

1881 (7 Sept) cover to Verviers franked General Colony 15c. tied scarce blue octagonal Corr d’Armee St Louis date stamp showing inverted month within cancel, reverse with Officers signature and maritime Corr. D. Arm. Lig.J Paq. Fr. No.6 plus arrival cancels.

1881 (8 FE) 1d. pink postal stationery envelope to Berlin, uprated with 1880-81 Three Half Pence venetian red tied Alderley duplex, arrival backstamp

1881 (AU 31) entire to Pernau, Estonia, franked pair 2½d. and a ½d. cancelled hexagonal L 3d London ‘80’ Late Fee duplex, reverse with a series of cyrillic transit and arrival cancels.

1881 (AU 9) cover to Hambourg, Germany franked 1878 Watermark Small Anchor, Die 4 1d. Inland Revenue on bluish paper cancelled by two fine Dalbeattie ‘378’ date stamps, arrival backstamp.

1881 (Feb 21) ½c. ‘Liberty’ postal stationery envelope of 1875 with reddish-violet oval CERTIFICADO GUATEMALA date stamp on front and three times on reverse, probably used for a registered receipt; some staining on bottom margin, most unusual

1881 (JA 17) entire to Santa Ana, Salvador, franked 1873-80 4d. grey-brown, ML, plate 17 tied by London ‘84’ duplex, annotated “Via Panama”. Light vertical filing crease affecting stamp, without backstamps.


1881 (May 8) cover to Paris franked 1879-89 1c. and 10c. Volcano tied by dotted lozenge with Suchitoto date stamp in association, annotated “Via Panama pr St Nazaire”, handstamped at centre ‘Paso el Correo’, blue Paris cds additionally tying 1c., reverse with New York Panama Transit ‘opera glasses’ cancel.

1881 blue entire to London bearing single franking 4d. blue lightly cancelled with A Grenada cds with further strike at right, red London arrival cds on front. Unclear watermark type, light filing creases.

1881 cover to Montpellier, France franked Great Britain 1880-81 1/2d. and 1d. (2) tied A26 duplex, French tpo tying 1/2d., reverse with Estafeta De Cambio Madrid transit and arrival cds.

1881 Formula Stationery card with 1/2d. and 1d. Britannia applied at right, most unsually both are overprinted SPECIMEN; very fine and rare

1881 part wrapper to SPOLETO franked 2c. on 0,30 vertical strip of six and 2c. on 1,00 (4) tied unclear numeral obliterators; a fine strip of six, rare on cover.

1881 wrapper to TRAPANI franked with 'Estero' overprinted 2c. tied '235' numeral with 'TUNISI/POSTE ITALIANE' cds in association to left, arrival backstamp. Fine printed matter rate item.


1881-90 native cover addressed to Kabul franked with a pair of 1 Abasi blackih-brown with both black signet ring cancels and pieces torn away. A scarce mutiple franking.

1882 (17 Oct) cover to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia franked 1879-89 1c. and 10c. Volcano tied by mute handstamps with San Salvador date stamp in association, annotated “Via Panama”, octagonal French maritime Aspinwall Paq. Fr. L.A. No.2, reverse with London and Halifax transits plus faint arrival cds; roughly opened at top with slight repair, all clear of stamps.

1882 (AU 10) registered cover to Cape Town franked 1880-83 1s orange-brown, plate 13 and 1880-81 2d. both tied by blue ‘75’ obliterators with Birmingham Registered in association, routed via Plymouth with AU 11 cds on reverse together with arrival cds of AU 30; an attractive envelope with unusual franking

1882 (AU 4) One Penny Great Britain stationery card used to Dresden, Germany with fine A26 duplex, arrival cds bottom left, full message on reverse, fine condition.

1882 (Dec 16) 2c. postal stationery card to Paris cancelled double oval Habana date stamp, endorsed “via New York”. Very fine condition.

1882 (JA 12) cover to Mowbray, Cape of Good Hope, franked 1880-83 Wmk Crown 6d. grey, GC, plate 17, 1880-81 2d. deep rose vertical pair and 1881 1d. lilac (2), Die II tied by four Earl Court SW 34 duplex, reverse with Cape Town transit cds of FE 2, some slight toning, a scarce, very unusual franking.

1882 envelope to Amiens, France endorsed “corp Expeditionnaire de Tunisie” and bearing 7e Brigde De Renfort En Afrique, arrival backstamp; some faults to envelope.

1882 Great Britain 1d postal stationery card to London, cancelled 'MALTA/Code D/A25' duplex, red arrival cds on front at left.