Russia 1904 3k Postal Stationery Card Pskov Forwarded St. Petersburg to Wenden
3k Imperial Eagle postal stationery card, posted from Novorshev Pskov, to St. Petersburg, with scarce boxed rose auxliary handstamp "Cпpавочномь боро/свtдьньть", forwarded from St. Petersburg to Wenden, chiefly very fine strikes, scarce and most attractive.
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Russia Post Offices in the Levant 1912 Cover Negative Seal Cover to Athens
Cover struck with clear “Chio Poste Russe Gratuit” negative seal (Tchilinghirian 8), with matching “ROPit CHIOS 7 XII 1912” c.d.s., to Athens, with machine arrival backstamp, fine and scarce.
For a short period following the October, 1912 Greek Occupation of Chios during the First Balkan War, mail was handled postage free by the ROPIT Agency.
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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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