1914 1/2d printed illustrated statioinery showing a young couple doing the Tango. Cancelled 'POTGIETERSPRUIT TRANSVAAL' c.d.s. '29 MASY 14' addressed to Nylstroom.
1916 1d blue illustrated stationery lettercard with 'ASH LOG/QUEENSLAND' in framed oval. Cancelled 'MELBOURNE' machine d/s '24 JUL 16' addressed to South Australia
1904 local 1/2d stationery postcard with message cancelled 'KARONGA' squared circle d/s 'NO 23 05' A scarce commercial usage.
1944 censored envelope from Cable & Wireless Fanning Island addressed to the U.S.A. franked 3d & 1/- adhesives tied 'POST OFFICE FANNING ISLAND' c.d.s. '3 NO 44' Boxed 'GILBERT AND ELLICE / ISLAND COLONY / PASSED BY CENSOR / NO.1' cachet in black.
1902 postcard addressed to Ireland franked horizontal pair 1/2d adhesives tied 'OLD CALABAR RIVER' c.d.s. 'NO 18 02' a further strike below.
1894 taxed stampless envelope addressed to Crefeld Germany cancelled 'CAPE COAST GOLD COAST' c.d.s. 'MR 8 94' Handstruck "T" in black and blue manuscript '40' taxe marking. Liverpool BR Packet transit and receiving cancellations on the reverse.
1909 German 10pf + 10pf stationery card, the otward half used from Jonsdorf addressed to New Zealand the return half cancelled 'KAMO' c.d.s. '25 OC 09' returned to Germany. Originally the N.Z.P.O. put a pencil line around the imprinted stamp, denoting "Not Valid" this has been cancelled.
1935 Whaling envelope from H Henriksen who was on board the factory ship "Salvestria" addressed to Norway. Frankedx 2 1/2d Silver Jubilee adhesive tied 'SOUTH GEORGIA' c.d.s. '18 NO 35' The ship remained in service with Salvesen until she was mined in the Firth of Forth on July 27th 1940
1901 multi franked registered envelope addressed to Germany adhesives tied 'NUKUALOFA' c.d.s. '6 JL 01' San Francisco transit on the reverse. New York Exchange registration etiquete on the front. transit and receiving cancellations.
1908 taxed postcard addressed to London franked 1/2d stationery wrapper cut-out. Alongside oval 'POSTED LATE' Manuscript '1d TO PAY' initialed. Unusual.
1919 Taxed Singer Sewing machine advertising envelope addressed to Uplands franked 10c adhesive tied 'NAIROBI' c.d.s. '1 SP 1919' c.d.s. with a straight line 'TWENTY CENTS TO PAY' straight line taxe marking struck in violet. A rare marking. 'T' in black circle, crossed out.
1910 postcard addressed to Brighton franked 1d adhesive tied 'MELLEHA/A' c.d.s. 'DE 19 10'
1908 'On His Majesty's Service' wrapper addressed to Canada from the Colonial Secretary's Department using an appoeal against Conviction as a wrapper. Franked 2c adhesive tied "BELIZE' straight line oval of bars
1912 envelope addressed to New York franked single 1d and a horizontal pair 2d Lakatoi adhesives (The right example has a damaged bottom right corner tear) tied 'BRISBANE T.C.' c.d.s. '2 MR 12' Oval 'LOOSE / SHIP / LETTER' cachet in black. Seattle Washington transit cancellation on the reverse.
1901 postcard addressed to France franked Great Britain 1d lilac tied 'BRITISH POST OFFICE SALONICA' c.d.s. 'DE 15 01'
1899 Great Britain overprinted 4d registered stationery envelope (G) addressed to London. Franked horizontal pair Great Britain overprinted 1d lilac adhesives cancelled 'GABERONE' c.d.s. Mafeking transit and London receiving cancellation.
1945 censored airletter from Polish Settlement Masindi Uganda addressed to Polish Forces C.M.F. Franked 50c adhesive tied 'MASINDI 2 UGANDA' c.d.s. '4 NO 45' 'N / Released /9' in red double circle and Polish Examined by Censor cachet in violet. On the reverse 'A.P.O. 80' transit cancellation.
