
(Maritime Mail) 1904 cover to Finistere franked 1902-03 Crete 10c. Mouchon pen cancelled and bearing violet Marine Francaise * Service A La Mer cachet at right, arrival backstamp.


(Maritime Mail) 1905 envelope to London franked two 1d. tied by framed POSTED/ ON/ BOARD handstamp with Barbados cds to left, arrival backstamp, roughly opened on reverse.

(Maritime Mail) 1910s picture postcard of Naples to England, written between Rhodes and Naples and franked Great Britain 1 1/2d. tied fine strike of framed bilingual PAQUEBOT

(Maritime) 1898 picture postcard of Constantinople to Athens franked Austrian Post Offices 1pi. on 10kr tied by Constantinopel III Oesterreichische Post date stamp. At left fair strike in red of Greek maritime ‘Flag’ cachet.

(Maritime) 1868 unfranked entire to Genova from Constantinople, routed via Trieste where the three-line handstamp 'LETTERE ARRIVATE/COL VAPORE/DAL LEVANTE' was applied. Rated 7 decimes on arrival. On reverse 'UDINE-VERONA' TPO and 'MILAN STAZ' transit cds.

(Maritime) 1879 envelope to Westerwick Sweden franked with 1875-82 7k. carmine and grey, horizontally laid paper, cancelled by fine Stockholm K.E. cds, framed ‘Fran RYSSLAND’ handstamp at centre. Some paper erosion at bottom right and small tear at top of envelope.

(Maritime) 1890 4k. Russian postal stationery card to Christianstad cancelled by Stockholm cds with framed ‘Fran RYSSLAND’ handstamp in association. With full message on reverse, written from Libau. Fine condition.

(Maritime) 1895 incoming envelope from Finland franked 5pen and 20pen cancelled on arrival by Stockholm datestamp, to right framed ‘Fran FINLAND’ in association.


(Maritime) 1896 envelope to Massaua, Eritrea, franked 20c. Umberto tied by TORINO squared circle date stamp. On reverse, boxed dated 'MASSAUA/SERVIZIO ITALIANO/DEL MAR ROSSO'.


(Maritime) 1899 (27 Aug) cover to Bank of California, San Francisco, endorsed “Via Japan”, bearing five value, four colour franking of 1k., 2k., 3k., 4k. and 10k. tied by three Nagasaki Japan cds with framed PAQUEBOT handstamp (29 x 8mm, Hosking 3244), reverse with Yokohama transit and arrival cds, seal and senders details cut out from reverse, the 4k. and 10k. with slight horizontal creasing; attractive item.

(Maritime) 1900 (4 July) printed envelope to Seattle, USA franked vertical laid paper 10k. pair tied Nagasaki Japan cds with further strike below, framed PAQUEBOT (31 x 9.5mm, Hosking 3243). A postage due charge handstamp has been applied and deleted with blue crayon. The sending company address amended from Shanghai to Vladivostok with handstamp, arrival backstamp, reduced at sides.


(Maritime) 1905 (Jan) picture postcard with serrated edge entitled ‘Shipping on the Menam near Windsor & Co.’ addressed to France, franked 1a. tied by undated blue double ring LIGNE DE SAIGON A BANGKOK, front bearing “Kraal 1/05” manuscript; a fine card.


(Maritime) 1923 cover to Rome franked pairs 10c. and 15c. ‘Leone’ tied by violet cachet Societa Navigazione/ Piroscafo/ Brioni, octagonal picture date stamp of Zara top right with ordinary cds on reverse together with arrival cds.

(Postal Stationery) 1892 6c green card to Brusells, endorsed with handstamp ‘Via Marseille’ and cancelled on board with French maritime Ligne T Paq. Fr. No.3 date stamp partially overstruck by arrival cds, two words greetings message.

(Scotland) 1835 Missent to Falmouth Packet: Entire addressed to Pickering, Canada, endorsed “By Liverpool and New York” but forwarded in error to Falmouth where framed ‘Mifsent to/FALMOUTH’ applied and returned to Liverpool, at New York ‘SHIP’ and ‘FORWARDED’ handstamps added plus cds, reverse with red Upper Canada and Haddington date stamps, two green Queenston cds on front, manuscript “2/5 ½“ charge at right; fine and unusual.

(Ship Mail –Arctic) 1909 (23 .7.) greetings postcard to St Petersburg franked 3k. tied 2nd WHITE SEA STEAMSHIP ‘a’ cds date stamp. This route was operated by the Archangel Murman Steam Navigation company from 1st May to 1st October each year.


(Ship Mail) 1907 (Nov 13) picture postcard to the USA franked 10pa. on 2k. tied by violet ROPiT/ AGENT CAVALLA oval date stamp, Ropit trnsit below and Monongahela arrival; fine and rare.


(Ship Mail) 1890 (15 Mar) 7k. postal stationery envelope cancelled KAZAN- ASTTRAKHAN steamship no. 8 cds with additional strike bottom left; small defects to envelope top right, Peter Holcombe Certificate, Ex. Lipschutz.
(Ship Mail) 1896 Usage of obsolete 1872 5k inter-town card to St Petersburg received by River Neva postal steamship 20.VI.96 with circular undated “C ‘PAROKHODOM’ IZ’ SGLISSELBURGA’ handstamp, taxed 14k. on arrival (at letter rate) as card was invalid, plus 2k. strip of five on small piece with same cancels, very rare. Ex Dr. Casey.