Important Stamps and Covers of the World

1843 Pre-stamp envelope written from MALTA and forwarded via Gibraltar with hand-struck GIB. S. ROQUE AND. BAXA transit in red to CADIZ. The bearer ha

1858 (Jan 7) Entire letter from MANILA to Madrid via Suez and Gibraltar, franked by Colonial 1 real green imperforate tied by network handstamp in bla

1862 (Jan 24) Entire letter from MANILA to Cadiz via Suez and Gibraltar, franked at triple rate with Colonial 1 real green and 2 reales carmine tied b

1863 (June 22) Entire letter from MANILA to Cadiz via Suez and Gibraltar, franked by two contrasting shades of Colonial 1 real green tied by network h

1866 (Aug 3) Entire letter from MANILA to Cadiz via Suez and Gibraltar, franked by 12½c. blue on pink imperforate, tied by network handstamp in...

1876 Printed matter rate envelope to FRANCE written from "VAN POLANEN PETEL & Co. MANILA" bearing Malaya Straits Settlements 2 c brown...

1883 Registered Advice of Receipt envelope addressed to the PHILIPPINES bearing French Type Sage 10 cts. Yvert 89, tied by PARIS RUE D´AMSTERDA...

1900 ADMON. AMERICANA. Sobre CERTIFICADO de MANILA a CADIZ. 1c verde, 2c rojo y 5c azul (44). Marcas R/MANILA y fechador MIL STA Nº I PHILIPINE...

1902 ADMON. AMERICANA. Sobre CERTIFICADO de MANILA a CADIZ. 1c. verde, 2c rojo, 5c azul y 10c castaño. Fechador MANILA/REGISTERED. (Yvert 176,1...

1898 Carta enviada a bordo del buque US. "Sharpshooter" dirigida al Gobernador de las Islas Carolinas en Ponape pidiendole permiso para an...

(1898 CA) Sobre sin texto enviado al Gobernador de las Carolinas Orientales en Ponape remitido por una Legacion Japonesa en la isla de RUK. Muy intere

1899 A ALMERIA. Al frente marca en tinta de escribir GOBIERNO P. OCCIDENTAL DE CAROLINAS Y PALAOS y varias marcas de tasa. Al dorso, marcas de tr...

1898 JALUIT a PONAPE (Islas Carolinas). Carta enviada al Gobernador de las Carolinas Orientales por el Agente de la Compañia HAUPT.

3,6 1850 CIRCULADA a PADOVA (Austria). 20 cts. negro y 1 Fr. carmín, mat. GRILLE y fechador ASSEMBLEE NATIONAL. Márgenes ligeramente corto...

1 1851 (Feb) PARIS a ISLA DE REUNION. 10c castaño amarillo (2), mat. PARRILLA. TARIFA MILITAR. Al dorso fechador ST. DENIS/ILE DE LA REUNION y...

1861 Envelope to Darmstadt franked imperf 20c. Napoleon(2) tied by numeral cancel of Rouen. Obverse bears red boxed "Affranchissement/Insuffis...

1863 Envelope with full contents to the French Navy ship "L´Etoile" at French Gabon bearing Napoleon 80 cents rose (Yvert 17b) tied b...

1867 Envelope to Cuddappah, India, franked strip of three 20c. + 10c. Napoleon tied Nantes numeral cancel ´2602´. Obverse also bears red b...

1869 Circulada a un marinero del buque francés "Mysore" en HONG-KONG, devuelta a BORDEAUX por no encontrar al destinatario. Al dorso ...

37,39c(5) 1871 (Sept) BRIARE a NEVERS. 20c azul y 1c oliva emisión de Burdeos (2 parejas y 1 suelto). Mat. Rombo de Puntos 623. RARA.

1872 Wrapper to Lima, Peru, with mixed franking of 15c. Ceres + 40c. & 80c. laureated Napoleon tied by Paris "star". Annotated to go v...

54,56 1875 SALONIQUE (Grecia) a U.S.A. 10 cts. y 30 cts. mat. SALONIQUE/TURQ. D´EUROPE. Rara tarifa a USA. Exceptionnel tarif à 40 c. Au B...

1876 Mourning envelope to FRANCE bearing French General Colonies 5 c green (imperf pair) (Yvert 17) tied by LORIENT MORBIHAN double ring with PARIS ar

69,75 1879 PARIS a PORT LOUIS (Mauricio). 5 cts. verde y 30 cts. castaño. Al dorso fechador de llegada MAURITIUS.

