1897 (JA 26) registered cover to Germany franked 2 ½d. carmine-lake and 5d. grey-lilac tied by the rare Registered cds without town name, Liverpool and London transits and arrival cds.
1897 (JY 7) small registered envelope to Roseau, Dominica franked group of four 1886 Provisional Surcharges tied by Tobago cds with inverted index A, Dominica arrival cancels below (JY 13); a little roughly opened on reverse, some slight toning, still a very attractive and scarce usage. Ex. Besancon.
1897 (MR 2) registered cover to Leicester, England bearing single franking 1898 1s. blue-green, wmk Crown CA, cancelled by ‘A05’ obliterator, fine red Registered Nassau and oval framed ‘R’, hooded London transit bottom right, arrival backstamp; fine example of quadruple rate, ex Davis.
1897 (MR 30) 1d. stationery card addressed to the Post Office at Bonny cancelled by red square circle Warri datestamp, the cancel repeated bottom left for reasons of clarity, Forcados River transit additionally tying stamp image and Bonny River arrival at left. Card with full message, a little ink running, a good internal usage.
1897 (NO 12) registered cover to Wolverhampton franked 1d. (2) and 2½d. tied by red square circle Warri date stamp, ‘R’ handstamp to left, oval Liverpool transit below, reverse with another fine despatch date stamp and arrival cds. The wax seal on reverse is from Customs House Warri.
1897 (NO 17) mourning cover to Berlin franked 1889-96 5c. and 20c. tied fine index c 'A26' duplex, arrival backstamp; good clean condition
1897 (SP 1) 4d. Cape of Good Hope ‘Four Pence’ stationery registration envelope uprated on front with four 1893 1d. ‘Hope’ each neatly cancelled by ‘210’ barred numeral, at bottom right a fine strike of Mohaleshoek Basutoland cds; a little roughly opened on reverse, fine appearance.
1897 1 Penny rose-carmine card entitled Greetings from Johannesburg bearing four small images The Crocodile River, Commissioner Street, Pritchard Street, The Waterfall; some toning mostly on reverse, unused.
1897 1 Penny rose-carmine card entitled Greetings from Johannesburg Transvaal bearing single image entitled ‘Kaffir Family’ good unused
1897 10c 'Souvenir Gibraltar' stationery card with small illustration on reverse of 'The Rock', to Kiel, Germany, written from S.M.S. Oldenburg.
1897 1d. picture stationery card with image entitled 'The Late Crisis in Johannesburg/March Past Commissioner Street' cancelled to order; fine condition.
1897 1d. picture stationery card with image entitled 'The Late Crisis in Johannesburg/March Past Commissioner Street' used to Hamburg, the additional franking now removed.
1897 1d. stationery card 'Greetings from Johannesburg' showing local family before dwelling; fine used to Switzerland.
1897 1d. stationery card to Reutlingen, Germany bearing fine and scarce red Abokobi cds, Accra and Liverpool transits and arrival cds all at left corner; with full message, good condition.
1897 1g blue postal stationery card cto with Harar bilingual cds of 11.2., used later to France and uprated with ½g. tied bilingual Entotto cds, good condition with message.
1897 2pi. registration envelope to Beyrouth, Lebanon uprated 12pi. tied Nikosia square circle, oval Registered Cyprus date stamp at left, reverse with Larnaca transit and hooded Beyrout British Post Office date stamp; fine and attractive.
1897 5p. and 10p. postal stationery cards, uprated 20p. and 15p. respectively, cancelled Belgrade and addressed to Bradford, England. Both cards sealed without message, some tonings.
1897 ca. SHANGHAI MUNICIPALITY Local Post 1c stationery card with coloured illustration of 'Chinese Prayer' on front, printed 'SHANGHAI ….18…' and printer's name 'HIRSBRUNNER & Co, DHANGHAI', fine
1897 Central American Exhibition 2c postal stationery envelope used to Prague, unclear violet despatch, sent at printed matter rate and originally unsealed (now stuck), unusually with arrival backstamp.
1897 Central American Exhibition 2c. postal stationery envelope used to Belgium, uprated 2c. and 6c. of same design tied by violet cork handstamps and unclear octagonal despatch, reverse with Dison transit and arrival cds plus violet cachet 'Legation De Belgique Centre-Amerique'.