Great Britain and British Commonwealth British West Indies
Sale No: 229
Lot No:857
Symbol:CPS
Mostly commercial covers including some postal stationery and a few PPCs, noted Jamaica 1840s pre-stamp outers to London x2, Bermuda 1893 to USA, Bahamas 1919 'WAR TAX' overprints covers x2 and 1960s airmails with values to 2/-, Dominica 1954 airmail to Australia with QEII 48c, St Kitts 1944 airmail to UK with KGVI 1/- & 3d, St Lucia 1947 OHMS piece with 10/- Arms, also British Guiana, Cayman Islands, St Christopher, St Vincent, Trinidad & Tobago, registered, taxed, postmark interest, etc, condition mixed but many fine.
(100+)
BARBADOS: Nice little lot of Britannias comprising Blued Paper 1d deep blue, White Paper ½d yellow-green & 1d deep blue, Imperf 6d rose-red, above-average 5/- rose, 'HALF PENNY' plate proof in black, and '1D.' on 5/- bisect SG 86, Cat £1300; also 1850 entire from Trinidad (b/s) & 1856 to Trinidad with 1d blue (full margins but small corner fault) and 'JU5/1856' b/s with no inscription.
(7 + 2 covers)
Sale No: 229
Lot No:860
Symbol:Ω
Cat No:Collection
TRINIDAD: 1851-55 Blued Paper 1d brick-red x2, 1854 White Paper 1d rose-red, 1852-60 Lithographs 1d blue from various printings x5 & 1d red block of 4 (unused), 1860 Clean-Cut perf 1d, 1861 Rough Perf 4d brownish lilac, 6d yellow-green & 1/- indigo, 1863 Perf 13 1/- bright mauve, 1869 5/- (faded) & three different bisects on small pieces, condition variable, Cat £3000+; also 1834 entire to Cuba with superb 'TRINIDAD' h/s in red, 1841 outer to London, 1850 defective outer to Scotland, 1859 cover to "Barbadoes" with Imperf 1d SG 12, b/s 'MR25/1859' with no office name, 22mm & 25mm 'TRINIDAD' cds & 'MA28/1859/ 3' arrival of St Philip, and large 1861 piece to Dominica with 1d rose-red (a few trimmed perfs).
(23 + covers)