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We are specialized in worldwide postal history from prestamp to 1940s'

We also have an extensive, mainly topographical postcard stock that is not yet fully uploaded to the website, scans on request.

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FRANCE FRANCE: 1859 (12 Dec) Envelope to Russia franked 1853-61 imperf 10c. + 20c. + 40c. pair, left hand stamp just touched by Lozenge ‘G’, Paris dispatch and red Aachen transit alongside, rated ‘fr 3’ in blue ink, fine. Currently in the Baltics (LATVIA)

FRANCE

Covers and stamps / France

£115

FRANCE FRANCE: Peace & Commerce 1896 Beautifully illustrated envelope to Paris advertising Nouvelle Encre (ink) franked 15c. blue tied by Dijon dispatch cds, arrival backstamp, great image.

FRANCE

Covers and stamps / France

£65

ITALIAN STATES - PAPAL STATES ITALIAN STATES - PAPAL STATES: 1868 (18 May) Envelope to Austria franked 1868 10c. orange vermilion (2) perf overlapping 1867 40c. yellow imperf tied by mute cancel of Roma, reverse with Roma dispatch and Vienna arrival, small part of backflap missing and some small closed peripheral tears to address pane. Cert S.Sorani.

ITALIAN STATES - PAPAL STATES

Covers and stamps / Italian States

£125

HONG KONG HONG KONG: 1865 Hand illustrated envelope os 2 ladies in Kimonos to England franked QV 2c. brown + 30c. vermilion both cancelled B62 in blue (scarce). Some faults to rear but part strikes of SHANGHAE dispatch in blue, Hong Kong transit and Brighton arrival, adhesives with faults, especially where overlapping, still a highly attractive cover with a very scarce early illustration from this part of the world.

HONG KONG

Covers and stamps / Hong Kong

£975

RUSSIAN MARITIME RUSSIAN MARITIME: 1881 3k. black stationery card cancelled KRONSTADT steamship cds with St Petersburg cds and Finnish maritime (boxed ANK) alongside with Faberge notation in pencil, a further 6 stamps 7k. (2), 8k. (3) and 10k. with good strikes of the same cancel, 2 on small fragments, fine.

RUSSIAN MARITIME

Covers and stamps / Russia / Maritime

£275

RUSSIAN MARITIME RUSSIAN MARITIME: 1870 (7 Feb) Entire to France with company’s cachet in French ‘Company. RUS. de. Navig. 4 Vap et de Commerce. / Odessa’, routed via Vienna and Strasbourg, rated ‘10’, Marseille arrival backstamp, fine.

RUSSIAN MARITIME

Covers and stamps / Russia / Maritime

£75

GREAT BRITAIN / CUBA GREAT BRITAIN / CUBA: 1870 (11 Jan) Entire to France from Havana endorsed ‘P. Juniata Via Philad’ cancelled rare octagonal GB / Art.38. with ‘12’ accountancy mark and ‘10’ French charge mark alongside, Phil’a Unpaid (Jan 18), on obverse red London transit and Paris arrival backstamps, some creasing to address panel, otherwise fine and a good strike of a rare handstamp in use for only 3 months.

GREAT BRITAIN / CUBA

Covers and stamps / Great Britain Used Abroad

£750

FRENCH COLONIES - INDIA FRENCH COLONIES - INDIA: 1880 (17 Nov) printed matter to France franked French Colonies 1871-76 imperf Ceres 5c. green (4 margins) tied by INDE PONDICHERRY cds’s in green, red French entry mark, central vertical crease, fine and scarce rate.

FRENCH COLONIES - INDIA

Covers and stamps / French India

£395

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