1938 Great Britain Three Half Pence stationery envelope from Newport addressed to Sarawak. Boxed 'UNCLAIMED' applied in Kuching, receiving cancellation on the reverse.
1938 underpaid envelope addressed to Zanzibar franked K.U.T. 2 x 5c adhesives tied 'PAQUEBOT ZANZIBAR' c.d.s. '23 AP 38' The Great Britain 1 1/2d has been pen cancelled. On arrival 20c postage due applied tied 'ZANZIBAR' c.d.s. '26 AP 38'
1957 stampless taxed internal envelope addressed to Cholo cancelled 'LIMBE NYASALAND' c.d.s. '17 SE 57' Handstruck 'T' and a fine strike of the '5d' charge marking.
1902 censored envelope franked 1d adhesive tied 'EAST LONDON' c.d.s. 'MY 30 02' with a fine 'PASSED PRESS CENSOR / EAST LONDON' cachet alongside. The war ended on May 31st.
1870 envelope addressed to Napier franked 2d & 1d Chalon adhesives tied 'WELLINGTON / 070' numeral cancellatioin 'AP 22 70' Receiving cancellation on the reverse.
1870 envelope addressed to York franked 6d Chalon adhesive tied 'WELLINGTON / 070' numeral cancellation 'FE 11 70' Receiving cancellation on the reverse.
1897 envelope 'Per Royal Mail Steamer' addressed to Scotland franked 5c adhesive tied 'BETERVERWAGTING' c.d.s. 'NO 10 97'
1906 postcard (The Fuel Market, Mogador) franked overprinted Gibraltar 10c adhesive tied 'MOGADOR' c.d.s. 'DE 6 06' Tangier transit cancellation.
1912 underpaid taxed envelope from Wynberg Cape addressed to Vacoas Large 'T 20 -' struck in violet applied in Wynberg. On arrival '12c / TO PAY' applied struck in black.
1938 underpaid taxed postcasrd from Los Angeles addressed to Mauritius. On arrival handstruck '5c/ TO PAY' in black. Manuscript 'Absent' and a light strike of the boxed 'Delivery' handstamp.
1919 underpaid taxed envelope addressed to Chicago franked 2c & 4c adhesives tied 'BEAU BASSIN' c.d.s. 'JY 21 19' unusually struck in red. Small 'T" in black triangle, pencil '30'
1902 postcard (Castries River & Cemetery) addressed to Italy franked 1d adhesive tied 'CASTRIES/C' c.d.s. 'MY 7 02' Receiving cancellation on the front.
1921 Horizontal pair Great Britain Thee Half Pence adhesives cancelled boxed 'ENDERBY LAND' & part 'S.R. ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION' cancellationb oth in violet. These were trial impressions applied in South Georgia in December 1921 on board the "Quest" Only one block of four cancelled in violet of each low value.
1899 1d + 1d Great Britain stationery postcard, the outward half with message, addressed to Kimberley O.F.S. cancelled 'GABERONES STATION B.B.' c.d.s. '28 JY 99' Senekal O.V.S. cancellation on the reverse.
1896 1d + 1d Great Britain overprinted stationery card with a short message addressed to Bavaria uprated Great Britain overprinted 1/2d & 1d adhesives tied 'RAMOUSTA' c.d.s. 'JY 23 96' Receiving cancellation on the front.
1908 Great Britain 1d overprinted stationery card with message addressed to Switzerland cancelled 'MOCHUDI B.B.' c.d.s. 'MR 22 08' Receiving cancellation on the front.
1927 underpaid postcard with commercial message addressed to Cayman Brac. Franked horizontal pair 1/2d adhesives tied 'MANCHESTER' c.d.s. '7 MR 27' On arrival 1d adhesive applied tied 'T" in violet circle.
