1870 (Sept 5) orange-brown envelope to Norway franked 1870-71 two 2c. brown ‘Jackson’ and 1869 12c. ‘S.S. Adriatic’ with violet pen crosse and annotated in same ink at side “Shabbona Ill/ Sept 5/ 70”, the stamps additionally tied by large red ‘Wfro 2’ accountancy handstamp, New York 5 transit and Christiania cds of 25/9, reverse with red Sandosund arrival.
1870 entire to France bearing 2c ‘Post Horse and Rider’ pair tied segmented cork handstamp, a blue dated company handstamp at left and a red New York cds at right, oval-framed ‘GB/ 40c’ accountancy handstamp, London transit on reverse together with various French cds.
1870 entire to France bearing single franking 6c ‘Washington’ tied segmented cork handstamp, New Orleans despatch cds to left oversturck with oval framed accountancy ‘GB/40c’, New York transit bottom right and French entry cds from England at left, reverse with arrival backstamps; Attractive appearance but the stamp is creased.
1870 entire to London with ‘1/-‘ charge handstamp and A Panama cds of British Post Office, red arrival backstamp. Fine clean example.
1870 mourning wrapper from unknown South American provenance addressed to Paris, France, annotated to travel via the United States, the front bearing New York ‘12’ transit and faint London cds as well as fine diamond-framed accountancy ‘G.B./ 3f.60c., Calais A Paris tpo and rated ‘12’ decimes on arrival. Some damage to rear.
1870 wrapper put into the British post at Buenos Ayres, addressed to Naples. On reverse LONDON transit with their accountancy mark 'GB/1F60c' on the obverse alongside the subsequent French handstamp 'F.56'. Rated 10 decimes on arrival and 1L postage due affixed.
1872 (18 Nov) entire to Warsaw, Poland franked 1871-75 80c. rose tied by Paris star ‘22’ with cds alongside, framed PD and at bottom left ‘Wfr. 1½’ accountancy handstamp, arrival cancel top left.
1872 (26 Janv) outer letter sheet to Havre franked 1871 80c Laureated Napoleon and 1871 Ceres 20c and 40c tied by two MQE lozenges, Martinique St. Pierre cds to left ad at right red French Le Havre entry cds of 12 Fevr for mail arriving from England. The cover was collected by ‘Eider’ and delivered to St Thomas on 28th, transferred the next day to ‘Nile’ which arrived in Plymouth on 10th February. Margin faults to stamps, still an attractive early three colour franking, Ex Brian Brookes.
1873 (9 MR) outer letter sheet to Genoa, Italy franked 1870-83 Wmk Crown CC 1d., 4d. (2), 6d. and 1s. tied ‘A01’ obliterators prepaying the 2s3d ½oz rate, red London transit and oval-framed PD, manuscript “1/3” credit to UK and red “20” local charge, Kingston backstamp and arrival cancel. Very fine and attractive. Ex. Dubois.
1873 entire to Rauenberg, Germany, endorsed "pr Steamer Boyne" and with blue manuscript rate plus handstamped '11d', reverse with dispatch cds of British Post Office, London transit, Vervier/Coeln tpo and arrival cancel.
1873 stampless outer letter sheet to Genova bearing Buenos Aires company handstamp, rate handstamp '10' and framed 'F.*56' acountancy, somewhat unclear French octagonal maritime Buenos Aires date stamp, reverse with Paris transit and upon arrival 1L. Postage due applied and tied cds; fine condition.
1874 (JA 28) pre-stamp cover to Hyde Park, London bearing good strike of Cape Coast Castle cds, manuscript “4” and handstamped ‘6’ rate marks, reverse with Liverpool transit and London arrival.
1874 (May 8) outer letter sheet to Charleston, USA franked 1873 ‘Peace’ 5c., 25c. and 50c. cancelled by diamond of dots (Rombo de puntas), dark blue oval-framed P.D. , weak Barcelona cds at right, routed through England with red London PAID cds of 12 MY partly overstruck by New York U.S. Currency/ Due 3 accountancy datestamp of May 23.
1874 cover to London franked 3Kr. and two 5Kr. tied Wien cds, small red framed 'W.Fr/ 8.x' accountancy handstamp overstruck by arrival cds.
1875 (DE 21) entire to Athens endorsed “Via Syra”, despatch cds at top right, black ‘T’ applied, ‘60’ accountancy handstamp, reverse with transits of Siracusa, Messina, Brindisi and Bari of 22nd and 24th , Syra transit and arrival cancels in Julian calendar; fine and clean condition.
1877 (MY 12) cover to New York franked 1867-76 4d. orange (SG 11) tied by ‘A09’ obliterators with Nevis cds in association at left, New York Dur 5 Cts date stamp alongside stamp, reverse with transit cds of St Thomas of MY 14; fine and attractive.
1879 (Nov 15) Envelope to England franked 1a + 4a tied Rangoon R-1 duplex and Bank of India..red oval cachet addressed to Messrs Grindlays (inter bank correspondence). Intact seal on reverse and London arrival backstamp, minor patchy discolouration to blue envelope, otherwise fine.
New South Wales: 1867 outer letter sheet to Nantes, France bearing Melbourne despatch cds, annotated to go “Via Marseille”, faint red Paris transit, diamond-framed accountancy ‘G.B./ 1f.62 4/10th c’ applied and rated ‘10’ decimes, reverse with Paris a Nantes tpo and Chanternay S Loire arrival cds
undated, probably late 1840 outer letter sheet to Cadiz bearing three-line S Roque transit in apparent mixture of red and black inks and also showing fine red 13½q rate handstamp. Such 23mm high marks are known on maritime mail from Britain but rated in reales, a previously unrecorded handstamp.