1947 registered envelope from Firenze Italy. Addressed to Delegation Red Cross P.O. Box 1483 Salisbury. Redirected to Que Que. (The internee's camp remained open until 1948)

1930 envelope addressed to the U.K. 'Per "Tahiti"' Franked vertical pair 1d adhesives tied 'AUCKLAND' c.d.s. '11 AU 30' Large boxed 'DAMAGED BY/ SEA WATER' cachet applied violet. (Tahiti type 8 cachet)

1946 airmail envelope addressed to the U.K. Franked horizontal pair 6d adhesives, the others washed off, tied 'CIRCULATION BRANCH G.P.O. BARBADOS' c.d.s. '17 JY 46' Boxed 'DAMAGED/ BY/ SEA WATER' cachet struck in violet. Unidentified wreck/crash.

1918 (17th March) envelope addressed to London endorsed by the sender Col Sgt Ferguson War Office Khartoum 'Boxed 'DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/ IN SEA WATER" struck in violet. From an unidentified vessel.

Undated Great Britain 1/2d stationery wrapper addressed to Germany with additional overprinted 1/2d adhesive tied '555' numeral cancellation.

1946 taxed stampless internal envelope. Cancelled 'G.P.O. BARBADOS' c.d.s. '27 FE 46' Single 1d and and a horizontal pair postage dues applied. Manuscript 'Left the island'

1905 Great Britain overprinted 1/2d stationery card with message addressed to Germany. Additional overprinted 1d adhesive tied "MOSHUDI" c.d.s. '2 OC 06' receiving cancellation on the front.

1942 censored 30c registered stationery envelope addressed to Newbury. Cancelled 'E.A. A.P.O. 55' c.d.s. '5 V1 42' Written by an officer from Addis Ababa. Boxed 'PASSED BY ARMY CENSOR/ E.A. V/8" struck in violet.

QE11 Great Britain 8 1/2d registered stationery envelope (Size G) overprinted 'TANGIER' Superb unused. The flap is not stuck down.

1927 15c + 15c stationery postcard overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Both halves additionally handstamped 'Especimen' in violet. Applied by the Portungal postal authorities before distribution to the colonies.

1922 30c registered stationery envelope (Size G) overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Additionally handstamped 'COLONIAS' in red applied in Portugual before distribution to the colonies. Five examples were overprinted. Some tone spots on the reverse.

1947 airmail envelope addressed to Liverpool. Franked Australian 1/6d adhesive tied "NORFOLK ISLAND" c.d.s. '21 AP 47' Small stain at right edge.

1948 taxed postcard from Table Mountain South Africa addressed to Kitwe. On arrival 1d postage due applied paying the oval charge tied "KITWE" c.d.s. '22 X 48'

1903 registered envelope addressed to Hannover Germany. Franked C.G.H. overprinted 1d adhesive and '2d' on 'Twee Pence' and '4d' on '6d' on 'ZESPENCE' adhesives tied "BLOEMFONTEIN" c.d.s. 'JA 23 03' Hooded 'Registered London' datestamp on the front.

1907 photographic postcard addressed to Manchester. Franked 1d adhesive tied "NIGER TRAVELING POST OFFICE" cancellation with index, date and year inverted 'B' '12 SE 07' A further strike below. "FORCADOS" c.d.s. on the front.

1944 registered multi censored envelope addressed to Australia. Franked 1 1/2d & 6d adhesives tied "G.P.O. MONTSERRAT" c.d.s. 'DE 19 44' "OPENED BY EXAMINER AA/85" seal on the reverse letters and number in pencil. On the front manuscript 'Received with cover torn initialed.

1900 4d registered stationery envelope, size H2, franked additional 2 x 1d and single 2d, 2½d and 4d adhesives tied "NUKUALOFA" c.d.s. Addressed to Auckland. Receiving c.d.s. on the reverse.