1929 underpaid envelope addressed to Grand Cayman franked 1d & 1/2d adhesives tied 'SAVANNAH' c.d.s. '2 AP 29' Violet Jamaican 'eye glass' postage due marking, on arrival 2d adhesive applied paying the charge tied 'T' 'CAYMAN Is. GEORGETOWN' c.d.s. alongside 'AP 22 1929'
1942 censored airmail envelope addressed to Tampa franked horizontal pair 2d and a single 6d tied 'THE CREEK CAYMAN BRAC' c.d.s. 'AP 24 42' Opened / by / Censor' light blue label with 'by' below 'pen' of 'Opened'
1901 registered envelope addressed to London franked single 1/2d & 1d together with block of four cancelled 'GRAND CAYMAN' c.d.s. '7 JY 01' Transit and receiving cancellations on the reverse.
1951 underpaid envelope addressed to Labrador. Franked 3d adhesive tied 'GEORGETOWN' c.d.s. 'AP 9 1951' On arrival 1c & 4c postage dues applied tied 'HEBRON LABRADOR' c.d.s. 'JL 2 51'
1951 underpaid airmail envelope from Essex to Canton Island. On arrival 5d postage due applied paying the manuscript charge tied 'CANTON ISLAND' c.d.s. '1 JA 52' Scarce postage due on cover.
1943 censored British 3d P.O.W. airmail lettercard to "Borneo Camp" from Shepton Mallett U.K. and Japanese censor cachets.
1941 registered airmail envelope to Canada franked 10/- 5/- & 2/- adhesives tied 'CAYMAN BRAC' c.d.s. 'MR 14 41' Transit and receiving cancellations on the reverse.
1892 4d Great Britain overprinted registered stationery envelope (H) from the printing 28th February 1889 addressed to Natal. Franked Great Britain overprinted horizontal pair 1d lilac and a single marginal 4d tied 'VRYBURG' c.d.s. 'JU 3 92'
1940 censored envelope addressed to Philadelphia franked 2d & 1d adhesives tied 'BUKA PASSAGE' c.d.s. '2 DE 40' 'OPENED BY CENSOR' label at left, overstruck by the short lived 'Passed by Censor / T.N.G. No 6' The frame break is constant during its usage from September to December 1940
1939 (7th September) censored Trans Atlantic airmail envelope addressed to England franked 2/- adhesive tied KINGSTON' machine datestamp. At left side 'Opened by Censor.' with full stop label in apple-green in use for five days 2nd to 7th September. A rare usage.
1927 overprinted '5 CENTS' stationery envelope addressed to Naples. Uprated single 2c and a horizontal pair 4c adhesivesd tied 'PORT LOUIS MAURITIUS' c.d.s. '29 MR 27' overstamped 'Paquebot' with line below. Fine cachetr of The 'Venezuela' Italian ships cachet in red. Receiving cancellation on the reverse.
1921 2d registered stationery envelope (K) carried on the "S.S. Prins de Nederlande" to Holland. Uprated vertical pairs 1d & 2 1/2d adhesives tied oval 'REGISTERED GIBRALTAR' d/s '24 JA 21' light creasing at far left on edge.
1943 stampless censored envelope from Consett, Durham. addressed to British Prisoner of War Borneo Camp, c/o Japanese Red Cross Tokyo. Checked by bureau of report and enquiry Changi. Flt Lt E.T. Lee confirmed at Sandakan, transfered to Kuching 13th August 1943. Rectangular Japanese censor in violet, with censors personal censor chop in red in the bottom compartment.
1943 registered multi censored envelope addressed to Egypt 1/2d & 6d adhesives tied oval 'GENERAL POST OFFICE MALTA / REGISTERED' d/s '27 JY 43' 'BARCLAYS BANK (MALTA)' registration label.
1932 airmail envelope carried on first flight Kokoda to Port Moresby, signed by the pilot. Franked 2 1/2d and overprinted 3d adhesives tied 'LOKODA. N.D.' c.d.s. '28 SEP 32' Receiving cancellation of the same date on the front.
