1942 Cable & Wireless envelope & complete telegram received on the 8th April at St George's Sliema. Delivered in envelope handstamped oval "MILITARY MAIL DEPT./MALTA" struck in violet pencilled '9/4/42'
1944 10c stationery card commercially used to London cancelled "VACOAS" c.d.s. '15 NO 44'. Scarce usage.
1899 2d registered stationery envelope franked 5d adhesive tied "REGISTERED" c.d.s. 'FE 5 99'. "REGISTERED/LIVERPOOL" transit d/s. Addressed to London.
1893 GB 1d stationery postcard overprinted 'BRITISH PROTECTORATE OIL RIVERS' cancelled "BRASS RIVER" c.d.s. 'DE 5 93'. Addressed to Manchester.
1898 envelope franked GB 2½d adhesive tied violet boxed "THE ROYAL NIGER TERRITORY/CHARTERED LIMITED/POST OFFICE/BURUTU" dated cachet '19 AUG 1898'. Addressed to Bath.
1887 Penny Halfpenny stationery card to Germany headed 'Gracehills' on the reverse. Cancelled "ANTIGUA" c.d.s. 'AU 3 87'. Corner crease top right.
1931 U.S. 2c 'Reply' stationery card, with a short message, addressed to California cancelled "BARBUDA" c.d.s. 'AU 17 31'. Light corner crease top right.
1941 stampless censored envelope to New York. The A.P.O. in the c.d.s. '6 IX 41' has been blacked out by the censor. Black/white "OPENED BY CENSOR" seal. Over-stamped violet double-circle 'DEPUTY CHIEF FIELD CENSOR'. Countersigned bottom left.
1944 censored 'On Active Service' envelope to Wiltshire franked 5c & 2 x 25c tied "E.A. A.P.O. 73" c.d.s. '11 VII 44'. R.A.F. censor on the front, boxed "PASSED BY BASE CENSOR E.E.11" on the reverse. Carried on the fortnightly RAF service to Nairobi.
1940 stampless Internee envelope local usage. Boxed bi lingual "INTERNMENT CAMP / WINDHOEK / OFFICIAL FREE" struck in violet. "WINDHOEK" c.d.s. on the reverse '12 111 40'
1903 Indian Quarter Anna India Service stationery card From a major in the Hampshire Regiment addressed to Steamer Point. Cancelled "ADEN CAMP" c.d.s. '25 AU 03' Countersigned by Commanding officer bottom left.
1929 internal envelope cancelled "DARESSALAAM" c.d.s. '19 OC 1929'. Endorsed at top "Poppy Day League Postage Free". Few known examples.
1905 3d Red Brown registered stationery envelope (Size 128 x 77mm) with black circles denoting "SPECIMEN" usage. Superb.
1910 postcard addressed to Sydney. Franked 1d adhesive tied "T.P.O. 7/UP" c.d.s. '22 DE 10'
1936 ppc franked 1d adhesive tied "CHOISEUL" c.d.s. '11 FE 36'. Addressed to Vancouver.
1939 1½d stationery envelope addressed to Detroit up-rated 1d adhesive tied "CASTRIES" c.d.s. '17 OC 39'. A further strike alongside.
1928 registered envelope to New York franked single ½d and 2 x 3d 'Badge' adhesives tied "ST HELENA" c.d.s. 'MR 23 28'.
1942 censored envelope franked 3d adhesive tied "ST HELENA" c.d.s. 'AP 13 42'. Black/white "OPENED/BY/CENSOR". Black octagonal censor cachet on the reverse. Addressed to Dorking UK.
1903 envelope to Salisbury franked vertical pair 'HALF PENNY' on 'SIX PENCE' adhesives tied "ST HELENA" c.d.s. '7 AU 03'. Receiving c.d.s. on reverse.
1909 ppc franked Cape 1d adhesive tied "MOHALESHOEK/BASUTOLAND" C.D.S. 'FE 26 09'. Addressed to Liverpool. Some light tone spots.
1913 Orange River Colony ½d stationery postcard, with message, written in French addressed to Morija cancelled "BUTHA BUTHA BASUTOLAND" c.d.s.'SP 24 13'.
1901 ½d CGH stationery postcard addressed to O.R.C. cancelled "MORIJA" c.d.s. 'SP 10' (year omitted).
1951 4d registered stationery envelope size G addressed to Johannesburg with additional 4d adhesive tied "MOHALESHOEK" c.d.s. '14 AUG 51'.
1897 ½d CGH stationery postcard, with message, from a missionary addressed internally cancelled with a superb "210" BONC "MOHALESHOEK" c.d.s. 'SP 23 97' below.
1933 Nigerian 3d registered stationery envelope size G with additional 2d adhesive addressed to London tied "TIKO - CAMEROONS UNDER BRITISH MANDATE" c.d.s. '7 JU 33'. Blank registration etiquette manuscript 'TIKO'.
