383rd Auction

"A03" DEMERARA, British Guiana, barred oval obliterator (Parmenter & Gordon 3HOS), four faint to fair strikes tying St Vincent 1862 1 d. rose-red, one horizontal pair and two singles to a small piece, vertical pressed crease on third adhesive, otherwise fine. An extremely rare and late usage of the cancel, certificates Dr Knopke (2006) and RPSL (2015)

1861/99, unused and used collection with a few duplicates, incl. revenues, some better values, specimen and a revenue postally used, together with a postal stationery card, a wrapper and some forgeries for reference; some occasional faults, mostly fine to very fine

1861/1979 (ca.), extensive unused and mostly used collection in three albums, strength in the issues up to the 1890s, starting with a 1775 Ship Letter to London (one of the earliest entires known from St Vincent) and an assortment of Abbreviated Village Datestamps with "BA" Barrouallie, "BEQ" Bequia (x2), "CA" Calliaqua (x2, one in black), "CH" Chateaubelair, "CO" Colonarie, "K" Kingston (x5, one in red), "RAB" Rabacca (x2), followed by a strong selection of mostly used classics, many better items like SG-Nr. 10 used (cert. BPA), 28a unsevered pair used (cert. RPSL), 34 both used and unused, 35 used (x2, small faults), 11 wmk reversed and inverted used (cert. Brandon), etc., together with a very fine group of covers and Revenue stamps used postally. Some occasional faults or light sulphurisation in the classics, overall a remarkable lot in fine to very fine condition

1861/1979 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used duplicates in one stockbook, together with a few stamps from Natal, Grenada and St Lucia, mostly fine to very fine