Postal History & Important Documents - Featuring Original Royal Photographs by Anthony Buckley & Cecil Beaton

Siam 1906 4a on 1 1/2a Postal Stationery Post Card with embossed coat-of-arms (HG 11), handstamped "ULTRAMAR" in violet across the impressed stamp...

St Lucia 1892 Registered cover from Castries to London franked by die II 1/2d green strip of six, each cancelled "ST LUCIA/C" c.d.s., with "R" reg...

St Lucia 1888 Registered cover from Castries to Germany franked by die I 1/2d green block of eight 1d dull mauve and 2.1/2d blue pair each cancell...

Spain 1905 Picture postcard sent within Barcelona, carried by the private local bicycle post created by Federico Gorilla, bearing 10c Barcelona P...

South West Africa / G.B. - Airmails 1933 (Feb. 6) Cover to Walvis Bay with G.B. 1 1/2d cancelled at Cranwell, with "WALVIS BAY" arrival c.d.s. (F...

South West Africa / Red Cross 1905-07 Stampless picture postcards from German soldiers posted during the Herero rebellion, all to Germany with da...

G.B. - Crimean War 1854 Cover to England bearing GB die I perf 16 1d red strip of three cancelled by two strikes of the scarce crown between stars...

G.B. - Channel Islands 1847 Entire letter prepaid 1/8 from Woolwich to Germany, handstamped with "GUERNSEY" datestamps on both sides, the datestam...

G.B. - Greenock & Ardrishaig Packet 1879 (July 25) Cover to Lossiemouth with a 1d red cancelled by "GREENOCK & ARDRISHAIG PACKET / 163" duplex cod...

Tristan Da Cunha 1925 Cover to Liverpool with Tristan type II cachet in violet on the reverse carried on the Steamer "Ramon de Larrinaga" to Durba...

Transvaal 1896 1d Postal stationery postcard with printed "Scene in Simmonds Street" relating to the. Jameson Raid. 1d Postal stationery postcard ...

Transvaal 1894 Cover to England posted on the Norvals Pont to Johannesburg Down T.P.O. paid 3d postage + 6d late fee, the postage paid by three 18...

Transvaal 1889 Receipt for Registered letter on yellow paper 185 x 90 mm cancelled by M. Wesselstroom postmark 15th October 1889 and signed by Pos...

Sudan 1896 (June 21) India 1a Soldier's and Seaman's envelope from a Staff Sergeant in the Ordnance Dept., posted into the civil P.O. at Sawakin (...

Siam 1933 meter stamped Cover from London to Bangkok which was undeliverable and received a delivery slip with manuscript memo in Thai, tied to th...

SARAWAK 1862 Neat Blue Envelope to the Revd. F.C. Johnson in Somerset, franked by 1856-64     Neat Blue Envelope to the Revd.F.C. Johnson in Somer...

G.B. - Ship Letters - Lynn / Norfolk 1837 (Aug 11) Letter bearing proof strikes of all the handstamps held by the Post Office at Kings Lynn in 183...

G.B. - Postal Stationery 1870 (Oct 3) 1/2d Violet postal stationery postcard, the reverse with printed pictorial advert for The Royal Polytechnic,...

G.B. - K.G.V. Postal Stationery / Indo-China 1935 King George V 1d Reply Paid Postal Stationery Card. Reply Half, used from Indo-China to England,...

G.B. - Isle of Wight / Q. V. Postal Stationery 1842 (Aug 14) 1d Pink postal stationery envelope (small seal stain) cancelled by "RYDE" single arc ...

G.B. - Ireland - Ship Letters - Newport 1817. Entire letter from New York to London "per ship Glenthorn" landed at the tiny port of Newport (at th...

Great Britain / Ship Letters 1801 Entire letter from Philadelphia to London "P. Wm Penn" with two line "GRAVESEND / SHIP LRE" and London backstop ...

Channel Islands - Jersey 1969 Original photograph of The Queen by Cecil Beaton, with his handstamp on the reverse, photographed in September 1968,...

Cape of Good Hope 1735 Wrapper addressed to J. N. von Dessin at the "Cabo de Goede Hoop", presumably originating in the Netherlands. He was a pro...

Boer War c.1901/1904 Three photographs, one of President Kruger in Utrecht, the others by Arnold Keyzer of Cape Town depicting his funeral in Sou...

Boer War c..1900 Studio portrait of Field Marshal Lord Roberts, signed in pencil Lambert Weston, Folkestone, and a photograph of Roberts on horseb...

Boer War 1900 Manchester Philatelic Society 1d war fund charity labels in a complete mint sheet of 12 very fine. Manchester Philatelic Society 1d ...

Boer War 1900 The Spoils of War: a pen & ink sketch by Herbert Johnson (1848-1906) for the Graphic 4/4/00 depicting British soldiers looking for t...

Bermuda - Essays KGVI Prints of the James Berry Essays in sepia of the 10 different designs from 1/2 to 1s 6d .     Prints of the James Berry Essa...

