(Cape of Good Hope – Picture Stationery) 1903 1d carmine card ‘Mertens & Sichel’s Store – Walfish Bay’ in green used with Walfish Bay cds to Vienna. Fine and scarce used from here.
(Picture Postal Stationery) 1898 (30 Abr) 3c. card to Pully, Switzerland cancelled by violet octagonal date stamp, Guatemala 1 handstamp to left, arrival cancels bottom left, reverse with circular blue image of Fishing with net, full message.
(Picture Stationery) 1913 4sen card to Leipzig, endorsed ‘Germany via Siberia’, with Kobe despatch cds, the front with fine image of Fisherman with his cormorants
1866 stampless entire to Pisaqua with three-line manuscript “franca” notice for no stamps available, partly overstruck by very fine dotted MEJILL handstamp in blue. Very fine condition. Mejillones remained a Peruvian port until lost in the Battle of Angamos to Chile in 1879. The name of the town literally means Mussels, the locals main food source.
1965-66 group of 61 Courvoisier imperf progressive and finished proofs for Marine Life series including Crustaceans in groups of five plus 40c Mantis Shrimp with four different colour bodies in unissued colours resulting in four unissued colour final proofs, fish set of three with two groups of 25c, one with unissued yellow-orange shade and Shells values in groups of five. A fine and unique item.
Cape of Good Hope: 1900 1d. red card with colour views 'Fish Market', 'Long Market Street' and untitled general view; used from Alfred Docks to Germany. A little irregularly cut