1912 envelope addressed to Hertfordshire. Franked 2d adhesive 'CA' monogram in the margin, cancelled 'SAMARAI E.D.' c.d.s. '1 MAR 12'

1896 2d Great Britain overprinted registered stationerey envelope (F) Type 1a addressed to London with additional 2 1/2d adhesive tied 'WARRI/A' squared circle d/s 'SP 11 96' struck in red.

1909 1/2d stationery card addressed to Durban with message cancelled 'ENTUMENI NATAL' c.d.s. 'JA 12 09' Entumeni is situated in Eshowe Zululand.

1950 postcard addressed to Belgium. Franked Great Britain overprinted 1d & 3d adhesives tied 'TRIPOLI' c.d.s. '12 11 50' Straight line 'A.V.2' struck in violet.

1939 1 1/2d stationery card with message written from Paula, addressed to Holland. Cancelled 'VALLETTA' c.d.s. 'NO 22 39' Crown censor cachet "61"

1911 postcard (Rhodes' Grave, Matopos) addressed to Austria. Franked 1d double head tied 'MATOPOS' c.d.s. '13 JUL 11' Receiving cancellation on the front

1903 4d registered stationery envelope (G) addressed to Cape Town. Franked horizontal pair 1d and a single 1d small 'Arms' tied 'REGISTERED BULAWAYO' c.d.s. 'AU 3 03'

1914 1d 'Admiral' postal stationery card from die 1 (without imprint) H&G 15 Superb unused.

1952 stampless taxed envelope addressed to South Africa. Cancelled 'MAZAUKA N.RHODESIA' c.d.s. '8 SEP 1952 On arrival horizontal pair and asingle 2c posatage due applied, tied Roodepoort cancellation.

1870 envelope addressed to Gibraltar. Franked 6d adhesive tied 'W/17' oval straight line of bars, with additional 1d paying the late fee. Sent overland, marked with an "S" (17mm) in black circle, designating the routing. Received in Gibraltar 13th May.

1861 entire from the Italian Consul, Malta. Addressed to Gibraltar sent unpaid and charged the packet letter rate of 4d per 1/2oz. Marked "4" in manuscript. Black boxed 'TO PAY' handstamp applied in Gibraltar. Italian Consular, Malta. cachet on the reverse.

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'