British West Indies. (St. Vincent - Late Fee Instructional). 1898. St. Vincent postal stationery QV 'one penny red' card upgraded with SG 48, 1d rose-red tied by Kingstown/ St. Vincent date stamp 'Ja 21 98' addressed to Bristol with hand-struck 'LATE FEE' on face in black and arrival on face 'Fe 2nd 98'.
The hand-stamp has jumped causing a double impression.

Messenger notes very few examples have been see. A very rare instructional hand-stamp with the additional 1d red paying the Late Fee.
LATE FEE Proud type 15. (18.5.97) - (14.10.91). Type not recorded by Messenger.

Ex Vincent Duggleby collection.

British West Indies. (St. Vincent - Late Fee). Circa 1909. Small piece bearing SG 103, 1d carmine (pair) tied by hand-struck 'LATE FEE' in black.

Messenger notes a few examples have been seen with 1909 dates.

The Late Fee was increased from 1d to 2d from November 1909.

New Zealand. (St. Vincent - New Zealand). 1903. Registered envelope from 'Gilmer's Royal Oak, Hotel, Wellington' addressed to Saint Vincent, Windward Islands' bearing New Zealand SG 262, 4d indigo and brown tied by Wellington date stamp '2nd Jan 03' with circular hand-struck 'R', with San Francisco/ Registered in carmine 'Feb 9' and New York transit '16/2' with R'/ New York' registration label on face and St. Vincent 'March 2nd' arrival on reverse.

Superb item sent via the Pacific and overland across the United States paying the international registration rate 4d rate to the British West Indies.

Ex Vincent Duggleby collection.

India. (St. Vincent - India). 1894. Registered envelope written from 'Kissenpoora, Meerut, N.W..P, India' addressed to St. Vincent bearing India SG 85, 1/2 anna blue-green, SG 89, 1a plum and SG 92, 2a blue (4) tied by Meerut City PY' squared circle date stamp 'Oc 10 94' with framed 'R/ Meerut City Ry Stn.' and hand-stamped 'Registered' in violet, routed via London with hooded London transit '29th Oct' and small St. Vincent arrival 'No 20' in black on reverse.

Stamps also tied by large oval firms chop in violet for security purposes.

Ex Vincent Duggleby collection.

British West Indies. (St. Vincent - United States). 1882. United States postal stationery card 'two cents blue' cancelled by fancy cork obliterator with adjacent Boston/ Mass date stamp 'April 30 82', addressed to 'J.N. Labord, St. Vincent, B.W. Indies' with small cds St. Vincent arrival 'June 11'on face.

This United States card was written by Frederick Ober the America naturalist and writter.

St. Vincent. (Postmarks). Circa 1875. SG 22, 1d black cancelled by (Crown) Paid At St. Vincent hand-struck in red, stamp with a few trimmed perfs.

This is the second recorded Crown Circle Paid from St. Vincent known on a 1d black.

Ex Duggleby.

Dominican Republic. (St. Vincent - Danish West Indies). 1913. Registered COVER FRONT addressed to Saint Vincent (Antilles), bearing Dominican Republic Yvert 160, 5c grey-blue (pair) tied by Santo Domingo date stamp 'Jul 23 1913' with matching 'R/ Santo Dominigo' registration label, endorsed 'via Fort de France' with framed hand-struck 'R/ St. Thomas' in violet on face and 'R (348)/ Saint Vincent' registration label, endorsed 'Try St. Lucia' in red crayon.

British West Indies. (Late Fee Instructional). 1898. St. Vincent postal stationery QV 'half penny green' NEWS PAPER FRONT' upgraded with SG 48, 1d rose-red tied by Kingstown/ St. Vincent date stamp 'Oc 14 98' addressed to 'His Honour, Saubique, Turks Island' with hand-struck 'LATE FEE' on face in black.

A very rare instructional hand-stamp with the additional 1d red paying the Late Fee.
LATE FEE. Proud type 15. (18.3.97) - (14.10.98). Small type not recorded by Messenger.

Messenger notes very few examples have been seen.

