Postal History, Rare Stamps, Royal & Historical Documents. Featuring Grand Duchess Olga's Correspondence to her Sister, Grand Duchess Xenia.

ANTARCTICA 1908 Feb 27 - Long cover to J. Kinsey in Christchurch, the agent for the Shackleton Antarctic Expedition, unusually bearing New Zealand...

G.B. - LUNDY ISLAND - Coronation overprint issue, unadopted "CORONATION / 2-6-53" overprints in black on the 4 puffin (3) and 12 puffin stamps, th...

BARBADOS / WRECK MAIL 1914 (Jan 1) - Cover from Barbados to Halifax, Nova Scotia, the stamp washed off, handstamped black "FROM WRECK OF S.S. 'COB...

BECHUANALAND 1897 - Stampless cover (some faults) endorsed "On Active Service - No Stamps Available", signed P.F. Grant, Lieut. 1st C.V. / B.F.F.,...

BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS 1917 (June 1) - Registered cover to Melbourne bearing KGV 4d cancelled by "AOLA / BRITISH SOLOMON IDS" c.d.s. with a secon...

BARBADOS 1958 - Inauguration of British Caribbean Federation, imperforate proofs of the set of three in the issued colours affixed to part archive...

BOER WAR c.1900 - Red O.F.S. Savings Bank envelope (minor faults) overprinted with "MILITARY TELEGRAPHS" heading and the instructions "To be deliv...

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 1866 (April 18) - Entire letter from Vlugt Convict Station written by the Sub-Overseer John Kinnear, addressed to _Wehmeyer Esq,...

NEW ZEALAND c.1899 - Great Barrier Island Pigeongram stampless flimsy message form from Blind Bay to Auckland with circular purple "GREAT BARRIER ...

CYPRUS 1894 - Cyprus 1pi postcard from Larnaca to Constantinople, cancelled by "MERSINA / TURQUIE D'ASIE" French P.O. c.d.s. with oval framed "BM"...

CYPRUS / ISRAEL 1948 - Cover to Tel Aviv from a Jewish detainee in camp 69, carried by courier to Tel Aviv where it was posted franked by Israel D...

EGYPT 1887 - De La Rue MASTER DIE PROOF of the embossed vignette of the pyramid and sphinx design for the postal stationery envelope stamp struck ...

GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS - FANNING ISLAND / HAWAII 1893 - Envelope posted from Honolulu (Mar 21) to San Francisco franked 5c (partly torn away upo...

GREECE 1862 - Entire (some staining) from Patras to Trieste bearing 1861 Paris Printing 5L, 20L, 40L, and 1861-62 First Athens Printing 10L - the ...

INDIA / PERSIAN GULF - AIR MAILS 1919 (Jan 12) - 1/4a Postal stationery postcard endorsed "On Active Service" and addressed to "Lt G.L. de Courcy,...

INDIA C.1850 - Unused pictorial envelope (minor staining) entitled "JUBBULPORE GOVERNMENT SCHOOL OF INDUSTRY", superbly printed, showing pegged do...

INDIA / LONDON / G.B. SHIP LETTER 1817 - Printed Bill of Exchange for £103.2.4 from the East India Co. at Fort William, signed by the Accountant G...

JAMAICA / GERMANY / UNITED STATES 1903 - Jamaica 1d postal stationery Post Card to Germany cancelled by neat sans-serif straight-line "ADIRONDACK"...

KENYA & UGANDA 1924 - 15c Red envelope stamp Die Proof by De La Rue on thin white wove paper, a lighter shade than the issued envelope, 50mm x 50m...

KUWAIT 1928 (Aug 22) - Cover to Scotland endorsed "Air mail Basra - Cairo" franked on the reverse by India KGV 11/2a and 3a overprinted "KUWAIT", ...

LABUAN 1892 - Registered cover to England franked by 1891 6 cents on 8c violet strip of four cancelled by two Labuan datestamps, with oval framed ...

MADAGASCAR 1890 - Cover to London with superb violet "BRITISH / MAIL / 21 NOV 90 / ANTANANARIVO" datestamp, then transferred to the French Post Of...

MALTA / BERMUDA 1894 - Printed soldiers envelope with "1st Batt. THE QUEEN'S (R.W. SURREY REGT) heading crossed through by the sender, addressed t...

NATAL BAMBATA 1906 - Picture postcard posted unstamped by Corporal Edward Abbott of the Natal Carbineers on patrol near Ixopo on 5th March 1906 an...

