1874 (25 Dec) small envelope addressed to “Commandant la Frigate Francaise ‘La Virginie’ St Helena” franked at 1fr. rate with pair 10c. and a 80c. tied ‘1611’ Gross Chiffres with Gaillac du Tarn cds in association, routed via London (28 DE) and leaving Southampton on 15th January aboard the “Nyanza” with arrival cds of FE 4 75; fine and desirable.
1879 (JU 13) ‘On Her Majesty’s Service’ (deleted) envelope to England at double packet rate franked two 1s dark green, perf 14 x 12½ with ‘cross’ cancellations, despatch cds at left, reverse with Bristol transit and Cheltenham arrivals. Under a Treasury Warrant of 13th June 1876 both the Cape and the St. Helena rates were reduced to 6d. Some creasing, last day of rate.
1911 (DE 5) registered ‘ON HIS MAJESTY’S SERVICE’ envelope to Paris franked 1908 2½d. blue vertical pair tied by index ‘c’ cds with slanting year slug, London transit and arrival cds (25.12.), two largely complete fine red wax seals of ‘Government of St. Helena/ Post Office.
1911 (NO 5) canary Islands postcard to England franked Great Britain 1d. tied St. Helena cds, unclear charge handstamp at left with blue manuscript “10”. With short message “All Well at present. St Helena today, arrive Cape Town next Tuesday...”
1921 (AU 15) underfranked cover to United States bearing vertical pair of 1d. tied two cds, at base framed ‘T’ handstamp with manuscript “5” insertion. Without signs of deficiency collected, slight staining at centre.
1924 (AP 5) registered printed envelope to Trieste bearing a mixed issue franking of 1903 ½d., 1912-16 ½d. and 1d., 1912 4d. (2), 1919 1d War Tax and 1922 6d., each tied index C cds, reverse with Plymouth and London transits plus arrival cds; some slight creasing to 4d stamps not unduly detracting.
1928 (JY 25) registered cover addressed to Kyrenia, Cyprus franked 1½d. (2) and a 2d. each tied by cds, reverse with London transit of 15 AU and arrival cds of AU 23; a little wrinkling and slight tone at top of 2d., a good example to a more unusual destination.
1933 (MY 5) underfranked ‘Panton’ envelope from Saint Helena with ½d. tied index C cds, black handstamped framed T ....C with manuscript “30” ,on arrival 1932 Centenary ½d. and 2½d. added and tied Georgetown cds, repeated on reverse; fine condition.
1934 (SP 19) printed matter, unsealed envelope to Switzerland bearing single franking ½d. Centenary tied single cds, Glattbrugg arrival backstamp; fine ½d. rate.
1936 (MR 14) registered cover to Antwerp, Belgium franked 1d. and 5d. each tied by faint cds, without backstamp, small fault to registration etiquette.
1936 registered envelope to San Francisco franked ½d., 1½d. (2) and 2d. cancelled with oval dte stamps, registration label bottom left, reverse with Saint Helena ½d. tied by blue crayon lines and arrival cds.
1939 (NO 10) cover to Cayman Brac Post Office underfranked 1938-44 1d. green tied clear cds, bottom left framed ‘T/C’ handstamp with manuscript charge, a 1938-48 2d. ‘Turtles’ cancelled with ‘T’ in circle, reverse with Cayman Brac cds of JA 20, (the earliest recorded date); a little tone spotting.
1949 (NO 1) registered cover to New Zealand franked U.P.U. 3d. and 4d. each tied neat cds, redirected to Wellington with Taihape N.Z cds on front and back; fine condition.