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1944 | Thailand (DR15146)

Thailand. (Burma-Thai Railway). 1944. Australian Red Cross Society Letter Sheet headed 'Prisoner of War Post / Service Des Prisonniers de Guerre' written from Hay, N.S.W. addressed to 'Driver Harris, P.O.W. No 5141, Thai camp, Thailand cancelled Hay / N.S.W. date stamp '10th June 44' with '3/ Opened by Censor' tape tied by triangular '3/Passed by Censor / 299' in violet and endorsed on reverse 'Received Bangkok 18th Sept 45'. Harris had been sent from Java to Burma via Singapore on 14th October 42 originally at Thanbyuzayat, Harris was moved to 105 kilo Camp and Tamarkan Camp. Very rare Australian red Cross folded letter sheet addressed to Thailand. Not recorded by David Tett.

£550.00
Thailand

1945 | Thailand (DR15144)

Thailand. (Liberated Dutch P.O.W.s Burma Thai Railway). 1945. Blue Air Letter endorsed 'On Active Service /Ex P.O.W. Mail' written from 'Sergeant H. Severijin, Cholbury, Siam' date 'Cholbury 24th October 1945' addressed to his wife also an internee in Bandoeng, Java. Mail from Chonburi Liberation camp is scarce.

£275.00
Thailand

1933 | Thailand (DR15143)

Thailand. 1933. Envelope written from Bangkok addressed to Michigan bearing SG 273, 15s black and blue tied by South Express ambulant routed via Penang with transit '9th Feb 33' on reverse. Lovely item mailed on the Southern Railway routed.

£195.00
Thailand

1940 | Thailand (DR15142)

Thailand. 1940. Postal stationery envelope 10s red upgraded with SG 287, 5s violet written from Chiangmai and cancelled by bilingual 'North Express' ambulant (railway post office) double ring, routed via Bangkok addressed to the United States endorsed 'via Pacific'. Very fine.

£350.00
Thailand

1920 | Thailand (DR15139)

Thailand. (Postcards). Circa 1920. Photographic card of Bangkok Klong.

£30.00
Thailand

1910 | Thailand (DR15138)

Thailand. (Postcards). Circa 1910. Picture post card of 'Natives of Paklat pounding rice'. Printed by 'J. Antonio, Studio, Bangkok. Very fine unused card.

£50.00
Thailand

1920 | Thailand (DR15137)

Thailand. 1920. Photographic post card 'At Home, Siam' depicting a group of Northern villagers. Fine card.

£60.00
Thailand

1920 | Thailand (DR15135)

Thailand. (Postcards). Circa 1920. Picture post card of 'Old Siamese Boats' Printed in England by Raphael Tuck & Son, Published for The Oriental Hotel, Bangkok'. Nice unused card.

£35.00
Thailand

1910 | Thailand (DR15134)

Thailand. (Postcards). Circa 1910. Picture post card of 'Le Menam, Bangkok'. Rare Voyage aux Indes French Card.

£60.00
Thailand

1900 | Thailand (DR15133)

Thailand. (Postcards). Circa 1900. Colored Picture post card of '(Siam) A group of the people. 'Printed by the Siam Photo Supply Co. Bangkok. Very fine unused card.

£50.00
Thailand

1910 | Thailand (DR15132)

Thailand. (Postcards). 1910. Colored Picture post card of 'Siamese Girl Bathing' addressed to Strasbourg.

£45.00
Thailand

1920 | Thailand (DR15131)

Thailand. (Postcards). Circa 1920s. unused picture post card of 'Corner of Wat Phra Keo, Bangkok'. Very fine.

£20.00
Thailand

1890 | Thailand (DR15128)

Thailand. (Trade Card). Circa 1890. La Poste au Siam advertising card for 'Chocolate Carpentier'. Lovely item depicting 1st issue stamp, Postman on an Elephant and Siam flag with white Elephant on red background. Early Siam mail went by courier, river postman or Royal Elephant.

£45.00
Thailand

1930 | Thailand (DR15127)

Thailand. (Postcards). Circa 1930's. Mint picture post card of 'Stamps and Coat of Arms of Siam'.

£45.00
Thailand

1910 | Thailand (DR15126)

Thailand. (Postcards). Circa 1910. Coloured picture post card of 'Khlong scene, Bangkok'. Printed by the Siam Photo Supply Co, Bangkok. Beautiful unused card.

