1935 envelope addressed to London franked horizontal pair 1d Jubilee adhesives tied 'KWANBA N.RHODESIA' c.d.s. '28 OCT 35' Local 'FOUND OPEN AND / OFFICIALLY CLOSED IN / THE POST OFFICE' resealing label at left tied 'NDOLA' c.d.s.
1898 German 10pf stationery card (397f) overprinted 'Nur Fur Marine-Schiffsposten' with message addreessed to Germany internally redirected. Cancelled KAIS DEUTSCHE / MARINE / SCHIFFPOST / No 10' c.d.s. '10 9 98' allocated to S.M.S. Condor. Receiving cancellation on the front.
1936 envelope addressed to Chingford franked 2 x 1A Jubilee adhesives tied 'COLOMBO PAQUEBOT' c.d.s. '27 JU 36'
1948 underpaid airmail envelope from Jogjakarta, Central Java, Indonesia addressed to New Jersey, redirected to British Honduras. On arrival 4c & 2c postage dues applied paying the charge tied oval 'MULLINS RIVER' violet T.R.D. d/s 'NO 6 1948'
1965 underpaid envelope from Paris. On arrival single 4c, 1c & 2c postage dues applied paying the manuscript charge tied 'BELIZE CITY' c.d.s. '16 SP 65'
1938 taxed envelope from Mombasa addressed to Zanzibar on arrival 10c postage due applied tied 'REG ZANZIBAR' c.d.s. '8 AU 38'
1900 1/2As stationery wrapper addressed to Germany cancelled 'ENTEBBE' c.d.s. 'SE 10 00'
1898 2 1/2As stationery envelope addressed to Surrey cancelled 'MOMBASA' squared circle d/s '26 AP 98' Receiving cancellation on the reverse.
1932 envelope addressed to Canada franked 3c + 3c Belize Relief Fund overprint tied 'BELIZE' c.d.s. '4 JY 32' A scarce single commercial usage.
1929 First Flight envelope carried on Belize - Miami leg franked 4c & 25c adhesives tied 'BELIZE' c.d.s. '23 MY 29' Flight cachet on the front, receiving cancellation on the reverse.
KGV1 undated advertising envelope addressed to New York franked 3d adhesive tied 'M.V. CITY OF NEW YORK / SEA POST / AMERICAN SOUTH AFRICA LINES' cachet.
1892 German 10pf stationery card (902m) with message cancelled 'DAR-ES-SALAAM' c.d.s. '3 12 92' Receiving cancellation on the front.
1921 envelope addressed to Pretoria franked Union 2d adhesive tied 'MBABANE' c.d.s. '2 JUN 21' (Type 8)
1945 registered multi franked envelope addressed to Canada adhesives tied 'MBABANE' c.d.s. '4 1X 45' c.d.s. On arrival directed to Customs with orders not to deliver, instructional label applied.
1912 registered OHMS envelope from the resident commissioner in Mbabane to Witbank in transvaal. Cancelled 'MBABANE' c.d.s. '4 DEC 12' Rectangular boxed registration cachet, this is the first reported use of the R1. Bi-lingual 'UNCLAIMED' Returned Letter Office Johannesburg cancellation on the reverse.
1949 20c stationery envelope from Kilosa addressed to Daressalaam. Uprated 30c adhesive tied 'DARESSALAAM - TABORA T.P.O DOWN' c.d.s. '14 SE 1949' Blank registration label manuscript 'T.P.O. 1' Slight toning.
1940 30c registered stationery envelope (G) addressed to New York additional 2/- adhesive tied 'TABORA - MWANZA T.P.O. UP' c.d.s. '27 OC 1940' blank registration label manuscript 'TAB-MINIA - T.P.O.'
1952 20c Airmail Airletter (H&G 3) handstamped 'SPECIMEN' in a black retangular box.
1940 multi censored envelope addressed to Switzerland franked 5c adhesive paying unsealed printed matter rate tied 'ZANZIBAR' c.d.s. '29 AP 40' Scarce two line 'Passed by / CENSOR' struck in violet. Opened By Examiner label on the reverse.
1949 envelope addressed to Philadelphia franked 5c adhesive paying the unsealed printed matter rate tied 'T.R.S. LIEMBA' c.d.s. '11 SE 49' This vessel operated out of Kigoma on Lake Tanganyika.
1902 15c stationery envelope addressed to Switzerland cancelled 'PRASLIN BAY ST ANNE' c.d.s., '6 AP 02' Seychelles/B transit cancellation. Octagonal 'LA REUNION A MARSEILLE LV. No 3' d/s '8 AVRIL 02' Receiving cancellation on the reverse.
1935 envelope addressed to Colorado franked 5c Canadian adhesive ' MAILED AT SEA / R.M.S. CONNECTOR' cachet. Straight line 'MISSENT TO BELIZE' struck in violet. 'BELIZE' c.d.s. '20 NO 35' on the front.
1960 registered airmail envelope addressed to Denmark franked horizontal pair 1/6d and a single 3d tied 'SUVA' c.d.s. '16 JA 60' 'AV /2' struck in violet double circle. Small repaired tear top left corner
1938 envelope 'Via New York Pan America' addressed to Birmingham franked horizontal strip of three 1c and a single 5c adhesive tied 'PORT OF SPAIN' c.d.s. 'JU 12 38' Straight line 'LATE FEE PAID' struck in violet.
