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1839 (Jan.) Entire letter to Nantes, carried via England with "KINGSBRIDGE / SHIP LETTER" and London (Mar. 5), Calais, Paris and Nantes backstamps, "3/2" crossed out and "3/-" shown as due to G.B., charged 18 decimes. A fine letter. Photo on Page 222. £400-500
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1839 (Oct. 27) Entire letter from Marina Mead to her son at school in London, unusually sent via the Cape with fine crowned oval "GENERAL POST OFFICE / CAPE OF GOOD HOPE" (Dec. 13), red boxed "INDIA LETTER / DEAL" and a London c.d.s on reverse, charged 8d. Photo on Page 222. £500-600
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1840 (Jan. 22) Entire letter from Edmund Lyons on H.M.S "Melville" at St. Helena, to his brother Lord Fitzalan in London, with "SHIP LETTER / HASTINGS", charged 8d. The "Melville" is shortly to sail for Ascension and West Africa. Photo on Page 222. £300-400
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1840 (Mar. 23) Entire letter from an army officer returning from India to England, written on the ship "Lord Lowther" at sea lat. 11°13mins S. long. 87E, to his wife in England with red "INDIA LETTER / DARTMOUTH" (In.3, recorded 1839-40) and a London c.d.s, charged 8d. The ship is going to call at St. Helena; the writer will send leaves of the Willows from Napoleon's tomb. £100-120
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Post Office Fee. 1841 (Mar. 15) Entire letter to J. Mead in London, from his mother who is about to leave the island for the Cape, with boxed "INDIA LETTER / PORTSMOUTH", charged 8d. The letter includes, "another slave vessel came in yesterday with 320 negros on board, this now makes about 1000 negroes on the island, what is to become of this place with such a set of creatures as they are, some people think it will be a bad thing for the island as many of them are a very treacherous race, I cannot write any good accounts of the island as it gets worse every day". Some splitting at folds, also partly split along a horizontal file fold, still a good looking address panel with the scarce "3½" Post Office handling fee. Photo on Page 222. £300-350
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Post Office Fee. 1842 (June 23) Entire letter from Eliza Torbitt at Walbro Cottage to her cousin J. Mead in London with scarce "3½" Post Office handling fee, crossed out upon arrival when the letter was charged 8d, superb boxed "1842 AU 22 / LIVERPOOL / SHIP" on reverse. Horizontal file fold and a little splitting at folds. Photo on Page 222. £300-350
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1842 (Sep.) Front and upper flap to England, charged 8d with boxed "INDIA LETTER / COWES". Also an 1838 entire from Thomas Brooke, late St. Helena Civil Service, posted from Barnstaple to East India House in London. (2). £120-150
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1844 (Apr. 2) Entire letter from William Kelly, Captain of H.M.S "Conway" at St. Helena, to Yorkshire, charged the 8d ship letter rate but unusually without any ship letter handstamp, backstamped at London and Wakefield. The "Conway" will shortly proceed to West Africa and serve on anti-slavery patrol for the next four months. He is sending back a magnificent chest of shells for distribution amongst the ladies. A fine and unusual letter. Photo on Page 222. £400-500
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1844 (Apr. 23) Entire letter to Bordeaux backstamped "BRIXHAM / SHIP LETTER" with 8d charge, red boxed "COLONIES / &c. Art 12" and Calais c.d.s, backstamped at Paris and Bordeaux, charged 20 decimes. A little damp staining mainly to the internal letter, otherwise fine, a scarce use of this Art 12 accountancy mark on St. Helena mail. Photo on Page 222. £600-700
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1845 (May 12) Entire letter to Nantes backstamped "28 JU 1854 / LIVERPOOL / SHIP" (year shown as 1854, in error for 1845), datestamps of Boulogne, Paris and Nantes, fine. Photo on Page 222. £300-350
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1845 (Sep. 10) Entire letter from John Parker, waiting for a passage to the USA, to "Rajkissen Metter & Co in Calcutta, care of Isaac Chase & Co, U.S Consul, Cape Town", forwarded from the Cape with oval "FORWARDED BY / CAPE OF GOOD HOPE / ISAAC CHASE U.S.C" and Calcutta Ship Letter backstamp. File folds, otherwise fine, a rare Cape F.A.C on a letter to India. Photo on Page 222. £800-1,000
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1847 (May 1) Entire letter to France sent via England, backstamped "SHIP LETTER" and a London c.d.s, charged 8d with red boxed "COLONIES / &c ART 13", Boulogne and Marseille datestamps, charged 21 decimes. Fine, a scarce accountancy mark on mail from St. Helena. Photo on Page 222. £400-500
