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USA to Yorkshire Missent 1983

USA to Yorkshire Missent 1983

3 x 40c Philip Mazzei commemorative on airmail envelope from Fort Lauderdale to Harrogate, 21 November 1983; h/s ‘missent to Jakarta’, a mark considered to be used improperly to cover up delay in the mail; on reverse m/s ‘From P&O Canberra”; minor faults to envelope

GB Meter mark and Slogan 1986

GB Meter mark and Slogan 1986

d/r cds Worcester 17 Meter mark and slogan to Droitwich 14 May 1986, with red slogan ‘Look After Yourself – Quit Smoking’ plus large boxed red h/s “Franking Me with an Incorrect Date has made it Appear that I have Arrived Late, date posted 15 May”; no b/s, unusual

USA missent mail, external, 1987

USA missent mail

US 22c airmail stamp on plain envelope addressed to US Peace Corps (Central Pacific) in Kiribati (formerly Gilbert Islands), cancelled Washington m/c d/s 10 August 1987; h/s ‘MISSENT TO MANILA’ (sometimes considered a code to excuse delay) b/s TAIPEI 15 August 1987

OHMS FPO 141 Falkland Islands 1986

OHMS FPO 141 Falkland Islands 1986

s/r cds Port Stanley, Falkland Islands & d/r cds FPO 141 Falkland Islands, on OHMS official envelope; oval h/s “Posts and Telecommunications Falkland Islands 21 March 1986; typed note ‘QSL Card’; has been forwarded to RAF Stanley; b/s Field Post Office 141 24 March 1986 & 4 April 1986; all within the Falkland Islands; very scarce example of military mail at this time

Transvaal Revenues 1987

Transvaal Revenues 1987

Large part document franked with 6d, 2 x 1/-, 2 x 2/6 revenue stamps cancelled with large oval d/r ‘SPECIALE LANDDROST KANTOOR JOHANNESBURG” with similar large red cachet alongside; very scarce combination; spectacular

GB £5 POSTAGE DUES ON PIECE 1986

GB £5 POSTAGE DUES ON PIECE 1986

Large piece franked with postage dues, 9 x £5, 7 x 20p, 50p, 5p, 3p, all uncancelled but with a ‘soft packet’ Keighley d/s alongside; used as a receipt for a parcel charged £46.98; nice unusual use of postage dues

JUGOSLAVIA POSTAGE DUE COVER 1983

JUGOSLAVIA POSTAGE DUE COVER 1983

4d Jugoslavia small pictorial cancelled Markovci Pri Ptuju (?) to Ljubljana; large ‘T’ taxe h/s; 2 x 100 para small pictorials overwritten with MS italic ‘Porto’ for use as postage dues, cancelled Ljubljana 20 August 1983; nice combination

FRENCH BALLOON BICENTENARY STRIP ON WRAPPER TO GUILDFORD 1983

FRENCH BALLOON BICENTENARY STRIP ON WRAPPER TO GUILDFORD 1983

Wrapper from ‘L’Echo de la Timbrologie’ franked with the strip of 3 commemorating the bicentenary of the first balloon flight, + 1fr 80 pictorial for the 56th Philatelic Congress, Marseille, & 0.005 Liberté by Delacroix & Gandon; from Amiens to Guildford 4 October 1983; a colourful franking