1934, Proclamation of Ibn Saud ¼ g.-1 s., complete sets perforated and imperforate, 1 s. imperforate light corner bend away from the design, otherwise fine to very fine. A scarce duo of sets

1880, “POSTAHANE-I SHAM 1279” Folded envelope from Damas to Beyrouth with pair and single 20 Pa. green, all tied by clear all arabic "POSTAHANE-I SHAM 1279" to Beyrouth (Isfila no.2, R), unrecorded green oneliner “Damas Le 24 Mars 1880” alongside, right stamp of pair showing plate flaw missing ‘20’ (white tablet), light fold and tiny toned, otherwise fine, scarce and very attractive Syria postal history.

1860, 60 c. dull lilac (shades), the complete re-plating of the Transfer of 12 Types showing 24 stamps including Lee "A" numbers, Sc. 13 (24), all used with black, red or blue cancellations including "Mercedes", most struck with the Salto negative handstamp in black. A scarce study, condition most fine to very fine, a scarce offer!

1851/57, 12 c. black, a pair and a single, margins in places and right-hand stamp lightly creased, tied by neat „DU BUQÜE JUL 29 1857“ datestamp to yellow envelope routed via New York American Packet (August 1, 1857) and „Prussia closed Mail“, „AACHEN 13.8. / FRANCO“ datestamp and „Franco Preuss. resp.Vereins. Ausg(angs)-Gr(enze)“ instructional marking alongside, to „Zillis, Ct. Bünden, Schweiz, Europa“, tiny border crease and rough opened at...

1893, Columbian Exposition 2 c. tied by special machine cancel “WOLD'S FAIR STATION CHICAGO 1893 OCT.23” to underfranking advertising cor “Der Deutsche General-Komisser California Midwinter International Exposition” with tax mark “T 1/15” to Dresden, Germany with arrival mark

1863, letter from Buenos Aires to Boston, mailed with the branch packet “Mersey” to the “Magdalena” in Rio de Janeiro; on 11.7.1963 the ship left Southampton, with arrival on 6.8.1963. The weight was 2 oz., noted “96” being 4-times the 24 c. debit on the U.S. Post Office for a letter across the Atlantic by an American Packet, “via Southampton” in manuscript. In Queenstown, it caught the Inman Line ship “City of Washington” on 6.8.1963, with...

Everts, Wilson & Co's Express, Paid, 1861, ornamental printed frank on 3c. Nesbitt postal stationery cover, struck with large blue oval “Everts, Davis & Co's Express / Forbestown / Feb 27 1861”, with year in manuscript, alongside blue oval “Wells, Fargo & Co / Marysville / Feb 28” datestamp, or Oroville, California, slightly reduced at left, otherwise quite fresh, a rare Everts & Wells Fargo conjunctive use, illustrating the...

1867, folded letter with c.d.s  “LA GUAYRA 4.JUIN67”, endorsed “via St. Nazaire” and handstruck “20” (decimés) plus French ship c.d.s. “LIGNE-A PAQ.FR. No. 1 9.JUIN.67” on reverse to Bordeaux with arrival mark, fine

1945, Independence Issue, 1 c., 3 c., 6c., 10 c. and 15 c. tied by cds . “HA-NOI TRUNG-UONG 8 11 46” to local envelope, fine, also a second local envelope with combination franking used with “HANOI R.P. TONKIN”, some occasional perf toning otherwise fine

1850, “AMERICA ÜBER BREMEN” roter L2 und schwarzer L1 “PAID PART” auf Faltbriefhülle von “BELOIT WI APR.5” via New York nach Grossbottwar mit Ankunftsstempel. Vorderseitig mit geänderten Tax-Vermerken, übliche Falt- und Altersspuren

“4½/2 Sgr. AMERIKA ÜBER BREMEN”, roter L3 recht klar auf Briefkuvert mit Leitvermerk “per Steamer Washington via Bremen” von “SAINT LOUIS JUL.10.” via New York mit Tax-Stempel “15” nach Magdeburg mit Ausgabestempel und blauem Tax-Vermerk “6½” (Sgr.). Der Umschlag mit Rand- und Beförderungsspuren

1846, kompletter Faltbrief mit Absenderstempel “Fr. BRAASCH & CO. HAMBURG”  und Leitvermerk "via Falmouth p. West-India Steamer. Von Falmouth mit rotem EKr. “PAID 31.JY.1846” und Tax-Vermerk “1/6” (1 Shilling 6 Pence" nach La Guayra befördert, in einwandfreier Erhaltung. Ein früher Brief mit Destination Venezuela