1937 incoming registered cover from Shipbourne, Kent bearing mixed Reign franking KGV and KEVIII, red manuscript”Unknown” and framed black handstamps RETOUR and INCONNU/ NOT KNOWN, reverse with two Hong Kong cds and Shipbourne and Tonbridge cancels of outward journey only.
1942 (17 Mch) airmail cover to Irak, franked 5d. and 10d. tied Lymington wavy-line, OPENED BY EXAMINER 2,880 censor tape and a green label added returning item to sender, straight-line handstamp ‘POSTAGE REFUNDED’ across stamps. Included is small printed note stating the contents (probably photographs) is prohibited.
: (Guernsey) 1861 (MY 9) envelope to a Lieutenant in 21st Regt, Penang, Straits of Malacca, bearing mixed franking 1854-57 1d. line engraved (3) and 1855-57 6d tied ‘324’ duplex, arrival cds and forwarded to Madras, India with a manuscript “1 as” charge and arrival cds.
Circa 1880 small cover to Tveraae , franked GB 2½d. lilac-rose, plate 11, CA cancelled on arrival with single circle Thorshavn 3/6 date stamp with further strike on reverse; a very fine and rare cover, only a handful recorded. Nielsen Certificate.
Crimea War) 1855 (3 Nov) entire to Deptford “From the Army in the Crimea” bearing 1854 Small Crown, perf 14, die II, alphabet II 1d Stars strip of three tied by clear strikes of special cancel, the flap with faint Post Office British Army cds overstruck with London transit; small tear at top and horizontal crease. Ex. Klempka.
GB 1899 (29 NOV) 2d stationery card to Hongkong routed via San Francisco (cds alongside) and New York, redirected back to London with HK 10c green cancelled B62, HK A JA 3 90 cds alongside, HK stamp with small defect, minute portion of bottom left corner of card missing.
Great Britain 1875 (JY 25) part printed entire to Germany franked by blued paper 2 1/2d., plate 1, IM, tied Hull numeral duplex, arrival backstamp
GREAT BRITAIN: 1937 (11 SP) airmail cover to Yokohama, Japan franked KGV 4d. and to KEVIII 1d. tied Taunton Somerset cds and showing very fine example of the framed instructional handstamp TRANSMISSION BY AIR/ MAIL BEYOND LENINGRAD/ AND MOSCOW NOT REQUIRED, reverse with Berlin Zentralflughafen transit. Rare so fine.
Incoming cover from London on DE 23/ 79 franked wing marginal 6d. gray, addressed to Dunedin and endorsed “Till called for”, arrival backstamp of 24 FE 80, UNCLAIMED straight-line handstamp and cds of same colour dated 9 JU and sent to Dead Letter Office at Wellington arriving JU 19 80. Some creasing at top affecting the stamp but still attractive.
Scotland: 1806 entire to Lisbon bearing single-ring KILMARNOCK cancel in red, rated "2/9"(d), red tombstone transit and on reverse double-ring Foreign 5 date stamp, on arrival manuscript "240" reis charge.