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;) | 1821 (4 Oct) EL to Captain Hamilton Maxwell of the 42nd Regiment, the Black Watch containing a draft of a legal settlement concerning his wife sent for his approval. 3pp His sporran bearing the battle honour for the battle of Alexandria is on display at the Black Watch museum. | £30.00 |
;) | 1848 cover with enclosure from Bermuda to England written by Lt. William Armytage, R.N. serving on H.M.S. Vesuvius (a 4 gun wooden paddle sloop)in Bermuda. Rated 1/- and with London and Banbury cds b/stamps. Fine. The absense of any Bermuda postmark indicates that the ships bag containing the letter was delivered directly to the Velocity, the contract mail boat, which sailed on May 7 for Halifax. There it was transferred to Cunards America on May 13. Ex Osborn. | £60.00 |
;) ;) | 1857 mourning cover from London to Kingston, Jamaica and re-directed to Nassau, Bahamas. Addressed to a Lieutenant in the 1st West India Regiment and thus franked at the officer s rate of 6d. Kingston cds on reverse. As the letter was addressed to a commissioned officer there was no redirection charge. Ex Osborn. | £65.00 |
;) ;) | 1867 Officers letter from England to Panama Small mourning envelope to Thomas Warr on H.M.S. Alert, a wooden screw sloop, franked 6d, the special officers rate. London cds b/stamp. Fine. The ships log gives her location as Tabago, Panama Bay throughout January and February. This letter probably travelled per RMS Colon and then by rail across the Isthus. | £125.00 |
;) | 1875 mourning cover from England to San Fransisco, forwarded to Panama. GB 3d plate 16 tied by fine BATH duplex. San Francisco Paid All cds in red at left and Liverpool cds b/stamp. Addressed to Commander Cookson, H.M.S. Peterel, care of British Consul, San Francisco. Fine. When this letter reached San Francisco HMS Peterel was at Acapulco, Mexico and then 3 days later left for Panama. The consul, who was also the British Post Office Agent would have forwarded the letter per closed bag to Panama. Ex Harper. | £75.00 |
;) | 1888 (12 Apr) envelope from Martinique to Paris with 15c tied by octagonal 'CORR D'ARMEES FORT DE FRANCE' ds in blue. Scarce octagonal 'CORRESPONDANCE DES ARMEES MARTINIQUE' cachet at lower left. | £250.00 |
;) ;) | 1895 Barbados 2½d cancelled by London squared circle on cover to Major McCraken at Battalion HQ in Barbados unusually not charged postage due. Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick William Nicholas McCracken KCB, DSO (1859-1949) of the Royal Berkshire Regiment resided at The Garrison, Barbados where he was Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General (DAAG) 1892-97 | £75.00 |
;) ;) | 1896 Barbados 1d Soldier's letter to Canada endorsed, 'No 3287 Pt. West H. Coy 1st Bn. Kings Regt.' and countersigned by E.N. Stowe Lieut. Colonel Commanding 1st Bn The Kings Liverpool Regt.' New York and Parry Sound Ont. b/stamps. Cover restored at left The regiment arrived from Nova Scotia on 17 Dec 1895 and formed the garrison at the Savannah before moving on to Burma in 1899. | £240.00 |
;) | 1902 (11 May) mourning cover from Martinique to France with F.M. ovptd 15c Mouchon tied by Fort De France cds. Scarce octagonal boxed 'CORRESPONDANCE DES ARMEES MARTINIQUE' cachet at lower left. Small opening tears at top. | £100.00 |
;) ;) | 1910 (25 Feb) West India 2nd Regiment embossed envelope used by soldier from Sierre Leone to England with 1d tied by Plymouth Paquebot m/c. Fine. | £30.00 |
;) ;) | 1910 cover from soldier in 2nd W.I. Regiment serving in Sierre Leone sent to England with 1d cancelled on arrival in U.K. with PLYMOUTH PAQUEBOT machine cancel. Embossed West India Regiment monagram on reverse. | £30.00 |
;) ;) | 1914 BALATA MARTINIQUE cds in blue on picture postcard to Italy. Sent from Camp Balata, a military camp. | £18.00 |
;) ;) | 1914 BALATA MARTINIQUE cds in blue on picture postcard to Italy. Sent from Camp Balata, a military camp. | £18.00 |
;) ;) | 1916 postcard to France sent by a sailor post free with light strike of 'MARINE FRANCAISE SERVICE A LA MER' anchor cachet on front. | £18.00 |
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;) ;) | 1917 Bermuda soldier's letter from W.G. Trimingham written from France to Miss Emma Trimingham, Inglewood, Paget East with oval PASSED FIELD CENSOR 189 h/s applied in France and circular P.C. BERMUDA censor mark (CM15) Also a contemporary newspaper clipping reporting as wounded. | £75.00 |
;) | 1917 printed YMCA On Active Service envelope to Miss Addie Swainson, St Georges, Bermuda from a soldier fighting in WW1 with FIELD POST OFFICE cds, boxed censor mark and Bermuda censor mark. | £60.00 |
;) ;) | 1919 (10 Apr) Caymans registered to a soldier in France with War Stamp 3d franking, a further 1½d stamp having become detached during transit. Despite the best efforts of the Post Office the cover was eventually returned in June. Ex REW | £120.00 |
;) | 1919 (Jan) boxed 'Received from H.M. Ship No charge to be raised' two line h/s on Bermuda card to Canada endorsed 'On Active Service.' View of Easter Lily Field, Belle Vue, Bermuda. | £30.00 |
;) | 1941 Bermuda airmail cover addressed to 'X Coy 2nd K.S.L.I., British Forces, Curacao with 2/3d franking. GEZIEN CURACAO CENSUUR h/s. | £15.00 |
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