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Grenada continued...
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S.G. #1, 1861 1p Green, rough perf. 14 to 16,
single crisply tied to cover front and portion of the cover back by clear
"A15" in bars oval cancel, "Grenada/NO 20 61" c.d.s. with inverted index
letter "C" on reverse, fine and attractive; this comes from a
correspondence of similar frankings to Trinidad that had Grenada #1 usages,
allowing at this period to pay the Grenada postage but collecting the ocean
passage and Trinidad internal postage from the recipient; 1964 BPA
certificate; ex-Messenger and Hackmey (Scott #1a).
S.G. #1, 3, 1861 3p Bluish green and 6p Rose, rough
perf. 14 to 16, a scarce and quite attractive horizontal pair of the 1p
Bluish green along with 6p Rose, tied to most interesting large OHMS cover
to Barbados by "A15" in bars oval cancel, small "Grenada/OC 09 61" c.d.s.
with inverted index letter "C", the trip to Barbados was quick with
double-arc "Barbadoes/OC 10 1861" receiving c.d.s. on the front, then
things get complicated, four different manuscript rate marking are crossed
out ending up with 2/-, the cover was refused in Barbados, apparently
having something to do with the postage and returned to Grenada with a rare
"G/Feb 8/1862" c.d.s. of the General Post Office used as receiving marking
some four months after it was originally sent, cover has been repaired
including a piece added to the top left corner, the cancel on the left side
of the pair indicates that there were additional stamps here that were torn
off; nevertheless a rare first issue cover with substantial value for just
the used stamps, plus the rare "G" postmark is one of only four known
examples during the this first period of use; an interesting usage
worthy of study (Scott #1a, 2).
S.G. #1, 3, 1861 3p Bluish green and 6p Rose, rough
perf. 14 to 16, singles of both of the first issue values tied to 1861
cover to Villeneuve Sur Lot, France by "A15" in bars oval cancel, the 6p is
also tied by French maritime transit, "Grenada/NO 24 61" small c.d.s. with
inverted index letter "C" on the reverse, red London Paid transit c.d.s. on
front and red manuscript "8" rate marking, 1p has clipped perfs. at top
into the design, an additional fine #1, which does not belong, is hinged in
place to left where an original 1p has been removed, despite these
condition problems an attractive cover that is of the greatest rarity
being the only known cover with the 8p rate to France when forwarded
through Britain, this was a short-lived rate that was 2p more than the
6p packet rate to England, it ended when the packet rate changed to 1/- in
April 1863 (Scott #1a, 2).
S.G. #2, 1862 1p Green, rough perf 14 to 16, an
impressive bottom left corner-margin block of 30 (6x5), unusually fresh and
intact for such a large multiple, quite well centered for these very
closely spaced stamps, in fact this block shows the great variance in
spacing, the space between the left two vertical rows is so small that even
these small perforation holes cannot fit without overlapping the designs,
full o.g., 21 stamps are never hinged, very fine (Scott #1;
$1,750.00+).
S.G. #3P, 1861 6p Chalon Head, black die proof,
on India with original card backing, though the proof paper is virtually
separated from the card, measuring 37x47mm, couple tiny edge tears in the
extreme top, otherwise very fine and handsome (Scott #2P).
S.G. #3, 1861 6p Rose with handstamp "Cancelled" in
bars oval cancel, this example bears portions of two such cancels and
shows more of the cancel than many of the various stamps on which it was
applied, faint barely perceptible horizontal crease, otherwise very fine
for this. This cancel was applied in 1861 by the security printers,
Perkins, Bacon and Co. to six examples of each stamp they had in their
possession and given to Ormond Hill, the eldest son of Sir Rowland Hill,
for members of the Hill family. This story is well documented in the
book Cancelled by Peter Jaffe. Only occasionally do examples from
any country come to market. Even though six stamps of this value of Grenada
were so cancelled, this is the only example that we have found any
record of having been sold in the philatelic market; a marvelous
rarity; ex-Booth, Gilbert-Lodge, Messenger, Hackmey and Latto (Scott
#2).
S.G. #3, 1861 6p Rose, rough perf. 14 to 16,
lovely fresh mint single, bright rose color, exceptionally well centered
with perforations clear of the design virtually all around, o.g., extremely
fine (Scott #2; $875.00).
S.G. #3, 1861 6p (Dark) Rose, rough perf. 14 to
16, attractive mint single with deep strong color, on a thicker paper
thus scissors separated leaving virtually full perforations all around,
well centered, o.g., very fine and attractive (Scott #2; $875.00).
S.G. #3, 1861 6p Rose, rough perf. 14 to 16, an
attractive single that is quite well centered for this first issue, neatly
tied to folded letter to Trinidad by "A15" in bars oval cancel, small
"Grenada/JU 04 63" c.d.s. on the reverse along with double-arc Trinidad
backstamp, red crayon "4" rate marking indicating prepayment of sea postage
to Trinidad, normal file folds that have been professionally cleaned for
exhibit, very fine and very scarce early cover; unlike the 1p frankings to
Trinidad, this is a fully paid cover paying internal postage of both
Grenada and Trinidad plus the rate by ship between the two islands, a
lovely example of this usage; 1969 BPA certificate
S.G. #3, 1861 6p Rose, rough perf. 14 to 16,
single centered into the design at left as this first issue is often found,
solidly tied by "A15" in bars oval cancel, with London Paid receiving
cancel just to the left, clear "Grenada/JA 24 62" small c.d.s. with
inverted index letter "C" on the reverse, manuscript "/5" rate marking
indicating the amount due to England for ocean passage and internal
postage, attractive cover and very fine; the 6p packet rate to Great
Britain (same as the fully paid rate to Trinidad) was only in effect until
April 1, 1863 when it was raised to 1/-, thus single frankings to Great
Britain always have the first issue 6p Rose and are significantly scarcer
than pairs of the later 6p values for the new rate (Scott #2).
