Tin can mail dated AUG 13 1934 from Niuafo'ou, light 'DISPATCHED / BY TIN CAN / CANOE MAIL' ties 2-1 / 2-d Queen stamp (also cancelled by small 7-line cancel at its bottom) franking #6 cover to Ohio, violet cachet of S. S. City of Los Angeles / SECOND 1934 / SOUTH SEAS / EXPLORATION CRUISE / ... / MATSON LINE / OCEANIC LINE' which lists their ports of call, neatly opened, slight yellowing of the paper with age, some envelope glue show-through on back. $15.00 trs

Tin can mail dated September 1937 from Niuafoou to New Zealand, #6 cover franked by a 2d violet Queen & 1 / 2-d green Coat of Arms stamps, decorated by auxiliary markings front and back too numerous to count. $20.00

       Tin can mail dated September 1937 from Niuafoou to Victoria Australia, #6 cover franked by a 2-1 / 2d blue Queen stamp, decorated by auxiliary markings front and back too numerous to count. Both sides shown. $19.00 tr

Registered tin can mail dated August 1939 from Niuafoou to Victoria Australia, #9 cover franked by 1-d, 2-d & 2-1 / 2-d standing queen issue, decorated by auxiliary markings front and back too numerous to count, duly backstamped on arrival at Dorren. $30.00

    15NO.64 clear NIUAFO'OU cancels tie 1-1 / 2-d fisherman & 3-1 / 2-d map & 4-d harbour stamps franking greeting-card size cover to Ohio, two-color Matson Lines® logo at upper left, clear '...DISPATCHED BY CANOE MAIL' in blue green circle & clear green straight-line 'TIN CAN ISLAND CANOE MAIL' at LL, backflap handstamp in blue-green 'MAILED AT SEA ABOARD / Matson Lines / S. S. Mariposa', opening at top a little ragged but mercifully missing the stamps. $10.00 ts

1988 Nukualofa violet PAQUEBOT marking and black dial cancel on an #6 cover from the Fijian vessel m.v. Fijian, sent to Texas with an 8-c Lloyd's List stamp. $3.50

    LAUTOKA FIJI 21 NOV 89 PAQUEBOT cancel on four Tonga 5-s Cypraea mappa veridis shell stamps franking #6 cover to Wisconsin from MV Fua Kavenga. Cover sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 fpst

Undated airmail #10 cover on Peace Corps business to Washington DC, bearing 2 circular 17s stamps, one of which is tied by the weak cancel. $2.50

Undated official registered cover from Nukualofa to Ohio. $2.00

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15-5-76 India FDC for set of 4 railroad stamps (25-p, 50-p, 1-r & 2-r), multicolor cachet shows train on Batasia-Loop (Siliguri-Darjeeling Section), unaddressed, small bends in one corner. $2.25 ti

MAY 10 1979 clear Ogden UT cancel ties 13-c eagle with shield & 3-c transcontinental railroad stamp to unaddressed cover, multicolor cachet shows Norman Rockwell painting "The Morning Rush" with many people at a train station, on an anniversary of the issuance of the railroad stamp. $1.00 tu

3 WEST GERMANY 1980 RAILROAD EVENT COVERS

-5.-5.1980 clear fancy HEIDELBERG 1 cancel ties 5-pfg  West Germany satellite stamp to 140 jahre / Eisenbahn in Baden unaddressed event cover with multicolor cachet showing an antique railroad engine. fresh appearance. Shown above.

31.-5.1980 clear fancy SIEGEN 1 cancel ties 5-pfg  West Germany satellite stamp to elektrifizierung / eisenbahn-motiv / der siegstrecke / briefmarkenschau unaddressed event cover with multicolor cachet showing a postal railway car. fresh appearance.

-1.-6.1980 clear fancy KAUFBEUREN 1 cancel ties 5-pfg  West Germany satellite stamp to tag der ??? mit Fahrzeugschau unaddressed event cover with multicolor cachet showing an electrified train. fresh appearance.

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OCT 1 1987 bold Baltimore MD cancels on a complete set of 5 US FDC. Each FDC is a continental postcard (example shown) bearing an appropriate color illustrations to match up with the stamps. Officially issued by the US Postal Service, with interesting explanatory text on the stamp side, fresh appearance. $4.25 for all. tu

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    1981-08-28 FDC with 4 different Xhosa head-dress costume stamps neatly cancelled at Idutywa, multicolor cachet, unaddressed. $1.50 tc

    15 X 81 Registered cover from Willowvale to Johannesburg, franked by 25-c cattle improvement stamp (corner selvedge attached) tied by legible cancels, neatly opened. $5.00 ta%

    Continental maximum card from Transkei, fancy cancel for FDC (1986.02.06), writing on back. The ship is the Umzimvubu which was registered in 1896. $3.00 s-st

    Indistinct date MADEIRA STREET cancel ties pair of 45-c shipwreck stamps to EYOBURULUMENTE / OFFICIAL cover which has had the official notice neatly crossed off to enable private use, to Southampton England where it was carefully opened. $5.00 ts%

