Sierra Leone 1907 SALVED FROM SS JEBBA Freetown to Southampton Disaster Mail Cover
1d KEVII postal stationery cover, postmarked Freetown (26 Feb), to Southampton, England, handstamped SALVED FROM / SS JEBBA (Hoggarth & Gwynn Type 1), with Mokamba (Feb 25) and Southampton (19 Mar) c.d.s. backstamps, some faults as expected for such shipwreck mail, scarce. The S.S. Jebba, of the African Steam Ship Company, sailed from Freetown on March 4, destined for Plymouth, but ran ashore in dense fog at Bolt Tail, Devon, on 18 March; the vessel was lost, but the mail was salvaged.
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South Africa Cape of Good Hope 1/2d KEVII Wrapper 1907 Cape Town to Frankfurt
1p surcharged postal stationery card, uprated with 1/2d Hope, tied by Woodstock squared circle, to the S.M.S. Habicht, then at Kamerun (Cameroon), Freetown, Sierra Leone c.d.s. transit (May 26) and Funchal Madeira (18 May) transit markings, corner creases, yet a rare card to a German gunboat.
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South West Africa 1916 WWI POW PRISONER OF WAR CAMP OKANJANDE Commandant Cover
Stampless cover, endorsed “Prisoner of War!”, postmarked with altered German “ - WINDHOEK / - POST / 4 PM/ 23.8.16” bahnpost railway cancel, struck with mostly clear crown oval “Commandant P of W Camp / Protectorate S.W. Africa / OFFICIAL FREE”, to the Schutztruppe in Windhoek, boxed rose censorship h/s at top, camp return address in manuscript on reverse, a fresh and clean cover.
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South West Africa 1926 Rail Post Cover ARIAMSVLEI to Sea Point Cape Town
Cover franked with pair and block of four 1/2d KGV South West Africa / Zuidwest Afrika overprints, tied by violet oval S.A.R.S.H. ARIAMSVLEI (20 Jun), to Sea Point, next-day Cape Town c.d.s. receiver, endorsed "Rail Post", no backstamps, scarce and fine. ex "Greca" (2021), John Sussex (2015).
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Spain 1828 French Expeditionary Force Army Stampless Cover FL Cadiz to Toulon France
Stampless folded letter, with contents, datelined Cadiz, 10th June, 1828, rated "10" (decimes, due) in manuscript, handstamped "(R) / ARM D'ESPAGNE", to Toulon, France, with c.d.s. arrival backstamp (26 June), a fine military entire sent from a member of Unit "R", which was based at Chiclana de La Frontera some 30km from Cadiz.
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Spain 1839 Alicante to Finland via Paris Berlin & St. Petersburg Stampless Letter SFL
Stampless folded letter, with contents, dated Alicante, 9 May, neatly-struck Alicante straight-line in red, to Helsingfors, Finland, "St. Jean de Luz" transit c.d.s. (21 May), adjacent "2" in red, indicating (decimes) border tax, reverse with blue Paris transit (25 May), various accountancy notations on reverse including "100 1/2" (silver kopeks) and "669 / 30 / 699" indicating total due (6 roubles 99 kopeks) , scarce and remarkably fresh.
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