GREAT BRITAIN: 1937 (11 SP) airmail cover to Yokohama, Japan franked KGV 4d. and to KEVIII 1d. tied Taunton Somerset cds and showing very fine example of the framed instructional handstamp TRANSMISSION BY AIR/ MAIL BEYOND LENINGRAD/ AND MOSCOW NOT REQUIRED, reverse with Berlin Zentralflughafen transit. Rare so fine.
Incoming cover from London on DE 23/ 79 franked wing marginal 6d. gray, addressed to Dunedin and endorsed “Till called for”, arrival backstamp of 24 FE 80, UNCLAIMED straight-line handstamp and cds of same colour dated 9 JU and sent to Dead Letter Office at Wellington arriving JU 19 80. Some creasing at top affecting the stamp but still attractive.
Undated cover from CHEFOO to United States. The stamp had gone missing in transit and a three-line handstamp applied at Chicago reading "Postage Stamps Detached/Before Receipt at Foreign/Chicago, Ill P.O." Without backstamps. An unusual cover.
Victoria 1893 1d. postal stationery envelope to Brunswick cancelled Melbourne 'Victoria' duplex, arrival cds below this and framed UNCLAIMED AT BRUNSWICK and NOT KNOWN BY/ LETTER CARRIERS/ BRUNSWICK, reverse with manuscript "no such number West" and initialed; the backflap has been stuck down.