1914 censored postcard to the U.S.A. franked 1d adhesive tied 'HAMILTON' machine d/s '19 AUG 14' Two line 'PASSED H.W. / CENSOR BERMUDA' strick in maroon. The identity of "HW" is unclear. This censor marking was uszed for avery short usage. An early usage.
1901 Half Anna stationery wrapper addressed to Germany cancelled 'MOMBASA' hatched circle '3 JL 1901'
1896 registered On Postal Service envelope from The Postmaster General addressed to Berlin. Franked Indian Eight Anna overprinted 'ZANZIBAR' variety small second and dropped "Z" tied 'ZANZIBAR' c.d.s. '25 MAR 96' Receiving cancellation on the reverse.
1915 postcard addressed to Wiltshire franked 1d Union adhesive tied 'S.A.R. DOVER' c.d.s. '10 MAY 1915'
1922 1d Union stationery card with message addressed to Bloemfontein cancelled 'S.A.R. SWEETWATER' c.d.s. '6 FEB 1922'
1919 censored envelope addressed to Switzerland redirected to Munich single 1/2d and a horizontal pair 1d union adhesives tied by Natal c.d.s. On the reverse German label re the postal service at the end of the war. It appears that the German authorities thought the cover had been held in Switzerland.
1914 postcard headed "Oha n Pwonina FE 14th" addressed to St Andrews 'Via Khartoum' franked 6c adhesive tied 'NIMULI UGANDA' c.d.s. '17 FE 14' Gondokoro transit cancellation '26 FE 14' Both cancellations are the latest recorded usages. Scace mail from Lado enclave.
1899 5pf German stationery card with message addressed to Germany cancelled 'WINDHOEK' c.d.s. '17 O 99'
1916 multi censored envelope addressed to Denmark from Floriania. Franked horizontal pairs 1/4d & 1d adhesives tied 'MISIDA/AM' c.d.s. 'MY 26 16' Receiving cancellation on reverse.
1922 registered On His Britannic Majesty's Service envelope addressed to Leeds franked 6d adhesive tied 'TULAGI' c.d.s. '6 SE 22' a further strike alongside. Transit and receiving cancellations on the reverse.
1892 envelope addressed to Batu Putch Estate, showing two strikes of the 'POSTAGE PAID / 1 CENT' struck in black, light 'SANDAKAN' c.d.s. alongside '29 OCT 1892' in red, a further strike on the reverse.
1898 envelope addressed to Peterborough from a Lance Corporal in the 1st Middlesex Regiment, countersigned by the Commanding Officer bottom left corner. Franked 4c & 3c adhesives tied 'MAURITIUS' c.d.s. 'MR 29 98' Receiving cancellatioin on the reverse. The back flap is missing.
1904 2As registered stationery envelope addressed to Zanzibar marked 'Per S.S. "Goa"' Franked 2 1/2As adhesive tied 'FOREIGN REGISTRATION DEPARTMENT / MOMBASA' c.d.s. '25 FE 4' Redirected internally on arrival, with receiving cancellation.
1903 postcard addressed to Austria franked 1a adhesive tied 'LAMU' hatched circle c.d.s. '29 JA 03' Receiving cancellation on the front.
1900 envelope from Cape Town addressed to Swakopmund franked single 1/2d and a horizontal pair 1d tied oval 'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST / HAMBURG / WESTAFRIKA / X11' d/s '19 4 00' Receiving cancellation on the reverse.
1935 taxed postcard addressed to Norway frankeds 1d adhesive tied 'CAPE TOWN' c.d.s. '17 NOV 35' Octagonal taxe marking. On arrival 7 ore & 5 ore postage dues applied tied 'SANDEFJORD' c.d.s.
1952 multi franked envelope addressed to Florida. Adhesives tied 'NAIROBI' c.d.s. '1 AP 1952' Oval 'O.A.T/ / F.S.' struck in violet, applied in London.
1922 taxed envelope franked 1d adhesive tied 'ONTISHA' c.d.s. '16 JU 22' addressed to Sapele, then Lagos, redirected to Birmingham/Leamington Spa. Straight line 'TOO - LATE' in black applied in Nigeria. Charge 2d postage due tied Leamington Spa c.d.s. A variety of backstamps.
1935 stampless registered 'On Zanzibar Government Service' envelope from the Postmaster addressed to England. 'A R ' in black oval. On the reverse 'REG ZANZIBAR' c.d.s. '24 AP 35'
1916 censored The Eastern & South African Telegraph Company Limited' / Zanzibar Station' form from Mombasa. Double framed 'PASSED / CENSOR / ZANZIBAR' struck in violet.
1924 registered envelope addressed to London franked marginal 20c & 6c adhesives tied 'ZANZIBAR' c.d.s. 'MR 8 24' Receiving cancellation on the reverse.
1915 censored registered multi franked envelope addressed to Birmingham adhesives tied 'ZANZIBAR' c.d.s. 'OC 13 15' On the reverse double triangle 'PASSED / POSTAL / CENSOR' struck in violet.
1960 envelope addressed to Zanzibar adhesives tied 'CHAKE CHAKE' c.d.s. '30 MR 6o' On the reverse a fine strike of the scarce 'RETURNED LETTER OFFICE ZANZIBAR' c.d.s. '12 AP 60'
QE11 Formula airletter with "Greetings From Zanzibar" printed inside. Superb.
1925 underpaid envelope 'Per s.s. "Parima"' addressed to Rotterdam franked 2d adhesive tied 'ST JOHN'S' c.d.s. 'OC 18 24' On arrival 15c postage due applied tied Rotterdam cancellation.