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.
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Lot No: 1848
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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).
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Lot No: 1849
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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).
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Lot No: 1850
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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. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1851
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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.
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Lot No: 1852
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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.
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Lot No: 1854
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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.
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Lot No: 1855
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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. (Image1)
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Sale No: 58
Lot No: 1856
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1852 (Apr 15) Long cover from Glasgow to St. Kitts "p. Steamer Parana", prepaid 10/- in cash, the rate for a 5oz letter, very unusual.
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Lot No: 1857
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1860-66 Cover and a front with postage prepaid in cash, comprising 1860 cover to London paid 5d and 1866 front from Sir Benjamin C.C Pine, Lieut. Governor of St. Kitts, to Cambridge paid 11d, both with red circular unframed "ST. KITTS / PAID". (2). Photo on Page 228. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1858
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1862-65 Entire letters from St. Christopher to U.S.A, the 1862 letter a legal document from the U.S Consul certifying the arrival of the Schooner "Rowena" from Philadelphia with a cargo of bread and provisions, sent unpaid to Philadelphia with octagonal framed "6" charge (4c inland + 2c ship); and 1865 letter to New York reporting the arrival of the "Laura Pride" with "NEW YORK SHIP LETTER / 4" c.d.s. The 1862 letter with file folds, otherwise fine, an uncommon destination from St. Kitts. (2).
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Lot No: 1859
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1868 (Mar 27) Cover to France prepaid 7½d in cash, with red "ST KITTS / PAID" c.d.s, oval "PD", red London Paid c.d.s (Apr. 18) and French arrival datestamps, unusually fine. Photo on Page 228. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1860
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1882 (Oct 12) Cover to London franked 1882 Crown CA 4d blue cancelled by the circular undated "APMY" cancel, fine and a very scarce stamp on cover, replaced by the 4d grey stamp in 1884. Photo on Page 228. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1861
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1881-89 1½d Postal stationery postcards, two 1881-82 cards to Trinidad or London cancelled by the scarce straight line "APMY" within a circle, four other 1885-89 cards from the Postmaster W. P Pearce to the eminent philatelist Dr. C.W Viner in Bath (2) or the dealer J.B Moens in Brussels (2) with interesting messages regarding provisional surcharges or other philatelic matters. (6).
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Lot No: 1862
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1882-83 1d Postal stationery postcard to England franked ½d, and a 1½d card to U.S.A "Per S.S Muriel", both cancelled by "ST. KITTS" 20mm c.d.s, very scarce used as a cancellation. (2).
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Lot No: 1864
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1883-89 1d Postal Stationery postcards franked ½d, to London (2) or Germany, all cancelled "A12", the 1½d rate for cards to destinations over 300 miles, one card to Germany with vertical fold, otherwise fine and scarce. (4).
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Lot No: 1865
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1884 "The St. Christopher Gazette" newspaper dated April 11th, posted to England franked 1d carmine-rose cancelled "A12", datestamps of St. Kitts (Apr. 25) and Hull (May 12) alongside. An exceptional postally used newspaper.
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Lot No: 1866
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1884 "The St. Christopher Advertiser and Weekly Intelligencer" newspaper dated April 8th, posted to England franked 1d carmine-rose cancelled "A12", datestamps of St. Kitts (Apr. 10) and Hull (Apr. 28). An exceptional postally used newspaper, including an advertisement for the Advertiser Office printing establishment (which overprinted the Four Pence on 6d stamps in 1884).
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Lot No: 1867
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1884-90 Postal stationery postcards comprising 1887 1d postcard to Sweden handstamped "T" and charged 7ore; 1884 1½d card to The Postmaster, Turks Island, from the St. Kitts Postmaster W.P Pearce asking if any of the 1881 provisional are still to be had as he would like one of each for his collection; 1885 1½d card to Bassin, Santa Cruz, with St. Thomas and Christiansted datestamps; and 1890 1d card to Ponce, Porto Rico. Scarce destinations. (4).
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Lot No: 1868
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1884-1910 QV Postal Stationery cards comprising 1879-82 first issue 1d used and unused, 1½d used (4) and unused (2), 1887 second issue 1d and 1½d (3) all used, five cards from the Postmaster W.P Pearce (three 1884 cards to Stanley Gibbons or J.B Moens, two cards sent to Montserrat in 1910, sixteen years after they were supposedly demonetised), Leeward Islands 1d cards (2), 1½d cards from Grenada (2) and 1d cards from Dominica (2) to St. Kitts with arrival datestamps, 1d card from G.B to Montserrat with St. Kitts transit c.d.s. Also 1889 illustrated Bill of Lading with a 1d stamp, and picture postcards (5), three scarce fold out double length cards. (25).
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Lot No: 1869
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1886-87 Covers to New York, two franked 4d grey, a double rate cover franked 4d grey pair and a registered cover franked ½d (5) + 1d + 2½d paying the 6d rate, all cancelled "A12", the registered cover with piece missing from lower right corner, otherwise fine. (4).
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Lot No: 1870
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c.1890 Handwritten statements given by the Postmaster W.P Pearce, three other Post Office employees and Corporal French of the Leeward Islands Police, regarding the attempted theft of letters from the American mails received at the Post Office from S.S "Pretoria" by the postman Theophilus Rogers. A unique and interesting document.
