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1876: 2 similar covers  from Malta to Yokohama (Basil Hall Chamberlain correspondence), franked with 1865/73, Great Britain 4 d. vermilion pl. 14,  each tied by MALTA / A25 duplexes (Dec 11, 1875 and Jan 22, 1876 respectively), reverse with HONG KONG / MARINE SORTER / SINGAPORE TO HONG KONG datestamps in blue (Jan 12, 1876 and Feb 22, 1876) and struck on arrival with British P.O. in Yokohama cds's in black. Minor imperfections but a scarce pair.  

1878: Cover to Basil Hall Chamberlain in Yedo, Japan franked by Great Britain 1873/80 6 d. grey pl. 15 in a horizontal pair tied by MALTA / A25 duplexes (Dec 20). Reverse with SINGAPORE TO HONG KONG cds (Jan 21, 1879) and British P.O. YOKOHAMA arrival cds (Feb 5) in black. A fine and scarce cover. Basil Hall Chamberlain (1850-1935), the addressee of the covers (lots 8149 and 8150), was a professor of Japanese at Tokyo Imperial University and one of the foremost British Japanologists active in Japan during the late 19th Century. Chamberlain had hoped to study at Oxfort, but instead started work at Barings Bank in London.  He was unsuited to the work and soon had a nervous breakdown. It was in the hope of a full recovery that he sailed out of Britain , with no clear destination in mind. Chamberlain landed in Japan in May 1873. He taught at the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in Tokyo from 1874 to 1882. His most important position was as a professor of Japanese at Tokyo Imperial University beginning in 1886.  Chamberlain left japan in 1911 and moved to Geneva, where he lived until his death in 1935.

1878: Cover from Upsala addressed to the Barque 'Flying Spur' at Yokohama, Japan care of the British Consulate, franked by 1872 20 öre deep red, perf. 13, two examples tied by UPSALA cds's (May 6). Manuscript '40 Öre' on front and reverse with Swedish and Italian Ambulante datestamps, Brindisi cds (May 12), HONG KONG / MARINE SORTER / SINGAPORE TO HONG KONG datestamp (June 8) in black and British P.O. YOKOHAMA datestamp. Letter a little unfresh, as to be expected with this destination, otherwise fine. A very rare destination for Swedish mail of this period; no mail to Japan is recorded before UPU. Cert. Nielsen (1987), Holcombe (1988).

1882: Switzerland 10 c. postal stationery card used to and from Yokohama, Japan with 'Neuchatel' despatch cds (Dec 6) on front and thence sent via Marseilles with YOKOHAMA / JAPAN thimble datestamp of arrival (Jan 24, 1883) on reverse and returned to sender franked by Japan Koban 1877 10 s. bright blue tied by segmented cork cancel in black with further YOKOHAMA / JAPAN thimble datestamp of despatch (Jan 26) on front and Neuchatel re-arrival cds (March 7). A charming and unusual card. Cert. Rellstab (1989).

1879: cover from Zaragoza to Kobe, franked with1878, 25 c. olive-brown, two examples, endorsed 'via Estados Unidos de Americas del Norte'  lightly cancelled in black with 'Zaragoza' despatch cds at left and St. Jean de Luz transit in red (April 4). The directed route was ignored as the reverse shows a Marseille transit cds (April 6) and French Post Office 'Yokohama / Bau. Francais' cds, fine (and scarce) HIOGO / JAPAN cds in black (May 23) and front with Yokohama cds of the same day. Minor imperfections and small reverse flap repair but an attractive and very early cover to an unusual destination. Orramel Hinckley Gulick (1830-1923) was second son of the famous Peter Johnson and Fanny Gulick missionary family from Hawaii. Orramel Hinckley Gulick married Ann Eliza Clark. They moved to the central Japanese city of Kobe in 1871. Orramel and his wife returned back to Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1894.

