(Football and Cricket) 1901 (12 May) cover to “Stowe House, Nr Kidderminster, England” franked Great Britain 1d. lilac tied Army Post Office/ Barberton/ South Africa cds. Contains two letters of 7.V. (some splitting) and 14.5. both with many references to Riding, Football and Cricket.
(Ship Mail) 1902-05 10k. blue vertical pair on undated printed envelope to Dresden tied by two framed ‘Aus..../DAMPFSCHIFE’ handstamps, tht on left with ship’s name inserted by hand, “Ralenta II”; a fine and scarce usage.
(Soldier’s Letter) 1882 soldier’s concessionary rate cover to Plymouth bearing 16 dots 1d. lilac tied ‘A26’ duplex, envelope correctly endorsed at the top from Private Martin Sweney on “S.S Draceo” at Gibraltar and countersigned by his Commanding Officer; tear at top of envelope with small part of backflap missing.
1889 registered cover to Munich bearing Great Britain overprinted 1d., 3d., 4d. and 6d. pair together with Natal overprinted ½d. (with stop after Zululand, SG 12) all tied by four double-ring cds, arrival backstamp. Very fine and attractive franking.
1893 cover to Cape Town franked Great Britain overprinted 1d. lilac pair tied Vryburg cds, arrival backstamp; some tone spotting.
1894 'Three Half Pence' overprinted Cape of Good Hope stationery card to Germany, uprated with 1d. lilac tied Vryburg square circle, Hannover arrival cds at left; some slight staining not detracting from this scarce card.
1894 (SP 11) registered cover to Luton franked British Protectorate/ Oil Rivers 1892-94 Great Britain oveprinted Jubilee 2d. together with 1d. lilac, both diagonal bisects, plus 1894 1d. and 2d. tied by three square circle Bonny date stamps. A fine, rare double bisect cover.
1897 (30 Nov) registered cover to London franked Great Britain two pairs of 1d. lilac and Jubilee ½d. and 2d. tied by two violet framed BURUTU in sans-serif capitals, oval framed Registered Liverpool below stamps and arrival backstamp; fine cover ex Glassco.
1900 (JA 9) cover addressed to "Chaplains Quarters", GIBRALTAR, franked Great Britain 1d lilac tied 'FIELD POST OFFICE/BRITISH ARMY S. AFRICA', index 14; reverse with 'MAAUWPOORT C.G.H.' cds of 11 JA and arrival cds of FE 8.
1904 (21.1.) 5p postal stationery reply card to Mwaya (Muaja) before the opening of the local post office, regarding a Lloyd agency from Chinde, Mozambique, unnecessarily additionally franked with 25r of Portuguese Zambezia, tied single Deutsche Seepost Ostafrika Linie p cds, Tanga transit of 9/3, Dar es Salaam 11.3 and Langenburg cds of 11/4. The reverse with a Fort Johnson, Nyasaland transit that must have been applied on the outward journey. The lengthy delay in forwarding from Tanga remains unexplained. Fine and unusual, rare reply card.
1908 commercial envelope from a E. Oldenburg at Ibo (Nyasa) to Hamburg, endorsed “via Daressalaam/ & Neapel”. The envelope has been carried by a coastal mail paquebot to Dar Es Salaam where the 10pf Germania has been tied by unclear DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/OST-/AFRIKA-/ LINIE q date stamp and overstruck on arrival ‘Deutsche Schutzgebiet’ handstamp.