RARE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR FRAMED "...d3 FOR BRINDISI ROUTE..." DEFICIENCY MARKING; 4 Nov. 1870 env. (some wear inc. small tear at top centre, and with minor dusting but still attractive) from Sydney ("D COOPER & Co." embossed flap) to London endorsed "[via] Marseilles" but re-routed due to the Prussian Siege of Paris; franked with 10d Lilac DLR sideface tied by fine "SYDNEY/N.S.W." duplex and by part of the frame of a very rare and very fine boxed "INSUFFICIENTLY PAID/FOR BRINDISI ROUTE/DEFICIENT POSTAGE/d3" mark of which only seven examples on full covers have been recorded by us on mail from New South Wales. There is a very fine quartered circle London "M/S/W/L" Missent mark on the front, and no less than 8 London backstamps (26/27 Dec.) incl. a black "OFFICIAL PAID/LONDON S.W." cds applied in error and overstruck! Exhibition Item. [Ex Vandervelde.] Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE MARKS, MILITARY (Image)

1d SEAMAN'S CONCESSION RATE MAIL; Feb. 1890 env. (small faults) to England From J.E.Young SGI (Senior Gunnery Instructor) HMS Swinger Sydney counter-signed by Commanding Officer below and franked GB 1d lilac (excised and replaced) tied by London "87" duplex enroute and with a Boston (Lincs.) cds on rear. Carried on the Parramatta from Aden to England. Cross Reference: INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, MILITARY - PENNY CONCESSION RATES, G.B USED ABROAD STAMPS & COVERS (Image)