1862: 1861/62, 10¢ green, 5¢ red brown and 30¢ orange, all tied by double circle Elmira NY town markings on cover addressed to Kanagawa Japan sent “Care of Mess. Olyphant & Co., Shanghae China”; manuscript “By overland mail via Marseilles” at upper left and “INSUFFy STAMPED VIA MARSEILLES” at lower right; red NY Am. Pkt. and London transit marks at center, dark blue 1862 Hong Kong backstamp; very small piece out of top edge of cover and small part of backflap missing; an attractive three-color franking; cover most likely sent via Southampton as the 45¢ postage would have fully paid the 33¢ rate for a ½ oz by British Mail, but would not have paid the ¼ oz rate of 51¢ for British Mail via Marseilles at this time. 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott 68,75,71). Francis Hall (1822-1902) was an upstate New York book dealer who went to Japan in 1859. He became founder of Walsh, Hall & Co., America’s leading Trading House in 19th century Japan. In 1862 he joined John Greer and Thomas Walsh to found the company , a commission trading house that quickly expanded into the tea and silk trade. Under hall’s leadership Walsh, hall & Co’s business flourished and the company came to be knwon in Japan as „Ame-ichi“, the „No.1 American firm“ Having made a fortune in trade between Japan and the United States he returned home in 1866 and became a philanthropist and world traveler.

1904 (Feb 22): Registered cover at single rate with Type Sage franking of 50 c. made up with 1 c., 4 c., 5 c., 10 c. and 15 c. (2) all tied by 'Lavallois-Perret' datestamps in black, addressed to Port Arthur, China two weeks after the declaration of the Russo-Japanese War; with notation that the cover be forwarded to Seoul, Korea should the addressee not be found, which finaly was the case. Reverse with array of datestamps including Moscow (Feb 14, julian), PORT ARTHUR cds (March 1 and March 7, julian), CHEFOO (March 31), SHANGHAI (April 2), NAGASAKI (April 6) in violet (together with registration chop on obverse), SEOUL / I.J.P.O (April 12) in black and circular 'Hotel du Palais / Seoul, Coree' private cachet in red. Bilingual 'Inconnu' markings in red on front and thereafter returned to Paris (Aug 7). Insignificant opening tear repaired sensibly at top of a dramatic and most unusual cover.

1891: 10 pf. carmine postal stationery card used to Seoul, Korea cancelled by 'Hamburg' cds (Jan 1), reverse showing 'Nagasaki' thimble datestamp (Feb 9) in red. On arrival the addressee (the Editor of the 'Korea Gazette') was not found and the card was struck initially with scarce 'NON RECLAMÉ' handstamp (not claimed) in red, this deleted by a further strike of the same handstamp and replaced by 'Inconnu' marking in red; the card being returned to sender in Hamburg (July 17). Unusual usage.

1869: Cover at double rate from Brussels to Batavia, Netherland Indies (readdressed to Samarang on arrival), franked by 1865 30 c. brown in a vertical pair and two 1 fr. violet, all tied by dotted '60' numeral handstamps with 'Bruxelles' cds below (March 6) and framed 'PD' in black. Reverse with 'France / Midi II' transit cds, Batavia and Samarang (April 22) datestamps in red with italic 'Afgescheveren' alongside. Slight flap repair but a remarkable and unique franking of the issue. Cert. Kaiser (2016).  

1841 (Oct 6): Cover from Paris addressed to Java, Océanie, struck with despatch cds and framed 'P.P.' in red and annotated '60' (decimes). Mailed via Le Havre with circular 'Bureau Maritime' cds (Oct 9) in red, Réunion with 'St. Denis / Ile Bourbon´cds (March 24, 1842) and thence via Mauritius with fine strike of circular MAURITIUS / POST OFFICE cds (unusually dated AP.04 / 1842) in black over a manuscript '6'. A fine and unusual cover. 