£50.00
Thailand

1890 | Thailand (DR15125)

Thailand. (Trade card). Circa 1890. Advertising card for 'Vegetable Extract ( Fray Bentos ) published in Antwerp. Very fine.

£45.00
Thailand

1911 | Thailand (DR15124)

Thailand. (Postcards). 1911. Coloured Picture post card of 'Wat Phra Keo, Bangkok' addressed to Strasbourg.

£75.00
Thailand

1920 | Thailand (DR15122)

Thailand. 1920. Picture post card of 'Chinese Store, Bangkok' published by 'Y. Ebata & Co, Photo Studio, Bangkok'. Nice mint card.

£50.00
Thailand

1909 | Thailand (DR15121)

Thailand. 1909. Picture post card of 'Elephant hunt at Ayuthia' addressed to Germany bearing Siam SG 95, 3a green and 'Jubilee' SG 113,1a green and yellow tied by Bangkok / 2 date stamp '1st April 09' Nice use of the 'jubilee' stamp issued for the 40th Anniversary of King Chulalongkorn's accession. Exhibition item from the award winning Dickie Dowler collection.

£275.00
Thailand

1905 | Thailand (DR15120)

Thailand. 1905. Picture post card of 'Siamese Girl' addressed to Belgium bearing Siam SG 72, 4a red and SG 90,1a blue tied by Bangkok / 1 date stamp '3rd Aug 05' in blue with Bruxelles arrival '21st Aug' on face. Very nice combination paying the 5atts rate to Belgium. Exhibition item from the award winning Dickie Dowler collection.

£395.00
Thailand

1904 | Thailand (DR15117)

Thailand. 1904. Picture post card of 'Canal scene, Bangkok' addressed to Scotland bearing Siam SG 69, 2a and blue and SG 71, 3a green tied by Bangkok /2 date stamp '24th Nov 04'. Lovely card published by 'Siam Photo Supply, Bangkok'. Exhibition item from the award winning Dickie Dowler collection.

£195.00
Thailand

1908 | Thailand (DR15114)

Thailand. 1908. Siam postal stationery card 2s on 1 1/2a carmine (type two) cancelled by vernacular Bangkok date stamp addressed to Bangkok with Bangkok / 1 arrival. Very scarce and fine used.

£95.00
Thailand

1909 | Thailand (DR15112)

Thailand. 1909. Siam postal stationery card 2s on 1 1/2a carmine cancelled by Bangkok / 2 date stamp addressed to Bangkok. Very fine.

£75.00
Thailand

1905 | Thailand (DR15111)

Thailand. 1905. Picture post card of 'Rakna Ceremony, Ducit Park' addressed to Paris with military cachet 'Poste de Pak-Nam Siam / Le Commandant D' Armes' in red.

£90.00
Thailand

1933 | Thailand (DR15110)

Thailand. (Air Gram). 1933. Air Mail envelope addressed to New York bearing 254, 5s violet and SG 256,5s blue (pair) tied by Bangkok date stamp endorsed 'Via K.L.M.' Very fine.

£150.00
Thailand

1910 | Thailand (DR15109)

Thailand. (Postal Stationery). Circa 1910. Siam postal stationery card '6 Satang' on 4a carmine cancelled by bilingual Prapatom date stamp addressed to Manchester with Bangkok / 1 transit on face. Lovely item.

£75.00
Thailand

1929 | Thailand (DR15108)

Thailand. 1929. Picture post card of 'Elephants Travelling' addressed to Switzerland bearing SG 240, 10s orange and black tied by Bangkok date stamp. Lovely card.

£125.00
Thailand

1941 | Thailand (DR15106)

Thailand. (India). 1941. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to London bearing Thailand SG 292, 5s violet and SG 296, 50s orange and grey (2) tied by Bangkok date stamp with matching registered label and circular '3' hand-stamp Bangkok censor routed via Karachi with 'Opened by Censor / 24' label and British 'Opened by Examiner / 5,575' censor tape applied on arrival. Very nice routing via Karachi with scarce censor tape '24'.

£350.00
Thailand

1940 | Thailand (DR15105)

Thailand. (Air Mail). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to New Jersey bearing Thailand SG 242, 5s deep blue (5) and SG 243, 50s black and orange tied by Bangkok /GPO date stamp '17th Oct 40,' endorsed 'Via Lagos/Back to Horseshoe route' (erased) with 'By Air Mail via Trans-Pacific Clipper / via Auckland' hand-stamped 'Imperial Airways' and 'California Clipper' routed via Australia with 'Opened by Censor' label tied by 'Passed by Censor / S. 412' hand-stamp in violet. Lovely item.

