1877 Second Provisional, Floriate Type formula stationery card with message cancelled 'KINGSTON' c.d.s. 'JY 23 77' with manuscript "Not living at...," "Not Known at 77 Princess St" dated 23rd & 24th July respectively. Hanstamped 'ADVERTISED" & then 'UNCLAIMED' in red. Returned Letter Branch handstamp dated 13th August six days earlier than Prouds E.R.D.
1935 Formula registered stationery envelope (H) addressed to Bermuda franked Silver Jubilee set of four tied 'PORT STANLEY' c.d.s. '4 SP 35'
1898 1d + 1d stationery card with message addressed to Mafeking cancelled 'KOPJE' c.d.s. 'JY 22 98' Transit and receiving cancellation, the return half is unused.
1902 postcard writtren en-route Colombo to Freemantle addressed to Wales. Franked Great Britain 1/2d adhesive tied 'FREEMANTLE W.A. P.O.' datestamp 'FE 19 02' Overstamped boxed 'PAQUEBOT' cachet.
1896 6c stationery card no message addressed to Germany cancelled 'B48' of Forest Side Curepipe cancellation alongside '15 MY 96' Octagonal 'LA REUNION A MARSEILLE Lv No 3' d/s '17 MAI 96'
1891 envelope addressed to London franked Indian '2 1/2 As' on '4 1/2a' adhesive tied 'ADEN CANTONMENT' squared circle d/s '3 OC 91' Receiving cancellation on the reverse.
1888 1/4a 'On H.M.'s SERVICE' official stationery postcard with message from Treasury Office, addressed locally cancelled 'ADEN - CAMP' c.d.s. 'NO 7 88'
1898 10pf stationery card (397f) overprinted 'Nur Fur Marine-Schiffposten' with message headed and dated "Gibraltar 28 iX 98' addressed to Germany cancelled 'KAIS DEUTSCHE / MARINE - SCHIFFSPOST / NO 39' c.d.s. '26 9 98' Receiving cancellation on the front.
1931 envelope addressed to Germany franked 3c adhesive paying the unsealed printed matter rate tied 'ZANZIBAR' squared circle 'NO 15 31'
1905 taxed postcard addreessed to Paris, redirected internally. Franked 6c adhesive tied 'COLOMBO' c.d.s. 'JU 28 05' On arrival in Paris 30c postage due applied.
1901 stampless postcard (Camel Market) with message addressed to Germany endorsed 'FELD' cancelled 'KAIS DEUTSCHE / MARINE SCHIFFPOST / NO 4' c.d.s. '25 8 01' Receiving cancellation on the front. From a German naval ship en-route to China.
1895 Indian 1/2a stationery envelope cancelled 'ADEN' squared circle d/s 'AU 6 97' Addressed to Steamer Point.
Queen Victoria Postal Note - Poundage die proof without value in black on thick card
1889 registered On Postal Service stampless envelope addressed to Constantinople with boxed 'ADEN - CAMP' and 'ADEN CANTONMENT' numbered registration cachet. Octagonal 'LIGNE T PAQ FR No 4' datestamp '21 JUIN 89' On the reverse 'ADEN-CANT' c.d.s. 'JU 19 89' together with transit cancellations.
1918 1d stationery envelope cancelled 'BATHURST' c.d.s. '6 OC 18' addressed to Cape Town, returned to Bathurst with receiving cancellation on the reverse.
1941 censored envelope addressed to Watford franked 2 x 3As and a single 8As tied 'ADEN CAMP' c.d.s. '20 DEC 41' Four line 'Please request sender in future / to write full name and address / on the envelope together with / language used' struck in violet.
1919 censored taxed envelope addressed to St Louis franked block of four 1c adhesives overprinted 'WAR' cancelled 'P BELIZE 0 BRITISH HONDURAS' c.d.s. 'MAR 27 1919' struck in violet. The cancellation was withdrawn on 29th March. 'PASSED BY CENSOR / 1188' cachet. 1c postage due applied tied oval 'ST LOUIS MO'
1895 Great Britain overprinted 4d registered stationery envelope (H) addressed to France, franked Great Britain single 2d, 1/2d and a horizontal pair 1d adhesives tied 'VRYBURG B.B.' c.d.s. 'JU 22 95' Transit and receiving cancellations on the reverse.
1938 envelope addressed to Maidenhead franked marginal 1 1/2d adhesive tied 'CASTRIES' c.d.s. With an additional 1d & 1/2d adhesives paying the boxed 'LATE FEE' struck in black.
1934 envelope addressed to the U.S.A. franked marginal horizontal pair with plate number '1' tied 'NEW YORK' machine d/s 'FEB 12 1934' 'MAILED AT SEA COLOMBIAN LINE / S.S. PASTORES' ships cachet on the front.
1840 entire letter addressed to Cadiz rated "6" with Gibraltar Paid arc. Carried on the P & O steam packet "Vivid" departing Gibraltar on the 20th arriving the next day. Cadiz "9" struck in red manusctipt. Normally only higher rates were hand written.
1954 local taxed envelope franked on the reverse 5c adhesive tied 'PORT LOUIS' c.d.s. '2 AP 54' 10c postage due applied paying the manuscript charge tied 'PORT LOUIS' c.d.s. '20 AP 54'
1953 taxed envelope from Ireland addressed to Mauritius. On arrival 4c & 20c postage dues applied on the reverse, paying the manuscript charge tied 'PORT LOUIS' c.d.s. '7 NO 53'
1925 envelope addressed to London franked 10c & 20c adhesives tied 'FORT TERNAN' double circle '6 DE 25' The 20c has a damaged bottom left corner.
1938 20c stationery envelope. The flap is not stuck down. Superb unused.