1897 BURDEAUX a PREKULN (Rusia) reexpedida a MARIENBAD con sello de 10 kp. azul (Mi 52). MAGNIFICA. Cert. MIKULSK.

83(24),85(2) 1899 PARIS a AMSTERDAM. Espectacular franqueo con 24 sellos de 1 cto. y 2 sellos de 2 cts. Tasada a la llegada con sello Holandes de 25 c

1871 Envelope to FRANCE from Bone Algeria bearing French, 20 cent blue (Type 3) superb side margins example cancelled in transit by 2240 of Marseille

1901 15c. postal stationery envelope uprated 5c. & 30c. "Sage", registered to Munich and cancelled in transit at Porto Novo, Dahomey. ...

1895 French Occupation Military mail. Envelope to FRANCE endorsed Troupes du Mekong Commandant des Troupes cancelled Corps Exped. Cambodge double ring

1896 French Occupation Military mail. Envelope to FRANCE headed Hopital Mixte de Phnom-Penh bearing Indochine 25 cent black (strip of 3) (Yvert 10) ti

1904 Siam postal stationary card 4 att red addressed to PARIS cancelled by BATTAMBONG datestamp. A great rarity of Siamese postal stationary used in C

1904 Military mail envelope to FRANCE endorsed "Troupes du Cambodge" cancelled by CORPS EXPED. CAMBODGE double ring with military cachet P...

1908 France 10 c. red on green stationery card used to France cancelled by two fine strikes of ´Siemrap-Angkor/Cambodge´ cds´s in blu...

1910 Royal envelope with invitation card from Somdach Prea Norodom, the King of Cambodia with large embossed seal from The Palace of Phnom Penh. A rar

1914 Military mail envelope to FRANCE endorsed CORPS EXPEDITIONNAIRE DU CAMEROUN with military cancel TRESOR ET POSTE AUX ARMEES/COLONNE DU CAMEROUN F

1915 Registered envelope to FRANCE bearing 1 c brown and red (5), 5 c green and brown and 25 c blue and brown (Yvert 38, 41, 44) tied by TRESOR ET PO

1916 Registered mourning envelope to FRANCE bearing 5 cents green and brown (Yvert 41) and 10 cents red (3) (Yvert 42) tied by DUALA KAMERUN datestamp

1916 Registered and charged france bearing 5 c grey and green (2), 10 c red, 25 c blue and brown and 35 c violet and green (Yvert 41, 42,44,46) tied b

1916 Registered envelope to LOME TOGO bearing Anglo-French Occupation 5 cent green and black (Yvert 41) and 10 cent red (3) (Yvert 42) tied by DUALA K

1924 Internal mail envelope bearing French General Colony Postage dues 10 cents brown (strip of five) (Yvert 19) tied by DUALA CAMEROUN datestamp addr

1899 Registered and charged envelope to FRANCE bearing 50 cents blue and rose (Yvert 15) and 75 cents violet and orange (Yvert 16) tied by COTE FRANCA

1902 Newspaper wrapper to Zagazig, Egypt, franked bisected 25c. tied by Djibouti date stamp.

1900 Registered envelope to FRANCE bearing Obock 2 cents brown (3) (Yvert 33), 4 cents brown-orange (Yvert 49), 5 cents green (Yvert 35), 5 cents gree

1902 Destination mail. Picture post card to JAVA, Netherlands East Indies bearing 10 on 25 cent black and blue (Yvert 31) tied by COTE FRANCAISE DES S

1903 Registered envelope to Paris with mixed imperf franking of 5c. & 10c. Obock + 25c. Djibouti tied by cds. Obverse also bears octagonal marit...

1903 Registered envelope to Paris with mixed franking of Djibouti 1c, 4c. & 15c. + 20c. Obock tied by Cote Des Somalis * Djibouti cds. Obverse a...

1875 Envelope written from COTONEU, Dahomey 21st October 1875 endorsed "Courier Francaise" sent by French paquebot to Goree with octagonal...

1891 Envelope to FRANCE bearing France Type Sage 5 c green (pair) (Yvert 75) tied by ALEXANDRIE EGYPTE double ring, underpaid with TAX handstamp and F

1902 Picture post card to FRANCE bearing Port Said 1 cent black (Yvert 1), 2 cents brown lilac (Yvert 2), 3 cents grey (Yvert 3) and 4 cents brown (Yv

1900 German postal stationary card 5 pf green cancelled by BERLIN datestamp routed via French paquebot with octagonal LOANGO A MARSEILLE L.N. Nº...

