(Borneo) 1881 (17/3) 5c. postal stationery card to Batavia, cancelled straight-line SINGHAWANG which is overstruck by Pontianak double-ring cds. Obverse also bears two strikes of N.I. EXP. Kant Singapore, arrival cds at right; good condition.
(Straits Settlements) 1878 cover to Madrid bearing single franking 12c. blue tied by blue company initials, the full name of company on chop on reverse, also tied by a smudged cork, endorsed ‘VIA MARSEILLE’ at left, red Singapore Paid cds front and back, French maritime ‘Poss. Angl. Paq. Fr. N No8, reverse with French tpo transits and arrival cds.
(Straits Settlements) 1894 5c. postal stationery registration envelope to St Croix, Danish West Indies, additionally franked 8c. orange tied Singapore B cds, repeated to left, registration handstamp bottom left, Registered London (29 AU) transit at right, red Dansk/ Vestindien registration handstamp at left and with St Thomas (27/9) transit and Christiansted (28/9) arrival. Good condition, a fine destination.
1879 (SP 1) cover to Singapore franked 1873-80 6d., PJ, plate 16 tied London/N18 duplex, reverse with red Singapore Paid cds of OC 6. Small part of envelope now missing above stamp and a litlle ageing.
1886 (MR 5) 1d. pink stationery envelope uprated 1883-84 5d. green to British Legation, Pekin, China cancelled London S.W. ‘22’ duplex, reverse with Singapore/ B/ Hong Kong marine sorter. Without further cancels indicating carriage by diplomatic bag from Hong Kong; good condition.
1893 registered combination cover to Germany franked Sir Charles Brooke 2c. pair tied Sarawak cds of 1 DE and Straits Settlements 5c. and 10c. tied Singapore cds, there is a further Sarawak cds at base and a somewhat unclear Sarawak Post Office/ Registered Letter/ Date 1 DE 93 handstamp at left, reverse with further Singapore cds and partial arrival cds. In extremely fresh condition, most attractive.
1909 (30 Sep) registered printed envelope to Tandjongpoera, Netherland East Indies franked Labuan 2c on 3c horizontal strip of three, 4c horizontal strip of four and single 10c on 16c all overprinted BRUNEI in red, tied by BRUNEI cds in violet, registration handstamp in same ink on reverse, also showing Labuan cds, Singapore cds (OC 12), Postagent Singapore cds (12 Oct) and arrival cds (16 Oct); a fine, striking envelope, Ex. Besancon.
1936 (28 FE) airmail cover endorsed “By Courtesy Air Flight R.A.F./ Singapore – Japan” from Victoria with two 10c. to Kobe, Japan to meet up with flight, Kobe Nippon cds at centre and red straight-line handstamp of the same Mar 6 1936 date, without any backstamps.
India used in Singapore: 1860s printed envelope to Haverhill, Mass., USA bearing four colour franking tied by a little unclear 'B/172' cancels, red London transit below, '5 N.York Am Pkt date stamp and cursive '16 cents' accountancy,the reverse bearing good example of double oval 'FORWARDED BY BOUSTEAD & Co.' and Singapore date stamp;tiny piece of backflap missing, fine and rare.