19th/20th CENTURY ECLECTIC MIXTURE; Range with 1846 EL to England rated '1/-', with Barbados, London and Ambleside d.s. all on rear, 1856 defective EL to England franked COGH 1d triangular for the military concession rate 1857 EL to England ex Jamaica rated '6'(d) and with "GRANGE HILL" double-arc d.s. on rear, the date in ms. and the year altered in ms., 1892 India 2a6p QV env. to England, redirected and with GB 1d lilac tied to front, 1914 PPC to Munich franked German PO in China 2c tied by German PO in Shanghai cds, 1925 env. to NY ex Shanghai franked China 3c (3) + 1c with framed "A/TOO LATE" and "RETURN TO WRITER", 1934 airmail env. to England franked India KGV 1a block of eight + 3p (2), 1935 Gibraltar KGV 2d lettercard used to Plymouth and scarce thus, 1938 unsealed env. to England franked KUT KGVI 5c with 1d p.due tied to front for redirection and many others. (74 covers/cards) Cross Reference: GIBRALTAR, CHINA, JAMAICA, BARBADOS (Image)

BRITISH EMPIRE GROUP: Range with 1886 env. to Bristol franked Trinidad QV 4d tied by San Fernando cds, 1895 env. to Milan franked 80pa on 5d tied by British PO in Constantinople cds, 1895 Leeward Is. 1d PC to Cracow redirected to Wurttemburg, 1897 env. to Antigua franked Leeward Is. QV Jubilee opt on 2½d tied by Dominica cds, 1898 Barbados 2d reg. env. to Manchester franked 2½d with Barbados reg. label affixed, 1902 Gibraltar 2d reg. env. to Lisbon franked 2½d pair (2) & single, 1910 env. to Switzerland franked Cyprus KEVII 10pa (2) + 30pa pair, 1924 env. to Netherlands Indies franked Ireland ½d - 1/- complete set of current issues with Dublin reg. label on rear, 1948 unsealed env. to Lucerne franked Cyprus KGVI 2pi + 1pi and other examples. (48 items) Cross Reference: POLAND, POSTAL STATIONERY, TRINIDAD, CYPRUS (Image)

BRITISH AFRICA GROUP; Range inc. 1888 Sierra Leone 1½d PC to Germany, 1892 Gold Coast 2d reg. env. to India ex Ada and franked QV 6d, 1896 British Central Africa 2d PC top Germany cancelled "TSIHIROMO" cds, 1898 env. to Budapest franked COGH 2½d tied by East London squared circle, 1902 env. to Cameroon franked Lagos 4d, 1933 airmail env. to Zurich ex Johannesburg franked S.Africa 5/-, 2/6d, 6d + 4d with reg. h.s. and express label; on front, 1934 env. to Dar es Salam franked KUT 30c + 10c pair, redirected to Genoa then Zurich, 1935 SW Africa 1d + 1d PC to Wurtemburg, 1935 printed matter env. to Switzerland franked Somaliland KGV 1d tied by Berbera cds, 1939 env. to Basel ex East London franked S.Africa 1d (4) taxed with 10c. p.due and official label affixed and other related examples.(50 covers/cards) Cross Reference: SOUTH AFRICA, AIR MAIL COVERS, EXPRESS MAIL, GOLD COAST/GHANA (Image)

BRITISH ASIA GROUP; Range with Ceylon QV 5c PC to Germany, redirected locally and again to Milan, Ceylon 1895 2c PC to Basel uprated 3c and tied by Colombo duplex, 1902 Ceylon 5c env. to Berne uprated QV 2c pair + QV 3c pair, Hong Kong 1949 unsealed env. to Switzerland franked KGVI 5c, Straits Settlements 1935/36 reduced airmail envs to London ex Singapore franked KGV $1 solo or KGV $1 (2) + 10c + 5c and a few others. (30 items) Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY, PRINTED MATTER BY POST, HONG KONG, CEYLON/SRI LANKA (Image)

MADEIRA COVER TO G.B. REF. AMERICAN WAR CHAOS, ETC. WITH CADIZ FORWARDING AGENT ENDORSEMENT; Very fine 10 Dec. 1776 EL from "Madeira" to the "Jamaica Coffee House, London" but unusually routed via Spain with red "ANDALUCIA/ALTA" on the front and neat "Cadiz 27 Decr. '76, Forwd. by Sir yr. mt. obt. Hl. Servts. Butler & Mathew" Forwarding Agent endorsement on the flap; charged "16" [1s-6d] Spanish Packet rate with a very fine "IA/20" arrival Bishop Mark. The writer notes that "The opportunity by which this goes has appeared unexpectedly; it is a French Tartane [vessel] that arrived here from Cadiz yesterday...". In addition to this unusual postal history the contents give news of the chaos caused to trade by the recently begun American War of Independence and the burning of Basseterre (St. Kitts); "The Captures of the American privateers make trade very dangerous, and more so to us than to any other place... [a Ship's Captain recently arrived from St. Eustatius & Curacao] ...brings also the disagreeable news of Basseterre been burned...". Basseterre in St. Kitts burned to the ground on 4 Sept. 1776. Fascinating letter ref. the mercantile fall-out from this pivotal year in Anglo-American relations.Cross Reference: ST. CHRISTOPHER/ST. KITTS NEVIS, FORWARDING AGENTS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SPAIN (Image)

