
(Postal Fiscal) 1881 (JY 13) mourning envelope used within Bury St Edmunds bearing single franking 1d. lilac, Die 4, watermark Orb, blued paper tied '97' duplex

(Postal Fiscals) 1897 (MR 8) registered cover to Cardiff franked 6d cancelled full oval Bute Docks Registered date stamp, fine and fresh.

(Victoria) 1886 (MY 14) registered company cover to Hannover, Germany endorsed ‘Per S.S. Chimborazo/ Naples’ bearing mixed franking 1885-95 ½d., 1d. and 4d., together with 1885 Stamp Duty overprinted 2s, upright watermark cancelled by grid of bars, registration handstamp and Melbourne date stamp, arrival backstamp of 22/6. A fine cover with believed to be unique usage of a 2s Stamp Duty.

1881 (AU 9) cover to Hambourg, Germany franked 1878 Watermark Small Anchor, Die 4 1d. Inland Revenue on bluish paper cancelled by two fine Dalbeattie ‘378’ date stamps, arrival backstamp.


1893 (OC 23) cover to Trondheim, Norway franked three1867-81 1d. purple Postal Fiscal, Die I tied by three Birkenhead square circles; sellotape repair on reverse, good looking with strong colour.


1898 (12 Oct) envelope to Tepic, Mexico, bearing on reverse pair Arms 2c. and postal fiscal 2c. on 1c. strip of three (showing irregular perfs between 2nd and 3rd stamps), Quezaltenango date stamps, S.Blas and Acapulco transits.

1918 (30.5.) envelope to Kiev franked on reverse by regular definitive 20k. plus 1918 5k. Postal Savings Bank Stamp authorised for postage, tied by Chernicov cds, machine arrival alongside


Two 1940 envelopes sent to Rio Benito, 10 days apart both franked with pstal fiscals, one with 25c. on 60c. and the other 50c. on 75c., both with surcharge reading down in a block of four tied Bata cds, each with arrival backstamp.