Royal Memorabilia, Important Historical Documents & Postal History.

Bulgaria 1921     Definitive 10st.To 10I, three sets (less the values issued in 1923) with most values in strips of three affixed to three pieces ...

Austria 1921-22  Newspaper stamps set of 9, 27 in total, SG N452 - 460, affixed to part ledger page, cancelled by large red double circle "POSTES ...

Ascension 1973     Queen Elizabeth II Royal Naval Crests set (5th series) miniature sheet, S.G. MS 170, each stamp hand-stamped large sans-serif "...

Air Mail/Samoa/United States 1924     Cover to Michigan, U.S.A., franked by the United States 1923 Harding Memorial imperforate 2c and block of th...

Antarctic 1911     Twelve different perforated labels depicting scenes from Roald Amundsen's South Pole Expedition, the reverse with adverts for J...

Antarctic 1910-13     Piece of letterhead used by Captain Scott on the Terra Nova ship during the British Antarctic Expedition 1910 to 1913.The le...

Danish West Indies 1902     Stampless Cover (slight staining) from St. Thomas to St. John hand stamped "T" and charged 8 cents with a pair of 1902...

Czechoslovakia 1926  Twelve stamps SG 249-252 affixed to part ledger page, cancelled by large red double circle "POSTS ET TELEGRAPHES *MADAGASCAR*...

Cyprus 1898     Complete Austrian Levant reply card, the outward half posted from Beirut to Nicosia and the attached reply half posted back from N...

Cyprus 1882  Entire letter from Larnaca to Nicosia bearing 1882 1/2 on 1/2pi surcharge (S.G. 25), a very scarce stamp on cover.---- Condition:Used...

Crash & Wreck 1907     Cover from Toronto to Kobe recovered from the S.S. "Dakota" which sank on March 3rd at the mouth of Tokyo Bay, the stamp wa...

Cayman Islands 1913 (Jul 2)     Cover (flap missing) franked 1d tied by violet "WEST BAY / GRAND CAYMAN" c.d.s.   With Georgetown arrival c.d.s.Al...

British Somaliland 1904     Cover to England franked on the reverse flap by Somaliland KEVII 1/2a pair but posted into the Indian Military Post Of...

Bermuda 1955     Die Proof for the Q.E.II "Phaeton Flavirostris" 6d Aerogramme printed by McCorquodale, the impressed stamp in the issued colour o...

Bermuda 1869     Cover to Glasgow endorsed "Officers Letter" and signed by the Commanding Officer of the Royal Engineers in Bermuda, franked by 18...

Belgian Congo - Lado Enclave 1906     Registered letter (stamp missing, creasing, few small tears) from Sub Lt Petersen, Gurba Dungu Zone to Milwa...

Belgian Congo - Lado Enclave 1906  Outward half of 10c reply card Dungu (10 Nov) to Switzerland, stamp cancelled in carmine manuscript "Lado 29-11...

Belgian Congo - Lado Enclave 1909     Postcard written at Loka (17 Mar) to Antwerp 'Via Caire, Khartoum' with Sudan 1903 5m Arab Postman just tied...

Basutoland 1881     Stampless Cover (missing back flap) endorsed "On Service", with arrival postmarks of Rosebank and Cape Town, endorsed by the A...

Bahamas     Stampless Entire Letter (vertical fold) from Nassau to Scotland prepaid "11", with the scarce "NASSAU/PAID" c.d.s.   In red.     ---- ...

Ascension 1901     G.B. 1d reply card (light vertical fold), reply half with 'Reply' crossed out, sent to London cancelled by "ASCENSION" c.d.s.  ...

Antarctica 1913 (Feb 3)     Picture postcard of Lyttleton, addressed to Christchurch with King Edward VII Land 1d tied by the "BRIT.   ANTARCTIC E...

Aden 1937  King George VI 1a postal stationery envelope - DIE PROOF of the embossed stamp in dark brown, initialled and dated "9.9.37", reference ...

Aden 1896     Registered cover from Aden to Cario, the 10a rate made up of five differing stamps comprising 1882-90 1/2a, 1a, 1a6p, 3a and 4a each...

Air Mails - Scadta / G.B. 1924     Cover from G.B. to Colombia, bearing the 1923 SCADTA 30c hand-stamped "G.B." cancelled at Barranquilla, without...

Australia 1932  Sydney Harbour Bridge souvenir telegram with S.E Pylon c.d.s.(Mar 21) and the souvenir envelope with the Bridge machine cancel (Ma...

Abu Dhabi 1971     Aerogramme (H & G FG11) 40fils blue showing Skeikh and Crest on light blue paper fine.   It is reported that only 300 copies of...

British Guiana 1835  Entire letter from Berbice to London charged 2/2, backstamped "BERBICE/March 7, 1835" (Proud type PS 7), a clear example of t...

British Colonial 1893     Queen Victoria Head DIE PROOF engraved by David Turner for De La Rue, the outlined head engraved on a solid black circul...

British Colonial c.1980     Registration Envelope size G in blue with De La Rue dummy stamp showing the head of Victor Emanuel and dated "30.1.82"...

