British East Africa. (Kenya). 1913. East Africa and Uganda postal stationery envelope six cents scarlet upgraded with SG 48, 12c grey tied by Kericno date stamp addressed to Nairobi. Lovely item of internal registered mail from this small village.

British East Africa. (Kenya). 1935. Envelope addressed to Nairobi bearing SG 78, 5c green tied by Butere/Kenya date stamp with Kisumu transit on reverse. Nice item of internal mail.

British Somaliland. (Army Post Offices). 1944. Air Mail letter card addressed to England bearing Somalia British Occupation SG S4, 3d pale violet tied by 'E.A./ A.P.O. 74' double ring with 'Crown/ Passed by Censor/ No 7181' censor cachet in violet on face. Scarce item from East Africa Command in Somaliland.

British Occupation Of Italian Colonies. 1944. Air Mail envelope addressed to New York bearing M.E.F. SG M18, 1s brown (pair) tied by Asmara Centro double ring '6th Dec 44' and circular Eritrea censor in violet on face.

British Occupation Of Italian Colonies. (M.E.F.). 1944. Air Mail envelope addressed to Palestine bearing M.E.F. SG M11, 1d pale scarlet, SG M13, 2 1/2d pale ultramarine and SG M18, 1s bistre tied by Asmara Centro/ Corrispondenze Pacchi double ring with framed 'By Air Mail' and hand-struck A.V./2 on face and circular 'Asmara/ Eritrea' censor, routed via Egypt with 'Censor Ship/ Dept./ M'. Very fine.

British Occupation Of Italian Colonies. (Tripolitania). 1953. Air Mail envelope addressed to New York bearing SG T21, 121 on 6d purple, SG T23, 24l on 1s bistre and SG T30, 31 on 1 1/2d brown tied by Tripoli double ring with hand-struck 'A.V. 2.' hand-stamp on face in violet. Very fine.

British Occupation Of Italian Forces. 1943. Air Mail envelope addressed to Khartoum bearing M.E.F. SG M 11, 1d pale scarlet, SG M13, 2 1/2d pale ultramarine and SG M16, 6d purple tied by Asmara Central date stamp '20th May 43' with 'Pc 66/Opened by Examiner/ ZZ 37381' censor tape applied in Eritrea. Very fine.

Ceylon. (Red Cross). 1942. Red Cross Envelope written from 'Colpetty, Colombo' addressed to 'Comite International de la Croix Rouge, Geneva, Switzerland' headed 'Red Cross Postal Message Scheme' bearing SG 392, 25c blue and brown tied by Colombo date stamp with circular 'Ceylon Branch/B.R.C.S.' in red on face and framed 'Crown/Passed/ L/7' censor cachet.

Gold Coast. (Mauritania). 1940. Envelope addressed to Dunkwa, Gold Coast bearing Mauritania Yvert 134, 4f on 65c green mixed with Ivory Coast Yvert 130, 5f brown tied by Abinjan/Cote D'Ivoire date stamp with 'Opened by Examiner 00/36' Gold Coast censor label (black on white). Label No 36 in use (20.2.43.) - (15.4.43.).

Sierra Leone. (Liberia). 1916. Liberia postal stationery envelope '3 cents' brown upgraded with 'Service' Yvert 45, 1c black and green (pair) tied by Monrovia date stamp 'Aug 16' routed via Freetown '19/8' with 'G Arms R/ Officially Sealed' label black on salmon with hand-struck 'Opened by Censor' hand-stamp. A remarkable item of WW1 intercepted censor mail from Sierra Leone very few know. Ex Dan Mayo.

Sierra Leone. 1917. Envelope addressed to New York bearing SG 116, 2 1/2d blue tied by Freetown date stamp 'June 24' with 'Tete-Beche' 'G Arms R/ Officially Sealed' label black crayon. A remarkable item of WW1 TETE BECHE censor mail from Sierra Leone. Ex Dan Mayo.

Sierra Leone. 1943. Envelope addressed to Detroit, Mich. bearing SG 190a, 1 1/2d purple (pair) tied by Freetown/ Sierra Leone double ring '20th Aug' with 'Opened by Examiner QQ/23' censor tape tied by framed 'Returned To Sender/ Contrary To Censorship/ Regulations/ 4' . Unique item of censorship from Sierra Leone, Seen in Post Office Records this the discovery example used on cover. Ex. Dan Mayo.

