Great Britain 1850 Overseas Mail, Belfast to Mexico, SG55

Great Britain 1850 Overseas Mail, Belfast to Mexico, SG55Great Britain 1850 overseas mail, Belfast to Mexico, SG55. Very fine entire envelope sent from Belfast to Mexico bearing a horizontal pair of 1s green's (SG 55, Die W. W. 2). The left hand example is touched at top and the right hand stamp touched at foot, both tied by crisply struck black Belfast "62" Irish numerals. Endorsed at top left "P West Indies Mail", sent per steamer "RMS Trent" from Southampton to St Thomas and "RMS Clyde" from St Thomas to

Plate 2 was never put to press

The album was recorded between 1969-1970 after the break up of the Jimi Hendrix Experience

Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) was a British naval officer famous for his victories against the French during the Napoleonic Wars

chop "D" in red

The SG Specialised Catalogue price is £19

The SG catalogue price is £950

fine unmounted mint example with full original gum

are very scarce

The design is fascinating showing a war canoe called a “tomoko” used by warriors on headhunting expeditions

although examples are known to have been sold to the public at some smaller post offices (see footnote after SG 628)

used with part triangular cancel (which leaves "Hope" virtually clear) and trace of red cancel

Canada 1950 $1 ultramarine 'Fisherman'