
1878 (SE28) Great Britain ½d violet postal stationery card to Barcelona cancelled fine 'A26' duplex, company handstamp top left and card annotated as from Linea, with message in Spanish; fine early card.

1879 5a postal stationery proof of frame and background in grey-black, without stamp image; small tear towards bottom left not detracting.


1880 (MR 23) 1d. pink stationery envelope on pale blue paper stock, to Copenhagen, Denmark additionally franked 1870 1½d., JE (damaged bottom right corner) and 1873-80 2½d. , plate 16 tied St Austell ‘670’ duplex, arrival backstamp. Senders backflap details removed.

1880s 4 ore stationery card with invoice for ‘Illustreret Familie-Journal’ for 7.28 ore, addressed to Veile and additionally franked perf 14 12 ore and two 16 ore; good condition.


1881 (1 AP) uprated 1d. postal stationery card to manager ‘Colonial Bank’, Trinidad, uprated ½d. tied London ‘5’ duplex, two Trinidad double arc arrivals of AP 20. The card with part printed message from The West India and Panama Telegraph Company, Limited.

1881 (14 Decembre) 20pa. postal stationery card to Berlin, endorsed “Via Vienne”, cancelled double ring French language Smyrne Turquie and oval framed ‘APRES DEPART’ below that is overstruck by the arrival; fine and attractive.

1881 (Feb 21) ½c. ‘Liberty’ postal stationery envelope of 1875 with reddish-violet oval CERTIFICADO GUATEMALA date stamp on front and three times on reverse, probably used for a registered receipt; some staining on bottom margin, most unusual

1882 (AU 4) One Penny Great Britain stationery card used to Dresden, Germany with fine A26 duplex, arrival cds bottom left, full message on reverse, fine condition.

1882 (Dec 16) 2c. postal stationery card to Paris cancelled double oval Habana date stamp, endorsed “via New York”. Very fine condition.


1882, uprated 5kop stationery envelope with 2kop (1875 issue-horizontally laid paper) to Riga tied by mute Moscow town sub-office handstamp in association with Moscow Central P.O. cds, reverse bears red Moscow dispatch cds.

1883 (AU 4) 1d British postal stationery card used to London bearing Gibraltar ‘A26’ duplex with arrival cds below, with short non-philatelic message on reverse; some slight top right corner bending but generally good fresh condition.


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.

1884 (FE 2) 1d. postal stationery card to Lake Superior, Michigan, USA, cancelled by barred'C' with very fine red British Post Office Constantinople code C cds; long message on reverse.

1884 (SP 23) 1d. postal stationery envelope to Philadelphia, uprated 1883 1 1/2d. lilac tied '134' Bristol duplex, redirected upon arrival with Philadelphia cds also tying stamp image, arrival backstamps.

1884 20 paras postal stationery card to Athens cancelled with double-ring Galata Poste Locale cds, manuscript "Retour"



1884, 1888 and 1891 5 bani uprated postal stationery cards to Switzerland from Bucuresci, each with arrival cds, two on front.

1885 (JA 20) 'Penny Halfpenny' stationery card to Dublin, Ireland cancelled by fine 'B' obliterator, Bahamas cds far left, fine rare New York/ Havana Transit 'opera glasses' transit, arrival cds; heavy central vertical crease, some adherence on reverse.

1885 3 Half Pence postal stationery card to Hannover, Germany, bearing barred numeral cancel and red 'SIERRA LEONE/PAID' cds at left, as well as 'PAID/LIVERPOOL/BR PACKET' transit date stamp; fine and clean condition.

1886 'Penny Halfpenny' grey postal stationery card to England cancelled "GAMBIA PAID" code C cds with another strike below, with message requesting the sending of various vegetable seeds.

1887 (4 Jun) 3c. stationery card to Puerto Cabello, Venezuela with bottom left blue despatch cds of San Salvador, images both cancelled by Transito Panama transit cancels; some slight toning but still an attractive item.