G.B & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

1841-84 Mourning covers with 1841 cover bearing a 1d black (3 margins), covers from France with scarce curved framed "FOREIGN PAID" of Southampton...

1644 (Oct 5) Civil War Period entire letter from Sir Patrick Curwen at Workington Hall, Cumberland, addressed "For His Matys special affairs. To h...

1653 (Oct 31) Entire letter addressed "For the right Honble the Lord President of the Counsell of State" stating that four guns from a little priz...

1674 (May 12) Entire letter from Whitehall, signed by the Duke of Monmouth, addressed "For the honourable Sr Phillip Musgrave Knight, Governor of ...

Army. 1798 (May 21) Partly printed "weekly state of His Majestys 2nd Battn of the 4th Regt of Fencible Infantry commanded by the Earl of Breadalba...

1823-24 Letters from Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton, Under Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, an 1823 letter stating he will be adding Horton ...

1841 (Nov 23) Entire letter from the Admiralty to William Shield in Exeter informing him of this promotion to Admiral of the White, with a red cro...

Ordnance Office/Quarter Master General. c.1804-34 Lettersheets including an unusual unused "Ordnance Office" lettersheet with signature of John An...

Napoleonic Wars - Prisoners of War in France. 1811 (Apr 25) Lettersheet with partly printed address "The Minister and Church Wardens of the Parish...

Adjutant-General's Office/ Peninsular War. 1812 (Mar 5) Printed O.H.M.S Adjutant General's Office lettersheet sent free to Capt, Wainman in Yorksh...

Navy Pay Office. 1804-05 Printed Navy Pay Office O.H.M.S lettersheets with Free datestamps, both unusually sent to Guernsey, one missent to Helsto...

1792 - c.1825 Letters concerning larger items sent as frees, the 1792 letter from John Fisk who has obtained four franks in which he will send his...

G.B. 1915-18 Covers and cards from soldiers in hospitals in G.B (8, six with cachets, also three official notification of arrival at hospital card...

Austria. 1914-18 Covers and cards from soldiers in hospital in various parts of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, all with cachets, some registered, al...

Austria - Ambulance Trains. 1914-18 Covers and cards from ambulance trains (32), 28 of these with cachets, seven of these from hospital trains ope...

G.B. 1939-45 Forces mail, including unusual naval censor marks (with Colley types N1401 used with an army censor from F.P.O 424, N1064, N537, N421...

Paraguay. 1934 (Sep 29) Registered cover from Asuncion to Berne franked 1934 $4.50 (2) and $13.50 Zeppelin stamps and Columbus issue 50c (2), 1p, ...

Saar. 1930 (May 12) Postcard to Seville franked 7f10, with 1st South American flight cachets, carried on the first stage of the Zeppelin flight, b...

USA. 1936 (May-Oct) Covers carried on the ten "Hindenburg" Zeppelin flights from Lakehurst to Frankfurt, six with arrival datestamps. Also a card ...

1915-18 Covers and cards to or from Australian soldiers in G.B (6) or Egypt, including scarce oval "NOT AT / No. 3 AUSTRALIAN AUXILIARY / HOSPITAL...

1936-9 Long Official covers sent by air to the Director of Civil Aviation in New Delhi (5) or to London, two with India Service stamps, the others...

1941 (May/Nov) Covers (3) and a front from Rangoon (3) or Chauk Magwe to G.B, inscribed "via American Trans Pacific Transatlantic" franked KGV 6a,...

1872-1985 Used collection in an album including 1872 small shield 5g on piece, 1926-31 air set, 1929, 1932 and 1934 Welfare Fund sets, 1936 Olympi...

1940 Feldpost cards with a caricature of Churchill in the upper right corner, commercially used from Feldpost 33057, or from Frankfurt to Feldpost...

Upper Silesia. 1921 Covers and cards comprising Aug. 19th cover franked G.B ½d + 1½d cancelled "ARMY POST OFFICE / S.120" (used at Oppeln, Upper S...

1872-78 Covers sent within G.B, to army or naval officers correctly franked 1d, then redirected to India, the 1872 cover to H.M.S "Immortalite" at...