Belgium 1913 Post Office Notice advertising the sale of an aerial post card for the special flight on August 3rd from Ghent to Brussels. Post Offi...

Belgium 1928 Specimen Stamps: Newspaper Day Railway stamps, with specimen overprint. Very unusual (19). Specimen Stamps: Newspaper Day Railway st...

Bechuanaland 1960 Portrait of HM Queen Victoria photographed by Bassano of London from the archives of printers Harrison & Sons London. This imag...

Bechuanaland / G.B. 1847 Entire letter (some staining) from London to "Mr R. Moffat, Revd J.C. Bruce. Percy St. Newcastle on Tyne" franked 2d, wri...

Ascension Island 1979 Captain Cook's voyages SG242/45 each handstamped large sans serif "SPECIMEN" in black, affixed to piece of notice card. Th...

Ascension / St. Helena / Tristan Da Cunha 1977 Silver Jubilee set of three for each territory, S.G. 222-224, 332-334, 212-214, respectively, each ...

Royalty 1897 Prince of Wales Hospital fund 1/- label in Complete Mint sheet of 40, printed by De La Rue. Plate 1,slight toning at edges amazing co...

Ethiopia 1925 Presentation Proof by Atelier de Fabrication des Timbres Poste, Paris dated 1925 of five stamps depicting Ras Tafari, later Emperor ...

Ethiopia 1917 (Mar 30) Coronation (first issue) set of seven on Cover, also stamps (10) including inverted overprints 1/4g, 1/2g, 16g. Coronation ...

Egypt 1989 Most attractive original watercolour for the 1989 Bicentenary of the French Revolution stamp SG 1736 by I. et Tahtawi. A beautiful ori...

Egypt 1985 multicoloured original artwork mounted on thin card (195 x 254mm) of an unadopted design.     1985 multicoloured original artwork mount...

Egypt 1978 Original artwork for Saudi Arabia - Yesterday and Today - Exhibition in Cairo held inJune 1987. An imposing yet unadopted design. Orig...

Egypt 1962 (Oct 31) UNESCO Campaign for preservation of Nubian Monuments, issued design showing Coronation of Queen Nefertari from the Abu Simbel ...

Egypt / Australia 1939 (Jan. 9) Cover from Cairo to Western Australia, the stamps washed off, the reverse with Perth explanatory label "The accomp...

Denmark / Sweden 1862 Entire letter from Gothenburg to Paris endorsed "p. Orion", posted into the mail box on the "Orion" and landed at Copenhage...

Denmark / German States - Lubeck 1855 Entire letter from Copenhagen charged 6 skilling, with scarce boxed "FRA / KJOBENHAVN". The earliest record...

Cyprus 1962-64 Group of Covers addressed to Group Captain Horsley (later Air Marshal Sir Peter Horsley), Commanding Officer, R.A.F. Akrotiri from ...

Cyprus 1912 (Mar 9) AR Form (vertical fold) for a registered letter sent from Nicosia to Turkey bearing KEVII 2pi tied by Nicosia c.d.s., with an ...

France / G.B. - Registered 1871 Registered covers (2) and a piece to England all franked by the imperforate Bordeaux issues of 1870-71 in combina...

Finland 1892 Attractive New Year's Greeting card from the Post Office at Helsinki, with lovely Coat of Arms and scenic view. Very uncommon chromo...

Ethiopia 1927 Presentation Proof by Atelier de Fabrication des Timbres Poste, Paris France dated 1927 of five stamps depicting Ras Safari, later E...

Kenya Uganda and Tanzania 1973 I.M.F. World Bank Conference: set of four and Miniature Sheet (some s I.M.F. World Bank Conference: set of four and...

Kenya Uganda and Tanganyika 1948 Silver Wedding set, S.G. 157, 158, handstamped "SPECIMEN" Samuel type K4 in violet, 20c in an upper-left corner b...

Jamaica 1879 Queen Victoria embossed 1/- pink postal stationery telegraph form, unused. Queen Victoria embossed 1/- pink postal stationery telegra...

Hong Kong / USA 1931 Cover (flap missing) with a printed advert for Texaco Liquid Wax dressing, to the USA bearing ten Hong Kong KGV 4c stamps can...

Greece - Salonika - London - United - Kingdom A Picture postcard of Athens from a Miss Edith Stoney a brilliant radiologist working for the Girton...

Greece - Salonika - Altringham - United Kingdom A picture postcard of Salonika with a manuscript 'On Active Service' and with a dated of 1st of Se...

German States - Heligoland 1875 10 pfg (1 1/2d) bluish green and bright carmine (Fifth printing) in a complete sheet of fifty (10 x 5), all very f...

Germany - Propaganda Forgeries 1944 Propaganda forgery miniature sheet of four stamps depicting Goering behind bars with his birth date in the ma...

Germany 1936 Cover with printed heading "Blindenschrift" containing a letter in braille, sent from Erfurt to Dusseldorf franked at the special 3pf...

Germany 1901 Attractive chromo-lithographed New Year Greetings card from the Post Office at Cologne, with vignettes of the Statue of Liberty, the ...