
1894 (12 Avril) cover to Paris bearing single franking 15c. tied blue octagonal Corr D’Armees Fort De France date stamp with arrival cancel to right with four-line military cachet on reverse. Ex. Grabowski.


1894 (14 SE) Quarter Anna incoming postal stationery card from Bombay to Fort Stedman via Thazi (Meiktila Road) arriving 23 Sep (Latest Recorded Date) passed to Deposit Room 26 Sep (only recorded example). Readdressed to Lashio via Maymo arriving OC 7 – 8 (Latest Recorded Date), readdressed to Bangkok, Thailand via Singapore with arrival backstamp of 6/11. Reverse of card bears printed message from The Anthropological Society of Bombay for a meeting on 26th Sept.

1894 (15 Fevr) 3c postal stationery card to Hamburg, cancelled octagonal Haiti A Fort De France L.E. No.1 date stamp, large blue Santo Domingo date stamp in centre, Paris transit and arrival cds.

1894 (23 Dic) 5c. internal postal stationery envelope to La Concepcion uprated 1c. ‘Arms’ (some shaved perfs) tied by two violet ‘4’ numeral handstamps and with octagonal Antigua date stamp to left; light vertical creasing running through design.

1894 (24/10) ’20 PARA 20’ on 5k stationery card tied fine Kerassunde Osterr. Post cds to Constantinople with arrival cancel of Austrian Office at left; good commercial item.


1894 (29 VI) cover to San Francisco franked 1888 Koban 5s. tied by red-brown native chop and with large Tokio Japan Meiji 27 cds in same ink to left, reverse with Yokohama Japan Meiji 27 cds and arrival cancel.


1894 (5 Mar) registered AR cover to Boizenburg, Germany franked 1885-91 5c. and 20c. (one 5c. added without cancel) tied by barred ’M’ with CORREOS MONTE CRISTY date stamp in association showing inverted ‘5’ in date, blue ‘Avis De Reception’ label at left, New York registration etiquette over stamps, reverse with New York transits and arrival plus large red-violet ‘J. Stafelfel Monte Cristy Kaiserl. Deutscher Consular Agent.’; small tear at side and small paper adhesion on back. Ex Krug

1894 (7 Jul) 3c. postal stationery envelope registered to Switzerland, additionally franked with 5c. and registration 10c. red on yellow (uncancelled as usual, small surface rubs), cancelled Monrovia, London ad Liverpool transits, arrival backstamp. Fine item


1894 (Abr 2) cover to Bruxelles, Belgium franked 1893 5c. and 40c. tied by violet circular negative ‘star’ in violet and 40c. additionally by red London cds (of return journey), oval Republique de Honduras/ Bureau/ Postal D’Exchange/ PUERTO CORTEZ dated cachet, undelivered with a fine range of instructional handstamps ‘retour a l’auteur’, ‘REBUT’ on front and on reverse framed ‘PARTI/ Vertrokken’ and manuscript “Parti sans laisser l’addresse/ Le factuer” and signed by him, Bruxelles 1 and 5 cancels of 22 Avril, Bruxelles 1 new despatch of 24th, New York cancels of outward journey, red ‘3’ handstamp applied on arrival back.

1894 (AGO 13) 10c stationery envelope uprated 5c. (2) and 10c. to Paris, two Sonsonate target duplex, Paris Etranger arrival at top, New York transit backstamp. Light vertical filing crease clear of stamps at left and a couple of light tones.

1894 (AP 2) registered cover to Wimbledon franked 3d together with postage ½d and 1d tied oval date stamps, LONDON arrival to left.

1894 (DEC 5) cover to San Francisco bearing single franking 2½d tied 'APIA/SAMOA' cds showing INVERTED DATE, arrival backstamps; fine and clean.

1894 (Dec) Royal Niger Company printed linen-backed envelope to London showing fair strike of Akassa oval handstamp and bearing Great Britain 1883-84 2/6d. lilac, Jubilee 5d. and a 10d. pair, all placed upside down and cancelled with Paid Liverpool Br. Packet cds; the 5d. with small fault and some wear to envelope. A rare high value franking for an 11oz. Letter.

1894 (MR 14) registered stationery envelope, up-rated 2½d to London and tied fine 'FORCADOS RIVER', index C (scarce) cds. LIVERPOOL transit and LONDON arrival cancels.

1894 (Oct 28) printed envelope to New York franked 1893 Official 10c. deep orange tied Managua cds in violet, New York arrival backstamp; small tear in envelope top left.

1894 (SP 11) cover to Liverpool bearing three different bisects with 1892 2d. Jubilee issue vertical bisect, 1894 2d. vertical bisect and 1d. diagonal bisect, all tied Bonny square circle date stamps, red Liverpool transit bottom left. (SG. 3a, 47b and 52b.). Fine and attractive, rare three bisect cover paying 2 1/2d. rate.


1894 (SP 11) registered cover to England franked 1892 2d., 1894 1d. blue and bisected 1d.and 2d., making correct total of 4 1/2d. tied Bonny square circle date stamps, small 'R' handstamp at left with manuscript number, Liverpool transit on face and Warrington backstamp. fine and attractive.

1894 (SP 11) registered cover to Luton franked British Protectorate/ Oil Rivers 1892-94 Great Britain oveprinted Jubilee 2d. together with 1d. lilac, both diagonal bisects, plus 1894 1d. and 2d. tied by three square circle Bonny date stamps. A fine, rare double bisect cover.

1894 (SP 11) registered cover to Luton franked British Protectorate/ Oil Rivers 1892-94 Great Britain overprinted Jubilee 2d. vertical bisect together with normal, plus 1894 1d. and later 1d. orange vermilion diagonal bisect tied by four square circle Bonny date stamps. A fine, rare double, different issue bisect cover.

1894 10c. postal stationery envelope to Rouen, France, uprated 20c. cancelled unclear violet handstamps, Tumbador cds to left overstruck with Paris transit