| Lot |
Photo |
Description |
Lot 2233 |
 |
Tobago, 1892 ½d on 1½d and 1d on 1½d revalued post cards, double surcharges, second impression inverted at lower left; minor aging, Fine to Very Fine and exceedingly rare.
Estimate 400 - 500
View details and enlarged photo
|
Lot 2234 |
 |
Tobago, 1892 (25 Jul.) Inland usage to Scarborough, 1892 ½d on 1½d post card cancelled type K3 "14" numeral, datelined 25 July, addressed to "the Park, Scarboro" with Tobago "A" receiver the next day; nicked lower corners, Fine and rare postmark.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
The numeral "14" was employed from February of 1892 until August of 1895 along the Scarborough-Roxborough mail route.
View details and enlarged photo
|
Lot 2235 |
|
Tobago, Postal Stationery collection, 1881-1905, specialized collection comprising about 20 Post Cards (10 mint, 4 Specimen) and 11 Registration Envelopes (3 mint, one Specimen); also two uprated ½d Trinidad cards used in Tobago (1896, to Germany and U.S.A.) and two uprated 2d Trinidad registration envelopes used in Tobago to Bonasse, Trinidad (1905, backstamped Port-of-Spain) and to U.S.A. (1911); F-VF throughout. A very scarce group.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
View details
|
Lot 2236 |
|
Tobago, 1814-1876, Stampless Tobago Postal History, mounted group of 18 entires and 1 document including 1775 ship letter to Madeira, 1782 & 1785 ship letters to England during French occupation period, 1814 to Edinburgh with Scottish "Addl. ½" toll tax handstamp and Tobago large fleuron, 1821 and 1822 Tobago small fleurons to London at single and double rates, 1846 double-arc to London, 1849 quadruple uniform packet letter rate to Edinburgh, 1876 entire letter missing the Crowned circle; Fine to Very Fine group.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
View details
|
Lot 2237 |
 |
Tobago, 1838 (28 Feb.) Buckingham Palace, London to Tobago, diplomatic letter (split at fold for exhibit) showing Royal Seal (wax removed) and "Victoria R" signature, it reads "Major General Henry Charles Darling…to appoint you to be Lieutenant Governor of our Island Tobago in America…Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace, this 28th day of February, 1838 in the First Year of our Reign", outer leaf with "Tobago, Recorded 21st April, 1838", accompanied by 1817 (9 Jul.) official local letter from Sir Frederick P. Robinson, K.C.B., Governor of Tobago, to the House of Assembly concerning maintenance and supply problems at Government House near Scarborough, Fine and rare official mail.
Estimate 600 - 800
View details and enlarged photo
|
Lot 2238 |
 |
Tobago, 1856, 6d lilac, on 1858 entire to London lacking both "A14" type K1 obliterator and Tobago double-arc backstamp, endorsed "Per Packet", stamp cancelled upon arrival with black London Foreign Branch diamond numeral "51" arrival obliterator, red London (20.11) backstamp, Very Fine and rare use. SG Z3.
Estimate 600 - 800
Provenance: Boyd
This entire is from the well-known correspondence from Tobago to George Chambers at London. It was mailed from Trinidad during the period of compuslory postage prepayment between B.W.I. and the United Kingdom.
View details and enlarged photo
|
Lot 2239 |
 |
Tobago, 1856, 6d lilac (16a), envelope bearing six 1882 1d Venetian red vertical bisects (including two unsevered pairs) tied by "A14" cancels, Tobago c.d.s. with sideways "C" index letter, Trinidad receiver (3.3) along side; light horizontal file fold not affecting stamps, Fine to Very Fine. 2½d Inter-colonial letter rate overpaid by ½d. SG 15a.
Estimate 300 - 400
View details and enlarged photo
|
Lot 2240 |
 |
Tobago, 1897 (7 Jul.) Tobago to Roseau, Dominica (25-26, 30-31), small envelope bearing four different 1886-96 surcharges, tied by Tobago inverted "A" c.d.s.s, sent registered to Roseau (13.7). Rate is 2d Inter-colonial letter rate plus 2d for registration. SG 26, 30, 31, 33.
Estimate 500 - 750
View details and enlarged photo
|
Lot 2241 |
 |
1896, ½d on 4d lilac & carmine (31), envelope bearing Trinidad ½d on 4d lilac & carmine tied by one of two strikes Port-of-Spain "D" c.d.s., addressed to a local post office box, backstamped Port-of-Spain "1" receiver the same day; light vertical file fold, Very Fine. SG 33.
Estimate 300 - 400
View details and enlarged photo
|
Lot 2242 |
 |
Tobago, 1897 (3 Sep.) Official cover Scarborough to Canada, unfranked envelope endorsed "Ernest C. Sealey, Postmaster of Tobago", postmarked Tobago inverted "A" c.d.s., sent registered, with large "R" handstamp, red manuscript "Via Trinidad" in Sealey's hand, Port of Spain "Registration B" c.d.s. (16.9- nearly two week delay), purple manuscript registration no. 6910 changed to "6913" due to delay, sealed with plate number selvage from a 4d definitive, multiple Canadian backstamps including Amherstburg receiver (11.10); Fine to Very Fine and quite possibly unique.
Estimate 600 - 800
View details and enlarged photo
|
Lot 2243 |
 |
o
Tobago, Numeral Cancellations, nine used stamps with numeral cancellations comprising Scarborough "14" (three), Scarborough-Moriah-Plymouth route "15" (two), Scarborough-Montgomery-Shirvan route "16" (two), and Pembroke or Moriah "18" (2); mostly Very Fine strikes, a rare group.
Estimate 200 - 300
View details and enlarged photo
|
|
