Lot 475
Incoming letter from France sent 15 Dec 1873, 1Fr British packet rate paid by vertical strip of four x 25c Ceres. London transit and JA 1 Trinidad arrival d/stamp all on the attractive front side of the cover

Lot 476
Four items 1895 to 1912: QV keyplate 2½d on 1895 env to Barbados; 1896 1½d PSC to Kiderlen; 1912 env to Aberdeen marked ‘per Royal Mail’ sent for 1d; ½d and 2 x 1d on env to Boston, same year

Lot 477
What to make of this cover from the Ship’s Carpenter of HMS Rambler to Mrs Hinds of Middx, sent for a GB 1d lilac in 1898 and countersigned by the commanding officer? The neat pencil notes on the back state that HMW Rambler was in Port of Spain from 10-14 March 1898 which would fit in with the Shepherds Bush arrival d/stamp of AP 1 98 – so this is at a concessionary rate prior to the introduction of the Imperial Penny Post at Christmas that year. A pencil mark says 1990 £150+VAT – we’ll start low and let you decide

Lot 478
Postmarked in Port of Spain MY 2 1910, this envelope has a British 1d stamp affixed and has a fine 1d F.B handstamp to show postage due on arrival in London MY 17 1910

Lot 479
Printed address of a senior RAMC officer in Hampshire fronted a registered cover from Port of Spain 1913, backstamps of London and Christchurch. Narrow security strip unnecessarily reinforces each side of the cover, red regn label, black R h/stamp

Lot 480
FFC for KLM’s first Trinidad-Barbados flight OC 19 38, the recipient resident in Black Rock. As Ron Wike recorded for us, the Barbados government honoured and respected its contract for KLM to carry mails between the two islands, which made commercial development awkward for NYRBA and the soon-to-emerge BWIA in this part of the Caribbean

Lot 481
Wike (p71) reports on a KLM proving flight from Trinidad 15 Dec 1939 to Ciudad Bolivar and says mail was carried without a cachet. This cover seems to have gone on that flight for 20c, clearly typed instruction ‘First air mail service Trinidad – Ciudad Bolivar by K.L.M. – Royal Dutch Airlines’. Not illustrated by Wike and on KLM stationery this may be missing from many collections, fine KLM air Mail etiquette too. The service ran weekly until the occupation of Holland in May 1940 and never resumed

Lot 482a
Ten covers sent from Trinidad that have been censored, All seem to have been sent airmail, and over half feature the KG6 60c stamp to pay part of the fare, so there is interest in the rates and destinations too – St Lucia and Peru noted, rest mainly USA or UK, good variety of resealing tapes used and types seemingly identified.

Lot 482b
Ten covers sent from Trinidad that have been censored, All seem to have been sent airmail, and over half feature the KG6 60c stamp to pay part of the fare, so there is interest in the rates and destinations too – St Lucia and Peru noted, rest mainly USA or UK, good variety of resealing tapes used and types seemingly identified.

Lot 483
1951 Airmail cover sent registered to Jinja, Uganda at $2.04 in postage (3 x 66c per ½oz + 6c registration) comprising $1.20, 60c and 24c stamps. Handstamped with small A.V. 2 in circle (probably ERD for Proud AM21). A scarce combination of postage and AV2 marking to a rare destination.

Lot 484a
Flight covers. A collection of 20 covers (15 First flights from Trinidad, 1 to Trinidad and 4 commercial). Mainly PAA but including CGA, NYBRA & BWIA. One damaged (not counted). Wike catalogued at about $US400+. Each one written up on its own page

Lot 484b
Flight covers. A collection of 20 covers (15 First flights from Trinidad, 1 to Trinidad and 4 commercial). Mainly PAA but including CGA, NYBRA & BWIA. One damaged (not counted). Wike catalogued at about $US400+. Each one written up on its own page

Lot 484c
Flight covers. A collection of 20 covers (15 First flights from Trinidad, 1 to Trinidad and 4 commercial). Mainly PAA but including CGA, NYBRA & BWIA. One damaged (not counted). Wike catalogued at about $US400+. Each one written up on its own page

Lot 484d
Flight covers. A collection of 20 covers (15 First flights from Trinidad, 1 to Trinidad and 4 commercial). Mainly PAA but including CGA, NYBRA & BWIA. One damaged (not counted). Wike catalogued at about $US400+. Each one written up on its own page

Lot 484e
Flight covers. A collection of 20 covers (15 First flights from Trinidad, 1 to Trinidad and 4 commercial). Mainly PAA but including CGA, NYBRA & BWIA. One damaged (not counted). Wike catalogued at about $US400+. Each one written up on its own page

Lot 484f
Flight covers. A collection of 20 covers (15 First flights from Trinidad, 1 to Trinidad and 4 commercial). Mainly PAA but including CGA, NYBRA & BWIA. One damaged (not counted). Wike catalogued at about $US400+. Each one written up on its own page

Lot 484g
Flight covers. A collection of 20 covers (15 First flights from Trinidad, 1 to Trinidad and 4 commercial). Mainly PAA but including CGA, NYBRA & BWIA. One damaged (not counted). Wike catalogued at about $US400+. Each one written up on its own page

