1902 (26 Nov) registered picture postcard to Paris franked 5c. (2) and 25c. tied St. Louis cds, framed ‘R’ handtamp and maritime cancel at base, arrival cds at left. The image of ‘Hotel du Conseil General’; fine condition. Ex Grabowski.
1902 (28 Avril) cover to Marseille franked '1 Piastre 1' on 25c. tied Dardanelles Turquie cds, redirected on arrival to Annonay; some faults to backflap.
1902 (29 Avril) registered cover to Jaffa, Palestine franked 1pi. on 25c. and pair 2pi. on 50c. tied Samsoun Turquie cds, reverse with transits of Constantinople - Galata Poste Francaise, Smyrne Turquie D'Asie and Beyrouth Syrie. Reverse also bears fine scallop seal of Banque Imperiale Ottomane.
1902 (3 MA) registered cover to Bombay franked five 1a tied 'DEVL ALI CAMP' cds with 'REGISTERED/DEOLALICAMP' handstamp, arrival backstamp; some slight faults.
1902 (30 Apr) “On Postal Service” registered envelope (embossed “Custom House, Wuhu” seal on flap) addressed to British Post Office Shanghai, showing Service des Postes circular cachet, unframed ‘R’ handstamp at left and Wuhu bilingual cds, reverse with black Shanghai Registered square circle of MA 2. Some slight ageing and mount marks on reverse. A rare envelope.
1902 (30 Juin) unpaid envelope sent internally to soldier with triangular framed ‘T’ handstamp and blue manuscript “0.30” charge and horizontal strip of three 10c. postage dues apllied, with large margins and tied Diego Suarez cds; signed Calves. Ex Grabowski.
1902 (31/3) 5pf ‘1900’ stationery card uprated 5pf. to Hong Kong cancelled Deutsch-Nettkow cds with two Victoria Hong Kong cancels, the card bears an endorsement that the addressee was travelling to Adelaide, Australia and Pretoria, Transvaal, Adelaide cds bottom left overstruck by bold Pretoria cds, repeated at right, Return Letter Office Johannesburg cds, returned and redirected to Clettwitz with final arrival of 30/12 02. Various instructional handstamps, not all clear.
1902 (AP 25) cover to Newark, NJ, U.S.A. franked ‘Tall Ships’ ½d., 1d. and 2d. in horizontal pairs cancelled with unclear obliterators, Turks Island cds in association, New York transit and arrival backstamp; vertical crease at left side. First issue cover.
1902 (April) 4d registered stationery envelope, size H2, additionally franked 2½d. King George II tied by unclear cds, addressed to New York, reverse with Registered Auckland transit 3 May, various Dead Letter Office and other instructional handstamps of New York, fine violet Dead Letter Office N.Z. cds on return.
1902 (AU 11) local cover franked ‘One Penny’ on 7d. tied neat cds of first day of issue; fine condition
1902 (Ene 15) printed envelope to Basel, Switzerland franked 1886 ‘Arms’ 5c. and 75c. tied violet octagonal date stamp, arrival backstamp of 10.II. A good example of the 75c. on cover, an elusive item.
1902 (FE 15) envelope to Chicago underfranked with 1895-99 ½d. vertical strip of three tied by three Grenada D date stamps, reverse with St Georges cds and Chicago arrival (Mar 4), obverse shows partly visible ‘T’ handstamp, COLLECT POSTAGE 4 CENTS handstamp and a pair of 2c postage due applied. Ex D Walker.
1902 (Feb. 28) registered envelope from the German Consulate in Canton to Berlin, “Kaiserlich Deutsches Konsulat/in Canton” paper seal on flap, bearing C.I.P. 5c salmon vertical pair, cancelled by R unframed handstamps, and 10c (3), cancelled by Canton bilingual cds, in combination with Hong Kong Chinese character surcharge 20c on 30c pair with I.P.O. framed tie-print (type 2) and Registered G.P.O. cds; the 5c. slightly oxidised and a few tones at left.
1902 (MR 12) 2d. registered stationery envelope to London additionally franked 1d. tied by scarce St.Madelaine cds with arrival at base, reverse with San Fernando and Port Of Spain transits; some slight water staining
1902 (MR 13) 2½d. postal stationery envelope registered and uprated with ½d., 2½d. and 1/- ‘Madonna’ to Berlin tied TORTOLA cds, black ‘R’ in oval handstamp with blue crayon manuscript number which is overstruck with blue Danish West Indies registration handstamp with black manuscript number, St Thomas transit backstamp and arrival cds (9/4)
1902 (MR 25) On His Majesty's Service printed registered envelope to USA franked 1/2d pair + 1d + 3d + 4d tied by Castries cds with New York transit backstamp, written from P.O. St Lucia, very fine
1902 1/2a. De La Rue die proof on card, Before Hardening and date handstamps, fine
1902 1d. overprinted card 'Mertens & Sichel's Store - Walfish Bay' in blue; used to Germany.
1902 1d. overprinted card 'Mertens & Sichel's Store- Walfish Bay' in deep violet; used to Germany.
1902 2c. Coat of Arms postal stationery wrapper, uprated with 1892-96 2c Rivarola vertical pair and tied by two small violet Asuncion date stamps, addressed to Tegernsee, Bavaria with arrival backstamp. Vertical filing crease at left