1902 (16 SP) registered cover to Inverness, Scotland bearing single franking 6d. orange-yellow tied double ring Falkland Islands cds, cursive (Crown)/ Registered handstamp to left overstruck with red Registered London date stamp, arrival backstamp; fine and attractive.
1902 (24 Nov) registered envelope to Moudon, Switzerland bearing mixed franking 1900-03 New Currency 5ch., 10ch. and 20ch. plus 1902-03 Wide Surcharges 1ch. on 25p. later printing in irregular block of four *strip of three plus one alongside, this stamp showing variety vertical pre printing crease)and 3ch. on 50p., stamps tied by Chemulpo Coree cds, fine registration handstamp at centre, arrival backstamp; top right of envelope torn on opening
1902 (30 Apr) “On Postal Service” registered envelope (embossed “Custom House, Wuhu” seal on flap) addressed to British Post Office Shanghai, showing Service des Postes circular cachet, unframed ‘R’ handstamp at left and Wuhu bilingual cds, reverse with black Shanghai Registered square circle of MA 2. Some slight ageing and mount marks on reverse. A rare envelope.
1902 (Feb. 28) registered envelope from the German Consulate in Canton to Berlin, “Kaiserlich Deutsches Konsulat/in Canton” paper seal on flap, bearing C.I.P. 5c salmon vertical pair, cancelled by R unframed handstamps, and 10c (3), cancelled by Canton bilingual cds, in combination with Hong Kong Chinese character surcharge 20c on 30c pair with I.P.O. framed tie-print (type 2) and Registered G.P.O. cds; the 5c. slightly oxidised and a few tones at left.
1902 (MR 13) 2½d. postal stationery envelope registered and uprated with ½d., 2½d. and 1/- ‘Madonna’ to Berlin tied TORTOLA cds, black ‘R’ in oval handstamp with blue crayon manuscript number which is overstruck with blue Danish West Indies registration handstamp with black manuscript number, St Thomas transit backstamp and arrival cds (9/4)
1902 registered cover to Newark, New Jersey, franked 1/4d. (2), 1/2d., 2d. and 6d. tied Barbados cds, oval-framed 'R', reverse with registration label, New York transit and arrival date stamp.
1903 KEVII 2d registered postal stationery envelope to London up-rated Queen Victoria ½d (2) and King Edward VII 1d (2) tied registered date stamps, arrival backstamp; opened out for display.
1904 (29 Mars) registered cover to Montevideo, Uruguay franked 1896-99 25c. black on rose together with 1903 ‘Zebu’ 1c., 4c., 5c. pair and 10c. cancelled Tananarive cds, framed ‘T’ handstamp and further cds at top, Montevideo registration etiquette top left, arrival backstamp. A fine and unusual destination, Ex. Grabowski.
1904 (DE 30) 1d. postal stationery card to Levuka, Fiji additionally franked 1902 ½d. (2) and 1d. tied unclear Kwitta cds, framed registration at base with manuscript number, ‘R’ in oval at left, Accra transit at top and at right red London transit (7 JA) and Suva arrival cds of MR 17;a fine and most unusual destination.
1904 (JU 22) registered printed envelope to Lakewood, New Jersey, USA franked Queen Victoria ½d. (2), 1d. (4) and 2d. tied by double-ring date stamps with small crosses, index letter C sideways, cursive registration handstamp, sent via London with 17 JY 04 transit backstamp and New York (7-27), redirected then on arrival. Fine and fresh condition.
1904 (May 18) registered cover to Budapest franked 10c. and 20c. tied oval Choutsun oval bilingual date stamp with registration handstamp in same ink alongside, additionally franked for overseas postage with Kiautschou 30pf. pair tied Tsingtau Kiautschou cds whose registration label appears at base, reverse with blue Kiaochow cds and arrival cds. A fine and very rare combination from Choutsun. M Jaschke-Lantelme Certificate.
1904 1d. Queen Victoria postal stationery envelope registered to Germany uprated by 1894-91 2½d. plus KEVII 1902 ½d. and 1d. tied Tarkwa cds, small unframed ‘R’ and manuscript number, reverse with Sekondi transit, Registered London transit and Hamburg arrival cds.
1905 (4/5) Feld-Postkarte registered to Paris franked 1902 Germania 5pf (2) and 10pf (3) each tied by Gibeon cds, registration label bottom left and Paris arrival at right; fine and scarce.
1905 (6 Jan) ½d. Queen Victoria stationery card to Levuka, Fiji additionally franked 1902 ½d. and 1d. (2) tied unclear Kwitta cds, framed registration bottom right with manuscript number, ‘R’ in oval, Accra transit at top and at right unclear arrival, reverse with red hooded Registered London transit.
1905 A.R. registered cover from Haiphong to Yokohama, Japan bearing mixed issue franking of 25c. group type and Grasset 2c with three on front and twenty-one on reverse, to make up the 75c. rate. The obverse bears two different framed ‘R’ handstamps and framed ‘A.R.’; good clean condition.
1905 A.R. registered cover from Haiphong to Yokohama, Japan bearing mixed issue franking of 25c. group type and Grasset 2c with three on front and twenty-one on reverse, to make up the 75c. rate. The obverse bears two different framed ‘R’ handstamps and framed ‘A.R.’; good clean condition.
1905 registered Norwegian picture postcard of ‘Nordlandfahrt der Hamburg-Amerika Linie’, written from Accra to Germany bearing single franking 1s., blue manuscript and black handstamped ‘R’, Plymouth and London registered transits at bottom left and arrival cds by stamp; some slight corner bumbps, mostly fine and unusual.
1905 ‘Hamburg – Amerika Linie’ postcard registered to Munnerstadt, Germany, franked King Edward VII 1d., 2d., 2½d. and 6d. tied Accra cds, small ‘R’ handstamp, Registered Plymouth and London transits and arrival cds; fine condition.
1906 Receipt of Registration of letter to Smyrna bearing 'MERSINA/a OESTERREICHISCHE POST' date stamp.
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.