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✉ CHINA. Mi. 40 (2), 41, 42, 36. 1911. SHANGHAI a BERLIN. 4 cent. s. 10 pf. rojo (2), 10 cent. s. 20 pf., 20 cents. s. 40 pf. y 1 1/2 dollar s. 3 M. violeta. Carta certificada. Rarísimo franqueo en carta comercial.

✉ SAMOA. 1872. LIVERPOOL to MALUA (Samoa). Letter with full text from Reverend W. Harbuttto to Henry Nisbet with interesting text. A RARE early full letter to Samoa. Cert. F. STEUER.

✉ SAMOA. 1914. APIA to NEW ZEALAND. Cover with full contents, data lined "D" Battery, Samoa. On front endorsed "On active service" and german cds. APIA/ SAMOA.

✉ GRAN BRETAÑA. (1847 ca.). EMBOSSED ISSUES. Waterlow and Sons envelope with PROOFS of 10 different values 1/2p., 1p., 1 1/2p., 2p., 2 1/2p., 3p. 4p., 6p., 10p. and 1sh.

✉ GRAN BRETAÑA. 1859. CHATHAM to MANILA (Philippine Islands). 1 d. red and 4 d. rose (2), charged on arrival "2" (reales). On back Hong-Kong transit and arrival cds. Rare destination at this time.

✉ GRAN BRETAÑA. 1872. BUTE-DOCKS to SYRA (Greece). 6 p. bister cancelled D 57, taxed on arrival with Greek 40 l. dull grey-mauve on blue and 5 l. green, with two line INSUFFICIENTLY/STAMPED. Fine and rare mixed franking.

✉ GRAN BRETAÑA. 1879. HERTFORD to FRANCE. 1 d. rose. Hand painted postal stationary envelope uprated with 1/2 d. red and 1 p. red. Tear at top, minor faults.

✉ AUSTRALIA. 1860. Letter to FRANCE franked with 6d. grey brown perf. 12, watermark double line 6 INVERTED, tied by duplex N.S.W.SYDNEY cds. prepaying the single letter weight by French packet to Marseille. Alongside red French AUSTRALIE V.SUEZ/AMB.C cds (Salles 2116). On reverse transits and arrival postmarks. (SG. 143).

✉ AUSTRALIA. 1861. Cover franked with pair 1 penny green and pair 6 pence slate (Sc. 67, 68), prepaying the doucle weight letter rate to FRANCE via Southampton, and all tied by numeral 14 BARRED CIRCLE cancels of Avoca. Front shows red circular PD handstamp, red manuscript 8 pence credit, red LONDON/PAID transit, and ANGL/AMB.CALAIS French entry. Reverse bears AVOCA/VICTORIA departure, red Melbourne transit and Bordeaux arrival. Scarce franking on a very fine maritime cover.

✉ AUSTRALIA. 1881. SYDNEY (New South Welles) to GERMANY. 1 p. rose and 5 p. green (3), arrival cds. on back.

✉ AUSTRALIA. 1884. SYDNEY (New South Welles) to GERMANY. 2 p. blue and 8 p. yellow (2). Registered cover two cuts of disinfection, arrival cds. on back.

✉ AUSTRALIA. 1894. DRESDEN to GUAYAQUIL (Ecuador) redirected to SYDNEY. German postal stationary card of 10 pf. red. Later redirected to India by New South Welles stamp of 2 p. blue and finally redirected to South Africa. A very interesting combination franking.

✉ HONDURAS BRITANICA. (1888 ca.). ADVERTISING POST CARD to NEW YORK franked with three bisected stamps of 2 cents on 1 cent rose. Unusual franking.

✉ HONDURAS. 1928. S. FRANCISCO (Usa) to BELIZE. 1 cent. green (2) taxed on arrival with British Honduras 1 ct., 2 cts. and 4 cts. stamps.

* CANADA. 1897. SERIE COMPLETA, sellos de excelente presencia. 1625$.

