(Ballon Monte) 1870 (14 Nov) entire to Moscow, Russia franked 1863-71 Laureated Napoleon 80c. tied ‘24’ Paris Star with cds in association, red framed PD and blue manuscript ratings applied in transit; without backstamps, fine and fresh. Brun Certificate.
(Ballon Monte) 1870 (26 Oct) small entire to St Petersbourg, Russia franked 1863-71 Laureated Napoleon 80c. tied ‘18’ Paris Star with Paris, A. D’Amsterdam cds in association, framed PD and red manuscript rates in transit. Small tear at back, fine and fresh to rare destination. The letter was sent to Councellor of State Mr Alexandre de Schulz denying any involvement of Prince Napoleon in scandal with forger of Russia’s banknotes made by Mr. Dombrowsky.
(Bando Prison Camp) 1917 registered money letter to Shanghai bearing three label tied with usual unclear violet Prisoner of War handstamps, Shanghai I.J.P.O. arrival backstamp; vertical filing crease affecting one label, rare.
(Barbuda) 1924 (JU 16) registered cover to Manchester bearing single franking 1922 1s black/emerald tied by Barbuda B.W.I. cds, reddish pink registration handstamp, oval-framed R and St John’s transit backstamp, a coupe of vertical creases at right
(Barbuda) 1925 registered cover to Banbury, England franked seven ‘BARBUDA’ overprinted Leeward Island 3d. tied cds, red registration bottom left, reverse with St John’s Antigua transit and Registered Plymouth transits.
(Barbuda) 1936 registered cover to England franked by three 1935 Silver Jubilee values tied Barbuda B.V.I. cds of MR 30 without year, reverse with St Johns transit. Registration label bottom left, the earliest recorded date for this, good condition.
(Bavaria - Picture Stationery) 1901 5pf. ’15. Mittelfrankisches Bundesschiessen in Lauf’, used from Lauf to Hamburg; top right corner crease, generally good used condition.
(Bavaria Picture Stationery) 1910s 3pf double stationery card bearing images of two Trains, the reverse of one with text entitled (translated) “The Locomotives of the former Palatinate Railways”; fine unused.
(Belarus) Undated envelope without flap from the Military HQ in Minsk whose cachet appears on reverse with 10k. blue to Geneva, cancelled by pen cross and LAUSANNE GARE/ EXPEDITION handstamp; slight envelope faults, unusual.
(Benin) 1894 cover to Marseille franked 1892 surcharges ‘01’ on 5c. pair and ‘40’ on 15c. tied Cotonou Benin cds with further strike below, to left red octagonal maritime LOANGO A MARSEILLE L.M. NO.2, light central vertical crease. A scarce cover.
(Benin) 1898 (5 Juil) Value Declared for 600 francs on Golfe De Benin 15c. postal stationery envelope to Besancon additionally franked Golfe de Benin 2c., 20c. and 75c. in combination with Benin 1c. and 2c. all tied Porto Novo Dahomey cds, straight-line CHARGE at left and octagonal maritime date stamp at base, reverse with framed segmented handstamp, arrival cds and five red wx seals. A rare franking made up of 50c. postage, 25c. registration and 40c. insurance. Ex. Grabowski.
(Benin) 1900 (31 Dec) 10c. postal stationery card to Porto Novo cancelled Cotonou Dahomey cds with another strike at left, at bottom right straight-line APRES LE DEPART handstamp, arrival cd at base. With New Years message.
(Benin) 1902 (31 Mar) Insured Envelope for 200 francs to Pierrefeu, Switzerland franked two 30c. tied by blue Porto-Novo Dahomey cds, straight-line CHARGE and framed ‘R’ in same ink and similarly a segmented charge cachet on rverse together with five intact wax seals, arrival backstamp; a little roughly opened at top.
(Berlin Olympics) 1936 (31.7.) registered cover to Schona at 54pf rate with stamps tied Hellendorf cds at left with framed Olympic Torch Relay 1936 handstamp, below this double oval date stamp and below this just the Olympic Rings with date of 31.7.36 within those rings, a rarer cancel. Light vertical filing crease, arrival backstamps.
(Berlin Olympics) 1936 (4.8.) 6+4pfg picture postal stationery card for Olympic Sailing at Kiel from 4th August, with special circular vignette for Kiel Navy with illustrated date stamp for Kiel Sailing; with message, unusual composition.
(Bhopal) 1930s ½ on ¼a SERVICE picture stationery card with a general view in violet slate shade unused. Slightly rounded corners and a little staining. Scarce stationery.
(Boer War) 1901 (19 Feb) cover from Barberton to Green Point Camp, franked with Transvaal 1900 1d. rose-red and green overprinted ‘V.R.I.’, addressed to the elusive “Mr A Gunning/ Tent No.14 (Transvaales)/ Greenpoint, Cape Town”, censored on departure with large double-lined violet oval ‘Burgher Camp/ Barberton’ with “censored” and initials at centre, sent via Pretoria (24.2.) to Green Point Camp (1.3.) where it was censored on arrival, redirected north to Ladysmith camp where it was again censored and rectangular ‘PASSED/ S.O.P NATAL/ CENSOR/ P. of W.’ and triangular ‘PASSED/CENSOR P. OF W.’ Applied, from there sent to Diyatalawa Camp CEYLON where three separate censors have applied their violet oval handstamp. One censor en route has improvised some tape handstamping it ‘On H Majesty’s Service’ (folded out for display). An extraordinary redirected cover, showing eight censor marks on face, having travelled through FOUR camps. Remarkable and probably unique.
(Borneo) 1881 (17/3) 5c. postal stationery card to Batavia, cancelled straight-line SINGHAWANG which is overstruck by Pontianak double-ring cds. Obverse also bears two strikes of N.I. EXP. Kant Singapore, arrival cds at right; good condition.
(Boy Scouts) 1932 ( Aug) printed envelope to Amsterdam franked 15 cents tied by double-ring violet Boy Scouts date stamp for National Congress; without backstamp, a couple of small tones at top of envelope.
(Bremen transit mail) 1817 entire from Leeds, England to Bolzano, Italy, endorsed "via Hambrg" but instead routed via Bremen with straight-line E.P.B. handstamp, red desptach date stamp and red manuscript rates on front; light horizontal filing crease at top, a scarce routing handstamp.