1893 (25 MY) long registered cover to London, from Basil Thomson, author of “The Decay of custom in Fiji” to his wife, franked at 1/1d. rate with 2d. single (position 10, type 2), 2d. strip of five (positions 11-15) and 1d. single (position 48, substituted cliché), arrival backstamp.
1893 (25.IX) 3m on 5m postal stationery card registered to Germany, uprated with 1891-1902 2pi. orange-brown tied Caire cds, unusual white registration label top left, redirected from Neustadt to Munich on arrival; full message on reverse, a scarce usage of this card.
1893 (27 Oct) Tonga Government Frank envelope sent registered to Sydney so uprated with 2 12d. King George II tied Nukualofa cds, violet registration handstamp bottom left, reverse with company chopk and arrival cancel.
1893 (3 Apr) ‘Van Gorcum’ envelope to Holland franked 1889-92 ½d. grey with black or carmine overprints, 1d. carmine and 2d. olive-bistre tied square circle Bremersdorp date stamps, reverse with Johannesburg (AP 7), Capetown (AP 11), red London transit (AP 26) and Assen arrival of 29 Apr; some slight faults to envelope, a colourful franking. Holcombe Opinion.
1893 (7 Dec) 10c. postal stationery card to Ellwangen, Germany, from Puerto Cabello only cancelled by French maritime octagonal date stamp Ligne A. Paq.Fr.No.1, arrival cancel at top.
1893 (9/8) On Public Service Only label on piece with Postage/ (crown)/ Free stamp image, handstamped PRINTED MATTER ONLY to Official at London with Wellington square circle despatch.
1893 (JU 30) Envelope to England franked Postal Fiscals 1881 HALFPENNY/STAMP green (SGF11) and 1882 2d pale blue (SG F!4) tied by St Lucia's cds's, Manchester arrival backstamp, fine
1893 (May 10) 10c. postal stationery envelope registered A.R. to Alger, Algeria, endorsed “via New Orleans New York”, cancelled with light blue-green Officine De Certificados oval-framed date stamp, registration handstamp with space for both number and weight, circular Guatemala A.R. handstamp, French red Chargements transits; fine condition.
1893 (NO 17) Envelope to England franked POSTAL FISCAL surch. 4d yellow + 6d mauve cancelled by 'A11', St Lucia cds alongside, vertical crease not affecting adhesives, Manchester arrival backstamp
1893 (Nov 23) 5c. blue stationery envelope A.R. registered to Frankfurt uprated ‘Arms’ 5c. on front and further 5c. and a 10c. on reverse tied by light blue-green four bars cancel, CORREOS POCHUTA cds in same colour and at right a circular framed Guatemala A.R. handstamp, registration handstamp at left, red London transit and arrival backstamp.
1893 (OC 23) cover to Trondheim, Norway franked three1867-81 1d. purple Postal Fiscal, Die I tied by three Birkenhead square circles; sellotape repair on reverse, good looking with strong colour.
1893 10n postal stationery envelope, registered to Budapest additionally franked on reverse with three 7n dull purple tied by small, neat but unclear cancels, arrival backstamp.
1893 10p. postal stationery card to a lawyer at Salonique with Nish despatch cds and good strike of the scarce t.p.o. AMB. Zibeftche – Salonique, forwarding agents cachet bottom left; fine item with good clear cancels.
1893 11/2d. postal stationery card of Cape of Good Hope to Copenhagen, Denmark, cancelled '210' numeral with Mohaleshoek Basutoland cds in association, Aliwal North C.G.H. transit and part arrival cds at top, reverse with Cape transit;full message, fine condition.
1893 1d postal stationery card to London cancelled 'OPOBO RIVER' date stamp, red 'PAID/LIVERPOOL' transit.
1893 20c registration stationery envelope up-rated with two 25c to London, 'Registered' date stamps and London cancels at base, from "Station Hospital" with Officer's signature bottom left.
1893 2c outward part of reply card to Amsterdam, written from Georgetown with faint unclear cds and therefore straight-line BESTELLEN handstamps applied on arrival with cds at left, short message.
1893 3c. postal stationery card to Hamburg tied blue Santa Domingo, very fine French maritime octagonal HAITI A FORT DE FRANCE L.E.NO.1 date stamp, Hamburg arrival cds; very fine.
1893 5c postal stationery card with “Bekalta” dateline bearing fine Mahdia cancels, oval-framed ‘B M’ handstamp at top, under-franked and triangular-framed ‘T’ applied together with straight-line ‘a percevoir’ handstamp, 10c. ‘T’ perfin affixed; fine condition.
1893 Cape of Good Hope 'Three Halfpence' overprinted postal stationery card to Berlin cancelled by numeral obliterator, Taungs Bechuanaland dispatch cds in association, Vyburg transit at centre and arrival cds bottom left; some creasing to card.