Censor/D/ca/(initials)/20-6-19. A very rare censored cover. Stamp torn, cover F-VF. PHOTO

$    150

568

1919 1d green (2) overprinted WAR TAX used locally to the Treasury office in Roseau cancelled VIELLE-CASE FE 12 19.Portsmouth and Dominica cds on reverse. Scarce internal use. F-VF. PHOTO

$    120

569

1933 KGV ½d and 1½d on cover to Glasgow with DELICES 30 OC 33 (the “30” and “33” both inserted in ms. Bs Roseau. F-VF. PHOTO

$    100

570

1935 LI KGV 6d dull and bright purple, reversion to Die 1 (SG86 £100) on cover to Glasgow cancelled XF LAPLAINE MY 4 (no year date), as second strike alongside with year date “35” inserted in ms. On reverse Grand Bay MY 5 and Delices with the same date, (the “5” and “35” both in ms) and Roseau MY 6. F-VF. PHOTO

$    150

571

1936 KGV 1d - 1/ Silver Jubilee complete set on registered cover to NY, the 1/, variety dash by turret. Cancelled MR 31 36. Roseau bs and NY arrival on reverse. F-VF. PHOTO

$    225

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOTS & COLLECTIONS

 

572

COLL

KGV//QEII Collection of 24 covers, 18 of which are registered, commemorative sets starting with 1935 Silver Jubilee and Peace issue used from a variety of villages: La Plaine, Grand Bay, Mahaut, Marigot, Pointe Michel, St. Joseph, Portsmouth, Vieille Case, Wesley, Dublanc (2), Soufriere, Castle Bruce (2), Calibishie and Colihaut. Most have registration hs, a few with registered labels. Also includes Silver Wedding FDC and a few others. A clean lot. F-VF

$    150

573

SP/COLL

QV//KGV Collection of 12 postal stationery items on album pages all overprinted SPECIMEN with postal cards (4), reply cards (3), envelopes (2), 2½d registration envelope and wrappers (3). All fresh and F-VF

$    250

574

COLL

1916//28 Collection of 12 War Tax covers mounted on album pages including registered cover to Idaho, ½d on ½d ppc of Cathedral to St. Johns Antigua, variety small “O” in “ONE”, ½d on ½d plus 1d on cover to Dublin, registered cover to Mass. with ½d (5) and 2½d, the proper use of War Tax, pair of ppcs to Port of Spain with a pair of ½d War Tax stamps affixed, scarce non-philatelic use, long registered OHMS cover to Boston, formula registered ps envelope to Paris with KGV ½d and War Tax stamps (3), one with variety short fraction bar, another cover with pair of the 1½d used locally and with the same variety. A very nice collection. F-VF. PHOTO 1  PHOTO 2

$    250

575

COLL

KGVI//QEII Collection of 16 commercial covers, the KGVI including 1941 1½d, 2d cancelled Delices and forwarded several times, 1951 stampless OHMS Air Mail cover with OFFICIAL PAID hs, 1948 2/6 on registered, flown cover to NY cancelled Wesley, 1939 and 1945 covers to the US both cancelled Rosalie, 1945 pair of OHMS covers from the Administrator’s Office, one to Port of Spain, 2 from Treasury & Customs office, 6¢ second Definitive (4) on long cover to Chicago with Calibishie cds and registration hs and strip of 4 of US 5¢ Postage Due; 4 QEII stampless OHMS covers from Medical Dept.(2) and Administrator’s office (2) all with Official Paid hs and 1963 registered covers (2), one cancelled Colihaut with unrecorded ms registration the other from Salybia and with Marigot transit. An excellent group. PHOTO 1  PHOTO 2  PHOTO 3

$    250

576

 PS/COLL

1891//1928 Collection of 9 Leeward Island postal stationery items all used from Dominica including KEVII ½d and 1d postal cards (the ½d with one stamp missing), the 1d to Belgium headed Wesley; QV 1d envelope registered, double weight to Barbados with LI 1d, 2½d (2); QV 2½d envelopes (4, the indiciums all different shades), 3 registered to Scotland, Montreal and Paris, the 4th to St. Thomas, DWI and all uprated with LI stamps, KEVII 1d envelope to Germany cancelled Portsmouth (some toning), and KGV 3d registered envelope to Germany. F-VF except as noted. PHOTO 1  PHOTO 2  PHOTO 3  PHOTO 4  PHOTO 5

