1896 cover to St Gallen, Switzerland, franked 5c. and 25c. 'Arms' tied violet handstamps, Guatemala octagonal date stamp at centre with Paris transit to right of this, arrival backstamp; some slight toning, scarce triple rate cover.
1899 (8 Dez) registered cover to Biel, Switzerland franked Newspaper 1898 500 on 300r. and 1000 on 700r. orange-yellow plus 1899 100 on 50r. tied by Campinas S.Paulo cds, various transits and arrival cds; central vertical filing crease clear of stamps. A fine and scarce franking.
1899 (8 Juin) cover to Basle, Switzerland under franked at 15c. rate for France and Colonies, tied three-line TALAGOUGA date stamp, octagonal maritime Loango A Marseille L.M. No.1 date stamp at base, blue manuscript”20” charge with 1897 20c. Postage Due, type II inverted, applied and tied Basel cds. Fine and rare.
1899 registered cover to Switzerland bearing single franking 700 reis on 500r Newspaper Stamp tied S.Paulo double-ring cds, reverse with Rio de Janeiro transit and Petit Lancy arrival cds; light vertical filing creases.
1902 (Ene 15) printed envelope to Basel, Switzerland franked 1886 ‘Arms’ 5c. and 75c. tied violet octagonal date stamp, arrival backstamp of 10.II. A good example of the 75c. on cover, an elusive item.
1902 registered cover to St Gallen, Switzerland, redirected internally to Vulpera, franked on reverse with 20c. and 30c. tied Hanoi Tonkin cds that is repeated on front.
1903 (27.11.) 8a. postal stationery card to Bern, Switzerland uprated 3a. tied Reykjavik cds, framed SHIP LETTER/ TROON at left with Troon 330 cds alongside, arrival cds bottom left; very fine condition but without message.
1904 picture postcard (half of double Sarajevo view card) to Geneva franked 20h. pink and black tied Sarajevo cds, underfranked (should have been 25h.) with blue manuscript charges and 10c. Postage Due applied with Geneva cds.
1908 (FE 3) registered cover to Switzerland franked 1907 4d.brown and blue plus 1907 ½d. and 1d. each tied by unclear cds, ‘R’ oval-framed handstamp at right, manuscript number at left, double-oval Jamaica Registered datestamp, Bern arrival backstamp; vertical filing crease at right.
1911 ‘On His Majesty’s Service’ registered cover to Switzerland bearing single franking 5d. tied Maltese Cross cancel, redirected on arrival with Bern cds on front and final Heiligenschwendi arrival backstamp.
1915 registered cover to Lausanne franked on reverse 2pi. ‘Hamidiye’ tied by Pera date stamp, arrival cds to right. The envelope returned by Hotel with Beau Rivage Palace-Hotel/ OUCHY/Lausanne cachet applied, trilingual green framed ‘Inconnu’ label applied to front tied by Lausanne cds, above straight-line ‘A rendre a l’expediteur’ handstamp and two-line Arabic handstamp; the stamp with one pulled perf.
1916 photographic picture postcard of a school group to Switzerland franked 1d. tied Accra date stamp, censor cachet at centre, redirected internally upon arrival.
1916 picture postcard of Abokobi to Switzerland franked 1d., written from Akropong with unclear despatch date stamp, Dodowa cds alongside showing inverted year slug ‘9161’, censor cachet at centre, Basel arrival cds.
1917 (26.6.) registered censored philatelic envelope to Switzerland bearing single franking 1915-16 5s. Roo, setting II tied single Rabaul cds, German registration label at left and censor handstamp bottom left, reverse with Sydney transit and Bern arrival cds.
1918 (AU 1)registered cover to Berne, Switzerland franked ‘War Stamp’ 1d. and 3d. marginal pairs cancelled by Tortola cds, registration handstamp to left, reverse with Charlotte Amalie transit of American Virgin Islands, New York transits and arrival cds; fine condition.
1918 envelope addressed to “Bureau International de la Paix” Berne, Switzerland franked 1917 overprinted Alfonso XIII 25c. blue tied rhomboid of dots, French censorship with cachet front and back, arrival backstamp.
1919 (Jan 15) company envelope to Cham, Switzerland franked 1913-21 2½d. bright blue together with 1918 WAR TAX/ ONE PENNY on 1d. cancelled double-ring Accra cds, OPENED BY/ CENSOR./ ACCRA censor tape, arrival backstamp.
1919 envelope from Osaka to Zurich, Switzerland franked on reverse with 1914-25 watermarked ‘Tazawa’ 2s., 3s. and 5s. not cancelled though despatch cancels appear front and back, cancelled instead on arrival in Switzerland with (inappropriate ?) two-line TIMBRE AU DOS/ MARKE RUCKSEITIG, Oberrieden arrival on reverse.
1920 (9.7.) cover to Zurich bearing mixed franking Accra overprint 1d. pair and London overprint ½d. tied two Lome cds; good commercial cover, albeit without arrival cancel.
1923 picture postcard to Berne, Switzerland undefranked with 1d. tied Freetown cds, to right handstamped ‘T’ and ‘10c’, manuscript “25” and Postage Due duly applied; fine and scarce outgoing handstamp.