

(Wurttemberg) 1898 3pf ‘Gruss aus Tirol, Jahresfest’ (PP10 – C16 -01) fine unused


(Wurttemberg) 1898 5pf ‘Gruss aus Tirol, Jahresfest’ (PP11 – C32) fine unused


(WW2 Suspended Mail) 1944 (11.9.) cover addressed to Shanghai, China with stamps tied Tomelilla cds. The cover was stopped by the postmaster and a hand-written note commenting on the regulations and that the registration receipt has been returned, signed J Akesson. The registration label removed. Believed to be a unique device amongst service suspended/ return to sender devices.


(WWI British Relief Fund) 1915 (11.7.) “On Active Service” stampless envelope to Neuilly, France from S.R.F. 2nd Hospital stationed at Pozarevac, censored by Serbian Military authorities, arrival backstamp, a rare usage of the S.R.F. hospital.


(Yunnan Province) 1929 registered cover to Paris franked overprinted Unification 1c. pair, 4c. and corner pair 10c. with sheet number and Burial of Sun Yat-sen 2v., reverse with blue Hai-Phong Tonkin transit, redirected with arrival backstamp.




(Zemstvos – Bogorodsk)1883-84 issues selection of 33 stamps, mostly in nice mint and used condition, incl. Ch. 23, 27a, 29, 40-43, a genuinely nice array of these difficult printings


(Zeppelin Mail) 1929 15pf reply postal stationery card uprated 50pf to USA cancelled Frierichshafen cds, red Amsterdam Flight cachet and red framed befordert handstamp, the reply section attached but unused.




(Zeppelin Mail) 1933 (14.10.) roundtrip Chicago Flight pair of covers, one franked corner marginal pair of 1RM and corner marginal 2RM, the second with single 4RM, cancelled Friedrichshafen cds and red triangular cachet, each envelope with green return arrivals; good clean condition.

1644 entire from Lille to Gand without any postal markings, good condition.

1657 long and thick entire written from Cadiz to Amberez without postal markings; a fine early entire.


1668 (3 Agosto). Entire from Malaga to Lille, France, "10Pt" manuscript charge in different ink from address. Very clean condition.


1683 small engraved map ex Mallet, page 127 depicting ships at Manilla, two stained corners from mounting; fine early item.

1687 entire from Cadiz to Amberez with manuscript rate marking, in fine condition.



1690 (10 Oct) Incoming entire from Marseille to a banker with very fine heraldic seal intact. 2 wormholes otherwise fine.

1694 incoming entire from Lyon, France to “Malthe” without postal markings, light vertical and horizontal filing creases, good clean condition early incoming entire.

1699 (?) entire from Sevilla to Florence, Italy without postal markings, annotated "13-4", wafer seal on reverse, ink smudge on front

1720 entire from Galata to “Sig Nicolo Caragiani” at Venezia; a fine and fresh early clearly written legible letter.

1743 entire to WINDAU, without postal markings but with manuscript "Franco"; small tear at base otherwise fine and early item.


1744 (21 Jan) entire from France to Dublin, rated “2” in error, deleted and re-rated showing a very fine strikes of the horseshoe COUNTERFEIT/ 2 and RECHARGED alongside. Extremely rare handstamps, the latter unrecorded in this format, slightly rubbed horizontal filing crease, small corner fault clear of handstamps. An exceedingly rare and important item.

1745 incoming entire to Venezia from Constantinople with fine negative handstamp, very clean condition.