EARLY HAND STAMPS - FORERUNNERS: 1853-1880 group inc. 1853 EL on Lloyd Austriaco headed paper Trieste to Parenzo with v. fine "NAVIGAZIONE A VAPORE / L.A" hs plus Lloyd Austriaco hs (see Del Bianco Vol.III pp. 377/8); c.1853 E Trieste to Parenzo with fine "Lloyd Austriaco" & "COL ? VAPORE" hs's; 1856 EL Trieste to Ragusa franked 9k blue tied by good "TRIESTE / VLA" d.s.; 1880 PC Trieste to Molinella with fine "COL LLOYD / DA TRIESTE" hs. Examples of Zengg VLA, Ragusa VLA, Spalato VLA etc. on postage stamp. (5 covers + 12 stamps). Cross Reference: AUSTRIA (Image)

AUSTRIA - NAMED SHIP HS & PPCs: 1897-1914 collection of named ship hand stamps inc. 1897 Company PPC with 10 heller tied good "THALIA / OE.LLOYD" cds; 1904 PPC Spalato street scene to Vienna with "METCOVICH" cds & "LETA ARRTA / PER MARE" hs; 1911 PPC to Halle with Leopolis cds and alongside a fine red "LLOYD AUSTRIACO/PIROSCAFO/LEOPOLIS" hs; pair of 1914 company PPC to Paris or Vienna with scarce red "PRINZ HOHENLOHE" cds or purple bridge type "AUF HOHER SEE/(DATE)/AN BORD/Pr. HOHENLOHE" ds; 1914 PPC Baron Gautsch to Vienna with purple bridge type "AUF HOHER SEE/(DATE)/AN BORD / S/S Br GAUTSCH" ds; 1908 Company PPC port scene to Birmingham with pair 5 heller green tied v. fine "CLEOPATRA / OE. LLOYD" cds; 1911 Company PPC Corfu harbour to California with pair 5 heller green tied fine "PALACKY / OE.LLOYD" cds; number of piece/stamps with ship name cancels etc. Fine selection. (34 cover/PPC + 12 pcs/stamps) Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, PICTURE POSTCARDS (Image)

AUSTRIA - ROMAN NUMERAL SHIP CANCELS INC. SCARCE AUSTRO-UNGARICO; 1889-1910 selection with 1889 2kr PC posted on the Arciduchessa Carlotta at Cattaro to Vienna with v. fine "LLOYD AUSTRO- UNGARICO / VI" cds; 1889 2kr PC to Lussinpiccolo posted on the Argo with v. fine "LLOYD AUSTRO- UNGARICO / VIII" cds; 1891 2 heller PC Zara to Trieste posted on the Najade with good "LLOYD AUSTRO- UNGARICO / XXV(?)" cds; 1899 5 heller PC to Karlsruhe posted on Bohemia with good blue "LLOYD AUSTRO- UNGARICO / XXXVI(?)" cds; 1897 Hungarian 2k PC to Frankfurt posted on Arciduca Ferd. Massimiliano with fine blue "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / VII" cds; 1898 2 heller PC to Trieste with good Graf Wurmbrand "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / LX11" cds; 1898 2k PC to Karlsbad with Trieste blue "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / LXXII" cds + PPC of the SS Trieste etc. (24 items) Cross Reference: AUSTRIA (Image)

AUSTRIAN LEVANT: 1893-1913 group with 1893 Letter Card Constantinople to Salonica with fine blue "LLOYD-AUSTRIACO / XXXIV" cds of SS Jupiter; 1893 env. Constantinople to Chios with 1p blue Levant stamp tied v. fine lilac "LLOYD-AUSTRIACO / XXIV" cds of SS Euterpe; 1899 env. Trebizond to Tabriz, Persia with 1p blue tied fine "LLOYD-AUSTRIACO / XVIII" cds of SS Daphne; 1901 Company PPC franked 20para to Mittelburg with v. fine blue "LLOYD-AUSTRIACO / XXXVI" cds of SS Carniolia; 1898 PPC Port Said colour scenes to Clifton, Bristol franked 20para tied by a fine blue "LLOYD-AUSTRIACO / XV" cds posted on SS Imperatrix; 1895 10k Letter Card Jaffa to Nossen with fine blue "LLOYD-AUSTRIACO / XXXI" cds of SS Iris and on reverse flap a fine blue "LLOYD AUSTRIACO/ PIROSCAFO/ IRIS" hs; 1896 env. (open to display) Haifa to Constantinople with 1p blue on reverse and on the front a fine blue "LLOYD-AUSTRIACO / LV" cds of SS Saturno etc. Good variety. (28 covers/PPC + 15 stamps) Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, IRAN/PERSIA (Image)

