1929 envelope addressed to Bristol franked 1 1/2d adhesive perfin "UFQ" tied 'AVONMOUTH' c.d.s. '14 OC 29' Large violet 'OCEAN MAILS/EX......' with straight line 'S.S. CARARE' of the Fyffes Line. Includes a photografic postcard of the vessel.

1907 underpaid postcard addressed to Turin Italy franked 1/2a adhesive tied 'LIMURU' c.d.s. '2 JA 07' The card underpaid the 1a rate and was charged 10L on arrival tied Torino squared circle d/.s

1894 1d stationery card with message addressed to Bermuda cancelled 'TURKS-ISLAND' c.d.s. 'DE 31 94' c.d.s. St Georges receiving cancellation on the reverse.

1919 registered envelope addressed to New York franked single, horizontal pair and a block of four 3d adhesives overprinted 'WAR TAX' tied 'TURKS ISLAND' c.d.s. 'MY 23 61' the year inverted '61' for '19' Receiving cancellation on the reverse.

1911 First U.K. Aerial illustrated postcard addressed to Barbados franked horizontal pair 1/2d adhesives tied 'FIRST UNITED KINGDOM AERIAL POST' c.d.s. 'SP 14 1911' A rare destination.

1907 Free Order Advice envelope addressed to Ohio cancelled 'BARBADOS' c.d.s. '30 MY 07' Receiving cancellation on the reverse.

1919 envelope addressed to Switzerland franked 2d with plate '1' in margin and a 1/2d adhesive overprinted 'WAR TAX' tied 'NASSAU' c.d.s. '5 NOV 19' A further strike alongside.

1906 1/2d stationery wrapper addressed to Maseru cancelled by a fine strike in black 'G.P.O. DON DON O.R.C.' large c.d.s. '23 MAR 1905'

1891 envelope addressed to Spitykop franked horizontal pair 1d adhesives tied by octagonal '51' numeral 'PORT ALFRED' c.d.s. 'DE 30 91' alongside. Transit and receiving cancellations on the reverse.

1891 parcel label for mailing of the 1891 census from the Commissioner Division 78 addressed to Georgetown cancelled 'BAGOTVILLE' c.d.s. 'AP 8' no year expressed.

1900 envelope addressed to Mossel Bay franked 1d adhesive tied 'G.P.O. CAPE TOWN' c.d.s. '22 FEB 00' Fancy framed 'POSTED LATE' cachet in black. Receiving cancellation on the reverse.

1952 Flight cover via Qantas Airways from Johannesburg to Ceylon. Adhesives tied 'CAPE TOWN' c.d.s. '2 IX 52' A variety of Ceylon instructional markings, rectangular boxed 'UNCLAIMED' 'COLOMBO R.L.O. Registered and 'COLOMBO POSTE RESTANTE' cancellations. The envelope returned to South Africa 'RETURNED L.O. CAPE TOWN' c.d.s. on the reverse.

1951 envelope addressed to Tampa Florida franked 3 x 3d Victory adhesives tied 'GEORGETOWN' c.d.s. 'OC 5 51' Boxed 'Damaged by / Sea Water' cachet in violet. Some water staining to the envelope.

1887 2c stationery card with message addressed to Rose Hill cancelled '14' barred numeral cancellation allocated to Mahebourg. Receiving cancellation on the front January 7th 1887

1885 envelope addressed to Walden in Massachusetts franked single 1/2d and a horizontal pair 1d adhesives tied 'HAMILTON/1' duplex 'JA 28 85' Carried by Quebec Line steamship "Orinoco" which left the next day arriving in New York on the 1st February. Transit cancellation on the reverse.

1907 'N.Z. Government Life Insurance Department' envelope unsealed from The Christchurch Agency 'G.I.284J 10,000-6-1906-5445' Franked 1/2d pictorial overprinted 'OFFICIAL' tied 'CHRISTCHURCH' machine d/s 'JUN 18 07' A seldom seen usage on the pictorial issue.

