1912 2d + 1d (3d) Great Britain overprinted '30 CENTIMOS' registered stationery envelope (G) 'A.K.' dating imprint under the flap which is not stuck down. Superb unused.
1944 multi censored registered airmail envelope from the Polish Consulate, marked "Written in Polish" addressed to Switzerland. Adhesives tied 'LUSAKA' c.d.s. '4 FEB 44' German censor label and handstamps, together with a Swiss Civil Post label.
1926 underpaid envelope addressed to Funchal Maderia from Georgetown 'T' in violet circle manuscript '10' On arrival 40c postage due applied paying the charge tied 'CORRo DE TELE FUNCHAL' c.d.s. '12 SET 26'
1931 registered envelope addressed to Bristol franked 1 1/2d & 6d adhesives tied 'PORT MORESBY' c.d.s. '24 MR 31' Cairns & Perth transit cancellations on the reverse.
1916 envelope from Rev Herman Schroder addressed to Rotterdam franked single 1d and a horizontal pair overprinted Gold Coast adhesives tied 'STATION PALIME' c.d.s. '27 1 16'
1919 censored envelope addressed to Paris franked overprinted Gold Coast 2 1/2d adhesive tied 'LOME TOGO' c.d.s. '10 FEB 19' Crown 'PASSED BY CENSOR ACCRA" struck in purple applied in transit, a short usage.
1916 censored envelope addressed to Rotterdam franked overprinted Gold Coast 2 1/2d adhesive tied 'LOME TOGO' c.d.s. '16 7 16' Three line 'Passed by Censor / at / Lome (Togo)' struck in violet. Marked at bottom right 'Sent by F Burger' Receiving cancellation on the reverse.
1873 wrapper marked 'Via Suez & Marseille' addressed to Bordeaux franked horizontal pair 4d adhesives tied 'B53' Red 'P.D.' Octagonal 'POSS ANG SUEZ P.P. AMB MARS' d/s '18 SEPT 73' Mauritius cancellation on the reverse 'August 21st. French T.P.O. and receiving cancellation.
1956 locally addreessed 20c registered stationery envelope (H) additional 9c adhesive applied tied 'ANSE ROYALE' c.d.s. 'JY 11 56'
1943 envelope addressed to Mount Hampden franked 2d adhesive tied 'NIL DESPERADUM MINE' c.d.s. '18 MAY 43' a further strike below.
1951 First flight envelope carried by Central African Airways from Salisbury to Lourenco Marques. Franked 2d adhesive tied 'SALISBURY' c.d.s. '9 AUG 51' receiving cancellation on the reverse.
1955 envelope addressed to Lusaka franked 2d adhesive tied 'RAFFINGORA S.RHODESIA' c.d.s. '30 MAY 55' Part Causeway transit cancellation.
1921 3d + 1 1/2d (4 1/2d) Great Britain overprinted registered stationery envelope (K) 'J.Q.' dating imprint under the flap. Vertical central fold.
1921 3d + 1 1/2d (4 1/2d) Great Britain overprinted registered stationery envelope (H) 'A.R.' dating imprint under the flap. Superb unused.
1921 3d + 1 1/2d (4 1/2d) Great Britain overprinted registered stationery envelope (G) 'C.R.' dating imprint under the flap. Superb unused.
1919 7 1/2 piastres on 3d + 2d (5d) Great Britain overprinted registered stationery envelope (K) 'G.P.' dating imprint under the flap. Superb unused.
1919 7 1/2 piastres on 3d + 2d (5d) Great Britain overprinted registered stationery envelope (H) 'F.P.' dating imprint under the flap. Superb unused.
1974 airmail envelope from Germany addressed to South Africa. Carried on the Lufthansa 747 which crashed on take off at Nairobi. Four line bi-lingual crash cachet.
1911 postcard (Walmer Castle) addressed to London franked Transvaal 1/2d tied 'CAPE COLONY OCEAN POST OFFICE' c.d.s. '22 NO 11' scarcer day before month. Boxed 'INSUFFICENTLY PAID' cachet on the front.,
1910 postcard mailed on the first day of the Union of South Africa 31st May 1910 addressed to London franked, written from Maderia, franked 1d adhesive tied 'CAPE COLONY OCEAN POST OFFICE' c.d.s. 'MY 31 10' Carried on the Kenilworth Castle.
1935 envelope addressed to Canada franked 3c Jubilee adhesive tied 'NEW YORK PAQUEBOT' dumb duplex 'NOV 28 / 1935' Alongside 'FURNESS PRINCE LINE / M.S. NORTHERN PRINCE / POSTED AT SEA' cachet.
1932 registerred Guinea Airways flight cover Port Moresby to Salamaua franked 3d & 6d Lakatoi adhesives overprinted 'AIR MAIL' tied 'PORT MORESBY' c.d.s. '23 MR 32' Receiving cancellation on the reverse.
1909 postcard (Palm Grove, Turks Island W.I.) addressed to Portland Maine franked 1d adhesive tied 'TURKS ISLAND' c.d.s. 'MR 29 09'
1884 Penny Half Penny stationery card with message addressed to L£48.00
1892 envelope addressed to Sea Point, Cape Town. Franked Z.A.R. 2d adhesive overprinted 'SWAZIELAND' tied 'BREMERSDORP SWAZIEL' squared circle d/s '15 FEB 92' The cover has travelled via Steynsdorp, with train from Fourteen Streams to Cape Town Backstamps include T.P.O. c.d.s. 'FE 24 92'
1938 underpaid airmail envelope from Trichinopoly India addressed to Commnand H.Q. Up Park Camp. On arrival a fine strike of the '2d' woodblock charge marking struck nin violet.
