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Haiti

1868 | Haiti (DR13870)

Haiti. (British Post Office - French Guyanne). 1868. Envelope written from Port-Au-Prince' dated 'March 23rd 1868' addressed to 'Captaine de Navire "Le Francine", Cayenne, French Guyenne bearing Great British SG 94, 4d vermilion (plate 8) tied by 'C/ 59' obliterator with adjacent 'Jacmel/ Paid' date stamp in red 'Mr 23' routed via St. Thomas 'Mr 30' with British Guiana Transit 'Demarara 'Ap 6th' on reverse. Very rare item of mail routed via St. Thomas to French Guyanne.

£1250.00
Brazil

1942 | Brazil (DR13869)

Brazil. (Guadeloupe). 1942. Air Mail envelope addressed to Guadeloupe bearing Brazil Yvert 178, 600r orange (8) and Yvert 369, 600r blue (pair) tied by Servico Aereo double ring '22nd Juin' with circular 'B/1' and 'Controle Postal/ Commission B/ Guadeloupe' on face and Pointe-A-Pitre arrival '29 Juin' . Nice item of destination mail from Brazil.

£75.00
Brazil

1943 | Brazil (DR13868)

Brazil. (Trinidad - Guadeloupe). 1943. Air Mail envelope addressed to Guadeloupe bearing Brazil Yvert 388, 600r violet and Yvert 392, 2000r grey tied by Brasil double ring '19th Mars 43' routed via Trinidad with 'Opened by Examiner 8009/ From 167' label and Guadeloupe censor tape tied by oval 'Ouvert/ Par/ L'Autorite Militaire' and circular 'B/1' with 'Controle Postal/ Commission B/ Guadeloupe' on reverse and Pointe-A-Pitre arrival '31st Mars. Lovely item of destination mail from Brazil.

£125.00
Argentina

1943 | Argentina (DR13867)

Argentina. (Trinidad - Guadeloupe). 1943. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Guadeloupe bearing Argentina Yvert 375, 15c indigo, Yvert 381, 15p blue and brown and Yvert 421, 15c blue tied by Buenos Aires date stamp with registration label, routed via Trinidad with 'Opened by Examiner/ I.E./ 8095' label and Guadeloupe censor tape tied by oval 'Ouvert/ Par/ L' Autorite Militaire' and circular 'B/1' with 'Controle Postal/Commission B/ Guadeloupe' on reverse and Pointe-A-Pitre arrival. Lovely item of destination mail from Argentina.

£125.00
Panama

1941 | Panama (DR13866)

Panama. (Trinidad - Guadeloupe). 1941. air Mail envelope addressed to Guadeloupe bearing Panama Yvert 130, 10c violet (pair), Yvert 211, 1c blue and Air Mail Yvert 66, 5c turquoise tied by Colon date stamp 'July 19 41', routed via Trinidad with 'Opened by Examiner 8023/ Form 167' label and Fort de France/ Martinique transit in violet '28/7' with circular 'Controle Postale/ Maritique/ 4' censor on reverse in red with 'Controle Postal/ Commission B/ Guadeloupe' on reverse Pointe-A-Pitre arrival '31st July', Lovely item of destination mail from Panama with different censors.

£125.00
Bermuda

1940 | Bermuda (DR13865)

Bermuda. (France/United States). 1940. Censored envelope addressed to Paris bearing United States 5c turquoise tied by New York roller 'Oct 10/1940' , cover routed via Bermuda with 'Opened by Examiner/833' censor tape and hand-struck 'Return to Sender/ Service Suspended' in red with instructional 'Retour a L'Envoyeur/Relations Postales/ Interrompues' in violet and returned to New York 'Sept 19/1941' on reverse. An attractive Bermuda cover.

£225.00
Bermuda

1940 | Bermuda (DR13864)

Bermuda. 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to New York bearing SG 114, 3d black and rose (pair) tied by Hamilton date stamp with 'Opened by Examiner/ 3935' censor label underpaid with 'T Bermuda/ Cents' on face. Very attractive item.