1900 1/2d C.G.H. overprinted stationery wrapper addressed to Leipzig cancelled 'MAFEKING' c.d.s. 'AU 13 00' Further strikes alongside.
1942 censored airmail envelope addressed to England franked 1/6d & 3d adhesives tied 'PAGET' c.d.s. '13 DEC 1942' with shield shaped 'RELEASED / BY CENSOR / BERMUDA (2)' in green. Believed to have been used on detained mail released after the war, probably because the sender was suspected of spying. one of the few recorded examples all from the same sender at Elbow beach.
1901 Half Penny stationery lettercard with message uprated 4d adheive tied 'REGISTERED DURBAN' c.d.s. '14 NO 01' German T.P.O. registration etiquete. The card unusually registered addressed to Berlin, Ontario, Canada. It appears to have been sent to Berlin Germany in error. Some light toning.
1942 envelope addressed to a Flight Sgt 4th Regiment Malta. Franked 1 1/2d adhesive a Green Cross label in top left corner tied 'BLACKHEATH S.E.3' machine d/s '2 OCT 1942'
1881 Great Britain 1d stationery card headed "Vittoriosa, Malta 15 6 81'" addressed to Venice with message cancelled 'MALTA A25' duplex 'JU 15 81' Victoria (Rabat) is the capital of Gozo, mail outside of Valletta is scarce at this time.
1934 airmail envelope addressed to Lima Peru. Franked 1 1/2d & 1d adhesives tied light Hamilton c.d.s. 2 U.S. 20c airmail adhesives applied paying the airmail fee New York to Lima. Receiving cancellation on the reverse.
1938 registered envelope addressed to Manchester franked horizontal strip of three 1 1/2d red-brown (Die 11) tied 'BARBUDA' c.d.s. 'OC 10 38' St Johns transit cancellation on the reverse.
1942 Express airmail envelope addressed to Miami franked 1/- & 8d adhesives tied 'NASSAU' c.d.s. '24 JAN 42' 'POST OFFICE / EXPRESS / DELIVERY etiquete on the front and three line 'Fee claimed / at / Miami, Fla' struck in violet.
1905 registered envelope addressed to Germany franked single 1/2d, 1d and a horizontal pair 2d Columbus adhesives tied 'NEVIS A09' duplex 'JA 30 05' Receiving cancellation on the reverse.
1932 taxed envelope from Port Of Spain Trinidad. The 1d postage paid was short by a 1/2d. On arrival 1d postage due applied, serial number 14192 taxed double deficiency cancelled 'CASTRIES' c.d.s, '21 JY 32. A receiving cancellation of the same date on the reverse.
1850 'O.H.M.S.' entire letter addressed to Bannockburn rated '1/-' countersigned bottom left corner by the Commanding Officer 78th (Highland) Regiment of Foot stationed in Aden. Black 'CR' on the front, the italic initial of the Caledonian Railway. The letter contains a copy of the quaterly account of the Regiment
1939 censored envelope to Wisconsin franked horizontal pair 10c tied Colombo slogan d/s '14 NOV 39' Together with Ceylon censorship slip/form (J.N. 2511 - 800 (8/39))
1896 Great Britain 1d overprinted stationery card with a full message, addressed to German South West Africa cancelled 'OLD CALABAR RIVER' c.d.s. 'FE 13 96' The card has been routed via Liverpool with a red Liverpool BR Packet cancellation. Walfish Bay and Swakopmund receiving cancellations on the front. A good destination.
1889 10c stationery card handstamped SPECIMEN in blue. Applied by the U.P.U. receiving country.
1898 registered envelope addressed to the U.S.A. franked marginal 4d and a 1/2d adhesive tied 'KINGSTON' c.d.s. 'MY 7 98' a further strike alongside, transit and receiving cancellations on the reverse.
