1891 Penny Half Penny stationery card with message addressed to London. Cancelled 'LAGOS W AFRICA' c.d.s. 'DE 12 91' On arrival manuscript 'Gone Away' together with 'LONDON R.L.' and 'RETURNED L.R. OFFICE LONDON' cancellations.

1899 postcard from a sailor on the German Naval ship "S.M.S. Falke" written from Apia addressed to Germany. Franked 'SURCHARGED 1 1/2d' on 'TWO PENCE' adhesive tied 'APIA' c.d.s. 'APR 21 99'

1946 envelope addressed to Australia. Franked St Helena 3d & 1/2d adhesives tied Type V11 cachet. Receiving cancellation on the reverse 9th May. Probably carried on the "Empire Merganser" which left Tristan on 20th Feb.

1874 envelope addressed to Toronto. Franked 2c & 1c small Queens tied straight line 'PAID' handstamp. 'VENTRY QUE' c.d.s. with manuscript dates 'Feby 4 74'

1904 1c Q.V. stationery envelope addressed to Yokohama Japan. Uprated 1c maple leaf & 3c small Queen tied oval straight line of bars. 'GLENORA' c.d.s. alongside 'SP 6 04' Transit and receiving cancellations.

1882 envelope addressed to Mone Belle Quebec. Franked horizontal strip of three 3c small Queens tied concentric circles. 2c Registered Letter Stamp tied 'REGISTERED' 'PAPINEAUVILLE QUE' c.d.s. 'JU 1 82'

KGV udated envelope addressed to Fanning Island. Franked horizontal pair 1/2d adhesives tied large 'CENTRAL PACIFIC COCONUT PLANTATION CHRISTMAS ISD' cachet, a further strike alongside.

1955 taxed envelope from Harrow addressed to The Resident Commissioner Kirakira. On arrival 1d postage due applied paying the charge tied 'KIRKIRA' c.d.s. '12 SEP 55' On the reverse three line 'SURCHARGED OWING TO / INSUFFICIENT POSTAGE / PLEASE ADVISE SENDER' struck in black.

1939 KGV Great Britain 1d stationery card with commercial message used locally cancelled 'AMANZIMTOTI' c.d.s. '12 MAY 1939' No postage due raised.

1939 registered envelope addressed to Grimsby. Franked 4c, 2c & 3c adhesives tied 'DOUBLE HEAD CABBAGE' c.d.s. '1939 OCT 28' The 4c tied 'BELIZE' c.d.s. '1 NO 39' Registration label applied in London. Light toning.

1943 censored envelope addressed to New York. Franked horizontal pair 3c adhesives cancelled 'CAYO' c.d.s. '9 DE 43' a further strike below. 'OPENED BY EXAMINER / J/8173' (Examiner number underlined) 'DEC 7 1943' handstamp in violet.

1942 censored envelope addressed to Northampton. Franked 5c adhesive tied 'BELIZE' c.d.s. 'JU 20 42 ' OPENED BY / CENSOR / BRITISH HONDURAS' label (TypeCL3)

1925 3d registered stationery envelope (F) addressed to Leicester. Franked 1/2d & 1d adhesives tied 'MATTRU' c.d.s. 'DE 16 25'

1875 Disinfected envelope from United States Consulate Beirut, Syria. Addressed to the U.S.A. Franked vertical pair Great Britain 2/ 1/2d Pl.1 tied 'G06' 'BRITISH POST OFFICE BEYROUT' c.d.s. 'NO 25 75' On the reverse is a fine Consular wax seal. Disinfection slit. The Levantine Plague was prevelant in 1875/6

1943 Multi censored On Active service envelope from the Fijian Forces at Aola, from Lt. Cress assigned to the Fiji Labour Corps. Addressed to Sydney. Triangular 'SERVICE CENSOR FIJI, initialed by the censor.