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Sale No: 58
Lot No: 1871
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Antigua Used in St. Kitts. 1890 "The Christopher Advertiser" newspaper dated February 25th, endorsed "p. Bookpost" and franked by an Antigua 1d cancelled "A12", datestamps of St. Kitts (Mar 15) and Halifax, Canada (Mar. 28), address band missing. A unique and remarkable item, the only recorded newspaper from St. Kitts with an Antigua stamp, used in Jan. - March 1890 due to a shortage of St. Kitts penny stamps. Photo on Inside Front Cover. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1872
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Antigua Used in St. Kitts. 1890 (Feb 27) Cover to "J.H Read, Postmaster, Antigua" with Antigua 1d (6, two singles + two vertical pairs) each cancelled "A12", St. Kitts c.d.s on the front, horizontal fold below and clear of the stamps, otherwise fine. The Antigua 1d stamps were authorised for use in St. Kitts in January - March 1890 during a shortage of 1d stamps.
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Lot No: 1873
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1892-1901 Covers from St Kitts bearing Leeward Islands stamps, with cover to U.S.A bearing ½d - 5/- set of eight with additional 5/- (S.G. £700 as stamps), covers to G.B franked 2½d or registered with fourteen ½d stamps, 2d registration envelope to France franked 2½d pair, 1d postcard to Italy and 1d envelope registered to U.S.A franked 1d + 2½d, also two picture postcards. (8).
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Lot No: 1879
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1955-61 QEII Postal History, the collection on pages including 1960 newspaper sent internally franked ½a, air letters to U.S.A (2, one special delivery), rare Cayon and Sandy Point registration labels used by the G.P.O in Basseterre, 1955 Princess Alice Appeal handstruck slogan cancels (4), etc. (19).
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Lot No: 1880
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Village Cancels. 1885-1945 Covers and cards (23), registered fronts (2), stamps and pieces (47) and picture postcards (10), the fine collection on pages including 1885-90 postcards from Estridge; 1896 1d postcard and 1897 cover franked ½d + 1d pair to U.S.A both from the sub-postmaster of Cayon with manuscript date alongside the stamps; 1903 cover with five 1d on 6d surcharges and three other covers or cards with St. Kitts "CA" duplex of Cayon; registered front and three stamps or pieces with the rare Cayon rubber datestamp; cover and registered front with St. Kitts "DB" duplex of Dieppe Bay; 6d block on piece and stamp with Dieppe Bay rubber datestamp; 1901 cover to G.B and five later cards or covers with St. Kitts "SP" duplex of Sandy Point; covers with "SP" c.d.s (2); 1902 1d card written from Old Road; 1926 registered cover with St. Kitts "OR" duplex of Old Road; WW2 censor covers from Old Road (3), etc. A very scarce group, probably the finest collection of these village cancels ever formed. (84). Photo on Page 228. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1881
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Wreck Mail. 1919 Cover and card to England with differing boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN SEA WATER", the cover franked War Tax 1½d tied by St. Kitts duplex (Nov. 18), the St. Kitts picture postcard with the stamp washed off (dated 28/11/19 by the sender). Both carried on S.S "Imperator" which sailed from New York on Dec. 11th, arriving at Southampton ten days later, the mails damaged by appalling weather en route, scarce from St. Kitts. (2). Photo on Page 236. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1882
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Paquebot Mail. 1930-38 Covers and cards with stamps of St. Kitts-Nevis (7) or Leeward Islands (2, St. Kitts return addresses) with Paquebot cancels of Pointe a Pitre (2), New York (4), Boston or St. Johns, Antigua, all with ship or High Seas cachets, another card with stamps cancelled by S.S Fort St. George cachets and St. Johns c.d.s alongside, seven commercial, also three picture postcards, Paquebot mail unusual from St. Kitts. (12).
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Sale No: 58
Lot No: 1883
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Nevis. 1862-c.1920 Mint and used collection including 1862 perf 13 set mint (additional 1d), 6d and 1/- used, 1867 perf 13 4d mint, 1/- used, 1871 1/- used, 1882-90 Crown CA set mint, Leeward Islands used in Nevis including QV 1/- pair, 5/- and three covers franked QV 1d, St Kitts-Nevis used in Nevis with 1903 cover franked 1/- and three other covers, etc. Also eight 1981-87 covers bearing Nevis Official overprint issues. A few minor stamp faults, a useful collection with scarcer stamps. S.G. £3,500+. (62 + 15 covers).
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Lot No: 1884
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St Christopher. 1870-88 Mint and used collection on pages, virtually complete including 1875-79 perf 14 set mint and used (additional 2½d red-brown used), 1882-90 Crown CA mint and used sets both with the scarce 6d olive-brown (only 500 printed), a few watermark varieties with 1886 1/- mauve watermark inverted used, surcharges including 1886 4d on 6d no stop variety mint and used, also forgeries (9) and bogus essays (2), and an 1887 (June 25) letter from the Postmaster W.P Pearce concerning the 1887 1d on ½d provisional surcharge which Pearce sold at twice face value, a good lot. S.G. 1/28, £6,500 (approx). (107). Photo on Page 198. (Image1)
