

1906 underfranked incoming mourning cover from Cotrone, Calabria bearing 15. on 20c. with square circle despatch cancels, black handstamped ‘T’ and unframed ‘2d’ charge, Valetta backstamp.


1906 ‘Souvenir de l’Abyssinie’ picture postcard to St Dizier, France franked ‘05’ on green tied Harrar cds, reverse franked with French Somali Coast 5c. pair tied Djibouti cds with another strike to left and two arrivals; good condition.

1907 (23 Janv) internal Diego Suarez stampless envelope with manuscript notation “affranchisement/ percu en numeraire”, fine blue Diego-Suarez , a couple of slight faults to envelope.


1907 (25 Avril) cover to Vatomondry franked at printed matter rate with 1900-01 Sage 5c. yellow-green tied by Tananarive cds, addressee no found and straight-line INCONNU and two-line RETOUR/ A L’ENVOYEUR hand stamps applied, as a printed matter rate item, the return postage had to be paid for, so triangular framed ‘T’ handstamp applied and framed AFFRANCHISEMENT/ INSUFFISANT with imperf 10c. Postage Due applied and tied Tananarive cds; fine and rare usage, Ex Grabowski.

1907 (28 Janv) internal envelope addressed to “Infanterie Coloniale” franked 1900-01 10c. and 19034c. tied by blue Diego Suarez cds with matching triangular framed ‘T’, at left a telegramme receipt label affixed to envelope with the same cancel used as a postage due notice for 12c., a scarce usage.

1907 (30 Ago) registered printed cover to Hamburg bearing multi Carlos franking tied Correio Bissau cds, registration handstamp in same colour, reverse with Lisboa transit and arrival cancel

1907 (30.8) insured parcel card to Switzerland franked 1pi, 5pi and 10pi surcharges tied by two 'CONSTANTINOPEL' cds of Austrian Office; fine condition, high franking card.

1907 10c. registered postal stationery envelope to Germany with image tied by oval 'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/LINIE/HAMBURG/WESTAFRIKA/31/7.07/XIII' date stamp, re-directed from Bremen to Hannover.

1907 3c. postal stationery card to DAHOMEY cancelled violet 'HARPER' cds, LAGOS, Southern Nigeria transit and PORTO NOVO arrival cds also over stamp image; generally good condition.

1907 ppc of Avenue de Lessops, Port Said to Winchester franked 2m tied by Italian maritime cds 'DOMENICO SALDUINO * PIROSCAFO POSTALE ITALIANO'.

1907 registered cover to Christchurch, Hants, England, franked KEVII 1d and 3d tied by 'Road Town/Tortola' date stamp, local registration handstamp and violet 'St Thomas/D.W.I.' transit registration handstamp; reverse with St Thomas transit and London transit cds.


1908 (18.VII.) registered picture postcard of Constantinople to Dresden bearing a mixed franking of French currency 5c. and 10c. together with Turkish currency 1pi. tied by two Constantinopel III Oesterr Post cds with matching registration label to left, arrival cds bottom left.


1908 (23 May) printed ‘Kwong Tung Yueh-Han Railway Co. Ltd’ envelope to Boston, USA bearing single franking Coiling Dragon 10c. tied Canton cds with another strike at left, additionally tied by green framed post box handstamp, reverse with Victoria Hong Kong transit.

1908 (25 Sep) ‘Legation De Russie/ a Pekin’ envelope to Copenhagen, Denmark franked by five 2c. Coiling Dragons cancelled bilingual Peking cds, redirected on arrival.

1908 (3 Mars) 10c Levant postal stationery card to Amsterdam cancelled by very fine blue Samsoun Turquie cds, arrival cds at base.

1908 (31 Ene) 3c. Central American Exhibition stationery card with fine strike of the ‘train’ illustrated duplex, sent to Apeldoorn, Holland with framed ‘T’ in same ink as duplex indicating postage due, arrival cancel at top and 3c image cancelled with postman’s routing number, no charge apparently collected, the card sent by “Directeur du Bureau des Postes”.

1908 (FE 3) registered cover to Switzerland franked 1907 4d.brown and blue plus 1907 ½d. and 1d. each tied by unclear cds, ‘R’ oval-framed handstamp at right, manuscript number at left, double-oval Jamaica Registered datestamp, Bern arrival backstamp; vertical filing crease at right.

1908 (JUN 16) picture postcard to Liberia franked 1d. tied Abosso Gold Coast crown double-ring cds, Sekondi transit to left, Monrovia Liberia transit of JUL 17 and Harper Liberia cds of JUL 23; fine condition.


1908 1c green Coiling Dragon stationery card with, on reverse, photographic untitled image of Junk at sea; fine unused.

1908 1d. dull green picture postal stationery card titled ‘Adelaide Railway Station’ very fresh unused.