

ST KITTS & NEVIS: Nevis 1877 (May 12): Cover ex the 'Maynard' correspondence to New York franked 1867/76 Recess Issue 4d. orange tied by 'A09' obliterator with NEVIS cds in association at left, "NEW - YORK / DUE 5 CTS." datestamp alongside stamp, reverse with "St. THOMAS" transit cds (May 14). Fine and attractive. Provenance: Collection Federico Borromeo, Spink sale 15010, January 2015, lot 11


ST LUCIA: 1834 (10 AU) Entire from Castries to France forward through London with transit backstamp, Aix arrival, rated 1/2 and 90 centimes.


ST LUCIA: 1839 (12 Dec) Folded cover to Scotland with St Lucia fleuron on reverse, endorsed 'Post Paid Single Sheet', rated 2/2, red tombstone London arrival 27 JA 27 1840, Scotland entry (Jan 28), overpaid 1s2d as new rate came into force in January for mail from the West Indies, being prepaid not refundable, rare as such, fine


ST LUCIA: 1886 (Aug 25): Registered cover to Bordeaux franked with Fiscals 3 d. deep blue optd. in crimson in a horizontal pair, 1 s. orange and 1884/85 1 d. dull mauve (3), tied by "St. LUCIA" eds in black with large oval 'R' below. Oval "REGISTERED / LONDON" transit in red and 'CALAIS à PARIS' TPO cds on front, arrival backstamp. A rare three colour franking and a most attractive and rare usage. SG F19 + F20 + F28 Provenance: Harmers, London, 12 Dec 2007, lot 791


ST LUCIA: 1892 (AP 29) Registered envelope to USA franked 1d. dull mauve pair + 2 1/2d. ultramarine tied by St Lucia C c.d.s. with oval registered datestamps for New York and Portland, fine ST LUCIA crown seal over flap.


ST LUCIA: 1911 (JU 29) Envelope to Germany franked 1904-10 3d. + 1s. green and black tied by Castries c.d.s., oval ‘R’ alongside, Charlottenburg arrival backstamp, fine.


ST LUCIA: 1924 (AP 4) Registered envelope to England franked KGV bottom marginal 1s. orange-brown tied by rare AUSE.LA.RAYE St Lucia c.d.s. (error Ause for Anse), boxed St Lucia R cachet in violet alongside, Castre transit and hooded London registered c.d.s. in red backstamps, fine.


ST LUCIA: 1927 (19 May) Envelope imprinted Government House, St Lucia on backflap with seal intact franked 2d. grey tied by violet 3 line CASTRIES / ST LUCIA / 19th May 1927, rare provisional datestamp as all the original datestamps which were destroyed in a fire on the night of May 14th when most of the capital was damaged. Used only from 15th-20th May.


ST LUCIA: 1935 (3 JY) Commemorative envelope to USA for King George V Birthday Anniversary franked Silver Jubilee 2 1/2d. variety ‘dot to left of Chapel’, SG 111g, tied by Castries c.d.s., fine.


ST LUCIA: 1938 (19 AP) Envelope to USA franked 1936 1 1/2d. + 2d. tied Castries c.d.s. with scarce boxed LATE FEE alongside.


ST LUICIA / GREAT BRITAIN MARITIME: 1887 (6th Feb) envelope to England from Lt.R.F.Phillimore RN. serving on H/M/S. Calypso , franked GB 1883 4d dull green (SG 192) cancelled on arrival with B16 (Plymouth to Bristol TPO), posted omn board the RMS Solent arriving in Barbados Feb 7th, transferred to RMS Moselle arriving Plymouth on Feb 17th, Devonport on Feb 20th. ex Geoff Osborn naval mail sale, Cavendish 21/6/2007


ST VINCENT: 1846 (26 Jan) Entire to Madeira routed via London with London red paid tombstone cancel on front, boxed returned for postage in red (?), taxed ‘160’ on arrival, fine.


ST VINCENT: 1846 (July 25th) Folded cover to England with St Vincent double arc on reverse, carried by 2Eagle" to St Thomas, by "Teviot" to to Fayal in the Azores, diverted for an unscheduled stop at Madeira because of a riot there on AU 9, London 20 8 arrival bs


ST VINCENT: 1863 JA 8 A defective but important cover and one of only two recorded of the first type St Vincent OHMS with embossed arms of the colony on the flap. The envelope seems to have been used unofficially as a strip of paper was pasted over the OHMS legend and a 6d stamp paying the ½ oz. rate was affixed. This stamp (1862 6d. green) was subsequently cut out and replaced with a similar example. Date stamped with the small St Vincent cds for JY 8 (JY used in error for January). London transit and Hungerford arrival marks dated January 31.


ST VINCENT: 1868 (Feb 25): Cover to the Duke of Polignac in Paris franked with 1862/68 4 d. deep blue, no wmk., perf. 11-12½, a used horizontal pair cancelled by 'A10' obliterator, the left-hand stamp tied additionally by "St. VINCENT" despatch cds in red-brown ink. Manuscript credit '7' in red crayon, "LONDON PAID" transit (March 16) and oval PD in red, PARIS arrival backstamp. Slight file fold at right but a most attractive and rare cover. Provenance: Collection L.J. Gilbert-Lodge, H.R.Harmer sale 3282, Nov 1964, lot 64 SG London, 4 Sept 1979, lot 87 Collection Peter Jaffe, Spink sale 6002, March 2006, lot 189 Collection Besancon, Corinphila sale 266, June 2021, lot 2844

STRAIT SETTLEMENTS / JAPAN: Japanese Occupation twice used envelope fronts stuck together due to paper shortage, earlier item used from Negri Sembilan franked 20 on 5c, latter Straits 8c grey with Japanese postage due ovpt. tied by REMBAU/F.M.S. cds with scarce Japanese censor in red

Straits Settlements: 1888 cover to Cambridge, endorsed “Per First Mail” franked 10c. tied by red pen cross and bamboo lozenge, Penang cds to left, arrival backstamp. Stamp with fault at bottom right, still good appearance.


SUDAN: 1896 (Nov 15): Stampless cover to England endorsed "Dongola Province No Stamps procurable" with "WADI-HALFA" despatch cds, framed 'T' handstamp and "2½D / F.B." charge applied at London, reverse with CAIRE transit cds. Without backflap, scarce.

SUDAN: 1908 1 1/2pi. orange brown registered postal stationery envelope mint ovpt. SPECIMEN twice, fine.



SWAZILAND: 1890 (14 JY) envelope to Holland franked 1889-92 1/2d + 1d + 2d + 6d + 1s all tied by '718' barred cancel with EMBEKELWENI cds in association (SG1,3,4,5,6) with Pretoria (JU 18), Capetown (JU 23) and Stadskanaal arrival (13 AU) bs's, philatelically inspired (Duiven correspondence, very slightly toned, spectacular 5 colour franking RPS Cert. 1994