1893 registered OHMS envelope to Colchester bearing fine single franking of surcharged 5d on 4d tied 'KINGSTOWN' cds, LONDON registered transit below; arrival backstamp.
1894 'Direccion General de Dorreos' registered receipt for item sent by Italian Legation at San Jose with registration number recorded in manuscript together with the postal charge.
1894 (5 Mar) registered AR cover to Boizenburg, Germany franked 1885-91 5c. and 20c. (one 5c. added without cancel) tied by barred ’M’ with CORREOS MONTE CRISTY date stamp in association showing inverted ‘5’ in date, blue ‘Avis De Reception’ label at left, New York registration etiquette over stamps, reverse with New York transits and arrival plus large red-violet ‘J. Stafelfel Monte Cristy Kaiserl. Deutscher Consular Agent.’; small tear at side and small paper adhesion on back. Ex Krug
1894 (7 Jul) 3c. postal stationery envelope registered to Switzerland, additionally franked with 5c. and registration 10c. red on yellow (uncancelled as usual, small surface rubs), cancelled Monrovia, London ad Liverpool transits, arrival backstamp. Fine item
1894 (AP 9) registered cover to London franked pair 1891-92 ‘6 Cents’ on 8c. tied cds with another alongside, fine cursive REGISTERED handstamp with manuscript number”12”, this overstruck with arrival date stamp, reverse with London cds; part of backflap missing otherwise a fresh, good looking example.
1894 (MR 14) registered cover to London franked 1878-79 1s. bistre-brown and 1889-91 1d red-brown pair tied by three segmented cork handstamps, double-ring Falkland Islands date stamp alongside, cursive registration handstamp and Registered London below this, reverse with arrival registration cancel, Royal Coat of Arms colourless embossing on flap. The 1s. stamp has been creased before application to the envelope. Fine item.
1894 4d formula stationery registration envelope to Sydney uprated Surcharge 2 1/2d. on 8d mauve and tied by neat, slightly ilegible cds, reverse with arrival backstamp; good example, scarce.
1894 registered cover to England franked vertical pair 1/2d. on 1d. and two pairs of 2 1/2d. on 2d. in red and in black tied by neat cds, violet oval registration at centre, London Registration transit, reverse with Registered Auckland transit and Ipswich arrival cancels. The 11d. rate paying 6d. registration and 5d for double weight postage. Light vertical crease otherwise fine condition.
1894 stampless envelope from London Post Office addressed ‘Bulletin de Verification/ pour/ “Tahiti”, red oval despatch date stamp, San Francisco transit registration label top left, reverse with New York transit and Papeete arrival backstamp. Fine and unusual.
1895 (Aug) '1895' 6c. on 5c. postal stationery envelope A.R. registered to Essen, Germany additionally franked on reverse with 'Arms' 1c (straight edge) and strip of three 6c.cancelled registration handstamp; fine condition.
1895 (MAR 27) registered cover to Rostock, Germany, franked two 'Surcharged/1½d' on 2d and 'R 3d' on 2d tied two double-ring 'APIA/SAMOA' cds, black "R" registration handstamp and red LONDON transit, arrival backstamp; some slight toning of little significance.
1895 (Nov 18) Appendix sheet from De La Rue archives bearing two 2a Registered envelopes, sizes F and B, inscribed ‘State of N Africa’ being used as colour trials for British East Africa, British Central Africa and for Zanzibar. Size B envelope endorsed in pencil “The pattern sent to take the place of the British Coat Of Arms to take the place of this stamp” and on size F “to be replaced by pattern sent for postcards”. Some insignificant faults, very rare.
1896 (AP 24) ‘On Her Majesty’s Service’ blue Post Office envelope registered to Montreal, Canada, bearing single franking 6pi. sepia and green tied Larnaca square-circle, red registration at left and London transit top centre. Reverse with white perforated sealing label cancelled by fine Larnaca cds, arrival backstamp. Very fine condition.
1896 12½c. postal stationery envelope sent registered to Wurtemberg, Germany additionally franked 1870-88 12½c. grey and 1892-97 10c. Queen Wilhelmina all tied by square circle Besoeki date stamps, unframed ‘R’ handstamp at top centre, reverse with local transits and Unterturkheim arrival cds.
1896 registered cover to Hannover franked 25c. (3) and 50c. paying the quadruple weight (1F postage plus 25c registration) cancelled Moindou cds, transit and arrival backstamps; a couple of slight faults to home-made envelope, a remarkable franking for a small village.
1897 (4/10) 5Kr postal stationery envelope sent registered to Amsterdam uprated with typo 15k. brown perf 10½ tied by K. Und K. MILIT.POST 9 BILEK, arrival backstamp. A fine commercial usage of the 15k.
1897 (Dec 28) registered cover to Switzerland franked 1899 ½d. Palm Trees vertical pair, 1895-1900 1½d. on 2d. and 3d. on 2d. Registered stamp, tied pair of Apia date stamps, reverse with Sydney transit of JA 14 and two Napoli transits; fine condition
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.
1897 (NO 12) registered cover to Wolverhampton franked 1d. (2) and 2½d. tied by red square circle Warri date stamp, ‘R’ handstamp to left, oval Liverpool transit below, reverse with another fine despatch date stamp and arrival cds. The wax seal on reverse is from Customs House Warri.
1898 (18 Juin) fifth weight (75 – 90g) registered cover to Vienna, Austria franked at 1f.50 with 5c., 10c. (7) and 75c. tied Papeete Taiti cds, reverse with Registered Auckland transit (1 JL), redirected from Vienna to France with final arrival of 15 Aout.; the 5c. with rounded corner, a rare cover. Ex. Grabowski.