Lot 496
Interesting 1848 cover from Montserrat to Madeira, with an, in places, albino impression of the Montserrat double arc date stamp. On arrival in London it attracted the boxed ‘detained for postage’ hand stamp and did not reach Madeira until December, 160 Reis due. An early use of the new date stamp sent late 1847 - Est: £105

Lot 497
In 1861 a new date stamp was sent out and this envelope to London may show the EKD reported in Proud p.279 26 JY 1863, the ‘A’ control is inverted and it is hard to read, London arrival AU 14 63 is clear on front with 11/1 accountancy marks. Only 4 strikes recorded, ex Freeland and sold to our vendor in our 2022 sale - Est: £150

Lot 498
Small piece with 2x 1d and a 1d bisect to make up a 2½d rate, cancelled A08 and we take to be from March 1883, SG1a on cover cat. £1,400 - on piece? - Est: £40

Lot 499
Even harder to value are three bisects on three pieces, one diagonal and one vertical on SG1 and one perf 12. - Est: £60

Lot 500
2½d red-brown wmk Crown CC, SG4 fine mounted mint copy, cat. £250 - Est: £50

Lot 501
What better way to show off the inverted ‘S’ than in a used pair with the normal ‘S’; our vendor advises that only two used pairs are known of SG8 and with a cat. £1,000 this is a true rarity, very kindly cancelled - Est: £200

Lot 502
2s 6d green and black MCA wmk mint SG32 cat. £65 - Est: £15

Lot 503
5s black and red MCA wmk, mint, some gum staining SG33 cat. £160 - Est: £30

Lot 504
5s red and green on yellow mint SG47 cat. £65 - Est: £15

Lot 505
KGV first 5s mint SG48 cat. £95 - Est: £25

Lot 506a
Four pages setting out the 21 stamps of the 1922-29 series by the order in which they were issued, mint in mounts SG63-83, cat. £95 - Est: £25

Lot 506b
Four pages setting out the 21 stamps of the 1922-29 series by the order in which they were issued, mint in mounts SG63-83, cat. £95 - Est: £25

Lot 506c
Four pages setting out the 21 stamps of the 1922-29 series by the order in which they were issued, mint in mounts SG63-83, cat. £95 - Est: £25

Lot 506d
Four pages setting out the 21 stamps of the 1922-29 series by the order in which they were issued, mint in mounts SG63-83, cat. £95 - Est: £25

Lot 507a
Tercentenary of the Colony set SG84-93 mint, seven of the ten stamps show part of the sheet margin, two include part of the imprint. Cat. £160 - Est: £35

Lot 507b
Tercentenary of the Colony set SG84-93 mint, seven of the ten stamps show part of the sheet margin, two include part of the imprint. Cat. £160 - Est: £35

Lot 508
Perhaps fortunately, Montserrat was the only British Caribbean territory to fall for the De Landre Red Cross scam. De Landre, pseudonym of Gaston Fontanille, was arrested in June 1917 but not before he had produced these 1d + 1d French Red Cross labels, trading off the desire to raise funds for the Red Cross worldwide. Here we offer an attractive block of four with register marks in the right hand margin - Est: £75

Lot 509
1876 1d on part front to London inscribed ‘per book post’, the stamp is fine but the cover has two pieces removed and a large nick at the top, sympathetic restoration could help. Montserrat Paid date stamp on front A(U) 26 no year - Est: £60

Lot 510
Fragile envelope addressed to Dominica with Montserrat 1d bisect and with the small ‘½’ surcharge, probably applied in Dominica. AP 18 84 date stamp, used to be a popular item but condn a negative here - Est: £90

Lot 511
A note with the cover expresses the opinion that the Tercentenary 6d (SG90) is extremely scarce on cover. This single franking is to McFarlan and was sent registered to him in Pennsylvania JU 6 1933 - Est: £35

Lot 512
Scarce incoming envelope sent from London on FE 5 1890, flap missing, 4d UPU rate paid with 1d lilac and 2x 1½d - Est: £75

Lot 513
Censored cover sent by air mail for 1s ½d to the Bronx October 1941 via Antigua, transit date stamp 9 OCT 41 was opened and resealed with the CL2a paper and is amongst the earliest uses recorded by Freeland - Est: £35

Lot 514
Air mail envelope sent to Grenada for 2½d NO 27 43 was opened and resealed with a PC90 label type CL5 and examiner AA78 in manu - Est: £35

Lot 515
This airmail envelope to Aruba was sent for 1s 5d (one of the 2½d stamps badly damaged) where it arrived 31 7 45 and received an incoming censor mark, though seemingly not censored in Montserrat - Est: £25

Lot 516a
Three philatelic covers to Openshaw in British Columbia were sent in April 1942, each has a block of four of the KG6 definitives, one 2d, one 2½d, one 3d. Each was opened and examined on arrival - Est: £30

Lot 516b
Three philatelic covers to Openshaw in British Columbia were sent in April 1942, each has a block of four of the KG6 definitives, one 2d, one 2½d, one 3d. Each was opened and examined on arrival - Est: £30

Lot 516c
Three philatelic covers to Openshaw in British Columbia were sent in April 1942, each has a block of four of the KG6 definitives, one 2d, one 2½d, one 3d. Each was opened and examined on arrival - Est: £30

Lot 517
9 QE2 covers six are FDC’s (WI Federation, Shakespeare, Churchill, 2x ICY, ITU – then three 1971 to Hinchcliffe with 15c stamp, one sent from Salem, one from Harris - Est: £10

Lot 518
Leewards QV PSRE size G to New York with Leewards 2½d added sent OC 5 97, the Wall St address suggests a scarce commercial use - Est: £30

Lot 519
The colonial device size G PSRE, also commercially used and sent to Minneapolis on DE 3 03 with 2½d (SG17) added. The date sent is one day after the EKD given by Freeland, c20 recorded – two stain spots on the ‘R’ - Est: £25

Lot 520
Whereas this unopened Leewards KEVII env to Germany is not, an early registration label is attached and it was sent FE 20 09 with a ½d and 2d dull purple and ochre Leeward definitive added – we take to be SG31 which is not an easy stamp to find cancelled in Montserrat - Est: £25

Lot 521
The three Leewards 1d overprints on QV 4d, 6d and 7d (SG17-19) on a cover SP16 1903 from Montserrat to Dominica (arr. b/stamp next day) - Est: £75

Lot 522
Eight postal stationery items from Montserrat: six Edwardian period newspaper wrappers, ½d and 1d Specimen, ½d unused and 2x ½d used – one to Antigua, one to Holland, 1d used to Austria may be less commercial; then a 1d PSE also to Austria and finally a 1960 Apsley air letter from the postmaster to Kensington, no stamps, presumably on the grounds of official business - Est: £20