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1880 (June 14) Cover to England franked 1880 1/- with cork cancel (type not recorded by Proud), St Helena c.d.s and Cheltenham arrival backstamp, red “6” denoting postage due to G.B. A fine cover, ex Cottis. Photo on Page 216. £240-300
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1883 (Apr 16) Double rate cover to England franked perf 14 1/- yellow-green pair (S.G. 30), cork cancels (Proud K43), manuscript “1/-”, well repaired at base of address panel. Photo on Page 216. £200-250
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1884 (Apr 14) Mourning envelope to England bearing perf 14x12½ 6d (S.G. 25, faded to grey, as is usual for this stamp), cork cancel, St. Helena and Bristol datestamps. £160-200
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1889 (Oct 22) Long registered cover to Emil Tamsen in Waterberg, Transvaal, with oval “POST OFFICE / (crown) / ST. HELENA” in violet and Post Office wax seals, 2/6 postage paid by ½d and 1d pairs, 2d, 3d, 4d, 6d and 1/-, each with cork cancel type K56, red oval “REGISTERED / ST. HELENA” with St. Helena and Pretoria datestamps, unusual and attractive. £300-400
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1890 (Feb 21) Cover to USA franked 3d + 1/- (S.G. 42, 45, 1/- creased), cork cancel (Proud K57), St. Helena c.d.s and arrival backstamps, fine. Photo on Page 216. £200-250
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1890 (Feb 22) Cover to U.S.A franked ½d + 3d + 4d (S.G. 35, 42, 24) each tied by barred cork cancel (not recorded by Proud), St. Helena c.d.s, arrival backstamps. An unusual franking with the 1876 4d carmine. Photo on Page 216. £300-350
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1893 (Apr 24) Long cover to “His Excellency The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Stockholm” franked 6d + 1/- pair (S.G. 44, 45), Solomon Hogg & Co embossed flap with violet cachet “KONIGL. SVENSKA OCH NORRSKA CONSULATET PA ST. HELENA”, St. Helena c.d.s, London and Stockholm backstamps. Two vertical folds, otherwise fine and an unusual destination. £200-250
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1894 (Sep 25) Cover to New Bedford, Mass., probably from a U.S whaler, franked ½d + 1d + 6d (S.G. 36, 37, 44) with cork cancels (K69), St. Helena c.d.s alongside and manuscript “1½” postage due to G.B. Carried by private ship to G.B with Plymouth Ship Letter (Oct 21), New York and New Bedford backstamps. Photo on Page 216. £250-300
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1895 (Oct 1) Registered cover to Germany franked 1d + 2d pair + 6d each cancelled by the St. Helena c.d.s, red oval “REGISTERED / ST. HELENA”, London and Berlin datestamps. An attractive cover, unusual to have the c.d.s used as a cancellation at this date with cork cancels usually used. Photo on Page 218. £250-300
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1895 (Oct 30) Large registered O.H.M.S cover to USA, 1/9 six times rate paid by 3d and 4d strips of three, cork cancels (Proud K72), red oval “REGISTERED / ST HELENA”, datestamps of St. Helena, London and Camden, N.J. Vertical fold and slightly reduced at left, unusual. £200-250
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c.1896 Wrapper to London franked at the ½d printed matter rate, tied by cork cancel (K71), unusually without a datestamp applied, vertical fold, otherwise fine and a scarce ½d rate. £150-180
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1896 (Jan 22) Cover with “United States Consulate / at Jamestown, St. Helena” printed in the upper left corner, franked 6d grey + 1890 1½d tied by cork cancels (K72), a St. Helena c.d.s alongside, New York (Feb. 20) arrival backstamp, part flap missing, an attractive U.S Consulate cover. Photo on Page 218. £300-350
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1896 (Mar 17) Cover to Canada bearing 2½d single + pair, the single stamp with vertical flaw caused by a preprinting paper fold, tied by cork cancels (K72), St. Helena, Toronto and Winnipeg datestamps. Photo on Page 218. £200-250
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1896 (May 18) Cover to London bearing 2d pair + single (corner fault) tied by cork cancels (K76), St. Helena c.d.s on the front. £150-200
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1896 (Aug 8) Large registered O.H.M.S cover to France, 1/9 six times rate paid by 3d + 6d + 1/- (S.G. 42, 44, 45), cork cancels (Proud K71), red oval “REGISTERED / ST. HELENA”, datestamps of St. Helena, London and Grenoble, vertical fold, otherwise fine and unusual. £200-250
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1897 (Mar 8) Registered cover to England franked 1890 1½d strip of three, the right stamp with constant variety damaged top of “A” in “HELENA”, each tied by diamond shaped cork cancel (K77), red oval “REGISTERED / ST. HELENA” and datestamps of St. Helena, London (Apr 5) and Leicester. Also a mint 1½d with the damaged “A” variety. A fine and scarce pair, the cover ex Deakin. (2). Photo on Page 218. £240-300
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1897 (May 8) Registered cover to Cape Colony, 8d postage paid by 1884-94 ½d + 1d + 4d and 1890-97 ½d + 2d (S.G. 36, 38, 43c, 46, 49) tied by cork cancels (similar to Proud K80 but with nine bars), St. Helena c.d.s and red oval “REGISTERED / ST. HELENA”, Cape Town and East London backstamps, fine and attractive. Photo on Page 218. £150-180
