Seychelles
Covers and stamps / Mauritius / Seychelles / Negative Seals / Postal Stationery
(Postal Stationery) 1879-80 Mauritius 6c green card struck at bottom left corner with POST OFFICE SEYCHELLES black intaglio seal. Some very slight soiling One of two known, considered to be a trial of the Seychelles mailbag seal
£475
Gibraltar
Covers and stamps / Gibraltar / Great Britain Used Abroad / Postal Stationery
(Postal Stationery) 1880 Great Britain 'Half Penny' stationery card to Malaga cancelled by A26 duplex; some slight tone spotting.
£135
Mauritius
Covers and stamps / Mauritius / French Maritime / Maritime / Postal Stationery / Via Marseille
(Postal Stationery) 1892 6c green card to Brusells, endorsed with handstamp ‘Via Marseille’ and cancelled on board with French maritime Ligne T Paq. Fr. No.3 date stamp partially overstruck by arrival cds, two words greetings message.
£65
Egypt
Covers and stamps / Egypt / Postal Stationery
(Postal Stationery) 1893 1pi postal stationery envelope uprated 5m., sent registered and cancelled Service Rural Kon Hamada cds, repeated bottom left giving a particularly clear example, some toning, unusual registered stationery usage.
£65
Seychelles
Covers and stamps / Seychelles / Postal Stationery / Proofs
(Postal Stationery) 1893 6c blue card proof with value tablet handpainted in blue and Chinese white, endorsed “appd/ initialled/ 11.7.93”, fine and unique (similar exists for reply card), ex De La Rue Archives.
£375
British Levant
Covers and stamps / British Levant / Great Britain Used Abroad / Postal Stationery
(Postal Stationery) 1894 Great Britain 1d. part printed stationery card to London cancelled by fine British Post Office Constantinople index C cds, arrival to left; fine condition
£65
China
Covers and stamps / China / German Post Offices / Postal Stationery
(Postal Stationery) 1899 (31 Dec) 1c. card used to Imperial German Legation, Peking with bilingual Tientsin cds and Peking arrival alongside of same day, reverse with Tientsin a Deutsche Post cds of 30/12; fine condition New Years Greetings card.
£125
Seychelles
Covers and stamps / Seychelles / Postal Stationery / Turtle Tortoise
(Postal Stationery) 1901 (MY 12) ‘SIX CENTS’ on 8c envelope to France additionally franked 1897-1900 2c. orange-brown and green (pair and three singles) tied by index A cds, arrival backstamp; diagonal crease and some ageing mainly affecting stamp at right
£95
Fiji
Covers and stamps / Fiji / Postal Stationery
(Postal Stationery) 1902 (FE 3) One Penny card used to Methven, New Zealand with two G.P.O. Suva cds tying image, bottom left with Auckland transit (12 FE) and Christchurch transit (15 FE), reverse with Rakaia transit (15 FE) and at top on front arrival cds of 15th; a few slight stains and crease at top right, but generally good appearance and condition.
£65
Fiji
Covers and stamps / Fiji / Postal Stationery / Illustrated
(Postal Stationery) 1902 (OC 31) One Penny card with fine hand-painted image, two Suva cancels. Without any message or address; fine and scarce.
£475
Seychelles
Covers and stamps / Seychelles / Postal Stationery / Specimens
(Postal Stationery) 1902 3 Cents on Four Cents unsevered reply stationery card with ‘LOCAL’ handstamp and locally overprinted ‘Specimen’; small ink stain on outward section. As intended only for local use, no UPU distribution specimens prepared. Only one card known locally handstamped ‘Specimen’ for presentation purposes.
£495
Seychelles
Covers and stamps / Seychelles / Postal Stationery / Reply Stationery / Specimens
(Postal Stationery) 1902 SIX CENTS on 8c. brown reply stationery card, each part overprinted locally ‘Specimen’ and the reply section showing a clear double surcharge. Fine and rare variety.
£375
Seychelles
Covers and stamps / Seychelles / Postal Stationery / Specimens
(Postal Stationery) 1903 KEVII registered envelope, size F overprinted SPECIMEN on reverse (DLR Type D-PS 1) and additionally handstamped ULTRAMAR in blue at top of portrait by Portuguese. Some slight soiling, a scarce handstamp on Seychelles.
£95
Mauritius
Covers and stamps / Mauritius / French Maritime / Registered mail / Postal Stationery
(Postal Stationery) 1905 36c. envelope registered to Switzerland with despatch cds, red oval Registration date stamp with blue manuscript number, French maritime octagonal date stamp, arrival backstamp. Good clean example.
£65
Falkland Islands
Covers and stamps / Falkland Islands / Postal Stationery
(Postal Stationery) 1913 1d. red on blue letter card very fine unused.
£65
ALBANIA
Covers and stamps / Albania / Postal Stationery
(Postal Stationery) 1914 Arrival of Price William at Wied, 5q. and 10q. cards cto used within Vlone on 15.3. without messages or backstamps. Only 500 card of each value produced; fine and scarce.
£350
Thailand
Covers and stamps / Thailand / Postal Stationery
(Postal Stationery) 1919 3s green card used to stamp dealers in London asking for their catalogue and uprated 2s brown each cancelled large bilingual Bangkok date stamps.
£95
ALBANIA
Covers and stamps / Albania / Postal Stationery
(Postal Stationery) 1920 25q. blue on rose letter card fresh unused, a scarce item.
£95
Thailand
Covers and stamps / Thailand / Postal Stationery
(Postal Stationery) 1940 10s envelope to Lebanon, USA additionally franked 2s and 3s ‘Chakri Palace’ tied by two large bilingual Ubon cds, Bangkok transit backstamp; top right corner crease affecting design otherwise fine and fresh.
£175
China
Covers and stamps / China / Norway / Censored mail / Postal Stationery
(Postal Stationery) 1940 2½c. S.Y.S. card endorsed “By best route” and addressed to Norway with 2½c. Martyr and pair 5c. SYS added tied dotted framed local cds, three-line violet censor handstamp bottom right; horizontal crease, a fine wartime card.