1939 censored envelope addressed to Sydney. Franked 1 1/2d adhesive tied 'NONOUTI' rubber cancellation, by this time the cancellation was worn. Straight line 'PASSED BY CENSOR' struck in violet. In use September/October 1939

1902 registered envelope addressed to New York. Franked horeizontal pair 2d and an irregular block of five 1d tied 'SUVA' c.d.s. '2 SP 1902' Victoria Canada, Seattle and New York transit and receiving cancellations. Small corner tear, top right.

1934 printed illustrated envelope (The Battle of the Falklands Islands) addressed to New York. Franked 2 1/2d Whale & Penquin tied 'PORT STANLEY' c.d.s. '8 DE 34'

1921 envelope addressed to Germany. From Rev. Franz Gieiss a Missionary at Wuga. Franked single 3c and two 6c overprinted adhesives tied 'WILHELMSTAL' c.d.s. '3 MR 21' Carried on the S.S. Kalyan. During unloading in Marseille a quantity of mail was found to be water damaged due to gales in the Mediterranean which had penerated the ventilators of No 2 hatch. Boxed 'DAMAGED BY / WATER' struck in violet. (Kalyan type 3 cachet)

1942 censored envelope from a Captain in the Australian Forces addressed to British Solomon Islands Protectorate Govt in exile in Sydney. Franked 2d adhesaive tied three line 'POST OFFICE / TULAGI / 16/4/42' in blue manuscript. Boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR'

1930 3m stationery card with message addressed to Denmark cancelled 'MEROWI' c.d.s. '7 APL 30' Boxed 'T" manuscript '20c' The charge marking applied in UK transit has been blacked out.

1899 overprinted Egyptian stationery card with message addressed to Constantinople. Cancelled 'OMDURMAN' c.d.s. '8 1X 99' Transit and receiving cancellkations.

1949 taxed envelope addressed to Milwaukee. Type 1X cachet struck in violet. Carried on MFV Pequena to Cape Town where the envelope put in the mail. CAPE TOWN PAQUEBOT' c.d.s. '14 X 49' 'T/15c' charge marking.

1951 registered envelope addressed to Grimsby. Franked 3c & 10c adhesives tied oval 'BOMBA B.H.' T.R.D. d/s 'SEP 29 1951' struck in violet.

1951 registered envelope addressed to Grimsby. Franked 3c & 10c adhesives tied oval 'STAN CREEK VALLEY B.H. d/s 'JUN 20' T.R.D. struck in black.

1951 registered envelope addressed to Grimsby. Franked 3c & 10c adhesives tied oval undated 'BARRANGO B.H. T.R.D. struck in vioilet. Punta Gorda transit cancellation on the reverse.

1846 Entire Letter rated 1/- addressed to Paris. On the reverse 'ANTIGUA' double arc 'AU 27 1846' Boxed 'COLONIES /&cART 13' struck in red. Rated '10 decimes' in manuscript.

1942 censored envelope from Sydney addressed to Rev. Linggood, Rabual New Guinbea. Two Line 'NOT TRANSMISSIBLE / SERVICE SUSPENDED' struck in red, applied in Sydney. Rev Linggood was an English Methodist missionary, who was captured when the Japanese occupied Rabual on 23rd January 1942. The prisoners were loaded on the "Montevideo Maru" On 22nd June and sailed for Hainan Island. On 1st July the ship was torpedoed by a submarine. There were no survivors.The ship sank in 10 minutes.

1934 underpaid local envelope franked 1/2d adhesive tied 'BARBADOS G.P.O.' c.d.s. '2 JA 34' Large 'T' in circle. 1d postage due applied paying thye charge, tied by acancellation of the same date. The first day of usage of this postage due.

1898 3c stationery card 'REPLY' crossed out, addressed to Singapore uprated overprinted 1c adhesive tied 'LABUAN' c.d.s. '28 AUG 98' The commnercial message is written by R Little at Government House.

1907 postcard (Willoughby Building and 1896 Memorial) addressed to Cape Town. Franked 1/2d small Arms tied 'MATOPOS' double circle c.d.s. '14 JUL 05'

1897 internal envelope franked 2m adhesive overprinted 'SOUDAN' tied 'ABU FATMAH' hatched cancellation '23 X 97' The latest known usage. One of four known covers recorded with this short lived cancellation. Halfa transit and receiving cancellation.

