1903 Penny Half Penny stationery card with message addressed to Italy cancelled unframed 'PORT MORESBY BRITISH NEW GUINEA' c.d.s. '7 FE 03' An early usage to a rare destination.

1914 1d stationery card with message addressed to Samarai cancelled 'PORT MORESBY' c.d.s. '17 SEP 14'

1951 envelope from the U.S.A. addressed to Cable & Wireless Ltd (Cocos Island) c/o P.O. Box 146 On the reverse superb unframed 'ORION Barrel' and boxed 'dated 'COCOS' cachet '5 JAN 51' struck in violet. These are probably the two rarest markings of Cocos. The mail was picked up by Cable & Wireless staff on the saling boat "Daphne"

1951 envelope from England addressed to Cable & Wireless. Typed 'QANTAS/SURVEY FLIGHT/CATALINA/VH-EBA/DARWIN -COCOS/VIA JAKARTA' on the reverse, tied by a superb 'C & W LTD COCOS' c.d.s. '30 MAY 51'

1915 censored envelope addressed to a Sapper in the 1st Field Coy, Northumberland Royal Engineers. B.E.F. redirected to Salonica, then to the Hospital Ship. A fine strike of the oval 'No 1 NEW ZEALAND STATIONARY HOSPITAL' struck in red with the additional 'NOT AT' On the reverse two line 'PRESANT LOCATION / UNCERTAIN' cachet in black. Both cachets applied in Salonica where the hospital ship was based.

1933 registered Express envelope addressed to Glasgow. Franked 2/- keyplate tied 'LIMBE' c.d.s. '30 MAY 33' An Express label applied (G.P.O. 68) A mispelled 'LIMBi' for 'LIMBE' registration label. 'EXPRESS FEE PAID' cachet.

1942 Christmas Air Mail letter card inscribed "By AIR MAIL / MALTA G.C. / CHRISTMAS 1942" superb unused. Unused examples are far scarcer than used.

1949 4d registered stationery envelope (H) addressed to Cornwall, additional 1d & 1/2d adhesive tied 'PORT STANLEY' c.d.s. '6 FE 49'

1940 Foreign Parcel Post label (G.P.-S.4269-1939-700,00. S) from Carlick Cape Town, addressed to England containing 3ibs Crystalised Fruit. Meter parcel post label 2/3d '15 X1 1940'

1952 Insured parcel envelope addressed to Natal. Franked horizontal pairs 2d and a vertical pair 1/2d tied 'BLOOMFONTEIN' cancellation. Insured Parcel label (G.P.-13142-1949-50-2 000 000 S) The packet contained stamps to the value £4

1893 4c stationery card with a long message addressed to France cancelled 'B64' 'SEYCHELLES/C' c.d.s. '17 NO 93' Octagonal French maritime cancellation Ligne No 3

1962 airmail parcel post label franked 20/- 5/- & 2/- adhesives tied 'KERICHO KENYA' c.d.s. '27 JY 62' High value franking.

1932 envelope stationery Hotel Cecil addressed to London Franked irregular block of three Great Britain Three Half Pence adhesives tied 'TANGIER' c.d.s. '15 MR 32' One adhesive washed off. Carried on Late 28 Casablanca - Toulouse which crashed into the sea on 16th March of Motril (Southern Spain) On the reverse a duplicated slip applied Paris on 19th March to explain the delay & condition.

1944 Great Britain 6d Airletter dated 22nd August 1944 addressed to Gambia. Carried on B.O.A.C. Douglas D.C.3 G-AGIR (C/n11932) which crashed in Morocco. Two line 'SALVAGED FROM / AIRMAIL CRASH' A scarce destination for the mails.

1919 Three registered envelope franked Great Britain 1916-23 overprinted Seahorses (De La Rue Printing) 2/6d, 5/- & 10/- tied 'P.O. PLEASANT ISLAND (NAURU) c.d.s. The 5/.- & 10/- envelopes with straight line 'CENSORED'

1930 postcard addressed to London. Franked 1/2d & 2d Whale & Penquin adhesivfes tied 'SOUTH SHETLANJD' c.d.s. 'MR 8 30' a further strike on the front.

1929 envelope addressed to Egypt. Franked 2m & 3m adhesives tied double oval 'S.S. TAIF KHEDIVIAL MAIL LINE' cachet struck in violet. 'PORT SUDAN QUAY' c.d.s. '28 OCT 29' c.d.s. alongside. SHELLAL-HALFA T.P.O. NO 1' transit cancellation on the reverse.