1841 Pre-stamp envelope to FRANCE cancelled by PROCUREUR DU ROI A LA POINTE A PITRE/GUADELOUPE/CHARTER/1830 in black with despatch cachet of POINTE-A-

1843 Pre-stamp envelope to the ISLAND OF MARIE-GALANTE written from POINTE-A-PITRE and cancelled by SERVICE DES PONTS ET CHAUSSEES/GUADELOUPE (Jamet N

1849 PETIT BOURG a PARIS. Manuscrito en el frente "Petit Bourg le 9 Sept, 1849". Fechador de salida BASSE-TERRE/GUADALUPE. Circulada por e...

1855 ST. FRANÇOISE a FRANCIA. Carta pagada en origen, marca "12" (decimas) al dorso y P.D. en el frente. Manuscrito "Vancluse, p...

1875 Entire to Bordeaux franked imperf pairs 5c & 30c, both cut into, tied by dotted lozenge & blue "Colonies Fra. V. Ang." cds. ...

1878 Envelope to FRANCE bearing French General Colonies Ceres 5 cents green (Yvert 17) and 10 cents brown on rose (Yvert 18) mixed with Type Sage 20 c

1880 Postal stationary card addressed to FRANCE bearing French General Colonies 10 c brown/rose (Yvert 18) tied by BASSE-TERRE GUADELOUPE double ring

1881 POINTE A PITRE a FRANCIA. Circulada con una pareja del 25 cts. bistre de Colonias. Carta certificada, al dorso fechador maritimo de la LIGNE B. P

1882 BASSE-TERRE correo interior. Pequeño sobre circulado sin cerrar con sello de Colonias de 2 cts. castaño en el interior de Basse-Terre...

1884 Wrapper to Bordeaux franked imperf 35c. "Sage" surcharge boxed ´G.P.F. 25´ tied by Basse Terre date stamp. Obverse also b...

1884 Postal stationary card addressed to FRANCE bearing French General Colonies 5 c green (pair) (Yvert 49) tied by BASSE-TERRE GUADELOUPE double ring

1894 Registered mourning envelope to FRANCE bearing 2 cent lilac brown (5), 40 cent orange and 25 cent black on rose (Yvert 15,24,34) tied by BASSE-TE

1895 Postal stationary card addressed to POINTE-A-PITRE bearing French General Colonies 15 c blue (Yvert 51) tied by BASSE-TERRE GUADELOUPE double rin

1900 Mourning envelope cancelled by GPE in lozange from POINTE-A-PITRE with boxed P.P. addressed en ville. A rare item of mail sent during the thirty

1902 Incoming mail from the United States to Morne-Caille bearing 5 cent brown (Scott 270) tied by WORLD´S FAIR ST. LOUIS slogan cachet, underp...

1848 CAYENNE a BORDEAUX. Franqueo pagado en origen estampando la marca P.D. en anverso y reverso. Al dorso manuscrito "Affranchie conforme... a...

1852 Stampless envelope to FRANCE cancelled by oval POSTE AUX LETTRES DE CAYENNE GUYANE FRANCAISE sent by English Packet via Demerara with boxed accou

1889 CHANDERNAGOR a GRAN BRETAÑA. Franqueada con 5 sellos de Gran Bretaña de 1 p. lila con fechador de CHANDERNAGOR. Al dorso marca INDE F...

1893 Mourning envelope to FRENCH CHINA bearing France Type Sage 25 cent blue (Yvert 97) tied by HEREPLAN double ring routed via Saigon to the French P

1896 Stampless Military cover to Dahomey from Tonkin Expedition. Struck with ´Corps Exp. Tonkin/Ligne No. 6´ in black and Langson/Tonkin d...

1898 Saigon to Stuttgart franked by single 1892 50 c. carmine rose tied by ´Ligne N/Paq. Fr. No. 10´ octagonal datestamp in black. Stuttga...

1905 ANNAM a PARIS. 5 cts., 15 cts. y 25 cts. marca lineal PAQUEBOT.

1908 Picture post card from LOFAO near Tonghing (China) cancelled by TONGHING CHINE/P & I POSTE MONCAY TONKIN in blue routed west via Indo-China...

1908 Picture post card from LOFAO near Tonghing bearing Chinese Imperial Post 1/2 cent brown (SG 108) tied by TONGHING CHINE/P & I POSTE MONCAY ...

