

1877 (12 Mars) large registered internal envelope, Lyon to Ivry bearing mixed issue franking of Ceres 80c. in irregular block of three and Sage 15c. grey and 25c. ultramarine cancelled by three cds, magenta framed 'R', various transit backstamps and red wax seals.


1877 (17/4) outer letter sheet to Quimper, France bearing single franking 6 Skilling tied by Bergen cds with another strike to left, this overstruck with blue French entry cds, reverse with Paris A Brest tpo and arrival cds; good clean condition.


1877 (Apr 24) envelope to Delaware, USA franked 4d rose pair cancelled 'A05', left stamp with rounded corner, blue Savannah Ap 27 cds alongside with DUE/6 in circle in the same ink, manuscript notations 'S.S.Cleopatra', minor envelope fault bottom right.


1877 (AU 3) outer letter sheet to Madrid franked 1d. red, plate 191, GH, tied by both cds and ‘A26’ obliterator, further cds to left, arrival backstamp


1877 (Fe 8) Folded cover to France franked 1876 1s orange tied by 'A11' cancel, St Lucia 2 ring cds and French octagonal maritime ds in red alongside, rated '1/2' in red crayon, Bordeaux arrival bs

1877 (Julio 18) entire from La Victoria to Caracas franked Medio Real with '3' numeral handstamp cancel, touched margins at top, some slight toning

1877 (JY 16) printed JURY PRECEPT registered envelope to Parish of Stratfodr St Mary at Colchester franked 1870 ½d. , plate 10 and 1877 4d. sage-green, plate 15 tied ‘405’ Ipswich duplex, reverse with IPSWICH SORTING TENDER cds and Colchester cds all of same date; small corner fault not detracting.


1877 (JY 21) mourning cover to Liverpool franked pair 3d. saffron-yellow, Wmk Crown CC, perf 12.5 tied ‘B31’ obliterators, reverse with Paid At Sierra Leone date stamp on reverse, Liverpool entry cancel of 8 Au; very fine, Ex. Sacher.


1877 (MY 12) cover to New York franked 1867-76 4d. orange (SG 11) tied by ‘A09’ obliterators with Nevis cds in association at left, New York Dur 5 Cts date stamp alongside stamp, reverse with transit cds of St Thomas of MY 14; fine and attractive.

1877 5pfge postal stationery card to Bielefeld bearing good strike of Herford horseshoe cancel.


1877 cover to Hamburg bearing very fine negative Correos de la Chimba Bolivia with illustrated Ship centre, framed FRANCA and oval-framed fancy CANCELADO, the reverse with three-line La Chimba/ Enero date stamp, routed via British Post Office at Panama with three-line handstamp on front, London transit and arrival backstamps, receiving in Hamburg a handstamped 'T' and manuscript "360" charge. Peter Holcombe Certificate.

1877 entire to London bearing single-franking 1s. deep orange, perf 14, tied usual unclear 'A11' obliterator, St Lucia bottom left and arrival cds; fine and attractive. BPA Certificate.


1877 entire to Wolmar bearing church privilege handstamp “Aux d IV Rigaschen/ Kirchspielsycruht”, on reverse straight-line and arrival cds in cyrillic and Riga red wax seal.


1877 German parcel card from Berlin to Gothenburg franked on reverse with 1874 Postage Dues 1o. black (2) and 24o. grey in block of eight and irregular block of three tied by Goteborg cds, card with small tear at top. Nils Svensson Certificate.

1877 internal envelope from Freetown to Sherbo franked 1d tied by 'B31' barred cancel, also with red manuscript "1", reverse with fine 'PAID-AT-SIERRA LEONE'; fine and clean.

1877 Official double weight outer letter sheet used from Ischia Di Castro to Civitavechia at concessionary 20c rate, franked 1866 Torino printing 2c block of ten cancelled by six ‘2896’ numerals, COMMUNE D’ISCHIA DI CASTRO circular framed handstamp, arrival backstamp.

1877 printed company envelope to Barcelona franked 1876-77 Sage 30c cancelled on arrival with Admon De Cambio Barcelona 010 handstamp, Pothion guarantee handstamp on reverse.

1877 Russian formula card to Mitau franked with two 2k. tied two-line Station Candau date stamp, arrival cds bottom left; central vertical filing crease.

1877 Ship’s mail bag cover (flap missing) to Kent bearing Great Britain 1d red plates 178, 179 (5) and 182 (3), some apparently re-used with previous fragments beneath. This 9d, was equivalent of 36c. rate, cancelled by ‘43’ numeral obliterators, endorsed “Via Brandesi” but carried via Southampton rather than Brindisi with Feb 26 1877 transit backstamp. Ex Scott-Archer.


1878 (10/10) stampless ‘Feldpost’ envelope to Vienna cancelled K.u.K. Feldpostexpositur No.51 cds, based at Brod with straight-line FRANCO below; fine and attractive.