1892 envelope addressed to Apia Samoa. Franked 2d adhesive tied 'VAVAU NEFIAU' c.d.s. '17 JU 92'

1946 envelope handstamped 'PRINTED MATTER' addressed to the U.S.A. Franked 1/2d adhesive (unsealed printed matter rate) tied 'NUKUALOFA' c.d.s. '18 JA 46'

1942 Tonga Foreign Parcel Post Form of Declaration addressed to Auckland for a bottle of oil dated 31st January 1942

1934 envelope from Southend On Sea addressed to Tonga. On arrival straight line 'UNCLAIMED' On the reverse 'NUKUALOFA' receiving cancellation '4 NO 34' 'UNCLAIMED' alongside. Return to Sender cachet applied in London on return.

1895 envelope addressed to Auckland. Franked 1d & 2d adhesives (The 1d has been Bisected diagonally (1/2d) tied 'NUKUALOFA' c.d.s. '9 SP 95' Receiving cancellation on the reverse. The 9th September 1895 was the only date of usage for the biscect.

1908 A very early registered envelope from the Resident Commissioner addressed to Liverpool. Franked horizontal pair and a block of four Transvaal 1d adhesives tied 'MBABANE' c.d.s. '21 NOV 08' Earliest reported usage of the straight line 'MBABANE' registration cachet. The envelope returned from Liverpool after two days. 'Returned Letter Office Johannesburg' cancellation on the reverse.

1894 2d registered stationery envelope (H2) addressed to Germany. Franked 1d & 4d adhesives tied 'KINGSTON' c.d.s. 'NO 30 94' London Transit and receiving cancellations. Vertical fold at far left.

1931 internal registered envelope. Franked 2c, 6c, 1c & 4c adhesives tied 'NEW AMSTERDAM' c.d.s. '21 JY 31' Red/Black 'EXPRESS' label (Type H) On the reverse 'S.O. SUPT B GUIANA' c.d.s. '22 JY 31'

1944 censored lettersheert from an Italian civilian at Evacuee Camp Number 1 addressed to Italy. Boxed 'CIVILIAN INTERNEE / MAIL' struck in violet, very few examples are known. Partly overstamped 'P W MIDDLE / EAST 122' cachet.

1944 censored envelope addressed to Ppor Malecki Justin, Polish Forces 606, C.M.F. from the Polish settlement Koja, P.O. Mukomo, Franked 1/- & 30c adhesives tied 'KOJA KAMPALA UGANDA' c.d.s. '7 JY 44' Polish Forces censor (52) struck in violet.

1922 stampless envelope addressed to Ramsgate cancelled Type 2 cachet, additional 'S-R ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION' c.d.s. 'MY 22 22' Carried on the "QUEST" on its return from The Antarctic Expedition - The Shackleton-Rowett Expedition. On arrival 1d & 1/2d postage dues applied paying the charge.

1952 Advice of Delivery (A.R.) card. Franked 6d Self Government tied 'VALLETTA' c.d.s. 'MY 28 52' Addressed to Turkey Izmir cancellation on the reverse.

1918 Formula registered envelope (F) addressed to Surrey. franked irregular block of four 1d WAR STAMP and block of six 1/2d WAR STAMP on the reverse, tied 'FALKLAND ISLANDS' c.d.s. '8 JY 18' Small water stain bottom left corner.

1850 entire addressed to Edinburgh rated '2/-' Unpaid RMSPC mail via Grenada & Bermuda. 'TOBAGO' double arc 'MR 22 1850' Edinburgh arrival '21st May.

1952 taxed envelope from Papua New Guinea . Franked horizontal pair Australian 1/2d adhesives tied 'FINSCHAFFEN PAPUA NEW GUINEA' c.d.s. '16 JA 52' Two line 'INSUFFICIENTLY / PRE PAID' On arrival single 1/2d, 2d & 1d postage dues applied paying the manuscript charge tied 'MADINARE' c.d.s. '8 FE 52'

1907 1d illustrated stationery card (The British Residency, Tonga) addressed to London. Cancelled 'NUKUALOFA' c.d.s. '12 AY 07'

1907 1d illustrated stationery card (Nukualofa Tonga) addressed to Blenheim. Cancelled 'HAAPAI' c.d.s. '11 N0 07' Nukualofa transit cancellation.