£60.00
Gibraltar

1892 | Gibraltar (DR13863)

Gibraltar. 1892. Registered postal stationery envelope 20 centimes orange upgraded with SG 26, 25c blue (pair) tied by oval Registered/ Gibraltar date stamp addressed to London with hooded London/ Registered receiver on face. Very attractive item.

£125.00
Panama

1941 | Panama (DR13861)

Panama. (Trinidad - Guadeloupe). 1941. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Guadeloupe bearing Panama Yvert 138, 5c blue, Yvert 141, 15c ultramarine (pair) and Yvert 213, 1c rose tied by Colon date stamp 'May 7' with framed hand-struck 'R/ Colon' and 'Republica de Panama/ Correos Certicados' label in blue on reverse, routed via Trinidad with Registration/ Trinidad transit '5th Nov' and 'Opened by Examiner/ Form 167' label with Guadeloupe label tied by oval 'Ouvert/ Par/ L' Autorite Militaire' and circular 'B/1' with 'Controle Postal/ Commission B/ Guadeloupe' on reverse. Lovely item of destination mail from Panama.

£125.00
Bermuda

1940 | Bermuda (DR13860)

Bermuda. (United States). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to New York bearing SG 111, 1 1/2d brown and blue tied by Hamilton/Bermuda date stamp with 'Opened by Censor/ 78' label in red, underpaid with 'T/Bermuda/Centimes 15' duplex in green with hand-stamp instructional 'Postage Due 30 Censts/Foreign Sect. G.P.O. N.Y.' on face in violet with United States postage dues 10c orange/red (3) applied on arrival. Very attractive.

£125.00
British East Africa

1916 | British East Africa (DR13859)

British East Africa. (Indian Forces). 1916. Stamp-less picture post card of 'St. Vincent, Cape Verde' addressed to England endorsed 'On Active Service' cancelled by 'F.P.O./ No 306' date stamp '3rd May 16' with 'I.E.F. "B" F.P.O. No 306/ Postage Free' hand-stamp in black on face with framed 'Passed by/ Crown/ No 3349 Censor' in red on face applied in United Kingdom.

Nice item from the Indian Field Post Office No 306 at Taveta Advanced GHQ listed by Proud (27.3.16) - (15.8.16).

£175.00
British East Africa

1926 | British East Africa (DR13858)

British East Africa. (Tanganyika). 1926. Registered Tanganyika postal stationery envelope 50c blue cancelled by Tabora double ring with matching registered label addressed to Scotland routed via Dar-Es-Salaam and London with Paisley arrival.

£150.00
British East Africa

1932 | British East Africa (DR13857)

British East Africa. (Kenya). 1932. Air Mail envelope addressed to France bearing Kenya SG 82, 15c carmine and SG 85, 50c grey tied by Kakamega/ Kenya date stamp '22nd Ap 32', underpaid with 'T' hand-stamp in violet and m/s '1/16' blue crayon, endorsed 'Per Air Mail' with 'By Air Mail/ Par Avion' label erased with 'cross' in black, routed via Kisumu and Brindisi ''29/4' with Paris arrival on reverse '1st May'.

Fine item of underpaid mail sent Air Mail via the Brindisi, the cross known as 'Jusqu'a' indicating the end of the Air Mail route. Noted by Ian McQueen as being used in Brindisi 1932/33.

£150.00
British East Africa

1935 | British East Africa (DR13855)

British East Africa. (Kenya). 1935. Air Mail envelope addressed to France bearing Kenya/Uganda SG 78, 5c green (3) and SG 85, 50c grey tied by Gilgil/Kenya date stamp '15th Feb', underpaid with 'T' hand-stamp and m/s '16' in blue crayon and bearing French postage due Yvert 40, 1f lilac applied and tied by Toucoing receiver. Attractive item.

£150.00
British East Africa

1948 | British East Africa (DR13854)

British East Africa. (United States). 1948. Air Mail envelope addressed to the United States bearing Kenya SG 141, 30c black and violet and SG 144, 50c purple and black (2) tied by Sotik/ Kenya date stamp with framed 'O.A.T.' in red on face, underpaid with m/s 'T 30c' and bearing United States postage dues 2c red, 10c red and 50c red tied by oval Chicago date stamp with hand-struck 'Postage Due, 62 Cents/ Chicago Ill' in violet. Nice item of On Air Transmission mail.

