Lot 224
Fitzherbert letter date lined Belize 21 March 1832 to Ashbourne, fine Liverpool receiving date stamp on reverse MY 11 1832. Rated 8d and carried by ‘The Lord Stanley’ - Est: £35

Lot 225
Two examples of the Belize double-arc date stamp to take these envelopes to Leicester in 1854. These show the change in packet rate that year. The first sent FE 17 1854 was charged 1s, whilst the second sent OC 17 1854 just 6d. All the postmarks are on the backs - Est: £60

Lot 226
Incoming letter from London to Belize with plate 1 2s blue sent FE 15 1873 arrival mark MR 11 73 on front along with boxed L1 late fee. Scarce destination and stamp catalogues £700 on cover - Est: £125

Lot 227
A decade later and the UPU rate has fallen to 4d as shown by this incoming cover to Belize from Lombard St. The 4d grey-brown plate 18 SG161, - Est: £35

Lot 228
1885 6d yellow SG21 m. full of sparkle, not much gum visible on reverse, cat. £275 - Est: £40

Lot 229
Double rate envelope to London sent with 2x 4d mauve on NO 23 1887 via New Orleans – ex Foxley 2014 where it realised £380 hammer price - Est: £150

Lot 230
This single rate cover to Mrs Woodward in Bath, 4d mauve, sent MR 16 1887 is ex Matheson and had a hammer price of £320 - Est: £95

Lot 231
OHMS envelope to Birmingham sent registered 9 Jun 1888 with passage paid with local surcharge 20c on 6d - Est: £80

Lot 232
Aikman/Blackie envelope to Glasgow with 6 in black on 10 cents on 4d and also 6 in red on 10 cents on 4d, the latter inverted, a scarce and popular, if philatelic franking - Est: £250

Lot 233
2 examples of each of the 2c on 1d and 3c on 3d London surcharges (SG37, 38) make up the 10c rate to send this envelope to Mainz. Considerable interest is added by the ‘Lainfiesta’s Union Hotel’ logo on the front and a picture of the hotel on the back. The picture on the back may have been from the hotel’s stationery enclosed in the envelope as it is stuck over the arrival date stamp, scarce and seemingly commercial - Est: £60

Lot 234
London print 10c on 6d SG40 on AU 30 1889 envelope to Montreal, clean commercial usage - Est: £35

Lot 235
The same 10c rate on a cover to Darmstadt sent OC 24 90 also appears commercial and is a nice clean example from a General Merchant - Est: £25

Lot 236
Monogrammed envelope to Liverpool cost 20c to send via New Orleans. The one 2c and 6 3c stamps (SG52, 53) did not receive a date stamp in Belize and are all cancelled on Dec 18 1894 in New Orleans, New York transit date stamp two days later and to add interest a nice strike of the ‘Paid/Liverpool/US Packet’ mark in red on 29 Dec 1894 - Est: £40

Lot 237
A pair of the FIVE cents on 3c on 3d (SG49) took this registered cover all the way to BUENOS AIRES via New Orleans and New York on MY 8 1896 we can safely say unusual destination - Est: £75

Lot 238
A pair of straightforward 1898 keyplate covers to the UK, just prior to the introduction of the Imperial Penny Post: 5c to Lewisham 23 NOV 98 shows the letter rate; the second envelope franked with just a 2c stamp and inscribed ‘Card only’ went at the printed matter rate to Jersey on DE 9 98 - Est: £20

Lot 239
A pair of the keyplate 3c with sheet mgn to Winch Bros, Colchester sent May 14 1892 - Est: £25

Lot 240
A keyplate 2c cover used within the colony is well worth a second look, turn it over and there is faint but discernible strike of Orange Walk from where this cover was sent to Belize MY 4 1898 - distinctly scarce - Est: £75

Lot 241
Keyplate 5c on two envelopes to Guatemala, firstly a pair MY 4 1896 and then a single AP 20 1898 - Est: £30

Lot 242
Naples is another unusual destination here on Aikman’s own stationery sent registered AU 29 1902 via Liverpool with 1901 10c (SG58) - Est: £50

Lot 243
Coloured ppc ‘Unloading Bananas – Belize Market’ sent to New York in 1909. Considerable further interest is added by the pair of KEVII 1c stamps on the picture side cancelled with the NEW RIVER SERVICE date stamp - Est: £35

Lot 244
The Temporary Rubber Ovals introduced in 1949 are a popular collecting area. Here we offer five, all with KG6 frankings, to different addressees and we think not just to philatelic addresses: BOMBA; DOUBLE HEAD CABBAGE; GALES POINT; MONKEY RIVER; PLACENCIA – all rated at least Scarce by Horry - Est: £50

Lot 245
We lot singly the larger TRO of SAND HILL in use for just four months in 1961, here on an airmail letter to Houston sent on 5 October. Horry rates as Rare (that is only 3-5 copies exist) - Est: £35

Lot 246
A used block of 20 of the $2 stamped at the Registration Branch 25 Jan 1962 – is this the largest used multiple? It must be a contender SG189 - cat. £90 - Est: £30

Lot 247
Pre-printed First Flight cover of 15 March 1939 from Punta Gorda to Belize, locally addressed with 3c (SG152); we think a scarce item - Est: £50

Lot 248
The ‘WAR’ overprint on this 1c green SG114 has been inverted and split – ex Harper (lot 1135) and Sir Henry Tucker - Est: £75

Lot 249
On the later 1c green War overprint a less conspicuous flaw appears in the ‘A’ at the top left corner of the r.h. pane – here shown in a pair with margins to contrast – a neat variety - Est: £15

Lot 250
QV 1½d postal stationery cards an unused pack of ten with wrapper inscribed ‘10 Three Halfpenny International Post Cards British Honduras 1s 3d’ - Est: £25

Lot 251
QEII 2c postal stationery cards - an unused pack of ten with wrapper inscribed ‘10 International Post Cards’ - Est: £20

Lot 252
The scarce ‘MISSENT TO BELIZE’ on 1939 envelope from Brazil, addressed to Grenada, Belize b/stamp of 23 Dec 39, reached Grenada on 27 Dec. - Est: £60

Lot 253
The 4c franking is on the back of this cover to Manchester, on the front you find a fair strike of the Stann Creek TRC which Horry rates as rare, date of use 13 Feb 1941 - Est: £30

Lot 254
The 2 cents local overprint on 6d, perf 14 and with inverted CC wmk and has a cat. £650 SG25w – a scarce stamp - Est: £80

Lot 255
Slogan Cancel ‘Prevent Pine Forest/ Fires --- It Pays’ Proud type HS3 in use for just over a year in 1927-28, here on Montgomery Ward return envelope 27 Jul 27 - Est: £75

Lot 256
Montgomery Ward return envelope sent registered from COROZAL FE 16 27 with Corozal printed regd label (No. 3737) for 9 cents - Est: £25

Lot 257
Forces Air Letter sent to Kent 15 OC 56 for 5c on the back a hand stamp ‘Certified Forces Airmail/ Adjt. Det’ - Est: £15

Lot 258
Forces ‘thank you note’ to Kent by signalman Jack Bosfield who was clearly a smoker as the card was printed by the Overseas League Tobacco Fund. The postmark is ‘Received from H M Ships 4 MY 42’ but Jack has added HMI British Honduras under his signature – a fun item for a display - Est: £15