1907 1d stationery envelope addressed to Jersey Channel Islands cancelled 'VIRGIN - GORDA' c.d.s. 'DE 26 07' St Thomas transit and receiving cancellations on the reverse.
1936 multi franked airmail envelope addressed to London, adhesives tied 'AIR MAIL P.O. BRITISH GUIANA' c.d.s. '6 SP 36' Boxed 'TO NEW YORK ONLY / BY AIR' Straight line 'LATE FEE' struck in violet. 6c adhesive applied paying the fee.
1938 envelope addressed to France franked Great Britain overprinted Coronation adhesive, with straight line ships cachet, tied 'MARSEILLE/PAQUEBOT' machine d/s '8 X1 1938'
1921 15m registered stationery envelope (G) The flap is not stuck down. Superb unused.
1921 10m stationery envelope. The flap is not stuck down. Superb unused.
1887 envelope to Berkshire with enclosed letter on stationery "The Castle St Helena" dated 15th August. Addressed to his mother by the acting Govenor William Grey-Wilson, taking advantage of his privilege to send his private letters to England by diplomatic bag. Franked Great Britain 1d lilac tied LONDON/89' duplex 'AU 14 88' initialed bottom left corner. A facinating historical letter relating to life on the island.
1945 censored Great Britain 3d regististered stationery envelope (F) Type b overprinted 'E.A.F' addressed to Rome, additional Great Britain overprinted 3d, 2d & 1/- adhesives tied 'MOGADISCIO RACCOMANDATE' c.d.s. '24 4 45 Italian style registration label originally issued for the town of Gabredarre additionally overprinted. 'A.V.2' struck in violet. Egyptian censorship.
1946 Great Britain overprinted 3d 'E.A.F' registered stationery envelope (G) addressed to Rome. Franked additional Great Britain overprinted 1/- 1d & 5d adhesives tied 'MOGADISHU SOMALIA' c.d.s. '26 NO 46' On the reverse 'MOGADISHU R.L.O. SOMALIA' c.d.s. '27 NO 45'
1948 Great Britain registered stationery envelope (F) overprinted B.M.A. Somalia '40 CENTS' on '5 1/2d' The flap is not stuck down. Superb unused.
1915 censored envelope addressed to the U.S.A. franked 3c and a horizontal pair 6c adhesives tied 'NANDI E.A.P.' c.d.s. '6 SE 15' Carried by Relayed runner and Mule mails - Kibigori, Nandi, Uasin Gishu service. The mail left Nandi (Kapsabet) at 2-30 on Moindays (and Thursdays), to arrive at Kibigori Tuesdays (and Fridays) at 9 a.m. The mails then left Kibigori for Nakuru, Nairobi and Mombasa on Tuesday (and Fridays) at 9.30 am Censored in transit through Mombasa, with transit cancellation 10th September.
1911 postcard with message addressed to Switzerland franked 6c adhesive tied 'GONDOKORO U.P.' c.d.s. '14 FE 11
1940 censored multi franked airmail envelope addressed to Utrecht Holland. Adhesives tied 'KAMPALA' c.d.s. '1 JA 40' Straight line 'POSTAGE PAID BY AIR TO LONDON ONLY' struck in violet. Carried on Service DN245 "Caledonia" from Port Bell.
1918 envelope with embossed Royal Coat of Arms addressed to Bath. Franked Great Britain 1d adhesive tied 'NAIROBI' c.d.s. '7 AU 18'
1918 The African transcontinental Telegraph Company, Limited Telegram sent from Mwaya received at Zomba after the armistace cancelled 'ZOMBA B.C.A.' c.d.s. '22 DE 18' Text concerns a shooting accident in which a civilian died and the enquiry into this event.
1939 registered airmail envelope 'By Wearnes Aeroplane "Experimental Flight" Sarawak-Singapore' 15c & 5c adhesives tied 'KUCHING' c.d.s. '16 JAN 1939' Receiving cancellation on the reverse.
1915 censored envelope from Madrid addressed to Gibraltar on arrival Crown 'OPENED BY CENSOR' label overstruck 'PASSED CENSOR / 23 NOV 15 / GIB' struck in blue. Receiving cancellation on the reverse.
1940 15m stationery envelope addresseds to London uprated 3pi adhesive tied 'KHARTOUM NORTH' c.d.s. '1 JA 40'
1943 censored On Active Service envelope addressed to Leeds. Crown 'PASSED BY CENSOR / NO 4428' struck in violet. Red 'OFFICIAL PAID' machine d/s struck in red. The censor cachet was used by the Stanley Military censor between 1942 & 1945. The backflap is missing.
1905 postcard (Mantenior on Rayoh River) addressed to St Albans franked 4c overprinted adhesive tied 'TAWAO' c.d.s. '20 OCT 1905' Sanadakan and Labuan transit cancellations.
1944 censored envelope addressed to New York franked block of four 5m adhesive cancelled 'OMDURMAN' c.d.s. '9DEC 44' 'OPENED BY EXAMINER /MM / 7646' label at left.
1954 charred envelope from Winnipeg carried by T.C.A. plane to Vancouver. Two line 'SALVAGED FROM / T.C.A. WRECK' in black. Moose Jaw cancellation on the reverse 'AP 8 1954' The aircraft collied with a RCAF aircraft at altitude, falling onto a house in Moose Jaw. The occupants of the two planes were killked.
1873 envelope addressed to Cape Town 'Via Port Elizabeth' franked 4d adhesive tied '31' oval barred numeral. 'RICHMOND' dated town oval d/s 'SP 10 1873' alongside. Receiving cancellation on the front.
Undated envelope addressed to Prince Albert with an octagonal '57' on the front allocated to Colesburg. Rectangular boxed 'TO PAY'