Tibet. 1904 (Sep 10) Argentina 5c postal stationery envelope from Salto to "Sub Lieutenant Grant, Army of Operations in Tibet, Simla", redirected ...

1914 (Nov 4) Stampless Army Field Service postcard used by a P.O.W in transit, the reverse headed "Army Form A2042" (with wording similar to Burro...

Ahmednagar. 1914 (Nov 30) Stampless printed P.O.W envelope to Rangoon, exceptionally registered with an Ahmednagar registration label applied. Als...

Ahmednagar. 1914-19 Printed Prisoner of War Postcards, the reverse with the usual five short messages, printed in English (11) or German (6), vari...

Ahmednagar. 1914-18 Printed Prisoner of War envelopes, various types printed in red and black (8) or in red only with a large red triangle across ...

Katapahar. 1917 Stampless cover to Switzerland endorsed "Prisoner of War Service, no stamp required, Civil Detenus Letter" with violet boxed "Pass...

Ramandrug. 1918-19 Printed Ahmednagar Camp P.O.W postcard with the camp name altered to Ramandrug in manuscript, reverse handstamped "FROHE / WEIH...

Yercaud. 1918-19 Stampless postcards (2), one with "On Prisoners of War Service" printed heading, and a printed cover "Prisoners of War Letter, Fo...

Burma - Thayetmyo. 1917 Printed P.O.W envelopes to Bombay, one with "From Prisoners of War Camp, Thayetmyo / Burma, India" printed at the base wit...

Unused Proofs of the type 1 envelope "Trump Cards" with Stephen Smith address on the flap (omitted from the issued envelope) and type 2 envelope "...

Censorship. 1942 Cover franked 1.30 from E.A. A.P.O 2 in Nairobi to Johannesburg, with enclosed "CENSOR'S COMMENT" memo bearing red "DEPUTY CHIEF ...

Censorship. c.1940 Stampless O.A.S cover to USA with "British-American Ambulance Corps, Hiram B.D Blauvelt, Liaison Officer and Representative in ...

Internee Mail - Uganda/Kenya. 1943 Lettersheets or cards from Italian Internees in Uganda (2) or Kenya (5), two printed lettersheets for Internmen...

1882-84 2c Rose triplet of S.G. 17 + 18 + 19, mint trio plus two of each used; triplet of S.G. 19 (4, different to previous triplet) + 20 (3, one ...

1951-79 Covers and cards including 1951 (Sep 22) Singapore City Day slogan (used on this one day only, also two postcards), temporary P.O datestam...

Nee Soon. 1940-57 Covers including 1940 cover to England from a Captain in the H.K.S. R.A with an army censor, 1946 B.M.A size F 15c registration ...

1877-1921 Registered covers all with handstruck registration handstamps including 1877 boxed "REGT LETTER No....." (Proud R3, repaired tears), oth...

1945 (July 9 / Oct 15) Stampless O.A.S Covers with Indian "F.P.O / No. 46" datestamps, one on a Parliamentary Election Official Paid envelope with...

1953 (Apr. 30) Registered brown paper package franked $5.80 from Tanah Rata to England with large violet circular "Station Staff Cameron Highlands...

London G.P.O. Supplementary Cachets. 1954 (Mar. 11) Cover from Australia franked Royal Visit 2/- with straight line "SALVAGED MAIL-AIRCRAFT CRASH....

1954 (Dec. 21) Cover from Penang to New York franked $1, another stamp washed off, resealed at right, tied by boxed "SALVAGED MAIL / AIRCRAFT CRAS...

1954 (Dec. 20) Cover from Kuantan, Pahang, to USA, the stamps washed off, with violet boxed "SALVAGED MAIL / AIRCRAFT CRASH / PRESTWICK 25-12-54",...

1914 Stampless cover with "TRENTHAM RIFLE RGE / N.Z" c.d.s. (recorded Oct. 5 - Nov. 4) and violet boxed "N.Z MILITARY POST OFFICE / OCT 7 1914 / E...

Machine Cancels. c.1882-1920 Covers and cards with flag types (100+), early Leavitt machines, Krags, Colombia, International, Barry, Doremus, Hamp...