1846: Entire letter from Paris to the naturalist ´Zollinger' in Batavia, Netherlands East Indies endorseed at base 'via Marseille, Alexandria and Singapore' struck with Paris cds on despach (March 14) and both framed 'PD' and 'PP' handstamps. Reverse with framed 'SINGAPORE / SHIP LETTER / Bearing'  in black (Proud S2). Obverse with manuscript '2/6d.' rate and reverse with corresponding manuscript '30 D' (pence). A fine and attractive entire. Gumprich & Strauss was a well known Playing Cards publisher in Batavia. Heinrich Zollinger (1818-1859) was a Swiss botanist, born in Feuerthalen, Switzerland. From 1837-1838 he studied botany at the University of Geneva. In 1842 he moved to Java, working in a botanical garden, and on small government- financed scientific expeditions. He returned to Switzerland in 1848, but came back to Java in 1855 with his wife and two children.  

1856: Entire letter from Bordeaux to Soerabaja, endorsed 'via Suez' franked by clear to fine margined 1853 20 c. blue and 40 c. orange (3) all crossed by file fold and tied by dotted 'BP' (Bordeaux à Paris) lozenge in black with corresponding cds below (Jan 9). Reverse with SINGAPORE transit datestamp (Feb) in black.

1867/75: 2 covers  to Netherlands Indies, each endorsed 'via Marseille' with 1867 cover franked 1862 20 c. blue and 80 c. carmine tied by 3103 gros chiffres with 'Reims' cds alongside and framed 'PD' in red and further unframed 'PD' in black. Reverse with Marseille transit cds and Batavia arrival in red; 1875 cover franked Siège 40 c. orange and 1871/73 80 c. carmine tied by 532 gros chiffres of Bordeaux with framed 'PD' in red and Soerabaja cds on reverse. Both signed Goebel.

1868: Entire letter from Leipzig to Soerabaja, Netherlands Indies (Steudemann correspondence) franked on front and back with 1868 1/4 gr. red-lilac (2), 1/2 gr. orange, 1 gr. rose-carmine (6, two singles and two horizontal pairs) and 5 gr. ochre-brown pair all tied by LEIPZIG-DRESDEN Travelling P.O. datestamps in black (Nov 14). Red 'PD' on front and manuscript '2' at top left (single weight within Germany = 3 sgr., double through France  and sea postage = 14 sgr.). Reverse with Marseille cds (Nov 17) in black and Soerabaja arrival cds (Dec 30) in red. A marvellous four colour franking and most appealing cover. Cert. Mehlmann (2016). Albert Steudemann (1842-unknown) was a German pharmacist. On his second trip to the Far East he settled down in Soerabaja, soon got a wealthy person. When he was older he returned back to Germany and was dedicated in many charity actions. Furthermore Steudemann was a passionate 'Skat' card player and donated a fountain in Altenburg 1897, called 'Skatbrunnen'.

1869: 1/4 gr. pale violet, 1/2 gr. orange, 1 gr. rose and 5 gr. olive brown (2) all used on 1871 cover (Steudemann correspondence) endorsed 'via Niederlande' to Soerabaya, Netherlands East Indies tied by neat ALTENBURG datestamps (Jan 12) in black. ´Soerabaja´ arrival cds (Aug 12) well struck in red on reverse. Slight repaired flap tear of no significance, an exceptional rate and a most attractive four colour franking. Cert. Mehlmann (2016). Albert Steudemann (1842-unknown) was a German pharmacist. On his second trip to the Far East he settled down in Soerabaja, soon got a wealthy person. When he was older he returned back to Germany and was dedicated in many charity actions. Furthermore Steudemann was a passionate 'Skat' card player and donated a fountain in Altenburg 1897, called 'Skatbrunnen'.