MAINLY 20th CENTURY GROUP; Range with 1846 EL to Nantes with "PAIMBOEUF/BATEAU A VAP" cds on front, 1868 E to Algeria franked France 20c (2) with framed "B.M." h.s. on front, 1886 St Lucia QV 1d PC to Barbados, 1930 airmail env. to Vienna franked Greece 4d, 40l & 1d50l pair, c1934 reg. parcel front to England franked Germany 50pf + 30pf with "I.S./Inadmissible at Samp Rate/Contains 'Clock etc'/OF SALEABLE VALUE TO PAY '1/6'" h.s. on front, 1935 Sample env. to Copenhagen franked Brazil 300r, 1948 airmail sample env. to Antwerp franked Argentina 30c (2), 2c (2) + 1c, 1949 Nigeria KGVI 3d reg. env. to England franked 2d + ½d and blank reg. label endorsed 'Broad St' affixed, 1951 env. to England franked Nigeria KGVI 1½d (4) with ms. 'R Akure' at top, 1958 airmail linen 'sample packet' to Stuttgart franked India total of R9.95 and many others. (c200) Cross Reference: INDIA, REGISTERED MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, PARCEL POST LABELS (Image)

19th/20th CENTURY MIX: A box file containing an 1863-1909 accumulation of mail to or from foreign countries inc. an opened out 1865 env. from the USA franked with a 24c stamp reused to a UK address franked with a 1d red; an 1898 env. from Canada franked with two 1c stamps a few days after the introduction of the Imperial 1d postage rate; an 2½a postal stationery env. cancelled with a v. fine "MOMBASA/SP 1/95" Squared Circle; an 1895 D.L.O. env. from the USA; an attractive 1863 env. franked with a 6d Malta stamp; 17 envs. all franked with 5c British Guiana stamps cancelled with a variety of village cancels; and others from Griqualand, Tasmania, New South Wales, Turkey, Sweden, Germany, Egypt, Japan, Mexico, etc. Variable condition but mainly fine cancels. (75) Cross Reference: BRITISH GUIANA/GUYANA, CHESHIRE, LANCASHIRE - LIVERPOOL (Image)

19th/20th CENTURY BRIT. AFRICA MAIL; Range with c.1950 airmail env. to England franked Nyasaland 9d with "T" and "6D" h.s. on front, 1955 2nd class unsealed airmail env. to England franked Gold Coast QEII 6d tied by Accra cds and containing two contemporary photos of Bechem PO and two female telephonists, 1962 Express airmail env. to Wales franked KUT QEII 1s.30 (perfin) & 1/- and framed "EXPRESS FEE/1/- PAID" h.s. on front and other related examples. (24 cards/covers) Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS, EXPRESS MAIL, PRINTED MATTER BY POST (Image)

EARLY 20th C. SWEDEN, FINLAND (UNDER RUSSIA) & SOUTH AFRICA COVERS/P. STATIONERY: Collection of early 20th.C./late 19th.C. Sweden used Postal Stationery cards plus later unused Military Post envs. of various printings. Lot also inc. c.20 used postcards printed in Russian and/or Finnish. (c.80 items in total). Also a diverse accumulation of early KGV to early QEII period South Africa mail, (c.200 items) inc. commercial, POW & military censor, Air Mails & Postal Stationery, etc. (c.280) Cross Reference: FINLAND, RUSSIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SWEDEN (Image)

20th CENTURY MAIL GROUP; Range in carton (no GB) mainly 1930's onwards inc. 1928 airmail env. to Berlin ex Montreal franked Canada 6c + 2c, 1930 airmail env. to England ex Vancouver franked Canada 5c, 1935 airmail env. to Tanganyika franked S.Africa 2d + 1d (3), 1935 airmail env. to England franked KUT 50c, 1935 airmail env. to SW Africa ex Berlin franked Germany 40pf pair + 15pf, 1935 env. to England franked Fiji KGV 5d with Suva reg. h.s. on front, 1937 env. to England franked Gilbert & Ellice Is. KGV 1½d, 1942 uncensored airmail env. to Trinidad ex Montreal franked Canada KGVI 3c (3) + 1c, 1947 airmail env. to Singapore franked Ireland 1/- + 3d, 1947 unsealed airmail env. to England franked China franked $20'000, $3000 & $2 and many more. (hundreds) Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS, CANADA, GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS, CHINA (Image)

1887-MODERN NEWSPAPER MAIL & ASSOC. ITEMS; Inc. 1888 env. to Suakin franked 1d lilac pair + ½d ex London with embossed seal for The Graphic on the rear and the stamps with matched perfins, 1900 envs. to Scotland unfranked or franked Transvaal 1d pair + ½d both signed by Charles Falconer, Editor of the Government Gazette, or Special Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, 1902 advert. env. to Paris with Italy 25c blue tied Rome-Turin TPO cds, c1920 Queensland Rail n/paper stamps (6), 1920 Faroes 'Avissag' card Thorshavn to Kvivig, 1920 1d Strike edition of the Liverpool Echo & Express to London, 1931 wrapper ex Sydney with 2d red JGV head sent to Tonga via Tin Can mail service, 1935 local env.s or 1d PC all cancelled by Imperial Press Conference cds, 9 May 1945 Czech Newspaper Hlas Lidu addressed locally and franked with a 'HLAS LIDU' provisional newspaper stamp and three other loose Czech newspaper stamps, and 1949 censored env. to NY franked Belgian Congo 3F50c addressed to a Greek Newspaper. Also 1929 airmail env. to Rio franked Lichtenstein & Swiss adhesives, and Nigeria 1983 large format hand-painted essay for 25k World Communications Year. Eclectic group. (c170 items) Cross Reference: NEWSPAPERS/NEWSPAPER STAMPS, SUDAN, BELGIAN COLONIES, CZECHOSLOVAKIA (Image)