Letter from Bangkok carried by BOAC or KLM to Sydney, censorship applied and the hand-stamp 'California Clipper' (to indicate Transpacific mail to be redirected at Auckland into the PAA service) from Sydney flown Tasman Empire Airways to Auckland.

£275.00
Thailand

1941 | Thailand (DR15104)

Thailand. (Australia). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to New Haven, Conn. bearing Thailand SG 242, 25s blue, and SG 296, 50s grey and SG 297, 1b blue and grey tied by Bangkok GPO date stamp '9th May 41' with circular '2' censor cachet in violet on face and hand-stamped 'California Clipper'. routed via Sydney, Australia with 'Opened by Censor / 2' label tied by triangular '2/Passed by Censor / 798' and arrival 'June 13 1941' on reverse. Very fine.

Letter from Bangkok carried by BOAC or KLM to Sydney, censorship applied and the hand-stamp 'California Clipper' (to indicate Transpacific mail to be redirected at Auckland into the PAA service), from Sydney flown Tasman Empire Airways to Auckland.

Having recorded over one hundred Thai censor hand-stamps from 1 to 10 we believe 6 or 9 to be the most common and '2 with a serif only two seen by us and this type the only example we have seen. Nils Ramm-Ericson had no examples illustrated in his 'Airmails of Siam' four volumes.

£245.00
Thailand

1928 | Thailand (DR15103)

Thailand. (Air Mail). 1928. Air Mail envelope headed 'First Bangkok to London / via Air Mail / Marseilles-London / 2-10-1928' addressed to London bearing Thailand SG 255, 10s carmine and SG 257, 25s orange and black tied by wavy line obliteration in violet with adjacent Bangkok GPO date stamp and hand-struck 'Via Air Mail / Marseilles-London', Number 19 of 35 flown and signed by the pilot 'C.J.' Chan' on reverse. Scarce item the 'accelerated' service to London was inaugurated on 2nd October 1928. The routed was South Express from Bangkok to Penang, ship to Calcutta across India by train and ship via Suez to Marseille then Union Air to London.

£550.00
Thailand

1944 | Thailand (DR15102)

Thailand. (Burma-Thai Railway).1944. Australian Prisoner of War Post Card headed 'Prisoner of War Post/ Service Des Prisonniers de Guerre' written from 'Mrs. A. Matthews, Hay, N.S.W.' dated '13th October 1944' addressed to 'Driver Harris, Australian Prisoner of War. No 5141. Camp Thai, Thailand' cancelled by Hay / N.S.W. date stamp '14th Oct 44' with endorsement 'Bangkok 18th Sept 45' with m/s 'Supply Depot' on face. Harris had been sent from Java to Burma via Singapore on 14th Octobeer 42 originally at Thanbyuzayat, Harris was moved to 105 Kilo Camp and Tamarkan Camp. Private Harris delayed his repatriation and volunteered as a supply driver. Private Harris finally sailed home on the S.S. ''Morton Bay'' 15th October 1945.

£245.00
Thailand

1945 | Thailand (DR15101)

Thailand. (Liberated Dutch P.O.W.s Burma Thai Railway). 1945. Blue Air Letter endorsed 'On Active Service/Ex P.O.W. Mail' written from 'Sergant H. Severijin, Ubon, Siam' dated 'Ubon 25th Sept 1945' addressed to his wife also an internee in Bandoeng, Java. Very fine item from Ubon Liberation camp. Mrs Severjin was liberated and sent to Juliana camp, Nakorn Pathom in early 1946.

£175.00
Thailand

1940 | Thailand (DR15098)

Thailand .1940. Siam postal stationery letter card 10s carmine very fine unused.

£35.00
Thailand

1925 | Thailand (DR15097)

Thailand. Circa 1925. Siam postal stationery card 3s green very fine unused.

£30.00
Thailand

1920 | Thailand (DR15095)

Thailand. (Postcards). 1920. Picture post card of ' River Menam, Siam' with the Royal Yacht ''Mahachakkri'' in the background. Nice unused card.

£20.00
Thailand

1933 | Thailand (DR15094)

Thailand. (Postcards). 1933. Photographic card of ' Wat Temple' addressed to Switzerland' bearing SG 255, 10s carmine tied by Bangkok date stamp. Very fine.

£45.00
Thailand

1910 | Thailand (DR15093)

Thailand. (Postcards). 1910. Picture post card of 'Working Elephants, Bangkok' addressed to Strasbourg. Very fine.

