

1914 (24.12.) registered cover to Ipswich franked Gold coast 3d. tied Lome Togo cds, reverse with Registered London and Ipswich date stamps; stamp affected by corner creasing . Also with two pieces ½d. and 2½d. tied Lome cds of 14.1 and 29.3.

1914 (25.6.) picture postcard to Hamburg franked ‘05’ on 25c. tied by oval Deutsche Seepost/ Hamburg/ Westafrika XXXIII date stamps, Freetown Sierra Leone transit at left.

1914 (27.2.) stampless cover to Vlone bearing BERAT despatch cds with handstamped ‘T’ alongside, at bottom left ‘T/ Takse’ overprinted 50q. applied and tied Vlone cds; the envelope with scissor cut at right and small punch hole at left; despite faults a good early usage of top value from the first Postage Dues issued.

1914 (6 Aug) 1d. postal stationery card registered to Hannover additionally franked ½d. (2) and 1d. tied Nassau cds, manuscript registration and ‘R’ handstamp, oval New York transits front and back, arrival cds towards bottom left; fine condition.


1914 (6 Nov) internal cover to Guadalajara franked by revenue stamps overprinted MEXICO that have not been accepted, one has been removed, two violet handstamps ‘ESTAMPILLA DE DOCUMENTOS’ and straight-line ‘NO franqueado’, Post Office sealing label at top which is affected by a vertical filing crease.

1914 1/2d. King George V postal stationery card overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally; very fine condition.


1914 envelope addressed to Kurgaus, Wurttemberg, franked on reverse 10k. Romanov tied by purple Favignana * Piroscafo Postale Italiano date stamp (Black Sea Line). Censored en route at Munich with censor strip applied with violet cachets, the strip with manuscript date of 20th September, curiously, the maritime cds is dated 9th November; vertical filing crease and sme staining, a most unusual cover.


1914 KGV 2d postal stationery registered envelope to Germany uprated KEVII 2 1/2d (late use) tied Valetta cds, with K.B.Postamt/Furth label, further hs 'POSTED OUT OF COURSE', envelope with small flap fault

1914 parcel card to Switzerland franked 2pi red/yellow (2) and 5pi deep brown/greyish tied by blue-grey VATHY Osterr. Post date stamps, repeated at left under the labels, Triest 8 d transit cancel on white bael at left, St Georgen transit backstamp.


1914 registered 'On His Majesty's Service' stampless cover to Berne, Switzerland bearing Nukualofa cds top right and oval registration bottom left straight-line REGISTERED below this, reverse with unusual Seattle entry cds, New York transits and arrival cds.

1914 registered cover to Cincinnati, Ohio franked Leeward Islands 1907-11 3d. and 6d. together with Antigua 1903-07 2s.6d. and 1913 5s. with St John’s despatch cds, reverse with New York transit and arrival cancels; the 5s. a rare stamp even on philatelic mail.


1914 registered cover to Germany bearing single franking King Edward VII 3/- tied double-ring Falkland Islands cds, Stanley registration label at left, reverse with London transits and arrival cds.

1914 registered ‘Bickel’ cover franked Skanderbeg set of six tied by four strikes of rare blue bilingual Ottoman Chay-Aghzi date stamps of 10.01. of St John de Medua, the manuscript registration is as from Medua, arrival backstamp. Fine and clean condition, only a dozen of this philatelic cover exists with this cancel.

1914 stampless incoming postcard from Napoli bearing despatch cds, ‘T’ and unframed ‘2d.’ handstamps and Malta cds; good condition

1914 stampless picture postcard to Natal with Army Base Office/ South Africa 4, large violetTRANSVAAL SCOTTISH REGIMENT ORDERLY ROOM cachet and in similar ink framed PASSED BY CENSOR/ Doorgelaten Door Censor/ No. 4; very fine condition.

1914 ‘On His Majesty’s Service’ registered cover to Vienna franked 3d. pair and a 2/6d. tied Road-Town cds, registration at left, DWI registration at centre

1915 (22.10.) plain card to Lausanne, Switzerland, franked 20 paras tied by bilingual Pera Depart cds, Stamboul Depart below and fine, albeit upside down framed handstamp ‘TROUVE DANS LA BOITE’; fine condition.

1915 (23/5) stampless picture postcard of ship endorsed “On Active Service” to Alice, Eastern Cape, datelined as from Swakopmund, faint framed violet censor cachet towards top right; fine condition.

1915 (27.4.) cover to Arnhem, Holland franked pair Gold Coast 1d. tied Lome Togo cds, red manuscript censor at left, arrival backstamp. Fine condition unsealed envelope.

1915 (29.12.) registered cover to Cambridge franked 2d. grey pair tied Lome cds, the left-hand stamp with small ‘F’, three-line censorship, arrival backstamp. Fine appearance.