$    325

577

COLL

1896//1902 QV Collection of 13 covers of the first Leeward Islands issue all used from Dominica with 4 registered including double weight cover to Glasgow with 1d (2) and 2½d (2) cancelled neat A07 and Portsmouth cds, ½d strip of 5 plus 1d all cancelled A07 and ½d and 4d per Pretoria, both to NY and 1902 Provisionals in horizontal pairs (the 1d on 7d, 2 pairs) to England. Also 1d to Glasgow, 2½d to Penn., ½d block of 4 and single to Boston, 2½d to Port of Spain per S.S. Orinoco, 2½d to St. Louis per S.S. Fontabelle, 1d on 6d to Roseau cancelled Portsmouth, 1d on 4d used locally, etc. A very nice group. F-VF. PHOTO 1  PHOTO 2  PHOTO 3  PHOTO 4  PHOTO 5

$    400

578

PS/COLL

QV//KGV Collection of 24 Dominica postal stationery items with 5 QV postal cards to Brussels, Germany (2, one with postage due “T”) and England (2), 6 Roseau View cards with ½d (2, one to St. Johns the other to Baltimore), 1d (4, one uprated and registered to London, others to Belgium (stamp missing), Germany and Antigua; 4 envelopes with 1d (2, one to Montserrat the other to Germany) and 2½d (2, to Germany and Paris); 2d registration envelopes (3, to Switzerland, France and the US); Formula registered envelope to Iowa and 3 wrappers with ½d used locally and to Antigua plus the 1d to Antigua. The items uprated mostly with Dominica stamps; one or 2 with LI stamps, one with both. A very interesting and useful group. Generally F-VF. PHOTO 1  PHOTO 2  PHOTO 3  PHOTO 4  PHOTO 5

$    475

579

/COLL

KEVII//KGV Postal history collection on album pages consisting of 20 commercial covers, 9 registered with KEVII (3) to the US with various frankings, 1d Roseau View to London cancelled Barbados with Posted/on/Board hs, an incoming cover from Paramaribo with what is believed to be disinfection slit (roughly opened at side), US reply card with Dominica stamp affixed from US Consular Agency in Dominica, 8 covers all bearing KGV Pictorial frankings from Delices, Portsmouth, Grand Bay, St. Joseph, etc., one to the Lieutenant Governor of Malta, LI 1½d POSTED ON HIGH SEAS, etc. Most F-VF. An excellent lot. PHOTO 1  PHOTO 2  PHOTO 3  PHOTO 4  PHOTO 5  PHOTO 6  PHOTO 7  PHOTO 8  PHOTO 9

$    600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EAST AFRICA & UGANDA

 

580

#31 (SG34) 1907-8 KEVII 1¢ brown vertical pair cancelled octagonal LA REUNION A MARSEILLES ( ) 28 NOV 10, a French African Railway cancel. F-VF. PHOTO

581

#50var (SG54w) 1912-21 KGV 2R red and black on blue wmk Multiple Crown CA, variety watermark inverted. OG, HR. F-VF. (SG £500). PHOTO

$    200

582

#56 (SG60) 1918 KGV 20R purple and blue on blue. OG, HR. F-VF. (Scott $500, SG £550). PHOTO

$    225

 

 

 

 

 

 

FALKLAND ISLANDS (See also Lots 1265-66)

 

583

#5d (SG11a) 1891 1d red-brown bisected diagonally and tied on small piece by the proper Small Football cork cancel. Fine. (on cover Scott $4,250, SG £4,500). PHOTO

$    200

584

#7a (SG8) 1887 QV 1d brownish claret wmk sideways to the left. Large part OG. Fine. (Scott $125, SG £120). PHOTO

$      50

585

#19E (SG14) 1891 QV ½d on half of 1d red-brown. The stop after “d” raised, indicating Jan. and Feb. 1891 first surcharges. OG, HR. Fresh. (Scott $825, SG £700). PHOTO

$    325

586

#19E (SG14) 1891 QV ½d on half of 1d red-brown with straight edge at right which proves the printing. Used. (Scott $325, SG £275). PHOTO

$    130

587

#15d (SG27) 1891 QV 2½d pale chalky ultramarine. OG, HR. Fine+. (Scott $275, SG £275). PHOTO

$    120

588

#20 (SG41) 1898 QV 2/6 deep blue. F-VF. OG. (Scott $290, SG £275). PHOTO

$    120

589

#20-21 (SG41-42) 1898 QV 2/6 - 5/ high values used. F-VF. (Scott $550, SG £525). PHOTO

