1900 (JUN 2) Unfranked internal envelope with octagonal RETALHULEU ds and s/l FRANCO alongside both in violet, various bs's incl. s/l RETALHULEU RECEBIDA GUATEMALA (JUN 5), scroll Cartero No 5 etc., all in violet, fine
1899 (ABR 21) 3c Green illustrated stationery used internally, cancelled octagonal Local Guatemala ds, depicting two men in blue ink, 1 with bag inscribed 'Adios'
1898 (8 July) 3c Red postal stationery card with illustration of women carrying pots in sepia, visible but not clear, addressed to Germany with Frankfurt arrival, cancelled circular Guatemala 2
1950 (26 AP) 3a Registered stationery envelope uprated 2a pair + 1r green (scarce) tied by Aden Reg. cds, on reverse ms notation 'contents stamp collection worth £3'
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.
1901 (OCT 10) Printed envelope to England franked QV 4c rose pair (1 with missing corner perf.) + single tied by Victoria HK cds, all 3 stamps with security hs's of SIEMSSEN & Co in violet, hooded London No 9 arrival bs and 3 intact seals, envelope affected by central spike, scarce.
1890 (MR 16) 2d Blue registration envelope size 'G' uprated 1885 4d brown pair tied by St Lucia C cds, addressed to London with 2 different oval datestamps in red, fine
1885 (JY 25) Internal envelope to Castries franked 1882 Postal Fisal surch. 3d blue perf. 12 tied by St Lucia C cds
1893 (NO 17) Envelope to England franked POSTAL FISCAL surch. 4d yellow + 6d mauve cancelled by 'A11', St Lucia cds alongside, vertical crease not affecting adhesives, Manchester arrival backstamp
1885 Envelope to France franked India QV 1a6p sepia pair tied by BUSHIRE squared circle, scarce usage of this stamp in the Gulf,backstamped Sea/Post/Office/B 4 DEC 85 and France arrival
1899 (7 7) 1d Illustrated stationery card addressed to Germany endorsed 'Red Sea' with illustration of 'P.O. s.s. Caledonia 7558 tons 11,000HP, cancelled with Brindisi Amb cds, Frankfurt arrival, v.fine
1914 George V 10sh brown perforated trial colour proof on card, prepared by Thomas de la Rue, hs 'SPECIMEN', numbered 54
1879 1d postal stationery card written from CHOISUEL to London cancelled ST LUCIA cds code C 21mm allocated to Choiseul with a further strike bottom left. CASTRIES A11 duplex on reverse.
1690 (10 Oct) Incoming entire from Marseille to a banker with very fine heraldic seal intact. 2 wormholes otherwise fine.
1895 (25 5) CYCLE advertising envelope to Germany franked Peace & Commerce (Sage) 5c pair (small faults) + 15c tied by Paris cds, Zeitz arrival bs's, backflap with tear, address slightly smudged. Splendid gold and red advertising with Royal Warrant of Starley Bros Coventry.
1904 (13 10) Russia 4k postal stationery card to China cancelled in Kroonstad No 1 cds with Cyrillic Shanghai and SHANGHAI LOCAL POST (JAN11 05) cds's alongside, fine
1915 (18 6) Registered envelope to Italy franked Russia 20k with KITAI overprint, tied by Shanghai Poste Russe cds, registration label and scarce large censor cachet alongside. Envelope with striking publicity. Petrograd transit and Milano arrival backstamps. 1cm ter at top of envelope, otherwise fine and great visual appeal
1876 (3 MARS) Entire from France to Portugal franked 30c Ceres tied 'Gros chiffres' 532 of Bordeaux, endorsed 'Par Orenogue' with oval FRANCA alongside and with v.fine maritime backstamp VIA DE MAR LISBOA, v.fine
1915 (30 1) Registered envelope to Italy franked Italy 10c + 15c slate (strip of 3) tied by violet 'DISTACCAMENTO R.MARINA ITALIANA' with Spezia arrival backstamp, hs 'R.No' in violet on front, 'R.MARINA ITALIANA/PECHINO', very light creasing, cert. Sorani
1922 (8 9)Registered envelope to USA franked Italy overprinted Tientsin 2c on 5c + 8c on 20c + 10c on 25c tied by RR Poste Italiane /Tientsin-CINA cds's with matching registration cachet alongside in black, violet 'R.R. P.P. ITALIANE-TIENTSIN/…MULTABILE/AFFRAN....SECTEUR TARIFFA/POSTE CINESI' with further boxed REGISTERED cachet in a different violet ink. Various transit backstamps (Italy & Chicago) + Greenville Ill. arrival, fine.