Jamaica: 1896 envelope from Britain to Jamaica endorsed ''via new york'' with stamps floated off, carried by the ''S.S. Ailsa'' which departed New York bound for the West Indies and South America but en route made anchor in thick fog and collided with the French vessel ''La Bourgogne''. Bearing label affixed in Jamaica from the G.P.O Jamaica George H Pearce dated 17th April, scarce. ? ? Minimal damage was made to the French ship but much damaged was sustained to the ''Alisa''. Coincidently the Postmaster of Jamaica George H Pearce was aboard the ship and was involved with the salvaging and process of recovered mail and possibly the only instance where a Postmaster this occurred. The ship after collision weighted anchor and headed towards Jamaica with the passengers and crew taking refuge in the rigging; when the ship made port (300 yards off Fort Hamilton) only the top of her funnel and her rigging were above water! (Image)

1860 1d rose-red horizontal strip of six (BG-BL) on piece from Kingston, tied by five fine strikes of "A01" numeral, with despatch cds on adjacent portion of flap. Light filing creases affecting "BG" and "BL" stamps. Ex Glassco, a most attractive usage, with lovely colour, SG Z2 (Image)

1858-60 Great Britain 1d rose-red, horizontal strip of 6 (DG-DL), cancelled by four fine light strikes of "A01" of Kingston. Lightly toned with light crease affecting the "DG" stamp, an attractive multiple, SG Z2 (Image)

1858-60 Great Britain 1d rose-red (RE), used with complete slightly blurred strike of "A52" numeral of Manchioneal. Toned, with perf faults, but a collectable example of this rarity. Only two singles recorded in the literature, SG Z94 (Image)

1802-1853 Selection of pre-stamp covers with an interesting range of markings and date stamps: 1802 to London with two-line mark "JAMAICA, 16 OCT 1802", 1822 to London with Fleuron, 1824 straight line "PORT MARIA" handstamp on local cover to Kingston, various Kingston date stamps on covers (11 in all), 1853 full strike of Goshen cds on cover to Liverpool, condition varies, a useful group (15 items) (Image)

POSTAL HISTORY: 1890-92 "640" numeral used at May Pen on three covers to England with various stamp combinations used to pay the 2½d rate, transit and arrival marks on reverse, a few small rust spots otherwise fine (Image)

1903 6d and 1/- Judicial optd stamps on OHMS pieces, both cancelled with full Black River cds (20 AU 1903), unrecorded for postal usage (Image)

POSTAL HISTORY: 1920-21 trio of fronts with scarce TRDs, Fort William, Lucky Hill, Southfield, full clear strikes (Image)

1939-1945 Collection of Jamaican censored mail, both transit and terminal censorship with Consular mail, two noted with label types unrecorded by Miller etc, mostly fine, (32 items) (Image)

1860-1986 mixed mint and used collection arranged on album leaves including mint 1893 5s, used includes 1905 5s, 1919 to 5s, 1956 to £1, and largely complete to 1986. Condition mixed with many fine. (hundreds) | NB: This lot is subject to 5% on the hammer price if purchased by a UK buyer (Image)

Town and Village Cancel Accumulation in ½ carton, one section with QV and KGV covers and fronts addressed to Groves and Lindley, Huddersfield, and another KGVI and QEII section with many addressed to De Laurence, Chicago. E.g. 1891 A53 with Spur Tree cds on local cover, 1938 registered Union Hill to England, 1938 Yallahs to England, 1950 Kensington TRD to England etc. Excellent hunting ground for the specialist (hundreds) (Image)

1860-1930 circa, collection of numeral and town cancel on 15 manila stock pages, A01-A82, E06-E58, F80-98, G13-G16, 193-647 etc., various village cancels and T.P.Os including railway cancels, good lot for the postal historian (Image)

1945-1990 (circa) collection of plate blocks and part sheets with many flaws and varieties noted, 1956 set to £1 in plate blocks of four with addition plate blocks of lower values, 1964 plate flaws in multiple blocks, 1969 overprint varieties etc., appears to be largely unmounted mint, a good opportunity for the specialist (thousands) (Image)

1880-1980 circa postmark collection mainly of village and town TRDs on cover and piece, including 1949 Caldwell, 1949 Flower Hill, 1971 Lakes Pen, 1946 White Hall, etc., large quantity, (thousands) (Image)