British West Indies. (St. Vincent - Anglo French Accountancy). Circa 1878. A colourful selection of 29 stamps from the two types listed by Messenger and Proud and the recently discovered third instrument of this accountancy hand-stamp.
SG 18, 1d black cancelled by 'GB/ 40c' in red with small "C" now attributed to the village of Biabou. (2) and four 1d rose-reds with GB/40c (small c) also from Biabou village.

Values up to SG 24, 1s vermilion (3) one ex "Messenger", surcharges (2) and 1d rose-red shades (4), with types sans serif "4" and seriffed "4" including 4d deep blue (2), 4d ultramarine and SG 26a, 6d pale green (2).

Ex Vincent Duggleby collection. A fine selection.

St. Vincent. (Postmarks). 1872. SG 17, 1s rose-red cancelled by St. Vincent/ A date stamp in brown/ red dated 'Sp 2 72'.

Stamp cat 150 GBP.

Stated by Vincent Duggleby to be the only known cds example in red ink.

Ex Vincent Duggleby collection.

St. Vincent. (Postmarks). Circa 1866. SG 6, 4d deep blue cancelled by vertical A10 (type 1) used at Georgetown overstruck by horizontal black A10 at Kingstown (1874 - 1875).

Stamp cat 120 GBP.

Ex Vincent Duggleby collection.

St. Vincent. (Postmarks - Circle of Dots). 1880. SG 29, 1d olive-green cancelled by circle of dots (thumb print) with additional ink manuscript.

Only 13 "Circle of Dots" postmarks have been recorded all on the 1d olive-green of 1880.
According to the St. Vincent hand-book by Messenger (notes and illustrations page 129) the cancel had presumably been used at Mesopotania.

Ex Messenger collection.

British West Indies. (St. Vincent - Great Britain). 1896. Great Britain postal stationery envelope 'two pence halfpenny' grey, headed 'University of Cambridge' cancelled by Cambridge/ 158 duplex 'Jy 27 96', addressed to St. Vincent with Kingstown/ St. Vincent arrival 'Aug 11 96' and forwarded to London with Sydenham arrival 'Sept 2nd'.

British West Indies. (St. Vincent - Barbados). 1895. Barbados postal stationery envelope 'one penny on 1/2d pink' surcharge, cancelled by Barbados date stamp 'Fe 27 93', addressed to the 'Colonial Postmaster, St. Vincent'.

Lovely item paying the unopened newspaper/ printed matter rate for an inter-Caribbean destination.

Proud records the Barbados date stamp with no index letter (12.8.85) - (23.6.91).

British West Indies. (St. Vincent). 1900 Registered 'On Her Majesty's Service' envelope (with coat of arms imprint on reverse_ addressed to Germany bearing SG 56, 4d orange/ yellow (pair) tied by small St. Vincent cds 'Ju 19 00' with code 'A', a second strike adjacent with hand-struck oval 'R' and 'R/ Saint Vincent' registered label on reverse with hooded Registered London transit '5th July' and London arrival 'July 6th' on reverse.

St. Vincent. (Postmarks). Circa 1877. SG 24, 1s vermilion cancelled by oval 'PD' in black.

Superb example of the 'PD' hand-stamp (Paid To Destination) in black.

Ex Messenger and mentioned in his handbook as being of considerable scarcity.

British West Indies. (St. Vincent - Grenada - United States). 1944. Air Mail envelope addressed to Grenada, British West Indies bearing United States SG 906, 5c violet, white and red (4) tied by North Miami roller 'Jan 15 44', endorsed 'Air Mail', with 'Examined By' label (applied in Miami), with framed instructional 'Missent To St. Vincent BWI' on face with Kingstown '3rd Feb' receiver on reverse and forwarded to Grenada with arrival '16th Feb'.

British West Indies. (St. Vincent - Mexico). 1902. Mexico postal stationery envelope '10 peso violet' cancelled by Mexico machine flag dated 'Apr 23rd 1902', addressed to Government House, Grenada, West Indies', endorsed 'via New York and Laredo' with St, George/ Grenada arrival 'May 27' on reverse and forwarded to St. Vincent.

