South: 1885 black proof on thick glazed card with handstamps at right reading BEFORE/HARDENING and 21 OCT 85; fine condition
South: 1889 proof on thick glazed card for the Four Pence value, handstamped 15 JUL 89 and BEFORE/HARDENING; fine condition.
South: 1890s OHMS formula registration envelope from Education Department to Dublin additionally franked pair O.S. 2 1/2 d. overprints tied unclear Adelaide square circle, vertical crease at left.
South: 1894 OHMS formula registration envelope from Education Department to Eden Valley additionally franked pair O.S. 2 1/2 d. surcharges tied Adelaide square circle.
South: 1894 proof on thick glazed paper for 6d. value, handstamped in blue 16 OCT 94, a late date as the basic stamp had already been issued in 1887 with perf 12, the perf 13 issue coming in 1896.
Southern Nigeria 1907 cover to Birmingham franked 1d. tied Egwanga cds with another strike alongside, Birmingham arrival backstamp.
Specimens accumulation with 1902-05 Wmk Crown CA set of 12, Wmk Mult Crown CA set of three and 1909 set of 13. Fine and fresh hinged mint, a complete collection of King Edward VII specimens.
Straits Settlements: 1888 cover to Cambridge, endorsed “Per First Mail” franked 10c. tied by red pen cross and bamboo lozenge, Penang cds to left, arrival backstamp. Stamp with fault at bottom right, still good appearance.
Tasmania 1842 entire to London with manuscript rate markings, red PAID date stamp, reverse with straight-line SHIP LETTER and red cds
Tasmania 1898 2d. green illustrated letter card 'Diana Basin and St Patrick Head' overprinted SPECIMEN on front; fine and unusual
Tasmania: 1883 (JA 2) cover to Temple, London bearing single franking 8d. dull purple-brown tied Hobart duplex, London arrival backstamp.
Three 1823 entires from same correspondence from Boston to Cognac, two with two-line COLONIES/ PAR LE HAVRE handtamps, one endorsed "per brig Holly" and the other "Per Regular Packet Ship Bayard, the third with two-line '16/ La Rochelle' hand stamp and endorsed "Per brig Wave/ via Rochelle". Fine condition trio
Tunisia 1918 stampless cover from Gabes to Tunis bearing fie despatch cds and violet framed 'Aviation-Militaire/ Service Postal/ SUD-TUNISIEN handstamp, arrival backstamp, signed by officer at top.
Turkey 1881-82 City Post 20pa. postal stationery card (with blue overprint) cancelled Galata Pte Locale unclear date stamp and at left double oval framed PERA without dates; top left corner crease.
Turkey 1881-82 City Post 20pa. postal stationery card (with blue overprint) cancelled Galata Pte Locale unclear date stamp and at left double oval framed PERA without dates; top left corner crease.
Two 1670 outer letter sheets to Lille, France, the first rated “10” at double rate for mail that passes through Catalonia to Narbonne, the other from “pt de Lix” (Lisbon Port) with “12 S” rate and red manuscript “XII” applied on arrival, a rate used for mail that travels via Madrid; fine and fresh condition.
Two 1886 printed envelopes to Hamburg, Germany, one with pair 1c. and other with strip of three, the latter with circular framed ‘T’ handstamp and blue manuscript “400” charge, New York and arrival backstamps.
Two 1896 (22 July) British Bechuanaland overprinted stationery card, both addressed to ‘Otto Bickel’ in Bavaria, a single ‘Three Half Pence’ surcharged card uprated with 1d. lilac and a plain 1d. reply card uprated ½d. Jubilee and 1d. lilac, both paying the 2½d. rate, both sent from Ramoutsa.
Two 1900 unsealed envelopes used within Noumea that should have been franked 5c. printed matter rate but as without franking were charged at 10c. and two 5 on 4c. applied with triangular dotted framed ‘T’ both on stamps and envelope tied Noumea cds; fine condition. Ex. Grabowski, on his album page.
two 1907 Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen postcards from Gibraltar to United States, 1d. frankings with N.Y.P.O. Paquebot cancels, index codes ‘C’ and ‘D’; slight egde bumps to cards but generally fine and attractive.