1869: 5 gr. olive-brown, two examples used on 1870 single rate cover (Steudemann correspondence) endorsed 'via Marseilles' to Soerabaja, Java, each tied by neat ALTENBURG datestamp (April 9) in black. Red 'PD' at left and 'Forbach' French entry mark below, reverse with Paris (April 11), Marseille transits and 'Soerabaja' arrival cds (May 25) in red. A fresh and fine cover to an unusual destination. Cert. Mehlmann (2016). Albert Steudemann (1842-unknown) was a German pharmacist. On his second trip to the Far East he settled down in Soerabaja, soon got a wealthy person. When he was older he returned back to Germany and was dedicated in many charity actions. Furthermore Steudemann was a passionate 'Skat' card player and donated a fountain in Altenburg 1897, called 'Skatbrunnen'.

1864: Second page of entire letter from Leipzig to Batavia, Netherlands Indies endorsed 'Per Landmail via Triest', franked by third printing 1856/61 10 ngr. blue imperforate, large margins but just touched on outer right frameline, in combination with slightly oxidised 1863 1/2 ngr. orange and two 3 ngr. brown tied by LEIPZIG / DRESDEN BAHNH. datestamp (Nov 8) and by sender's cachet at left. Weiter franco '13 4/10' in blue manuscript and struck on front with British P.O. ALEXANDRIA cds in red (Nov 17) in transit with manuscript '1/-' in red crayon alongside. Reverse with Vienna cds (Nov 9), oval Triest datestamp (Nov 11) with handstruck '15/52' in black adjacent (Triest to Alexandria = 15 kr.), SINGAPORE P.O. datestamp (Dec) in red and Batavia arrival cds (Dec 18) in red. A delightful and extremely rare mixed issue cover to an exotic destination. Signed Kruschel. Cert. Rismondo (1996).  Wolf Curt von Schierbrand (1807-1888) came in 1825 to Batavia as a Corporal. He later worked as a zoological scientist.

1866: Part paid cover from Altenburg to Soerabaja, Netherlands Indies (Steudemann correspondence) endorsed 'frco. Triest Überlandspost' in manuscript, franked by 1863 3 ngr. deep yellow-brown (2 examples) each tied by '11' numeral obliterators with corresponding ALTENBURG datestamp (May 21) below. '1/-' British tax in manuscript on front with British P.O. single ring datestamp of Alexandria (June 2) in black and SINGAPORE transit cds (June 28) in black. Reverse with Triest transit (May 24) and Soerabaja arrival cds (July 6) in red with '20' Neths Indies due in manuscript. A superb and rare cover to a most unusual destination. Certs. Pröschold (1988), Vaatz (2016). Albert Steudemann (1842-unknown) was a German pharmacist. On his second trip to the Far East he settled down in Soerabaja, soon got a wealthy person. When he was older he returned back to Germany and was dedicated in many charity actions. Furthermore Steudemann was a passionate 'Skat' card player and donated a fountain in Altenburg 1897, called 'Skatbrunnen'.

1846: Entire letter from Mainz to Samarang, Netherlands East Indies, sensibly restored to prevent acid ink erosion, endorsed at top left 'per overlandpost via Marseilles', with 'Mainz' despatch cds in black (Jan 10) and 'PD' alongside. Fine complete "Aangebragt per Land - Mail / Te betalen port f 2-16 koper. / BATAVIA 17 Maart 1846" label (Type 1) on obverse for amount due (British Postage 2/2d. + Netherlands 50 cents Sea Postage). Reverse with six French transit datestamps including Marseille (Jan 15 and Jan 22). A small ink spot somewhat reduced. A remarkable and extremely rare entire, the 'Landmail' labels being extremely rare on letters from the German States, with only 2 letters recorded from any German State (Corinphila Netherlands Archive/Global Philatelic Network). For a ‚Land-Mail‘ label used on the same day on entire from Rotterdam see lot 8173. Cert. Vleeming (2016). Provenance: David Feldman Auction (1985) 

