
(Napoleonic Mail) Undated entire from Ollioulles bearing two-line 2e DIV./ ARMEE D’ITAL handstamp; fresh condition.

(Napoleonic Mail) Undated outer letter sheet to Chambery bearing red two-line Don E. HOLLANDE/ TROUPES Faises handstamp, at left a curious notation asking the postman in Chambery for rapid delivery.

(Napoleonic Mail) Undated outer letter sheet, part printed on front bearing good strike in red 3e DIV./ ARMEE DE L’OUEST, manuscript “4”; good clear strike.

(Napoleonic Mail) Undated part printed entire to Paris bearing straight-line ARM. DES CTes DE BREST at top and at left italic handstamp of General in charge; light vertical bend.


(Natal) 1887 cover to Amsterdam franked 1882-89 ½d. dull green, 1d. rose and 6d. mauve tied double-ring Durban cds, reverse with London transit and arrival cds; address written back in.


(Natal) 1887 cover to England franked horizontal strip of six 1d. tied Lower-Tucela cds, Durban transit on reverse, redirected upon arrival.


(Natal) 1898 (JY 21) registered cover to Albany, N.Y., USA franked 1882-89 1d. and pair 3d. grey tied by Eshowe Zululand cds, red London transit, reverse with Durban and New York transits plus arrival cds; fine condition. (Zululand was annexed to Natal on 31st December 1897).


(Natal) 1900s ½d. postal stationery card with printed message for travelling portrait artist cancelled by S.S.Helvetia O.R.C. cds; fine quality.

(Natal) 1905 4d. postal stationery registration envelope, size H2, to Naples uprated with a mix of Victorian and Edwardian issues tied Estcourt cds, reverse with Ladysmith and London transits plus arrival. The 4d. brown in bottom left corner has been previously used, the postal fraud went unnoticed.



(Natal) 1906 ‘The Natal Navigation Collieries & Estate Co., Ltd printed 1d stationery printed letter card promoting Port Natal as a Coaling Station. Long printed contents detailing charges and services. Addressed to Melbourne, Australia with Durban cds, selvedge missing at left and largely detached at right.


(Naval Mail) Two 1885 covers from Naval Cadet Edwrd A Baird on the 14 gun armoured ship HMS Triumph which served as Pacific flagship from January 1885 until December 1888 and was in Coquimbo, Chile from 3 May until 25th June. Each cover franked with four 1d. lilac and carried to London by naval bag where they were cancelled by the Foreign Section with ‘F’ in diamond killer. Ringwood receiving cancels of 27 May and 10 July.


(Neapolitan Provinces) 1861 (31 Ago) outer letter sheet to Napoli franked 2gr. blue horizontal pair and 5gr. rose-carmine tied by two TROPEA date stamps, straight-line ASSICURATA handstamp below, arrival backsatmp. Very fine appearance with stamps with good to large margins and fine clear cancels, tear in backflap not detracting.


(Nejdi Occupation of Hejaz) 1925 (Aug) Postage Due set of six (S.G. D232-237) fresh hinged mint, each stamp with A.Eid guarantee handstamp.


(Nejdi Occupation of Hejaz) 1925 (July-Aug) ‘Nejd Sultanate Post’ overprint ½ pi. scarlet with inverted overprint in block of four, fresh hinged mint, each stamp with A.Eid guarantee handstamp. Not listed in S.G.

(Nejdi Occupation of Hejaz) 1925 (Mar) Meccan Sherifian Post Postage Due set of black overprints with the extra shades (S.G. D203A-205Ac). Each stamp with A.EID guarantee handstamp.

(Nejdi Occupation of Hejaz) 1925 (Mar) Postage Due 1½pi. and 3pi. Postage Dues (SG 207-07)in blocks of four fresh hinged mint, each stamp with A.EID guarantee handstamp.

(Nejdi Occupation of Hejaz) 1925 ‘Nejd Sultanate Post’ overprinted 1pi. slate violet ‘Meccan Sherifian Arms’ unused on unsurfaced buff paper (S.G. 226d). with A.EID guarantee handstamp on reverse.

(Nejdi Occupation of Hejaz) 1925 ‘Pilgrimage Commemoration’ set of five hinged mint, the two Turkish overprinted stamps with yellowed gum, each stamp with AEID guarantee handstamp.

(New South Wales) 1868 cover to England franked 2d. (2) and 6d., the tqo stamps at top cancelled by oval framed NSW handstamps and the 2d. stamps additionally by Sydney cds, Redhill arrival backstamp. Some slight faults to the envelope.

(New South Wales) 1869 (AP 13) cover to Pembroke, Wales franked mixed issue 4d. and 6d. tied Sydney duplex, endorsed “via Marseilles”, Haverfordwest arrival backstamp; with contents.