1930 N.Z. Government Insurance Department unsealed envelope from the Auckland Agency 'G.I. 2841. 50,000-11-29 (11715)' Franked 1/2d Government Life Insurance Department' adhesive tied 'AUCKLAND' slogan d/s '4 DEC 1930'

1911 postcard addressed to England franked 6c adhesive tied 'CHANIA BRIDGE' c.d.s. 'NO 26 11' The mail was carried by runner to Nairobi, departing Chania at 9am arriving Nairobi 8am the following morning.

1947 registered envelope from Anna Slotwinska at The Polish Refugee camp at Masindi addressed to Seighford Camp nr Stafford. Franked on the reverse 10c & 1/- adhesives tied 'MASINDI UGANDA' c.d.s. '17 NO 47' Registration etiquette No 845 used at the Refugee Camp. A variety of transit and instructional cancellations.

1913 postcard addressed to London franked Transvaal 1d adhesive tied 'UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA OCEAN P.O./9' c.d.s. '5 FEB 13'

1923 envelope addressed to London franked horizontal pair 6c perfin "WVL" tied 'SUPPORT THE/BRITISH EMPIRE/EXHIBITION' slogan d/s '20 NOV 23' Slight foxing.

1918 'On Active Service' envelope addressed to London cancelled crown in centre 'PASSED BY CENSOR No. 16, N.Z.' in blue. This was used by the N.Z. troopship "Tahiti" Posted on the outward jorney with pencil 'Rec 20.3.18' on the reverse.

1891 envelope stationery United States Consulat, Demerara, British Guiana endorsed "Printed Circular/Book Post' addressed to the U.S.A. franked 20c adhesive tied 'GEORGETOWN' c.d.s. 'FE 11 91' The back flap is missing.

1915 censored stampless Christmas 'Fronhe Weinnacht' card from P..Maritzburg Camp, Natal. Addressed to Germany with boxed Prisoner of War' cachet in violet.

Undated censored stampless envelope addressed to Germany from an internee at Koffiefontein with cxrown boxed 'OFFICIAL FREE / KOFFIEFONTEIN / INTERNMENT CAMP' cachet in vioiet.

1923 stampless O.H.M.S. acknowledgement card for medals received for service with the B.S.A.P. during WW.1 cancelled 'KOTA-KOTA' c.d.s. '14 FEB 23' Card has a few edge wrinkles.

1931 envelope addressed to Dorchester franked 1d adhesive tied 'K.N.S.M / S.S. COSTA RICA' cachet '20 APR 1931' boxed cachet in violet.

1937 envelope addressed to Michigan franked 2 1/2d Coronation adhesive tied 'PAQUEBOT TRINIDAD' c.d.s. 'AU 6 37' Straight line 'MAILED AT SEA' and 'S.S. CHOMEDY' cachets in black.

1905 internal postcard franked 1/2d adhesive tied 'ROODERSBURG' c.d.s. 'DE 20 05' Oval framed 'POSTED LATE' on the front.

1905 postcard addressed to Johannesburg franked C.G.H. 1/2d adhesive tied 'DEAAR' c.d.s. 'Au 1 05' 'TRANSVAAL T.P.O./ UP' c.d.s. on the front '3 AUG 05'

1900 Formula registered stationery envelope (H) addressed to Germany franked 2 x 1/- & 2 x 6d adhesives tied "T1" in oval straight line of bars and oval 'REGISTERED TURKS ISLAND' d/s 'JA 13 00' Liverpool transit and receiving cancellation.

1928 stampless registered On His Majesty's Service. envelope addressed to New York with oval 'POSTMASTER TURKS ISLANDS' cachet '24 JUL 1926' Receiving cancellation on the reverse.

1922 receipt for a registered letter addressed to London cancelled 'TURKS ISLANDS' c.d.s. JU 7 22' The '7' in the year changed to '8' in manuscript. File hole.

