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.
1916 4d registered stationery envelope addressed to Newcastle, with additional 1d adhesive tied 'REGISTERED SYDNEY N.S.W.' c.d.s. '22 FE 16'
1914 1d (Blue) stationery lettercard (Mt Buffalo Victoria) with variety "L" of Australia. The sides are not stuck down. Superb.
1910 registered envelope addressed to Germany franked marginal 3/- adhesive tied oval 'REGISTERED TURKS ISLAND' d/s 'SP 14 10' Registered London and receiving cancellations on the reverse.
1908 postcard addressed to Bristol franked C.G.H. 1d tied 'QUTHING' c.d.s. 'NO 21 08' a further strike alongside.
1947 Christmas Air Letter Aerogramme. (AL4) Black proof of the green plate
1930 envelope addressed to Cardiff (Stamp washed off) Cancelled 'AUCKLAND' machine d/s 'AU 9 30' Carried on the S.S. "Tahiti" which sunk off the Cook Islands en-route to San Francisco on 18th August. Two line 'DAMAGED / BY SEA WATER' struck in black and manuscript "Through Sinking S.S. Tahiti 1930' This appearsto be an unrecorded cachet for "Tahiti" mails.
1916 On Active Service postcard (Town Hall and West Streeet Durban) addressed to Palmeston North with crown in Centre 'PASSED BY CENSOR No 6, N.Z.' which was allocated to Troopship Devon. It carried the 17th reinforcements which left New Zealand on 25th September. 'WELLINGTON N.Z. PAID' receiving cancellation '11 DE 16'
1915 postcard addressed to New Zealand from a soldier on Troopship 31 en-route to the Middle East, written during a stop at Colombo Ceylon franked 6c adhresive tied 'COLOMBO' machine d/s '4 NOV 15' Troopship 31 was the S.S. "Tahiti" The voyage left New Zealand on 18th October, and reached the Middle East on 17th November.
1840 privately carried entire letter headed and dated "St Helena 4th August 1840" addressed to London. Manuscript note 'Recxeived latter end of 1841'
1836 Entire Letter headed and dated "St Helena 15 October 1836' addressed to Utica redirected to Augusta, with red 'BOSTON' transit cancellation 'DEC 14' The letter written by Agnes Brookhouse who was the daughter of U.S. Consular Commercial Agent William Carroll.
1901 censored envelope from Gravenhage addressed to Capt B.G.V. de Witt of the Holland Free Corps, St Helena. Triangular 'PASSED BY / CENSOR / DEADWOOD' struck in violet. An arrival date has been added by de Witt '5.1.02'
1904 envelope addressed to Salisbury franked 1d adhesive tied 'ST HELENA' c.d.s. 'DE 16 04' Receiving cancellation on the reverse.
1902 envelope addressed to Salisbury 'Via Cape Town' franked horizontal pair 1/2d adhesives tied Maltese cross in circle 'ST HELENA' c.d.s. 'AP 15 02' on the front. On the reverse oval 'SOLOMON & Co SAINT HELENA' cachet in violet. A late usage of the Maltese cross cancellation.
1900 envelope addressed to Gosport franked 'ONE PENNY' on 'SIX PENCE' adhesive tied ' ST HELENA' c.d.s. '24 JY 1900' Receiving cancellation on the reverse.
1939 censored envelope addressed to St Louis franked 1/2d, 1d & 1 1/2d adhesives tied 'ASCENSION' c.d.s. 'SP 13 39' Straight line 'CENSORED' in red. An early September date.
1937 On His Britannic Majesty's Service envelope stationery British Consulate, Malaga addressed to Swansea with 'COLONIAL SECRETARY"S OFFICE GIBRALTAR/ OFFICIAL PAID' cachet and 'GIBRALTAR / OFFICIAL PAID' c.d.s. on the front '18 MR 37'
1944 envelope endorsed "Consignee Mail" addressed to Tampa Florida franked vertical strip of three 1d adhesives tied 'GEORGETOWN' machine d/s '15 NO 44' Carried to Tampa and handed to the Customs authorities. They backstamped the cover and attached and cancelled a 3c adhesive.