1864 (Jan 12): Single rate cover from Dillenburg to Batavia, Netherlands Indies enorsed 'via Triest' franked by 1862 6 kr. blue (2 examples, both with one margin added, otherwise fine)) and 1859 15 kr. brown-purple in a horizontal strip of three, for 57 kreuzer rate for a cover under 1 loth (9kr. internal postage, 11kr. for Austrian seapost and 37kr. for British post from Alexandria), all individually tied by '173' numeral obliterators with corresponding DILLENBURG cds at right (Jan 13). Reverse with Frankfurt cds, Vienna cds (Jan 15), Triest transit (Jan 17) and struck there with "15/52" handstamp in black (Triest to Alexandria = 15 kr.), together with oxidised 'Singapore' datestamp in red. The front bears single ring ALEXANDRIA cds in red (Jan 25). An extraordinary cover in excellent condition for such a journey to this most unusual destination. Signed Dr. Sommer AIEP. Cert. P. Sem (2016).

1867: Cover from Wiesbaden to Batavia, Netherlands Indies endorsed 'via Marseilles' franked by scarce 1859 30 kr. orange in a horizontal pair overlapped by 1865 6 kr. blue (two examples) all tied by individual strikes of the '215' numeral obliterator with WIESBADEN cds (Feb 5) at right and 'PD' in black and in red. Erquelines French entry mark in blue (Feb 6) and reverse with Mainz cds, Marseille cds (Feb 7) and Soerabaja arrival datestamp in red. The envelope has been somewhat cleaned and strengthened, the stamps removed and replaced (30 kr. with small marginal repairs) but nevetheless a remarkable and rare cover to a most unusual destination. Certs. Dr. Sommer (1990), P. Sem (2016).

1872: Cover from Hamburg to Soerabaja, Netherlands Indies (Steudemann correspondence) with 1872 Small Shield 1/4 gr. violet, 1/2 gr. orange-red, 1 gr. carmine and 5 gr. ochre-brown in a horizontal pair all tied by HAMBURG datestamps (Feb 21) in black. Red framed 'P.D.' below and manuscript '83 c.' (centesemi) credit in red crayon. Reverse with Verona cds (Feb 24), part Brindisi cds, SINGAPORE transit (March 25) in black and Soerabaja arrival (April 3) cds in red with '20' Neths Indies due in manuscript on front. 2 stamps with small faults, otherwise a splendid and most attractive four colour franking to an exotic destination for the first issue. Cert. Krug (2016). Albert Steudemann (1842-unknown) was a German pharmacist. On his second trip to the Far East he settled down in Soerabaja, soon got a wealthy person. When he was older he returned back to Germany and was dedicated in many charity actions. Furthermore Steudemann was a passionate 'Skat' card player and donated a fountain in Altenburg 1897, called 'Skatbrunnen'.

1787 (Jan 16): Entire letter from a member of staff at the British Museum addressed to a Captain MacDonald, an Artillery Captain and Engineer at Bencoolen, Sumatra concerning a possible patent for making fuses. The entire re-addressed from Bencoolen to Bengal and struck on reverse with rare straight line BEARING POSTAGE at Calcutta in black (Hammond Giles fig. 3). Docketing of receipt in manuscript on reverse (Oct 6, 1787). An interesting and fine entire.

1872/76: 2 covers to Batavia, the earlier endorsed 'by French Mail' and paid in cash (1/3d.) and franked for Late Fee only with 1858 1 d. red (perfin 'Huth') tied by London obliterator and 'Paid' cds. The sender's instruction was ignored and sent via USA with '12 1/2 / Cents' credit marking in red on front and Batavia arrival on reverse in red; 1876 improved cover franked by 1858 2 d. blue pl. 15 and 1875 1 s. green pl. 12 tied by 'Yarmouth / Norfolk / 927' duplex and addressed to the British Barque 'Frederica' in Batavia. A few faults but an interesting pair.

