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1927 5d green and deep carmine on green, and 1936 5d green and carmine-red on green both in lower left corner plate number pairs, the corner stamp with variety cleft rock, the 1927 pair unmounted. S.G. 103c/dc, £675. (2 Pairs). £160-180
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1923 8d Grey and bright violet, unmounted block of ten (columns 1-2 from the left of the sheet), margins on three sides with plate number in upper and lower margins, including varieties cleft rock and broken mainmast, superb and scarce. S.G. 105a/c, £424+. £140-160
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1927 1/6 Grey and green on green, watermark Multiple Script CA, lower left corner marginal pair with partial plate number, corner stamp with cleft rock variety, fine mint. S.G. 107c, £467+. £120-140
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1885 (May/June) Covers with “FLAGSHIP LANCASTER” on the flap, both to Ellsworth, Maine, franked at the 7½d rate, May 18 cover franked ½d + 1d + 6d, June 8 cover franked ½d (3) + 1d + 2d + 3d, type K47 cork cancels with St. Helena c.d.s on the front (one with italic “85” year), New York and London backstamps. A fine and attractive pair; the U.S.S “Lancaster” sailed from West Africa to Brazil stopping at St. Helena from May 16 to June 9. (2). Photo on Page 222. £750-1,000
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1893 (Dec 20) Cover headed “From No RA57098 Gr. W. Fitzgerald RA St. Helena” and countersigned by the Captain commanding the St. Helena Detachment R.A, addressed to Edwin Healey & Co (stamp dealers) in London, franked at the 1d soldiers rate (small defect at base of stamp) tied by cork cancel (K69), St. Helena c.d.s and London backstamp. Photo on Page 222. £400-500
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1918 (Apr 4) Picture postcard to England franked by two ½d stamps (which depict Government House), message referring to the stamps says “Our Colonel, who is acting Governor, lives there”, with violet boxed “PASSED BY / CENSOR”. Uncommon, this censor cachet apparently only used on mail from troops on the island. £100-120
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c.1916 Stampless picture postcard of the Union-Castle Line S.S “Balmoral Castle, headed “On Active Service, S.A.O.C, Balmoral Castle, St. Helena” (message “staying here 6 hours”) with violet oval “3rd South African Infy / OFFICIAL FREE / TRANSVAAL REGIMENT”, addressed to Cape Town with partial arrival datestamp, very scarce and unusual. Photo on Page 222. £160-200
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c.1945 Covers from Lieut. Tyrell, St. Helena, both to Wiltshire and redirected to Sussex, both headed “On Active Service”, one stampless, the other unusually franked ½d + 3d, both with undated “POSTAGE / PAID” machine applied in London, stampless cover with 30 AP 45 arrival backstamp, the stamped cover with violet “PASSED BY CENSOR / NO / 4490” and a P.C 90 Opened by Examiner 6977 seal. A scarce pair, few troops stationed on St. Helena during World War Two. (2). Photo on Page 222. £250-300
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1902 (July 5-22) Postcard and reply card (outward half) with fine attached drawings or paintings of President Steyn and Louis Botha by the French P.O.W Maurice Le Gall, both cards self addressed to Le Gall in Deadwood camp, the July 5 card with scarce violet triangular “PASSED / BY CENSOR / ST. HELENA / HEAD OFFICE” (only used April - August 1902), the July 22 card not censored. A fine and rare pair of cards from this talented artist. (2). £450-550
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1900-01 Picture postcards all written by the French P.O.W Maurice Le Gall, a talented artist, posted to France, two franked 1d (a third with stamp removed), violet circular censor cachets initialled “J.H.M.B” by J. Brown or “EW” by E. Walton (2, faults), the first card very fine. (3). £180-220
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Pictorial notepaper produced by prisoners of war, an unused sheet depicting Deadwood Camp, and sheet with printed and handpainted map of the island with a message written by the French P.O.W and artist Le Gall. (2). £100-120
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1900 (Nov 8) Cover from H.H Steyn to Middelburg, Cape Colony, franked 1d tied by cork cancel (K95), violet circular censor cachet initialled “E.W” by E. Walton, endorsed “unknown” and returned, Middelburg and St. Helena (Aug. 17 01) datestamps and scarce violet “RETURNED / LETTER” applied in St. Helena, minor faults. Photo on Page 222. £220-260
