(Postal Stationery) 1883 Great Britain 1d. stationery card to Brighton cancelled by full and fine ‘C’ obliterator, British Post Office Constantinople index A cds at base
(Postal Stationery) 1894 Great Britain 1d. part printed stationery card to London cancelled by fine British Post Office Constantinople index C cds, arrival to left; fine condition
1875 (SP 7) cover to Manchester, endorsed "Via Varna" bearing Great Britain unoverprinted 2 1/2d. mauve on blue, JC, plate 1, tied 'C' obliterator with red British Post Office Constantinople code A cds in association,arrival backstamps; slight fault to envelope at top and opened-out for display.
1878 (SP 30) envelope of H.M.S. HELICON to Surrey franked Wmk Orb 2½d. rosy-mauve, plate 9, BK cancelled ‘C’ obliterator with red British Post Office Constantinople index A cds, redirected upon arrival from Twickenham to Isleworth. The “Helicon” was part of fleet operating during the Russo -Turkish War 1877-78.
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.
1883 (AU 19) cover to Belfast, Ireland franked pair Great Britain 1880-83 2½d. blue pair, RI-RJ, cancelled by two ‘C’ obliterators with red British Post Office Constantinople index A cds, reverse with Clandeboye arrival.
1884 (FE 2) 1d. postal stationery card to Lake Superior, Michigan, USA, cancelled by barred'C' with very fine red British Post Office Constantinople code C cds; long message on reverse.
1885 (JY 18) cover to Galveston, Texas, franked by 2 1/2d. cancelled by barred 'C' with red British Post Office Constantinople code C in association, envelope endorsed "via Varna", reverse with London and New York transits and arrival cds.
1885 (JY 7) cover to London,franked by 2 1/2d. cancelled barred 'C' with red British Post Office Constantinople code C cds,arrival backstamp, stamp proud of envelope
1885 12 PIASTRES on 2/6d lilac/bluish top right corner block of four, AG-BH, two stamps hinged and two never hinged ; a fine and fresh multiple.
1885 40 PARAS on 2½d. block of eight, HQ-IT, each stamp handstamped SPECIMEN. The stamps were surcharged from a horizontal setting of eight clichés, of which 3 showed a small ‘S’. The four stamps at right of this block are with the small ‘S’; fresh hinged mint.
1886 cover to Wimbledon, franked vertical strip of three '40 paras' on 2 1/2d. lilac, GB-IB, tied barred oval 'C' with a black British Post Office Constantinople code A cds on reverse which is overstruck by the arrival.
1886 Great Britain 1d. stationery card to Sarajevo, Bosnia cancelled by ‘C’ obliterator, reverse with British Post Office Constantinople index A cds and an arrival cancel. Good condition.
1892 Great Britain 1d. stationery card to Esher, Surrey cancelled by fine British Post Office Constantinople index c cds that is repeated on reverse, with full message.
1897 cover to Pernambuco, Brazil, franked '80 paras' on 5d. tied by British Post Office Constantinople code B cds, annotated to go via Southampton, London transit and arrival backstamps; some faults to envelope at top, a scarce destination.
1901 picture postcard registered from Constantinople to Milan bearing mixed franking Great Britain 1881 1d. lilac and 1887 ’40 PARAS’ on 2½d. purple/blue tied British Post Office Constantinople cds, violet oval-framed ‘R’ FEE PAID handstamp at base; small stain at right of 1d., a scarce registered postcard.
1910 (MY 14) '1 piastre' on 1d. postal stationery registration envelope, uprated two KEVII 1pi tied British Post Office Constantinople code D cds, red arrival backstamp.
British Post Offices: 1898 (9.12.) cover to London bearing very fine 1.P.T. Union Jack revenue stamp and International Occupation Governor Monfatsi with manuscript initials, passed to Austrian Post Office with 1pi on 10c tied Candia Oesterreichsche Post cds of 12th, redirected upon arrival with London square circle at top, London S.W. arrival backstamp. Extremely fine examples of the British handstamps, the Union Jack handstamp was in use only from December 1898 to July 1899; a little roughly opened with tear top left.