
1895 ‘Dos Centavos’ on 5c. postal stationery envelope from Quezaltenago to Guatemala City uprated 1894 2c. on 100c. narrow spacing, 1897 Exhibition ‘Un Centavo’ on 12c. pair and 1898 6c on 5c ‘Arms’ tied by violet barred cancels or unclear date stamp, reverse with framed scroll Cartero No.4.

1895 ‘Mashonaland’ Three Halfpence internal postal stationery card to Scotland additionally franked 1892-94 ½d. tied by Kopje Salisbury cds, central vertical filing crease.

1895 ‘Mashonaland’ Three Halfpence internal postal stationery card to Scotland additionally franked 1892-94 ½d. tied by Salisbury Mashonaland cds, Cape Town transit backstamp; some paper aging at left.

1895 ½d. postal stationery wrapper to Montenegro cancelled Mafeking cds, blue manuscript “T” and octagonal-framed ‘T/ 15c’ charge handstamp, Cetinje arrival backstamp.

1895-88 Litho 20k. green in horizontal pair, fine and fresh hinged mint, S.G. 115 (cat £2400)

1895-88 Litho 25k. reddish purple in block of four, perf 10½ fresh hinged mint, a rare block.

1895-88 Litho 5k. scarlet, perf 9½ fresh hinged mint with Friedl signature, a rare stamp listed in Ferchenbauer.

1896 'Baptism of Prince Boris' set on 10st. postal stationery card tied by CHOUMEN bilingual first day cds cancel.


1896 (12 Oct) 10k stationery letter card to Calcarra, Malta written from H.M.S. “Trafalgar” at Salonica cancelled violet ROPIT SALONIKI cds, British Post Office Constantinople transit, Malta B cds and part Cospicua cds, reverse with ROPIT Constantinopoli transit. Slight stain bottom left and some more on reverse not unduly detracting.


1896 (2 Sept) printed envelope to Fez, Morocco franked 25c. gutter pair with number ‘3’ in gutter tied St Louis cds, blue French maritime cds, reverse with Tanger transit and arrival cds, envelope trimmed at left with some peripheral wear.


1896 (22/6) reduced parcel card Kalmar franked on front 1891 Oscar 5o. and 1886 1Kr. vertical strip of four and on reverse a further block of 10 and two strips of five, all tied by dotted circle Stockholm St. Paket date stamps; horizontal and vertical creases affecting some of the stamps otherwise fine and spectacular.


1896 (29 FE) 20c registered stationery envelope to Paris uprated 10c. and three 20c. tied oval despatch date stamps, reverse with Madrid transit and Paris arrival, also showing the small red wax seal of the Postmistress (Miss Cresswell).


1896 (3 Fevr) red bordered envelope to Paris franked 1892 15c. tied by octagonal CORR. D’ARMEES CAYENNE date stamp repeated at right which is overstruck with arrival cancel, military cachet on reverse and manuscript annotation “Correspondance Militaire/ le Commandent des troupes”; small tear in backflap.

1896 (7/2) '20 Para 20' on 5k. reply stationery card with outer section to MELLENBACH, Austria and cancelled 'BEIRUT/OESTERREICHES POST', arrival cds to left of 16/2. The reply section returned to Beirut on 22/4 with arrival cds of 2/5. Each card with long messages. The outward card with vertical crease and cards separated although is likely they were once a pair.

1896 (Dic 7) cover to Zurich franked ‘Quince/ centavos’ on 24c. Waterfall tied by dumb cancel with San Miguel date stamp in association, San Salvador foreign mail transit, arrival backstamp; some toning around perfs


1896 (FE 17) registered cover bearing 1894 (Jan) set of 6 each cancelled with Old Calabar River cds, Registered Old Calabar oval date stamp bottom left, Liverpool Registered transit and on reverse London arrival.

1896 (JU 18) registered cover franked 1892 ½d on 4d. plus ‘Seal of Colony’ ¼d. (2), 8d. and 10d. tied cds, reverse with registration label and arrival cds.


1896 (NO 4) 'Orient Line R.M.S. "Orizaba" printed envelope to Kidlington College, Oxford franked GB 2 1/2d. tied by 'A26' duplex, straight-line PAQUEBOT alongside, arrival backstamp;some toning.

1896 (Nov 8) cover to Switzerland franked 5c. ‘Volcano’ and 10c. ‘Ship’ tied violet San Salvador date stamps, reverse with Foreign NY Transit cds, Bern transit and Wabern arrival cds.


1896 12½c. postal stationery envelope sent registered to Wurtemberg, Germany additionally franked 1870-88 12½c. grey and 1892-97 10c. Queen Wilhelmina all tied by square circle Besoeki date stamps, unframed ‘R’ handstamp at top centre, reverse with local transits and Unterturkheim arrival cds.