GOLD COAST
Covers and stamps / Gold Coast / Postal Stationery
1900 2d registered postal stationery envelope up-rated pair ½d, the stamps cancelled by unclear framed handstamps (Proud type KD4). 'Accra' cds at left, 'Liverpool' transit date stamp tying printed stamp image and 'Wolverhampton' cancel below this, reverse with two different company handstamps for woollen manufacturer.
£75
Indo China
Covers and stamps / Indo-Chine / Postal Stationery
1901 (12 Fevr) 15c. blue postal stationery envelope, 146 x 112mm sent registered to Saigon and uprated 1892-96 25c. tied by Tan-Huyen Cochinchine cds with another fine strike alongside, octagonal framed ‘R’ at left with manuscript number, reverse with Bienhoa Cochinchine transit and arrival cds; fine legible cancels.
£195
China
Covers and stamps / Hong Kong / Postal Stationery
1901 (26 APR) Hong Kong 4c on 3c black surcharge outward section of reply card to Germany without any Chinese adhesives in combination but with bilingual cds and with red framed ‘IPO’ , stamp image also tied index C Hong Kong cds, arrival cds bottom left, with message. Fine and unusual. Proud records no covers like this existing.
£595
Spain
Covers and stamps / Spain / Postal Stationery
1901 10c. orange-brown reply stationery card with numeral 000000, slight black mark on outward section and some toning on reply.
£65
Sweden
Covers and stamps / Constantinople / German Post Offices / Sweden / Sweden Incoming Mail / Postal Stationery / Reply Stationery
1901 10o. postal stationery reply card used from Constantinople to Stockholm bearing company handstamps front and back cancelled Constantinopel Deutsche Post cds of 30/4 that is overstruck by blue Stockholm arrival of 5/5; fine and rare.
£295
Gold Coast
Covers and stamps / Gold Coast / Postal Stationery / Paquebot
1901 1d. postal stationery envelope to Falmouth with stamp image cancelled by Plymouth duplex applied on arrival there, to left of this good strike of straight-line PAQUEBOT handstamp, two arrival backstamps.
£75
Virgin Islands
Covers and stamps / Danish West Indies / Virgin Islands / Postal Stationery
1901 2 1/2d. 'Virgin' stationery envelope to St Thomas, Danish West Indies with Tortola cds, arrival backstamp, without backstamp.
£75
Thailand
Covers and stamps / Thailand / Postal Stationery
1901 King Chulalongkorn set of four postal stationery letters cards in exceedingly fresh unused condition. Seldom seen in this quality.
£145
Bosnia Herzegovina
Covers and stamps / Bosnia Herzegovina / Advertising Covers / Postal Stationery
1901 printed advertising card to Humpolci franked 3kr printed matter rate, tied by 'K.u.K.MILITAR. POST/DOL. TUZLA' date stamp. Arrival cds also on obverse.
£75
Virgin Islands
Covers and stamps / Virgin Islands / Postal Stationery / Registered mail
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)
£265
Paraguay
Covers and stamps / Paraguay / Postal Stationery / Wrapper
1902 2c. Coat of Arms postal stationery wrapper, uprated with 1892-96 2c Rivarola vertical pair and tied by two small violet Asuncion date stamps, addressed to Tegernsee, Bavaria with arrival backstamp. Vertical filing crease at left
£55
Falkland Islands
Covers and stamps / Falkland Islands / Postal Stationery
1902 One Penny postal stationery envelope uprated with 1/2d. and 1d. each tied by good clear double-ring Falkland Islands cds, Swiss arrival backstamp.
£375
China
Covers and stamps / China / Postal Stationery
1903 (Aug 8) 1c postal stationery card to Shanghai cancelled by good strike of rare CHINGCHOW bilingual oval, bilingual Kiaochow transit and Shanghai Local Post index A arrival cds; good condition.
£675
VIRGIN ISLANDS
Covers and stamps / Virgin Islands / Postal Stationery
1903 1d postal stationery envelope to DOMITZ, Germany, cancelled 'Tortola' date stamp; at base two-line violet FOUND-IN-F.M.S./WITHOUT CONTENTS. Arrival backstamp.
£55
SIERRA LEONE
Covers and stamps / Sierra Leone / Registered mail / Postal Stationery
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.
£65
GOLD COAST
Covers and stamps / Gold Coast / Postage dues / Postal Stationery
1903 ½d postal stationery card to London with 'OBUASSI' despatch cds, under-franked with irregular framed 'T' handstamp, 'Sekondi' transit, London arrival and '1d/F.B.' handstamp applied.
£75
Costa Rica
Covers and stamps / Costa Rica / Postal Stationery / Advice of Receipt
1904 10c. postal stationery envelope AR registered to Chicago and uprated with three 5c. on reverse tied framed San Jose AR handstamps; fine and attractive.
£245
Costa Rica
Covers and stamps / Costa Rica / Postal Stationery
1904 10c. postal stationery envelope to Magretsch, Switzerland with double-ring Juan Vinas handstamp, San Jose transit and New Orleans transit to left, arrival backstamp.
£125
Gold Coast
Covers and stamps / Gold Coast / Registered mail / Postal Stationery
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.
£75
LIBERIA
Covers and stamps / Liberia / Maritime / Postal Stationery
1904 3c. postal stationery card to Germany cancelled by oval 'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/LINIE/HAMBURG/WESTAFRIKA/04/XXVII' date stamp, BREMEN arrival cds at left. The card is datelined "S.S. Gretchen Bohlen". Cockerill does not record this date stamp tied to the 'S.S. Gretchen Bohlen'.