Argyll Etkin Ltd Sale

TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS continued...

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1876

1922 2/- Die Proof in black, die sunk on white glazed paper, 52x66mm, fine and rare. Photo on Page 266. (Image1)

Est. £600-700

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1877

1927 Undenominated "Postage" Master Die Proof in purple on blue paper, attached to an archival piece endorsed "appd for 10/- duty 24.9.27" and initialled. The 10/- value was issued in 1928 in these colours, but using the "Postage & Revenue" die. An exceptional use of a Master Die for the production of a colour trial at this late date. Unique, from the De La Rue archives. Photo on Page 260. (Image1)

Est. £500-600

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1878

1922 1½d Scarlet (2) and carmine, also 4d, 5d and 3/- pairs in the issued colours, imperforate plate proofs on gummed watermarked paper, fine and scarce. (9). Photo on Page 264. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10)

Est. £400-500

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1879

1928 Imperforate ½d "Postage & Revenue" colour trials on watermarked paper with part gum, in the colours adopted for the ten values from 1d to 10/-, fine and rare. (10). Photo on Page 264. (Image1)

Est. £2,000-2,500

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1880

1949 U.P.U 2½d Photographic essay in the adopted design, reverse numbered "1", from the Waterlow archives. Photo on Page 260. (Image1)

Est. £100-120

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1881

c.1893 Newspaper wrappers both made of similar green paper, one with a curved flap to Bermuda bearing 1893 ½d on 4d setting 2 (S.G. 67, endorsed "Received 2 August 1893"), the other with a three sided flap to New York franked ½d green die II (lower position of wrapper below address removed), "T1" cancels. Both items probably sold as prestamped provisional issue stationery by the Post Office, the ½d surcharge only applied to mail by the Post Office and an uncommon stamp on cover. (2). Photo on Page 256. (Image1)

Est. £300-350

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1882

1886-92 Covers to USA franked 4d grey or 2½d red-brown, "T1" cancels with type D3 or D4 Turks Island datestamps alongside. Also original 1873 Act annexing Turks & Caicos Islands to Jamaica. (3).

Est. £160-200

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1883

1896-1900 Covers comprising registered covers to Switzerland or USA franked ½d + 4d and registered cover to Barbados franked ½d + 2½d, cover to France with five ½d stamps, 3oz cover to USA with 2½d strip of six, philatelic cover to G.B franked 4d + 5d, and covers to USA (3), G.B or Jamaica all franked 2½d. (11).

Est. £400-500

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1884

1896-1900 Covers (5) and a front all bearing recess issues, comprising covers to USA bearing ½d green (3) + 1d or ½d + 1d pair (one with throat flaw), two covers to England franked 1d, philatelic cover to England franked 1d strip of three, and a registered front to Holland (address partly deleted) with 1/- sepia block of eighteen, the first two fine and attractive. (6). Photo on Page 256. (Image1)

Est. £300-350

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1885

1897-1900 Registered covers to the USA, the 4½d rate paid by ½d green (3) + 1d (3), or ½d green (7) + 1d, both fine and attractive. (2). Photo on Page 256. (Image1)

Est. £250-300

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1886

1897 (Sep 10) Registered A.R cover to USA, 7d postage paid by ½d green (4) + 2½d ultramarine (2), endorsed "Per S.S Saginaw" and "A.R", a fine and attractive A.R cover. Photo on Page 256. (Image1)

Est. £180-200

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1887

1901-13 Covers bearing 1900-08 Badge of the Islands issue, comprising covers franked 1d to G.B or Canada, 2½d to USA (3), 2½d pair to USA (2), registered covers to USA with ½d + 4d, 2d + 2½d pair or ½d pair + 1d + 3d, registered cover to G.B franked 3d, and other philatelic registered covers franked 6d to USA, 1/- to France or Barbados, 4d + 6d to Germany, or to the USA with the seven values from ½d to 1/-. (16).

Est. £350-400

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1888

1902 (May 1) Registered cover to Germany franked 4d grey + 1889 1d on 2½d each cancelled "T1", philatelic but still an uncommon stamp on cover.

Est. £120-140

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1889

1910-13 Covers (8) and a postcard bearing 1909-11 KEVII issue, comprising a card to USA and cover to G.B franked 1d, registered covers to Canada or G.B franked 3d, registered cover to G.B franked ¼d pair + 2½d, registered cover to France franked 2d (2) + 2½d, registered cover to USA franked ½d + 1900-04 4d, and philatelic registered covers franked 1/- or 3/-. (9).

Est. £200-240

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1890

1913-54 Covers with KGV stamps (45 covers) or KGVI stamps (12 covers), also a QV stamp used on a 1939 cover, includes registered covers (32), newspapers or printed matter franked ½d (5) or 1d to USA, covers bearing War Tax stamps (10), etc., most to USA or G.B, others to Canada, India, British Guiana, Australia, South Africa or sent locally, frankings up to 5/-, many philatelic but about two dozen appear commercial. (58).

Est. £700-800

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1891

1892-1936 1d Postcards (2) and covers (5) all with messages or letters from the Turks Island Postmaster, comprising 1892 1d on 1½d postcard sent to Budapest, 1896 1d card to the Colombian Consul in Jersey acknowledging a £12 Money Order for stamps, 1910 registered cover to G.B franked 3d with handwritten letter from L. Lea Smith confirming a stamp order and 1911 cover to Canada franked ¼d strip of four with a personal letter from Lea Smith, 1912 registered cover to G.B franked 2d + 4d and 1936 registered cover franked 6d to USA with enclosed forms listing stamp orders. Also 1894 preaddressed USA 1c envelope sent to the Postmaster with enclosed letter asking for details of how many stamps were surcharged ½d in 1893, with short reply "Dont know", posted back to the USA, a Turks Island stamp probably applied over the 1c embossed stamp and now removed, very unusual. (7).

