1895 (22 Janv) Military Concession rate cover to Bordeaux franked 15c. tied Corr. D’Armees Noumea cds with another fine strike alongside, front and back with violet Colonies Francais Nlle Caledonie/ SERVICE DE SANTE, the one on reverse with manuscript endorsement and signature above. Also showing the rare French Packet Line T transit in red Cor.D.Armees Paq.Fr.T No4; light horizontal filing crease and slight envelope faults not detracting.
1895 commercial envelope to Paris bearing an oval handstamp J.L. Simon/ MAHE (Seychelles) franked 25c. Sage tied octagonal Ligne T Paq. Fr. No.3 date stamp; fine clean condition without backstamps. Fine example of French Office at Mahe.
1896 (12 Oct) 10k stationery letter card to Calcarra, Malta written from H.M.S. “Trafalgar” at Salonica cancelled violet ROPIT SALONIKI cds, British Post Office Constantinople transit, Malta B cds and part Cospicua cds, reverse with ROPIT Constantinopoli transit. Slight stain bottom left and some more on reverse not unduly detracting.
1896 (NO 4) 'Orient Line R.M.S. "Orizaba" printed envelope to Kidlington College, Oxford franked GB 2 1/2d. tied by 'A26' duplex, straight-line PAQUEBOT alongside, arrival backstamp;some toning.
1896 ‘Grand Hotel de l’Univers’ cover to Cairo franked India 2a., 2a.6p., 6a. and 8a. tied ‘B’ handstamps, ‘R’ in circular handstamp and blue manuscript registration number of India Seapost, reverse with unframed Aden Reg date stamp, Suez and Caire cds.
1898 cover from Vladivostok addressed in English to Copenhagen, Denmark, placed in ship’s letter-box and the 10k. Russian stamp cancelled on landing at Niigata Japan, framed PAQUEBOT (Hosking type 3268) alongside, Tokio transit, reverse with San Francisco transit and arrival cds. THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THE NIIGATA PAQUEBOT MARK. Ex Hosking and Dr. Casey.
1898 envelope to Ersines, France, franked two pairs 1898 ‘Provisorio 10 Centavos’ on 40c. (bottom right corner of second stamp in first pair damaged) cancelled by indistinct cd, to left French maritime Buenos Ayres A Bordeaux date stamp . Reverse with Buenos Aires transit and arrival cancels.
1900 (17. Dic) litho picture postcard ‘Serra da Cantareira/ s. Paulo’ to Genova franked picture side by 1898 50 reis on 20r tied by blue Italian maritime cds Manilla Piroscafi D Postale Italiano. Very fine and striking.
1900 (26/1) 5h postal stationery card to Calcutta uprated with Coat of Arms litho 2k yellow in combination with typo 1h grey-black tied Sarajevo cds, Indian Sea Post Office B transit. Very fine item of stationery to unusual destination with rare combination of printings and currency.
1900 (JA 26) cover to Baden-Baden, Germany franked 1896 2½d. black King (2), 1899 ½d. green Palm Trees and 1899-1900 ‘Provisional Government’ 2d. tied Apia cds showing inverted year slug, reverse with N.Z. Marine P.O. R.M.S. Alameda date stamp of 26 JAN and arrival cds of 23.2.; some toning around stamps.
1900 cover to New York franked 1898 10c. tied by oval Amsterdam W.Indie * Nederl. Paketboot date stamp, arrival backstamps with part of backflap missing.
1902 Argentinian picture postcard to Italy bearing horizontal strip of three 5c. tied oval AMSTERD.-W:INDIE/ NEDERL.PAKET BOOT date stamps, top left New York transit and arrival date stamps; some toning around perfs
1903 "Italia" Steam Navigation Company printed envelope to GENOVA franked 5c. arms tied by 'TOSCANA/(PIROSCAFO POSTALE ITALIANO)' date stamp.
1903 (27.11.) 8a. postal stationery card to Bern, Switzerland uprated 3a. tied Reykjavik cds, framed SHIP LETTER/ TROON at left with Troon 330 cds alongside, arrival cds bottom left; very fine condition but without message.
1903 picture postcard of Milwaukee, sent from there to Angra, Azores with faint despatch, also showing Libreville Congo Francaise transits, French maritime Loango A Marseille L.M. No.2 date stamp and unclearly dated Accra Gold Coast cds, plus arrival cds. An unusual routing.
1904 (19 Mar) envelope franked on reverse with 1pi. on 10k. tied by ROPiT/ AGENT DARDANELLES oval date stamp, Greek and Arabic company chop above this. A very fine and scarce example.
1904 3c. postal stationery card to Germany cancelled by oval 'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/LINIE/HAMBURG/WESTAFRIKA/04/XXVII' date stamp, BREMEN arrival cds at left. The card is datelined "S.S. Gretchen Bohlen". Cockerill does not record this date stamp tied to the 'S.S. Gretchen Bohlen'.
1904 5c printed matter rate cover to Toulouse with octagonal Buenos Ayres A Bordeaux and postcard to Cayenne, French Guiana cancelled Bordeaux A Loango. Good examples of the two lines that regularly called at Dakar. Ex Grabowski, on his album page.
1904 picture post card of Monrovia troops addressed to Germany, endorsed "Feldpost" with oval 'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/LINIE/HAMBURG/WESTAFRIKA/27/11.04/XXXVII' date stamp, MUNICH arrival cds to left; good condition.