NEW BRUNSWICK G.B.- MILITARY 1867 - Cover (small fault) sent at the 1d soldiers rate from Chatham to St. John, New Brunswick franked by a 1d red, ...

NEW SOUTH WALES 1892 - 6d OHMS postal stationery registration envelope from the Savings bank at Mortlake Public School, cancelled at Sydney with s...

NEW ZEALAND c.1899 - Great Barrier Island Pigeongram stampless flimsy message form from Blind Bay to Auckland with circular purple "GREAT BARRIER ...

NOVA SCOTIA 1864 - Green Registered Letter Wrapper with partly printed contents and address panel, used to send a registered letter to the Postmas...

PALESTINE - FRENCH P.O. 1856 - Entire Letter from Jerusalem to France with straight line "Jerusalem 27 Oct 1856" (Steichele 324) in blue-green, wi...

PERSIA - BUSHIRE 1915 - Shah Ahmed Mirza 5ch postal stationery postcard overprinted "BUSHIRE Under British Occupation", type 1 overprint with the ...

PERSIA - BUSHIRE 1915 (Sep 5) - Picture postcard sent locally bearing two Bushire Under British Occupation 1ch stamps (setting IIA1/2) each tied b...

PITCAIRN ISLANDS 1924 - Stampless Cover to the U.S.A., handstamped "POSTED IN PITCAIRN ISLAND./1924' NO STAMPS AVAILABLE" (Kitching type 1.8). Fro...

SAINT LUCIA 1878 - Entire (rebacked) from Castries to Bordeaux franked 1876 perf 14 1/- orange unusally applied over the "ST LUCIA" double arc dat...

SARAWAK 1862 - Neat Blue Envelope to the Revd. F.C. Johnson in Somerset, franked by 1856-64 2a dull pink and 8a carmine, tied by the uncommon "POS...

TRISTAN DA CUNHA 1912 (Dec 28) - Stampless postcard to the Channel Islands, written on the ship "Medway", the message including "we are hove to of...

TRISTAN DA CUNHA 1929 - Cover to Brazil bearing GB 1d and 1.1/2d cancelled by type IV "TRISTAN DA CUNHA" cachet in magenta with the exceptionally ...

WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1896 (Aug 31) - Cover (unobtrusive horizontal fold) from Sydney bearing NSW 1d mauve vertical pair, addressed to "John Harding W...

G.B. - SHIP LETTERS - GLASGOW / LONDON / TRISTAN DA CUNHA 1827 - Entire Letter (hole caused by removal of seal on reverse) to London backstamped b...

Grand Duchess Olga Correspondence to her Sister Grand Duchess Xenia 1916-1920   A Remarkable Romanov Family Correspondence Written in English...

H.M.King Abdullah Jordan Cufflinks   Pair of cufflinks given by H.M King Abdullah of Jordan to a member of the Royal Household during a visit to...

Picture postcard (corner crease) of Yamagata, Japan, written from Shanghai, franked by Russia 1902-04 4 kop cancelled by the violet oval datestamp...

Invoice for goods carried on the "Hottinguer" bound from Liverpool to New York, with the severely water damaged remains of the original envelope a...

Cover from London to Ontario, the stamp washed off, the reverse bearing the explanatory label "This letter is a portion of the mail forwarded per ...

Entire letter written by a member of the British Consulate staff at Larnaca, the reverse sealed by a printed wafer seal "BRITISH CONSULATE / CYPRU...

Cover franked 25c from Italy to Keren in Eritrea backstamped with the very scarce boxed "SUEZ / SERVIZIO ITALIANO / DEL MAR ROSSO" datestamp. Emil...

Entire Letter written in French and Afrikaans from Pasteur S. Rolland at the Beersheba Mission Station (then in Basutoland, now in the Orange Free...

3d Registration envelopes size G (3) and size H affixed overlaping to a portion of ledger page, anotated at base, cancelled by large red double ci...

1/2d Postal stationery card, 1/2d + 1/2d reply card, 1d letter card and 3d registration envelope size G - three of each affixed overlaping to a po...

5b on 5c (4), 5b to 5f (4 sets) and DENMARK 1905 25_ (4) affixed to a ledger page, each stamp tied by large red double circle "POSTES ET TELEGRAPH...

Printed "Howard Hughes, New York Worlds Fair 1939" cover addressed to "Mr Earl Daley, Hughes Aircraft Company, Hollywood, California" carried on t...

Flowering Plants definitive set of 12, S.G. 158 - 169, handstamped large sans-serif "SPECIMEN" (15 x 3 mm) in black, affixed to card detailing iss...