(Advertising Stationery) 1896 1c. internal card with printed advertisement on reverse for Sporting Goods including wooden bottles and balls of all sizes for exercise, items for Fencing, Croquet, Lawn Tennis, Baseball, Boxing gloves and striking bags, Footballs, Bows and Arrows, Bicycles and Childrens Tricycles. Plus complete collection of manuals on sport; fine used.
(Guatemala) 1866 (NO 1) stampless entire to Lima, Peru bearing 6d., JG, plate 5 tied by 'C35' Panama duplex applied in transit, CORREOS GUATEMALA despatch date stamp, with large Compagnie Generale Transatlantique Agence De Guatemala in darker shade of blue on reverse, obverse with framed FRANCO, reverse with manuscript "2" and black handstamped '2' that has been obliterated and replaced below with handstamped '1'; a fine and extremely rare usage of Great Britain stamps.
(Picture Postal Stationery) 1897 3c. Central American Exhibition card with printed image on front of local Indian with large backpack and New Years greeting, used from Quezaltenango; fine condition.
(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 Postal Stationery) 1900 (11 Dic) 1c. Northern Railways card for internal use cancelled violet S.A. OSUNA date stamp, reverse bearing blue image of Indian women at a well.
(Picture Postal Stationery) 1901 (18 Dic) 3c. card to Wimpfen, Germany with violet Coban octagonal despatch date stamp at left, picture side with New Orleans transit, arrival cancel. Reverse is fully photographic with a small image of Indian Woman doing some washing; heavy corner crease.
(Picture Postal Stationery) 1901 (25 Mar) 3c. card to Ludwigshafen, Germany cancelled by violet octagonal Quezaltenango date stamp, Guatemala transit overstriking this, arrival cds at left, reverse with part blue image of Indian Woman.
(Picture Postal Stationery) 1901 (Mar 11) 3c. card to Ludwigshafen, Germany cancelled by violet octagonal Quezaltenango date stamp, Guatemala transit to left, arrival cds overstriking this, reverse with part blue image of men sacking some sun dried produce.
(Picture Postal Stationery) 1901 (May 21) 3c. card to Bern, Switzerland cancelled by violet octagonal Quezaltenango date stamp, Guatemala transit to left, arrival cds below this, reverse with part blue image of the City.
(Picture Postal Stationery) 1901 3c. card addressed to Ludwigsburg, Germany but not actually sent, reverse with part blue image of boy carrying bundled backpack of wood.
(Picture Postal Stationery) 1913 ‘SERVICIO INTERIOR’ 3c card franked 1ith 10c. with picture New Years greeting on reverse with image of Henry Hardt, a commercial agent, raising a glass of wine.
(Picture Stationery) 1890s 3c ‘Quetzal’ card with half page vertical image on front of group of locals with produce. As with most cards from this series the image is somewhat faint.
1878 (May 1) 2 reales ‘Liberty’ postal stationery uprated with 1878 2c. ‘Indian Woman’ to Berlin, Germany, underfranked with blue-black ‘T’ and manuscript “110” and “130” charges, reverse with CORREOS GUATEMALA in same ink as ‘T’ of 7 May, red London transit (JU 27) and arrival cds; a small tear in backflap not detracting from a fine and rare usage.
1879 (Dic 28) stampless official cover to Constantinople with printed ‘Correspondencia particular/ del/ Director General de Correos’ and on reverse the associated printed seal, octagonal date stamp bottom left and on transit at London with two 1873-80 1/- green, plate 14, GE and HH, tied ‘10’ numeral obliterators, reverse with London transit and fine British Post Office Constantinople index A cds of FE 5/ 80; a fine and most unusual cover.
1880 (4 Dic) buff envelope to Perleberg, Germany underfranked with single 4 reales lilac ‘Indian Woman) tied by large ‘12’ cancel with at left red CORREOS DE SAN FELIPE, ‘T’ handstamp, reverse with red octagonal Guatemala City date stamp, London transit and arrival cds of 13/1. A fine and attractive cover.
1881 (Feb 21) ½c. ‘Liberty’ postal stationery envelope of 1875 with reddish-violet oval CERTIFICADO GUATEMALA date stamp on front and three times on reverse, probably used for a registered receipt; some staining on bottom margin, most unusual
1884 (Apr 20) cover to Birmingham, franked 1881 1c. Quetzal (2) each with heavy central segmented cork cancel and left hand stamp tied by CORREOS DE GUATEMALA date stamp, Sparbrook arrival backstamp; damaged bottom right corner, rare.
1886 (Abr 27) registered cover to Halifax, N.S., Canada bearing single franking 1886 Pres. Rufino Barrios 25c on 1p. with blue cork cancel, at left framed datestamp in same colour and a registration handstamp with various erased manuscript numbers, the envelope with handstamp endorsement ‘Por via LIVINGSTON’, reverse with Boston transit and arrival cds. Some slight grubbiness, scarce commercial item.
1886 (May 16) cover to Zurich, Switzerland endorsed “via Panama y New York” and franked 1881 5c. (4) and a 10c. Quetzal, all cancelled with cork handstamps and also by CORREOS GUATEMALA ‘star’ duplex, Calais A Paris tpo bottom left, reverse Zurich and Neumunster arrival cds.
1886 (May 18) cover to Zurich, Switzerland endorsed “via Livingston y New Orleans” and franked four 1881 5c. Quetzal, three cancelled with cork handstamp and one by CORREOS GUATEMALA ‘star’ duplex, reverse with New Orleans and New York transits, Neumunster arrival cds.