British Colonial 1882  De La Rue & Co embossed postal stationery dummy stamp with the head of Victor Emanuel and dated "30.1.82", proof impression...

British Empire - State of North Africa 1894  De La Rue postal stationery envelope essay, 133x115mm, with red 2c stamp inscribed "STATE OF N. AFRIC...

Boer War / Natal 1901  Cover posted from Ladysmith to Pietermaritzburg with Prisoners of War censor cachet.---- Condition:Used Location:W1D Shipme...

Boer War 1902     Censored cover to England sent from the refugee camp at Norval's Pont bearing Cape 1d cancelled "NORVAL'S PONT" c.d.s.And endors...

Boer War - Lydenburg 1931  Autograph letter on Buckingham Palace notepaper from Sir Edward Denny Bacon, keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection,...

Boer War 1901     Ceylon 2c postcard bearing two 2c stamps, from a P.O.W. in Diyatalawa Camp to R.J.L. Tindall, a P.O.W. on parole in Paarl, redir...

Boer War 1900     The Green Point Boer P.O.W. Camp was set up on the Cape Town horseracing track in early 1900 and consisted of lines of tented ac...

Boer War - Boer Occupation of Natal 1900     Cover to Johannesburg franked Transvaal 1d cancelled purple "PK/Newcastle/1 Maart 1900", with arrival...

Boer War 1900  Cover from Barberton to Australia with Boer and British censor seals, handstamped violet boxed 'STOPPED BY CENSOR / RETURN TO SENDE...

Boer War 1902 (Apr. 25)  Transvaal 1d postcard from Eerste-Fabrieken to a P.O.W in Ragama Camp, Ceylon, arrival c.d.s on the front, the reverse be...

Boer War 1900  Orange Free State 1d overprinted V.R.I. 1d tied to censored cover to a Prisoner of War at Greenpoint POW Camp by good strike of lar...

Boer War 1899     Cover to H.M. Transport "Dunera" at Suez, redirected to Durban and then strangely sent to Pretoria where the Boers censored it w...

Cape of Good Hope 1898  Registered postal stationery envelope with pair 1d cancelled by indistrict BONC 158 of Robben - Island, cds alongside, to ...

Cape of Good Hope 1891     1/2d on 11/2d overprint stationery card Higgins & Gage number 13; this overprint was done in Grahamstown.   Note no U.P...

Cape of Good Hope 1897     G.B.1d postal stationery Post Card sent from Dublin to Cape Town with the intention that it be forwarded on to Java and...

Cape of Good Hope 1898     1d.postal stationery postcard with printed view of Buffalo Harbour on the obverse, H & G No 15A with additional handsta...

Cape of Good Hope / Transkei 1895  Queen Victoria 1d postal stationery envelope (no flap) uprated by 1d and 1/2d adhesives, addressed to Germany a...

Cape of Good Hope / Danzig 1907  KEVII 1d postal stationery card from Saron to a 'musketier' serving in the Infantry Regiment in Germany, readdres...

Cape of Good Hope 1900  1d illustrated postal stationery postcard cancelled by indistinct BONC 158 of Robben Island with cds alongside, to Denmark...

Cape of Good Hope / South West Africa 1905     CGH postal stationery Post Card (H&G 12) overprinted "One Penny" cancelled by Walfish Bay c.d.s., w...

Cape of Good Hope 1896     Cover franked by 5 x 1d Hope standing, cancelled by BONC 772 of TSHISA, posted to Germany.   An attractive proving cove...

Canada 1806     Entire Letter from Fort Erie carried by forwarding agent to New York where it was put onto a private ship bound for England thereb...

Canada 1818     Entire Letter from York (now Toronto) addressed to Montreal, bearing red manuscript "Paid 1N2" and, on reverse, a good strike of t...

Cameroons 1914 (Oct 28)  Stampless cover from Frank Giles serving with the Cameroons Expeditionary Force to his fiancee in Wales endorsed "On Acti...

Burma - Andaman Islands - Japanese Occupation 1943     Stampless military postcard to Japan with printed "Gunji Yubin" and censored by Nakahara, f...

Burma 1860     Cover franked 4a cancelled "B156" from Rangoon to England, back stamped with boxed "RANGOON/SHIP LETTER/1860 JA 17/PAID" and "INDIA...

Bulgaria 1872     Stampless Cover (small faults) "via Varna" to Manchester with boxed "LETTERE ARIVATE/PER MARE/VARNA 15.6.7-" handstamp, Manchest...

British Somaliland / G. B. - Military 1884     Mourning envelope (flap missing) from Lt. H Hay to Plymouth "Via Brindisi" with 1883 21/2d vertical...

British Solomon Islands 1914 (July 1)     Cover addressed to England by the Resident Commissioner C.M. Woodward (who designed the first stamps in ...

British Honduras 1902     1c Green postal stationery postcard (HG 12) overprinted "SPECIMEN" diagonally, additionally handstamped "ULTRAMAR" in bl...