1853 Stamp-less envelope to FRANCE written from BEYROUTH and cancelled by the French Post Office Tripoli de Syrie (Pothion Type A), charged "10...

1858 Cover from Constantinople via Trieste to France sent stampless from Austrian PO, struck with triangular ´F/25´ Accountancy handstamp ...

1878 (May 3) Formula Card with Type Sage 15 c. grey used to England, written from Beirut. Poorly struck cds with fine red ´Paq. Ang. V. Brind./...

1893 Cover to Geneva franked by Levant 4 pi. on 1 fr. olive green tied by Dardanelles/Turquie D´Asie cds (Nov 29) in black. Geneva and Constant...

1895 Envelope from CONSTANTINOPLE to BEYROUTH bearing French Levant 2 pi on 50 c rose (bi-sect) (Yvert 6) tied by CONSTANTINOPLE TURQUIE double ring w

1902 Registered cover to Berlin franked by three 1886 1 pi. on 25 c. black on rose all tied by Mersina/Turquie D´Asie cds´s in black. Reve...

1903 (Dedeagh). Registered cover to Switzerland franked by 1902-03 values from 4 c. green to 4 pi. on 1 fr. (Scott 9-17) all tied by Dedeagh/Turquie c

1890 Envelope to MAURITIUS cancelled by British Post Office TAMATAVE datestamp in red routed via the French Post Office bearing General French Colonie

1826 CEUTA a MARCILLA (España). Marca C/AFRICA en rojo y tasa de "12" (cuartos) estampada a la llegada. MAGNIFICA.

1860 CASABLANCA a LONDRES. Encaminada hasta Gibraltar por HORATIO SPARGE (marca al dorso) y franqueada con sello britanico de 6 p. lila. MAGNIFICA Y M

1880 (March 7) Entire letter datelined Tangiers, used to Jerez la Frontera franked by GB 1d. venetian red tied by Gibraltar-A26 duplex. Scarce usage.

1898 Registered postal stationary envelope 20 centimes red upgraded with 5 cents green (block of 21) (SG 1), 10 cents carmine (block of 4) (SG 2), 25

1912 Picture post card depicting Israeli refugees in the household of the Sultan bearing French Maroc 1 on 1 cent grey (Yvert 25) tied by FEZ MELLAH

1912 Registered envelope to NORTH AFRICA bearing Maroc Postes Cherifiennes 10 mill red (pair) (Yvert 4) and 50 mill grey (Yvert 6) tied by bilingual F

* CORREOS LOCALES. MAZAGAN a MARRAKESCH. 1 pta. seis sellos en diversos colores ENSAYOS DE COLOR, alguno defectos. RAROS.

1847 Envelope to FRANCE written from Fort Royal and cancelled by boxed MARIN handstamp in blue, routed via St. Pierre charged "17" with bo...

1866 Inter-island mail envelope cancelled by the British Post Office Martinique and bearing French General Colonies 20 cent blue (strip of three) (Yve

1876 Envelope to MARSEILLE bearing French General Colonies 40 c orange (Yvert 13) mixed with French Napoleon 5 c green (Yvert 12) tied by dotted MQE i

1879 Envelope to FRANCE bearing French General Colonies Ceres 30 cents brown (Yvert 9) mixed with Type Sage 40 cents orange (Yvert 27) tied by MARTINI

1881 Envelope to SENEGAL bearing French General Colonies 15 c blue (imperf) (Yvert 41) and 5 c green (2) (Yvert 49) tied by SAINT PIERRE MARTINIQUE do

1891 Envelope to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, franked ´05c´ on 40c. "Commerce" tied by indistinct date stamp. Routed via New York. Ra...

1893 Registered envelope to Paris franked 5c. "Sage"; ´05c´(2) & ´15c´(2) on 25c. "Commerce" + ´05&...

1897 Registered envelope to Munich franked 1c., 2c. & 10c. "Sage"; ´01c´ on 2c, together with imperf 10c., 15c., 20c. & ...

1896 Registered envelope to EGYPT bearing 05 on 30 cents brown (Yvert 12), 15 on 25 cents black (Yvert 30b) with error "1882" for "18...

1905 Registered and charged envelope to FRANCE bearing Monaco 40 cent grey on rose (6) (Yvert 17) and 15 cent pale brown (2) (Yvert 24) tied by MONTE

1874 Convict letter to FRANCE written from the ISLE DES PINES cancelled by NOUMEA NELLE CALEDONIE double ring, with boxed PD as paid in cash, routed v