Cover Story Ltd

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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DENMARK DENMARK: 1870 (18 10 Registered internal packet letter from Copenhagen to Uetersen franked on front 16sk pair (defective) + 2sk on obverse, on reverse twelve 16sk incl. pairs), all tied by 1 in concentric circles, Kiel transit (19 10, spectacular high franking in mixed condition, cert. Lasse Nielsen

DENMARK

Covers and stamps / Denmark

£1875

BRAZIL BRAZIL: 1838 Entire to Rio de Janeiro with dotted oval MOGI MIRIM  hs & SAO PAOLO double circle hs alongside, restored central vertical creasing and some tone spots, UNRECORDED type

BRAZIL

Covers and stamps / Brazil

£125

BRAZIL BRAZIL: Undated official cover to the President of the Province of Minas Gerais with straight line P.ALEGRE in dark brown & CAMPANHA in black, inner flaps a little frayed, fine appearance

BRAZIL

Covers and stamps / Brazil

£85

CHINA / JAPAN CHINA / JAPAN: 1892 (Apr 8) Opened out envelope to USA franked on reverse two marginal 3ca small dragons cancelled with violet Tientsin violet chop and CUSTOMS TIENTSIN, on front Japan Koban 5s blue tied by blue-black IJPO Shanghai cds (Type VIa) 291v, Yokohama 4 V cds alongside, San Francisco transit & Philadelphia arrival. Mizuhara Huayou Jijin II vol. 3, p 73

CHINA / JAPAN

Covers and stamps / China

£3395

LIBYA LIBYA: 1940 5L complete sheet of 50 with full borders fine unmounted mint with central vertical crease between perfs only, few minor blemishes Sassone cat €40,000 $23750+ 

LIBYA

Covers and stamps / Libya

£1750

HONG KONG HONG KONG: BRITISH POST OFFICE in CHINA 1018 K size registered postal envelope uprated KGV 2c + 10c + 50c all ovpt. CHINA tied by oval Shanghai Registered dss to England with Reg. Liverpool 9 DE arrival bs, endorsed VIA CANADA Disabled Service 1914-15 vignette on front. Peripheral wear and some creasing, very scarce

HONG KONG

Covers and stamps / Hong Kong

£755

SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH AFRICA: Cape of Good Hope. 1900 (28 Nov) 1d red illustrated postal card used from Capetown to Germany with Cassel arrival (15 12) depicting Docks and Table Mountain, fine

SOUTH AFRICA

Covers and stamps / South Africa

£65

HONGKONG / CHINA HONGKONG / CHINA: Boxed Internal mail free/of postage/Shanghai P.O. in red addressed to Johannesburg, South Africa , no other postmarks, a little roughly opened at top, otherwise fine

HONGKONG / CHINA

Covers and stamps / Hong Kong

£175

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