✉ CABO DE BUENA ESPERANZA. 1879. CAPE TOWN to FRANCE. 1/2 p. black, 1 p. red (3) and 4 p. blue (one corner fault). Registered cover. Arrival cds. on back.

✉ CEILAN. 1891. NUWARAELIYA to GERMANY. Registered envelope, franked on back with 15c. olive (7).

✉ CHIPRE. 1901. Queen Victoria registered wrapper, uprated by 2 pi. blue purple (SG. 43), tied by unclear LIMASSOL SCOTT. and showing oval REGISTERED CYPRUS, Ap. 12/01 and R in oval, both in red. Lamaca cds. transit and Munich arrival cds. blue. A truly RARE registered usage of wrapper from Cyprus.

✉ FALKLAND. 1896. Entero Postal de 1 p. rojo escrito a bordo de un buque británico procedente de Port Stanley (Islas Falkland) franqueado con 2 sellos de 2 ctvos. rojo de Chile y depositada la carta en PUNTA ARENAS. Muy raro franqueo.

✉ GRENADA: GRENADINAS. 1893. KINGSTON (Jamaica) to ST. GEORGES (Grenada). Unfranked envelope taxed on arrival with Grenada 1d, 2d. and 3d. postage due stamps.

✉ INDIA INGLESA. 1853. RANGOON (Burma) to LONDONDERRY (Ireland). Envelope franked with pair of blue 1/2 anna, via Marseille. Envelope slight reduced at left.

✉ INDIA INGLESA. 1873. CALCUTA to GENOVA. 8 pi. lilac and 2 annas yellow (5) commercial and post cancellations, arrival cds on back.

✉ INDIA INGLESA. 1875. MADRAS to GENOVA (Italy). 8 pi. lilac, 2 an. orange and 4 annas green via Brindisi, arrival cds on back.

✉ INDIA INGLESA. 1878. CALCUTTA to GENOVA. 8 pi. lilac (2) and 4 annas green (3), double rate, via Brindisi, arrival cds on back.

✉ INDIA. 1881. Cover franked with 1/2 anna blue and two 8 pies lilac East India issues (Sc. 20, 21), prepaying the soldier's letter rate to ENGLAND, and all tied by BARRED L cancels. Front shows required Officer endorsement, and reverse bears CAMPBELLPUR origin datestamp, plus Bombay transit and red London arrival. Despite minor flaws, a very fine and scarce military rate cover.

✉ INDIA. 1882. MADRAS to SWEDEN. 2 a. blue and 1 a. brown tied by barred "M" Sweden with arrival mark and RETUR with label "NON RECLAME". RARE.

✉ INDIA. 1917. Cover franked with four 3p. grey, 1/2 a. green and 1a. carmine Geroge V issue with I.E.F. overprints (Sc. M34-36), prepaying the military letter rate plus Registry fee to RUSSIA, and all tied by F.P.O./No 32 datestamps. Front shows partial red PASSED BY CENSOR handstamp and purple Russian censor, while reverse bears MOSCOW arrival datestamps. Scarce India Expeditionary Force franking on a very fine letter to a most unusual destination.

✉ INDIA. 1867. KASHMIR local post 1/2 anna blue (SG. 58) with red cancel on complete cover.

✉ INDIA. (1870 ca.). KASHMIR. Envelope from SEALKCOTE with India 1/2 anna blue and Kashmir 8 annas deep blue, envelope light faults.

✉ INDIA. 1877. KASHMIR local post. 1/2 anna black on European laid paper (SG. 41) on complete cover.

✉ IRLANDA. 1873. CORK to PIACENZA (Italy). 1 d. red (3), taxed on arrival with 10 cts. (2) (faults) and 1 lira italian stamps. Nice combination franking.

✉ MALAYA. 1898. SINGAPORE to MEDAM (Netherlands Indian). 4 cts. yellow brown (8). On back cds. N. I. AGENT SINGAPORE and arrival.

✉ MALAYA. 1900. Registered letter to GERMANY. Spectacular franking, arrival cds on back.