1897 registered On Her Majesty's Service envelope from The Colonial Postmaster addressed to Kent franked horizontal strip of three and a single and vertical pair 1/2d adhesives tied 'KINGSTON' c.d.s. 'JU 8 97' Receiving cancellation on the reverse.
1932 4d Marshall registered stationery envelope (H2) with SPECIMEN handstamp in black. The flap is not stuck down. A small hole at top right, where the clasp was fixed to the sheet. Ex Waterlow archives.
1911 envelope addressed to Scotland franked overprinted 1d Arms tied 'ELDORADO MINE' c.d.s. '19 OCT 1911' Salisbury transit and receiving cancellatioins on the reverse.
1907 1/2d Arms stationery card with message adxdressed to London. Uprated 1/2d Arms tied 'ENKLEDOORN' c.d.s. '13 AUG 07'
1847 entire letter rated '1/-' in blue addressed to London. On the reverse fine double arc 'ST VINCENT' c.d.s. 'SP 24 1847'
1911 1 1/2d stationery card with message addressed to South Australia cancelled 'PORT MORESBY' c.d.s. '23 AU 11' Scarce commercial usage.
1942 stampless 'Prisoner Of War Service' envelope addressed to Italy cancelled 'COLOMBO' c.d.s. '20 10 42' 'RETURNED TO SENDER / CENSOR CEYLON / F' label at left (black on bluff) The "F" has been amended in manuscript to "L"/31" in crayon.
1895 5c stationery wrapper addressed to Rotterdam uprated 40c adhesive tied oval 'REGISTERED GIBRALTAR' d/s '26 AP 95' Madrid transit and receiving cancellation on the reverse. A scarce registered wrapper.
1908 postcard addressed to a Band member 1st Battalion Lancaster Fusiliers, Charrata India. Franked 1d adhesive tied 'FALKLAND ISLANDS' c.d.s. (Type 8) Receiving cancellation on the front. A rare destination.
1932 registered envelope addressed to Bristol franked 2 1/2d & 5d adhesives tied 'MATAUTU SAVAII' c.d.s. '21 JA 32' Blank registration etiquette with the same cancellation initalled.
1935 envelope addressed to Brisbane franked 2d adhesive oval 'ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHIC LINE / DYAKABIN' d/s date in manuscript '11 10 35' Dyakabin formed the East Coast line from Brisbane via Maryborough to Rockhampton. A scarce office.
1901 1d stationery card with message addressed to Germany cancelled 'PORT HERALD' squared circle d/s 'DE 27 01' Recxeiving cancellation on the front. Small corner fold bottom right.
1937 1/2d stationery card with message addressed to Northampton, uprated single 1/2d and 2 x 1d Coronation adhesives tied 'PLUMTREE' c.d.s. '4 JUN 1937'
1882 envelope addressed to Massachusetts franked Great Britain 2 1/2d Pl.22 tied 'C' oval straight line of bars 'BRITISH POST OFFICE CONSTANTINOPLE' c.d.s. in red alongside 'FE 28 82'
1880 envelope addressed to Massachusetts franked Great Britain 2 1/2d Pl.16 tied 'C' oval straight line of bars. 'BRITISH POST OFFICE CONSTANTINOPLE' c.d.s. in red alongside 'MR 2 80' NEW YORK PAID ALL' eye glass d/s on the reverse.
1879 envelope addressed to Massachusetts franked two single Great Britain 2 1/2d adhesives Pl.12 tied 'C' oval straight line of bars 'BRITISH POST OFFICE CONSTANTINOPLE' c.d.s. alongside in red 'AU 29 79'
1916 censored envelopew addressed to France franked Great Britain overprinted '25 CENTIMOS' on '2 1/2d' adhesive tied 'BRITISH POST OFFICE LARACHE' c.d.s. '29 AP 16' Tangier and Gibraltar transit cancellations. "GIBRALTAR" boxed arc struck in black, "PAID' removed, used as a censorship.
1899 envelope "Belize Ice and Distilled War Works" addressed to New Orleans franked single 1c and a horizontal pair 2c adhesives tied 'BELIZE' c.d.s. 'FE 17 99' Slightly damaged on opening bottom right corner.