AUSTRIAN MEDITERRANEAN CONNECTION: 1892-1914 with colourful 1901 Company PPC Flags of all Nations SS Dalmatia to Beyrout with v. fine blue oval "LLOYD AUSTRIACO/PIROSCAFO / DALMATIA" hs; 1914 Company PPC of Bregenz to Germany with v. fine purple bridge type "AUF HOHER SEE/(date)/AN BORD / S/S BREGENZ" ds; 1914 PPC of warship SMS Viribus Unitis posted on SS Bucovina with fine red oval "LLOYD AUSTRIACO/PIROSCAFO / BUCOVINA" hs; 1903 PPC SS Habsburg used on board to Vienna with 10 heller tied "HABSBURG / OE. LLOYD" cds; 1901 uprated 5 heller PC to Bari posted at Cattaro with good blue "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / LXI" cds of SS Thetis; 1903 PPC SS Semiramis posted onboard to London with 10 heller tied fine "SEMIRAMIS/OE.LLOYD" cds; 1898 2kr PC to Elstree, England uprated and cancelled by a fine blue "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / XIII" cds of SS Castore etc. Fine selection. (22 covers/PPC + 12 stamps). Cross Reference: AUSTRIA (Image)

AUSTRIA - WWI INC. HOSPITAL SHIPS, SHIP POSTCARDS ETC: 1915-18 group inc. 1917 env. to Feldpost 406 from Hospital Ship IV, SS Gastein; 1915 PPC to Prague from Dampfer V, SS Carniolia at the Pola Naval Base; 1915 PPC of Kotor/Cattaro to Pola and redirected to Trieste posted onboard Dampfer VII, SS Amphitrite with fine red cachet hs; 1916 Field PC posted at the Pola Naval Base with fine "KuK KRIEGSMARINE / SMS/ (date)/KAISERIN u. KONIGIN / MARIA THERESA" ds; PPC of Bohemia, Baron Gautsch, Trieste, Habsburg, Wien, Vorwaerts, Thalia, Wurmbrand and Salzburg etc. (10 covers/PPC+22 PPC) Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, PICTURE POSTCARDS (Image)

FAR EAST INC. CEYLON, MALAYSIA, JAPAN, PHILIPPINES, ETC: 1894-1911 with scarce 1898 PPC Colombo to Austria franked 5c lilac and alongside fine blue "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / XXXII" cds and below a fine oval "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / PIROSCAFO / MARQ.BACQUEHEM" hs; 1899 5k/20 para PC with hand drawn map of the Malacca Straits indicating the ship's position, with three v. fine blue "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / LXIII" cds and an oval "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / PIROSCAFO / TRIESTE" hs; 1898 PPC Japanese colour scene franked 4sen tied Kobe cds with fine blue "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / XXXIII" cds & on picture side a "Piroscafo / Marq.Bacquehem" hs; 1900 env. (front only) to Barcelona with US 5c blue overprinted PHILIPPINES tied by v. fine "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / XLVIII" cds of SS Erz. Franz Ferdinand; 1895 1p Letter Card to Berlin with v. fine "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / LIV" cds SS Vindobona posted on board on home bound journey from Kobe; 1894 Letter Card to Leipzig with v. ine blue "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / LII" cds of SS Poseidon which operated on the extended service to Shanghai; 1911 PPC of L.A. hotel at Abbazia franked pair ½c D.E.I. tied Weltevreden, Java; Straits Settlement 8c blue on small piece cancelled with scarce blue "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / XXXIX" of SS Medusa, etc. (16 covers/PPC + stamp) Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, CEYLON/SRI LANKA, JAPAN, PHILIPPINES (Image)

