French Levant
Covers and stamps / French Levant
1895 (7 Mai) registered cover to Switzerland bearing single franking 4pi. on 1f. tied fine legible Cavalle Turquie cds with another strike alongside, reverse with Smyrne Turquie D'Asie and Const. Galata Turquie transits
£265
Salvador
Covers and stamps / Salvador / Switzerland Incoming Mail
1895 (Ago 1) cover to Switzerland franked ‘Arms’ 5c. and 15c. tied violet San Salvador date stamps, annotated “Via Panama”, reverse with Foreign NY Transit cds and Wabern arrival cds.
£75
Honduras
Covers and stamps / Honduras / Switzerland Incoming Mail / Postal Stationery
1895 (Ago 14) uprated 5c. postal stationery envelope to Zurich with 1895 1c. and pair 2c. tied by violet Tegucicalpa barred cancel, reverse with New York transits and arrival cds.
£55
Guatemala
Covers and stamps / Guatemala / Advice of Receipt / Postal Stationery / Registered mail
1895 (Aug) '1895' 6c. on 5c. postal stationery envelope A.R. registered to Essen, Germany additionally franked on reverse with 'Arms' 1c (straight edge) and strip of three 6c.cancelled registration handstamp; fine condition.
£65
INDIA (USED ABROAD)
Covers and stamps / India / Squared circles / Instructional Handstamps
1895 (DE 31) cover from BUSHIRE to Cairo franked on reverse by India 1892-96 2a.6p. yellow-green tied by fine large part strike of type Z16 ("C14") "BUSHIRE" squared circle (still clearly showing "E" complete) with two strikes of boxed "TOO LATE" above (applied at the Bushire P.O.). Bold "SUEZ" (27 1 96) and "CAIRE" (28 1 96) transit and arrival cds alongside. Some cover creases but desirable with the "TOO LATE" marking.
£235
British Honduras
Covers and stamps / British Honduras / Illustrated / Medical
1895 (FE 26) registered ‘Kinderlen’ German plain letter card franked by strips of two and three of ‘6’ on ’10 CENTS’ on 4d. in black cancelled by ‘K65’ obliterators with Belize cds at right, Liverpool and London transits on front and arrival backstamp
£175
SAMOA
Covers and stamps / Samoa / Registered mail
1895 (MAR 27) registered cover to Rostock, Germany, franked two 'Surcharged/1½d' on 2d and 'R 3d' on 2d tied two double-ring 'APIA/SAMOA' cds, black "R" registration handstamp and red LONDON transit, arrival backstamp; some slight toning of little significance.
£475
Hong Kong
Covers and stamps / Hong Kong / Peru / Postal Stationery
1895 (MR 15) red surcharge 4 CENTS on 3c. postal stationery card used to Lima, Peru cancelled with index B cds, transits of San Francisco and New York plus large arrival cds of 12 Mayo. A fine and most unusual destination.
£395
Oil Rivers
Covers and stamps / Great Britain Used Abroad / Oil Rivers / Postal Stationery / Liverpool
1895 1d postal stationery card to Manchester written from Warrea, uncancelled on despatch, noticed in transit at Liverpool where ‘466’ obliterator applied, red Paid Liverpool Br Packet date stamp; some slight tone spotting.
£55
Turkey
Covers and stamps / Türkiye / Postal Stationery
1895 20 paras postal stationery card to London cancelled with double-ring bilingual Mersine date stamp, with company record handstamps on arrival.
£65
United States
Covers and stamps / USA / Horses
1895 2c. Columbus and Liberty postal stationery envelope from Lexington to Philadelphia with fine image at left of Horse and Jockey; good condition.
£55
Serbia
Covers and stamps / Serbia / Postal Stationery
1895 5n. postal stationery card and 10n. stationery letter card, both uprated 5n., cancelled Belgrade and addressed to linz, Austria with arrival cancels, good condition.
£75
Seychelles
Covers and stamps / French Maritime / Seychelles / Maritime
1895 commercial envelope to Paris bearing an oval handstamp J.L. Simon/ MAHE (Seychelles) franked 25c. Sage tied octagonal Ligne T Paq. Fr. No.3 date stamp; fine clean condition without backstamps. Fine example of French Office at Mahe.
£465
France
Covers and stamps / France / Stamp Dealers
1895 illustrated envelope ‘Timbres & Albums Pour Collections’ P.Halgatte used to Buenos Aires, Argentina franked ‘Sage’ 5c. (2) and 15c. tied Vaudreuil cds, envelope opened on left and right side with small part missing at left.
£45
SIERRA LEONE
Covers and stamps / Sierra Leone / Postal Stationery
1895 One Penny postal stationery card to Tring, bearing barred numeral cancel and red 'FREETOWN/SIERRA LEONE' cds at left as well as 'PAID/LIVERPOOL/BR PACKET' transit date stamp; fine and clean condition.
£85
Grenada
Covers and stamps / Grenada / tete-beche
1895 registered cover to London franked 1/2d. horizontal strip of six, a single and a vertical tete-beche pair tied St George's cds, red London arrival at base, fine correctly rated cover.
£125
Sierra Leone
Covers and stamps / Sierra Leone
1895 registered cover to London franked 1d.(2) and 2 1/2d.tied numeral obliterators, 'R' handstamp, Freetown cds, Registered Liverpool and London cancels all on front,nothing on reverse. The 2 1/2d. stamp has some surface damage that occurred before application to envelope.
£120
British East Africa
Covers and stamps / Kenya / British East Africa
1895 registered cover to Zanzibar franked 1 rupee tied square circle Mombasa date stamp, arrival backstamp; fine and clean condition.
£295
British East Africa
Covers and stamps / British East Africa
1895 registered cover to Zanzibar franked marginal pair 3a. black/red tied square circle date stamps, manuscript registration number, arrival backstamp; fine condition
£335
Antigua
Covers and stamps / Leeward Is. / Antigua
1895 registered ‘Myerscough’ cover to London franked front and back with fourteen 1/2d. Including a plate marginal tied Antigua cds, arrival cancel on front; envelope damaged at bottom right, opened-out for display.