Lot 484h
Flight covers. A collection of 20 covers (15 First flights from Trinidad, 1 to Trinidad and 4 commercial). Mainly PAA but including CGA, NYBRA & BWIA. One damaged (not counted). Wike catalogued at about $US400+. Each one written up on its own page

Lot 484i
Flight covers. A collection of 20 covers (15 First flights from Trinidad, 1 to Trinidad and 4 commercial). Mainly PAA but including CGA, NYBRA & BWIA. One damaged (not counted). Wike catalogued at about $US400+. Each one written up on its own page

Lot 484j
Flight covers. A collection of 20 covers (15 First flights from Trinidad, 1 to Trinidad and 4 commercial). Mainly PAA but including CGA, NYBRA & BWIA. One damaged (not counted). Wike catalogued at about $US400+. Each one written up on its own page

Lot 484k
Flight covers. A collection of 20 covers (15 First flights from Trinidad, 1 to Trinidad and 4 commercial). Mainly PAA but including CGA, NYBRA & BWIA. One damaged (not counted). Wike catalogued at about $US400+. Each one written up on its own page

Lot 484l
Flight covers. A collection of 20 covers (15 First flights from Trinidad, 1 to Trinidad and 4 commercial). Mainly PAA but including CGA, NYBRA & BWIA. One damaged (not counted). Wike catalogued at about $US400+. Each one written up on its own page

Lot 484m
Flight covers. A collection of 20 covers (15 First flights from Trinidad, 1 to Trinidad and 4 commercial). Mainly PAA but including CGA, NYBRA & BWIA. One damaged (not counted). Wike catalogued at about $US400+. Each one written up on its own page

Lot 484n
Flight covers. A collection of 20 covers (15 First flights from Trinidad, 1 to Trinidad and 4 commercial). Mainly PAA but including CGA, NYBRA & BWIA. One damaged (not counted). Wike catalogued at about $US400+. Each one written up on its own page

Lot 484o
Flight covers. A collection of 20 covers (15 First flights from Trinidad, 1 to Trinidad and 4 commercial). Mainly PAA but including CGA, NYBRA & BWIA. One damaged (not counted). Wike catalogued at about $US400+. Each one written up on its own page

Lot 484p
Flight covers. A collection of 20 covers (15 First flights from Trinidad, 1 to Trinidad and 4 commercial). Mainly PAA but including CGA, NYBRA & BWIA. One damaged (not counted). Wike catalogued at about $US400+. Each one written up on its own page

Lot 484q
Flight covers. A collection of 20 covers (15 First flights from Trinidad, 1 to Trinidad and 4 commercial). Mainly PAA but including CGA, NYBRA & BWIA. One damaged (not counted). Wike catalogued at about $US400+. Each one written up on its own page

Lot 484r
Flight covers. A collection of 20 covers (15 First flights from Trinidad, 1 to Trinidad and 4 commercial). Mainly PAA but including CGA, NYBRA & BWIA. One damaged (not counted). Wike catalogued at about $US400+. Each one written up on its own page

Lot 484s
Flight covers. A collection of 20 covers (15 First flights from Trinidad, 1 to Trinidad and 4 commercial). Mainly PAA but including CGA, NYBRA & BWIA. One damaged (not counted). Wike catalogued at about $US400+. Each one written up on its own page

Lot 484t
Flight covers. A collection of 20 covers (15 First flights from Trinidad, 1 to Trinidad and 4 commercial). Mainly PAA but including CGA, NYBRA & BWIA. One damaged (not counted). Wike catalogued at about $US400+. Each one written up on its own page

Lot 484u
Flight covers. A collection of 20 covers (15 First flights from Trinidad, 1 to Trinidad and 4 commercial). Mainly PAA but including CGA, NYBRA & BWIA. One damaged (not counted). Wike catalogued at about $US400+. Each one written up on its own page

Lot 485a
Ten slogan cancels on cover and one piece with S8 ‘Buy Trinidad Petrol’. The covers include S44 ‘Dream in Bed not on the Road’; also noted are S17, S20a, S27, S29, S62, S63 – mainly from the 1970’s. Should you be buying Jaz Ali’s book? That is where the references can be found

Lot 485b
Ten slogan cancels on cover and one piece with S8 ‘Buy Trinidad Petrol’. The covers include S44 ‘Dream in Bed not on the Road’; also noted are S17, S20a, S27, S29, S62, S63 – mainly from the 1970’s. Should you be buying Jaz Ali’s book? That is where the references can be found

Lot 485c
Ten slogan cancels on cover and one piece with S8 ‘Buy Trinidad Petrol’. The covers include S44 ‘Dream in Bed not on the Road’; also noted are S17, S20a, S27, S29, S62, S63 – mainly from the 1970’s. Should you be buying Jaz Ali’s book? That is where the references can be found

Lot 486
Three KG6 covers, 6c surface, 34c and 36c airmail, plus QEII 35c airmail cover to England 1969

Lot 487
A real miscellany: four different FDC’s from 1968 to 1970 with an envelope of mint stamps from a similar era, colourful and maybe one for your grandchildren