✉ MAURICIO. 1870. PORT LOUIS a BORDEAUX. 4 p. rosa y 5 sh. lila. Mat. B53. Parte de la dirección rehecha. Fechador de entrada y llegada al dorso. Raro franqueo con el 5 shillings.

✉ MAURICIO. 1892. MAURITIUS to BELGIUM. Registered envelope of 8 cts. grey uprated by 2 cents. on 4 cents. rose (4) and 8 cents. on 2 p. blue. Very fine.

✉ NUEVA ZELANDA. 1884. DUNEDIN to NAPLES (Italy). 1 p. rose, 2 p. lilac and 4 p. green.

✉ NIGERIA. 1894. Registered cover from BONNY (11 Sep. 94) to LUTON (England (26 Oct.) via Liverpool, franked with 1892 Oil Rivers 2 d., 1894 1 d. bisected and 2 d. bisected, with all related datestamps.

✉ NIGERIA. 1898. BURUTU to FRANCE. Unpaid cover with a very fine sanserif black boxed ROYAL NIGER COMPANY/CHARTERED & LIMITED/POST OFFICE/BURUTU with T/0,25/LV postage due mark. On arrival French 50 cts. lilac postage due stamp. Very rare combination franking.

✉ RHODESIA. 1899. MELSETER to GREAT BRITAIN redirected to SWITZERLAND and ITALY. Postal Stationery of 3 p. orange uprated by 1/2 p. black and lilac (corner fault). Several cds. transits and arrival.

✉ RHODESIA. 1922. BULAWAYO to HOLLAND. Registered 4 p. envelope uprated with 3 p.

✉ SANTA HELENA. 1901. Cover to Boer War Prisoner of War at DIYATALAWA Camp, franked by single 1884/94 1d. on 6d. dull red cancelled in violet and in black with circular handstamps and ST. HELENA code C cds. at left (July 6). Reverse with manuscript Censored at left and return address deleted with black on pink label E R/OPENED UNDER MARTIAL LAW and front with violet PASSED BY CENSOR P-O-W/DIYATALAWA handstamp.

✉ SANTA HELENA. Ed. . 1902. Registered cover used to TRANSVAAL bearing 1/2 d. & 2 1/2 d. ovpt tied by the CORK in circle hs´s supported by the ST HELENA cds & Registry hs showing the PRISONER OF WAR hs with the appropriate transits on the reverse. Cover reduced at left.

✉ SANTA LUCIA. 1932. TORTOLA (Virgin Islands) to ST. LUCIA. 1/2 d. green taxed with St. Lucia 2 d. black on yellow postage due stamp.

✉ SANTA LUCIA. 1934. NEW YORK to ST. LUCIA. 5 cent. blue taxed on arrival with St. Lucia 1 d. and 2 d. postage due stamps.

✉ SIERRA LEONA. 1888. Cover from FREETOWN to LONDON franked by 1884 1d. carmine (2) diagonally bisected and tied by B31 obliterators in brownish-red ink and corresponding FREETOWN/SIERRA LEONE cds. (Sept. 3). Circular PAID/LIVERPOOL/BR. PACKET cds. in red (Sept. 24). Some minor envelope imperfections but scarce.

✉ AFRICA DEL SUR. 1892. ORANJE STAAT to BAVARIA (Germany). 1/2 d. on 1 p. postal stationary card taxed on arrival with Bavaria 5 pf. stamp. RARE.

✉ AFRICA DEL SUR. 1895. Cover franked with 2 1/2p. purple Coat of Arms issue, underpaying the UPU letter rate to the UNITED STATES, and tied by indistinct PRETORIA datestamp. Front shows octagonal T/15c handstamp showing amount of deficiency, large circular T handstamp, NEW YORK opera glass transit with integral 6 cents due plus pair 3 cents claret postage due stamps (Sc. J24), tied by NEW YORK/M.I.&R. railroad duplex cancels. A very fine and scarce insufficiently prepaid item.

✉ TRINIDAD. 1892. DEMMIN (German) to PORT OF SPAIN (Trinidad). Send without stamps, taxed on arrival with Trinidad 5 d. black stamp.