1756/86: Entire letters (2), the earlier from Rotterdam to Batavia, endorsed at left 'p. dem Bottelier Cornelius van Bronkhorst op het Ship Rotterdam die God geleyde' (which God preserve) with some aging but an early entire; and fine 1786 entire from Breda to Batavia with manuscript endorsement of 'Ship Rosenberg' of the O.I.C (Netherlands East India Co.) at lower left. A scarce pair. 

1844 (Jan 2): Entire letter from Amsterdam to Batavia endorsed 'per Ocean' at upper left, struck with fine oval 'ZEEBRIEF / Posthorn / ONGEFRANKEE' handstamp in blue with manuscript '60' charge in red crayon. A fresh and fine entire.

1845: Entire letter from Rotterdam to Samarang, Netherlands East Indies endorsed 'per Overland Mail' with 'Rotterdam' despatch cds in blue (Dec 4) and Valnes French entry marking (Dec 7) in oxidised red ink at right. Fine complete "Aangebragt per Land - Mail / Te betalen port f 2-16 koper. / BATAVIA 17 Maart 1846" label (Type 1a) on obverse for amount due (British Postage 2/2d. + Netherlands 50 cents Sea Postage). Reverse with 'MADRAS / STEAM LETTER / Bearing' datestamp (Jan 31) and manuscript (Bearing) '8 Annas / Ship 5 as.' alongside. Thence to Singapore with framed 'Bearing' handstamp but unclear date in black. A remarkable and rare entire with the 'Landmail' label used on the same day as lot 8165. Cert. Vleeming (2016).

1849: Cover from Amsterdam to Samarang endorsed 'pr. Mail via Triest' with 'Amsterdam' despatch cds in red (Oct 4) and fine LANDMAIL / PORT handstamp in red (De Beer fig. 351) annotated '288' in manuscript, carried on the P& O steamer 'Bentinck' from Suez and charged '2 fl. 40 c.' in manuscript; also an 1849 prepaid part cover to Macassar with LANDMAIL / PORT handstamp in blue-black (De Beer 351b) mailed from MUNDEN (June 16) via London with manuscript '1 fl. 60 c.' rate. A scarce pair.

1849: Entire letter written in English from Utrecht to Batavia (readdressed to Bojonegoro), endorsed 'per Landmail via Marseille' struck with Utrecht despatch datestamp in red (Sept 21) and framed LANDMAIL / PORT handstamp in blue (De Beer 351b) annotated '216' (koper) and fine framed NEDERLAND / OVER / MARSEILLE in blue (De Beer fig. 353). Manuscript '180' charge (1 fl. 80 c.) on front. A fine and scarce entire. Note: Content: 'Several months have elapsed since I last wrote to you, for to tell you the plain truth it does not suit my circumstances every month to pay so heavy a Postage..'.

1867: Cover at single rate from Gravenhage to Samarang endorsed ‚Franco‘ at left bearing 1864 10 c. carmine and a wonderful horizontal strip of four 15 c. orange-yellow all tied by three strikes of framed FRANCO in black. ‚'sGravenhage‘ cds below (Feb 25) in red with ‚Samarang‘ arrival cds (April 7) in red on reverse. 10 c. with minor corner perf. repair, opening tears to reverse flap repaired to protect the adhesives at top, a splendid and exceptional second issue franking. Only 7 covers recorded to date of the 1864 issue to Dutch East India (Corinphila Netherlands Archive/Global Philatelic Network). Cert. Dr. A. Louis (1988). Willem Karel Baron van Dedem (1839-1895) was a Dutch advocat and liberal politician of the ‚Liberale Linie‘. From 1856 – 1861 he studied at the University of Leiden and went to Dutch East India where he worked in the public administration of the colony. 1862 he started working as an advocat in Semerang. 1873 he returned to the Netherlands. From 1891 – 1894 he was appointed Minister for the Colonies in the cabinett of Gijsbert van Tienhoven. Provenance: Gerrish Collection (1979) 237 Heinrich Köhler Auction (1982)

