(Administration of Romania) 1878 registered envelope to the village of Tovada, near Padua, Italy, franked 20ft with further 10ft on reverse, tie by boxed Arad date stamp, reverse with Campo Sampiero transit and arrival cds.
(Anjouan) 1895 (25 Mai) 10c. ‘Sultanat d’Anjouan’ postal stationery card to London cancelled blue octagonal ANJOUAN COL. FRANC., repeated at left and overstruck with D’Zaoudzi Mayotte transit, Marseille A La Reunion maritime date stamp, annotated “ViaLa Reunion/ et Seychelles”. Some toning, Ex. Grabowski.
(Austrian Occupation) 1878 (5/12) Hungarian 5Kr. stationery parcel card cancelled with Feldpost Expositur No.1A cds from Visegrad. Some tone spotting and central vertical filing crease but still a very rare usage of a Hungarian parcel form used during the Austrian Occupation of Bosnia, with only one so far recorded.
(British Occupation) 1811 (18th April) entire to Philadelphia endorsed "Via Baltimore" and with accounting at top, entire headed as written from St. Pierre, without postal markings and sent during period of British Blockade and Occupation during Napoleonic Wars; fine and clean.
(Djibouti) 1897 (14 Juil) registered cover to Poste restante, Cairo, franked on reverse with bottom marginal 50c. cancelled by multi-faceted Djibouti Postes date stamp which is repeated on front, La Reunion A Marseille L.V.No2 transit, arrival backstamp.
(Djibouti) 1899 (2 Nov) cover to Paris franked 1899-1900 30c. tied Cote Francais de Somalis Djibouti cds in blue, repeated on front, arrival backstamp; filing creases clear of stamp and envelope reduced at right.
(Djibouti) 1902 printed headed envelope to France franked Obock 1894 15c. tied by blue Cote Francais de Somalis Djibouti with a further strike alongside, arrival backstamp.
(Djibouti) 1902 ‘0,05’ on 75c. applied on printed newspaper wrapper “Journal Franco-Ethiopien Djibouti” to Paris cancelled by blue Cote Francaise des Somalis Djibouti cds.
(Djibouti) 1903 (2 Juin) registered cover to Jera, France franked on reverse 1900 40c. tied Cote Francais de Somalis Djibouti cds in blue, arrival cancel on the stamp and maritime Ligne T Paq.Fr.No.5 date stamp to right; teo light vertical creases clear of the stamp.
(Djibouti)1902 (3 Janv) complete newspaper with intact wrapper cancelled Cote Francaise Des Somalis Djibouti and framed P.P.; fine condition.
(Football and Cricket) 1901 (12 May) cover to “Stowe House, Nr Kidderminster, England” franked Great Britain 1d. lilac tied Army Post Office/ Barberton/ South Africa cds. Contains two letters of 7.V. (some splitting) and 14.5. both with many references to Riding, Football and Cricket.
(Formula Stationery) 1879 (AP 2) ‘2 CENTS’ dull rose on Mauritius Post Card printed formula to a Government School at Poudre D’Or, cancelled by fine and clear B53 duplex, with full message on reverse.
(French Maritime Mail) 1869 (1 Sept) entire to Dijon, France bearing, at military concession rate, 20c Laureated Napoleon tied by anchor in dotted lozenge with Cor. D. Arm. Lig. T. Paq.Fr. no.1 cds at right, framed PD at centre, reverse with Paris transit and arrival cds. Inverted month in cancel. A recently discovered cover from the Messageries Imperiales shipping agent in Mahe. The French Post Office at Mahe was open from 1864 to 1870, the agent corresponded back to France over this period. Of this correspondence of 11 covers only three bore French stamps.
(French Post Office) 1897 (4 Sept) registered, slightly larger cover to Metz franked at 7½a. double rate with registration with 2a. on 20c., 2 ½a. on 25c. and 3a. on 30c. tied double ring cds, red framed ‘R’ handstamp, La Reunion A Marseille LV. No.3 octagonal maritime cancel, Metz arrival backstamp. The backflap is missing but still desirable as the latest recorded use of the red ‘R’.
(French Post Offices) 1922 large piece bearing eight values from the scarce large surcharges issue, each stamp cancelled with framed AR handstamp, the two Merson stamps with complete handstamp and very rare like this.
(Hand Illustrated Card) 1921 hand painted card to Mezokovesa with multiple franking, tied Gyor 2 cds, the other side with fine handpainted image.
(Hand Illustrated Card). 1921 hand painted card franked 60f which partly overlays a charity label tied Gyor cds, with cartoon-like hand painted image of a couple dancing, the legend below including Anti-Semitic.
(Illustrated Advertising Parcel Card) 1897 5kr. stationery card, uprated 3kr (2) and 50kr cancelled Versecz date stamp and addressed to Winterthur, Switzerland, Buchs Bahnhof transit and on reverse Staatabahnhof * Wien transit. Labels over Companys image.
(Illustrated Advertising Parcel Card) 1897 5kr. stationery card, uprated 3kr (2) and 50kr cancelled Versecz date stamp and addressed to Winterthur, Switzerland, Buchs Bahnhof transit and on reverse Staatabahnhof * Wien transit. The label over the transport company’s illustration removed.
(Leeward Islands) 1895 On Her Majesty’s Service registered cover to New York franked Leeward Islands 4d. and 6d. tied by good strike of cds with another strike alongside, reverse with various New York cancels; no vertical creasing.