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1849 (July 9) Cover with enclosed letter from C.B Brown to his mother in England, backstamped boxed "10 SP1849 / LIVERPOOL / SHIP" with an "8" charge mark. The letter is written at St. helena en route to England, and describes a terrific storm encountered off the Cape. A fine cover. £300-350
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1850 (Aug. 1) Entire letter to France with red "COLONIES FRA / PAUILLAC" c.d.s (Sep. 27) and Bordeaux backstamp, charged 25 decimes. A fine and scarce cover carried from the island directly to France (and not via England). Photo on Page 222. £400-500
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Ireland. 1851 (Jan. 21) Entire letter to Marseille, sent via Ireland with scarce blue "QUEENSTOWN / SHIP LETTER" (Rob S1) and a Queenstown datestamp (Mar. 13), "8" charge mark and red boxed "COLONIES / &c ART. 13", datestamps of Dublin, London, Calais and Marseille, charged 20 decimes. A fine and rare cover. Photo on Page 222. £900-1,200
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1851 (Apr. 1) Printed circular from Saul Solomon (merchant, French Consul and forwarding agent) announcing the transfer of his business to his son Nathaniel Solomon and Mr George Moss, addressed to Batavia with oval "GENERAL POST OFFICE / (crown) / CAPETOWN", charged 48 duiten. An interesting circular from Solomon, well known to postal historians as a forwarding agent, a rare destination from St. Helena. Photo on Page 222. £600-800
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1853 (May 18) Entire letter simply addressed to Miss Jane Bruce, privately carried to England and addressed to Lancashire, posted from London franked 1d (four margins). The writer reports his arrival from Ascension; he leaves in two weeks for Loanda. Possibly the earliest letter from St. Helena to bear a postage stamp. Photo on Page 222. £600-800
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1858 (Mar. 8) Cover to the USA, endorsed by the sender "St. Helena, March 8th 1858" and "Per Ship", with "NEW-YORK / SHIP / APR 15 / 5cts" c.d.s, carried on the whaler "Dove" of New London. A fine and unusual cover. Photo on Page 230. £400-500
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1871 (Sep. 13) Cover (with embossed royal arms on the flap), addressed to the British ship "Rinaldo" at Poste Restante, Havre, prepaid in cash, endorsed "Prepaid" and "6". Red "ST. HELENA" and "LONDON / PAID" (Oct 11) datestamps and oval framed "PD", datestamps of Calais, Paris and Le Havre. Although stamps were issued in 1856 mail could still be prepaid in cash until 1872. A late use of cash prepayment and a superb and rare strike of the first St. Helena c.d.s in red, only used in this colour in 1870-71. Photo on Page 230 £1,000-1,200
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1872 (Jan. 27) Entire to Paris with "ST HELENA" c.d.s in black and "G.B / 2F" Anglo-French Accountancy mark, London, Calais and Paris datestamps, charged 12 decimes. A very scarce accountancy mark on St. Helena mail, fine. Photo on Page 230. £600-700
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1870-88 Mint and used collection including G.B 6d cancelled "A12", bogus QV essays (2), stamp issues largely complete with 1870 perf 12½ 1d watermark inverted unused no gum and watermark sideways mint and used, perf 14 1d watermark inverted mint, 2½d red-brown used (2), 4d blue mint, 1882-90 Crown CA 1d dull magenta mint, 2½d red-brown mint, 4d blue unused no gum, 6d used, 1/- watermark inverted used, 1884-88 surcharges with 1885 ½d on half 1d surcharge inverted mint and used, 1886 4d on 6d no stop after "d" unused no gum and used, 1887 front to USA with 1d on ½d strip of three, Antigua 1d cancelled "A12" (3), a few forgeries, etc. A useful collection, a few unused stamps without gum, otherwise largely fine. S.G. £7,000 (approx). (97). Photo on Page 226. £600-700
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1875 1d Magenta, watermark Crown CC, with "SPECIMEN" overprint type D10, fine mint, possibly unique. This type D10 overprint only recorded by Samuel on the St. Christopher 1870 perf 12½ 1d rose and 6d, unlisted on this stamp with no example in the Brookes collection. Probably from the De la Rue archives. Photo on Page 226 £200-250
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1885 Halfpenny on half 1d, a block of four (comprising four unsevered pairs) superb mint, lightly mounted on the upper pair only, the lower pair unmounted. S.G. 23a, £480+. Photo on Page 188. £150-180
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1886 1d on 6d Green and 4d on 6d green surcharges, 1886-90 6d olive-brown and 1/- mauve overprinted "SPECIMEN", affixed with part own gum to a printed album page from the Royal Swedish General Post Office Specimen collection. S.G. £205 as stamps. (4). £120-140