1898 stampless local "O.H.M.S." envelope from 'The Land Titles Office' cancelled "REGISTERED/PERTH W.A." datestamp. A variety of instructional markings on the back and the front including "UNKNOWN ON/No........WALK" in violet and Dead Letter OFfice cachets in red.

1942 censored registered envelope to Long Beach, California, USA, from A.P.O. 930 franked 1c and a horizontal pair 10c adhesives, tied circles. Black "PASSED BY NAVAL CENSOR" on the front. Registered mail is scarce.

1936 15c registered stationery envelope, size H, addressed to Austria with additional 12c adhesive, tied "MIRI" c.d.s. '2 APL 1936'. Transit and receiving cancellations on the reverse.

1930 15c registered stationery envelope, size H, to Kuching, up-rated 4c adhesive tied "MIRI" c.d.s. '12 OCT 1930'.

1949 6c registered stationery envelope, size H2, unused.

1941 censored air mail envelope to Chicago franked ½d, 1d, 1½d, 2d, 2½d, 3d, 6d & 1/- adhesives tied "CASTRIES" c.d.s. '11 OC 41'. "OPENED BY CENSOR" seal at right.

1946 stampless O.H.M.S. envelope addressed to South Africa cancelled "SALISBURY" c.d.s. '20 AUG 46', together with a strike of the scarce "POSTAL SERVICE G.P.O. S. RHODESIA" c.d.s. '20 AUG 1946'.

1922 stampless O.H.M.S. envelope to Abuja from 'POSTS & TELEGRAPHS' Department. Cancelled "LAGOS" c.d.s. 'AP 3 22'. Black straight-line "MISSENT TO KANO"; various transit markings on the reverse.

1902 1d stationery envelope size H2 with light vertical fold, up-rated 1d & ½d adhesives tied "SAPELE" c.d.s. 'MY 16 02'. Sent 'Via Liverpool' to Germany; black 'T'. Very few examples of this size envelope are recorded used.

c.1930 stampless 'O.H.M.S.' envelope "ADMINISTRATION OF NAURU" addressed to Melbourne cancelled "OFFICIAL PAID/NAURU" c.d.s. in blue. No year expressed in cancellation.

1936 stampless 'O.H.M.S.' envelope from the Postmaster addressed to New York with "OFFICIAL PAID MALTA" c.d.s.on the front 'AP 8 36'; alongside is the boxed '1½d' pre-paid marking, both struck in red.

1896 'O.H.M.S.' envelope to London franked 2½d tied "BONNY RIVER" c.d.s. 'MY 13 96'. Red "PAID LIVERPOOL BR PACKET" c.d.s. on the front.

1953 ½d + 1d 'OHMS' "School Progress Cards" stationery envelope overprinted "TWOPENCE" cancelled "NEW PLYMOUTH" slogan date stamp, addressed to Fitzroy and returned. Scarce stationery.

1896 registered envelope to Washington D.C. 'Per S/S Alleghany' via New York, franked 1/- rose on bluish revenue stamp (SG F7) tied "REGISTERED JAMAICA" date stamp 'MY 6 96'. A rare stamp on cover.

WWII censored envelope to Apia franked 2d adhesive, tied scarce "CUSTOMS OFFICE/BERU ISLAND" cachet. White blank seal at left overstamped violet boxed "GILBERT AND ELLICE/ISLANDS COLONY/PASSED BY CENSOR/No.5".

1944 registered censored envelope "THE BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY/GOLD COAST BRANCH" franked 3d, 6d & 1/- adhesives tied "REGISTERED/ACCRA GOLD COAST" date stamp. Black/white 'OPENED BY/EXAMINER 783'. Addressed to Geneva.

1925 Formula registered envelope, size H2, franked 6d adhesive tied "SUVA FIJI/REGISTERED" c.d.s. '27 OCT 1925'. Addressed to the USA. Scarce envelope.

1945 2d + 3d registered stationery envelope size H2. Additional 2½d tied "SUVA/FIJI" c.d.s. '27 JL 45' Manuscript £25/-/-, which is the insured amount. Inter island usage.

