1875, 1 drachma black/green, tied by Athens c.d.s. to envelope from Vienna 1894 to Athens, franked on reverse with strip of five 1890, 2 kreuzer. Charged postage due because the franking was on the reverse, which was contrary to Greek PO rules.   Very fine and very scarce.

EGYPT: “ALEXANDRIA 25 APR 78”, c.d.s. clear on Large Hermes Head 30 lepta brown, clear to large margins, on entire bank letter to Athens, with additional strike alongside. Very fine and scarce.

1904, 5 filler light green/black, two adhesives (one mostly torn off) tied by unclear cds dated 3rd March 1906 to small wrapper to Djibouti, treated as unpaid since Ethiopia was not yet a member of the UPU, and taxed upon arrival with blue crayon “T” and on reverse Ethiopia Postage Dues ½ gersch  vermilion pair, 2 gersch dark brown and 4 gersch lilac-brown, paying the domestic rate of 7 gersch and tied by cds “ HARAR 2 4 6”, some...

1903, 10 filler with First Day cancel “BUDAPEST 903 NOV.-1"” on unfranked locally used card, with adjacent despatch- and  arrival mark. Supposed to be the only First Day item of the first Postage Due issue. Ex Gabor Visnyovszki.

1869/71, postal stationery card 2 kreuzer with German imprint, early use with cds. “PEST 8.10.69” (8 days after issue) together with stationery card 2 kreuzer with Hungarian imprint, early use with blue cds. “NAGYKATA 14.10.(69)", also 1871 stationery card used with cds. ”NAGYKANIZSA" and Company address label on front, fine and attractive bilingual trio

1883, reply part of postcard 8 aur lilac, used with target “73” of Lemvig, Denmark (additional strike on reverse), with text to Reykjavík, with transit mark “KOPENHAGEN 1/8”. Very scarce. Certificate Nielsen (2006) 

1853, 9 centesimi light blue, in combination with Modena 1852, 5 cents green, with dot after figure, both of fine colour and with good to mostly large margins, tied to first page of newspaper "Messaggere di Modena" of October 24, 1853. A rare and most attractive complementary mixed franking, of which only very few examples have been recorded. Certificate Sorani (2002)

1867, Vittorio Emanuele 20 centesimi blue, used with diamond of dots on postal stationery card 10 centesimi brown from “COMO 27…74” to Karlsruhe, Germany, fine. A scarce usage at the letter rate from the Pre-UPU period

1901, Vittorio Emanuele 10 centesimi brown-rose, neatly tied by special postmark “ROMA VI.CONGRESSO-POSTALE UNIVERSALE 18.MAG.06” to special card in brown with greeting text and signatures of various delegates, addressed to the general postmaster in Stockholm, fine, rare

1879, reply part of double card 15 + 0 centesimi, unused, showing on front clear c.d.s. "COLOMBO PAID DE 11 79" and on reverse large crowned handstamp "POSTMASTER GENERALS OFFICE CEYLON DE 11 1879". This item was sent by Ceylon authorities to the UPU at Berne as evidence in its complaint against Italy, sending reply cards to non-UPU-members. A unique item from the Ex-UPU-archive.

1847/1922, interesting group of 13 covers, card and postal stationeries, some better items with 1847 Bologna postal receipt, Papal State 1 baj. and 5 baj. as postage due franking, unfranked 1877 “SHIP”-letter via Old Point, Virginia via New York to Genua with Italian postage due 40 c. in pair, 1895 picture postal stationery card with German postal railway label ("picture cards are not permitted") and Italian Post Abroad 1874 5 centesimi tied...

1875/1932, four different unused and used postal stationeries including 30 centimes registered postal order envelope with additional franking Allegory 5 and 10 centimes, 1932 registered express cover with Official issues 1922 5 francs and 1926 2 francs as a vertical pair, mostly fine