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1883 (Mar. 12) 1d Postal Stationery postcard to England bearing a vertically bisected 1d dull magenta cancelled by three horizontal bars, the card with a few minor stains and tiny tear at base. This 1d bisect was authorised during a shortage of ½d stamps in February and March 1883; the Brookes collection contained one other example with this unusual three bar dumb cancel. Ex. Urwick and Brookes. S.G. 12a, £1,500. Photo on Page 230 £200-250
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Manuscript Cancellations. 1871-90 QV Stamps comprising 1d magenta (22), ½d green (4), 1d rose (10, one with distorted "E" variety), 6d green or 1d on 6d (4) all cancelled with a manuscript date, as used at various village offices, two additionally with manuscript "D.B" (Dieppe Bay) or "O.R" (Old Road). A scarce group. (41). Photo on Page 226. £250-300
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Revenues/Postal Fiscals. 1883-86 Mint and used selection, Nevis stamps handstamps violet "Saint / Christopher" (19) with 1d, 6d (2) and 1/- (cross on hill variety) apparently used with "A09" or "A12" cancels, 4d (3) and 6d mint; Nevis stamps handstamped violet "Saint Chris / topher" (6) with 6d cancelled "A09", 1/- mint; Nevis stamps overprinted black "Saint / Christopher" (9) with 1/- cancelled "A12", 4d and 1/- (2) mint; St Kitts 6d revenue overprinted small Saint Kitts Nevis; St. Kitts revenue stamps overprinted large Saint Kitts Nevis (79) with 1d, 3d, 6d (2), 1/- (2), 5/- apparently postally used, 1d (14), 3d (5), 6d (6), 1/- (8), 5/- (7) mint, one of each value with plate number "1". (114). Photo on Page 226. £200-250
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1862-83 Mint and used collection including 1862 imperforate 1d lake (3) and 6d orange proofs on paper, coloured 1d - 1/- proofs on card (4); all printings of the 1862-78 issues with 1d (43), 4d rose (5), 4d orange (19), 6d grey (10), 1/- (21, two with crossed lines on hill variety) and a few forgeries; 1879-80 issues with 4d blue mint, 6d green mint (2, one with a few trimmed perfs, the other without gum) and used, 1/- used, 6d and 1/- Specimen overprints; 1883 ½d on 1d in violet or black used. S.G. 1/36. (161). Photo on Page 226. £500-700
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1867 4d Deep orange, complete mint sheet of twelve, full margins, a few split perfs reinforced with hinges, otherwise fine and scarce. S.G. 12, £1,920+. £300-350
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1877-78 1d Vermilion-red, perf 15 and perf 11½ sheets of twelve mint, full margins, a few split perfs reinforced with hinges, otherwise fine and scarce. S.G. 17, 22, £1,284. (2 sheets). £200-250
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1878 4d Orange-yellow, variety imperforate between stamp and left margin, fine mint, very scarce. S.G. 18var. Photo on Page 226. £200-250
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1883 ½d on half 1d lilac-mauve, surcharge in black, unsevered pair unused, no gum and thinned, nevertheless a presentable example of this rarity. S.G. 36b, £6,500. Photo on Page 226. £200-250
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Cancellations/G.B used in Nevis. c.1858-1907 Covers (3), stamps and pieces (27) with piece bearing G.B 6d (2, one with corner fault) cancelled "A09", G.B 4d (perf faults) with partial "A09" cancel, crowned circle cancels (6), manuscript date cancels (14, three with postal cancels); Leeward Islands cancelled "A09" with 1890 5/-, Sexagenary ½d pair, 1d and 4d on separate pieces, local cover bearing QV 1d and registered cover to Prague franked KEVII 1d + 6d with Nevis registration label, etc. (31). Photo on Page 226. £200-240
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Revenues/Postal Fiscals. 1877-83 Mint and used selection with 1877 embossed issues (11), handstamped Revenue overprints (25, with and without stop) and printed Revenue overprint (63) including S.G. F1-8 mint, 1d lilac-mauve bisect postally used on piece with 1d postage pair (S.G. F6a), S.G. F2, 3, 8 postally used, also Crown CC 6d Revenue overprint postally used, ten others with "A09" cancels most of which are probably forged. (99). £200-250
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Revenues/Postal Fiscals. 1882 Perf 15 1/- Green overprinted "Revenue", variety crossed lines on hill, mint (large paper hinge adhering) and fiscally used, very scarce. S.G. F5a, unpriced. (2). Photo on Page 226. £150-180
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1903-23 Selection comprising 1903 set, 1905-18 set with all shades and 1923 Tercentenary ½d - 10/- all mint, 1903 5/- used, also 1921-29 1d rose-carmine perfined "SPECIMEN", and 1926 local registered cover franked 1½d red pair, S.G. £1,000. (49 + cover). Photo on Page 100. £120-140
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1920-22 ½d Blue-green, watermark, Multiple Crown CA, variety "C" missing from watermark, partial offset on reverse, mint. With B.P.A Certificate (1993). S.G. 24a, £500. Photo on Page 244. £100-120