£50.00
Thailand

1930 | Thailand (DR15092)

Thailand. (Postcards). Circa 1930's . Mint picture post card of 'Stamps and Coat of Arms of Siam'.

£45.00
Thailand

1900 | Thailand (DR15091)

Thailand. 1900. Coloured picture post card of the 'King's Palace' addressed to Switzerland bearing SG 57, 3a on 12a purple and carmine tied by Bangkok date stamp '4th March 00' with adjacent Pontresina arrival '6th April'. Superb card printed by 'Compagnie Comet, Dresden'. Exhibition item from the award winning Dickie Dowler collection.

£225.00
Thailand

1910 | Thailand (DR15090)

Thailand. (Royal Postcards). Circa 1910. Picture post card of 'Royal Kathin Procession,, Bangkok' with Rama V being carried in the parade. Scarce unused Royal card. Printed by ''Y. Ebata & Co, Photo Studio, Bangkok.''

£75.00
Thailand

1920 | Thailand (DR15089)

Thailand. 1920. Picture post card of 'Marketing, Land and Water, Bangkok.' Printed by 'Gravure Braun & Cie, Paris'. Very fine.

£50.00
Thailand

1900 | Thailand (DR15088)

Thailand. (Postcards). Circa 1900. Coloured Photographic post card of 'A Laos Women' and 'Siamese Singers, Bangkok.' Very fine unused double vignette card.

£50.00
Thailand

1915 | Thailand (DR15086)

Thailand. (Postcards). Circa 1915. Picture post card of 'Bridge at Sampeng Bangkok' Printed by J. Antonio, Bangkok. Scarce unused card.

£50.00
Thailand

1920 | Thailand (DR15085)

Thailand. 1920. Picture post card of 'Chinese Street Merchant, Bangkok' published by 'Y. Ebata & Co, Photo Studio, Bangkok'. Nice mint ethnic card.

£75.00
Thailand

1910 | Thailand (DR15084)

Thailand. 1910. Mint Photographic picture post card of 'Peguans, Natives of Paklat' by J. Antonio, Bangkok. Nice card.

£50.00
Thailand

1900 | Thailand (DR15083)

Thailand.(Postcards). Circa 1900. Coloured picture post card of 'Street scene near the Royal palace in Bangkok'. Printed by the Siam Photo Supply Co, Bangkok. Very fine unused card.

£50.00
Thailand

1953 | Thailand (DR15082)

Thailand. 1953. Photographic card of New Road, Bangkok dated 'May 1953'. Very fine.

£95.00
Thailand

1910 | Thailand (DR15080)

Thailand. (Postcards). 1910. Picture post card of 'Elephant begging in village' addressed to Strasbourg. Very fine.

£50.00
Thailand

1930 | Thailand (DR15078)

Thailand. (Postcards).Circa 1930. Photographic card of 'Floating Market, Klong Scene'. Very fine.

£75.00

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French Colonies

6th Apr 2022

Its a real pleasure to add a magnificent selection of French Colonies from Africa, Asia, The Caribbean and Oceania. Very fine pre-stamp, British Post Office, Charged Mail, Advice of Receipt, Printed Matter and postage due mail. A lovely selection of censor mail, some with five or six censor cachets and labels, routed Trans-Africa, two Ocean or over the Atlantic with some unusual destinations.

A few items from the Dr. Edward Grabowski collection, this amazing sale sold in three parts by Spink. Also interesting Tahiti and New Caledonia from Tony Eastgate's life time work.

Over the next few months we hope to add many items to grace the finest collections.

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China, French Indo China and Chinese Labour Force.

6th Apr 2022

A strong area of stock is our China from Imperial to WW2 with many fine censor covers and Air Transits. A good selection of the overseas Post Offices, Austrian, British, French, Japanese and Russian with offices in Manchuria. Many mixed combinations, I.P.O's .

Coming soon the John Marc Sitarek accumulation of China, French Post Office and Indo-China with magnificent French Detachment in the Boxer Campaign covers.

John Marc also had a fine selection of the Chinese Labour Force which are not often seen, he built this selection over thirty years. One of the darker aspects of World War One was the plight of 12,000 Chinese workers who were recruited by the British Army from the North of China in 1916 to serve on the battle front in France as labourers, trench diggers, munitions carriers, mine disarmers and corpse bearers under often inhumane conditions. A large number were also struck down by the devastating Spanish flue of 1918.

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