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1901 (Feb 19) 1d Reply card (outward half) to Holland with fine black “•DEAD•WOOD•CAMP•” struck across the printed stamp, violet circular censor cachet initialled “E.W” by E. Walton, arrival c.d.s, small central hole at upper edge, otherwise very fine. Photo on Page 222. £200-250
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1901 (Mar 21) Registered cover from Deadwood Camp to Belgium with ½d pair + 6d tied by cork cancels (K104), violet circular censor cachet initialled “EW” by E. Walton, circular framed “R” and oval “REGISTERED / ST. HELENA” and datestamps of St. Helena, London and Mons, a red Belgique registration label applied. An attractive registered cover. Photo on Page 224. £200-250
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1901 (Sep 5) Picture postcard to France, the message written from “Rock-Rose” probably by a P.O.W on parole, a 1d stamp unusually applied on the picture tied by cork cancel (K104), the reverse with violet triangular “PASSED BY / CENSOR / DEADWOOD” initialled “EW” by E. Walton, St. Helena and Lugny datestamps, unusual. Photo on Page 224. £200-250
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1901 (Dec 12) Picture postcard to France franked 1896 1d, superb cork cancel (K106) with violet “PRISONERS OF WAR / CENSOR / BROAD BOTTOM CAMP” initialled “HM” by H.G Mortimer, despatch and arrival datestamps. £120-150
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1902 (Feb 17) Cover from Capt. de Witt Hamer (signed on reverse) to Holland franked 2½d tied by a fine cork cross (K97, state 2), St. Helena c.d.s and violet triangular “PASSED BY / CENSOR / DEADWOOD” initialled “PR” by P. Roux, minor edge faults, an attractive cover. Photo on Page 224. £180-220
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1901 (July 31) 1d Postcard from N. Prak, Librarian at Deadwood Camp, to Paris with violet circular censor cachet initialled “PR” by P. Roux, arrival c.d.s, very fine. £120-150
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1900 (Dec 18) Registered cover to Germany franked ½d + 2d + 1896 2d, cork cancels (K98) with black circular framed “R” and oval “REGISTERED / ST. HELENA”, violet circular censor cachet initialled “F.W.A” by F.W Alexander, St. Helena, London and Berlin datestamps. £150-200
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1900 (Aug 23) 1d Postcard (outward half) addressed to the stamp collector Dr Plowright (an early author on Boer War censor cachets), written by Capt. de Witt Hamer from Walbro Cottage on behalf of Revd. Winter who had left the island two days earlier, with violet circular censor cachet initialled “J.H.M.B” by J. Brown. A fine card from de Witt Hamer, then on parole at Walbro Cottage. Photo on Page 224. £200-250
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1901 (May 30) Cover to Cape Colony franked 1896 1d tied by cork cancel (K104), circular violet censor cachet initialled “CdeB” by C. de Beer, a green Opened Under Martial Law seal applied at Uitenhage, reverse with arrival datestamp and light “•DEAD•WOOD•CAMP•”. £150-180
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1902 (Apr 26) Picture postcard to Germany bearing two ½d stamps, red circular censor cachet initialled “VA” by Baron Von Ahlefeldt, these initials only recorded March-May 1902, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 224. £200-250
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1900 (Nov 22) Brown paper envelope to Germany franked 2½d tied by cork cancel (similar to K92), violet circular censor cachet with red initials which appear to be unrecorded in the new book by Mabbett & Vevers, possibly “GM”. Photo on Page 224. £200-250
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1901 (Dec 24) Cover to the Boer Women’s Camp at Port Elizabeth, an 1896 1d tied by cork cancel (K106) with violet “PRISONERS OF WAR / CENSOR / BROAD BOTTOM CAMP” initialled “GAdeB” by G.A de Beer, a white Opened Under Martial Law seal tied by Port Elizabeth Press Censor cachets. £120-150
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1901 (Jan 30) 1d Reply card (outward half) written by Col. A Schiel to Germany, violet circular censor cachet initialled “WJPM” by Capt. W. Marling, corner crease, otherwise fine and very scarce, these censor initials only recorded in Jan/Feb 1901. Photo on Page 224. £250-300
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1901 (Apr 27) Picture postcard of Deadwood Camp posted to Germany, a 1d stamp with central cork cancel (K102), brown circular censor cachet initialled “a.w.p” in pencil by Lt. Arthur Phelps, a fine straight line “•BROAD•BOTTOM•CAMP•” in matching brown ink, St. Helena and Munich datestamps. Creased at right edge, otherwise fine. Photo on Page 224. £180-220