£125.00
British East Africa

1943 | British East Africa (DR13853)

British East Africa. (French Maroc). 1943. Censored Air Mail envelope addressed to French Maroc bearing SG 137, 15c red and black (2) and SG 145, 1/-brown and black tied by Nairobi date stamp with 'Opened by Examiner N/ 194' label, routed via Egypt with circular 'M/87' censor and 'Controle' label (red on yellow) applied on arrival.

£75.00
British East Africa

1921 | British East Africa (DR13852)

British East Africa. (Uganda). 1921. East Africa postal stationery card 3c green upgraded with SG 45, 3c green tied by Soroti Teso double ring addressed to the United States with Mbale Uganda transit. Scarce village cancel.

£225.00
British East Africa

1926 | British East Africa (DR13851)

British East Africa. (Uganda). 1926. Registered Kenya Uganda postal stationery envelope 50c blue cancelled by Ngora double ring '4th Jly' with 'Provisional' registered label addressed to England with Jinja/Regd transit on reverse. Scarce.

£225.00
British East Africa

1936 | British East Africa (DR13850)

British East Africa. (Kenya). 1936. Registered Air Mail postal stationery envelope 50c blue upgraded with Kenya SG 111, 5c green and black and SG 116, 50c purple and black tied by Mombasa/ Registered double ring with registered label and 'By Air Mail/ Par Avion' label, addressed to Paris with Nairobi and Milano and Milano transits. Very fine.

£80.00
British East Africa

1924 | British East Africa (DR13849)

British East Africa. (Kenya). 1924. Registered postal stationery envelope 50c blue cancelled by Eldoret double ring with registered label addressed to India routed via Mombasa with Rawal Pindi arrival. Very fine.

£175.00
British East Africa

1945 | British East Africa (DR13848)

British East Africa. (Army Post Offices). 1945. Registered Air Mail envelope endorsed 'On Active Service' addressed to England bearing Kenya SG 147, 3s grey and blue tied by 'E.A./ A.P.O. 69' double ring with matching registered label and 'Crown/ Passed by Censor/ No 4145' censor cachet on face. Very nice item from Gilgil Army Post Office.

£175.00
British East Africa

1915 | British East Africa (DR13847)

British East Africa. (Indian Forces). 1915. Stamp-less picture post card of 'Sixth Avenue, Nairobi' addressed to England endorsed 'On Active Service' cancelled by 'F.P.O./No 301' date stamp '27th Sept 15' with 'I.E.F. "B" F.P.O. No 301/ Postage Free' hand-stamp in violet on face and framed 'Crown/Censored/Indian Exped. Force B/ Base Office E' censor cachet.

Fine item from Indian Filed Post Office No 301 at Samburu, Kenya listed by Proud from (4.12.14) - (15.1.16).

£175.00
British East Africa

1915 | British East Africa (DR13846)

British East Africa. (Indian Forces). 1915. Stamp-less picture post card of 'Ostriches' addressed to England endorsed 'O.H.M.S.' cancelled by 'F.P.O./ No 25' date stamp '21st May 15' with 'I.E.F. "B" F.P.O. No 25/ Postage Free' hand-stamp in violet on face with framed 'Crown/Censored/Indian Exped. Force B/ Base Office E' censor cachet.

Very fine item from Kajaido Railhead in use (13.12.14) - (30.6.17). The sloping 'I.E.F. hand-stamp is recorded by Proud as 'State 1' (31.5.15) - (9.10.15).

£175.00
British East Africa

1916 | British East Africa (DR13845)

British East Africa. (Indian Forces). 1916. Stamp-less Indian 'Field Service' card addressed to England dated 'June 25th 16' cancelled by 'F.P.O./ No 307' date stamp '1st Jly 16' with 'I.E.F. "B" F.P.O. No 307/ Postage Free' hand-stamp in black on face. Interesting text.

Fine item from Indian Field Post Office listed by Proud as being at HANDENI, KENYA 7.7.16.

