1901 King Chulalongkorn set of four postal stationery letters cards in exceedingly fresh unused condition. Seldom seen in this quality.
1901 picture post card of 'Pulverthurm' sent locally franked 3k. and bearing Jubilee label and tied by 'RIGA EXHIBITION' date stamp.
1901 picture postcard entitled ‘Chinese Band’ to London from the H.M.S Astraea, dated “8 Nov 1901”, this ship sailing from Hong Kong on 9th November. Without despatch postal markings, franked Great Britain 1d lilac denoting that the card was sent by naval ship’s mailbag paid by 1d. military concessionary rate. London cds of DE 8 and Croydon arrival of same date. Postcard with misplaced text on reverse.
1901 picture postcard registered from Constantinople to Milan bearing mixed franking Great Britain 1881 1d. lilac and 1887 ’40 PARAS’ on 2½d. purple/blue tied British Post Office Constantinople cds, violet oval-framed ‘R’ FEE PAID handstamp at base; small stain at right of 1d., a scarce registered postcard.
1901 picture postcard ‘Jubilaums Ausstellung zu Riga’ to Arensburg franked 4k. tied by Riga Exhibition cds with a further fine strike below, Riga transits and arrival cds; reinforced top corner, a fine example of this scarce cancel.
1901 printed advertising card to Humpolci franked 3kr printed matter rate, tied by 'K.u.K.MILITAR. POST/DOL. TUZLA' date stamp. Arrival cds also on obverse.
1901 registered cover to New York franked 1/2d. (2) and 2 1/2d. (2) tied by small cds, arrival backstamps.
1901 unfranked printed envelope, reduced at top, to Sfax with Tunis despatch cds, ‘a percevoir’ and triangular-framed ‘T’ handstamps applied on arrival and perforated ‘T’ 10c. (2), 15c. (2) and 25c (2) applied and each neatly tied by pen cross
1901 Value Declared envelope for 30 rubles addressed to Jerusalem, Palestine and bearing violet framed cyrillic LIBAU handstamp, reverse with five fine red wax seals and Odessa transit; small peripheral envelope faults.
1901 ‘Journal Officiel’ to Paris bearing bisected 10c. tied Djibouti cds in blue green with another strike on the banderole which itself is tied by the stamp and its cancel; fine and fresh condition.
1901-02 2d frame die proof in black on glazed card, dated 20 OCT 00 and BEFORE HARDENING at right
1902 (1 Aug) Hong Kong picture postcard to French Guinee franked C.I.P. 4c. Coiling Dragon tied by bilingual Foochow cds, in combination with Hong Kong 2c. green vertical pair tied by large bold framed I.P.O. handstamp and Victoria Hong Kong cds, top left with Aden transit (AU 25) and Zanzibar transit (1 SP), at bottom right Conakry Guinee Francaise arrival cds of 18 Sept; heavy central vertical filing fold, a remarkable destination.
1902 (1 Dec) AR registered cover to Strasbourg bearing single franking 75c. tied Fort de France Chargements cds, framed ‘R’ and ‘AR’ in same blue-green ink, arrival backstamp. A fine single franking.
1902 (1 July) registered cover to Paris franked 1892 25c. and 1900-01 15c. grey tied Affranchie Noumea cds, French octagonal maritime transit Ligne T Paq. Fr. No.4 date stamp, arrival backstamp.
1902 (10 Dec) printed invitation to American Consul within stampless envelope to Dakar bearing privilege cachet of Governor General at right and St. Louis despatch . Ex Grabowski, on his album page.
1902 (11 Juin) cover to “Chef du Material de Guerre, Versailles” franked 15c. tied by COLON A ST NAZAIRE LA No.1 octagonal date stamp, arrival backstamp.
1902 (16 SP) registered cover to Inverness, Scotland bearing single franking 6d. orange-yellow tied double ring Falkland Islands cds, cursive (Crown)/ Registered handstamp to left overstruck with red Registered London date stamp, arrival backstamp; fine and attractive.
1902 (2 June) AR registered envelope to St Petersburg, Russia which has been opened-out for display, the front bears 1900-03 New Currency 2ch., 5ch., 10ch., 15ch. (2), 20ch. pair, the reverse with 2re pair and 1895-98 2nd printings 5p., 10p. horizontal strip of three and a 25p. plus red handstamped 5p. 2nd printing and 1899-1900 1p on 25p red overprinted 25p., each stamp cancelled Seoul cds, the front bears registration handstamp and framed ‘A R’ , reverse with Shanghai transit and arrival cds; a couple of light stains not detracting from a remarkable cover.
1902 (23.12.) 1d postal stationery card with photographic image adhered to reverse, titled ‘Wishing You/ A Merry Christmas’ and short message, to Berlin with despatch and arrival cancels.
1902 (24 Nov) registered envelope to Moudon, Switzerland bearing mixed franking 1900-03 New Currency 5ch., 10ch. and 20ch. plus 1902-03 Wide Surcharges 1ch. on 25p. later printing in irregular block of four *strip of three plus one alongside, this stamp showing variety vertical pre printing crease)and 3ch. on 50p., stamps tied by Chemulpo Coree cds, fine registration handstamp at centre, arrival backstamp; top right of envelope torn on opening