1909 wrapper addressed to New York franked 1d adhesive tied 'GEORGETOWN GRAND CAYMAN' c.d.s. 'SP 13 09' A scarce usage.
1937 postcard addressed to England with oval 'H.M.S. ATLANTIS / POSTED ON THE HIGH SEAS' dated cachet '24 FEB 1937' Franked Great Britain Three Halfpence cancelled 'LONDON F.S. / PAQUEBOT / POSTED AT SEA' machine d/s '8 MCH 1937'
1896 Ambulance cover returning an undeliverable letter ro R.E.E.F. in Nuneham, from the Colonial postmaster sending an exhortation from Postmaster Trimington to sign letters with a full name.
1930 registered envelope addressed to Kentuckey franked 3d adhesive tied 'ST JOHN'S' c.d.s. 'OC 24 30' Large boxed 'YOU SHOULD VISIT / ANTIGUA / THE IDEAL SUMMER RESORT' and oval crown Antiqua Post Office cachet. Transit and receiving cancellations.
1931 taxed envelope addressed to Liechtenstein franked 2d pictorial tied 'PORT ELIZABETH' slogan d/s '1MAY 31' On arrival 15c postage due applied paying the South African charge tied 'VADUZ' c.d.s. A scarce due on cover.
1917 censored envelope addressed to the Red Cross Bern Switzerland franked Indian 2as6pi adhesive tied by a violet 'PASSEDS CENSOR 'C' E.A.' handstamp. Boxed 'CENSORSHIP / 18 JUL 1917 / "C" SECTION" cachet in red. The cover from a German women in Morogoro, possibly an internee.
1915 local envelope franked Red Cross 1d overeprinted adhesive tied 'CEDROS' c.d.s.'OC 21 15' on first day of issue, alongside One Fraction Red Cross Trinidad Society' label.
1834 Entire Letter addressed to London with manuscript '4/4 and manuscript endorsements 'double only' and 'Packet' Backstamped with a fine impression on the Albino straight line 'MORANT BAY' cachet' KINGSTON JAMAICA' c.d.s. 'FE 10 1834' Lengthy correspondance written at Petersfield.
1944 censored envelope addressed to the U.S.A. Franked 2d & 1d adhesives tied 'No 7 AUST BASE P.O.' c.d.s. '8 NO 44' 'Opened by Censor' label at left, overstamped crown 'PASSED BY CENSOR 49' cachet.
1926 taxed postcard addressed to Switzerland 1d adhesive tied 'GIBRALTAR' c.d.s. '8 DE 26' On arrival 10c postage due applied tied 'BASEL' c.d.s.
1934 envelope addressed to Bristol franked Great Britain 1/2d & 1d Jubilee adhesives tied 'TURKS ISLAND' c.d.s. 'JL 20 35' Two line 'OCEAN MAILS/ S.S. "CAVINA" cachet in violet.
1928 envelope addressed to Edinburgh franked marginal horizontal pair 1 1/2d Badge with plate "1" in margin cancelled 'ASCENSION' c.d.s. '23 MY 28' The lest adhesive stamp No 50 shows variety break in the 8th line of shading to the right of rock. Stamp 51 white patch on the hull of the ship.
1934 envelope addressed to the U.S.A. franked marginal 1/2d, 1d & 1 1/2d Badge adhesives tied 'ST HELENA' c.d.s. 'AP 9 34'
1910 4d registered stationery envelope (H2) H&G C8 addressed to London cancelled 'TONGA GOVERNMENT FRANK' 'NUKUALOFA' c.d.s. 'FE 25 10' and oval registration cachet 'New York/Exchange' etiquete applied in transit.