Finland. (Netherlands East Indies). 1874. Pre-stamp folded letter written from Batavia, Dutch East Indies addressed to Jacobstad, Finland (Russia) cancelled by Batavia date stamp '27th Sept 1874, rated '30' in lilac ink on reverse, routed via Brindisi with French entry cachet/ T.P.O. 'Ind. Neer. V. Brind./ A. MOD' in red on face '7th Nov', carried overland via Germany with St. Petersburg transit '30th Nov' on reverse, charged '6' in blue crayon with framed Finish 'ANK/ 16/ 12' and rated '1 = 20 losen' in m/s on face and '120 p' in blue crayon on reverse.

Mail from the Netherlands East Indies to Finland is very scarce.

Ex Paul Bulterman.

Netherlands East Indies. (Forwarding Agents). 1846. Pre-stamp folded letter written from Rotterdam dated '8th February' addressed to Djococarta forwarded from Batavia with oval 'Bevorderd Door/Batavia/ Reijnst & Vinju' (Forwarding Agent) in blue and 'Zeebrief/ Ongefranzee' on face and rated '120' in m/s on arrival.

Ex Paul Bulterman collection.

Netherlands East Indies. (Forwarding Agents). 1844. Pre-stamp envelope written from Amsterdam dated '1st August 1844' addressed to Batavia endorsed 'Nieuwe Diep' with bold framed 'Received & Forwarded/ Gebs Ziere Kichlen & Tagler/ Ship Agents "Nieuwe Diep" in red on reverse.

Superb quality. Carried by Private ship.

Ex Paul Bulterman collection.

Great Britain. (Ship Letter - Netherlands East Indies). 1823. Pre-stamp folded letter addressed to Batavia, Java, cancelled by 'Greenock/ 8 Mar 1823' hand-stamp on reverse, routed via Glasgow with London/ Paid and double oval 'Post Paid Ship L.r/ London' in red dated '10 Mr 1823' (Robertson S. 46) and charged '2/1', endorsed 'per "Jemima" with oval 'Zeebrief/ Batavia' in red on face and rated '15' in m/s on face in black ink.

Netherlands East Indies. (German States). 1822. Pre-stamp folded letter written from Batavia dated '1st May 1822' addressed to East Friesland, cancelled by oval 'Batavia/ Franco' in vermilion and endorsed 'via Ost Friesland/ Het Konengrys Hannover' and endorsed 'Franco', with hand-struck 'FRANCO/ GRENZEN' in red (Van der Linden 1477) and instructional 'Na Posttyd' (After Post Time) in black on reverse with 'Den Helder/ Zeebrief' in red (Van der Linden 952) and rated '2gr 6g'in red crayon on face and '12' in black ink on reverse with circular '4/ NOV' indicating arrival.

Very fine item with 5 page letter a transit of 6 months.

In 1806 East Frisia was annexed by the Napoleonic Kingdom of Holland and later became part of the French Empire.
After the Napoleonic Wars East Frisia was occupied first by Prussian and then by Russian soldiers and in 1813 was re-annexed by Prussia. However in 1815, Prussia had to cede East Frisia to the Kingdom of Hanover.

Ex Paul Bulterman collection.

Persian Gulf. (Kuwait). 1957. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Ahmadi, Kuwait bearing Kuwait SG 116, 4a on 4d ultramarine (pair) tied by Registered/ Mabarakya Street, Kuwait date stamp '18th Mr 57' with matching registered label.

Registered internal Air Mail. Scarce.

Persian Gulf. (Oman - Masirah Island). 1958. Air Mail envelope written from 'R.A.F. Masirah Island, Oman' addressed to Surrey, England bearing Great Britain 'Wilding' SG 520, 3d violet in combination with Aden SG 54, 25c rose-red tied by 'R.A.F. MASIRAH/ Orderly Room/ Dec 1958/ R.A.F. MASIRAH' hand-stamp in violet with Aden transit from F.P.O. 937 dated 13th Dec 1958.

Very rare item from the R.A.F. Base on Masirah Island of the coast of Oman.

