Austrian Levant 1 piaster on 10c portrait issue cancelled s/r cds SMYRNA OESTERREICHISCHE POST 8 November 1898; b/s Brussels 13 Nov 1898
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USA to Yorkshire Missent 1983
3 x 40c Philip Mazzei commemorative on airmail envelope from Fort Lauderdale to Harrogate, 21 November 1983; h/s ‘missent to Jakarta’, a mark considered to be used improperly to cover up delay in the mail; on reverse m/s ‘From P&O Canberra”; minor faults to envelope
GB Meter mark and Slogan 1986
d/r cds Worcester 17 Meter mark and slogan to Droitwich 14 May 1986, with red slogan ‘Look After Yourself – Quit Smoking’ plus large boxed red h/s “Franking Me with an Incorrect Date has made it Appear that I have Arrived Late, date posted 15 May”; no b/s, unusual
USA missent mail, external, 1987
US 22c airmail stamp on plain envelope addressed to US Peace Corps (Central Pacific) in Kiribati (formerly Gilbert Islands), cancelled Washington m/c d/s 10 August 1987; h/s ‘MISSENT TO MANILA’ (sometimes considered a code to excuse delay) b/s TAIPEI 15 August 1987
OHMS FPO 141 Falkland Islands 1986
s/r cds Port Stanley, Falkland Islands & d/r cds FPO 141 Falkland Islands, on OHMS official envelope; oval h/s “Posts and Telecommunications Falkland Islands 21 March 1986; typed note ‘QSL Card’; has been forwarded to RAF Stanley; b/s Field Post Office 141 24 March 1986 & 4 April 1986; all within the Falkland Islands; very scarce example of military mail at this time
Transvaal Revenues 1987
Large part document franked with 6d, 2 x 1/-, 2 x 2/6 revenue stamps cancelled with large oval d/r ‘SPECIALE LANDDROST KANTOOR JOHANNESBURG” with similar large red cachet alongside; very scarce combination; spectacular
GB £5 POSTAGE DUES ON PIECE 1986
Large piece franked with postage dues, 9 x £5, 7 x 20p, 50p, 5p, 3p, all uncancelled but with a ‘soft packet’ Keighley d/s alongside; used as a receipt for a parcel charged £46.98; nice unusual use of postage dues
JUGOSLAVIA POSTAGE DUE COVER 1983
4d Jugoslavia small pictorial cancelled Markovci Pri Ptuju (?) to Ljubljana; large ‘T’ taxe h/s; 2 x 100 para small pictorials overwritten with MS italic ‘Porto’ for use as postage dues, cancelled Ljubljana 20 August 1983; nice combination
FRENCH BALLOON BICENTENARY STRIP ON WRAPPER TO GUILDFORD 1983
Wrapper from ‘L’Echo de la Timbrologie’ franked with the strip of 3 commemorating the bicentenary of the first balloon flight, + 1fr 80 pictorial for the 56th Philatelic Congress, Marseille, & 0.005 Liberté by Delacroix & Gandon; from Amiens to Guildford 4 October 1983; a colourful franking
EARLY COMPLETE LETTER TO MONACO 1798 FROM MARSEILLE
Entire letter with departure mark 12 Marseille addressed to Monaco, with MS charge mark 8 (sols?, the contents neatly & clearly written: mail to Monaco is scarce at this early date.