$    225

590

#22-29, 25a, 28a+ (SG43-50+, 44d, 46b, 49b,) 1904-12 KEVII ½d - 5/ set of 8 values complete used plus shades of the ½d (2), 1d (3 including the dull coppery red), 2½d deep blue and 3/ deep green, a total of 15 stamps, used. (Scott $832, SG £678). PHOTO

$    300

591

#24a (SG45b) 1912 KEVII 2d reddish purple, the scarce printing, used. Fine+. (Scott $310, SG £275). PHOTO

$    120

592

#MR2var (SG71cx) 1919 KGV 1d orange-vermilion, comb perf, upper right corner margin stamp, variety watermark reversed. NH. F-VF. (SG £750++). PHOTO

$    400

593

#MR1-3++ (SG70//72b) KGV ½d - 1/ Group of 12 War Tax stamps used, 4 of each denomination with a nice range of shades and printings including the ½d - 1/ on thick papers, the 1d with partial SOUTH ( ) cds, a scarce stamp used (£200), all of the 1/ printings, etc. F-VF. (SG over £530). PHOTO

$    190

594

#65-76 (SG127-38) 1933 KGV ½d - £1 Centenary complete set of 12 values. LH. A beautiful set with fresh, bright colors. F-VF. (Scott $4,800, SG £4,250). PHOTO FRONT COVER

$ 2,000

595

1933 ½d black and green Romney Ram on “Panton” cover to the Cayman Isl. cancelled Falkland Islands 30 DE 33 and bearing s/l Insufficiently Prepaid. Two ½d Cayman Isl. Tercentenary stamps affixed to make up the deficiency and cancelled GEORGETOWN AP 25 1934. PHOTO

$    120

596

#84-96, 101-2 (SG146-63) 1938-50 KGVI ½d - £1 first Definitive set of 18 values complete. NH. F-VF. (Scott $614, SG £475). PHOTO

$    225

597

#94a (SG161b) 1942 KGVI 5/ indigo and yellow-brown Sea Lion. Partial imprint in bottom margin. NH. Fresh and F-VF+. (Scott $850 for hinged, SG £1,100). PHOTO

$    500

598

#93, 94a (SG160, 61b) 1938-50 KGVI 2/6 slate and 5/ indigo and pale yellow-brown on small piece each stamp cancelled PORT STANLEY 2 JU 46. F-VF. 1994 BPA certificate. (Scott $172, SG £111). PHOTO

$      60

599

SP

#97-98 (SG164s-65s) 1945 KGVI 1d - 3d Peace Issue perf SPECIMEN. NH. F-VF. (Scott $425, SG £400). PHOTO

$    200

600

EPH

1947, 1957 Pair of QSL cards, the first from A. S. Betts, Pebble Island to Oakland, California, the second a delightful illustrated Penguin card from John Cheek, Stanley to the same address. F-VF. PHOTO

$      50

601

#198var (SG264a) 1971 QEII 1p on 1½d multicolored with margin at left, error surcharged 5p. NH. F-VF. (2014 SG £750). PHOTO

$    400

 

 

 

 

 

 

FALKLAND ISLAND DEPENDENCIES

 

602

#1L1-8var (SG G1, 1a - 4a, G6e, 6ea, G6, 6a - 8, 8a) 1946-49 KGVI ½d - 1/ Thick Map set of 8 blocks of 4, the UL stamp in each block, variety gap in 80th parallel, the 6d being the scarce black and ochre shade. NH. F-VF. (SG £314). PHOTO

$    150

603

#1L5, var (SG G5, 5c) 1946-49 KGVI 4d Thick Map black and claret block of 4, the LR stamp, variety “SOUTH POKE”. NH. F-VF. (SG £332+). PHOTO

$    150

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIJI (See also Lots 1267-68)

 

604

1914 KGV 1d carmine Die I horizontal pair plus bisected stamp (unauthorized) with LAKEBA s/l hs and LEVUKA cds of 14 OC 1914 to Huntington, LI, NY. Very rare and unrecorded. Opened roughly at top and with the bisected stamp torn. A second cover accompanies with 1d pair and ½d stamp to the same addressee (tatty). 2018 RPS certificate which states “Unofficial bisect accepted by PO and no surcharge raised”. A marvelous item for the specialist. PHOTO INSIDE FRONT COVER