FAR EAST - CHINA AND HONG KONG: 1882-1904 group inc. 1894 10k/1P Letter Card to Canton, China "On board the 'Gisela'" with blue "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / XLVI" of SS Gisela enroute to Europe, landed at Colombo and transferred to SS Rosetta, with 11 July Hong Kong cds and 12 July Canton cds: 1904 German PPC Chinaman eating bowl of rice, Peking to Trieste franked Chinese Imperial 4c brown tied by fine "CHINA / OE.LLOYD" cds with Shanghai & Peking cds alongside; 1897 complete Reply PS card Goldberg to Lloyd Agency, Kobe arriving 16 Oct. 97, reposted 17 Oct. with reply card cancelled with fine blue "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / XLVI" of SS Gisela transit via Hong Kong arriving Goldberg 25 Nov. 1897; 1882 2c Hong Kong PS PC Hong Kong to Trieste, etc. (4 covers/PPC + 3 stamps). Cross Reference: CHINA, HONG KONG, CEYLON/SRI LANKA (Image)

EAST AFRICA - SOMALI COAST, ZANZIBAR, ADEN ETC: 1898-1907 with 1898 env. (opened to display) Djibouti to Trieste via French SS Ernest Simons to Alexandria transferred and cancelled on reverse with a fine "LLOYD AUSTRIACO LXX" cds of SS Vorwaerts; 1906 PPC Victoria Falls Beira to Vienna with fine oval "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / PIROSCAFO / BOHEMIA" hs; 1904 PPC Zanzibar beach to Weymouth, Dorset with 1anna red tied good "BOHEMIA / OE.LLOYD" cds; 1906 PPC Aden water tanks to Eastbourne, franked 10heller red tied fair "KOERBER / OE LLOYD" cds; 1907 env. Zanzibar to France franked 5 x ½anna green tied by fine "AFRICA / OE LLOYD" cds; 1906 PPC Lourenco Marques to Cairo mixed franking Lourenco Marques 2r green & Austrian 10heller red both tied by single good "BOHEMIA / OE LLOYD" cds; 1903 PPC Maalla Aden to Liverpool with 10heller pink tied fine "AFRICA OE.LLOYD" cds, etc. Good variety. (16 items) Cross Reference: ADEN, SOMALIA, ZANZIBAR (Image)

EGYPT: 1890-1925 collection with an Egypt connection inc. 1890 uprated 5m Egypt PS env. to Sweden used on the SS Achille at Alexandria and cancelled with fine "LLOYD AUSTRO UNGARICO / 1" cds; 1900 company PPC Cleopatra with 5heller green tied by v. fine "TRIEST SEE-LAZARETH / TRIESTE LAZARETTO" cds used June-Dec. 1900 only; 1902 complete Egypt Reply PS PC overprinted 2mil to Trieste and cancelled fine "HABSBURG / OE LLOYD" cds; 1902 PPC of Alexandria to Trieste posted on board with oval "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / PIROSCAFO / CLEOPATRA" hs; 1898 PPC Alexandria to Trieste with good "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / XIV" of SS Ceres; 1897 5m Egypt PS PC Port Said to Basel with fine blue "LLOYD AUSTRIACO XXX" of SS Imperator; 1898 PPC of Port Said to Spalato posted onboard with fine "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / LIV" of SS Vindobona; 1911 PPC of mounted camel to Venice with fine "BARON CALL / OE LLOYD" cds; 1925 env. to Florence via Venice with Egypt 15mil blue tied oval "LLOYD TRIESTINO / PIROSCAFO/ PILSNA" hs, etc. (42 items) Cross Reference: EGYPT, AUSTRIA (Image)