S.G. #3, 1861 6p Rose, rough perf. 14 to 16,
pretty single with bright rose color, centered into the perfs. at left, on
neat cover to London with partial "A15" in bars oval cancel, cancel
impresses strongly enough to impress the envelope and certainly proper to
the cover, on the reverse "Grenada/AU 24 62" c.d.s. with index letter that
looks like "O" though probably a filled in inverted "C", neat red Paid
London receiving c.d.s. on the front, very fine; an exceptionally
attractive cover showing the scarce 6p packet rate to England; signed
Holcombe (Scott #2).
S.G. #3a, 1862 6p Lake red, perf. 11 to 12 1/2,
an unissued value that is believed to have been used for perforation trials
of a new perforation machine producing perforations gauging between 11 and
12 1/2, this example is large and exceptionally well centered for this as
the perforations produced by this machine were generally unacceptable and
produced very poorly centered stamps, o.g., h.r., very fine and scarce,
especially in this premium condition (Scott #2b; $1,000.00).
S.G. #3a var., 1862 6p Lake red on horizontally laid
paper, perf. 11 to 12 1/2, this is part of the unissued printings that
were used for the perforation trials, quite well centered for this, o.g.
light diagonal crease and trace of soiling, very fine appearance; a scarce
paper variety that is far rarer than the differential in catalog price
between the two papers would imply, this variety priced in a footnote
stating "It has also been seen on horizontally laid paper" (Scott #2b
var.).
S.G. #3a var., 1862 6p Lake red on horizontally laid
paper, perf. 11 to 12 1/2, an attractive unused right sheet-margin
single, being well centered for these, scissors separated at bottom leaving
a wide margin, very fine and very rare paper variety; 1990 BPA certificate
(Scott #2b var.).
S.G. #4, 1864 1p Green, rough perf. 14 to 16, wmk.
small star, horizontal strip of five in a deep shade of the green, tied
to folded letter to New York by "A15" in bars oval cancel, small
"Grenada/JA 8 64" c.d.s. with index letter "A" on the reverse, St. Thomas
transit and routed through Halifax and Boston, with an attractive "Boston
Mass/10/ Feb 2" c.d.s. just tying the strip, stamps with the normal
variable centering and vertical file fold affecting the center stamp in the
strip, still a very fine example of early international mail from Grenada;
the letter is endorsed inside "P mail via Havana, Duplicate via Havana"
indicating that identical letters were sent by different routes to make
sure the correspondence would be received despite the uncertainties of
ocean travel and a civil war just ending in the United States; interesting
and very scarce (Scott #3).
S.G. #4, 1864 1p Green, rough perf. 14 to 16, wmk.
small star, horizontal strip of five in a lighter slightly bluish shade
of green, variable centering into the perforations at top, tied to 1869
folded cover to New York by light strikes of "A15" in bars oval cancel,
light "Grenada/NO 10 69" c.d.s. with index letter "A" below, this cover has
the unusual endorsement "per Brazilian Steamer via St. Thomas," a St.
Thomas transit is found on the reverse, on arrival a "N.Y. Steamship/10"
rate c.d.s. was applied indicating the amount due for the ship service and
local postage, this marking also ties the strip, vertical file fold affects
the second stamp in the strip, a fine and rare posting showing the
fortuitous use of a foreign ship passing through the West Indies to the
United States; ex-Messenger and Hackmey (Scott #3)
S.G. #4, 1864 1p Green, rough perf. 14 to 16, wmk.
small star, horizontal strip of five in an exceptionally deep shade of
this issue, normal variable centering just into the design at top, tied to
cover to Nova Scotia, an apparently personal correspondence to Miss
Agness Ilsley in Halls Harbor on Cornwallis Island, strip is just tied by
one of five strikes of the "A15" in bars oval cancels, slightly obscured
"Grenada/JA 02 69" c.d.s with index letter "A" on the front, St. Thomas and
various Nova Scotia transits on the reverse, a paid cover carried by
British sea post, some staining to the cover slightly affecting the stamps
and tiny edge tear at right, still an attractive fine cover and scarce
posting; ex-Charlton-Henry, Gilbert-Lodge and Towers (Scott #3).
S.G. #4, 6, 1863-64, 1p Green and 6p Rose, both rough
perf. 14 to 16, wmk. small star, an incredibly attractive small 1869
registered cover to Stratford, England, franked with a well centered
horizontal strip of four of the 1p Green paying the registry fee, just tied
to the back flap by "A15" in bars oval cancel, plus an attractive pair of
the 6p Rose on the front for the packet fee to England with a central
strike of the same cancel, small "Grenada/JA 09 69" c.d.s. with index
letter "A" at left along with a light but discernible straight line
"Registered" handstamp, registry c.d.s. transit on the reverse, tear in
back flap mended to preserve the lovely appearance of this rare franking,
otherwise extremely fine; registry was little used from colonies in this
early period, the fact they had a handstamp for it attests to its
availability, nevertheless only three covers are recorded with this
usage and the Walker collection contains two of them, this being the
most attractive cover despite the marking being slightly weaker, a
wonderful exhibition piece (Scott #3-4).
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