STRAIGHTLINE AND OTHER POSTMARKS continued...
| Lot |
Symbol |
CatNo. |
Lot Description |
CV or Estimate |
| 1021 |
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 JAMAICA/31 JAN 1801, mostly clear strike of 36mm circular date stamp on the reverse of 1801 folded letter datelined at Woodstock to Air, Scotland, manuscript "4/10" rate and
red "D/Mar 25, 1801" backstamp, very fine; there is no record of this marking in Foster, Potter or other Jamaica literature that we could find. (Image) |
Est. $500-750
SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1022 |
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 PORT-MARA/JA, bold 38x11mm straightline postmark, misspelling Port Maria as always, across the backflap of 1803 folded letter from London to Kingston, manuscript "1/3"
rate and "p Renard" directive, climatically browned, otherwise very fine and rare; probably dropped at the Jamaica Coffee House and carried by a ships captain, entering the mails at Port Maria; letter with fully typed transcript. (Image) |
Est. $150-200
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1023 |
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 Black River, clear manuscript town marking on reverse of 1812 folded letter from Thatchfield to Edinburgh, mostly clear "JAMAICA/17 JAN" fleuron postmark (Foster Ty. 1a)
also on reverse, front with manuscript "IPPd 1/3" (Inland postage paid) and postmaster's initials "AG", "p Packet" directive and "2/3" rate and red "MA/3/BM/1812" arrival datestamp, flap torn not affecting the markings, otherwise fine and rare;
only two examples of this manuscript postmark are recorded by Foster; accompanied by fully typed transcript of the letter. (Image) |
Est. $300-400
SOLD for $525.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1024 |
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 Black River, clear manuscript postmark in a different hand than the previous lot (not recorded by Foster) on the reverse of 1814 folded letter to London, two light
overlapping strikes of "JAMAICA/1 AP/1814" fleuron datestamp also on reverse, front with manuscript "single - inland postage paid 1/3" and with "AM" postmaster's initials, "packet" directive and "2/2" rate, red London arrival backstamp, very fine;
unrecorded by Foster and probably unique; a letter to sister seeking not to be put in jail for debts, accompanied by a fully typed transcript. (Image) |
Est. $200-300
SOLD for $240.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1025 |
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 Ruaway Bay, clear manuscript postmark on reverse of fresh small 1815 folded letter to Pemberton Valley, St. Marys with manuscript "p post" and "7 1/2" rate, extremely
fine; unrecorded by Foster and believed to be unique; accompanied by a fully typed transcript of the letter. (Image) |
Est. $200-300
SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1026 |
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 VERE/JA, clear "watery' brown 21x11mm straightline postmark on reverse of 1815 folded letter to Yorkshire, well struck "JAMAICA/27 FE/1815" fleuron datestamp (Foster Ty. F3a)
also on reverse, front with manuscript "Pd 7 1/2" inland rate, "packet" directive and "2/4" packet rate, very fine; this differs from the Ty. 3 15x11mm postmark listed in Foster and is 23 years earlier, though it is listed in Potter as #8,680.01,
probably unique; accompanied by fully typed transcript of the letter. (Image) |
Est. $300-400
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1027 |
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 Ship Letter/JAMAICA in double oval with crown at center nicely struck on 1816 folded letter from Kingston to Glasgow, "JAMAICA/6Ap6/16" fleuron backstamp (Foster Ty.
F3b), manuscript "HMB Drake" directive and "2/8" packet rate, stepped "PORTSMOUTH/SHIP LETTER" entry handstamp, red London transit and "3/8" rate for inland transmission, boxed "Add 1/2d" Scottish border tax, very fine; letter with fully typed
transcript; 1974 Robson Lowe certificate; ex-Urwick, Cameron. (Image) |
Est. $300-400
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1028 |
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 Green Pond, bold manuscript postmark on the reverse of 1819 folded letter from Hunterston to Ayr, Scotland also showing light strike of Jamaica fleuron datestamp, front
with manuscript "7 1/2" inland rate, "Packet" directive with "2/6" packet rate and Glasgow transit datestamp with boxed "1/2" Scottish tax handstamp, very fine; this style of manuscript postmark differs from the three types recorded by Foster;
accompanied by fully typed transcript of the letter discussing coffee and market prices. (Image) |
Est. $150-200
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1029 |
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 JAMAICA/JA 30/1820/F, rimless handstamp (Foster Ty. TL1) struck in green as always by the Falmouth Packet Office on late letters arriving in England from Jamaica on
1820 folded letter from Spanish Town to Greenock, Scotland, manuscript "Packet" directive and "2/6" packet rate, "Glasgow/3 FEB/1821" arrival postmark with incorrect year date slug, very fine and rare, with fewer than 20 examples recorded by
Foster. (Image) |
Est. $300-400
SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1030 |
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 Green Pond, clear manuscript postmark in red on 1820 folded letter from Melrose Pen to Melrose, Scotland, with beautifully struck "JAMAICA/9MR9/1820" fleuron
datestamp alongside (Foster Ty. F4a), front with matching red "7 1/2 Paid" inland rate, "2/3" packet rate and boxed "1/2" Scottish tax handstamp, fresh and very fine; Foster records only seven examples in red, however this is a different style than