1907 1d illustrated staionery card (Pine - Apple plantation, Tonga) Addressed to Dunedin. Cancelled 'NUKUALOFA' c.d.s. '30 JE 06'

1909 1d illustrated stationery card (The Orange Groves of Tonga) addressed to Germany. Cancelled 'NUKUALOFA' c.d.s. '5 SP 09' Suva transit cancellation.

c.1909 1d illustrated stationery card (Blow Holes Houma - Tonga) addressed to London. Cancellede 'VAVAU' c.d.s. 'MY17' No year expressed.

1909 1d illustrated stationery card (Stripping Bark for Tappa making, Tonga) addressed to England cancelled 'VAVAU' c.d.s. 'MR 9' San Francisco transit cancellation.

1910 1d illustrated stationery card (Nukualofa, Tonga) addressed to New Zealand. Cancelled 'HAAPAI' c.d.s. 'JE 11 10' Nukualofa transit cancellation on the reverse.

1910 1d illustrated stationery card (Nukualofa, Tonga) addressed to Italy, internally redirected cancelled 'AUCKLAND LOOSE LETTER' c.d.s. '7 SP 10' Receiving cancellation on the front.

1918 censoed Prisoner of War Easter postcard from Alois von Weibmann (1037) at St Clements Camp addressed to Austria. Oval 'FREE FROM PRISONERS OF WAR / P.C.' struck in violet. Red Austrian censor. A very rare 'Bunny' Easter card.

1936 envelope addressed to London franked 1d & U.S. 6c Air Mail adhesive tied 'HONOLULU HAWAII OAHU' duplex 'JAN 20 1936' The U.S. airmail adhesives pays the airmail fee from Honolulu to the West Coast. A scarce origin.

1901 '18 CENTS' on 'Thirty Cents' stationery envelope addressed to Germany. Uprated 2c adhesive tied 'SEYCHELLES' c.d.s. 'JY 5 01' Receiving cancellation on the reverse.

1942 censored envelope from The Bishop of New Guinea addressed to Sydney. Cancelled 'FIELD P.O. 0139' c.d.s. '10 AU 42' 'Opened by CENSOR' blue/white label at left, overstamped crown 'PASSED BY CENSOR 174' cachet in violet. As the civil post office ceased to opertate as much as the island was under Japanese control, the few missionaries left behind were allowed to use the Free Service provided by the Australian Army. Vertical fold and light toning.

1943 O.A.S. censored envelope addressed to Wellington cancelled 'N.Z.E.F. POST OFFICE / N' c.d.s. '15 MR 43' 'SERVICE / NO / CENSOR / 85' in vioiet triangle signed by the censor. From an Officer serving in the New Zealand forces.

1916 registered censored envelope addressed to Bradford. Franked horizontal pair overprinted Australia 2d 'Roo' adhesives tied 'RABAUL' c.d.s. '22 MR 16' Two line 'passed censor / Rabaul' German registration label.

1918 1/2d stationery card with message cancelled 'KARIIB' c.d.s. '18 APR 18' Addressed to Captain Kruger at German Officers P.O.W. Camp Karibib. Oval 'COMMANDANT PRISONER OF WAR CAMP' struck in violet dated '21 APR 1918'

1917 censored envelope addressed to Germany from Lt von Oertzen officer at Swakopumund Prisoner of War Camp. Crown oval 'COMMANDANT P.O.W. CAMP, PROTECTORATE of S.W. AFRICA / OFFICIAL FREE /. 26' struck in purple Handwritten 'S' mund top centre. Their were 37 officers interned before being transfered to Albrechts. The camp was open January/April 1917

1946 censored envelope with enclosed letter from Doris Lavarello addressed to London. Red naval toombstone initialed 'A.C.' dated 14th February 1946 (Surgeon Lt Commander H.A.S. Corfield) Carried on the Empire Merganser to Cape Town. Maritime Mail cancel applied in London. This is the latest know usage of censorship in Tristan WW.11

1935 registered airmail envelope addresssed to Germany. Franked 4d & 1/- adhesives tied large violet double circle 'SHIPPING POSTMASTER CAPE TOWN' c.d.s. '5 FEB 1935' (Dovey Type 16) Transit and receiving cancellations.