
1897 (MR 2) registered cover to Leicester, England bearing single franking 1898 1s. blue-green, wmk Crown CA, cancelled by ‘A05’ obliterator, fine red Registered Nassau and oval framed ‘R’, hooded London transit bottom right, arrival backstamp; fine example of quadruple rate, ex Davis.

1899 legal size registered cover to London bearing mixed issue franking of 1888 3d. (4), 1893 1d. Cape of Good Hope overprint and Protectorate 1897 ½d. (4), tied Francestown cds, hooded London cds at centre; vertical crease at left.


1899 (Dec 29) registered multifranked cover to Leipzig, Germany including 3d Registration stamp, two 2½d. on 1s. surcharges and a Provisional Govt 1d. tied Apia date stamps, straight line REGISTERED, London transit, reverse with N.Z. Marine P.O. / R.M.S. Alameda date stamp; fine condition.

1899 2d. postal stationery envelope to New York uprated thee 2 1/2d. tied cds, clean condition with arrival cancels.

1899 2d. registered stationery envelope, size H, to Boston, USA, additionally franked 6d. and 1/- tied oval datestamps, London transit, arrival backstamp; vertical filing creases not unduly detracting.

1900 (27/1) 5pf 1900 illustrated stationery card sebt registered from Hamburg to Shanklin, Isle of Wight additionally franked 25pf Arms tied cds, London transit. With message in English “this card must be registered because it is very likely that it else gets stolen. It’s given out only a few weeks”.

1900 (JY 7) registered cover to HULL bearing mixed franking of Orange Free State and Great Britain tied 'ARMY P.O. 43/S. AFRICA' cds, repeated on reverse and with arrival cancels.

1900 2d postal stationery registration envelope, up-rated 4d & 6d, tied by barred 'T1' cancel and part by oval 'Registered/Turks Island' date stamp, addressed to Philadelphia, New York transit on reverse.

1900 registered envelope to Vienna, Austria, franked 500r Newspaper stamp surcharged ‘700 1898 700’ and cancelled Sao Paolo date stamp, German TPO registration etiquette for Verviers-Coln, reverse with Rio de Janeiro transit and arrival cds.

1901 (26 Juil) registered cover to Alger franked ‘Group Type’ 10c. and 30c. tied by very fine red Haiphong Tonkin cds with framed ‘R’ in same colour at left, reverse with Marseille transit and alger arrival cds. A fine and attractive cover.


1901 (7 Aout) registered cover to Alger, endorsed “Via Hong Kong & Naples” and in red-violet ink that underlines the former “per Germany Steamer”, franked 10c. and two 20c. tied Haiphong Tonkin in red with framed registration in same colour, reverse with Hong Kong transit, Marseille transit and arrival cds.


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 (4 Sep) registered cover to Hanoi bearing combination franking with coiling Dragons 10c. on front and, on reverse 1c. (4) and 2c. each tied by Lungchow cds, together with Indo China 40c. tied double-ring Lannkchow cds with another clearer strike alongside, very fine Chinese registration handstamp top left. Envelope opened-out for display, a fine and scarce cover.


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 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 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.