1930 airmail envelope addressed to New Jersey franked 2 x 3d one overprinted 'AIR MAIL' tied SAMARAI E.D.' c.d.s. '11 JY 30' In cobination with U.S. 5c Air Mail adhesive paying the internal U.S. Air fee, tied 'BRISBANE' c.d.s. '4 AU 30' Boxed 'INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID / FOR AIR MAIL SERVICE' struck in red.
1922 local registered envelope franked marginal block of four 1 1/2d (Tete-beche pairs) tied 'NYLSTROOM TRANSVAAL' c.d.s. '29 SEP 22' A seldom seen franking.
1951 4pi registered stationery envelope (H) 'THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED' under the flap, which is not stuck down. Superb unused.
1945 3pi registered stationery envelope (G) 'THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED' under that flap, which is not stuck down. Superb unused.
1943 3pi registered stationery envelope (F) 'THOMAS DE LA RUE & CO. LTD' under the flap, which is not stuck down.
1938 1/2pi stationery card 2nd printing "writing Space" 19mm long. Vertical dividing line 51mm long. Superb unused.
1937 1/2pi stationery card 1st printing. "Writing Space" 22mm Long. Vertical dividing line 54.5mm long. Superb unused.
1944 censored envelope to New York franked 20c adhesive tied 'GENERAL POST OFFICE' c.d.s. '20 APR 43' 'OPENED / BY EXAMINER / E E / 4' label (Type IVA) Rare instructional notice enclose re the enclosure.
1944 censored envelope to Bristol franked horizonta lpair 25c and a single 5c tied 'E.A. A.P.O. 73' c.d.s. '5 111 44' Boxed 'PASSED BY / EAR / DEPARTMENT / CENSOR / NO / 5' struck in violet initialed partly covered by 'E E / 1' censor label. On the reverse ''PASSED BY / BASE / CENSOR / E.E. / 2' "2" in blue pencil.
1933 airmail envelope to Switzerland franked single 5c and a horizontal pair 25c adhesives tied 'G.P.O. MAURITIUS' c.d.s. '31 OC 33' Two line 'PAR AVION / JUSQU'A BRINDISI' cachet in violet.
1961 stampless envelope addressed to Cape Town locally redirected. Cancelled 'WALVIS BAY-BAA1' c.d.s. '21 X 61' Octagonal 'T/5c' charge marking. On arrival 5c postage due applied, tied 'CAPE TOWN' c.d.s. '27 X 61'
1949 stampless envelope addressed to the U.S.A. redirected to Swaziland cancelled 'FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCY / SOUTH GEORGIA' On arrival 1d & 2d postage dues applied tied 'BREMERSDORP' c.d.s. '7 111 50' Carried on the "Harpon' via Montevideo to Europe, shipping list attached.
1938 envelope addressed to Sydney franked 1 1/2d adhesive tied 'KURIA' cachet a further strike alongside. By this time the cachet had become worn, a cancellation was introduced a short time later. Sydney receiving cancellation on the reverse 5th December.
1927 envelope addressed to Woolongong N.S.W. redirected to Chatswood. Franked horizontal pair 1/2d adhesives tied 'TARAWA' c.d.s. '3 FE 37' 'NIUTAO' cachet alongside, together with a receiving cancellation.
1927 Flight cover carried on first northbound flight Nairobi to Khartoum then by the R.A.F. to London. Franked 50c & 20c adhesives, the latter with plate '1' in the margin, tied 'NAIROBI' c.d.s. '10 FE 27' 'KENYA - SUDAN AIR MAIL / 1st' c.d.s. struck in red 'FE 15 27'
1891 'HALF PENNY' on 'ONE PENNY' printed stationery card (Royal Jamaica Yacht Club) cancelled 'KINGSTON' squared circle d/s 'AU 17 91' Diamond 'STREET / LETTER BOX / JAMAICA' cachet.
1944 local registered envelope franked horizontal strip of three 2d adhesives tied 'I.T.W. CAMP BULAWAYO' c.d.s. '3 APR 44' Camp registration label tied by the same cancellation. I.T.W. refers to Initial Training Camp.