(Maritime) 1885 folded printed notice re. Shipping sent from St Petersburg, Russia franked 2k. printed paper rate nd cancelled on arrival at Stockholm, whose cds also appears on reverse.
(Maritime) 1890 4k. Russian postal stationery card to Christianstad cancelled by Stockholm cds with framed ‘Fran RYSSLAND’ handstamp in association. With full message on reverse, written from Libau. Fine condition.
(Maritime) 1899 (27 Aug) cover to Bank of California, San Francisco, endorsed “Via Japan”, bearing five value, four colour franking of 1k., 2k., 3k., 4k. and 10k. tied by three Nagasaki Japan cds with framed PAQUEBOT handstamp (29 x 8mm, Hosking 3244), reverse with Yokohama transit and arrival cds, seal and senders details cut out from reverse, the 4k. and 10k. with slight horizontal creasing; attractive item.
(Maritime) 1899 Finnish picture postcard to Chaux-De-Fonds, Switzerland bearing mixed franking Russia 3k. cancelled framed ‘Fran RYSSLAND’ and Finland 1k. cancelled Stockholm cds, arrival cancels at base. A fine and scarce combination.
(Maritime) 1900 (4 July) printed envelope to Seattle, USA franked vertical laid paper 10k. pair tied Nagasaki Japan cds with further strike below, framed PAQUEBOT (31 x 9.5mm, Hosking 3243). A postage due charge handstamp has been applied and deleted with blue crayon. The sending company address amended from Shanghai to Vladivostok with handstamp, arrival backstamp, reduced at sides.
(Maritime) 1906 incoming 4k. Russian postal stationery card from Helsingfors, Finland to Sodertelge, posted on board ship with front showing framed Fran FINLAND maritime cachet together with Stockholm cds cancelling the stamp image; fine condition.
(Maritime) 1908 3k postal stationery card, uprated with 1k. to Japan tied by oval Vladivostok – Tsuruga date stamp, to left framed PAQUEBOT handstamp overstruck with Tsuruga Japan date stamp and native cds at left, with short message.
(Mexico) 1914 AR registered cover to Manchester, England bearing single franking 12c. Franklin tied Veracruz. Mex. cds, violet registration handstamp to left, reverse with Vera Cruz cds in same ink and New York transit; missing backflap and some light toning, showing generally good quality cancels.
(Military) 1917 (21 Oct) French patriotic propaganda card to France, unfranked and bearing violet cachet ‘Mission Militaire Francaise En Russie’ then at Petrograd, Russia. Shortly after Bolshevik revolution when town name was changed from St Petersburg.
(Montenegro) 1941 25p. black corner marginal with overprint only on reverse and inverted, mint never hinged, ex a block of four with certificate.
(Ottoman Empire) 1916 incoming stationery parcel card fromTraun, Austria with on reverse overprinted Turkish issues applied with 5pi horizontal strip of three and single 25pi. tied by Moussoul 2 date stamps; fine and unusual.
(Ottoman Empire) 1918 picture postcard of Damas to Lausanne franked 10para ‘Off to the Front’ and 20para Post Office tied by Damas bilingual date stamp, to right Beyrouth transit, reverse with Stamboul Depart cancels and censor cachets front and back.
(Ottoman Empire)1908 20pa postal stationery card to Hungary bearing bilingual violet Tachlidja date satmp (now Taslica), to Hungary with arrival cds to left.
(Ottoman Post Offices) 1869 20pa and 1pi yellow, perf 5-11, used on 1871 outer letter sheet to Venice tied by circular ‘Scutari’ handstamps in blue (Coles & Walker fig. 3)with Austrian Post Office ANTIVARI cds in transit, black ‘P.D.’ deleted (1½pi paid to the border only) and taxed with Italy 1870 Postage Due 10c. and 60c. tied by rectangular framed Venezia datestamps on arrival. Reverse with Triest transit. Illustrated Coles & Walker, Part 1 on page 4. Fine and rare.
(Ottoman) 1896 (Avril 3) 20pa postal stationery card to Zittau, Germany with bilingual NASRIE cds, arrival cds of 17.4. at left; a good strike of a scarce cancel.
(Ottoman) 1905 cover to Jerusalem franked 20pa. tied bilingual Gaza despatch cds, some slight toning, a scarce despatch cancel.
(Ottoman) 1916 10p. postal stationery card to Leipzig, uprated 20pa. which is tied by bilingual TIBERIADE date stamp, top left with censor cachet; fine condition with full message
(Ottoman) 1916 20pa postal stationery envelope to Berlin uprated overprinted 10pa. and 20pa. tied by two Med-Charem bilingual cds, censor handstamps on front, red scallop censor label on reverse.