Ceylon. (Great Britain). 1940. Great Britain postal stationery card 'GV' halfpenny green upgraded with SG 464, 1 1/2d brown tied by Leeds slogan '30th Nov 41' addressed to Fort Colombo, Ceylon with 'Colombo/ Redirections' date stamp and circular 'Returned Letter Office/ Colombo' on face with boxed instructional 'Retour' and 'Parti/ Gone Away' with hand-stamp 'Undelivered For Reason Stated/ Return To Sender' in violet, sent back with Leeds '6th June 41' on reverse. Attractive item. Ex Goodman.

Gold Coast . 1894. Gold Coast postal stationery card 'half penny' green cancelled by Anamaboa date stamp 'Oc 21' addressed to London with Cape Coast transit, underpaid with circular 'T' hand-stamp and charged '1d' on face with London receiver 'Nov 15' . Attractive item of underpaid mail from Anamaboa.

Gold Coast . (Censored Mail). 1919. Registered postal stationery envelope 'three pence' brown upgraded with SG 70, 1/2d green and SG 72, 1d red tied by Quittah date stamp 'Jan 4th 1919' with matching Quittah registered label and circular 'Passed by Censor/Accra' in violet on face and red censor wax seal, addressed to the United States with London transit and Washington arrival on reverse 'Feb 24 1919' . A scarce registered censor item with censor seal from Gold Coast.

Gold Coast . 1898. Postal stationery card 'one penny' red cancelled by Anamaboe/ A date stamp 'Mr 5 98' addressed to England routed via Cape Coast with 'Paid/Liverpool/Br Packet 31 Mr' transit on face in red and Wolverhampton receiver 'Ap 1st' . Nice item from Anamaboe a scarce cancel in fine quality.

Gold Coast . 1896. Postal stationery card 'one penny' red cancelled by Abokobi/C date stamp in red 'My 5 96' addressed to Germany routed via Accra with Ebhausen arrival on face. Scarce Office operated by a German Missionary of the Basel Mission. A lovely item cancelled in red.

Japan. (Germany). 1884. Envelope headed 'H.I.J. M's Foreign Office, Tokio' with 'Ministere des Afaires Etrangers/ Japan' seals on reverse, addressed to the 'Consul du Japan, Berlin' bearing 'Cherry Blossom' SG 71, 20s carmine (syllabic 8) moxed with 'Koban' SG 96, 4s green tied by cog-wheel cork obliterator with Tokio/ Japan date stamp '16th May 1884' on face, routed via Yokohama '16th May' hand-stamped 'via San Francisco' with New York 'June 11' and Berlin arrival '26/6' on reverse. Superb item franked at the double letter rate via Brindisi but routed via the United States. Exhibition.

Persian. Gulf. (Kuwait). 1947. Air Mail envelope addressed to Holland bearing Kuwait SG 53, 1/2a purple, SG 58, 3a violet and SG 60a, turquoise (3) tied by Kuwait roller. Good stamps on cover.

Gold Coast . (United States). 1899. Registered postal stationery envelope 'two pence' blue upgraded with SG 14, 2 1/2d blue and orange (2) tied by framed 'Accra Ja 12 99/Gold Coast ' date stamp with adjacent Accra cds addressed to the United States routed via Liverpool and New York with Minneapolis arrival 'Feb 17' on reverse.

Gold Coast . (United States). 1892. postal stationery card 'half penny' green upgraded with SG 12, 1d carmine tied by '554' obliterator with adjacent Saltpond/C date stamp 'Ja 11' addressed to Minneapolis, routed via Liverpool with hand-stamp ''P.E. 'Quminoo" in violet on face with 'Paid/Liverpool/Br Packet 8 Fe 92' transit in red and New York/ Paid All duplex 'Fe 19' and forwarded to Fargo, North Dakota.

Scarce item of mail from Gold Coast via Liverpool to North Dakota.

Gold Coast. (French Camerouns). 1943. Air Mail envelope addressed to the French Camerouns bearing Gold Coast SG 121, 1d brown (3) and SG 128, 1s black and olive tied by Axim date stamp '22nd Jan' routed via Winneba with 'Opened by Examiner/ 00/32' censor label and circular 'Controle Postal/ Commission A/ Territoire du Cameroun' censor on face with Douala/ Cameroun arrival '12th Feb' . Very fine item censored African mail.

