1910 On Her Majesty's Service' Registration of births and deaths lettersheet addressed to Hamiliton cancelled 'OUSE' c.d.s. 'JA 31 10' 1d adhesive applied perfin large 'T' cancelled 'HAMILTON' c.d.s. 'JA31 10
1944 censored airmail 1 1/2d stationery card with message addressed to Plymouth uprated 1d & 4 1/2d adhesives tied 'PRINCE OF WALES SLIEMA' c.d.s. '24 JA 44' Octagonal censor 'DD/23'
1902 registered envelope addressed to London franked 10c 4c 75c and '12 CENTS' on '16c' adhesives tied 'SEYCHELLES' c.d.s. 'MR 11 02' code 'A' 'R' in black oval. Receiving cancellation on the front. 18 days transit time. The 75c is scarce on cover.
1940 censored envelope addressed to England franked 3d adhesive tied 'FREETOWN' c.d.s. 7 NO 40' Military handstamp crown in centre '2581' Signed by G Jameson - Carr (Censor) Two line handstamp below in red 'O.C. 49th Field Hygiene Section'
1941 Green Honour Military envelope signed at bottom left corner printed in the U.K. Franked 1 1/2d adhesive tied 'FIELD POST OFFICE 41' c.d.s. '20 JY 41' A scarce internal usage.
1943 'On Active Service' stampless censored envelope addressed to Sussex cancelled 'FIELD POST OFFICE 46' c.d.s. '16 OCT 43' Scarce 'OPENED BY CENSOR' seal at left, a temporary duplicated seal with no full stop. used on the last recorded date of usage. Overstamped Crown '2879' censor
1941 censored envelope addressed to London redirectred to Sussex franked 1 1/2d adhesive tied 'FIELD POST OFFICE 106' c.d.s. '23 SP 41' Triangular Crown 'No. 1948' cachet with manuscript 'Unit Censor' 'Opened / by / Censor' with imprint '51-7310'
1903 envelope addressed to France franked 12c & 3c adhesives tied octagonal 'LA REUNION A MARSEILLE LV. No 2' d/s '8 JUIN 03' a further strike alongside. Receiving cancellation on the reverse.
1903 registered 'AVIS DE RECEPTION EN RETOUR / RETURNED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF DELIVERY' stampless envelope cancelled 'REGISTERED ADELAIDE S.A.' squared circle d/s 'OC 21 03' coxde '5' above date. Addressed to Leipzig redirected. On the reverse German blue Post Office Leipzig seal.
1919 envelope addressed to Orleans franked marginal horizontal pair 1/2d and a single War Tax '1 1/2d on '2 1/2d' adhesive tied 'GEORGETOWN' c.d.s. 'OC 21 19' Habana transit cancellation on the reverse.
1934 registered envelope with manuscript "Kokomaki Isle" on the reverse, addressed to the U.S.A. Franked marginal 6d adhesive tied 'REGISTERED LETTER OFFICE BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS/ TULAGI' c.d.s. '8 JA 34' Rabual New Guinea & Sydney transit on the reverse.
1951 envelope addressed to England franked 3d adhesive tied 'CHESTER BAHAMAS' c.d.s. '18 JAN 51' struck in violet.
1948 envelope addressed to Staten Island franked horizontal marginal pair Three Half Pence adhesives tied oval 'SIMMS BAHAMAS' T.R.D. 'JAN 29 1948'
1896 20c registered stationery envelope (H) 6th issue addressed to Dresden franked 1p adhesive tied oval 'REGISTERED GIBRALTAR' d/s '14 MR 96' Receiving cancellation on the reverse. This is stated to be the earlest recorded usage of this rpse.
1945 School Progress stationery envelope with imprint 2d & 1/2d overprinted 'TWO PENCE' Superb unused. The flap is not stuck down.
1895 1/2d stationery card overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Superb.
1898 1/2d stationery card overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Superb.
1908 1d stationery card with message addressed to London cancelled 'EBUTE METTA' c.d.s. '22 JU 08' Lagos transit on the reverse.
1900 1/2d stationery card overprinted 'V.R.I.' used locally with commercial message (Shopping list) cancelled by the large rubber 'ARMY POST OFFICE SOUTH AFRICA / BARBERTON' c.d.s. '20 DEC 00'
1900 envelope from a private 10th Battalion addressed to England franked C.G.H. 1d adhesive tied 'FIELD POST OFFICE BRITISH ARMY S AFRICA' c.d.s. 'OC 22 00' Receiving cancellation on the reverse. The back flap is missing. At a later date the envelope has endorsement "Sev Wounded Zeerust Jan 7 01"
1914 photographic postcard "Battle of the Falklands" Used two years later from Canada,
1915 censored envelope addressed to Amsterdam franked Great Britain '25 CENTIMOS' overprinted adhesive tied 'BRITISH POST OFFICE TANGIER' c.d.s. '30 NO 15' a further strike below. 'OPENED BY CENSOR 493' seal applied in London, receiving cancellation on the reverse.
1915 envelope with enclosed letter addressed to London franked Great Britain 4d adhesive tied '1st AUST DIVISION / TRAIN / FIELD P.O.' c.d.s. '11 JU 15' a further strike alongside.
1943 censored envelope addressed to Barbados franked single 1/2d, 2d & 2 1/2d adhesives tied 'CASTRIES' c.d.s. '2 JY 43' 'OP{ENED BY EXIMINER C.W.1 / 4' seal at left.
