

1896 1d. postal stationery card to a Staffordshire Pottery company bearing both front and back reasonable strikes of the rare Chateaubelair village cancel, the stamp image cancelled by Kingstown cds; some ageing to card.

1896 5C. Prince Boris picture stationery card cancelled bilingual Roustchouk cds to Tutraken, a north eastern border town with Romania, whose bilingual cds appears to left. For unexplained reasons there is a Widdin cancel at right side of many weeks later. Very rare cds of Tutraken.

1896 5c. stationery card to Basel, Switzerland uprated with 2½c. and 7½c. tied Baarn cds, registration label bottom left with rounded corner, arrival cds alongside.

1896 5kr. stationery parcel card to Bucharest, Rumania, franked 8k., 20k. and 50k. tied by Brasso date stamp, the front also bearing Rumanian 10 bani fiscal stamp with two small punch holes.

1896 5st. "Baptism of Prince Boris" postal stationery card, up-rated 5st., 10st. & 15st., tied by bilingual CHUMLA date stamp and registered to Vaucouleurs, France. Re-directed to Le Thillot and Ligny En Barrois.


1896 One Penny postal stationery card to Bremen, Germany cancelled with a somewhat unclear double-ring cds, a slightly clearer cds below, arrival cds at left. An exhaustive message on reverse.


1896 postal stationery registration envelope to England, up-rated three '2½ PENCE' on 1d tied 'KINGSTOWN' cds, LONDON registered transit, re-directed from Kilburn to Darlington with appropriate date stamps.


1896 registered cover to Hannover franked 25c. (3) and 50c. paying the quadruple weight (1F postage plus 25c registration) cancelled Moindou cds, transit and arrival backstamps; a couple of slight faults to home-made envelope, a remarkable franking for a small village.

1896 registered cover to USA bearing three value franking of 1/2d., 1d. and 6d. tied by clear small cds, oval-framed R handstamp at left, New York transit on reverse

1896 Tonga Government Vavau handstamped cover with frank overstruck by cds, reverse with transit and Auckland cds, some tone spotting, good overseas usage.

1896 ‘Grand Hotel de l’Univers’ cover to Cairo franked India 2a., 2a.6p., 6a. and 8a. tied ‘B’ handstamps, ‘R’ in circular handstamp and blue manuscript registration number of India Seapost, reverse with unframed Aden Reg date stamp, Suez and Caire cds.


1896 ‘Rivarola’ 10c. postal stationery envelope to Buenos Aires cancelled Asuncion date stamp. On reverse, a doubly signed note that the item was found out of the bag and without contents on arrival plus arrival cds.

1896-1901 group of five AR covers, two registration stationery and the others ordinary stationery, each with violet double-ring handstamp, all to same company in Hamburg from five different towns; fair to fine condition.


1897 (14 May) ‘AR’ registered cover to Algeria franked 10c. and 25c. (single and pair) tied by Noumea cds, reverse with five small golden studs, Marseille transit and Alger arrival cds. A few insignificant stains, a fine AR cover, Ex. Grabowski.

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