Persian Gulf. (India used in Aden - France). 1865. Folded letter sheet written from Aden dated '3rd Oct 65' addressed to France bearing India SG 44, 2a orange and SG 47, 4a green tied by '124' in lozenge with Aden - Str - Point single arc on reverse '3rd Oct 65' with framed 'India Paid' in red and boxed 'PD' on face with 'Poss. Ang. V. Suez A Marseille A' ambulant on face (Salles 1874) in red and Bordeaux arrival '31st Oct'.

A very fine cover from the Aden Steamer Point with '124' numeral and framed INDIA PAID applied in Aden addressed to France.

Aden. (Hadramaut). 1960. Air Mail envelope addressed to England bearing Hadramaut SG 39, 10c grey and SG 31, 15c deep-green (pair) tied by Jol Ba Hawa bilingual date stamp in violet with Mukalla transit '25th Au 60' on reverse.

Aden. (Paquebot - India). 1935. Envelope endorsed 'Posted at Sea on board the 'S.S. "British Judge" at noon on May 6th 1935 in Lat 17 -10 North/ Long 55 - 54 East' addressed to 'Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth, Devon' bearing Aden postal fiscal 'six pence' orange tied by 'PAQUEBOT/ Aden' double ring '11th May 35' with adjacent Aden transit and on reverse boxed 'Support The Jubilee Fund/ 11 May 35/ 7 am/ ADEN' and hand-stamped "British Judge" dated '6th May 1935' with India violet label 'Their Majesties/ Silver Jubilee/ Fund/ To Relieve Stress & Suffering in India' applied on reverse.

Lovely item posted at sea in the Gulf of Aden on the day of the Silver Jubilee with scarce Silver Jubilee Aden hand-stamp.

Sudan.(Afrique Equatoriale Francaise - Cameroun). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to the French Military, Yaounde, French Cameroun bearing SG 41a, 5m olive and black and SG 80, 4 1/2 on 8p emerald and black tied by El Fasher date stamp '26th Mar 41', endorsed 'Par Avion' with 'Sudan/ 12/ Censorship' label, sent overland to Geneina Fort '27th Mar' and Fort Lamy/ Tchad '2nd Avril' on reverse, then carried by Air Mail to Benin, Nigeria with circular 'Contole Postal/ Afrique Equatoriale Francaise/ Commission G' (applied in Benin) and 'Controle Postal/ Territoire du Cameroun/ Commission B' (applied in Yaounde) on face.

Lovely item sent overland through Darfur Province into Tchad and onwards by French internal African Airways.
Censored in Sudan, French Equatorial Africa and French Cameroun, the Yaounde censor only recorded in June 1941.

Sudan. (East Africa Campaign - Egypt). 1941. Air Mail envelope written from 'On The Water - En Route For ?' addressed to 'Miss Evelyne Husseuet, Heliopolis Sporting Club, Cairo' endorsed 'On Active Service' bearing Sudan SG 41, 5m olive and black and SG 45, 15m ultramarine and chestnut (pair) tied by Shellala - Halfa/ T.P.O./ No 1' date stamp '21st JAN 41', carried by Air Mail with bilingual 'By Air Mail/ Par Avion' label with circular 'Deputy Chief Field Censor' in violet on face with Heliopolis receiver on reverse '23rd Jan'.

The East Africa Campaign was fought in East Africa by the British Empire against Italy and its colony of Italian East Africa between June 1940 and November 1941.

Captain Maxwell Setton served in the Sudan and was part of East Africa Force advancing into Eritrea and Ethiopia. Later becoming Deputy Censor in Benghazi and Cyrenaica as part of the 'Occupied Enemy Territory Administration and later Chief Censor in Asmara, Eritrea.

Lovely cover and 4 page letter text in English and French from Maxwell Setton to his sweetheart in Egypt. After the war Captain Setton produced more than 15 hit films in Hollywood.

Egypt. (German Colonies - Marshall Islands). 1896. Egypt postal stationery envelope 'One Piastre' blue cancelled by Caire date stamp '18th July 96' addressed to Jaluit, Marshall Islands endorsed 'via Singapore, Manilla' and routed via Suez '19/7' and Colombo 'Aug 1st' with Singapore 'Aug 8th' and Jaluit/ Marschall/ Insein' arrival on reverse '12th Oct'.

