MALTA postal history 1952 stampless OHMS cover pmk'd BRITISH FLEET MAIL 10 dated */12 AU 52 to C in C, HMS Vanguard, London with purple H.M. s/m "TALENT" submarine cachet. £24
H.M.S. URCHIN, British Guiana postal history 1962 GB QE2 2d rate cover to Vienna, Austria with red cachet CAPTAIN (F) SEVENTEENTH FRIGATE SQUADRON dated 16 FEB 1962, pencil marked "British Guiana". £40
Combination GERMANY and NEW ZEALAND, postal history 1891 cover with Reichpost 20pf blue twice pmk'd OLDENBURG 13/2 91 to sailor Heinrich Rose on the German Barque Kiandra/Kapitan Ahlers addressed care of Messrs. Cunningham in Christ Church who affixed QV 2d pmk'd CHRISTCHURCH 31 MR 91 for re-direction to Dunedin, reverse London transit, incoming Christchurch 30 MR 91 plus arrival, opened two sides, unusual. £300
SIERRA LEONE postal history 1936 KGV 1½d Post Card with added KGV ½d pmk'd Freetown NO 26 36 to Bienne, Switzerland, sender says that after travelling with the Wahehe his head is done in and attaches a photograph after the storm. £65
Vertical "A10" (late use), St. Vincent postal history c1892 Barbados QV 1d pink embossed PSE pmk'd vertical "A10" to S.M.S. "Molthe", German training ship, Kingstown, no despatch ar arrival datestamps. Other late uses vertical "A10" are found on Barbados reply card portion JA 29 1892 and the latest date of FE 15 1892 on QV 1d UPU card to Trinidad £140
HAMBURG-AMERICA LINE postal history HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE/ENE 7 1914/PUERTO MEXICO.-OFFICE purple oval agents arrival cachet on 2c Post Card pmk'd Mexico D.F. 5 ENE 14 to Sr. W.C. Barthman, Puerto Mexico, minor bends at left. Unlisted in Michael Rego handbook £125
ESHOWE, Zululand postal history (re-introduced Z.10) JY 15 25 as arrival on much travelled GB KGV 1½d Post Card from Rochester to Teneriffe, forwarded Cape Town, Johannesburg, Eshowe, Zululand and back, two vertical creases. £225
LADY NELSON, Montserrat postal history purple cachet on col. ppc to New York off-loaded Boston, Mass. AUG 3 1936, rounded corners. £35
S.S. LINGUIST, Montserrat postal history purple cachet on QE2 3c rate cover pmk'd Plymouth */JU 4 58. £14
VERAS, St. Vincent postal history paquebot cachet on GB QE2 3d cover tied PAQUEBOT with Kingstown */3 JA 64 cds. £10
S.S. ALCOA CAVALIER, Antigua and Montserrat postal history purplish-black cachet on mixed country franking with Antigua KG6 2d tied St. Johns 18 JU 48 and Montserrat KG6 3d tied Staten Island JUL 10 1948 machine cancel. Unusual. £60
MS "HERMANN LANGREDER", Montserrat postal history blue cachet on QE2 3c rate cover dated Plymouth */JY 28 59. £12
CAPE COAST, Gold Coast per S.S. "Olenda" on full cover dated NO 18 99 to Wolverhampton (DE 7 99 arrival). £18
CAPE COAST, Gold Coast per S.S. "Fantee" changed S.S. "Accra" on full cover dated SP 27 99 to Wolverhampton (OC 17 99 arrival), internal fault on address panel. £20
PORT LOUIS, Mauritius postal history to Antigua KGV 12c PSRE with added 2 x 3c green (one reverse) pmk'd Port Louis 6 MR 20 marked 'per S.S. Haubgate' addressed Antigua. £48
FORWARDED BY/GEORGE A. LLOYD & Co/SYDNEY, N.S.W. blue in oval cachet on lower flap of 1861 cover from San Francisco p. Electra to Parametta, N.S.W. The agent affixed the 2d and 2 x 1d adhesives for the onward 4d inland rate between ½oz and 1oz. Cover a little aged etc but believed to be the only example of this rare cachet. £525
CURACAO postal history: 1917 cover to New York with 5c pmk'd 17 MEI 17 with magenta ink boxed "S.S. MARACAIBO" handstamp. £60
BERMUDA postal history: KG6 3d PSRE piece with added GB KG6 1½d, 3 x 6d pmk'd undated red POST OFFICE/(5 BARS)/MARITIME MAIL. £10
The EMPIRE BURE troop transporter 1945 arrival of smoke-stained British Empire Bure (West Africa-Liverpool-Bermuda-Cuba-Trinidad) troop transporter. Story assembled by skipper with 4 newspaper clippings (stowaway, soldier overboard rescue, terrific storm, arrival) with ppc of vessel arriving Cuba, 11 small b/w photographs (skipper, ships cat, local Trinidad views of Empire cinema, Navy House etc) all mailed to Essex, England under KG6 36c rate cover pmkd POS 8 DE 47. £150