£195.00
British East Africa

1936 | British East Africa (DR13844)

British East Africa. (Tanganyika). 1936. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to France bearing Kenya SG 114, 20c orange (2) and SG 117, 65c brown and black tied by Mbeya double ring '19th Sept 1936' with matching registered label and framed instructional 'By Air to/ Brindisi' on face in violet with Modane transit on reverse '27th Sept'.

Registered Air Mail sent to Brindisi were a framed cross known as a 'Jusqu'a' cachet has been applied in violet to indicate the end of airmail route.
Ian McQueen in Air Mail hand-stamps lists the cachet from Brindisi in black.

£150.00
British East Africa

1942 | British East Africa (DR13842)

British East Africa. (Army Post Offices). 1942. Air Mail letter card envelope hand-stamped 'Christmas Greetings/ Postage Free' addressed to England cancelled by 'E.A./A.P.O. 66' double ring with framed 'Passed by Military Censor/ No 11/34' censor cachet in violet. Very rare Xmas Free Postage from the Army Post Office in Mombasa. Ex Goodman.

£275.00
British East Africa

1954 | British East Africa (DR13841)

British East Africa. (Kenya). 1954. Imperial Reply Coupon 25 cents headed 'Kenya, Uganda and Mandated Territory of Tanganyika' cancelled by Kericho/ Kenya date stamp. Lovely item, not often offered.

£225.00
British East Africa

1942 | British East Africa (DR13840)

Tanganyika. (Switzerland). 1942. Envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing SG 139, 20c orange and grey tied by Arusha double ring with 'Opened by Examiner/R/4' censor label, underpaid with circular 'T/Cents 20' hand-stamp in violet on face and bearing Swiss postage due Yvert 70, 20c rose tied by Kesswil arrival. Nice combination.

£125.00
British East Africa

1944 | British East Africa (DR13839)

British East Africa. (Kenya). 1944. Registered Air Mail postal stationery envelope 30c blue upgraded with SG 141, 30c blue and black and SG 145, 1s brown and black (2) tied by Eldoret/Kenya date with matching registered label, addressed to Bombay with Kisumi transit and 'Opened by Examiner/N/71' censor label tied by 'Crown/DHC/49' hand-stamp with Bombay arrival. Very fine.

£125.00
China

1939 | China (DR13838)

China. (French Indo-China). 1939. Censored envelope addressed to Hanoi bearing Indo-China SG 168, 1c brown (pair), SG 172, 4c blue and SG 254, 6c sepia tied by Quangngai/ Annam date stamp with 'Controle Postal Militaire' label and oval 'Overt par/ L' Autorite Militaire' censor cachet with circular 'Controle Postal/Indochine/Commaission B' and Hanoi receiver on reverse. Commission B censor cachet from Annam is very rare, see Desrousseaux volume 4.

£175.00
China

1940 | China (DR13837)

China. (French Indo-China). 1940. Air Mail envelope from the '5th Artillery Battalion, Saigon' addressed to French Maroc bearing Indo-China SG 191, 30c chestnut tied by 'Poste Aux Armees' date stamp with 'Controle Postal Militaire' censor label and Casablanca arrival on reverse. Nice item of military mail.
Lovely item with black vertical lines JUSQU'A mark applied at office of exchange.

£125.00
Burma

1941 | Burma (DR13836)

Burma. (Singapore). 1941. Registered envelope addressed to Singapore bearing Burma SG 20, 6p blue, SG 22, 1a purple-brown (block of nine) and SG 24, 2a carmine tied by Rangoon double ring '20th Dec 41' with matching Rangoon registration label with instructional 'Service Suspended/ returned to sender' hand-stamp on face and forwarded to Calcutta with framed 'Crown/ Passed/ DHA 21' censor cachet and boxed 'D.L.O./ Calcutta/ 26 MAY 42' on reverse. Lovely item of interrupted mail due to the Occupation of Singapore by the Japanese.