The Marshall Islands is a Micronesian nation of atolls and islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The islands first used German stamps in 1888 with overprinted German stamps becoming available in 1897.

A wonderful item of incoming mail from Egypt taking nearly 12 weeks to reach the Marshall Islands.

Poland. (French Troops in Poland). 1919. Stamp-less picture post card of 'Cathedral, Krakowie' dated '16/10/19' addressed to France cancelled by 'Tresor et Postes/ 309' date stamp '18th Oct 19' with circular 'Mission Francaise en Pologne/ Gare Regulatrice de Trezebinia' in violet.

The first Polish divisions were formed in France in the Spring of 1917. The majority of the recruits were Poles serving with the French Army. After the Armistice the army fully equipped by the French Government transferred to Poland. The army was initially under French command. In October 1918 General Haller was appointed as its commander. They were almost immediately engaged fighting the Bolsheviks in Ukraine.

Field Post Office No 309 was located at Krakow from '6.19 - 10.19.' Trezebinia is a major rail junction on the Krakow - Katowice line.

Poland. (French Detachment in Poland). 1919. Printed Polish Red Cross post card dated '24/9/19' and written from the 'French Military Mission, Varsovie (Warsaw) addressed to Nice cancelled by 'Tresor et Postes/ 311' date stamp '27th Sept 1919'.

In the hope of achieving independence for their homeland following the war, Polish volunteers fought on the Western Front against the Germans. After the armistice these units (accompanied by their French officers) were transported home in April 1919. Military mail received a wide variety of markings related to the French Mission. Field Post Office No 311 operated in Warsaw from August 1919 to April 1922 at Polish Army Headquarters.

Serbia. (Serbian Relief Force). 1916. Stampless Italian Army post card headed 'Cartolina Postale Itaiana in Franchigia/ Correspondence of the Royal Army' endorsed 'On Active Service' addressed to England cancelled by 'Field Post Office/ W. 4' double ring '21 Au 16' with oval Serbian Relief Fund/ Hospital/ Corfu' in violet and framed Passed By (Crown)/ No 3231/ Censor' in carmine on face.

An Italian Army Postcard processed through the British Army Postal System. Serbian Relief Fund hospital on Corfu was established to treat the Serbian soldiers and refugees who had taken part in the Great Retreat through Albania and then by ship to the island of Corfu where they came under the care of the British Adriatic Mission, the temporary seat of the Serbian Government in Exile.


Field Post Office W.4 on Corfu, Greece (24.2.16) - (18.1.17).

Serbia. (Serbian Army in Bizerte - Tunisia). 1918. Stampless picture post card of 'Camel and Camel Driver' addressed to Algeria, North Africa written from Ain Berda (Bizerte), Tunisia with dispatch date stamp '10th Avril 18' and circular 'Hopital Auxiliare Ain Berda/ Camp des Serbes/ Le Medicin Chef' in violet.

After the Serbian army's retreat through Albania in 1915, part of the army was transported by the French Navy to their Naval Base at Bizerte. Serbian soldiers and volunteers were housed in Camps in Bizerte and as the fighting escalated on the Salonica front with Greece, soldiers were transported to the Salonica front while the wounded were transported back to Tunisia.
Serbian wounded soldiers were treated in various camps in North Africa, Tunis, Sousse, Sidi Abdala and Camp D' Ain Berda near Bizerte. A total of 41, 153 Serbian soldiers were treated in the Tunisian hospitals.

Postal history with the Serbian Hospital camp cachets from North Africa are very rare. This Ain Berde Hospital in Bizerte is the first we have seen.

Yugoslavia. (Austria). 1921. Envelope addressed to Ormoz bearing Austria Yvert 200, 40h carmine-brown tied by Wien date stamp '16th Mar 21', underpaid with m/s 'T 2. 10' in blue crayon on face and bearing Yugoslavia postage dues SG D165, 10p on 15v blue and SG D167, 50p on 15v blue tied by Ormoz arrival '26th Mar 21' on face and second strike on reverse.

