
COSTA RICA: ca1917 2c. blue stationery card unused with two punch-holes, handstamped straight line SPECIMEN abd F3126 in red on front, fine.

COSTA RICA: Undated folded cover addressed to the Governor of Cartago with flattened rectangular SAN JOSÉ handstamp. Scarce. ex Brian Moorhouse.


CRETE / FRANCE: French P.O. 1909 (28 Dec) registered envelope to Russian Consulate in Salonique franked 10c Sower + 40c Merson tied by dotted CANDIE/Crete cds with Salonique 2 Janv arrival bs, fine


Crimea War) 1855 (3 Nov) entire to Deptford “From the Army in the Crimea” bearing 1854 Small Crown, perf 14, die II, alphabet II 1d Stars strip of three tied by clear strikes of special cancel, the flap with faint Post Office British Army cds overstruck with London transit; small tear at top and horizontal crease. Ex. Klempka.


CUBA: 1815 (5 Fev) Entire from St Jago De Cuba to Elisabeth Town in Guadeloupe with red LANCASTER MAR 2 and small ‘SHIP’ both in the same colour, fine and rare.


CUBA: 1843 (Jan 30): Incoming envelope from France addressed to the General Consul of Tuscany with fine and scarce blue "EMPRESÀ / N. EUROPA" cds on front, red "Rebuts" handstamp to right, with handstruck '6' on arrival, the cover had been originally posted in August 1842 but appears to have been delayed and verified by the French postal administration bearing an official "Don Gle des Postes / oute pr Renseignements" cachet on reverse. Cover a little stained but full of interest.


CUBA: 1865 29 MAR Folded envelope franked 1864 1r bright blue / salmon, two, both with full margins, tied by segmented cork oval cancel with Matanzas dispatch, Spanish / French TPO entry mark, Madrid transit and Marseille faint arrival backstamp, small issues to backflaps, fine appearance.


CUBA: 1866-68 Official covers (2) 1866. 27 abr franked 1b pink to Holguin, 1868 1/2oz yellow from SAGUA LA ..... both tied by oval negative, fine.


CUBA: 1886 Two long printed envelopes to Germany, one franked 1881 1c. green (2), and the other with three, all cancelled barred ‘3’ maritime, the latter taxed both with New York / HAVANA opera glass transit and Hamburg arrival backstamps, some small faults.


CUBA: 1888 (24 OC) franked 1888 10c. blue diagonal bisect tied by Habana cds addressed to USA with NEW YORK OC 27 / PAID ALL PD opera glass backstamp, fine. ex Brian Moorhouse. Scott 130a.


CUBA: Entires to Madrid, 1820 & 1853, both with S/C ISLAS DE / BARLOVENTO in black and red respectively, 1820 dispatched in Canary Is, fine pair.

CYPRUS: 1937: Small Parcel Post reccipt franked with 1934 pair 1 pi, 6 pi and pair 18 pi. cancelled by fair LARNACA cds, a scarce usage. SG 140+142

CZECHOSLOVAKIA: 1800 (4 Apr) Entire with Cartagenova dateline sent to Livorno with manuscript ‘f Praga’ notation, Livorno heart shaped arrival, fine.


DANISH WEST INDIES - Great Britain Used Abroad: 1866 (JA 13) Folded letter with side flaps missing addressed to Scotland with GB 1s. green plate 4 tied by C51 killer, Gruner Co St Thomas company cachet alongside, with red London Paid transit (JA 29), ‘P. Shannon’ notation, reverse with small St Thomas dispatch and, Glasgow arrival (JA 30), fine.


DANISH WEST INDIES - Great Britain Used Abroad: 1869 (27/10) Envelope to France from Christiansted with dispatch, overlapped by GB 4d. vermilion plate 11 + 1s. green (repaired top corner) tied by C51, red small St Thomas Paid and London Paid alongside + French entry cds, Paris transit and Montpellier arrival backstamps, backflap torn on opening.


DANISH WEST INDIES - Great Britain Used Abroad: 1870 (13 12) Folded letter to France franked GB 4d. vermilion plate 12 (fine colour) tied by ‘C51’ and red London Paid, St Thomas Paid dispatch in red alongside, French entry mark, Bordeaux arrival backstamp.


DANISH WEST INDIES - Great Britain Used Abroad: 1873 (JY 15) folded cover imprinted Nunes Fils & Co / St Thomas franked GB 4d. vermilion plate 13 tied by fine ST THOMAS PAID C51 duplex, addressed to Port of Spain with TRINIDAD (JY 20) double arc cds alongside, vertical central crease.


DANISH WEST INDIES / GB USED ABROAD: 1872 (MY 15) Folded cover from St Croix franked 1s. plate 5 green tied by ST THOMAS PAID C51 duplex, addressed to England with red London Paid (28 My) cds, fine.


DANISH WEST INDIES / GB USED ABROAD: 1873 (DE 16) Originating in CARACAS (VENEZUELA) with company cachet (9 12) on front, addressed to New York franked GB 4d. vermilion plate 13 tied by ST THOMAS PAID C51 duplex, N.Y STEAMSHIP 10 Jan I cds alongside, inside staining just apparent on front, good origin.


DANISH WEST INDIES / GB USED ABROAD: 1873 (MR 17) Part folded letter to Guadeloupe franked GB 4d. vermilion plate 12 tied by ST THOMAS PAID C51 duplex, taxed ‘30’, Pointe a Pitre arrival backstamp, scarce inter-island mail.