1946 stampless envelope from Norton Internment Camp addressed to Germany with oval 'NORTON INTERNMENT CAMP NORTON S. RHODESIA' d/s struck in green '16 DEC 1946' 'NORTON' c.d.s. above. The internee S.W. Freye was previously held in Daressalam before being transfered to Norton at the end of the war.
1939 censored stampless envelope from Internment Camp Daressalam addressed to Germany with boxed censor cachet. German censor seal on the reverse. Dated in pencil '5 10 39'
1943 triple censored envelope from Saba Curacao addressed to the U.S.A. 'OPENED BY / EXAMINER BB / 3' seal at left with manuscript '42' in blue pencil.
1945 censored airmail envelope addressed to Fleetwood franked 1/- adhesive tied 'ST KITTS' c.d.s. '23 JA 45' 'OPENED BY EXAMINER / BB / 202' seal at left.
1936 20c registered stationery envelope (H2) addressed to New York franked additional 20c adhesive tied 'VICTORIA' c.d.s. 'JA 24 36' Large part 'TREASURY SEYCHELLES' red wax seal. Receiving cancellations on the reverse.
1922 Great Britain overprinted '7 1/2 PIASTRES' on '4 1/2 PENCE' (F) date code 'AR' Handstamped 'COLONIES' applied by the Portugese postal administration. Superb, the flap is not stuck down.
1943 censored registered envelope addressed to Chile franked on the reverse by an irregular block KGV 1/2d adhesives overprinted 'WAR TAX' tied 'NASSAU' c.d.s. '6 SE 43' 'OPENED BY EXAMINER / IG / 5004' seal and part scarce two line 'POSTAL PERMIT 1103 the second line is unclear. The postal permit was required for the export of monetry instruments ie stamps during WW11
1935 taxed illustrated F.D.C. from Washington D.C. addressed to Berluda with black handstruck '2d' applied on arrival.
1917 censored South African 1/2d stationery wrapper addressed to Windhul cancelled by a light strike of the 'Namutoni' rubber cancellation, a further fine strike of the cancellation on the front with month and date reversed, no year expressed. 'TSUMEB' transit cancellation on the reverse.
1947 envelope addressed to Nassau franked 1/2d adhesive paying the printed mattere rate tied 'GRAYS L.I. BAHAMAS' T.R.D. 'MAR 15 1947' struck in violet, a further strike below. Receiving cancellation on the reverse.
1941 envelope stationery 'Great White Fleet' addressed to the U.S.A. Franked '3d' on '2 1/2d' adhesive tied 'NASSAU BAHAMAS' slogan d/s 'AUG 4 1941' 'UNITED FRUIT COMPANY STEAMSHIP SERVICE / S/S JAMAICA' cachet on the front 'AUG 2 1941' struck in black.
1943 censored envelope addressed to the U.S.A. franked 3d adhesive with King George's Fund for Sailors Bahamas Appeal patriotic label alongside tied 'NASSAU BAHAMAS' slogan d/s 'DEC 13 43'
1911 1/2d stationery card uprated 2 1/2d adhesive with message addressed to Germany internally redirected to Trier cancelled double oval 'HAMBURG - AMERICAN LINE / ATLAS SERVICE / S.S. / PRINZ JOACHIM' d/s 'MAY 11 1911' struck in blue.
1912 postcard addressed to Berlin franked 1d adhesive tied double oval 'HAMBURG - AMERICAN LINE / ATLAS SERVICE / Posted on High Seas / S.S. ALLEMANIA' struck in red. Small thin at base of card.
Undated WW.11 censored 'Service of Prisoner of War' envelope addressed to California from an internee at Diyatalawa Camp written in English. Three line 'R.A. CORNISH Major / Commandant Internment Camp / Diyatalawa' struck in violet. Boxed censor cachet
1941 censored envelope addressed to California franked 3d adhesives tied by a light strike 'ST KITTS' c.d.s. '22 OC 41' A fine strike of the rare rubber crown in centre 'ST KITTS PASSED BY CEN 3' with 'SOR' missing in 'CENSOR'
1857 envelope 'Pr Tasmania' addressed to Hobart franked with a fine four margined example 6d adhesive cancelled oval straight line of bars and boxed 'SHIP LETTER - INWARDS FREE' d/s in red '20 AP 1857' Large unframed 'SYDNEY NEW SOUTH WALES' c.d.s. 'AP 16 157' on the reverse.
1906 1d illustrated stationery card (Victoria Falls, Rhodesia. Profile Point, From S. Bank.) addressed to Brighton cancelled 'SALISBURY' c.d.s. '17 OC 06'
1941 envelope addressede to New York franked 1c, 50c & 4c adhesives tied oval 'BOOM B.H. T.R.D. 'JUL 8 1941'
1897 2d External stationery card with message in German headed and dated 'Mandala 12 DE 1897' addressed to Germany cancelled 'BLANTYRE' c.d.s. '16 DE 97' Transit and receiving cancellations on the front.
1939 Penny Halfpenny stationery card with message addressed to Sydney Australia cancelled 'NASSAU' c.d.s. '1 JL 38' A further strike alongside. 1st July 1938 is the first day of issue of this stationery card.
1909 1d stationerey envelope addressed to London cancelled 'MONTSERRAT' c.d.s. 'OC 2 1909' A further strike below, receiving cancellation on the reverse.
1897 Receipt for a Registered Letter for a packet received from Kings William Town. Cancelled 'MASERU BASUTOLAND' c.d.s. 'MR 24 87'