China
Covers and stamps / China / German Post Offices / Wrapper
(German Post Offices) 1903 (9/11) wrapper to Berlin endorsed “drucksache” bearing 1901 3pf Reichspost Germania tied Tientsin a Deutsche Post cds, blue military cachet at left, no backstamps.
£65
China
Covers and stamps / China / German Post Offices / Wrapper
(German Post Offices) 1904 home-made wrapper to Cassel franked vertical pair 3pf Reichpost tied Tientsin Deutsche Post cds, some slight staining.
£55
German Colonies
Covers and stamps / Cameroun / German Colonies / Postal Stationery / Wrapper
(Kamerun) 1892 (29 4) German forerunner 3pf. postal stationery wrapper to Rosenthal uprated 3pf. and 5pf. tied by two Kamerun cds, arrival backstamp; fine condition.
£245
Germany
Covers and stamps / Levant / German Post Offices / Specimens / Wrapper
(Post Offices in Turkish Empire) 1908 5 Centimes on 5pf. diagonal overprint postal stationery wrapper overprinted Specimen. Good condition.
£120
Australia
Covers and stamps / Australian States / Proofs / Wrapper
(South) 1890s postal stationery wrapper Design Competition Essay with heading of ‘Newspaper Only’, hand-painted in black ink on card with stamp impression ½d. ship and at left Kangaroos below Tree, endorsed “Mancunius” at top; mounting mark on reverse and a little irregularly cut but showing fine penmanship.
£225
LATVIA
Covers and stamps / Latvia / Pre stamp / Wrapper
1806 local wrapper bearing fine straight-line 'JACOBSTADT' handstamp, very scarce.
£135
LATVIA
Covers and stamps / Latvia / Pre stamp / Wrapper
1838 wrapper to Riga bearing, on reverse, oval-framed Post Hilchenstehr handstamp with manuscript date, faint Riga arrival.
£75
LATVIA
Covers and stamps / Latvia / Pre stamp / Wrapper
1840 wrapper to RIGA bearing, on reverse, very fine oval-framed 'POST MENZEN' handstamp with manuscript date, light Riga arrival alongside together with fine religious seal.
£85
LATVIA
Covers and stamps / Latvia / Pre stamp / Wrapper
1841 (2 April) wrapper to Riga bearing, on reverse, bilingual oval-framed Kuikatz handstamp with manuscript date, together with Dorpat transit and Riga arrival cds.
£85
LATVIA
Covers and stamps / Latvia / Pre stamp / Wrapper
1842 wrapper to WOLMAR bearing, on reverse, oval-framed 'POST LENZENHOF' handstamp with manuscript date.
£75
United States
Covers and stamps / USA / Wrapper
1860 2C. Andrew Jackson with small grill, Scott 93, tied to small ‘Le Messager Franco-Americain’ wrapper by segmented cork cancel, red French accountancy at centre, without backstamps; fine condition.
£125
United States
Covers and stamps / USA / Wrapper
1861-66 2c Andrew Jackson with grill tied by segmented cork cancel on newspaper wrapper ‘Le Messager Franco-Americain’ to Paris, red French accountancy 15c. stamp has been lifted to check grill size.
£125
Great Britain
Covers and stamps / Great Britain / Switzerland Incoming Mail / Wrapper
1862 1d. Nestle Price Current private postal stationery wrapper to Basle, Switzerland, cancelled barred diamond ‘36’ of London, endorsed “pr Calais” and red circular-framed ‘PP’ and Angl. Amb Calais B French entry cds, red crayon “05” arrival charge, reverse with Basel cds.
£65
Jamaica
Covers and stamps / Jamaica / Official Mail / No. 1s / Bisects / Wrapper
1866 O.H.M.S. wrapper used to Spanish Town franked by bisected 1d. tied A52 obliterator with cds of Mandeville in association on reverse, front bearing arrival cancel; some slight tones, (S.G. 1d.)
£325
French Oceanic Settlements
Covers and stamps / French Colonies / Wrapper
1884 (4 Juil) ‘La Cloche’ newspaper wrapper to Atiheu, Marquises with ‘TAHITI/ 5c’ handstamp overstruck with Papeete Taiti cds. Fine condition.
£155
Monaco
Covers and stamps / Monaco / Postal Stationery / Printed Mattar / Wrapper
1889 (2 Avril) 1c. postal stationery newspaper wrapper, uprated 1885 10c. to Berlin; fine condition.
£75
Guatemala
Covers and stamps / Guatemala / Postal Stationery / Printed Mattar / Wrapper
1890 (or 1891) 2c postal stationery wrapper to Hamburg, endorsed “via Livingston/ New Orleans” with ornate pen cancellation, Correos Coban five pointed star duplex. On reverse violet Correos Livingston transit which is dated 1891.
£65
Jamaica
Covers and stamps / Jamaica / Postal Stationery / Late Mail / Wrapper
1893 ½d stationery wrapper used within Kingston bearing good strike at left of small Too Late handstamp; fine condition
£55
Mauritius
Covers and stamps / Mauritius / Instructional Handstamps / Postal Stationery / Returned mail / Wrapper
1901 '3' on '4 cents' on 2c. postal stationery newspaper wrapper cancelled cds and addressed to Bordeaux, black two-line Retour/ a L'Envoyeur at base, reverse with straight-line INCONNU a RAPPEL B handstamp plus another example with index 'C'.
£45
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