Today Ormoz is part of Slovenia on the river with Croatia.

Ex Kiddle.

Croatia. (Fiume). 1919. Envelope addressed to Fiume bearing Yugoslavia (issue for Croatia), Newspaper SG N83, (2F) orange (imperf) tied by Susak date stamp '9th Jan 19', underpaid and bearing Fiume postage dues Yvert 11, 20fl green and red and Yvert 11, 20fl green and red (bi-sect) tied by Fiume receiver '13th Jan 19' with hand-struck '40' tax hand-stamp in violet

Mailed from Susak, Croatia with 2 filir stamp for payment of printed matter. Whilst double charge for a letter was 40 filler (indicated in violet), double printed matter of 10 filler was permitted, leaving 30 filler due, paid by 20f and bisected 20f.

The Hungarian port (enclave) of Fiume (now known as Rijeka in former Yugoslavia) was occupied by Allied troops frfom 17th November 1918 until 12th September 1919. Subsequently it was seized by an Italian poet, Gabriele d' Annunzio, who proclaimed it an an Italian Regency. By the Treaty of Rapallo it became a Free State from 24th December 1920 until 22nd February 1924. Under a new treaty it was incorporated into Italy on 22nd February 1924.

Ex Kiddle.

Montenegro. (British Detachment in Montenegro). 1919. Stamp-less envelope on 'British Legation, Montenegro' crested envelope written from the 'British Legation, Cetinje, Montenegro by Lieut. Sidney J. Travers' and signed, dated 'Aug 6th 1919' addressed to England routed via Taranto (Italy) with 'Army Post Office/ S 100' double ring '19th Aug' and framed 'Passed by Censor/ 4333' with London roller '25th Aug and forwarded to Padstow.

Fine item with letter mentioning return to Albania and then Taranto. Photo of Lieut. Travers on horseback included.

Mail from the Troops in Montenegro or Albania was passed through Army Post Office S 100 at Taranto, Italy and may be identified by the Battalion's censor hand-stamp No 433 which was used part time in Albania and Montenegro.

United States. (Great Britain). 1870. Envelope addressed to England bearing 'Washington' SG 138, 3c green (pair) tied by cork obliterator and Newport R.I. date stamp 'Jul 7 1870' with 'Paid' hand-stamp, routed via New York with Bawtry arrival on reverse 'July 20' and forwarded from Yorkshire to London bearing Great Britain SG 43, 1d red tied by Bawtry/ 55 duplex 'July 20' with London receiver 'July 21st' on reverse.

Very attractive item of re-directed mail.

United States. (Netherlands East Indies - Borneo Islands). 1940. Envelope addressed to Bandjermasin, Borneo, Netherlands Indies bearing United States 'Prexie' SG 565, 5c bright blue tied by Erie, Pa. date stamp 'Oct 21' with 'Door Censuur Geopend' label tied by circular 'Ned. Deviezen Instituut/ Deviezen Soerabaja/ 6' in carmine on face and reverse with endorsement 'Arrived Soerabaja 17-12-40.'

United States. (Algeria - North African Pilot School in the United States). 1944. Stamp-less envelope written from 'F/C Ramos c. Elve Pilot - Mission Militaire Francaise Aux Etats - Unis/ Section Mission Comite de la Liberation National Alger' addressed to Bone, Algeria, North Africa, endorsed 'a faire suivre SVP' (to forward please) cancelled by circular 'C.F.P.N.A./ Washington D.C./ Le Vagumestre' in carmine on face with 'Examined By/ 34' US censor tape and 'Armee Francaise/ Controle' censor tape in orange on reverse with Alger arrival '15th Mars 1944'.

After the Anglo-American landing in North Africa and Algeria on 1st February 1943 it was decided to create the 'CFPNA' (Centre de Formation du Personnel Navigation en Amerique) or 'Centre for Training Aircrew in America'.
In June 1943 the first contingent of 120 men left Casablanca for the USA.
A French mailman in Washington served the CFPNA staff the mail being carried via Casablanca.