1919 envelope franked 4c adhesive tied "BRUNEI" c.d.s. '12 AU 19'. "LABUAN" transit on reverse. Addressed to London.
1926 registered envelope addressed to the U.S.A. Franked blocks of four 1/2d & 1d adhesives tied "SUVA FIJI" c.d.s. '27 JUL 1926' Blank registration etiquette with the same cancellation.
1916 censored envelope addressed to San Francisco. Franked horizontal pair New Zealand 1d 'Dominion' adhesives together with a single 1/2d overprinted 'SAMOA' tied "APIA" c.d.s. '27 OC 16' Boxed "PASSED BY CENSOR 2 G.R.I. SAMOA" cachet in violet.
1832 E.L. from 'French Consulate Larnaca', Consulate cachet on reverse. Black "PURIFRE A MARSEILLE", horizontal disinfection holes. Addressed to Marseille.
1909 ppc addressed to Villiersdorp franked ½d adhesive tied "ROBBEN ISLAND" c.d.s. 'JA 6 09'.
1856 E.L. from Cape of Good Hope to France, manuscript '8' denoting 'Ship Fee'; red boxed "COLONIES/ &cc ART 13" Anglo-French Accountancy marking on the obverse. Rated '15' decimes. Receiving c.d.s. ' 6 FEVr 1857' on the reverse.
1930 registered envelope to Oakland, Ca., franked 1½d & 5d adhesives tied large violet "NIKUNAU ISLAND" cachet struck in black. The island had no registration facilities, registration applied in Tarawa. Transit and receiving cancels on the reverse.
1912 envelope to Coffs Harbour, Australia, franked FIJI 2½d adhesive overprinted tied "GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS PROTECTORATE/OCEAN ISLAND" c.d.s. 'SP 26 12'. "SYDNEY" transit on reverse.
1938 commercial envelope franked 5c 'Stamp Duty' adhesive tied "VICTORIA/HONG KONG" c.d.s. '13 JA 38'. '13' in black circle applied by P.O., local usage.
1938 envelope franked 25c adhesive tied "HONG KONG SHAM SHUI P.O." c.d.s. '17 JA 38'. Addressed to Ohio.
1936 envelope franked 5c and horizontal pair 10c adhesives tied "U.S.T.P. SEA POST/S.S. PRES HOOVER" duplex 'AUG 8 1936'. Addressed to Philadelphia.
1903 registered envelope to Liverpool, England, franked 'One Penny' on '4d', 'One Penny' on '6d' and 'One Penny' on '7d' adhesives tied "TORTOLA" c.d.s. 'FE 7 03'. "R" in black oval; receiving d/s on reverse.
1891 envelope to the UK franked 1885-86 8c deep violet cancelled with oval of bars (Type K3) with "LABUAN" c.d.s. 'JU 4 1891'.
1901 3c 'Reply' stationery postcard franked additional 1c adhesive overprinted 'LABUAN' tied "LABUAN" c.d.s. '22 FEB 01', a further strike below. Commercially used to Bremen, Germany.
1915 envelope possibly written by a French soldier, addressed to Bordeaux, franked G.B. 1½d and a horizontal pair ½d adhesives overprinted in French currency. Tied scarce "FEZ TRESORE POSTES" c.d.s. '27 10 15'.
1909 ½d Leeward Is. stationery postcard, with message, up-rated ½d adhesive commercially used to Germany. Cancelled "MONTSERRAT" c.d.s. 'FEB 20 1909'; receiving c.d.s. on the obverse.
1905 1d stationery postcard, with message, addressed to Austria cancelled "MONTSERRAT" c.d.s. 'AU 1 1905'. "ST THOMAS" transit on the obverse.
1928 envelope (opened out for display) addressed to San Francisco, Type 2 cachet, carried on the S.S. "Halesius", which visited the island on 15th May. "LONDON F.S. PAQUEBOT" transit. On arrival pre-cancelled 10c postage due applied paying the New York charge.
1937 (February). Unused Avis de Reception card on green card 'Z.G.P. P.O. 13-4000-2-37'.
1933 envelope franked 20c adhesive tied oval "DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/OST-/AFRIKALINIE/K" d/s '11 9 33'. Addressed to Ohio, USA.
1930 underpaid envelope from Kampala. On arrival 31c postage due applied paying the manuscript charge tied "ZANZIBAR" c.d.s. 'JY 1 30'. The postage due has a manuscript red cross and is initialed. Red mss 'Charges paid'.
1907 ppc franked 2d adhesive tied "SUVA" c.d.s. '9 SEP 07'; addressed to the USA. Small tear at top (11mm).
1896 1½d stationery postcard to Germany written from 'Saluafala', cancelled "LEVUKA" c.d.s. '30 OCT 96'; a further strike alongside.
1907 Tonga 1d stationery postcard, with message, cancelled "SUVA" c.d.s. '12 JUN 07'. Addressed to Germany.