$    950

605

PS

1932 KGV 2d Letter Card to New South Wales with SUVA machine cancel. XF red TOORAWEENAH arrival of 23 AP 32 on face. With message. F-VF. PHOTO

$    100

606

J12-19 (SG D11-18) 1940 1d - 1/6 Postage Dues complete set of 8 values, each a LL corner margin block of 4. NH. Very fresh. F-VF. (Scott $560, SG £560). PHOTO

$    250

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOTS & COLLECTIONS

 

607

PS/

1895//1936 Collection of 22 items with 1895 1½d postal cards used to London, Germany and Mexico (most unusual!) plus one mint, same card overprinted HALF PENNY and used to Labasa with arrival ds, 1d cards to Germany (2), group of 12 KGV covers (12) to Samoa, New Zealand, the US and one to Tonga with the ususal Tin Can Mail cachets; also stampless OHMS wrapper to the Attorney General, Suva and a meter cover with red advertising of Morris Hedstrom. Most F-VF

$    140

608

PPCCOLL

1904//34 Collection of 18 mint ppcs and 10 used, most the colorful Tuck cards, several franked with KEVII ½ds or 1d stamps to Texas and Toronto. Generally F-VF

$    170

609

COLL

1942//45 Collection of 14 WWII censored covers all the US except one to London. One bears a NZ censor label, 3 with US censors (2 with labels, one registered from Lautoka and one US Army censor), 2 with red OPENED BY CENSOR and oval PASSED BY/CENSOR/3 and CENSOR 2, the rest with PC90 labels including X/111 (2, one with Postage Due), X/117, X/119 and X/120, etc. Cancels include Tavoa, Korovou. Interesting group

$    180

610

COLL

Collections of 22 KGVI items and 23 QEII, the first with 2 air letters, one from Buca Bay to Ceylon, another with hs INSUFFICIENT POSTAGE/FOR AIR MAIL, ppc of the Suva P.O., 2 meter covers to St. Louis, another from a leper colony, 3 registered (all philatelic), a nice range of cancels including Vatukoula used to Suva, Nadarivatu (illustrated, folded), P.O. Nadroga Missionary mail, Makogai in combination with QEII 2d, first flights (2, one illustrated), 3 long covers (to Costa Rica, an incoming Tin Can to Quensell and stampless OHMS to Montreal, etc.). The QEII with more than half commercial, some Air Letters and flown covers. Most F-VF

$    190

 

 

 

 

 

 

GAMBIA

 

611

#102-20, 117a, 121-24 (SG118-21, 122-42, 139) 1922-29 KGV ½d - 10/ Elephant and Palm wmk Multiple Crown Script CA and 4d - 5/ wmk Multiple Crown CA, two complete sets plus the scarce 3/ slate purple 1928 printing, a total of 24 values. Most LH. F-VF. (Scott $772, SG £695). PHOTO

$    300

612

#132-43 (SG150-61) 1938 KGVI ½d - 10/ complete set of 16 values all in blocks of 4, used. F-VF. (Scott $141+, SG £140+). PHOTO

$      60

 

 

 

 

 

 

GIBRALTAR (See also Lot 1269)

 

613

#107-18++ (SG121-31++) 1938-52 KGVI ½d - £1 complete set of 14 values plus all SG listed perf varieties except the 2d grey perf 13½ wmk sideways, a total of 32 stamps. All NH but the 2d perf 13 wmk sideways (LH) and the 6d perf 14 (OG). A few early printings with lightly toned gum. Two low values with pencil or ink on reverse and the 6d perf 13 with a few rough perfs (cat. £12). F-VF. (SG £1,450). PHOTO

$    500

614

1939 KGVI 2d grey perf 13 on tiny cover to Hong Kong with Submarine Mail/July 1, 1939 at upper left and oval PAQUEBOT in red cancelling the stamp. Unusual. PHOTO

$    100

 

 

 

 

 

 

GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS

 

615

#26 (SG24) 1924 KGV £1 purple and black on red key value. OG. F-VF. (Scott $600, SG £550). PHOTO

$    225

 

 

 

 

 

 

GOLD COAST

 

616

#69-82+ (SG71-84+) 1913-21 KGV ½d - 20/ set of 12 values Die I, wmk Multiple Crown CA plus most shades and some Die IIs including the 5/, a total of 27 stamps. LH to HR. F-VF. (SG over £750). PHOTO

$    350