1949 local envelope franked 5c & 10c adhesives tied 'MOMBASA POSTE RESTANTE' c.d.s. '14 JA 49' Central vertical fold.
1947 registered envelope addressed to Salima franked 2c Victory and a 3d adhesive tied 'LIMBE' c.d.s. '1 MAY 47' Large registration label manuscript 'LIMBE / 426' Transit and receiving cancellations.
1916 local envelope franked Egypt 3m & 2m adhesives tied 'NEW ZEALAND ARMY POST OFFICE / ADVANCED BASE' c.d.s. '14 MR 16'
1894 envelope addressed to London franked 2 x 1/2d adhesives 1894 & 1897 issues tied 'BONNY RIVER' c.d.s. 'JU 25 94' On the reverse is a near complete "CUSTOMS HOUSE BONNY' red wax seal.
1898 Indian One And a Half Annas stationery card overprinted 'ONE ANNA / ZANZIBAR' with message headed 'Zanzibar S.M.S. Condor' addressed to Germany, cancelled 'ZANZ BAR' c.d.s. with '1' omitted. Transit and receiving cancellations. Small closed tear at the top.
1900 French 10c stationery with short message overprinted '1 ANNA / ZANZIBAR' addressed to Germany cancelled 'ZANZIBAR' c.d.s. 'JAN 6 00' Receiving cancellation on the front.
1934 envelope addressed to Tipton Staffordshire, locally redirected. Franked Great Britain 1/2d adhesive cancelled upon arrival 'LONDON F.S. PAQUEBOT' c.d.s. '28 JU 34' Mailed from the island with 'PITCAIRN ISLAND N.Z. POSTAL AGENCY' c.d.s. '25 MY 34'
1939 registered censored multi franked envelope addressed to California, adhesives tied 'PORT MORESBY' c.d.s. 6 SP 39' On the reverse red manuscript 'Passed by Censor' Initialed by the censor, applied in Port Moresby, the earliest recorded date for censorship.
1920 registered envelope addressed to Cairo franked Great Britain 2 1/2d & 2d adhesives tied 'BRITISH POST OFFICE CONSTANTINOPLE' c.d.s. '16 OC 20' Blank registration label cancelled by the rare undated 'BRITISH POST OFFICE CONSTANTINOPLE' cachet.
1928 3d registered stationery envelope (G) from Musta addressed to Washington D.C. with additional 1 1/2d & 1d adhesives tied 'G.P.O. MALTA' c.d.s. 'MR 15 28'
1918 censored envelope addressed to Switzerland, franked 1pi adhesive tied 'KHARTOUM' c.d.s. Triangular 'PASSED / BY / CENSOR / SUDAN / 7' Receiving cancellation on the reverse.
1935 3c stationery card with message addressed to Germany uprated 2c & 5c Jubilee' adhesives tied 'GENERAL POST OFFICE MAURITIUS' c.d.s. '23 OC 35'
1935 envelope with enclosed letter addressed to Canada franked 20c Jubilee adhesive tied 'NEWGROVE' c.d.s. '9 MY 35'
1946 Certificate of Posting of a Registered Postal Packet addressed to Alice cancelled 'FRANCISTOWN BECHP PROTECTORE' c.d.s. '21 DEC 42'
1902 postcard (Deadwood Camp) addressed to London franked 1d adhesive tied 'ST HELENA' c.d.s. 'JU 2 02'
1939 envelope with letter, stationery The York & Lancashire Regiment, addressed to Hampshire. Franked 10m adhesive tied 'KHARTOUM' c.d.s. '26 MA 39' Boxed Orderly Room Regiment signed cachet on the front, struck in violet.
1958 Avis De Reception stationery card (G.P.O. - C.24638-H.12650 - 5M. - 31.5.49 Franked 6d adhesive tied 'HEADLANDS' c.d.s. '18 FEB 58' addressed to Rusape.
1948 envelope addressed to New York (Stamps washed off) cancelled 'NASSAU BAHAMAS' slogan d/s 'JAN 20 1948' with U.S. Post Office slip stating that the cover was damaged by fire on an aircraft at Logan Airport, Boston on 21st January.
1937 envelope from London addressed to Auckland (Stamp washed off) Carried on Imperial Airways Flying boat "CALPURNIA" with two line 'RECEIVED IN DAMAGED CONDITION / EX FLYING BOAST CALPURNIA." struck in violet.
1939 airmail envelope stationery "Duke of Marlborough Hotel, Russel. (Stamps washed off) addressed to London. Carried on Imperial Airways flying boat "Centurion" which crashed into the Hoogly River, Calcutta. Two line 'SALVAGED MAIL / EX CENTURION"
1908 1d (Brown) illustrated stationery card (Fat Bullocks) Superb unused.
1908 1d (Blue) illustrated stationery card (Fat Bullocks) Superb unused.
1900 German 5pf stationery card with message headed and dated "Sydney 22 No 1900" addressed to Kiel Germany. Cancelled 'KAIS. DEUTSCHE / MARINE / SCHIFFSPOST / NO 7' c.d.s. '27 11 00' a further strike on the front. The cancellation was used by the German warship "S.M.S. Mowe"
1916 censored envelope from a German internee addressed to Bankstown returned to German Concentation Camp Liverpool. Franked 1d adhesive tied 'SYDNEY' machine d/s '8 JU 16' Endorsed bottom left corner. On the reverse three line 'CENSORED / GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMP / LIVERPOOL' struck in violet.
1922 taxed envelope addressed to Switzerland franked 2d adhesive tied 'SYDNEY' machine d/s 'SP 8 1922' On arrival vertical pair 20c postage dues applied paying the shield 'N.S.W. / T /50' charge tied 'ST GALLEN' cancellation.