Bahrain Postal History - G.B. Overprinted Bahrain - On Cover

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These covers are listed in the sequence of the Cancellation Type, according to the categorisation by Neil Donaldson in his excellent "The Postal Agencies of Eastern Arabia and the Gulf" (1975) and its "Supplement" (1994). Many of the cancellations are either early dated examples or late dated examples and some are the very earliest or very latest known. However, almost all of the covers have other aspects of interest. To save loading time, the pictures show only the stamps and cancellation, not the whole cover.
Item DescriptionPrice
Cancellation by Receivers - Donaldson types 5, 5A, 5B, and 5C
BPH3/01 Cancellation Usage of Donaldson Type 5C
1948 cover to USA carrying the complete Olympic Games issue cancelled 13 SEP 48 which was not the first day of issue though the cover is apparently philatelically inspired. The stamps are cancelled by three strikes of the unusual (Don type 5C) receiver handstamp. With the postal services now under British control, the island now has its own pre-printed registration labels View		 £ 25
BPH3/02 Cancellation Usage of Donaldson Type 5C
1949 cover to India Postage is paid by Bahrain KG VI 3 x 3 Annas, unusually cancelled by strikes of the (Don type 5C) receiver device dated 1 MAY 49. Again this is a Registered cover. View		 £ 25 Sold
Cancellation by the Large Killer - Donaldson type 6 and 6A
BPH3/031948 cover to U.K. carrying KG VI 6 Annas cancelled by a single strike of (Don Type 6A) the modified large killer, dated 19 APR 48. This device is very similar to type 6 but the letters of BAHRAIN are larger in 6A. £ 5
BPH3/041948 philatelicly inspired cover to U.K. carrying the 1948 Olympic Games issue, cancelled by a single strike of the type 6A device, dated 12 DEC 48. This is not a first day cover but a nice cover to show this particular cancellation View £ 20
Cancellation by the BAHRAIN AIR double ring cds - Donaldson type 7
Donaldson records the latest date for this cancellation as 1941, long before the GB P.O. took responsibility for pastal services in Bahrain. I have not seen this cds used to cancel overprints on GB.
Cancellation by the first Registered device - Donaldson type 9
BPH3/051949 commercial cover to India carrying KG VI GB overprints (on the reverse) cancelled by three strikes of the Registered cancellation, dated 09 MAR 49. On the obverse, a GB-style registration label, pre-printed BAHRAIN.View £ 18
US Army Postal Service cds - Donaldson type 10 - See Forces Mail.
American Base Forces cds - Donaldson type 10A - See Forces Mail.
Indian FPO R-22 cds - Donaldson type 11 - See Forces Mail.
Indian FPO 101 cds - Donaldson type 12 - See Forces Mail.
Experimental P.O. K-121 cds - Donaldson type 13
BPH3/06This cancellation is recorded on only three covers. This is a genuine commercial cover, roughly opened (as can be seen from the view). This is one of the two covers to which Donaldson refers on page 32 of his Supplement. Two copies of GB KGVI 3A are separately cancelled by strikes of the open EXPERIMENTAL P.O. K-121 cancellation, dated 3 OCT 48.View. This cover is ex-Harry Hibbert collection of Arabia. A cover with Indian stamps cancelled by type 13 was offered in auction in 1987, estimated at £750.£ 550 Sold
Experimental P.O. K-121 "barred" cds - Donaldson type 14 See India overprinted BAHRAIN
Reg cachet - Donaldson type 15 Sorry, I have nothing to offer
Reg label & h/s- Donaldson types 16, 17, 18 and 19 - See Handstamps & Misc
Postage Due h/s of all periods - Donaldson Type 20, etc. - See Handstamps & Misc.