the three types he shows; accompanied by fully typed transcript of the letter. (Image) |
Est. $200-300
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1031 |
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 SAVANNAH-LA-MAR/JA, partially clear 55x4mm straightline postmark across the backflap of 1823 folded letter from Westmoreland to Edinburgh with fumigation slits,
Jamaica fleuron transit datestamp also on reverse, manuscript inland postage paid postmaster's notation at top right, "p Sandwich Pkt" directive and "2/5" packet rate, red arrival backstamp and boxed "1/2" Scottish tax handstamp, fine and scarce
fumigated usage; accompanied by a typed transcript of the letter. (Image) |
Est. $150-200
SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1032 |
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 KINGSTON/JAMAICA/AU 2/1824, well struck rimless c.d.s. (Foster Ty. K2) on reverse of large folded cover to Scotland showing "3 1/4 oz" notation and " £1/11/5" rate,
"p Packet Boat Starling/Aug 3rd 1824" directive, boxed "1/2" Scottish mail tax handstamp, very fine; a remarkable usage at thirteen times the 1/3 Packet rate and thirteen times the 1/3 Inland rate from Falmouth to Hawick. (Image) |
Est. $200-300
SOLD for $290.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1033 |
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 1826 Slave carried letter from Perrins to Blue Mountain Estate, Morant Bay, endorsed "By E. Francis/with two others" at lower left, fresh and very fine; an unusual
item showing carriage of the mail by three slaves between estates.The letter, of which a fully typed transcript is included, starts with: "I now send Sambo under charge of Edward Francis. I hope you'll be able to make something of him, he says he
will stay at Bch if you will give him a trade, but for the sake of example it would not perhaps be quite right to allow him his own way of it. Charge your people to keep a good watch on him as he is a very slippery & plausible fellow. (Image) |
Est. $150-200
SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1034 |
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 COMMERCIAL ROOMS, clear one-line straightline forwarding agents handstamp (Foster Ty. CR6) across the backflap on reverse of 1827 folded letter from Green Pond
to Ayr, Scotland, faint Kingston backstamp, "p Ship Mary" directive and "5/-" packet rate, stepped "DARTMOUTH/SHIP LETTER" entry backstamp and "1/11" inland rate, boxed "1/2" Scottish mail tax handstamp, Glasgow transit and Ayr arrival backstamps,
very fine and rare (Rowe rarity 8); accompanied by a fully typed transcript of the letter. (Image) |
Est. $200-300
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1035 |
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 Little River P.O., beautifully written manuscript postmark on reverse of 1829 folded letter from Cinnamon Hill to London, "JAMAICA/JA 5/1829" fleuron backstamp, front
with manuscript "Express post paid", "pr Packet" directive and "2/6" packet rate, "2/2" rate for inland transmission and red London arrival backstamp, fresh and very fine; this precedes Foster's earliest recorded usage of this very rare postmark by
one month. (Image) |
Est. $300-400
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1036 |
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 MANCHIONEAL, mostly clear 51x4mm straightline postmark (Foster Ty. 4a) across the flap on reverse of 1829 folded letter to Ayr, Scotland, Jamaica fleuron datestamp
also on reverse, front with manuscript "Pd 7 1/2" domestic rate, "packett" directive and "2/6" packet rate, Ayr arrival backstamp, very fine and rare. (Image) |
Est. $150-200
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1037 |
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 LACOVIA, clear 37x4½mm straightline postmark (Foster Ty. 4a) across the back flap of 1829 folded letter to Thornbury, Gloucestershire, partial Jamaica fleuron backstamp,
front with manuscript "In p.p. 7 1/2" domestic rate and "2/-" packet rate, very fine and very rare; only four examples recorded by Foster; accompanied by typed transcript of the letter. (Image) |
Est. $200-300
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1038 |
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 SAINT ANNS BAY, mostly clear strike of 57x5mm straightline postmark on the front of legal-sized 1836 folded letter datelined at Eaton Hall to London, with manuscript "Too
late brot by Postman IPP 3/-" crossed out, "packet" directive and "1 1/2oz" notation and "13/-" rate, light Spanish Town transit and red London arrival backstamps, very fine and very rare; listed by Potter as #8,110.03 a letter on legal
matters, bonds, etc., accompanied by fully typed transcript. (Image) |
Est. $400-500
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1039 |
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 Rodney Hall, clear manuscript postmark on reverse of 1836 folded letter to London, "Kingston/Jamaica/Oc 8, 1836" datestamp also on reverse, manuscript "Paid" and "2/2"
packet rate on front, red London arrival backstamp, very fine; unlisted in Foster and believed to be one of two known; accompanied by fully typed transcript of the letter. (Image) |
Est. $200-300
SOLD for $210.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1040 |
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 LUCEA, clear 32x5mm straightline postmark (Foster Ty. 4b) on backflap of 1838 folded letter to Kingston, with bold manuscript "Money Letter No. 5" at upper right and
"2/6" rate, very fine and rare; earlier than the three examples recorded by Foster. (Image) |
Est. $300-400
SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction |
