
1879/80 'THIRTY EIGHT CENTS' Die Proof in black on glazed card, dated at top 'Nov 22 1877'

1879/80 'TWENTY FIVE CENTS' Die Proof in black on glazed card, dated at top 'NOV 1 1877'


1880 (15 Mayo) registered orange envelope to Lima franked 1876 Arms 10c green strip of three and single tied by Huancyca cds, eight flower handstamps and framed CERTIFICACION handstamp, oval registration above with manuscript number, reverse with manuscript endorsements, wax seals and arrival cds. Roughly opened and opened out for display.

1880 (23 Nov.) envelope to Isseredun, France bearing single franking 25c. ultramarine ‘Sage’, close to large margins, tied Fort de France cds with another strike to left and in between red octagonal Col. Fr. Lig.B.Paq.Fr.N2 maritime date stamp for the “Lafayette”. Small part of bottom flap missing otherwise fine and fresh.

1880 (28 Mar) internal registered envelope franked 1875-82 10k. tied Kamenesh-Podolsk date stamp, archival fresh condition, a scarce issue on cover.


1880 (5/11) internal 5s rate envelope to Teheran franked on reverse with 1879-80 Nasse-eddin Shah Qajar 1s and two 2s. tied Ispahan cds; small corner faults to envelope otherwise very attractive.


1880 (7 Nov) cover to France franked General Colony 15c. ‘Sage’ imperf top marginal, margin bumped at right, tied scarce blue octagonal Corr d’Armee St Louis date stamp, repeated at top with Paq Fr. J. No.5 octagonal date stamp, reverse with Officers signature.


1880 (MR 23) 1d. pink stationery envelope on pale blue paper stock, to Copenhagen, Denmark additionally franked 1870 1½d., JE (damaged bottom right corner) and 1873-80 2½d. , plate 16 tied St Austell ‘670’ duplex, arrival backstamp. Senders backflap details removed.

1880 13c. black proof on glazed paper, cut down and given a deep bevelled framed

1880 Line Engraved overprints selection with two ½d. plate 15, OD of good colour and lightly hinged, LD slight fading hinged mint, 1d. JA plate 201, EG plate 215, JJ plate 216, SA plate 217, ND plate 218, GI plate 218 and OB plate 220 with light diagonal gum crease, fresh hinged mint.

1880s 4 ore stationery card with invoice for ‘Illustreret Familie-Journal’ for 7.28 ore, addressed to Veile and additionally franked perf 14 12 ore and two 16 ore; good condition.

1880s blue envelope from Montevideo to Rocha franked 1883 Gen. Santos 5c. (2) tied lozenge of bars, octagonal Correo Rocha cds; some slight yellowing and missing backflap.

1880s cover to Shiraz, Iran franked on reverse ½a (2) and 1a.6p tied square circle 'BUSRAH' date stamps, 'BUSHIRE' and 'BOUCHIR' transits of Indian and Persian Offices; some faults to envelope.

1880s document franked 5ch ‘Lion’ tied Senner cds with Teheran cancels on reverse. Receipted with scissor cut through stamp.

1880s general formula card franked 1881 10c. ‘Commerce’ with Guadeloupe cds, origin and date not visible, sent to Pointe A Pitre.


1880s local cover bearing on reverse cut-to-shape 1ab violet, 26mm diameter on thin paper, overlapping each other and tied pen crosses, bilingually addressed. Good condition for these.


1881 (1 AP) uprated 1d. postal stationery card to manager ‘Colonial Bank’, Trinidad, uprated ½d. tied London ‘5’ duplex, two Trinidad double arc arrivals of AP 20. The card with part printed message from The West India and Panama Telegraph Company, Limited.


1881 (12/7) underfranked envelope to Tonbridge, England franked 1880 10pf vertical pair tied Hamburg cds, framed Unzureichend/ franeirt handstamp and at left similar two-line italic handstamp, framed ‘T.’ and handstamped ‘5’ charge, Tunbridge arrival backstamp.

1881 (14 Decembre) 20pa. postal stationery card to Berlin, endorsed “Via Vienne”, cancelled double ring French language Smyrne Turquie and oval framed ‘APRES DEPART’ below that is overstruck by the arrival; fine and attractive.

1881 (2 Oct) outer letter sheet to Constantinople fraked 25c. 'Sage' tied Salonique Turquie cds, arrival backstamp; fine and clean.