
la1875 (OC 30) envelope to Kensington, London, probably from Latin America, annotated originally to go “Per French Packet, Via St Nazaire” but instead taken privately to London, franked 1d., plate 166 and put into the post at Lombard Street.


LABUAN issues of the British North Borneo Company, 1891: Registered cover to London, franked with a horizontal strip of four '6 cents' on 8 c. mauve with INVERTED handstamp, tied by two faint cds's, "REGISTERED LONDON" datestamps (2 JAN 1892) on front and back. Good condition, rare multiples of variety on cover. Provenance : Collection Walter Buckley, Spink sale 11030, July 2011, lot 121 Collection Sentosa, Spink sale 15041, August 2015, lot 1151

Lagos 1891 large printed envelope to Hamburg, endorsed Per "Boeus" S.S. and bearing single franking 1s. tied barred obliterator, Lagos W Africa despatch cds bottom left, Paid Liverpool Br Packet transit, arrival backstamp; some slight faults including corner crease to stamp.



LAOS - International Commission in Indochina: 1967 (10 12) Registered envelope to India from Vientiane with black registration label handstamped boxed F.P.O NO 744, franked India 2N.P. (block of 4 + single) + 5N.P. all with overprints for use in LAOS + 1965 1CC overprint in red 15p. slate strip of 4, all cancelled FPO 744. Scarce franking. Fine.


LAOS - International Commission: 1968 (12 6) Long envelope printed INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION LAOS / VIENTIANE franked India bottom corner marginal block of India 2N.P. with overprint cancelled F. P.O NO 744, Bombay arrival backstamp, fine.

Late 1890s folded waybill franked Shah Qajar 1kr. and 10ch ‘lion’ tied Teheran cds.

late 1890s way bill franked Nasseri Ta'lai 10ch. orange, 1Kr. rose and yellow horizontal strip of three and single plus horizontal strip of three 2Kr. with Tauris cds; very fine and attractive.

late 1890s way bill franked Nasseri Ta'lai 10ch. oranhe and block of six 2Kr brown and bright blue with Tauris cds; fine and scarce, a rare multiple.


late 1890s way bill franked Nasseri Ta'lai 1Kr. rose and yellow single, 2Kr horizontal strip of four and single 5ch Lion, plus on reverse, horizontal strip of five 2Kr. with Sirdjan cds; very fine and attractive.


Late `1880s local envelope franked 1888-91 London Surcharge 2c. on 1d. bisect tied by two ‘O’ obliterators, without further cancels; good correct usage.


LATVIA - RUSSIA: 1867 (Nov) Envelope franked Russia 1r. + 3r. + 10r. all cancelled III in translated triangle of dots with Aus Russland/ Franco ... cds in red, RIGA dispatch, a few tears to back panel, fine otherwise.

LATVIA: 1788: Entire to Paris bearing good example of "MITAU / Crown & Posthorn" handstamp in black, manuscript rate markings and straight-line MASEYCK transit handstamp. A very fine and early cover.


LATVIA: 1789 (29/3) Entire to Hodimont from MITAU with a range of rate markings, finally 12 sols to pay, routed by Bielefeld where forwarded 12 April by 'A.O. Wilmans and Sons', v.fine ex Christies lot 1338 17/7/90


LATVIA: 1811 (16 3) Entire to Netherlands hs s/l LIBAU with ms 'franco Emmerich', 'Prusse P.M.' s/l route marking (par Madgeburg), rated '22' in red crayon to pay (stuyvers), back page defective


LATVIA: 1831 (29 Dec) entire to Netherlands with red Riga straight line dated dispatch in red, P.MEMEL/1 JANR transit & FRANCO in black, boxed Franco tout alongside, disinfected by spiking with red s/l GEZUIVERD hs, Schiedam arrival in red, fine.


LATVIA: 1857 Entire to Riga with boxed LEMSAL dispatch, boxed POLUCHENO (received) hs alongside, and further Polucheno oval with ms date '16/8'


LATVIA: 1862 (21 Feb) folded cover to Spain with Riga company cachet on front, boxed Aus/Russland/Franco & PRUUSE in red, '8Rs' (reales) postage due hs in blue, on reverse Riga dispatch, Eydkuhnen Bromberg transit, Irun Espana (10 Mai) entry and Malaga 14/3 arrival, very fine


LATVIA: 1932 (13 x) Registered envelope to England franked AIR 1931-32 15s. scarlet strip of 5 tied by LIEPAJA cds’s with boxed registration cachet alongside, registered Hampstead oval backstamp, vertical crease not affecting the stamp.



LEBANON: French Postal Services in Lebanon 1857 (June 22): Unpaid envelope with full content from US missionary in Constantinople with French services to the US consulate in Beirut, struck in transit by "SMYRNE TURQUIE" cds, upon arrival on reverse by "Beirut, July 6, 1857" datestamp of the US consulate. The cover was taxed upon arrival with '10' décimes. Very rare US consular datestamp, only four covers known, all from 1857, signed Nakri. Provenance: Christoph Gärtner sale 26 (Oct 2013), lot 2652B.