

(Tunisia) 1890 (5.2.) 10c postal stationery card addressed to Tripoli with Tunisi Poste Italiane, arrival backstamp. With message about stamps.

(Turkey) 1895 (18 X) 20pa postal stationery card written from Adrinopel and addressed to Switzerland cancelled en route in Bulgaria with bilingual Tzaribad tpo, Oerlikon arrival cds at left. Good condition.


(Tuscany) 1860 (12.7.) outer letter sheet to Genova bearing single franking 20c light greenish grey-blue, just touched, tied by Livorno cds with further strike alongside, underpaid with P.D. obliterated with five bar cancel, italic ‘Insufficiente’ handstamp applied at top, manuscript “3” and red ‘Da Livorno/ VIA DI MARE’, arrival backstamp. A very fine and scarce usage, Raybaudi Cert.


(Uganda) 1898 cover to Birmingham bearing combination franking British East Africa 2 ½a. tied square circle paying the external postage, together with Uganda Protectorate 1896 Typeset 4a (SG 58) with blue manuscript cancel plus by the Mombasa despatch; some slight faults as usual.


(Uganda) 1898 cover to London bearing combination franking British East Africa 2 ½a. tied square circle paying the external postage, together with Uganda Protectorate 1896 Typeset 1a , thin 1 (SG 54) with blue manuscript cancel paying the local postage only, the country not being a member of the U.P.U. at this time. Central vertical crease and some slight faults to envelope; scarce on cover.


(Ukraine) 1904 (17 Mar) charity envelope ‘Help Suffering Children’ with illustration at left with red cross showing crown at centre, addressed to Austria and franked on reverse with vertically line paper 1k. and 10k.


(Ukraine) 1935 (23.4.) registered express cover to Switzerland franked 1929-31 5k (corner damaged prior to being affixed) and 70k Guardsman tied Kiev cds, manuscript “Express” in Cyrillic, registration handstamp with manuscript number to left of this, flesh coloured bilingual label and red English language Express labels tied by Hoffmann La Roche company arrival handstamp, Basel backstamp.


(United States Postal Agency in Shanghai) 1894 (May 15) cash paid envelope addressed to “U.S.S. Monocacy” at Nanking showing a good strike of double-ring U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai China cds, red circular framed PAID handstamp, reverse with index D Shanghai Local Post cds of same date; a fine and rare item, ex Mizuhara.


(United States Postal Agency) 1885 (Aug 23) envelope to Princeton, NJ franked 1882 5c. grey-brown tied by cork cancellation in red with alongside U.S. Postal Agcy Shanghai, a poor strike repeated on reverse together with San Francisco transit (Sep 15) and arrival cds (Sep 22).


(Upper Silesia) 1922 (4.3.) registered cover to Leipzig franked with two 2m. in scarce grey-brown shade (Mi. 27b) tied Oppeln cds, registration label at left, Air propaganda label tied on reverse by arrival cds; one stamp affected by envelope crease, opened three sides.

(Used Abroad) 1867-71 Second Issue 5pi. brown used part V.R. Poste Egiziane Constantinopli cds.

(Used Abroad) 1870 (29 Oct) part entire to London, endorsed “St Thomas/ 29 Oct 70” franked strip of three 1865-73 4d., plate 12, LB-LD, cancelled by ‘B16’ mail boat obliterators, red London arrival below of 14 NO, only with part of back.

(Used Abroad) 1872-75 20pa grey-blue and 1pi. red used with V.R. Poste Egiziane Metelino cds , virtually complete on 1pi.


(Used Abroad) 1905 long registered cover to Holland,franked 2a. and pir 2 1/2a. tied Bushire cds, framed registration at left, Sea Post Office C cds and arrival backstamp; central vertical filing crease.


(Used Abroad) c.1876 stampless cover to Bombay cancelled on reverse in brownish BASHIR date stamp and, in the same ink a framed Postage Due with manuscript “2as” charge, arrival cds alongside, with contents.


(Used Abroad) Undated and unfranked cover to Bombay cancelled on reverse Busreh cds of 2 Mar and Bombay arrival of Mar 17, also with framed POSTAGE DUE/ “1a” charge.

(Victoria) 1872 cover to London bearing single franking 9d. on 10d. tied Melbourne duplex, arrival backstamp. Endorsed “Via Brindisi”, envelope opened-out for display.




(Victoria) Two 1888 covers to Prague, both endorsed “Via Brindisi” and from Longford with stamps tied by ‘556’ numeral obliterators, the first dated AP 21 franked 2d. and 6d., the second dated SE17 with only a 6d. (damaged corner), both with Sale Victoria and Melbourne transits and arrival covers, the 6d cover with Brindisi transit, the 8d rate cover with Napoli and Bologna transits

(Village Postmark) 1913 picture postcard to Sweden franked by four Farthings tied by three Misida cds.

(Village Postmark) 1917 local cover franked on reverse ½d. tied by good strike of Melleha cds, postman’s handstamp alongside.