(British Post Offices) 1871 (May 5) envelope to London, endorsed “Via Brindisi” franked by Great Britain pairs of 4d. vermillion, EF-FG and EH-FH, plate 12 cancelled by B01 obliterators, Cairo cds below, redirected on arrival to Richmond with 1858 1d. red; some faults to envelope but still a good example of the B01 cancel used at Cairo.
(Disinfected Mail) 1847 entire from Monastir (Bitola) to Belgrade, redirected to Pest, Hungary, with negative Monastir despatch handstamp, entering into Serbian disinfection station at Aleksinac with large part red wax seal, transferred into the Serbian postal system, redirected and on entry in Austria Hungarian Empire disinfected at Semlin whose handstamp and two wax seals appear on reverse A rare double disinfection.
(German Prisoner of War – Bando Camp) WW1 ‘SERVICE DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE’ printed stampless envelope to Germany with large red cachet at left and as redirected a violet Freigegeben/ Auslandstelle Coln-Deutz applied, reverse with British ‘OPENED BY CENSOR/ P.W. 1105’ censor tape; with content letters.
(Jordan Administration) 1952 formula registration stationery envelope to England bearing multi-franking tied 'JERUSALEM' cds, re-directed on arrival with arrival backstamps.
(Togo) 1890 (8/4) cover to Lagos bearing Germany 20pf. forerunner tied Klein-Popo cds, Lagos W. Africa arrival cds, re-addressed to St Gallen, Switzerland with red FORWARD handstamp, Liverpool transit, reverse with Accra transit and arrival cds; fine early cover, Ex Sacher.
1859 cover addressed care of a Doctor at the British Museum, forwarded to Oxford, from St Petersbourg, Russia with diamond framed despatch on reverse which also displays a Gt Russell St, a red London and an Oxford cds, on forwarding envelope to Oxford a 1d. red has been added over ‘PORTO’ handstamp with fine ‘7 1/2 ‘ charge handstamp alongside. Torn bottom flap to envelope otherwise fine and scarce.
1865 (Aug 11) envelope to Kensington, London endorsed “Via Marseilles” franked 2c. and 30c. each with blue ‘B62’ obliterator, London W Paid cds , the envelope being redirected from there without further charge and small crown over ‘R’ inspectors handstamp to confirm this, reverse with blue despatch and final London arrivals of SP 30; attractive cover.
1883, uprated 5kop stationery envelope with 2x1kop (1866 issue-horizontally laid paper) tied by Moscow cds, posted to Riga and redirected to Libava. Reverse shows TPO 85 serial 3 of Riga Muravyevo railway line, dated 14 January 1883. Earliest known date of this railway line by Kiryushkin-Robinson is 17 November 1883.
1886 1 1/2d. postal stationery card to Bridye Town, Post Office, Barbados cancelled 'Bristol 134' duplex. Redirected on arrival bearing 'Barbados Ship Letter', red Ship Letter London and Hallatrow arrival cds, arriving without any extra charge.175
1893 (25.IX) 3m on 5m postal stationery card registered to Germany, uprated with 1891-1902 2pi. orange-brown tied Caire cds, unusual white registration label top left, redirected from Neustadt to Munich on arrival; full message on reverse, a scarce usage of this card.
1894 registered cover to Constantinople franked ‘group type’ 10c., 15c. and 50c. tied by Haiphong Tonkin, redirected on arrival to Poste Restante, Milano, reverse with Galata arrival and on front a Galata depart cancel, Suez and Alexandria transit backstamps, French maritime Ligne N Paq. Fr. No.4 date stamp, final Milano arrival cds on reverse.
1895 (16/7) cover addressed to London, redirected to Kew and then to Jersey bearing single franking 10 Pesa 10 on 20pf tied *Lindi* cds, Dar-Es-Salaam transit backstamp (17 7), French maritime date stamp LA REUNION A MARSEILLE LV.No.4 (2 Aout), London arrival backstamp (AU 20) and on front square circle datestamp (AU 21) for redirection, Kew cancels of AU 21 and AU 27 and final arrivals on back Jersey and St Aubyns cds of AU 28; fine and unusual.
1896 5st. "Baptism of Prince Boris" postal stationery card, up-rated 5st., 10st. & 15st., tied by bilingual CHUMLA date stamp and registered to Vaucouleurs, France. Re-directed to Le Thillot and Ligny En Barrois.
1907 10c. registered postal stationery envelope to Germany with image tied by oval 'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/LINIE/HAMBURG/WESTAFRIKA/31/7.07/XIII' date stamp, re-directed from Bremen to Hannover.
1911 (27 Aout) local 10c. cover from Noumea to Kone, redirected with eighteen cancels on reverse with dates to 16 Oct, some repeating themselves like Pounerihouen of 10/9 and 16/10; central vertical filing crease.
1914 (23.12.) winter picture postcard addressed to a ship at Shanghai, China, redirected to Hong Kong and then on to Bangkok, with a series of cancels including Molde machine despatch, Chinese Shanghai cds and Shanghai B.P.O. of British Post Office together with violet bilingual oval of shipping company, a larger double oval handstamp of Horesen & Co/ Steamship Agents Hong Kong and final Bangkok arrival.
1928 (14 DE) registered cover to Post Restante, Curepipe franked 2c., 5c. and 10c. tied Port Louis Railway cds, unclear registration handstamp at centre, showing many redirections with cancels Souillac (14 DE), Mahebourg (15 DE), Moka (DE 16), Grand River S.E. (DE 17), Tamarin (18 DE) and finally Vacoas (DE 19); vertical filing crease, unusual.
1932 (Mar 20) United States postal stationery envelope from Pittsburg to Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, forwarded as instructed (in manuscript top left) to North borneo, with large framed Rhodesian instructional handstamp and hand illustrated handstamp and two framed OVER handstamps, reverse with Salisbury cancel of 28 Apr, Bandojermasin transit of 9.6. and Jesselton B.N.B. cds of 22 Jun, red oval DEAD LETTER OFFICE/ SINGAPORE handstamp, two U.S. Dead Letter Office cancels of Aug 16 ad Nov 5.
Victoria 1870 cover to London, redirected on arrival to "Conservative Club", bearing single franking 10d. blackish brown/pink tied Melbourne duplex, small circular framed 'R' handstamp with crown at top applied in London, arrival backstamps. The stamp has been lifted from envelope and hinged in place