(Oldenburg) Undated outer letter sheet to Delmenhorst bearing single franking 1859 1Gr. black on blue with good to large margins tied blue framed OLDENBURG handstamp, repeated at right, similar coloured arrival backstamp of next day.
(Oltre Giuba) 1925 3L. brown on yellow postal stationery parcel card good unused. Scarce.
(Oltre Giuba) 1926 money order franked Segnatasse per vaglia 2L. brown cancelled Chisimaio cds; fine and rare.
(Oltre Giuba) 1926 money order franked Segnatasse per vaglia 40c. green pair cancelled Chisimaio cds; fine and rare.
(Oltre Giuba) 1926 money order franked Segnatasse per vaglia 50c. violet and 3L. carmine cancelled Chisimaio cds; fine and rare.
(Olympics) 1780 Map of ancient Olympic site from a book ‘Pour le Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis’, a fictional work abouth the travels of the Scythian sage Anacharsis in Greece in the middle of the 4th Century, written by Jacques Barthelemy and published in 1788; with vertical fold
(Olympics) 1924 Paris Olympics 15c. 'Type Pasteur# stationery card with black and brown Boxing image; good unused
(Olympics) 1924 Paris Olympics 25c die proof in red and blue (unshaded background) on glossy paper with surround in both colours; small internal crease at top through ‘Olympia’, fresh hinged.
(Olympics) 1948 London Olympics vignette proof in unissued colours, imperf marginal with small archival punch hole and ‘Waterlow & Sons Ltd/ Specimen’, fresh mint never hinged.
(Orange Free State Bisect) 1868 (May 27) small envelope to Somerset East. The letter is believed to have been carried privately to Phillipolis postmaster (A.P.J. van der Poel), the sender having pinned a 1/-, the Postmaster bisected it, replaced half the stamp and the pin, and added a 4d. Cape, on arrival at Colsberg the stamps were cancelled, the cancel not taking to the bisected stamp because of the pin. A most remarkable and unusual item. With fine explanatory article by Douglas Roth in the Spt 1956 South African Philatelist, a Certificate from that year and a RPSL Cert of 1984.
(Orange Free State) 1900 (MY 28) registered cover to Grahamstown franked British Occupation V.R.I. overprinted ½d. on ½d. (6), 1d. on 1d. (2) 2 ½d. on 3d., 6d. on 6d. blue and 1s on 1s tied Bloemfontein cds. Reverse with Midland Down and Midland T.P.O. Up cds and arrival cds; small piece bottom flap missing not detracting from generally good appearance.
(Orange Free State) 1910 V.R.!. ½d. on Half Penny postal stationery card to Huddersfield uprated Orange River Colony ½d., tied Bloemfontein cds, straight-line N P R handstamp, reverse with fine Army Telegraphs date stamp of same despatch date on reverse.
(Orange River Colony) 1900s 1d. postal stationery envelope to Germany additionally franked ½d. and 1d. tied by clear ‘30’ numeral obliterator, unclear backstamp.
(Orange River Colony) 1904 4d. postal stationery registration envelope, uprated block of four 2 1/2d.tied by Reddersburg date stamp, addressed to Chemnitz, Germany, red London transit, arrival backstamp.
(Orange River Colony) 1914 4d. postal stationery registration envelope of South Africa to Leipzig, uprated with three 2 ½d. tied Tzaneen cds, arrival backstamp tying stamp image. The top stamp overlays a 1d. South African stamp. Good condition.
(Ottoman Empire - Greece) 1900s commercial cover from Adramytte franked 20 para tied by double-ring Greek maritime handstamp. Fine and very scarce.
(Ottoman Empire - Greece) 1912 20pa. postal stationery card to Sophia, Bulgaria cancelled bilingual VODINA cds, not found and showing manuscript notations “parti” and “Retur”.
(Ottoman Empire - Syria) 1907 20 paras postal stationery card to Modling, Austria cancelled bilingual Hamidie (Damas) cds, arrival cancel on front. Good clean example.
(Ottoman Empire) 1847 folded flimsy cover addressed to Vice Consul of Sardinia from Alexandrette with Alep blue-green negative seal; fine appearance.
(Ottoman Empire) 1901 Lebanese picture postcard of ‘Palais de Betddin’ to Lyon, franked two 10pa. yellow-green tied by negative seal of SAM-HAMA-SEYYARGIGI DAMAS HAMA tpo (RRR); small teat at side not detracting.