Ascension: 1850 outer envelope from the ‘Townsend’ correspondence addressed to Lt. John Townsend at HMS Tortoise stationed at Ascension, readdressed to Green Mountain, showing c.d.s. of Bath, London paid arrival and London Ship letter, enclosed a further cover and personal letter from his brother, Aubrey, minor envelope faults nevertheless a rare item. Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: Great Britain used in Ascension: 1906 (Nov. 10) picture postcard (“THE GARDENS,/GREEN MOUNTAIN,”, Attwood 15) used to London franked 1902-10 1d. tied by Ascension c.d.s. Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: Great Britain used in Ascension: Two picture postcards used to England, one 1907 view of Ramps (Attwood No. 6) and 1910 St Mary’s Church (unlisted by Attwood), both franked K.E.VII 1d. and in good condition.

Ascension: Great Britain used in Ascension: 1907 (June 25) large piece from printed envelope commercially used, bearing 1902-11 1/2d. block of four, three pairs and 1d. single cancelled by eleven poor to fair strikes of Ascension c.d.s., unusual. S.G. Z21, Z22, cat. £1,032+. Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: Great Britain used in Ascension: 1913 (Jan. 25) 2d. registered stationery envelope to William Russell Lane-Joynt in Dublin with additional K.E.VII 1/2d. I9 control pair (S.G. Z21) clearly cancelled “ASCENSION/JA 25/13” plus boxed “POSTED OUT/OF COURSE”. Attractive and rare in such fine condition. Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: Great Britain used in Ascension: 1913 (Aug. 11) three strikes of code B c.d.s. cancelling 1902-11 Harrison 1/2d. dull yellow-green “A 11” lower left corner horizontal strip of three, very rare usage. S.G. Z21 var. Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: Great Britain used in Ascension: 1913 (Dec. 2) fine strike of code A (barely registering) c.d..s tying 1912 Downey Head 1d. “B 12” (P) control no. example on piece, also 1912-22 1/2d. “R 21” (I) and 1d. “S 22” (P) control no. examples tied to piece by “OC 6/22” c.d.s., very scarce. S.G. Z38b-Z40 vars. Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: Great Britain used in Ascension: 1916 (June 29) fine ‘Ewens’ cover to London with straight line “CENSORED” initialled at left, bearing 1d. tied by fine Ascension c.d.s., vertical fold at left Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: Great Britain used in Ascension: 1916 (Sept. 15) cover to London with straight line “CENSORED” initialled alongside, franked 1d. tied by fine Ascension c.d.s., vertical fold at left Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: Great Britain used in Ascension: 1918 (Oct. 3) cover to London with fine strike of underlined “PASSED CENSOR,/ASCENSION” endorsed “Passed/H.C.” alongside, franked 1d. tied by Ascension c.d.s. Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: Great Britain used in Ascension: 1919 piece bearing 1913 7d. green tied by c.d.s., fine used on piece with straight line “CENSOR” at left, initialled above. S.G. Z47a, cat. £750 Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: Great Britain used in Ascension: Selection cancelled by Ascension c.d.s’s between 1903 and 1917 comprising 1902-11 1d. (8) incl. strip of six on piece, vertical bisect on piece and one franking 1904 (Apr. 8) cover (some faults) to Kent, 1s. on piece, 1912-22 1/2d., 1d. (4) incl. two on piece with 11/2d. and 21/2d., and “C 13” (P) control example on 1915 (Jan. 16) ‘Davies’ cover to Cheshire, 2d. die I and additional 1/2d. on 1930 ‘Smye’ cover uncancelled but with c.d.s. alongside, fair to fine. (11 items) Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: 1922 1/2d. to 3s. set, each corner marginal with plate no., the 11/2d. creased, others mainly fine and fresh with the 3s. unmounted. S.G. 1-9. Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: 1922 2d. line through “P” of “POSTAGE” mint and 1924-33 11/2d. line through “C” mint, the first with crease, otherwise fine. S.G. 4a, 12a, cat. £700. Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: 1924-33 4d. variety ‘broken mainmast’ [R. 2/1], fine fresh mint. S.G. 15a, cat. £500. Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: 1924-33 4d. variety ‘torn flag’ [R. 4/6], fine fresh mint. S.G. 15b, cat. £500. Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: 1924-33 4d. variety ‘torn flag’ [R. 4/6], fine mint. S.G. 15b, cat. £500. Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: 1924-33 4d. variety ‘cleft rock’ ?[R. 5/1] mint in corner plate pair, minor tone spot, otherwise fine. S.G. 15c, cat. £475. Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: 1924-33 5d. variety ‘broken mainmast’ [R. 2/1], fine mint. S.G. 15da, cat. £425. Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: 1924-33 5d. mint corner plate block of four, one variety ‘broken mainmast’ [R. 2/1], one or two minor imperfections. S.G. 15da, cat. £425. Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: 1924-33 5d. variety ‘cleft rock’ ?[R. 5/1] mint in corner plate no. pair, minor gum toning and wrinkling, otherwise fine. S.G. 15dc, cat. £400. Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: 1924-33 6d. variety ‘broken mainmast’ [R. 2/1], left marginal, a few faint stains in selvedge only, variety fine and fresh mint. S.G. 16a, cat. £650. Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: 1924-33 8d. variety ‘broken mainmast’ [R. 2/1], fine mint. S.G. 17a, cat. £325. Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: 1924-33 8d. variety ‘torn flag’ [R. 4/6], fine used. S.G. 17, cat. £700. Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: 1924-33 8d. variety ‘cleft rock’ [R. 5/1], fine mint S.G. 17c, cat. £300. Photo. (Image1)