1926 Certificate Of Post Office Registration with number, signed by The Postmaster cancelled 'TURKS ISLAND' c.d.s. 'JU 16 26'

1914 stampless local envelope with four line 'Auckland / GARRISON ARTILLERY DIVISION / DEVONPORT / ON ACTIVE SERVICE' struck in violet overstamped 'DEVENPORT' machine d/s '14 DE 1914'

1915 Cairo Young Men's Christian Assocation Army Branch envelope addressed to Portsmouth franked Egyptian 5m adhesive tied 'HEAD QUATERS / FIELD POST OFFICE / N.Z. DIVISION' c.d.s. '15 MR 15' "G CROWN R / FOUND OPEN OR (TORN) / AND OFFICIALLY SEALED' label on the front cancelled 'PORTSMOUTH' c.d.s. '29 MR 15' The reverse side of the cover is torn.

1912 registered envelope addressed to Germany franked 2d, 4d, 6d & 1d small canoe adhesives tied 'TULAGI' c.d.s. '28 OC 1912' sealed at left side with manuscript "Found damaged in transit at Sydney resealed" and initialled. German Post Office seal at right side. The sender Jean Jakob Steuernagel was writing from Marovo Lagoon.

1896 multi franked registered envelope addressed to Birmingham adhesives tied 'OPOBO RIVER' c.d.s. 'FE 7 94' 'PAID / LIVERPOOL / BR PACKET' cancellation in red on the front, together with straight line 'PAQUEBOT' struck in black.

1900 4c registered stationery envelope (G) addressed to London franked 2c adhesive tied 'NEW AMSTERDAM' c.d.s. '1 SEP 5' paying the Imperial 1/2oz rate to London. Transit and receiving cancellations.

1934 taxed postcard from Fairhaven addressed to Barbados on arrival 1d postage due applied paying the octagonal charge.

1917 censored envelope, opened out for display, addressed to England. Signed bottom left corner by a member of the Transport Unit, Songea. On the front 'FIELD POST OFFICE '9 c.d.s. '20 AP 17' of Zomba. On the reverse an uncancelled overprinted N.F. 1d adhesive. Over four months later backstamped 'SHELLAL HALFA T.P.O.' and an initialed SUDAN (Pmrs) No 29 / FOUND OPEN / OFFICIALLY SEALED' label. Rectangular framed "MISSENT' in black probably applied in Halfa. Some foxing.

1930 registered envelope addressed to Manchester franked by 5d Staircase tied 'LOWER BOGUE' c.d.s. '13 OC 30' a further strike alongside. Pencil "Found in Ordinary Mail"

1953 envelope addressed to Hampshire franked 3d adhesive tied 'ORANGE CREEK' c.d.s. struck in violet 'MAY 14 1953' A further strike on the front.

1924 registered envelope addressed to Bristol franked 6d adhesive tied 'ROCK SOUND BAHAMAS' c.d.s. '6 OCT 24' struck in violet a further strike alongside, the outer frame is entirely missing due to wear. Large 'R" in violet circle '8' registration number in circle.

1906 postcard addressed to England franked 1d adhesive tied 'P.O.A. 57' barred numeral oval allocated to Winters Kloof

1901 taxed 1/2a + 1/2a stationery postcard no message addressed to Paris cancelled 'ZANZIBAR' squared circle d/s '25 FEB 01' 'T' in black circcle. Octagonal 'LA REUNION A MARSEILLE LV NO 1' d/s '27 FEVR 01' On arrival marginal 10c postage due applied cancelled black triangle.

1908 postcard addressed to France with message franked on the picture side by 3c adhesive tied octagonal 'MARSEILLE a LA REUNION LV. No 2' d/s '19 MAR 08'

1932 poistcard addressed to Middlesex franked 5c & 10c adhesives tied 'DAR-ES-SALAAM PAQUEBOT' c.d.s. '22 MR 32'

1918 6c stationery card with message addressed to Germany cancelled 'ZANZIBAR' squared circle d/s 'JA 17 18' Boxed 'TOO LATE" struck in black.

1956 taxed envelope addressed to Holland franked vertical pair 10c adhesives tied 'ZANAIBAR' c.d.s. '19 AU 56' On arrival single 10c and a horizontal pair 6c postage dues applied paying the manuscript charge, tied 'WASSENAAR' c.d.s.