Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

Postage Due Mail - Printed Matter. 1855 Circular to Montreal with a 1d newspaper stamp printed on the front and a black "1d" charge mark, and a pr...

Postage Due Mail - 1855-1904 Covers and cards with 1855 and 1870 redirected covers handstamped "FIRST POSTAGE / NOT PAID" or "REDIRECTED / POSTAGE...

Postage Due Mail - 1868 Cover to Salvador franked 1/-, handstamped scarce unframed "RETURNED FOR POSTAGE / (1/-) / THE AMOUNT DEFICIENT" in red wi...

Postal Reform - 1837 Two page circular "Queen Victoria and the Uniform Penny Postage; A scene at Windsor Castle", produced by the Mercantile Commi...

Postal Stationery - QV-QEII Used and unused postal stationery written up in three albums including envelopes with a few compound dies and other PT...

Postal Stationery - 1890 (July 4) Uniform Penny Postage Jubilee 1d envelope bearing 1887 6d, registered from Lombard St. to Germany and redirected...

Postal Stationery - 1918 1d PTPO Postcard stamp, die proof on paper, 86x126mm, fine and scarce.

Postal Stationery - Postal Orders. c.1880 Essay proofs for unadopted postal order "poundage" stamps featuring a QV head within circular frame, the...

Postal Stationery - 1944 Christmas 3d postal stationery airgraph forms overprinted "SPECIMEN" (type 13, light horizontal fold, very scarce), unuse...

Postal Stationery - Unused Airgraph forms (12, four pictorial), photographic messages (100+, twelve pictorial, two with photos, one from Montgomer...

Postal Stationery - 1941-45 Used and unused formula type air letters with some printed Christmas Greetings types; first 6d air letter services to ...

Postal Stationery - 1945 1½d "Forces Letter" overprinted "SPECIMEN" type 13 (very rare, no specimens recorded by Huggins in his 1970 handbook), un...

Postal Stationery - P.O.W Stationery. 2½d Air letter sheet type APF3, 3d postcard and 1½d postcard each overprinted "SPECIMEN" type 13, the 3d pos...

Postal Stationery - P.O.W Stationery. 2½d Air letter sheets type APF1 cancelled to order on the First Day of Issue (21 JY 41) and unused (2), type...

Postal Stationery - 1943-51 6d Air letters unused (26) or used (20), includes AP1b used and unused, AP2 with solid address lines used (2), redirec...

Postal Stationery - 1949 Essay or Proof on ungummed white paper, format AF2 with the edges uncut, the 6d stamp in the issued colour, the first exa...

Postal Stationery - 1949 Proofs, all format AF2 on blue paper, one without a stamp (AP4c), the others with 6d stamp in the issued colour, both wit...

Postal Stationery - 1949 6d Air letters, format AF2, one overprinted "CANCELLED" (12x2mm) and addressed in ink to the P.O Supplies Dept, endorsed ...

Postal Stationery - 1943 6d Stamp Die Proof in red on white paper, 63x94mm, numbered "4", fine and rare. Photo on Page 162.

Postal Stationery - 1943 6d Stamp Die Proof in pink on white gummed paper, 79x84mm, numbered "2", light horizontal crease, otherwise fine and rare...

Postal Stationery - 1946 6d Stamp Die Proof in red on blue paper, 74x69mm, numbered "1" and endorsed "L/C Red", fine and rare. Photo on Page 162.

Postal Stationery - 1946 6d Stamp Die Proof in pink on blue paper, 75x92mm, endorsed "Gambia + lote pink", fine and rare. Photo on Page 164.

Postal Stationery - 1946 6d Stamp Die Proof in deep purple on blue paper, 75x91mm, endorsed "Too dark", fine and rare. Photo on Page 164.

Postal Stationery - 1946 6d Stamp Die Proof in the issued colour on blue paper, 75x92mm, numbered "1" and endorsed "MH 8422", fine and rare. Photo...

Postal Stationery - 1946 6d Stamp Die Proofs in red, pink, deep purple and the issued purple colour, each on blue paper, 115x115mm, the pink proof...

Postal Stationery - 1949 6d Air letter proof in the issued design (format AF2) on blue paper, the 6d stamp in an unissued pink colour, numbered "1...

Postal Stationery - 1949 6d Air letter proof in the issued design (format AF2) on blue paper, the 6d stamp in an unissued deep purple colour, fold...

Postal Stationery - 1948 Olympics 6d Air letter, file copy of the contract letter, an uncut proof (a little creased but scarce), unused (8, at lea...

