(Local Post) 1900 (9 Avril) printed envelope to Vienna franked French Post Offices 25c on 25c tied Mazagan Maroc date stamp, repeated below, in combination with Mazagan A Marakech 10c black and blue tied J.BRUDO date stamps, further strike on reverse of 11 Avr and Tanger Maroc transit of 16 Avril; vertical and horizontal filing folds and a couple of small tear; scarce.
(Local Post) 1898 envelope with printed top ‘SERVIZIO POSTALE ITALIANO FRA MAZAGAN E MARRAKESH’ to Marrakesh bearing single franking local post 25c. tied bilingual Mazagan datestamp; slightly reduced at top, A Fiecchi photo Cert.
(Local Post) 1898 (25 Oct) envelope to the Italian Consul at Mazagan franked by Mazagan A Marrakech 10c. and 25c. tied by single unclear violet datestamp, reverse with violet Mazagan, some slight ageing but remaining a good example of a rare usage.
(Picture Stationery) 1899 7½c stationery card with blue image on reverse of a bustling street scene, used to Mittwenida, Germany with square circle despatch and transit date stamps. Fine and scarce.
(Picture Stationery) 1910 5c stationery on thick stock with photographic image on reverse of locals with a fine horned Oxen pair, used with Medan square circle date stamp, to Wormerveer with arrival cds to left; fine condition.
(Picture Stationery) c1900 5p blue on bluish stationery card with multi-image on reverse titled WILHELMINATOREN GROET UIT SOERABAIA; small nick at top left corner of card otherwise fine and clean condition.
(Spitsbergen) 1903 (14.VII) picture postcard to Berlin franked 10o. tied Digermulen double-ring cds, repeated at left, 5o. green ‘Polar Bear’ added and tied by violet ships cancel of Spitzbergen, arrival cds at bottom left; slight corner bumps to card, fresh condition.
(Spitsbergen) 1912 picture postcard of Cross Bay sent Hammerfest to Berlin, franked 10o postage stamp plus 5o ‘Polar Bear’ local post tied by unclear local cancel, with various violet straight-line date stamps of 21 AUG for years 1909, 1910, 1911 and 1912; bottom and top right corner creases to card.
(Bypost) 1909 (19 VII) picture postcard of Hammersfest with 8o. Vadso Bypost stamp tied to front with Hammerfest cds, another stamp added at left not tied, addressed to Hungary and showing two-line maritime Osterreichischer Lloyd TRIEST/ Luxusjacht “THALIA” handstamp.
1877 (17/4) outer letter sheet to Quimper, France bearing single franking 6 Skilling tied by Bergen cds with another strike to left, this overstruck with blue French entry cds, reverse with Paris A Brest tpo and arrival cds; good clean condition.
(Postage due) 1952 (13.II.) envelope to Haifa from Higgs Hope, South Africa, underfranked with violet ‘T/ 17 ½c’ handstamp and local framed charge handstamp with red “24” added in manuscript, with 1949 Postage Dues 2pr pair ad a 20pr tied bilingual Haifa date stamps.
(Ottoman) 1896 (Avril 3) 20pa postal stationery card to Zittau, Germany with bilingual NASRIE cds, arrival cds of 17.4. at left; a good strike of a scarce cancel.
1930 (6 MR) parcel card to United States for a 3k 400g parcel franked 10m, 50m and 100m tied by Citadel.B. Jerusalem cds that also ties the white label at right, reverse with transit cancels of Port Said/ Port (10 MR) and Alexandria Foreign Parcels Post (11.3.)
1936 (4. IV.) registered insured envelope for 2350 Lt to Manchester, the value interpreted in manuscript to “Valeur declaree 1175 fr. d’or”, franked front and back with 5c., 40c. and 1L (5) tied Kaunas cds, ‘Valeur declaree’ bilingual pink label, black on red INSURED label applied in England, framed registration handstamp, five fine red wax seals on reverse; envelope opened out for display.
1867 (4/3) entire to Beaune, France franked pair 1864 15c. orange tied by two framed FRANCA handstamps, Maastricht cds top right, small P.D, blue French entry cds, reverse with Paris A Lyon tpo and arrival cds; good example.
1898-99 folded document franked Mozaffar eddin hah Qajar 10Kr. orange in horizontal strip of three tied Teheran date stamps; a rare multiple.
1879 outer letter sheet posted on board ship to Napoli franked 20c. orange-brown tied by framed PIROSCAFI/ POSTALI/ INTERNO handstamp, without any further indication of despatch but probably Palermo, arrival backstamps; fine and attractive.
(Somalia) 1930 (29.9.) envelope to Napoli bearing single franking 50c. tied by good strike of the very rare Baidoa Somalia Italiana cds with another strike alongside, arrival backstamp of 19.X.; some staining on envelope and a little roughly opened but a seldom seen cancel.
(East Africa & Somalia) 1940 express striking orange-red cover to Milano franked East Africa 1L Bateleur Eagle in combination with Somalia 3L. tied Mogadiscio Somalia Italiana cds, blue ESPRESSO (Expres) label bottom left; slight water staining bottom right, still a striking combination cover.
(Eritrea) 1936 (4.7.) airmail cover to Rome bearing single franking 50c. tied Posta Militare N. 105 – Emissione B cds with another strike below, arrival backstamp of 19.VII. Franked at ordinary rate, not airmail; fine strike of a scarce cancel.