Ascension – Recorded Covers

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Ascension registered hooded ds, ex Vivien Sussex1897 (Sep 17) Registered envelope to England with 1887 2 1/2d Jubilee tied by Ascension registered hooded cds, one of only two covers known with this cancel. Illustrated in Parmenter & Gordon page 8/35. Cert. RPS (1977)

History: Vivien Sussex (Cavendish sold for £6’500 plus commission); “Dubois” aka Hugh Wood (Corinphila, June 2021, lot 4243, sold CHF5’000 plus commission.

2.5d Jubilee used in Ascension1897 (Jan 25)

GB Used Abroad Ascension 2.5d Jubilee cover1897 (Dec 26)

History: SG Auctions Dec 2012 lot 14 est. £500 unsold

Ascension Registered hooded cds1898 (Nov 26) Registered envelope to England with 1887 2 1/2d Jubilee tied by Ascension registered hooded cds, one of only two covers known with this cancel

History: Stanley Cole collection (Spink 26th-28th April 2016 realised £7’500 plus 20% commission);

GB Used Abroad in Ascension Jubilee issues on cover1900 (Jan 16)

History: Grosvenor June 2012 lot 321 realised £500 plus commission

Ascension cds on 1-2d green Jubilee1904 (Feb 14)

cover21913 (Jan 2) Envelope to England with 1887 2d and 1900 1/2d blue-green with control letter tied by Ascension cds

History: Schulyer Rumsey, sold for $258 in Sep 2016

Ascension 4 1-2d Jubilee Posted out of Course1913 (Jan 25)

History: Stanley Cole collection (Spink 26th-28th April 2016 realised £800 plus 20% commission)

1887 Jubilee 5d used in Ascension1913 (Jan 25)

History: “Severn” collection (David Feldman April 2010 lot 21027 realised €360 plus 19.5%)

GB Used in Ascension 1887 1s Jubilee1913 (Apr 21)

History: Sold on eBay March 2013 for £143.82