1894 (5 Mar) registered AR cover to Boizenburg, Germany franked 1885-91 5c. and 20c. (one 5c. added without cancel) tied by barred ’M’ with CORREOS MONTE CRISTY date stamp in association showing inverted ‘5’ in date, blue ‘Avis De Reception’ label at left, New York registration etiquette over stamps, reverse with New York transits and arrival plus large red-violet ‘J. Stafelfel Monte Cristy Kaiserl. Deutscher Consular Agent.’; small tear at side and small paper adhesion on back. Ex Krug
1896 (12 Oct) 10k stationery letter card to Calcarra, Malta written from H.M.S. “Trafalgar” at Salonica cancelled violet ROPIT SALONIKI cds, British Post Office Constantinople transit, Malta B cds and part Cospicua cds, reverse with ROPIT Constantinopoli transit. Slight stain bottom left and some more on reverse not unduly detracting.
1896 (3 Fevr) red bordered envelope to Paris franked 1892 15c. tied by octagonal CORR. D’ARMEES CAYENNE date stamp repeated at right which is overstruck with arrival cancel, military cachet on reverse and manuscript annotation “Correspondance Militaire/ le Commandent des troupes”; small tear in backflap.
1896 ‘Rivarola’ 10c. postal stationery envelope to Buenos Aires cancelled Asuncion date stamp. On reverse, a doubly signed note that the item was found out of the bag and without contents on arrival plus arrival cds.
1897 (6 Set) cover to Cassel, Germany, franked 1895-96 ‘Ceres’ 10c. marginal pair tied by two Montevideo cds, annotated “Por vapor “Clyde” via Lisboa”, arrival backstamp with blue scallop label for German Consulate in Uruguay; vertical filing crease clear of stamps and label.
1897 Central American Exhibition 2c. postal stationery envelope used to Belgium, uprated 2c. and 6c. of same design tied by violet cork handstamps and unclear octagonal despatch, reverse with Dison transit and arrival cds plus violet cachet 'Legation De Belgique Centre-Amerique'.
1898 envelope to Ersines, France, franked two pairs 1898 ‘Provisorio 10 Centavos’ on 40c. (bottom right corner of second stamp in first pair damaged) cancelled by indistinct cd, to left French maritime Buenos Ayres A Bordeaux date stamp . Reverse with Buenos Aires transit and arrival cancels.
1899 (16 Dic) ‘Ministerio de Guerra y Marina’ printed envelope to the Paraguayan Consul at Buenos Aires, sent registered AR and franked 1891-93 small black OFICIAL overprinted 15c. (vertical pair) and 50c. tied Asuncion cds, registration label to right with ‘AR’ handstamp over ‘R’, arrival backstamp.
1899 registered cover to Montreux, Switzerland franked 10c. and 25c. cancelled by pen and violet grill respectively, handstamped routing at top, reverse, alongside arrival cds is red-orange scallop label of German Consulate; good double rate registered cover.
1900 registered cover to “Postes Francaise/ Zanzibar” franked by four 5m. tied Caire cds, registration handstamp at base, fine consular handstamp Consulat De La Republique deHaiti, Caire, reverse with Suez transit and arrival cds. Faults and staining at base and no backfap.
1901 10o. postal stationery reply card used from Constantinople to Stockholm bearing company handstamps front and back cancelled Constantinopel Deutsche Post cds of 30/4 that is overstruck by blue Stockholm arrival of 5/5; fine and rare.
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.
1904 printed envelope from Chief of Service of the Judiciary, from Cayenne to Drome, France bearing Cayenne Guyane despatch cds, octagonal maritime Cayenne A Fort De France LC date stamp, violet Official cachet front and back, signed on front, arrival backstamp. Ex Grabowski.
1905 (20 Mar) ‘Consular Service, U.S.A.’ printed envelope addressed to “Quarantine Office” Ancon, Panama franked 1903 Pres. Zelaya 10c. black and orange pair and single tied by two violet Managua oval date stamps, reverse with Corinto transit and arrival cds.
1905 large printed envelope from Italian Consulte to Foreign Affairs Ministry at Rome with Consular cachet at lower left, franked 1896-99 50c. and 1903 ‘Zebu’ 1f. horizontal strip of three tied blue Tamatave cds with framed ‘R’ handstamp in same ink; peripheral faults to envelope with creasing affecting stamps, franked at 13th weight level (13 x 15c. postage plus 25c. registration = 3f50)
1906 picture postcard to Tsaritsyn, Russia, posted on board S.S. “Rossiya” while at Constantinople by traveller en route from Jaffa to Constanza, put ashore at Dardanelles where Russian Levant 2op on 4k. was cancelled by large oval R.O.P.i.T./ DARDNELLES AGENCY/ 1 APR 1906 date stamp in blue. Fine and rare, Ex. Dr. Casey.
1908 (18.VII.) registered picture postcard of Constantinople to Dresden bearing a mixed franking of French currency 5c. and 10c. together with Turkish currency 1pi. tied by two Constantinopel III Oesterr Post cds with matching registration label to left, arrival cds bottom left.
1908 (25 Sep) ‘Legation De Russie/ a Pekin’ envelope to Copenhagen, Denmark franked by five 2c. Coiling Dragons cancelled bilingual Peking cds, redirected on arrival.
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.
1910 picture postcard ‘Constantinople, Sweet Waters of Asia’ sent registered to Berlin, franked 2½pi. on 50pf tied Constantinopel cds with registration label to left; fine and unusual.