1898 (Jul 26) registered AR cover to Hamburg, Germany franked ‘Arms’ litho 20c. and engraved 10c. on front plus strip of five 1c. on reverse, ‘C’ in circle cancels, Coban octagonal date stamp in association, small straight-line A.R., envelope endorsed “via Livingston New Orleans” and appropriately cancelled plus New York transit registration label; some tape staining, opened-out for display.
1898 registered cover to London bearing fine mixed issue franking of 1886 1d. on 1s orange, 1888-91 Postage And Revenue 1d. on 8d. and 1883 6d., tied St George’s cds, red London arrival additionally tying stamps, no backstamps; fine and attractive.
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 (17 Aug) registered cover to Potsdam, Germany bearing Coiling Dragon values including $1 Goose tied by neat bilingual Amoy cds, the 5c. cancelled only by ‘R’ handstamp with registration handstamp to right, additionally franked for overseas postage with Hong Kong 10c. purple/red single and blocks of four and six with distinctive framed I.P.O. handstamps of Amoy, additionally cancelled in Hong Kong, arrival backstamp. Without backflap and some slight soiling not detracting from fine appearance, The $1 a rare stamp on cover.
1899 (8 Juin) cover to Basle, Switzerland under franked at 15c. rate for France and Colonies, tied three-line TALAGOUGA date stamp, octagonal maritime Loango A Marseille L.M. No.1 date stamp at base, blue manuscript”20” charge with 1897 20c. Postage Due, type II inverted, applied and tied Basel cds. Fine and rare.
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 5c. postal stationery envelope registered to Berlin uprated three 10c. Quetzal, cancelled with registration handstamp at top and oval registration office date stamp at base, sent with advise of receipt as shown by arrival handstamp.
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 (12/8) 5h. postal stationery card sent registered to Mladetzko (Moravia) uprated with 5h green and 10h red pair, tied K.und K.Milit.Post 12 Ljubuski cds, straight-line RECOM with blue manuscript number, arrival cds additionally tying a 10h. Scarce usage for a domestic stationery card, fine condition.
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.
1901 2d registration envelope additionally franked 1d. to England, the stamp image not cancelled, the 1d. with two-line manuscript “Dodowah/ 27-7-01” with similar manuscript by way of registration, reverse with London transit and Banbury arrival of AU 25.
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.