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1898 (Dec 25/26) Cover to England franked 1d tied by cork cancel (Proud K83) with St. Helena c.d.s (Dec 26), the front endorsed and signed by the Postmaster “This letter was the first letter posted in St. Helena after the introduction of Imperial Penny Postage Xmas Day 1898, T.R Bruce, Postmaster, St. Helena”, arrival backstamp (Feb 8), minor staining. Also a cutting from the Dec. 23rd St. Helena Gazette announcing the 1d rate, to be introduced on Christmas day. A unique cover. Photo on Page 218. £400-500
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1899 (Oct 20) Long registered cover to Germany, 9½d postage paid by ½d pair + 2½d + 6d, all tied by fine cork cancels (K87), circular violet “R”, red oval “REGISTERED / ST. HELENA” and a St. Helena c.d.s all on the front, Hamburg backstamp, two heavy vertical folds well away from the stamps. £180-220
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1900 (Oct 17) Registered cover to Germany franked 1884-94 ½d, 1d (2, shades) and 2½d tied by St. Helena datestamps, oval “REGISTERED / ST. HELENA” and circular framed “R” both in violet, fine. £150-180
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1901 (Mar 9) Mourning cover to Holland franked 2½d, cork cancel (K95), St. Helena and Rotterdam datestamps. £100-120
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1901 (June 4) Cover to New York franked 1890 1d tied by a fine cork cancel (K105), St. Helena c.d.s and boxed “T (15)c”, carried on the “Galician” with Plymouth Ship Letter (June 29) and Brooklyn N.Y backstamps, the postage due not collected in the U.S.A, minor edge creases, attractive and unusual. Photo on Page 218. £180-220
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1901 (June 8) Cover to London franked 1890 1d tied by cork cancel type K102, St. Helena and London (July 1) datestamps on the front, redirected to Shoeburyness, fine. £120-150
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1901 (July 15) Cover to England franked 1896 1d carmine tied by cork cancel type K101, a St. Helena c.d.s alongside, endorsed “Per S.S Zambezi via Cape Colony”, August 16 arrival backstamp. The S.S “Zambezi” left St. Helena on July 16th, the only time it ever called at St. Helena. A fine cover. £120-150
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1902 (July 24) Cover to Germany, 2½d postage paid by 1884-94 ½d, 1890-97 1½d and 1902 KEVII ½d tied by St. Helena datestamps, an unusual commercial use of stamps from three different issues. The reverse endorsed “G. Ely, Deadwood Camp”, P.O.W mail no longer censored at this late date two months after the war ended. Minor creasing, unobtrusive vertical fold. £120-150
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1902 (Nov 26) Long O.H.M.S Cover to Paris, 7d postage paid by ½d pair + 6d tied by St. Helena datestamps, black circular “R” and oval “REGISTERED / ST. HELENA”, arrival backstamp with wax Postmaster seal, vertical fold at left. £100-120
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1904 (Feb 1) Registered cover to Mrs Horace Soper, Island of Rodrigues, Mauritius, Indian Ocean, franked 1887 3d tied by St. Helena c.d.s, circular framed “R” and oval “REGISTERED / ST. HELENA” with datestamps of Cape Town, Durban and London. An exceptional destination. Photo on Page 218. £400-500
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1887 (Oct 30) Letter from W. Grey-Wilson, Governor of St. Helena, on notepaper of The Castle but written from his residence “Plantation”, to his mother in England, sent by diplomatic bag with a 1d lilac cancelled in London (Nov 15), the envelope signed “W. Grey-Wilson” in the corner. The letter includes news of the arrival of ships, the arrival and departure of various troops, Sir Donald Currie arrived and had a meeting to discuss the new mail service. Minor staining, unusual; Grey-Wilson saved 5d postage by sending this in the diplomatic bag. £180-200
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1888 (Aug 26) Letter from W. Grey-Wilson, Governor of St. Helena, on notepaper of The Castle, to his mother in England, sent by diplomatic bag with a 1d lilac cancelled in London (Sep. 12). The letter includes news of the arrival of the steamer “Mexican” and various ships. Minor staining and the 1d stamp torn through upon opening, unusual; Grey-Wilson saved 5d postage by sending this in the diplomatic bag. £140-160
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1895 (May 20) Envelope (flap missing) simply addressed “The Children” with violet oval cachet “THE CASTLE / 11 JUNE 1895 / ST. HELENA”, the enclosed letter from Lady Grey-Wilson in Edinburgh, apparently sent within a packet, probably by diplomatic bag, to her husband with the Castle cachet applied upon arrival. Possibly unique, all other recorded examples of this type CH2 cachet on documents. Photo on Page 222. £180-200
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1902 KEVII 2d Frame Die Proof in black on white glazed card, stamped “BEFORE / HARDENING” and dated “3 JAN 03”, 92x60mm, fine. Photo on Page 208. £300-350