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25a XI 92 UMTATA cancel ties pair of 50-c pipe making stamps franking #10 airmail cover to Winchester England, neatly opened. $1.25 t%

Group of 13 commercial mail registered covers
to Pretoria, all opened neatly. List shows
etiquette text, number of stamps & year:
BIZANA, 3, 1988
BUTTERWORTH, 7, 1988
ENGCOBO, 5, 1988 shown above
IDUTYWA, 5, 1988
LUSIKISIKI, 3, 1988
MADEIRA STREET, 4, 1988
MOUNT FRERE, 4, 1987
MQANDULI, 4, 1987
MSOBOMVU, 4, 1988
STERK-SPRUIT, 4, 1989
UMTATA, 3, 1987
UMSIMKULU, 10, 1986
UNITRA, 4, 1983 shown below

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Group of 4 commercial mail #6 covers to Alrobe & Chicago, franked by a good variety of stamps. Some cancels legible--Madeira Street & Mount Frere. $4.75 for all 4. t%

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    JAN 6 1945 Seattle Wash. machine cancel ties 3-c Transcontinental Railroad stamp franking #10 cover to Baltimore, large Porto-Server multicolor cachet has GI in jeep getting excited over the address. Nice. $7.50 ptr%

    29 -6 53 pictorial dial cancels tie 12 triangular transportation stamps to 2 FDC's (6 stamps each FDC), unaddressed #10 covers, no room for cachet, a little wrinkling each cover, a couple cancels light. Many modes shown--balloon, rocket, train, ship, etc. Both for $20.00 mt

18-VI-69 clear Barranquilla cancel commemorating 50 years of airmail service in Colombia ties $1 & $1.50 airmail stamps commemorating the same event, typed address (to Colombia), multicolor cachet. $1.25 tc

    Bold JUN 2 1972 USS FOX (DLG-33) hand cancel on 8-c TRANSPO postal stationery, clear violet double-ring USS FOX (DLG-33) BR also on the front, large slightly light violet FIRST IN THE PACIFIC ship cachet, FPO 96601 return address, undetectable addressing. Undoubtedly serving in Vietnamese waters at the time. $3.50 nvtu NEW / NUEVO / NOWY

JUN 23 1972 USS OKLAHOMA CITY (CLG-5) cancel on 8-c Transpo US postal stationery sent to Ohio, violet cachet, no address, backflap lightly crinkled but not the front. $2.50 ntu

Well-inked black USS FLASHER cachet on unaddressed Transpo 8-c postal stationery envelope cancelled 29 JUN 1972 in Hawaii. $1.50 ntu(p)

77 1. 31 Hungary FDC for the 4-stamp history of the coach issue, unaddressed, pasted-on cachet, attractive. $1.25 th

    10.8.1977 official Swedish FDC for 5-stamp local traffic booklet, with explanatory insert in 4 languages, fresh appearance. (2 available) $2.75 each. st

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7 August 1979 official Bailiwick of Guernsey FDC for 4-stamp transportation centenary issue, unaddressed & cacheted. $2.50 tg

Swaziland Stamp Bulletin Number 33 for their transportation issued of 5 January 1981 (and another issue), including technical details. $1.00 ts

15 JA  81 light Brittons Hill Barbados cancel ties 45-c animal-drawn tram & $1 train station stamps franking registered #10 cover to Chicago, 6 backstamps, 3 corners with small bends. $5.00 tb

JUL 14 1985 ORCOPEX Station of Anaheim California fancy cancel ties 10.1-c oil wagon coil & 12.5-c pushcart coil to unaddressed #6 cover with multicolor cachet depicting the various types of transportation on that coil series of stamps, exceptionally colorful. $1.25 tc

NOV 13 1992 FIRST CLASS / PRECANCEL PERMIT #338 / COVINGTON KENTUCKY 41012 handstamped clearly in red below 2-c locomotive & 4-c stagecoach & 23-c lunch wagon transportation coil stamps which were lightly cancelled, Cincinnati Ohio spray marking en route, large black cachet depicts US #1 stamp, neatly addressed & neatly opened. $1.25 kt

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"TRANSIT POSTMARK COLLECTOR" 81 gently used issues of the whole numbers 222 (January-February 1978) - 308 (May-June 1992) offered as an instant & authoritative library. Includes occasional indices & membership directory. $180.00 tr

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    "Woodhead Reservoir, Table Mountain / (Storage Capacity 250 Million Gallons) / Photo T. D. Ravenscroft Rondebosch" color mailed from Boksburg 23 DEC 06 (Transvaal 1 / 2-d King stamp tied by clear cancel) to Ladysmith Natal, small corner crease, trivial corner wear. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 c-t

"R. P. D. 'KRONPRINZ'" postcard with a side view of the ship underway, color from C. A. W. Grün, mailed NO 16 12 at Durban Natal (bold cancel almost complete ties 1-d Transvaal King stamp) to Ladysmith Natal, considerable corner & edge wear, trace of cancel ink on front . This first-class steamer was part of the German East Africa Line of Hamburg, whose service included Tanga, Dar-es-Salaam & Zanzibar. $15.00 s(c)g-nt

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