Est. £200-250

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1892

Cancellations/Handstamps. 1918-70 Covers, selected cancels or cachets comprising handstruck slogans (4) including 1932 "BUY / BRITISH / GOODS" (July 6, Proud HS2 only recorded in August 1932), underpaid covers with circular framed "T" (2, one with St. Lucia 1d + 2d dues), 1951 "MISSENT TO TURKS ISLAND" (not recorded by Proud), 1921 Turks Island c.d.s used at Salt Cay, 1926-29 Turks Island c.d.s code "B" used at Cockburn Harbour (3, one with enclosed letter from the Postmaster and C.O.P with datestamp), double ring datestamps of Salt Cay (4) or Cockburn Harbour (2), 1970 air letter from British F.P.O 1042, also a registered letter C.O.P and 1928 form requesting 4/7 duty on a parcel. (20).

Est. £450-500

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1893

WW2 Censorship. 1942-45 Censored covers to USA (7), G.B (2), Bermuda or Virgin Islands, and a cover from USA to Grand Turk, five censored in Turks Islands with handstruck octagonal "(Crown) / PASSED / D. / 43" or a P.C 90 label "OPENED BY / EXAMINER D. / " with manuscript "43" (4), two others to USA with scarce "PASSED BY CENSOR" (one also with similar "OPENED BY CENSOR") probably applied in Turks Islands, one with P.C 90 label "I.D. / 8824" applied in Jamaica, others censored in USA (3) or G.B. A good lot, one from Cockburn Harbour. (12)

Est. £700-900

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1894

Official Mail. 1924-52 Stampless O.H.M.S covers, two 1924 registered covers with violet boxed "POSTAGE / PAID" (PD4, only recorded in 1924, one with edge faults), the other five with large Official Paid c.d.s (OPD4), one 1928 cover with oval "POSTMASTER / TURKS ISLANDS" dated cachet, also a 1947 air letter franked 6d with the same Postmaster cachet in a rather worn state. (8).

Est. £200-250

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1895

Maritime Mail. 1904-51 Covers (9), picture postcards (3) and pieces (3) all with Turks Islands stamps, comprising 1909 pieces cancelled at Avonmouth with "SHIP LETTER / AVONMOUTH / BRISTOL" alongside (3); Elder Dempster & Co. postcards all franked 1d (3); 1909 cover to Nova Scotia franked 1d cancelled violet "SEMINOLE" with arrival backstamp (also a Clyde-Mallory Line card of the ship); covers cancelled by K.N.S.M handstamps of S.S "Astrea" (2), "Amor", "Calypso" and "Luna"; covers with Paquebot machine cancels of Southampton or Kingston, Jamaica; and 1914 registered cover to G.B with "U.S SEA POST / REG" backstamp. (15).

Est. £400-500

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1896

Picture Postcards. 1905-40 Postcards, nine postally used franked ½d (4), ¾d or 1d (4), one posted from the Dominican Republic, five unused. (15).

Est. £280-320

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1897

Forwarding Agents. 1905 (Nov 28) Picture postcard to New York with violet "FORWARDED BY / W.R TATEM & Co / SALT CAY, T.I" alongside the view of salt bearing loaded into carts, the 1d stamp cancelled eight days later at Grand Turk. Very scarce, three examples of this F.A.C supposedly recorded; Salt Cay did not have a Post Office until 1917. Photo on Page 256. (Image1)

Est. £200-240

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1898

Incoming Mail. 1896-1924 Covers from G.B (4) or Seychelles comprising stampless 1896 O.H.M.S cover with Principal Probate Registry cachet and red London Official Paid c.d.s to The Postmaster, Turks & Caicos Islands; 1897 Seychelles 30c envelope franked 15c to E.J Cameron, Commissioner, Turks Islands and redirected to England; 1896 cover franked 2½d to E.J Cameron, also two later G.B covers with faults. (5).

Est. £240-280

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1899

Formula Registration Envelopes. 1881-97 Envelopes comprising 1881 (Dec 15) G size envelope with boxed "REGISTERED" in serified capitals at upper left, 1891 (Mar 26) G size and 1897 (Jan 11) H size envelopes both with oval framed "R" at upper left, all to England, the first franked 4d ultramarine, the other two franked 1/- sepia. A scarce trio, registration envelopes introduced in 1881 (see postal notice in the appendix to "Challis"), one example of this first type envelope recorded by Challis in the Ludington collection; the later envelopes listed as types PRE 2/3 by Challis, who recorded three examples of the size G envelope and one size H envelope. The 1881 envelope also with the earliest recorded use of the oval Registered datestamp (R6, recorded by Proud from 1884). (3). Photo on Page 276. (Image1)

Est. £400-500

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1900

Formula Registration Envelopes. 1894-1901 Envelopes with oval framed "R" at the upper left corner, size G envelopes to Germany franked 1/- sepia or to USA franked 1d + 6d, and size H envelopes to England franked 1/- sepia or to Holland franked 1900 ½d + 2d (2). Also 1950 size G formula envelope to USA. A scarce group. (5).

Est. £350-400

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