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1901 (Nov 13) 1d Reply card (outward half) written by Col. A. Schiel to Germany, black circular censor cachet containing handstruck initials “a.w.p” of Lt. Arthur Phelps, only recorded October-December 1901, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 224. £250-300
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1901 (Aug 5) Registered cover to Germany bearing eleven different ½d - 5/- stamps (all values, both 1893 and 1897 ½d), probably all the stamps then available at the Post Office, tied by cork cancels (K98), light violet “PRISONERS OF WAR / CENSOR / BROAD BOTTOM CAMP” with handstruck initials “a.w.p” of Lt. Arthur Phelps, black circular “R” and oval “REGISTERED / ST. HELENA”, datestamps of St. Helena, London and Altona. Clearly a philatelic franking, still attractive and very unusual, the stamps totalling 7/9. Photo on Page 226. £200-250
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1901 (Sep 23) 1d Postcard from Otto Scheffler, registered to Germany franked 1893 ½d (2) + 1896 1d, the stamps with cork cancels (K101), the postcard stamp tied by St. Helena c.d.s, black circular framed “R” and oval “REGISTERED / ST. HELENA”, the reverse with superbly handpainted arms and flags of the Transvaal and O.F.S (contrary to P.O.W regulations, which forbade these on mail). A fine and rare illustrated registered postcard. Photo on Page 226. £500-600
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1900 (Nov 13) Cover from Col. de Witt Hamer to his wife in Pretoria, three 1d stamps tied by cork cancels (K95), St. Helena c.d.s and violet circular censor cachet signed “J.B Leefe, Colonel, OCT”. Col. Leefe, Royal Marine Artillery, commanded the troops in St. Helena (see Mabbett & Vevers page 221). The only recorded example of this censor cachet used by Col. Leefe (not recorded by Mabbett & Vevers). Photo on Page 226. £500-600
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1901 (Mar 9) Cover from Otto Scheffler to Germany franked 1896-97 ½d + 1d pair, cork cancels (K98), St. Helena c.d.s, violet “•BROAD•BOTTOM•CAMP•” and circular censor cachet unusually without censors initials, rarely found on outgoing mail. £150-200
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1900 (May 27) Picture postcard from Copenhagen to “The Danish Prisoners at St. Helena, via Southampton” franked 5ore, black circular censor cachet without initials, unusual from Denmark. £120-150
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1901 (Dec 18) Mourning cover to Jan Van de Watt, Broad Bottom Camp, a 1d lilac tied by Field P.O 8 single ring c.d.s used at Ficksburg, violet circular “PRISONERS OF WAR / CENSOR / BROAD BOTTOM CAMP” without initials. £100-120
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1901 (Sep 4) Cover from the Dutch Consul in London, to Capt. de Witt Hamer, Walbro Cottage, St Helena, with arrival c.d.s and violet triangular “PASSED BY / CENSOR / DEADWOOD”. £120-140
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1902 (May 9) Registered cover from Holland to Capt. de Witt Hamer at Walbro Cottage, franked 10c + 25c tied by Middelburg datestamps with pink registration label, arrival c.d.s (May 25) and violet triangular “PASSED / BY / CENSOR / ST. HELENA / HEAD OFFICE”, only used May-August 1902, fine and unusual. Photo on Page 226. £150-200
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1900 (Sep 11) 1d Reply card (reply half) written by a P.O.W in St. Helena but apparently posted from Cape Town to Austria, cancelled by numeral “1” with a Cape Town c.d.s (Sep. 26) alongside, two circular censor cachets presumably applied in South Africa, arrival c.d.s of Teplitz-Schonau (Oct. 15), very unusual. Photo on Page 226. £150-200
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1901 (Sep 25) 1d Reply card written by P.O.W Ad. Merkel, to Germany cancelled by St. Helena c.d.s with light Broad Bottom Camp Censor initials “a.w.p”; also 1901 censored cover from Wellington, Cape Colony, to “W.F Smith, Prisoner of War, c/o Military Commandant, Dead Wood Camp, St. Helena”. (2). £70-80
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1902 (June 30) Registered cover to Germany with 1896 2d + 2½d, fine cork cancels (K106) with circular framed “R” and oval “REGISTERED / ST. HELENA”, violet triangular “PASSED / BY / CENSOR / ST. HELENA / HEAD OFFICE”, St. Helena, London and Missunder datestamps. An attractive registered cover from Col. A. Von Braun (signed on reverse), the Head Office censor cachet used May-August 1902. Photo on Page 226. £200-250