£275.00
Burma

1940 | Burma (DR13835)

Burma. (Air Mail). 1940. Registered Air Mail envelope endorsed 'Registered with acknowledgment due' addressed to London bearing SG 24, 2a carmine, SG 28, 4a turquoise, SG 30, 1r purple and blue (2) and SG 31, 2r brown and purple tied by Rangoon date stamp '4th Sept 40' with matching registered label with and 'A.R. receipt form cancelled in Rangoon. Nice item with 'Avis de Reception' form.

£195.00
Burma

1942 | Burma (DR13834)

Burma. 1942. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to India bearing Burma SG 20, 6p blue, SG 22, 1a brown (4) and SG 23, 1 3/4a turquoise (block of four) tied by Tiger Camp' and 'Opened by Censor' label tied by boxed 'Crown/ Passed DHC/ 21' censor cachet and Bombay arrival '27 Mars' on reverse. Only a few registered covers known from Tiger Camp. Ex Proud.

£350.00
Burma

1941 | Burma (DR13833)

Burma. 1942. Air Mail envelope addressed to India bearing Burma SG 20, 6p blue and SG 28, 4a turquoise (pair) tied by Rangoon/ Sorting double ring '8th Jan 42' with 'Opened by Censor' label tied by triangular 'Passed by/ Censor/ C 20' on face and reverse with Bombay arrival '17th Jan' . Very fine.

£75.00
Burma

1940 | Burma (DR13832)

Burma. (Official Mail). 1940. Official envelope headed 'O.H.M.S.' addressed to London bearing Burma 'Service' SG 106, 6p blue, SG 018, 1a brown (3) and SG 022, 4a turquoise tied by Rangoon double ring '20th Feb 40'. Official mail covers surviving from this period are scarce.

£95.00
Burma

1939 | Burma (DR13831)

Burma. (Air Mail). 1939. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to England bearing SG 11, 8a purple, SG 13, 1r brown and green (3) and SG 26, 3a dull violet tied by Rangoon date stamp '9th Nov 39' with matching registered label with 'Passed Censor/ Rangoon/1' censor in violet on face. Nice franking 3 Rupees 8a plus 3 anna registration so four times rate.

£175.00
India

1945 | India (DR13830)

Burma. (British Military Mail). 1945. Registered Air Mail Indian postal stationery envelope 'three annas postage one anna and a half' blue cancelled by 'F.P.O. No 70' date stamp '30th April 45' with matching Provisional label, addressed to London with circular 'Unit Censor/ F 87' on face. scarce Field Post Office from Meiktila in Burma, written by a liberated P.O.W. from the Japanese Occupation of Siam and Burma. A rare item.

£350.00
Burma

1947 | Burma (DR13829)

Burma. (Japanese Occupation). 1947. Registered Burma GV1 postal stationery envelope 'one anna' brown with Japanese Occupation overprint cancelled by oval 'D.G.T./ Rangoon' date stamp in violet '17 Oct 47' and hand-stamped 'On Active Service', endorsed 'Regd' and addressed to 'Gun N.F. Bright, HQRA, North Burma, Meiktila' with boxed slogan on reverse and Meiktila arrival '18th Oct.' Very fine and scarce item of stationery from the Japanese Occupation.

£225.00
Burma

1944 | Burma (DR13828)

Burma. (Japanese Occupation Of Burma). 1944. Postal stationary envelope India GV1 one brown surcharge 'Red X' with framed value hand-stamp upgraded with SG J85, 1c orange tied by Taunggyi vernacular date stamp'28/5' addressed to Meiktila, endorsed 'cards only' with arrival '7th June' on reverse. Very fine and rare item from the Japanese Occupation.

£225.00
Burma

1942 | Burma (DR13827)

Burma. (Base Post Office). 1942. Air Mail envelope written from 'Indian No 5/ Base Post Office, Rangoon' addressed to India bearing Burma SG 20, 6p blue and SG 22, 1a brown (3) tied on arrival by boxed 'Buy Defenses/ Savings Certificates/ Delivery/ 20 Mar 42/ Negaopatam' with triangular 'Passed by/ Censor/ A 21' on face. One of the last covers to have left Rangoon before the Occupation by Japanese Forces. (See notes).

