ANTIGUA

Cover to Liverpool dated April 11, 1874 franked with Queen Victoria 6d blue-green perf. 12½ vertical pair, tied by the A18 obliterator of English Harbor. A very fine strike of the scarce ENGLISH HARBOR AP 11 74 datestamp appears on the reverse along with Liverpool 29 AP 74 arrival. Ex. Dale-Lichtenstein.

BAHAMAS

Soldier's cover dated April 23, 1870 from "No. 1275 Pte Tho" Henry, 2 West I. Regiment, addressed to Jamaica. The Commanding Officer has countersigned in the lower left corner. Cover is franked with a Queen Victoria 1 penny rose-red tied by A05 obliterator. Letter was unclaimed and returned as evidenced by the markings on front. The "RETURNED LETTER BRANCH / JAMAICA" handstamp is seven years earlier than the earliest known date listed in Proud's Postal History of Jamaica book.

BARBADOS

Folded letersheet dated 1858 to Baltimore franked with two 1 penny blue Seated Britannia imperforate singles and tied by "1" oval grids. Double weight usage, with stamps showing payment of the local rate and the Crowned Circle cancel showing payment of 8d of foreign postage. Endorsed "via Havana". Partial New Orleans April 7 1858 transit datestamp on front.

BRITISH HONDURAS

Double advertising registered cover to London dated May 26, 1885 franked with Queen Victoria 4 pence mauve pair and cancelled by "O" obliterator of Belize. The front advertises the Belize Union Hotel with its logo while the reverse advertrises the 1884-85 Worlds Industrial and Cotton Exposition in New Orleans with a panoramic engraving of New Orleans and the Mississippi River.

CAYMAN ISLANDS

Locally addressed cover dated May 31, 1913 franked with George V 4d single that is tied by Rural Post Collection handstamp. The handstamp was applied by the driver of a horse-drawn cart who collected mail from rural parts of the island between 1908 and 1916.

GRENADA

Perkins Bacon & Co. working die proof for the engine turning background used in the undenominated Chalon Head design. Frame lines have been ruled in for the for the first issue Grenada stamps of 1861. The only known example of this working die proof. Image has been enlarged to show detail.

JAMAICA

Prepaid letter from Jamaica to London dated 7th April 1811, endorsed "post paid P.Pkt. Q.D.C." and bearing the "PAID TO ENGLAND" Foster Type PD1 handstamp in purple ink to indicate prepayment of the double rate (1/1d from Jamaica to Falmouth and 11d from Falmouth to London at the 1805 rate, times two). Sent per the packet Princess Amelia which arrived in Falmouth on July 2, 1811. Prepaid covers during this time are rare due to the high cost of postage and the risk of loss in transit, especially during the Napoleonic War. Only two other covers are known with this handstamp. Illustrated in Foster's Jamaica book and Robertson's Ship Letters book. Ex. C.E. Patrick and Martin Willcocks.

NEVIS

Mourning cover dated Aug. 12, 1877 to New York franked with Medicinal Spring 4d deep orange single, cancelled by A09 obliterator. St. Thomas Aug. 13, 1877 transit cds on reverse.

ST. CHRISTOPHER

Cover to Nevis dated May 28, 1888 franked with Queen Victoria One Penny on 2½d provisional single, tied by A12 obliterator. A scarce in-period use of this stamp during the first month of issue.

ST. LUCIA

Locally addressed cover dated May 6, 1904 franked with cut square embossed double-ring oval SAINT LUCIA / INTERNAL REVNUE / ONE PENNY stamp affixed with extraneous gum and initialled (probably while in sheet form for security purposes). Supported by PAID AT ST LUCIA Crowned Circle handstamp. The Crowned Circle, struck in black, was used during a shortage of one penny stamps from late April to early May 1904 (see Gibbons note after CC1 listing). The embossed revenue stamp is unlisted, but two loose singles with similar initialing have been reported. An extraordinary means of meeting the shortage of one penny stamps, and the only known cover bearing this revenue adhesive.

ST. VINCENT

Registered cover from Calliaqua to England bearing a 1881 ½d orange-yellow single plus 1883 2½d on 1d lake strip of three to pay the 4d U.P.U. rate plus 4d registration fee. Stamps tied by A10 obliterators. Full CA MR 28 83 cds in lower left corner and straight-line Calliaqua REGISTERED handstamp on front and back. The only known cover bearing a CA abbreviated datestamp and only one of two known covers bearing a ½d orange-yellow stamp. This cover is illustrated on page 98 of Messenger's St. Vincent book and in the center photoplates of Ted Proud's Postal History of St. Lucia and St. Vincent book. Ex. Grainger, Messenger, Jaffe.

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