1881 cover to Bombay, franked horizontal strip of three 4a. tied Aden B-22 duplex, ship endorsement at top, reverse with Sea Post Office E cds; envelope slightly unevenly reduced at top.
1859 cover to “Passenger Overland/ Post Office. Aden”, red Boston Paid cds, carried by British Packet at 39c rate on cunard “Niagura”. At top manuscript endorsement “N J Kindman’s complis/ Aden May 23rd 1859” for forwarding out of mails to Penang, a manuscript arrival endorsement on reverse.
1868 cover to London franked India 8a. and 8p. tied ‘24’ numeral cancels, reverse with Aden Steamer Point cds and arrival on front; some slight faults, mostly to envelope, attractive cover.
1869 cover to Brighton franked on front 8a. purple and on reverse block of eight 1a. brown, all cancelled with blue ’124’ obliterators with cds on reverse to right of block, arrival at left; some staining to envelope affecting 8a on front. RPSL Cert (2011).
1873 (24 Oct) cover to Aden, endorsed “Via Brindisi” franked 1871-75 Ceres 25c. pair and 80c. tied gros chiffres ‘549’ with Boulogne-S-Mer cds in association, red framed PD, reverse with French transits and Aden .Steamer.Point arrival cds.
1883 (Oct. 7) ‘The Eastern Telegraph Company’ printed Telegram envelope registered to Mauritius bearing mixed issue India franking of 1865 2a. brown-orange and 1882-90 3a brown-orange with two ‘B’ within bars cancels, Aden cds to left and four-line dated Registration handstamp, ‘R’ in circle bottom right and to left red oval Registered Mauritius. The envelope has had a new corner added at bottom right, a rare mixed franking.
1886 cover to Bombay franked on reverse India 1a. 6p. horizontal strip of four tied Aden square circles, envelope endorsed “pr Ravena”, reverse with SEA POST OFFICE index A cds and Bombay arrival.
1896 ‘Grand Hotel de l’Univers’ cover to Cairo franked India 2a., 2a.6p., 6a. and 8a. tied ‘B’ handstamps, ‘R’ in circular handstamp and blue manuscript registration number of India Seapost, reverse with unframed Aden Reg date stamp, Suez and Caire cds.
1902 (1 Aug) Hong Kong picture postcard to French Guinee franked C.I.P. 4c. Coiling Dragon tied by bilingual Foochow cds, in combination with Hong Kong 2c. green vertical pair tied by large bold framed I.P.O. handstamp and Victoria Hong Kong cds, top left with Aden transit (AU 25) and Zanzibar transit (1 SP), at bottom right Conakry Guinee Francaise arrival cds of 18 Sept; heavy central vertical filing fold, a remarkable destination.
1902 ‘Avis De Reception’ complete form for a letter from Haiphong Tonkin to Nottingham Road, Natal, franked with 10c. tied red Haiphong Tonkin date stamp, this date stamp repeated inside, also with Aden transit and T.P.O. Natal arrival.
1903 (18 JU) printed envelope to Marseille franked India QV half anna (3) and 2½a. plus KEVII 1a. (3) tie by seven double ring Aden Camp cds, Aden transit alongside; an attractive franking.
1908 Value Declared registered cover to London, endorsed “Insurance £45 fourty five pounds only” franked 2a., 12a. and 1r. tied unclear cds, blue manuscript registration number of Indian Sea Post Office, red on yellowish Valeur declare label, reverse with red wax seals and arrival cancel; small corner fault to envelope, rare.
1909 (6 Mars) registered cover to South Australia redirected internally upon arrival franked 1906 Sage 35c. black on yellow together with 1902 0,05 on 30c. narrow surcharge and 0,10 on 50c. wide surcharge each tied Tamatave blue cds, reverse with Aden transit cds and Adelaide cds.
1918 OHMS registered cover to Hull bearing single franking 6a tied Berbera cds with registration handstamp alongside, at left blue manuscript REGISTERED and number of Indian Sea Post, large Aden censorship cachet, reverse with Aden transit and various British cancels; good condition.
1934 (3 Oct) Registered India 1a + 3p stationery envelope uprated KGV 9p + 2a6p (2) tied by Aden Reg. double cds, Insured for £1 with 2 different Insured labels, London arrival backstamp, fine and full of character
1935 2a stationery registration envelope, size H, sent value declared (insured for £12) to Vienna, uprated on reverse with four 2 1/2a. tied Aden Camp cds, labels and wax seals on front, arrival backstamp
Undated printed cover front to Italy franked India KGV 1a. and 2a.6p. tied by two straight-line PAQUEBOTS handstamps.