(Tasmania) 1898 2½d. red violet postal stationery envelope with black printed image entitled ‘The South Esk River at Launceston’; a Post Office issued envelope cto with Hobart DE 8 98 cds, fine condition. Only 312 being produced and these arrived in Tasmania on Dec 4th 1897, so this date of DE 8 must be one of the earliest known dates.
(Tasmania) 1899 2d green illustrated letter card ‘Diana Basin and St. Patrick’s Head’ used to Duisburg, Germany, uprated with 1892-99 ½d. orange and mauve heavily cancelled by Hobart duplex, arrival duplex; some slight tones and stuck together, scarce used example.
(Tasmania) 1900 (NO 28) cover franked ‘REVENUE’ overprinted 3d. Duck-billed Platypus tied Launceston cds; small part of backflap missing.
(Tasmania) 1900 2d. stationery letter card with picture on reverse entitled ‘Entrance Island, Macquarie Harbour’ and showing the Lighthouse, the front bears dark blue unusual SPECIMEN; a few slight tones.
(Tasmania) Proof of the Pictorial 1899-1912 issue, the 6d. Dilston Waterfalls in a left-hand marginal strip of three in grey-black, engraved De La Rue imperf plate proof, with cross in margin, affixed to 141 x 175mm card, manuscript reference at corner. A couple of light tones not detracting.
(Temporary Steamship Line) 1915 picture postcard to Arkhangelsk franked Romanov 3k. tied double-ring oval cancel 2nd Murmansk Steamship Company, serial a, another strike alongside and arrival below at right. A rare cancel.
(Thrace) 1913 Autonomous Region 1913 1pi and 2pi stationery envelopes, 143 x 110 mm and 183 x 110mm both with negative seals, the 2pi addressed to Paris but without backstamps.
(Thrace) 1913 Autonomous Region 1913 2pi. stationery envelope, 181 x 115mm to Constantinople tied by Dedeagh negative seal, reverse with arrival cds.
(Thrace) 1913 Autonomous Region 1p. and 1p. stationery envelope, 202 x 136mm, used to 'Lloyd's Agent/ Dedeagasch' with red negative seal cancel, arrival cds at centre, reverse with further black negative seal; central vertical crease, scarce used
(Thrace) 1913 Provisional Region 1pi stationery envelope, 143 x 110 mm to Constantinople tied by Dedeagh negative seal, reverse with arrival cds. Vertical filing crease.
(Thrace) 1920 picture postcard to Louvain, Belgium, franked overprinted 3 and 5 lepta, the latter cancelled Gumurdjina date stamp, reverse with Thessalonika transit and arrival cds.
(Thurn u. Taxis) 1768 thick entire from Cassel to Hamburg with manuscript “Cito” (express) at bottom left, faint red manuscript “7” top right. An early express cover.
(Thurn und Taxis) 1860s outer letter sheet to Buttstedt bearing single franking 1866 colour rouletted ½Gr. yellow-orange tied unclear four-ring numeral with Weimar cds in association; stamp with fine four even margins, unclear backstamps.
(Thurn und Taxis) 1864 outer letter sheet to Friedrichswerth franked at bottom left with 1862-64 ¼Gr. black with good to large margins and ½Gr. orange with only two full margins tied 273 numerals, Gotha cds in association top right, arrival backstamps.
(Tibet) 1948 underfranked cover to Nepal bearing on reverse 3p. and 1 ½a. tied Pharijong date stamps, cursive framed postage due handstamp of Pharijong and larger unclear one, presumably arrival alongside.
(Togo) 1885 (12/12) commercial 10pf stationery envelope additionally franked 1880 5pf horizontal pair to Hamburg from Hansa Factory, Grand Popo, endorsed to travel by Woermann Ship, this overstruck by red manuscript Grand Popo 12/12 85, the stamps with black pen crosses, arrival backstamp; fine condition.
(Togo) 1890 (8/4) cover to Lagos bearing Germany 20pf. forerunner tied Klein-Popo cds, Lagos W. Africa arrival cds, re-addressed to St Gallen, Switzerland with red FORWARD handstamp, Liverpool transit, reverse with Accra transit and arrival cds; fine early cover, Ex Sacher.
(Togo) 1895 (4 11) cover to Berlin franked by pair and two single 20pf. forerunners tied Klein – Popo cds, arrival backstamp of 5.12; fine quadruple rate cover.
(Togo) 1898 5pf 'Gruss aus Tog' picture stationery card uprated with 5pf. to Berlin tied Lome Togogebiet cds; good condition.
(Togo) 1900 (7 4) cover to Munster bearing single franking unoverprinted 20pf. forerunner tied fine Klei-Popo cds with another strike alongside, arrival backstamp.