1937 airmail envelope addressed to Somerset. Franked 10m & 15m adhesives tied 'SUDAN AIR MAIL ATABABA'' c.d.s. '23 MY 37' 1d Great Britain adhesive applied paying redirection to Paris.

1944 censored airmail envelope addressed to South Africa. Franked 5m & 4pi adhesives tied 'FIELD POST OFFICE 718' c.d.s. '3 AU 44' Crown shield censor cachet '1515' countersinged.

1894 Telegram envelope 'The Eastern Telegraph Company Limited' From Tangier to Mazagan endorsed "Steamer" Franked Gibraltar 10c tied 'TANGIER A26' duplex. 'OC 30 94' Unusually sent by ship. B.P.A. certificate.

1933 registered envelope from Tangier. Carried on the 4th South American Zeppelin flight to Pernambuco. Flight cachet in red. Transit and receiving cancellations.

1944 censored 'Christmas Air letter' in the style of the Air Mail Letter Card. Addressed to Yorkshire. R.A.F. censor cachet. Type R12/112' The side flaps are missing.

1941 censored envelope addressed to France. Franked 3c adhesive tied 'MONTREAL' machine d/s 'APR 15 1941' Two line 'MAIL SERVICE SUSPENDED / SERVICE SUSPENDU' cachet. On the reverse double circle oval 'Canadian Postal Censorship Ottawa,- Ont' d/s 'JUNE 10 1941'

1949 Great Britain 5 1/2d overprinted 'B.M.A. SOMALIA / 40 CENTS' registered stationery envelope (F) 'McCORQUODALE & CO LTD' under the flap which is not stuck down. On the reverse '23 FEB. 1949' handstamp applied by the U.P.U. in Berne.

1922 Great Britain overprined 7 1/2pi registered stationery envelope (H) Code 'F P' under the flap, not stuck down. Blue printers band. Superb.

1919 censored 2d Great Britain registered stationery envelope (G) Code 'C M' under the flap addressed to Manchester. Additional 2 1/2d adhesive tied 'BRITISH A.P.O. CONSTANTINOPLE' c.d.s. '14 AU 19'

1919 censored Great Britain 2d registered stationery envelope (G) Code under flap 'D N' addressed to Manchester. Additional 2 1/2d adhesive tied 'BRITISH A.P.O. CONSTANTINOPLE' c.d.s. '14 AU 19'

1920 multi franked envelope addressed to Leeds. Adhesives tied 'BRITISH A.P.O. CONSTANTINOPLE' c.d.s. '3 MY 20' Former Army Post Office cancellation.

1921 Great Britain Postage 2 1/2d Registration Fee 2d registered stationery envelope (H) Flap Type 6 Addressed to Liverpool. An additional 1/2d adhesive tied 'BRITISH POST OFFICE CONSTANTINOPLE' c.d.s. '9 FE 21'

1877 envelope addressed to Cincinnati franked vertical pair 1d adhesives tied barred numeral "1" Oval 'ST GEORGES BERMUDA' datestamp 22nd August. The cover carried on the "Canima" arriving in New York 26th August.

1947 envelope addressed to Canada. 'Visit British Guiana / Bookers' 4c neopost meter '25 1X 37' in red

1951 underpaid envelope from St John's Antigua. On arrival 4c, 2c & 2c postage dues applied tied 'BANANA BANK' oval T.R.D. 'JAN 12 1951'

1916 censored envelope addressed to the U.S.A. Franked Great Britain overprinted 2 1/2d adhesive tied 'SEROWE BECH PROT' c.d.s. '20 JAN 16' Violet censor cachet 'C 1'

1947 local envelope franked 1/2d adhesive tied by fine strike 'DEEP CREEK, ELEU BAHAMAS' c.d.s. 'MAR 25 1947' a further strike alongside, struck in violet.