INDIA: 1890-1912 group with 1894 India 2a 6p yellow PS env. to London with fine "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / XV" of SS Imperatrix; 1900 quarter anna PS PC uprated with ½a & 3p postage stamps to Hamburg posted onboard at Bombay with v. fine blue "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / XXXI" cds of SS Imperator and a fine boxed "PAQUEBOT" hs; 1902 PPC of Franz Ferdinand to Kandala India with ½a postage stamp tied by v. fine "ERZHERZOG FRANZ FERDINAND / OE LLOYD" cds; 1903 PPC of Imperatrix to Bacos with 1a red tied Aden cds with fine oval "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / PIROSCAFO / IMPERATRIX" hs; 1902 ½a PS env. to the Punjab posted onboard at Aden with good "IMPERATRIX / OE LLOYD" cds; 1909 PPC of Koerber to Lahore, with 3p grey tied Aden cds posted onboard; 1912 PPC Bombay to Gorizia written onboard with good blue "HABSBURG / OE LLOYD" cds, etc. Fine selection. (11 covers/PPC + 6 stamps) Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, INDIA (Image)

MEDITERRANEAN - CRETE: 1899-1911 selection inc. 1910 complete 10c Austrian PS Reply card Canea to Munich & return with fine "ACHILLES / OE LLOYD" cds from Canea and Reply card with fine "CANEA/ OESTERREICHISCHE" cds (Hans Smith pg.39); 1907 Austrian Crete 10c on PC Jaffa to Ragusa with fine blue oval "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / PEROSCAFO / URANO" hs; 1910 Crete PS PC to Munich with "CARNITHIA / OE LLOYD" cds; 1899 PPC La Canee to Austria franked two 10lep yellow cancelled "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / LXIX" cds of SS Vesta; 1910 complete 10lep PS Reply card cancelled v. fine "LINZ / OSTERR. LLOYD" cds; 1911 PPC of Jerusalem to Austria with 10c red German Crete postage stamp cancelled "BUCOVINA / OE LLOYD" cds, etc. (8 items) Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, CRETE, GREECE (Image)

MEDITERRANEAN - GREECE: 1892-1913 selection inc. 1892 Greek Newspaper with part address band tied by 5l. green posted onboard with v. fine blue oval "LLOYD AUSTRIACO/ PIROSCAFO / MARENTA" hs; 1893 similar with 10l. yellow and v. fine "LLOYD AUSTRIACO/ PIROSCAFO / MARENTA" hs; 1896 Greece 10l. PS PC to Larnaca Cyprus, with fine blue "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / LXX" cds of SS Vorwaerts; c.1895 PPC SS Euterpe to Cavalla franked 3l. orange tied by v. fine blue "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / PIROSCAFO / EUTERPE" hs; 1909 PPC to Rome franked pair 5l. green tied by good "HUNGARIA / OE LLOYD" cds; 1898 env. to Trieste franked 3 x 10l. yellow cancelled at Volos with below a fine blue "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / XLIII" cds of SS Metcovich; 1901 5l. green PS PPC of Corfu (corner faults) to Germany with additonal 5l. tied by fine "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / XXX" of SS Imperator; 1911 PPC Martha dining salon to Trieste with 10l. red tied by fine "BREGENZE / OSTERA. LLOYD" cds, etc. (28 covers/PPC + 14 stamps) Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, GREECE (Image)

MEDITERRANEAN - ITALY, IONIAN ISLANDS, ETC.: 1844-1914 with 1844 EL (faults) Odessa to Cephalonia, Ionian Islands sent privately to Constantinople thence by Austrian Lloyd steamer to Corfu with both Zante and Cephalonia ds; 1897 German 10pf PS PC to Goldberg with v. fine "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / LX" cds of SS Thalia; 1897 10pf PS PC to Germany with fine "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / XLVIII" cds of SS Oreste and a fine Spalato Lloyd Agency hs on the reverse; 1906 Bavaria 2pf PS PC uprated to Munich with v. fine red "BOSNIA /OE LLOYD" cds; 1909 PPC Messina post earthquake to Vienna with 5c blue tied by fine red "AMPHITRITE / OE LLOYD" cds; 1912 Italian 10c PS PC to Vienna with fine "AGENCIA PRINCIPALE / VENEZIA / LLOYD AUSTRIACO" hs; 1914 "OESTERR LLOYD / TRIESTE" env. to Trieste franked 5 x 5c green Valona ovpt all tied by fine "ADELSBERG / OSTERR. LLOYD" cds. etc. (14 covers/PPC + 2 stamps) Cross Reference: IONIAN ISLANDS, ITALY, GERMANY (Image)