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1923 Tercentenary ½d - £1 set of thirteen overprinted "SPECIMEN", the £1 without gum, otherwise fine mounted mint. S.G. 48/60s, £800. (13). £80-100
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1926 Stampless cover sent within St. Kitts with black Official Paid c.d.s and oval "ADMINISTRATOR / ST. CHRISTOPHER & NEVIS". Also Leeward Islands 1928 £1, St. Kitts 1920-22 2/- vertical pair and £1, 1923 Tercentenary £1 all cancelled by the oval Administrator handstamp. (Cover + 5 stamps). Photo on Page 244 £120-150
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Cancellations. QV-KGV Stamps of Leeward Islands (47) or St. Kitts (29, also two covers and two fronts) with duplex or c.d.s village cancels, including Cayon rubber c.d.s. on 1926 registered front and 1930 stamp, Dieppe Bay duplex on 1928 registered front and rubber c.d.s on 1928 stamp, Old Road rubber c.d.s on 1928 stamp, Sandy Point c.d.s. on 1923 and 1926 covers. Also Paquebots, maritime and overseas cancels (23), an uncommon group. (103). Photo on Page 244. £200-250
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Anguilla. QV-KGV Stamps of Leeward Islands (13) or St. Kitts (39, also two covers) cancelled in Anguilla, with "AN" code duplexs, "A" code c.d.s or Anguilla Valley c.d.s, also scarce rubber cancels of Forest (3d on piece), Anguilla Road on 1928 "Marshall" registered cover or Blowing Point (2, single 1/- and 3d on piece). A good lot, with values to the 2/6, the philatelic but very scarce Anguilla Road cover having taken a week just to reach Anguilla Valley. (52 + 2 covers). Photo on Page 230. £200-250
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G.B Used in St. Lucia. 1856-57 4d Rose and 6d lilac cancelled "A11", the 6d with some trimmed perfs at base, both fine strikes. S.G. Z3/4, £750. (2). Photo on Page 226. £140-160
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1860-1936 Mint and used collection including 1860 1d, 4d (2) and 6d (2) mint, 1863 1d (2), 4d and 6d mint, 1864-76 perf 12½ 1d (2), 4d (2), 6d and 1/- mint, perf 14 6d and 1/- mint, 1881 and 1882-84 perf 14 surcharges mint and used, various 1860-84 re-entries and forgeries, 1883-98 die I and II sets mint, 1891-98 die II set used and a cover bearing die I 6d (2) + die II 4d, 1/-, 5/-, 10/-, 1891-92 surcharges mint and used with some varieties, all 1902-30 sets mint with listed shades, 1912-21 Specimen set, 1936 set mint, also St Lucia Steam Conveyance Ltd locals (8 + forgeries). A good collection. S.G. 1/124, £9,000 (approx). (285 + 5 covers). Photo on Page 226. £800-1,000
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1863 Unissued ½d on 6d and 6d on 4d surcharges, the 6d with glue mark and some paper adherence to reverse but good appearance and very scarce; and ½d on 6d tied to piece by "A11" cancel, unlisted used by Gibbons but apparently a genuine cancel, very unusual. S.G. 9/10, £1,170 + used ½d. (3). Photo on Page 244. £180-220
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1891-92 ½d on half 6d, a miscut pair on piece tied by "A11" cancel, two thirds of the left stamp with ½d surcharge variety figure "1" used as fraction bar, only one third of the right stamp with the ½d surcharge therefore misplaced to the left across the two stamps, very unusual. S.G. 54g, £450+. Photo on Page 212. £100-120
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1902-03 KEVII Crown CA set of five, 1902 Columbus 2d, and 1905 Multiple Crown CA 6d and 5/- all overprinted "SPECIMEN" and handstamped violet "ULTRAMAR", applied in Lisbon to Specimen stamps received from the U.P.U for distribution to the Portuguese Colonies. Minor toning and corner fault to ½d, scarce. (8). Photo on Page 244. £100-120
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Postage Dues. 1930 1d Block of six (2x3), centre right stamp with missing stop after "LUCIA", unused, fine. S.G. D1d, £330+. £100-120
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Postage Dues. 1930 1d Vertical strip of three, central stamp with handstamped number double (partly on the stamp above), this stamp with horizontal crease, unused, scarce. S.G. D1e, £900. Photo on Page 186. £150-200
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Postage Dues. 1930 1d Block of four, the lower right stamp with handstamped number double, the original number misplaced downwards, the second number struck in a smaller fount, unused, very unusual and scarce. S.G. D1e, £900+. Photo on Page 186. £240-280
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Postage Dues. 1930 1d Vertical pair, lower pair with handstruck number double, the original number misplaced upwards, the second number applied in a smaller fount type, unused, fine and scarce. S.G. D1e, £900. Photo on Page 188. £240-280
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