This cover bears the 'CFPNA' Washington cachet in carmine, normally seen in blue and has the scarce orange/yellow French censor on the reverse with the US censor tape number under 100 being very rare.

United States. (Gibraltar - Spain). 1843. Stamp-less folded letter written from New York dated '21st Feb 1843' addressed to Cadiz, Spain (via Gibraltar) with hand-struck 'D. Gibr./ S.Roque/ And. Baxa' in red on face, with San Roque '27th March' on reverse, hand-stamped 'ESTADOS UNIDOS' in red and charged '5R' (Five Reales) and Cadiz receiver on reverse.

Carried by United States ship directly to Gibraltar and onwards to San Roque and charged with the local Gibraltar to Cadiz '5R' hand-stamp. Only 15 to 20 items known with the 'ESTADOS UNIDOS' Provenance hand-stamp.

Ex "Professor David Stirrups".

United States. (Netherlands East Indies). 1940. United States postal stationery envelope '5c black' cancelled by 'New York/ Wall Street' slogan 'Oct 9th 1940' addressed to Pasoervean, Java with 'Door Censuur Geopend' label (black on white) tied by 'Gencenureerd/ 29' hand-stamp in carmine on face and reverse with 'Door Censuur Geopend' printed brown censorship tape tied by circular 'Ned. Ind. Deviezen Instituut/ Deviezen/ Censuur/ Soerabaja/ 3' in carmine on face and reverse.

Double censorship labels from the Netherlands Indies, very fine.

Thailand. (Printed Matter Rate - Singapore). 1940. Envelope addressed to Penang bearing SG 286, 3s green tied by bilingual Bhuket date stamp with 'Passed For Transmission' hand-stamp on face applied in Singapore.

Nice item of censored mail paying the un opened printed matter rate.

Thailand. (Horse Shoe Route via South Africa). 1941. Air Mail envelope written 'c/o The Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China, Tongkan (Phuket)' addressed to England bearing SG 243, 50s black and orange-brown, SG 244, 1t green and lilac, SG 289, 15s blue and SG 295, 25s orange and slate tied by bilingual Bhuket date stamp '30th Aug 84' (1941) with Thai circular censor "6" or "9" in violet and 'Opened By Examiner/ 580' label applied in London on arrival.

Very fine four colour combination paying the 1 baht ninety satang rate, carried by 'BOAC' on the 'horseshoe route' via Durban, then ship to Lisbon and air to U,K,

Thailand. (Provincial Postmarks). 1889. Siam SG 14, 4a green and brown cancelled by Puket date stamp '15th Dec 89' with small part Penang transit date stamp lower right.

Thailand. (Provincial Postmarks - Penang). 1941. Envelope written from 'T.K. Tong, Bhuket' addressed to Chicago bearing SG 289, 15s blue tied by bilingual Bhuket date stamp '23rd Sept 84 (1941) with blank censor tape tied by framed 'Opened By Censor. 45' in violet on face and reverse applied in transit in Penang.

Malaya. (Straits Settlements). 1939. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Denmark bearing Straits Settlements SG 292, $5 green and red (top left corner marginal) tied by Registered/ Penang date stamp '24th Mar 1939' with matching 'R/ Penang S.S. D' registration label and Kobenhaven arrival on reverse '31st March'.

Scarce single $5 franking to Europe by Imperial Airways.

Malaya. (Netherlands Post Office in Singapore). 1946. Air Mail envelope addressed to the Netherlands written from 'Motorts Bat. Cie, c/o Mariners Brigade, Batavia' endorsed 'On Active Service' with circular 'Netherlands Post Office/ Singapore' date stamp in violet '18th Feb 1946' and framed 10 Gr.' in violet on face.

Malaya. (B.M.A. - Netherlands Post Office in Singapore). 1946. Air Mail envelope written from 'Netherlands Post Office, Singapore' addressed to New Jersey bearing British Military Administration SG 9, 10c purple, SG 12, 15c ultramarine and SG 13, 25c purple tied by 'Netherlands Post Office/ Singapore' rubber date stamp in purple ' - Mar 1946'.