BWISC Bulletin No. 18 - July 1958


AUCTION GLEANINGS

H. R. HARMER LTD. SALE. MARCH 3rd-4th, 1958. Antigua; 1862. no wmk., perf. 14 to 16 x 11 to 13 6d. blue-green. S.G.3. part o.g., centred to top-right, very fine with R.P.S. Cert., £38. Bahamas: 1863-80, perf. 12½ l/- green, S.G.32, part o.g., fine, £25. Barbados: 1858, no wmk., imperf. 6d. deep rose-red. S.G.11a, unused, large margins, from right of sheet and very fine, £22. Cayman Islands; 1908, 2½d. on 4d., S.G.24, part o.g. fine, £33. Grenada: 1881, wmk. Broad-pointed Star 2½d. deep claret. S.G.25, part e.g., centred slightly to top-right, £14. St. Vincent: 1881, 4d. on 1/- vermilion, S.G.32, unused, centred to bottom, fine, with B.P.A. Cert., £42. Turks Islands; 1873-79, l/- lilac, S.G.6, part o.g., centred to right, good colour and extremely fine, £85. ½d. provisional on 1/- slate-blue, S.G.24a, part o.g., well centred and extremely fine with B.P.A. Cert., £120. SALE. MARCH 11th. Grenada: July 1875 l/-, error "SHLLIING", S.G.16a, lightly cancelled, centred to lower-left, fine with B.P.A Cert., £18 10/-. SALE. MARCH 24th-25th. British Guiana; 1856 4c. black on magenta, S.G.24, lightly cancelled, initialled "EDW", cut octagonally, fine appearance but a little thinned, £44. SALE. APRIL 1st. Jamaica: 1905-11, 5d. variety "SER.ET", S.G.41a, part o.g., fine but upper-left corner rounded, £20. St. Vincent: 1881, 1d. on 6d. bright green, S.G.31, part og and fine, £14 10/-. SALE. APRIL 22nd. Grenada: 1883, "POSTAGE" diagonally, half of 1d. orange and green, an unsevered pair, S.G.28a. lightly cancelled, centred to right, very fine, £40. Virgin Islands 1867-68, with coloured margins 1/- crimson on blued paper, S.G.20, unused, fine, but with some perfs. clipped at bottom with R.P.S. Cert., £9 10/-. SALE. MAY 19th-20th. Jamaica: 1919-21, l/- orange-yellow and red-orange, the very rare error frame inverted, S.G.85a, a well centred example with double-lined circular black town cancellation dated "DE 24-21", the postmark is probably of MANCHIQNEAL but is rather smudgy, very lightly creased otherwise extremely fine, £390.


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