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1903 ½d - 2/- Specimen sets of six, one set with De la Rue Specimen overprints (S.G. 55/60s, £275), the other set with local violet handstamp type SH2, both fine mint, also additional 1d Specimen with violet “ULTRAMAR” handstamp applied in Lisbon. (13). £150-180
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1902-12 Picture postcards franked 1902 ½d pair or 1d (5), 1903 ½d pair or 1d (7), to G.B (7), France, U.S.A, Egypt, South Africa (2), Sweden or Northern Nigeria, various views of St. Helena, the card to Northern Nigeria (with arrival datestamps) a real photo of Government House probably sent by the Governor, two other cards showing Boer P.O.Ws, one card stained, otherwise fine. (14). £240-280
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1912 KGV 8d Frame Die Proof in black on white glazed card, stamped “BEFORE / HARDENING” and dated “2 JUL. 12”, 92x60mm, fine. Photo on Page 208. £300-350
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c.1921 Stamp size photographic essays for four 1/- - 10/- stamps, the designs all with the Badge of the Colony ship and rock design within various flames, a white void oval for the King’s head, dated on reverse “30-10-33” or “14-12-36” (2/6, 5/-, 10/-) being the date when these were mounted into the printers archive record books, 1/- essay creased, a unique archival group. (4). Photo on Page 210. £1,200-1,500
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1923 4d, Corner plate blocks of four containing the varieties cleft rock and broken mainmast, upper left block mounted in the left margin only with all stamps unmounted, lower left block mounted on the upper two stamps and margin with the cleft rock variety unmounted. S.G. 92a/c, £615. (2 Blocks). £160-180
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1923 4d, Variety cleft rock, also a block of four including stamp 7/1 with damaged shrouds variety, all fine used, the cleft rock variety uncommon used. S.G. 92c, £300+. (5). Photo on Page 210. £100-120
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1922 £1 Grey and purple on red, fine mint. S.G. 96, £450. Photo on Page 210. £120-140
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1922-27 Multiple Script CA ½d - 15/- overprinted “SPECIMEN”, missing the 3d value, otherwise complete and fine mint. S.G. 97/100, 103/113s. (15). £300-350
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1923 2d Grey and slate overprinted “SPECIMEN”, variety torn flag, fine mint. Rare, only seven examples possible with this Specimen overprint. Photo on Page 210. £400-500
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1923 3d Bright blue overprinted “SPECIMEN”, variety torn flag, fine mint. Rare, only seven examples possible with this Specimen overprint. Photo on Page 210. £400-500
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1923 8d Grey and bright violet overprinted “SPECIMEN”, variety torn flag, fine mint. Rare, only seven examples possible with this Specimen overprint. Photo on Page 210. £400-500
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1922-37 Multiple Script CA ½d - 2/6, 7/6 and 10/-, also 1½d deep carmine, 5d green and carmine red on green, and Multiple Crown CA 4d, 1/6 all fine mint. S.G. £550. (18). £120-140
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1922-37 Multiple Script CA ½d - 10/-, also ½d grey-black and black and Multiple Crown CA 1/6, 2/6 all fine used. S.G. £900. (18). £200-240
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1923 ½d Grey and black, marginal blocks of four with varieties damaged value tablet and torn flag, corner plate blocks of four with varieties broken mainmast and cleft rock, the damaged value tablet block lightly mounted mint, broken mainmast block mounted in the margins only with the stamps unmounted, the other two blocks unmounted. S.G. 97a/c, e, £764+. (4 Blocks). £200-240
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1936 ½d Grey-black and black lower left corner plate number pair, the corner stamp with cleft rock variety, mounted mint, also similar 1923 grey and black pair. S.G. 97c, hc, £399. (2 Pairs). £100-120
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1936 ½d Grey-black and black, unmounted mint block of thirty, right half of sheet with margins on three sides, plate number in upper and lower margins. S.G. 97h, £540. £140-160
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1922 1d Grey and green corner plate blocks of four with broken mainmast and cleft rock varieties and marginal block of four with torn flag variety, broken mainmast block unmounted, cleft rock block mounted in the margin only with toned gum and crease to right stamp, torn flag block lightly mounted. S.G. 98a/c. £450+. (3 Blocks). £120-140
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1923 1½d Rose-red, corner plate blocks of four with broken mainmast or cleft rock varieties, and marginal block of four with torn flag variety, unmounted mint, corner blocks mounted in the margins only. S.G. 99a/c, £335+. (3 Blocks). £100-120
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1923 2d Grey and slate, varieties broken mainmast and cleft rock, both fine used. S.G. 100a,c, £360. (2). £100-120
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