
1901 (3 Fevr) registered mourning envelope to Crete franked 1896-99 10c. in combination with Diego Suarez 40c. tied Tamatave cds, faint octagonal maritime date stamp of same date at right, reverse with Port Said and Alexandrie transit cancels of French Post Office and La Canee Crete arrival (23 Fevr); fine condition, Ex. Grabowski.


1901 (7 Aout) registered cover to Alger, endorsed “Via Hong Kong & Naples” and in red-violet ink that underlines the former “per Germany Steamer”, franked 10c. and two 20c. tied Haiphong Tonkin in red with framed registration in same colour, reverse with Hong Kong transit, Marseille transit and arrival cds.

1901 (JA 3) printed envelope from Middleburg to Wellington, Southern India franked 1d tied 'FIELD POST OFFICE/BRITISH ARMY S. AFRICA', index 53 cds; reverse with 'DE AAR/C.G.H.' transit of same date and arrival cancels.


1901 (May 13) card intended for internal use to Wernburg, Germany cancelled octagonal violet Quezalenango date stamps, octagonal Guatemala to left with arrival cds, reverse with full blue image of crowd scene in town by well and with a dog.


1901 (OCT 10) Printed envelope to England franked QV 4c rose pair (1 with missing corner perf.) + single tied by Victoria HK cds, all 3 stamps with security hs's of SIEMSSEN & Co in violet, hooded London No 9 arrival bs and 3 intact seals, envelope affected by central spike, scarce.

1901 10c. orange-brown reply stationery card with numeral 000000, slight black mark on outward section and some toning on reply.

1901 10o. postal stationery reply card used from Constantinople to Stockholm bearing company handstamps front and back cancelled Constantinopel Deutsche Post cds of 30/4 that is overstruck by blue Stockholm arrival of 5/5; fine and rare.

1901 1d postal stationery envelope to Germany additionally franked ½d, 1d and 2½d tied triangular handstamps with 'MAMRE' cds in association below; arrival backstamp.

1901 1d. postal stationery envelope to Falmouth with stamp image cancelled by Plymouth duplex applied on arrival there, to left of this good strike of straight-line PAQUEBOT handstamp, two arrival backstamps.

1901 2 1/2d. 'Virgin' stationery envelope to St Thomas, Danish West Indies with Tortola cds, arrival backstamp, without backstamp.




1901 King Chulalongkorn set of four postal stationery letters cards in exceedingly fresh unused condition. Seldom seen in this quality.


1901 picture postcard entitled ‘Chinese Band’ to London from the H.M.S Astraea, dated “8 Nov 1901”, this ship sailing from Hong Kong on 9th November. Without despatch postal markings, franked Great Britain 1d lilac denoting that the card was sent by naval ship’s mailbag paid by 1d. military concessionary rate. London cds of DE 8 and Croydon arrival of same date. Postcard with misplaced text on reverse.


1901 printed advertising card to Humpolci franked 3kr printed matter rate, tied by 'K.u.K.MILITAR. POST/DOL. TUZLA' date stamp. Arrival cds also on obverse.

1901 registered cover to New York franked 1/2d. (2) and 2 1/2d. (2) tied by small cds, arrival backstamps.

1901 unfranked printed envelope, reduced at top, to Sfax with Tunis despatch cds, ‘a percevoir’ and triangular-framed ‘T’ handstamps applied on arrival and perforated ‘T’ 10c. (2), 15c. (2) and 25c (2) applied and each neatly tied by pen cross

1901 ‘Journal Officiel’ to Paris bearing bisected 10c. tied Djibouti cds in blue green with another strike on the banderole which itself is tied by the stamp and its cancel; fine and fresh condition.

1901-02 2d frame die proof in black on glazed card, dated 20 OCT 00 and BEFORE HARDENING at right


1902 (1 Aug) Hong Kong picture postcard to French Guinee franked C.I.P. 4c. Coiling Dragon tied by bilingual Foochow cds, in combination with Hong Kong 2c. green vertical pair tied by large bold framed I.P.O. handstamp and Victoria Hong Kong cds, top left with Aden transit (AU 25) and Zanzibar transit (1 SP), at bottom right Conakry Guinee Francaise arrival cds of 18 Sept; heavy central vertical filing fold, a remarkable destination.

1902 (1 Dec) AR registered cover to Strasbourg bearing single franking 75c. tied Fort de France Chargements cds, framed ‘R’ and ‘AR’ in same blue-green ink, arrival backstamp. A fine single franking.

1902 (1 July) registered cover to Paris franked 1892 25c. and 1900-01 15c. grey tied Affranchie Noumea cds, French octagonal maritime transit Ligne T Paq. Fr. No.4 date stamp, arrival backstamp.