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.

1919 registered envelope addressed to Switzerland. Franked Great Britain overprinted block of four 3d and corner marginal blocks of four 2d & 2 1/2d tied 'PLEASANT ISLAND NAURU' c.d.s. 'AU 7 19' Sydney transit and receiving cancellations on the reverse.

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'

1968 Airmail envelope from London dated 7th April addressed to Kuching, Sarawak. Carried on B.O.A.C. Boeing 707 (G-ARWE) Just two minutes after leaving London Heathrow on 8th April, the pilot signalled that the left engine was detached and the plane was burning. Rectangular 'Received in this Condition' Manuscript 'Salvaged from Crashed Aircraft' below. Believed to be the only cover known addressed to Sarawak from the crash.

1919 registered envelope addressed to Switzerland. Franked overprinted Great Britain adhesives tied 'P.O. PLEASANT ISLAND (NAURU) c.d.s. 'AU 7 19' Sydney transit and receiving cancellations.

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.

1951 multi franked registered envelope addressed to Switzerland. Adhesives tied 'CAPE TOWN PAQUEBOT' c.d.s. '29 V 51' Registration label applied in transit. Cape Town transit and receiving cancellations.

1871 cheque headed and dated 'Halifax N.S. / 21 Sept 71' Franked horizontal pair 30c overprinted 'N.S.' and a single 9c Bill stamp. Manuscript cancellation.

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'

1934 postcard R.M.S. Atlantis addressed to London. Franked Great Britain Penny Half Penny adhesive Type V cachet in violet. Carried on the Atlantis to Cape Town. 'PAQUEBOT/ POSTED AST SEA' applied in London. Rev Wilde arrived on the Atlantis 18th February, returning the cachet after an absence.

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.

1962 taxed envelope from Suva addressed to Cape Town, South Africa. On arrival 5c & 1c postage dues applied paying the manuscript charge tied 'Sir Lowry Road CAPE TOWN' c.d.s. '5 SE 62'

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 'BAKING POINT B.H.' T.R.D. d/s '12 OCT 1951' struck in violet.

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 adhersives tied oval 'ROARING CREEK B.H.' T.R.D. d/s 'SEP 28 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.

1951 envelope addressed to Grimsby. Franked 3c & 10c adhesives tied oval 'BURRELL BOOM B.H.' 'SEP 13 1951' T.R.D. struck in violet.

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'

1932 underpaid 5m stationery envelope, uprated 5m addressed to Surrey, tied 'JUBA - EL-OBEID / T.P.O./ No 2' c.d.s. '29 SE 32' On arrival 3d & 2d postage dues applied. Some edge toning, part of the back flap is missing.

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.

1933 underpaid envelope addressed to London. Franked horizontal pair 1m and single 3m & 5m adhesives tied 'GALLABAT' c.d.s. '16 JUL 33' On arrival 3d & 1/2d postage dues applied paying the Susan manuscript 45c charge.Boxed 'T' Colourful franking.

1931 underpaid envelope addressed to Bristol. Franked single overprinted 2pi and a vertical pair 4m tied 'SUDAN AIR MAIL KHARTOUM' c.d.s. '11 111 31' On arrival 1d postage due applied paying the Sudan manuscript charge 10c Boxed 'T' in black.

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.

1941 censored envelope addressed to India. Franked 15m adhesive tied 'PORT SUDAN QUAYS' c.d.s. '12 JLY 1941' Re-sealing label Type 2 NO 10 in green overstamped 'PASSED CENSOR SUDAN / 35' Port Sudan ringed "O" both struck in violet.