1956 meter mail envelope from Melbourne to Apia, Samoa. On the 13th June, whilst carrying oil, general cargo and mail between Fiji and Western Samoa, the S.S. Vasu blew up and sank off the Tonga Islands. A very small amount of mail in damaged condition was salvaged and sent to Western Samoa where violet 'SOILED MAIL EX "VASU"' applied by the Post Office.

1919 Formula registered envelope H2 on grey stock franked vertical pair 3d adhesives tied "SUVA FIJI REGISTERED" c.d.s. Addressed to the USA. Scarce envelope.

1916 stampless censored postcard addressed to Liverpool. With boxed "ON ACTIVE SERVICE" cachet and CENSORED/ MASTER" signed, both in violet Crown in centre "PASSED BY CENSOR/ No 3183" (Gould 3643) New Zealand Troopship censor Otago Battalion.

1945 taxed airmail envelope from Tamatave Madagascar on arrival two vertical pairs 2c and a single 20c adhesive applied paying the manuscript charge tied "GENERAL POST OFFICE MAURITIUS" c.d.s. '24 DE 45' Unusual usage.

1933 German 15pf stationery postcard with no message as usual. Cancelled by the violet "LUFTPOST D WESTFALEN" c.d.s. '2 JUN 1933' With violet boxed Catapult mail cachet on the front. "BATHURST" cancellation on the front of the same date. Together with six photographs.

1900 registered stationery envelope addressed to Edinburgh. Franked 1d adhesive tied "BENIN RIVER" c.d.s. 'MR 12 00' On the front oval "REGISTERED BENIN" d/s 'Index 'A' '12 MR 00' Oval "REGISTERED FORCADOS" d/s on the reverse with receiving mark. Some light staining.

1915 'ON HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SERVICE' stampless registered envelope to London. Scarce crown in centre "BRITISH/SOLOMON/ISLANDS/TULAGI/PAID" struck in violet. Countersigned bottom left. "SYDNEY" transit on reverse.

1927 'O.H.B.M.S.' registered envelope from the Post Office addressed to Detroit with a fine strike of the boxed crown in centre "TULAGI/BRITISH/SOLOMON/ISLANDS/PAID" cachet in black. Alongside "REGISTERED LETTER TULAGI" c.d.s. '12 DE 27'. Franked by an un-cancelled 11d adhesive.

1934 envelope to Canada franked 3c adhesive tied "NEW ORLEANS" machine d/s in transit "PAGUEBOT" struck in purple below. White sealing label at left. On the reverse two-line initialed 'Received damaged at/MONTREAL' bi-lingual cachet.

1917 registered envelope to Philadelphia franked 10 x 1c overprinted 'WAR' tied "BELIZE" c.d.s. 'AP 12 17'.

1952 2c stationery postcard with printed message (Colonial Advertising Co) addressed to Trinidad. On the front is a boxed "Missent to Grenada B.W.I." struck in back. On the reverse "GRENADA" c.d.s.

1943 censored magazine wrapper addressed to the U.S.A. franked horizontal pair ½d adhesive tied "HAMILTON" c.d.s. On the front is a fine strike "PASSED BY CENSOR/27/BERMUDA" struck in green.

1944 censored envelope to Middleboro, MA franked 3d adhesive tied "HAMILTON" slogan d/s '6 MCH 1944' with a superb strike of the scarce "PASSED BY CENSOR/33/BERMUDA" in blue.

1943 censored window envelope franked 3d adhesive tied "HAMILTON" machine d/s '3 AUG 43'. "PASSED BY CENSOR/38/BERMUDA" struck in green.

1939 censored KGVI 3d registered stationery envelope (Size H2) addressed to New York multi-franked tied "ST GEORGES" c.d.s. '26 SEP 39' with "PASSED BY CENSOR/8/BERMUDA" cachet struck in green.