
Undated cover to Mahr Weisskirchen, franked on reverse 3kr + 5kr, Perf. 9½ and 2kr Perf. 11 - all three cancelled single-ring 'ZOPTAU' date stamp. Attractive 3-colour mixed franking.


Undated cover to Nizza bearing Constantinopel 13/10 cds, m/s rating “7”, refused and returned with m/s “zk Constantinopel” and Nizza crossed-out in same ink, red cds of 20/10, reverse with m/s “refuse” and final Constantinopel arrival. Two vertical slits for disinfection.

Undated cover to Paris, endorsed “Royal Mail” and franked 1891-92 postage due stamps surcharged 05c. on 10c. and three 15c. on 20c. in red tied by Saint Pierre cds; small tear at base of envelope.

Undated entire to Bristol from Porto, endorsed “to be forwarded”, rated “1/9” on arrival and struck with the undated ‘LISBON F’ handstamp on reverse.


Undated entire to Frankfort, Maine, endorsed “pr North Star via N.Y.”, the reverse showing single oval St Thomas Foreign Letter Office handstamp (in use 1846-61), the front with New York/ Ship/ 7cts cds.


Undated envelope to Dorpat, Estonia franked 1866-75 10k. tied by oval POST SEGEWOLD date stamp with a further, superb strike on reverse showing date added in manuscript, with arrival to right. Mikulski handstamp.

Undated Napoleonic stampless outer letter sheet to Beauvaix bearing fine strike of P.54P./ LE PORT DE LA LIBERTE handstamp at left and at right framed P.P.P.P.; some slight ageing.

Undated outer letter sheet to Madrid bearing red straight-line YNDIAS with manuscript annotation "Por Cadiz" and "Diana", reverse with endorsement "Dirijida par ... Carballo Habana". Disinfected with two small diagonal creases

Undated photographic picture postcard of Governor’s Residence franked by 1917 overprinted 15c. Alfonso XIII tied by straight-line ‘ELOBEY’ handstamp in violet, addressed to Avignon; fine condition.

Undated picture postcard ‘Bain de Brousse’ to Paris franked 20 paras tied by boxed bilingual PAQUEBOT handstamp, without further postal markings.

Undated wrapper to Sapara bearing black oval Probolingo/ Franco handstamp, manuscript “45” charge (W de B 252a)

undated, probably late 1840 outer letter sheet to Cadiz bearing three-line S Roque transit in apparent mixture of red and black inks and also showing fine red 13½q rate handstamp. Such 23mm high marks are known on maritime mail from Britain but rated in reales, a previously unrecorded handstamp.


UNITED STATES: (Picture Stationery) ca1896/7 1c. ‘Jefferson‘ brown and black card titled ’Souvenir Postal Card - Baltimore, MD.. U.S.A.’, very fine condition - Boat thematic.


URUGUAY / FRANCE: 1867 (29 Nov) printed pricelist to Bordeaux with Montvideo dispatch, French entry 15 Ja 68, rated 15 decimes in red, GB//2fPK hexagonal boxed accountancy mark, v.fine and scarce strike all on the obverse.


URUGUAY 1875 Blue telegram envelope to Portugal with large red 'T' and Eastern Telgraph Agency Limited cachet franked 1866-76 10c green with thimble Correo Montevideo 12 Oct cds alongside, taxed '150' on arrival, some wrinkling, mostly at top, P.Transatlantico transit backstamp(Brazil), some wrinkling at top


URUGUAY: 1873 (25 Abr) envelope to Italy franked 1866-76 10c with barred cancel and Correo Montevideo cds alongside, rated '10' with boxed F*56 accountancy, franked on reverse Italy postage dues 30c (2) + 40c CAMPODULCINO cds (small perf faults), Paris transit & maritime bs, fine.


URUGUAY: 1878 (21 5) Entire to Italy franked 1877 5c green roulette strip of 4 taxed on arrival with ms '28', comprising pairs of 10c + 1L and 60c tied by Genova cds, arrival bs, fine appearance


URUGUAY: 1895 (16 Ab) registered envelope to Italy franked 1894 5c carmine-rose + 10c orange vertical pair tied by 'A' in oval of dots, 'AR' hexagonal ds, small part of backflap missing, Milano transit & arrival bs's.


URUGUAY: 1895 (9 Feb) Registered envelope to Italy franked 1894 1c (2) + 5c + 10c tied by oval of dots, Montevideo dispatch and red registration label alongside, octagonal 'A.R.'s, ms notation "Vapor Buea di Gallina", Milano arrival bs, fine


URUGUAY: 1901 1ct (some toning) + 7c orange-brown vertical pair tied by Montevideo cds on 10c blue stationery envelope sent to Naples, Italy with hexagonal 'AR' alongside, arrival bs.