

(Prisoner of War) 1918 printed envelope to Porto Alegre, Brazil from German prisoner at Knockaloe Camp, Isle of Man, reverse with censor tape and arrival cancel.




(Private Postal Stationery) 1927 5pf. Schiller cards for 4. Bundestag and 33. Stamp Day set of 10 cards with a rather battered envelope; some cards with slightly bumped top right corners., fresh condition.


(Propaganda – Matthes Vignette) 1941 (22.4.) Feldpostkarte to Kassel with vignette showing portrait of Churchill and inscription ‘Wertlose Marke’ cancelled Sangerhausen cds, military cachet at centre; fine condition with full message.


(Propaganda) 1940 (30.5.) Churchill propaganda card showing part of type II feldpost, additionally franked with 12pf + 38pf issue for regular postage between M. Gladbach and Berlin; good condition with full message.


(Propaganda) 1940s Generalgovernment, Occupation of Poland, 12Gr. stationery card addressed to Luxembourg, additionally franked with cut-out from Churchill propaganda card tied Krakau cds; fine condition, probably cto only.


(Propaganda) 1941 (10.11.) postcard used from Berlin to Eberswalde, franked only by cut-out of the Chamberlain propaganda card, tied slogan cancel; some staining and ink water affected. A most unusual usage that appears to have been accepted.

(Propaganda) 1941 card depicting an image of Stalin with legend ‘Wert keinen Pfennig’, produced after the invasion of Russia and produced in the same style as the earlier Churchill and Chamberlain cards, only known produced by Gerst of Bremen; very fine unused, a rare card.


(Prussia) 1809 entire to Paris bearing straight-line CASSEL handstamp, red HESSE handstamp bottom right and at left two-line Fco.Westhal/ Granze entry cancel, red arrival backstamp; fine and clean condition.

(Prussia) 1860s packet letter to Berlin franked 1861 4pf. green, 1Sgr. rose and 3Sgr. (6, with single pair and strip of three) tied framed two-line OLIVA date stamps, Aus Oliva label at left; red wax seal cut out from reverse otherwise fine and attractive.

(Prussia) 1861 mixed issue outer letter sheet to Berlin franked 1858-60 2Sgr and 1861 1Sgr tied Breslau cds, the 2Sgr. with touched margin at base, otherwise fresh condition.

(Przedborz) 1917 (23.XII.) unsealed printed matter rate envelope to Przedborz franked German Occupation 3pf tied Warschau cds, violet handstamped ‘DRUKI’ at left, additionally franked with perforated 2Gr. tied K.u.K. Etappenpostamt Przedborz, Kreis Konsk


(Puerto Rico) 1876 (FE 25) entire to Bastia, Corsica, redirected within France, franked Line Engraved 1½d. and 2d. together with 1867-80 10d., plate 1, EA, the 1d. cancelled by ‘C85’ obliterators, Mayaguez Porto Rico Paid cds of British Post Office below, internal French cancels; slight faults to envelope.


(Queensland – Picture Stationery) 1900s 1d. card with three Views of Townsville, The Strand, The Harbour and City Centre, fine unused; a scarcer series of cards.

(Queensland – Thursday Island) 1909 (DE 21) cover to Market Harboro, England bearing single franking 2d. blue tied fine legible ‘336’ numeral obliterator with Thursday Island cds in association below, reverse with Victoria Hong Kong transit and arrival cds.

(Queensland) 1864-65 Watermark Small Star, Perf 12 2d. blue pair with two ‘140’ numeral cancel, one of the strikes being very clear. This cancel was used at Cania and Kroombit, opened on 18/6/70 on a part time basis, closed 7/10/72 and moved to Kariboe closing 21/8/74; a rare cancel.

(Queensland) 1890 Fourth Sideface issue Essay for the 2½d. value, imperf and showing the value tablets in top corners, printed in mauve on white watermarked ‘Queensland’ paper. Rare and attractive.


(Queensland) 1900 (AU 14) picture postcard ‘Boer War. – Victorian Mounted Rifles’ franked on reverse with Patriotic Fund 1d. (6d.) claret tied Mackay date stamp; small fault at base of card, slight abrasions and tones to card.

(Queensland) circa 1900 1d. purple-brown picture stationery to Germany, uprated ½d. tied Brisbane cds, printed image at left entitled ‘Vineyard, Nudgee; bottom right corner crease otherwise fine.

(Registered Stationery) 1893 20c. envelope, size G, to Amsterdam uprated three 25c. cancelled Registered oval date stamps,arrival backstamp.


(Registered Stationery) 1894 20c envelope, size F, to Boston, USA uprated with 50c. cancelled Registered oval date stamps, London transit to right, reverse with New York transit and arrival tying the stamp image