1868: Cover from Gravenhage to Benkoelen, Netherlands Indies endorsed 'Landmail Marseille' at top, franked by 1867 20 c. green, Type II, perf. 12 3/4 x 11 3/4 overlapping 50 c. gold, Type I, perf. 12 3/4 x 11 3/4 tied by framed FRANCO handstamps in black with 'Gravenhage' despatch cds in red alongside (Sept 24). Translated manuscript notation on reverse 'If moved or dead, please foerward to Samarang'. Minor imperfections but the 50 c. adhesive is rare on letter, only 8 letters with this combination of stamps recorded to date (Corinphila Netherlands Archive/Global Philatelic Network). Cert. Vleeming (2016).  

1869: Cover from St. Michelsgestel to a Lieutenant on board the Steamship 'Haarlem' in Batavia, Netherlands Indies endorsed 'via Marseille' at top, readdressed to Bandjermasin, franked by 1867 20 c. green, Type I, perf. 12 3/4 x 11 3/4 and 50 c. gold, Type I, perf. 12 3/4 x 11 3/4 each tied by framed FRANCO handstamps in black with ST. MICCHELSGASTEL despatch handstamp in black and 'Hertgenbosch' cds in red alongside (Jan 12). Part flap missing on reverse and envelope with minute trim of no significance, a fine and rare usage, only 8 letters with this combination of stamps recorded to date (Corinphila Netherlands Archive/Global Philatelic Network). Cert. Vleeming (2016). Provenance: Neville Clifford-Jones Collection (1989)  

1872: Cover from Rotterdam to Batavia endorsed 'mail via Brindisi' franked by 1867 50 c. gold, Type I, perf. 12 3/4 x 11 3/4 used with 10 c. red, Type II, perf. 14, tied by dotted '91' numeral handstamp in black with Rotterdam despatch cds below (May 29). Framed NED.-INDIE / VIA BRINDISI / BRITISCHE PAKKETB in black at right. Batavia arrival cds on repaired flap and some strengthening to the cover but a scarce and attractive franking. Cert. Vleeming (2016).

1872: Cover from Gravenhage to Batavia franked by 1867 50 c. gold, Type II, perf. 12 3/4 x 11 3/4 used with 10 c. red, Type II, perf. 13 1/4 x 14, tied by dotted '44' numeral handstamp in black with Gravenhage despatch cds below (Sept 26). Framed NED.-INDIE / VIA BRINDISI / FRANSCHE PAKKETB in black at right. Batavia arrival cds. Flap with a few small tears but an attractive franking, the 50 c. Type II being rare on letter. Cert. Vleeming (2016). Provenance: Neville Clifford-Jones Collection (1989)

1876/78: Covers (2) from same correspondence, with an 1876 mourning cover from Groningen to Klatten, Netherlands Indies franked by single 1872 50 c. olive-brown, perf. 12 1/2 x 12, tied by dotted '45' numeral with Groningen cds at right (Sept 6) in black. Framed 'NED.-INDIE / VIA MARSEILLE / FRANSCHE PAKKETB.' in black and carried on the French Paquebot 'Anadyr' with 'Klatten' arrival cds on reverse (Oct 5); and 1878 cover franked by single 1872 25 c. violet with NED: INDIE / OVER / MARSEILLE and Klatten arrival (July 21) on reverse. A fine pair at single and double rates.

1877: Cover, flap missing and tiny trim at top, carried at Soldier's concessionary rate from Gravenhage to a machinist on board H. M. Stoomship off Atchin (Atjeh), Netherlands Indies endorsed 'per Stoomboot Maatschappij Nederland' at base, franked by 1872 5 c. blue, perf. 12 1/2 x 12, tied by dotted '44' numeral obliterator with 'Gravenhage' cds alongside (Jan 12) and fine NED: INDIE / STOOMSCHEPEN / REGTSTREEKS handstamp in black (indicating direct mail). Reverse with 'Padang' arrival cds (April 23) in black. Rare. Cert. Vleeming (2016).