£175.00
Burma

1940 | Burma (DR13826)

Burma. (Air Mail). 1940. Indian postal stationery card KGV 'half anna' green upgraded with Burma SG 10, 6a bistre and SG 20, 6p blue tied by Mohnyin double ring '9th Mar 40' and endorsed 'Air Mail' , addressed to London. Interesting item written by Miss Stilemen who founded the Mission Station at Bilumyo where this card was written from and paying the Air Mail rate to UK.

£125.00
Burma

1939 | Burma (DR13825)

Burma. 1939. Air Mail envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing Burma SG 27, 3a6p blue and light blue (3) and SG 29, 8a green tied by Rangoon/ G.P.O. double ring with 'Passed Censor/ Rangoon/1' cachet and 'Opened by Censor' label, underpaid with 'T' hand-stamp and bearing Swiss postage due 20c red applied and tied by Glarus/Pakete receiver. Nice combination.

£225.00
India

1945 | India (DR13824)

Burma. (Field Post Office In Burma). 1945. 'Blue Triangle' stamp-less Air Letter written from 'Pte Taylor of 42nd Indian Field Ambulance SEAC' dated '18th Feb 45' addressed to Exeter cancelled by 'F.P.O./ No 125' with circular 'Unit Censor/ X 108' on face. Field Post Office No 125 was between Bodalin and Alagappa pursuing the Japanese towards Rangoon. Very fine.

£75.00
India

1854 | India (DR13823)

India. (Used In Burma). 1854. Stamp-less envelope addressed to Scotland written from Thayetmayo dated '22nd August 1854' with boxed 'India' and framed 'G.P.O.' on reverse, endorsed 'via Marseille' with Aberdeen arrival 'Oct 29' in green and rated '1/10' in m/s. A fine item with 8 page letter.

£295.00
Burma

1940 | Burma (DR13822)

Burma. (Air Mail). 1940. Air Mail Envelope endorsed 'Southampton- New York' addressed to Denver, Colorado bearing Burma SG 5, 2a vermilion, SG 20, 6p blue, SG 22, 1a brown, SG 28, 4a turquoise and SG 30, 1r purple and blue tied by Nama double ring '2 Apr 40' with 'Passed Censor/ Rangoon/4' on face with Denver arrival 'Apr 28'. Lovely item sent by Inter-Empire Air Mail to UK and on by surface mail. This the only Nama cover recorded by Proud.

£175.00
Burma

1941 | Burma (DR13821)

Burma. 1941. Air Mail envelope written from the '2nd Derajat Mountain Battery (Frontier Force), Taunggyi, Shan State' dated May 30th 1941' addressed to England bearing Burma 30, 1r purple and blue tied by Experimental P.O. (R-I) date stamp '1st June 41' . Scarce item from Taunggyi Southern Shan State. Not recorded in Proud's book. Ex Proud.

£75.00
Burma

1942 | Burma (DR13820)

Burma. 1942. Air Mail envelope addressed to England written from the '2nd Derajat Mountain Battery (Frontier Force) c/o Base Post Office bearing Burma SG 29, 8a myrtle green (pair) tied by Loimwe double ring. Nice campaign letter. Ex Proud.

£75.00
Burma

1942 | Burma (DR13819)

Burma. 1942. Envelope addressed to India bearing Burma SG 22, 1a brown (pair) tied by Akyab double ring '21st Mar 42' with 'Opened by Censor' label tied by framed 'Crown/ Passed/ DHC 21' on face and reverse with Bombay receiver '31st Mar'. Very fine.

£75.00
Burma

1942 | Burma (DR13818)

Burma. 1942. Air Mail Burma postal stationery card 'half anna on 9 pies' green (written from Mandalay dated '2nd March 1942) upgraded with SG 27, 3 1/2a blue tied by Mandalay/ Sor' double ring '2nd Mar' addressed to India, routed via Lashio with triangular 'Passed Z Censor/ 2' in violet on face with Calcutta transit and framed 'Passed by Censor/ A 11' with Bangalore arrival '20 Mar.' Very rare Lashio 'Z' censor (believed to be less than ten known) on Air Mail postal stationery card. Exhibition item. Censored postal stationery is very rare.

£650.00

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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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