China
Covers and stamps / China / German Post Offices / Postal Stationery
(German Post Offices) 1901 (9/1) 10pf Reichspost Germania postal stationery card, unoverprinted to Naples, Italy cancelled by Peking Deutsche Post cds, arrival square circle cancel at left; some slight ageing , a scarce Boxer period card to a non German destination.
£195
China
Covers and stamps / China / German Post Offices / Combination covers / Postal Stationery
(German Post Offices) 1903 (29/7) 5pf postal stationery card addressed to Shanghai and tied by Hankau Deutsche Post cds, redirected on arrival to Tsingtau with China 1c. Coiling Dragon applied and tied bilingual cds, Shanghai b Deutsche Post cds bottom right, arrival cds at left; a fine condition combination card.
£295
China
Covers and stamps / China / USA / Postal Stationery / Printed Mattar
(Incoming Mail) 1893 (Mar ?) 1c blue on amber postal stationery envelope (U296) to Tientsin from ‘CUTTING PACKING CO’ of San Francisco to ‘Mess. R. Telge & Co.’ , duplex despatch and a largely clear strike in red CUSTOMS SHANGHAI date stamp; vertical central filing crease, a scarce printed matter rate to China with a very rare arrival.
£975
Egypt
Covers and stamps / Egypt / Italian PO Egypt / Postal Stationery
(Italian Post Offices) 1883 (19/ 5) 10c. Italian postal stationery car to Genova cancelled by fine Alessandria D’Egitio (Poste Italiano) cds, full message on reverse, fine and scarce.
£245
Italian Levant
Covers and stamps / Italian Levant / Postal Stationery
(Janina) 1910 ’20 Para 20’ on 10c. postal stationery card with two cds, addressed with message to Germany but no further cancels.
£65
China
Covers and stamps / China / Japan / Postal Stationery
(Japanese Post Offices) 1888 2Sen postal stationery card to Tokio cancelled with over-inked bars, small I.J.P.A. Shanghai despatch to left and arrival to left of this; long message, a good sound example.
£95
Ch
Covers and stamps / China / Japan / Postal Stationery
(Japanese Post Offices) 1889 3Sen postal stationery card to Nagasaki cancelled with cork segmented handstamp, small Shanghai I.J.P.A. despatch at left and arrival to left of this; message in English.
£115
Korea
Covers and stamps / Japan / Korea / Russia / Maritime / Postal Stationery / Paquebot
(Japanese Post Offices) 1896 (25 Dec) 4k Russian postal stationery card bearing good strike of the rare framed PAQUEBOT handstamp (Hosking type 3089), cancelled Gensan I.J.P.O.; some overall ageing to card, rare, especially with such clear cancels.
£795
Korea
Covers and stamps / Japan / Korea / Russia / Maritime / Postal Stationery / Paquebot
(Japanese Post Offices) 1899 (1 Jul) 4k Russian postal stationery card bearing rare framed PAQUEBOT handstamp (Hosking type 3089), cancelled Gensan I.J.P.O. and showing arrival cancel; overall ageing to card with usual unclear cancels, rare.
£595
Palestine
Covers and stamps / Jordan / Palestine / Postal Stationery / Redirected mail / Registered mail
(Jordan Administration) 1952 formula registration stationery envelope to England bearing multi-franking tied 'JERUSALEM' cds, re-directed on arrival with arrival backstamps.
£65
German Colonies
Covers and stamps / Cameroun / German Colonies / Postal Stationery / Wrapper
(Kamerun) 1892 (29 4) German forerunner 3pf. postal stationery wrapper to Rosenthal uprated 3pf. and 5pf. tied by two Kamerun cds, arrival backstamp; fine condition.
£245
Russian Levant
Covers and stamps / Russian Levant / Postal Stationery
(Kerassunde) 1912 (16 VII) 20para on 4k. postal stationery card addressed to Stockholm, Sweden with violet ROPIT KERASSUNDE cds, repeated to left; fine and clean condition.
£195
Nigeria
Covers and stamps / Nigeria / Lagos / Postal Stationery / Lion
(Lagos) 1893 ‘1d’ on Penny Halfpenny postal stationery card addressed to Germany with a fine hand-drawn picture of the artist painting a Lion, addressed and messaged but sent under cover.
£110
Nigeria
Covers and stamps / Nigeria / Lagos / Postal Stationery / Paquebot / Liverpool
(Lagos) 1893 ‘1d’ on Penny Halfpenny postal stationery card addressed to Germany with a fine hand-drawn picture of the artist painting a Lion, addressed and messaged but sent under cover.
£135
Montserrat
Covers and stamps / Leeward Is. / Montserrat / Postal Stationery
(Leeward Islands) 1929 1 ½d. stationery envelope correctly used to Brooklyn, N.Y. USA; fine and clean example of a surprisingly scarce item.
£115
Italian Colonies
Covers and stamps / Italian Colonies / Postal Stationery
(Libia) 1889 (24 Feb) 10c postal stationery card to Pullanza neatly cancelled with Tripoli Di Barberia Poste Ital. cds, full message on reverse; good clean condition.
£65
Morocco
Covers and stamps / Morocco / Postal Stationery / Local Posts
(Local Posts) 1897 5c. postal stationery card of Morrish Horseman, Tetuan to El Ksar, cancelled by Postes Marocaines Tetuan, with message on reverse with Postes Marocaines El-Ksar arrival cds; fine and scarce.
£595
German States
Covers and stamps / German States / Postal Stationery
(Lubeck) 1864 4Sch postal stationery envelope sent on 29/10 1866 to Manchester, England additionally franked 1863 1Sch. and 2Sch. tied by three Luebeck double-ring cds, blue “Wfr 2 ¾” manuscript accountancy, red P.D. handstamp and Paid London transits, arrival backstamp and local tpo; very fine and rare, M Brettl Certificate.
£2895
German Colonies
Covers and stamps / German Colonies / Postal Stationery
(Marianen) 1899-1900 stationery cards with 5pf watermark 99C, 5pf + 5pf reply card with 999 control, both sold at Berlin Post Office, 1900 10pf without watermark but tiny pin holes and 1899 10pf + 10pf reply card, control 399; fresh unused.
£45
Sweden
Covers and stamps / Latvia / Russia / Sweden / Maritime / Postal Stationery
(Maritime) 1890 4k. Russian postal stationery card to Christianstad cancelled by Stockholm cds with framed ‘Fran RYSSLAND’ handstamp in association. With full message on reverse, written from Libau. Fine condition.