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1902 (Feb 11) Registered cover from Rostock to Colonel Von Braun in St. Helena, franked Germany 40pf tied by Rostock c.d.s and bearing a registration label, London and St. Helena (Mar. 2) datestamps, red triangular “PASSED BY / CENSOR / DEADWOOD” on both the front and reverse with rare “OPENED UNDER / MARTIAL LAW” censor seal on yellow paper, only recorded used Jan. 28 - March 2. Central vertical fold, otherwise fine, very few St. Helena censor seals recorded. Photo on Page 226. £500-600
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1902 (July 15) 1d Postcard to Holland, written by Capt. de Witt Hamer from Walbro Cottage, no longer censored at this late date over six weeks after the war had ended. £100-120
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1902 (Sep 20) Cover to Holland franked 2½d, endorsed from F. Van der Vein, Apple Cottage, a former P.O.W no longer living in the camps; the final P.O.Ws were repatriated from St. Helena to South Africa in October 1902. £100-120
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1748 (Jan 17) Entire letter from John Wiatt in St. Christopher, to his cousin “Mrs Ann Wiatt at the Angel, Dale Street, Liverpool” endorsed “p. the Nancy Capn Cowley, Q.D.C”. Posted upon arrival at Liverpool as an inland letter, backstamped “PORTS / MOUTH” and endorsed “Forwd p. Stretch Cowley”, charge 7d. A rare and unusual early letter from St. Kitts. £200-250
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1762-65 Entire letters from St. Christopher to James Gordon, merchant in Madeira, sent to the Jamaica Coffee House in London, 1765 letter privately carried endorsed “p. Capt. Smith” (of the “Galloway”), 1762 letter charged 5d with London Bishop Marks, the letter advises that ten pipes of wine were shipped in the “King of Prussia” that was captured and must be claimed on the insurance. Also 1776 letter from Madeira to Alexander Gordon at the Jamaica Coffee House endorsed “Cadiz 27 Dec. 76 forwd by Sir yr mt obt Hl Servts Butlers & Mathews” with red Andalusia handstamp and London Bishop Mark, the letter mentioning the burning of Basseterre. (3). £350-400
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1768-94 Entire letters from St. Kitts to G.B all carried by private ships, endorsed “p. the Rowley Capt Kiddall Q.D.C” with “DOVER / SHIP LRE” (S1, 1768), “Capt R. Ashington, New Success” with “DEAL / SHIP-LRE” (S4, 1792) or “p. Sarah” with “GREENOCK / SHIP LETTER” (S12, 1829), all fine and unusual; most prestamp mail from St. Kitts went by packet. (3). £400-500
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1795 (May 16) Entire letter charged 11d from St. Christopher to London “p. Capt. Sargeant”, carried on the “Barzillia” with superb “WEYMOUTH / SHIP LRE” (S1), containing two sight notes for £100 each payable after 60 days. The letter mentions the short turn around time of the convoy, resulting in half the sugars made in the parishes of Dieppe Bay and Sandy Point being left behind. Photo on Page 228. £400-500
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1796 (July 28) Entire letter to London “p. Susannah Shelton” with fine curved “DEAL / SHIP LRE” (S5), charged 1/-, a sight note for £360 payable in 30 days and a list of sundries supplied to the estate enclosed. £300-350
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1806 (Aug 14) Entire letter to Edinburgh with reasonable “ST KITTS” large fleuron datestamp on the front, charged 4/8, apparently disinfected. £150-200
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1813 (June 4) Entire letter from St. Christopher to London endorsed “Packet”, forwarded by boat to Tortola to catch the “Eliza” packet, handstamped “TORTOLA / 9 JUN 1813”, charged 2/2. Central file fold, otherwise fine and rare. Photo on Page 228. £250-300
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1829 (Feb 13) Entire letter to Glasgow endorsed “p. Sarah” with superb “GREENOCK / SHIP LETTER” (S12), charged 1/2. An unusual port for mail from St. Kitts. £150-200
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1831 (Mar 15) Entire letter to London with superb “WORTHING / SHIP LETTER”, carried on the “Julia”, Capt. Smith, charged 1/4. Maria Cleghorn writes that she is returning 60 yds of dark blue persian cloth, sent instead of sky blue and a colour that never sells. The earliest and possibly first known example of this scarce ship letter. Photo on Page 228. £500-600
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