Postal Stationery - 1953 Coronation air letter vignette, original artists drawing of the adopted design in black and Chinese white, initialled "SR...

Postal Stationery - 1953 Coronation air letter, initial essays and proofs comprising a pencil drawing of two differing proposed borders for the ai...

Postal Stationery - Die Proofs of the Coronation vignette in black on white glazed paper, one with the "By Air Mail" four line wording alongside t...

Postal Stationery - Proofs of the coronation vignette in red on white gummed paper or blue paper, the white paper proof a little creased and crude...

Postal Stationery - Air letter proofs without the stamp, the reverse with the instructions and space for the senders name and address in an unissu...

Postal Stationery - Essay Proof air letter with red vignette and with an unissued 6d stamp in claret, the reverse with instructions and space for ...

Postal Stationery - Air letter proofs in the issued format but without the 6d stamp, one uncut proof also without the Coronation vignette, three o...

Postal Stationery - Air letter proofs in the issued format but without the 6d stamp, in a complete uncut sheet of eight air letters, the sheet fol...

Postal Stationery - Air letter proof in the issued design, the flaps however smaller and with a different cut to the issued air letter, a "CANCELL...

Postal Stationery - Uncut proof without the stamp or vignette and a cut proof without the stamp, the vignette in red, both ungummed; the issued ai...

Postal Stationery - 1953 6d Air letter stamp, Die Proofs with differing shades of red to the frame and centre, all in the issued design, numbered ...

Postal Stationery - 1960 6d Air letter proofs, one as AP8 with the first QEII stamp, uncut and unfolded; the other without a stamp cut to shape, b...

Postal Stationery - 1954-70 QEII Definitive issue air letters including first 6d stamp (AP5 or AP6) unused (6) or used (3); second type 6d red sta...

Postal Stationery - 1960 6d Proof air letter, as AP9 but with the second type 6d stamp in an unissued shade of red, the stamp strangely inverted, ...

Postal Stationery - 1954-64 Proofs without the stamps, as AP7 uncut or as AP9 cut to shape; and a proof with the 6d stamp as AP10 unfolded and unc...

Postal Stationery - 1965 6d Air letters type AP11 with experimental gum, two unfolded air letters with "RES" on right flap (one with small stain),...

Postal Stationery - 1963 6d Air letters with pictorial views of The Tower of London or Houses of Parliament, proof of the Houses of Parliament des...

Postal Stationery - 1954 Rubber stereo used for printing the G.B air letters, as AP11, with a proof in black on white paper taken from this very s...

Postal Stationery - Proofs of air letters without stamps, all with the By Airmail logo format AF3 (used 1954-66), various types (12), also 53 blue...

Postal Stationery - 1964 Shakespeare Festival, unissued air letters depicting Anne Hathaway's Cottage or six scenes from Shakespeare plays, both w...

Postal Stationery - 1964 Shakespeare Festival, Memorial Theatre and Shakespeare scenes air letters both with yellow and red omitted in error, only...

Postal Stationery - 1964-79 Pictorial air letters for 1964 Shakespeare Festival, 1965-70 Christmas issues and 1969 Investiture, with examples of a...

Postal Stationery - 1965-70 Specimen air letters with the Christmas 1965 pair showing the usual printed Specimen used on press examples (type PS5)...

Postal Stationery - 1967 Christmas air letters with missing colours, APS13 with blue and yellow omitted or with black and magenta omitted, and APS...

Postal Stationery - 1968-70 9d Blue Air letters, AP14a with the deep blue and white printing misplaced by 13-16mm to the right; and AP14b with a 5...

Postal Stationery - 1968 Christmas air letter APS15 with yellow and blue omitted, unusual.

Postal Stationery - 1969 Investiture of the Prince of Wales air letter, proofs of the view of Carnarvon Castle in differing colours, very unusual....

Postal Stationery - 1969 Christmas air letter Essay Proof, the reverse with a mariners wheel above the shepherds, the By Air Mail logo which repla...

Postal Stationery - 1969 Christmas air letter with only the pink colour printed, the red, blue, yellow and white all omitted, an unusual error.

Postal Stationery - Guernsey. 1969 9d stamp Die Proof on blue air letter paper, 250x211mm, a couple of very light folds, otherwise fine and scarce...

Postal Stationery - 1971 5p Machin unissued air letter essays for a proposed new size (the address panel 210x100mm), printed on standard blue pape...

Postal Stationery - Similar 1971 5p Machin unissued air letter essays, the address panel 210x100mm, printed on standard blue paper, cream paper wi...