1896 (2 Sept) printed envelope to Fez, Morocco franked 25c. gutter pair with number ‘3’ in gutter tied St Louis cds, blue French maritime cds, reverse with Tanger transit and arrival cds, envelope trimmed at left with some peripheral wear.
1896 (22/6) reduced parcel card Kalmar franked on front 1891 Oscar 5o. and 1886 1Kr. vertical strip of four and on reverse a further block of 10 and two strips of five, all tied by dotted circle Stockholm St. Paket date stamps; horizontal and vertical creases affecting some of the stamps otherwise fine and spectacular.
1896 (29 FE) 20c registered stationery envelope to Paris uprated 10c. and three 20c. tied oval despatch date stamps, reverse with Madrid transit and Paris arrival, also showing the small red wax seal of the Postmistress (Miss Cresswell).
1896 (3 Fevr) red bordered envelope to Paris franked 1892 15c. tied by octagonal CORR. D’ARMEES CAYENNE date stamp repeated at right which is overstruck with arrival cancel, military cachet on reverse and manuscript annotation “Correspondance Militaire/ le Commandent des troupes”; small tear in backflap.
1896 (5 Jul) 5c. postal stationery envelope to Hamburg, uprated five 1c. ‘Arms’ (one on front and strip of four on reverse, that on front tied with fine ‘96’ numeral handstamp, Parimal octagonal despatch, Recibida Coban transit to left of this, the strip of four on reverse only cancelled by transit and arrival cancels.
1896 (7/2) '20 Para 20' on 5k. reply stationery card with outer section to MELLENBACH, Austria and cancelled 'BEIRUT/OESTERREICHES POST', arrival cds to left of 16/2. The reply section returned to Beirut on 22/4 with arrival cds of 2/5. Each card with long messages. The outward card with vertical crease and cards separated although is likely they were once a pair.
1896 (AP 24) ‘On Her Majesty’s Service’ blue Post Office envelope registered to Montreal, Canada, bearing single franking 6pi. sepia and green tied Larnaca square-circle, red registration at left and London transit top centre. Reverse with white perforated sealing label cancelled by fine Larnaca cds, arrival backstamp. Very fine condition.
1896 (Dec 30) small calling card envelope to Anvers, Belgium franked 10 paras tied Aivali cds, Galata transit backstamp.
1896 (Dic 7) cover to Zurich franked ‘Quince/ centavos’ on 24c. Waterfall tied by dumb cancel with San Miguel date stamp in association, San Salvador foreign mail transit, arrival backstamp; some toning around perfs
1896 (FE 17) registered cover bearing 1894 (Jan) set of 6 each cancelled with Old Calabar River cds, Registered Old Calabar oval date stamp bottom left, Liverpool Registered transit and on reverse London arrival.
1896 (JU 18) registered cover franked 1892 ½d on 4d. plus ‘Seal of Colony’ ¼d. (2), 8d. and 10d. tied cds, reverse with registration label and arrival cds.
1896 (NO 4) 'Orient Line R.M.S. "Orizaba" printed envelope to Kidlington College, Oxford franked GB 2 1/2d. tied by 'A26' duplex, straight-line PAQUEBOT alongside, arrival backstamp;some toning.
1896 (Nov 8) cover to Switzerland franked 5c. ‘Volcano’ and 10c. ‘Ship’ tied violet San Salvador date stamps, reverse with Foreign NY Transit cds, Bern transit and Wabern arrival cds.
1896 (SP 5) registered cover to Durban franked two 6d. dull mauve and black tied by single Eshowe cds, arrival backstamp, good condition.
1896 12½c. postal stationery envelope sent registered to Wurtemberg, Germany additionally franked 1870-88 12½c. grey and 1892-97 10c. Queen Wilhelmina all tied by square circle Besoeki date stamps, unframed ‘R’ handstamp at top centre, reverse with local transits and Unterturkheim arrival cds.
1896 1d. postal stationery card to a Staffordshire Pottery company bearing both front and back reasonable strikes of the rare Chateaubelair village cancel, the stamp image cancelled by Kingstown cds; some ageing to card.
1896 5C. Prince Boris picture stationery card cancelled bilingual Roustchouk cds to Tutraken, a north eastern border town with Romania, whose bilingual cds appears to left. For unexplained reasons there is a Widdin cancel at right side of many weeks later. Very rare cds of Tutraken.
1896 5c. stationery card to Basel, Switzerland uprated with 2½c. and 7½c. tied Baarn cds, registration label bottom left with rounded corner, arrival cds alongside.
1896 5kr. stationery parcel card to Bucharest, Rumania, franked 8k., 20k. and 50k. tied by Brasso date stamp, the front also bearing Rumanian 10 bani fiscal stamp with two small punch holes.
1896 5st. "Baptism of Prince Boris" postal stationery card, up-rated 5st., 10st. & 15st., tied by bilingual CHUMLA date stamp and registered to Vaucouleurs, France. Re-directed to Le Thillot and Ligny En Barrois.