
1897 (9 JAN) cover to London franked by Great Britain Jubilee 2½d not tied by framed 'BURUTU' date stamp but tied by 'PAID/LIVERPOOL/BR PACKET' cds which also overstrikes the Burutu cancel; arrival backstamp.

1897 (AU 5) cover to Stockton, CA, USA franked 1896-97 Die I 1d., 2d. and 3d. plus Die II ½d. tied by Bulawayo Rhodesia cds, reverse with small part of backflap missing affecting the New York machine transit.

1897 (JA 26) registered cover to Germany franked 2 ½d. carmine-lake and 5d. grey-lilac tied by the rare Registered cds without town name, Liverpool and London transits and arrival cds.

1897 (MR 2) registered cover to Leicester, England bearing single franking 1898 1s. blue-green, wmk Crown CA, cancelled by ‘A05’ obliterator, fine red Registered Nassau and oval framed ‘R’, hooded London transit bottom right, arrival backstamp; fine example of quadruple rate, ex Davis.


1897 (MR 30) 1d. stationery card addressed to the Post Office at Bonny cancelled by red square circle Warri datestamp, the cancel repeated bottom left for reasons of clarity, Forcados River transit additionally tying stamp image and Bonny River arrival at left. Card with full message, a little ink running, a good internal usage.

1897 (NO 17) mourning cover to Berlin franked 1889-96 5c. and 20c. tied fine index c 'A26' duplex, arrival backstamp; good clean condition


1897 1 Penny rose-carmine card entitled Greetings from Johannesburg bearing four small images The Crocodile River, Commissioner Street, Pritchard Street, The Waterfall; some toning mostly on reverse, unused.


1897 1 Penny rose-carmine card entitled Greetings from Johannesburg Transvaal bearing single image entitled ‘Kaffir Family’ good unused


1897 1d. picture stationery card with image entitled 'The Late Crisis in Johannesburg/March Past Commissioner Street' cancelled to order; fine condition.


1897 1d. picture stationery card with image entitled 'The Late Crisis in Johannesburg/March Past Commissioner Street' used to Hamburg, the additional franking now removed.


1897 1d. stationery card 'Greetings from Johannesburg' showing local family before dwelling; fine used to Switzerland.

1897 1d. stationery card to Reutlingen, Germany bearing fine and scarce red Abokobi cds, Accra and Liverpool transits and arrival cds all at left corner; with full message, good condition.


1897 1g blue postal stationery card cto with Harar bilingual cds of 11.2., used later to France and uprated with ½g. tied bilingual Entotto cds, good condition with message.


1897 5p. and 10p. postal stationery cards, uprated 20p. and 15p. respectively, cancelled Belgrade and addressed to Bradford, England. Both cards sealed without message, some tonings.

1897 ca. SHANGHAI MUNICIPALITY Local Post 1c stationery card with coloured illustration of 'Chinese Prayer' on front, printed 'SHANGHAI ….18…' and printer's name 'HIRSBRUNNER & Co, DHANGHAI', fine

1897 Central American Exhibition 2c postal stationery envelope used to Prague, unclear violet despatch, sent at printed matter rate and originally unsealed (now stuck), unusually with arrival backstamp.


1897 Central American Exhibition 2c. postal stationery envelope used to Belgium, uprated 2c. and 6c. of same design tied by violet cork handstamps and unclear octagonal despatch, reverse with Dison transit and arrival cds plus violet cachet 'Legation De Belgique Centre-Amerique'.

1897 cover to Leicester, England, bearing pair 1s cancelled unclear 'T1' obliterator with 'Turks Islands' cds in association, arrival backstamp; fine clean condition.


1897 cover to Manchester franked 20c and bisected 10c, tied by 'A26' obliterator, the bisect being unauthorised a 'T' handstamp was applied and upon arrival in England a '1d/F.B./C/' handstamp charge raised, reverse with London and Manchester cds.

1897 cover to Pernambuco, Brazil, franked '80 paras' on 5d. tied by British Post Office Constantinople code B cds, annotated to go via Southampton, London transit and arrival backstamps; some faults to envelope at top, a scarce destination.