TURKEY: 1894-1914 group with 1894 20pa Turkey PS PC to Leipzig, uprated with two 20ps. pink tied by good "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / XXIX" cds of SS Hungaria; 1895 20pa Turkish PS PC Beyrouth to Jaffa with fine "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / XXII" cds of SS Espero; 1894 20pa Turkey PS PC to Athens posted onboard at Adana with v. fine "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / XLIII" cds of SS Minerva; 1910 20pa Turkey PS PC cancelled v. fine "GALICIA / OE LLOYD" cds with "RETOUR / INCONNU" hs; 1899 env. Mersine to Trieste via Smyrne with French 25c ovpt 1Piastre tied fine blue "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / XXIV" of SS Euterpe; 1913 PPC of St Sophia Constantinople, posted on board there, with Russian 10kopek blue tied by red "CARNIOLIA / OE LLOYD" cds: 1910 PPC Constantinople troop review to Trebizonde with 20c red Andrinople (picture side) tied by fine oval "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / PIROSCAFO / BREGENZ" hs; 1914 PPC Smyrna to Austria with green bridge type "AUF HOHEN SEE / (date) / AN BORD / S/S STYRIA" hs. etc. Good variety. (15 covers/PPC + 6 stamps) Cross Reference: TURKEY (Image)

OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES INC BULGARIA, NORWAY, HUNGARY ETC.: 1892-1913 with 1892 env. Kustendje (Constanza) to Constantinople with tied Romanian 25b. blue and a fine blue "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / XX" cds of SS Diana; 1894 env. Bourgas, Bulgaria to Munich with tied 25s. blue and v. fine lilac oval "AGENZIA / BURGAS/ del Lloyd Austriaco" hs; 1896 Romanian 10b PS PC to Athens posted onboard at Constanza cancelled fine "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / IX" hs of SS Aurora; 1893 Montenegro 5k. PS PC posted onboard at Dulcigno to Cherso with fair "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / XLII" of SS Messina; 1908 PPC of North Cape posted at Spitzbergen onboard the SS Thalia franked Austrian 5heller plus Lloyd etiquettes; c.1910 env. to Corfu franked Hungarian 5k. blue tied by fine red "ACHILLE / OE. LLOYD" cds; 1904 PPC Montenegro to Salzburg posted on board with fine "SEIENE / OE. LLOYD" cds, etc. Good selection. (24 covers/PPC + 6 stamps) Cross Reference: BULGARIA, HUNGARY, NORWAY, ROMANIA (Image)

LLOYD AUSTRO-AMERICANA LINE: 1900-29 group with 1900 Brazil 40r. PS PC addressed to Perim (Aden) cancelled with fine blue "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / L" of SS Pandora; 1910 PPC of Gibraltar to Switzerland with tied Gib. 1d red and alongside a fine "AUSTRO-AMERICANA /PFD POST LAURA" cds; 1910 PPC of an Azores garden to USA franked tied Gib. 1d red with fine purple oval "AUSTRO-AMERICANA /T.S.S. / "MARTHA WASHINGTON" / TRIESTE" hs alongside; 1913 PPC Algiers franked tied pair French 5c green Sower cancelled at Alger with fine purple "AUSTRO-AMERICANA /T.S.S. Kaiser Franz Joseph I / TRIESTE" hs alongside; 1912 Argentine 4c PS PC uprated to Germany posted on board and cancelled "AUSTRO-AMERICANA / PFD POSTALE MARTHA WN" cds; PPC(11) of various Lloyd Austro-Americana line steamers, etc. (29 items) Cross Reference: PORTUGAL, ARGENTINA, BRAZIL (Image)