(1911 Windsor Flight) 1911 (SP 9) card addressed to “Captain John Humpfrey, Yorkshire Regt, District Commissioner, Lagos, Southern Nigeria” franked two ½d. tied FIRST UNITED KINGDOM AERIAL POST LONDON cds, reverse with unclear entry cds of SP 29 and double ring BADAGRY SOUTHERN NIGERIA cds of SP 30; a fine and most unusual destination and part from slight ink smudge in very fine condition with arrival cancels
(Advertising Stationery) 1873 Half Penny pink card with printed red and black advert on reverse for GRANT’S MORELLA CHERRY BRANDY, used from Maidstone to Strand; some slight toning, early item.
(Advertising Stationery) 1878 1/2d.brown postal stationery card with fine illustrated advertisement for ‘Andersons & Thorburn/ Woollen Manufacturers’ in Manchester, fine used from Manchester to Derby.
(Advertising Stationery) 1896 1d. stationery card addressed to Allahabad, India with Sea Post Office A cds and arrival cds, reverse with advert for the ‘Pulsometer Engineering Co.’ with illustration of their ice making machine; fine.
(Advertising Stationery) c.1880 ½d. brown stationery card with series or red adverts on reverse including Turf Accountant, Property Auctioneers, Tailor, Freemasons Apron Boxes, Paper & Rags; good condition.
(Advertising Stationery) Late 1870s 1/2d.brown postal stationery card with fine illustrated advertisement for ‘Fancy Stained Wood & Veneered’ in Bethnal Green, London, used to Lubeck with uprating stamp carefully removed; unusual overseas usage.
(Advertising Stationery) Late 1870s ½d. brown postal stationery card with fine illustrated advertisement for ‘Zinc Clip-Label for Flower Pots’; fine unused.
(Airmail) 1911 (SP 12) ‘Windsor Flight’ card to Heidelberg, Germany franked by two ½ d. tied by two large FIRST UNITED KINGDOM/ AERIAL POST/ LONDON, with full message in fine condition.
(British Empire Exhibition) 1924 (31 Oct) airmail cover to Danzig franked with 1d. and 1924 Exhibition 1 1/2d. (3) tied by Exhibition cancels, reverse with Berlin transit and red airmail cachet; good condition.
(British Military Concession Cover) 1839 (Mar) outer letter sheet to London endorsed from George Stevens on the HMS Donegal in Lisbon and countersigned by Lieut. Duthy. Endorsed ‘1’(d) for the military concession and with London cancels front and back, at bottom left very fine strike of the rare Crowned To be/ delivered/ FREE handstamp indicating no London local charges due. Sold at Cavendish Jan 2004 sale for £1700. Fine Exhibition item. The H.M.S. Donegal landed Portuguese Seamen taken from the slaver ‘Diligente’ instead of prosecuting them for slave trading, as agreed by the Foreign Office.
(British North Russian Expeditionary Forces) 1918 (9 DE) ON HIS MAJESTY’s SERVICE envelope addressed to “Officer i/c Base Records/ Syren” bearing very fine strike of FIELD POST OFFICE P.B.99 datestamp, in use at Kola at this time. Central vertical fold, a scarce item
(British Occupation – Incoming Mail) 1794 (4th Sept) entire from London addressed to Lord Sinclair, 15th Regiment bearing two-line TOOTING/3 handstamp and “Paid 1d” London Penny Post, total postage of “2/-“ (a double rate for London to Martinique via Falmouth). The letter concerns application for Leave for Lord Sinclair’s Regiment suggesting he apply to Charles Grey, the officer commanding the expedition that had captured Martinique. Fine and rare.
(British Post Offices) 1871 (JU 9) envelope to “His Excellency J Osman Bey/ care of/ Sir Thomas Gabriel Bart, Wimbledon” franked Great Britain 1865-73 pair 4d., plate 12 tied by ‘B01’ obliterators with Cairo cds at base, redirected to Richmond and franked 1858-79 1d., plate 111 tied London SW duplex; small part of backflap missing otherwise fine.
(Crimean War) 1855 (JA 22) stamped envelope to Regents Park, London franked 1854-57 Wmk Small Crown, perf 16 1d. pair on blued paper, OG-OH and single HH cancelled by two *(crown)* barred cancels, reverse with greenish POST OFFICE BRITISH ARMY A cds and arrival cds; good sound example. Z2 unpriced in S.G., Ex Alan Brown
(Crimean War) 1855 envelope to England, endorsed “Via Marseilles/ From the Black Sea Fleet” with manuscript “3” rating, reverse with British Army Post Office cds (used in Constantinople) and English transit and arrival cancels
(Crimean War) 1855 stampless ‘On Her Majesty’s Service’ envelope with embossed back flap to England, endorsed “via Marseille”, POST OFFICE BRITISH ARMY A cds of Constantinople. The cover has been charged “6” in spite of the heading.
(East Africa) 1906 incoming uprated Great Britain King Edward VII ½d. postal stationery envelope from Manchester to German Post Office at Mahenge, with Dar-es-Salaam transit of 29/5 and arrival of 29/6.
(Guernsey) 1865 SP 25) entire to St Malo franked 1865-73 4d. vertical pair, CI-CI, plate 7 tied two ‘324’ barred numerals and a Guernsey cds, circular framed PD at left and red arrival below stamps of 28th. Roumet Certificate.
(Guernsey) 1871 (AU 3) entire to St. Malo franked 1867-80 9d straw, AJ, plate 4 tied by ‘324’ Guernsey duplex, at base two circular-framed PD and a red arrival, reverse with further PD and Jersey transit of AU 4.
(Hand Painted Envelope) 1907 (SP 14) ‘Lingerman’ envelope from Paddington to Malvern, redirected on arrival with cds on front, showing scene of a coastal town with Windmill, initialled by artist. Franked on reverse pair ½d. tied cds.