

HONG KONG : 1851 entire written from Canton to Georgetown, D.C., USA endorsed “Via Southampton” bearing central , somewhat faint Paid Crown Circle, to left of this two-line ‘SHIP LETTER/ VICTORIA-HONGKONG’, Red British PAID cds overstruck New-York 5cts cds, reverse with faint Hong Kong cancel; some oxidised reddish ink staining, an unusual combination of Ship Letter and Crown circle.


INDIA MARITIME: 1890 (AP 1) Envelope to France franked India QV 1a. + 2a. tied by indistinct ‘UTT....’ squared circle, on reverse handstamped exceedingly rare intaglio SEA POST OFFICE E 25 AP, Bombay transit and Paris arrival alongside.




New South Wales: 1880 (JY 20) cover to England franked 8d. yellow-orange, perf 13, paying the ship letter rate, via Brindisi, from Sydney to England. Carried on the P&O Ship “S.S.Assam”; light vertical filing crease to left.


RUSSIA - MARITIME: 1911 (10 8) Picture postcard of an ice breaker on the River Arthur sent to St Petersburg franked 3r. tied by BLAGOVE SCHENSK - NICOLAEVSK Steamship code b oval datestamp, better strike alongside.


RUSSIA MARITIME: 1878 (19 6) 8r. grey postal stationery envelope to St Petersburg tied by steamship KAZAN NIZHNY cds, the horizontal line before the date indicates the Port at which the letter was accepted, in this case Kazan, arrival backstamp, fine and very early usage.



RUSSIA MARITIME: 1897 (30 8) 10r. blue postal stationery envelope with contents addressed to Germany cancelled CHERSON-ODESSA steamship cds (Black Sea), fair strike, scarce, Odessa transit and Stuttgart arrival backstamps.

RUSSIA MARITIME: 1897c (July 8): Undated printed commercial envelope to Dresden, Germany franked with 1889 10 k. blue vertical pair tied by two strikes of framed "Aus ... / DAMPFSCHIFF / *" cancel, with ship name "Rabilia Il" inserted by hand. Envelope with minor creasing, a fine and scarce usage. Provenance: Collection Dr: Casey, David Feldman sale, December 2016, lot 10115


RUSSIA MARITIME: 1908 (4 9) Picture postcard of a contour map of Sakhalin Island franked 4r. tied by violet oval steamship cancel of the Russian East Asiatic steamship cancel (PAROKHOD OBSHCH R. V. A. P. express steamer Z) with Shanghai Poste Russe 12.9 arrival alongside, few blunt perfs at top where overlapping otherwise fine.


RUSSIA MARITIME: 1910 (8.7) Picture postcard to St Petersburg franked 3r. tied by BLAGOVESHCHENSK - STRETENSK steamship code B oval datestamp on the River Amur, posted from Blagoveshchensk, fine.


RUSSIA MARITIME: 1931 (30/8) Unfranked picture postcard sent internally with post steamship ASTRAKHAN - NIZHNI, taxed on board with ASTRAKHAN-NIZHNI Doplatit, further ‘Control / Kazan / to pay’ cachet handstamp applied on arrival, only about 70% of this cachet visible s handstamped on margin, very scarce.

Scotland: 1768 entire from USA to Glasgow bearing endorsement of Captain bottom left, top left with partial strike of Pt. Glasgow/ Ship Letter handstamp. With message from a new arrival “We are now going up the river and I hope to be at Petersburg in a few hours...I like the country here very well”. A very early use of this ship letter mark.


SWEDEN - Maritime: 1907 (9 10) 10o. postal stationery card to Switzerland cancelled with manuscript ‘Paquebot Fran Malmo’ date line Fleurier arrival alongside, fine and scarce.

TURKEY: Ottoman Mail in Greece, 1900s: Commercial cover from Adramytte franked with 20 pa. tied by double-ring Greek maritime handstamp. Fine and very scarce.

Undated cover to Finsporg, Sweden franked by three 4 ore tied by two framed ‘Fran DANMARK.’ Handstamps, good clean condition.