1931, postal stationery card 10 öre deep violet with additional franking Gustav V 5 öre green, used with cds. “TRELLEBORG 9.11.43” to Denmark, not transmitted forward and kept at the Stockholm post office. After the end of World War II, the card was finally released to Copenhagen, handstamped on departure with cds “STOCKHOLM 7.6.45” and a seven-line information mark, adjacent Danish censor postmark. Because of the sender's note “Lazarettet”...

1876, Duloz 10 para lilac, tied by all arabic single circle to 'Judicial' journal to Patras, Greece, charged upon arrival and franked with postage due 10 para green/black, tied by c.d.s. "PATRAS 8 JAN 80". Pages with some age wear, still a fine and rare item. 

1878/1916, seven covers and postal stationery cards including one franked parcel card from Cilica, with among others 1878 cover with 1876 50 paras from Damascus to Marseille, first postal stationery card 20 para used in 1878 via Messina to Malta with arrival postmark and 1915 overprint issue 25 piaster on 200 piaster tied by cds. “GALATA 1.1.16” to money letter, mostly fine 

1884/91, UPU card 20 paras, used with bilingual "BEYROUTH SEPT 9 91" via "HONG KONG OC 7 91" to Macao, with arrival mark on reverse. A most unusual Destination.

1875/86, group of eight postal stationery card essays and proofs, with Bavaria double card 5 pfennig with handwritten archival date (29.Dzbr.1875), France 15 centimes globe in a square essay, German Empire double card without facial value and 10 pfennig double card proofs with archival date (1886), Greece 10 lepta card with handstamp “SPECIMEN” and Portugal two 1878 cards 20 reis and 25 reis both with handstamp "SPECIMEN", together with Haiti...

1890, 1d. proof impression of the 1840, 1d. black, die I, with additional (inked) reversed engraving ‚1‘ and ‚OLD ORIGINAL‘ below the impression, slightly reduced in size, the design showing no signs of wear, minor corner imperfections in the margins where the die proof was originally affixed, but still fine and fresh. (S.G. Cat. GBP 12.500)

1840, 1d. black, plate 1, TD, two singles cut from the First and Second Imprimatur sheets („Before Hardening“ and „After Hardening“) with large to very large margins all round, the Imprimatur from the First imprimatur sheet dated 15 April showing the sharp impression of the earliest state of the (unhardened) printing plate 1, the latter from the Second Imprimatur sheet dated 27 April showing the contrasting worn impression. A magnificent...

1d. grey-black, Plate 1A, EH, a late printing from the very worn printing plate 1, large regular margins all round and centrally cancelled with a red Maltese Cross. (S.G.Cat.: GBP 525)

1d. grey-black, Plate 1A, GD, a late printing from the very worn printing plate 1, very large and regular margins all round, tied with a red Maltese Cross to envelope, „RUNCORN“ receiving house handstamp on front and „PRESTON BROOK  AU 3 1840“ c.d.s. on reverse for dispatch, addressed to Bakewell, a highly attractive late usage of the very worn plate 1A, Dr. Enzo Diena certificate (1998) (S.G. Cat.: GBP 1000)

1d. black, plate 2, TI, Imprimatur from the  Second Registration sheet, large to very large margins all round, very fine and rare. R.P.S.L. certificate 1983 (S.G. Cat.: GBP 15.000)

1d. black, plate 4, AH, variety „defective check letter ‚H‘ in lower right corner“, large margins all round, tied by red „CAMELFORD undated town obliteration in addition to red pen cancellation to piece. A very rare obliteration, just ten items with the red CAMELFORD obliteration recorded in the Karl Louis Card Index, of which this with a full strike is certainly among the finest existing. RPSL certificate (1965) (S.G.Cat. GBP 20.000)

1d. black, plate 5, LL, large regular margins all round, tied by a black Maltese Cross to entire dated „Frampton April 6th. 1841“, „BOSTON AP 7 1841“ and „FOLKINGHAM AP 8 1841“ c.d.s. on front, addressed to Threekingham nr. Folkingham, extremely fine and fresh. (S.G.Cat.: GBP 775.-)