Gold Coast . (Togo). 1941. Registered envelope to Togo bearing SG 124, 3d blue (pair) tied by Akuse date stamp with registered label routed via Accra with boxed 'Passed by Censor/9/Gold Coast' hand-stamp in red and 'Opened by Censor' label, on reverse Lome Togo transit with Togo censor strip and oval 'Ouvert par la Autories du Controle' cachet with Anecho receiver on reverse. Very fine item.

Gold Coast . 1939. Air Mail envelope addressed to Paris bearing SG 124, 3d blue and SG 128, 1s olive and black tied by Koforidua date stamp, underpaid with hand-struck 'T ---oz' on face, sent Air Mail. Nice item.

Gold Coast . (French Soudan). 1931. Registered envelope written from Bamako French Soudan addressed to Cape Coast bearing Soudan Francaise Yvert 50, 3f on 5f orange and rose tied by Bamako/ Soudan Francaise double ring '11th Avril' with matching registered label and oval Registered/Accra '9 May' and Registered/Cape Coast '13th May' on reverse and endorsed 'Address Unknown' with instructional hand-stamp 'Unclaimed' and framed 'Retour' in violet on face with boxed 'Inconnu' and returned to Bamako. Lovely item of instructional mail into Gold Coast.

Gold Coast . (Censored Mail). 1916. Envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing SG 76, 2 1/2d blue tied by Aburi/Gold Coast double ring '8th Apr 1916' routed via Accra with 'Opened by Censor/Accra' censor label tied by circular 'Crown/Passed by Censor/Passed' in blue with Zurich arrival on reverse. Superb item of censored mail from Gold Coast . Very fine.

Gold Coast . (Great Britain). 1953. Envelope addressed to England bearing SG 136, 1d blue tied by Nyakrom/Gold Coast date stamp '26th Sept', underpaid with 'T over.....oz' hand-stamp with framed instructional 'Liable to Letter Rate' and hand-struck '3d' and bearing Great Britain postage due SG D30, 3d violet tied by Luton date stamp '14th Oct' on face. Very attractive item of underpaid mail.

Gold Coast. (Sudan). 1942. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Beyrouth, Lebanon bearing Gold Coast SG 123, 2d grey, SG 124, 3d blue, SG 126, 6d purple and SG 128, 1s olive and black tied by oval 'Registered/Kumasi' date stamp '30th Jan 42' with matching registered label routed via Sudan with 'Sudan/Opened by Censor' green censor tape tied by framed 'Passed Censor/Sudan/19' hand-stamp and 'Registered/Khartoum' transit '15/2' with Cairo '18 Feb' and Liban censor label 'Controle' tied by circular 'Free French' censor in violet and Beyrouth arrival '21st Feb' on reverse. Wonderful item of censored mail through Africa.

Gold Coast . (Ivory Coast). 1939. Air Mail envelope addressed to French Ivory Coast bearing SG 127, 9d orange tied by Sekondi double ring '23rd Dec' with 'Opened by Censor/Gold Coast ' censor cachet in red on face with circular 'Controle Postal/Afrique Occidentaile Francaise/Commission D' censor and Grand-Bassam/Cote D'Ivoire '28 Dec 39' on reverse.

Gold Coast . 1941. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to England bearing SG 121, 1d brown (2), SG 125, 4d magenta and SG 128, 1s olive and black tied by Efiduasi date stamp '22nd Aug 1942' with matching registered label with boxed 'Crown/Passed/00/2' censor cachet in violet routed via Kumasi and Accra with Registered/Kumasi on reverse. Scarce censor of over 80 censor item in the Ensor collection this was the only framed 'Crown' censor seen. A very attractive item.

Gold Coast . 1925. Registered postal stationery envelope 'three pence' brown upgraded with SG 87, 1d chocolate brown tied by Kpong/ Gold Coast double ring '6 Ap 1925' with hand-struck boxed 'R/Kpong' addressed to England with Plymouth transit and Ilford arrival on reverse. Nice item of registered mail.

Gold Coast. (Air Mail). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to England bearing SG 126, 6d purple and SG 131, 5s red and olive tied by Accra date stamp with framed 'Passed by Censor/ Gold Coast/ 9' in carmine and hand-stamped 'First Flight/ Regular Air Mail Service/ Gold Coast - U.S.A.' on face.

Gold Coast. (French Liberation Mail). 1943. Illustrated envelope headed 'Union des Francais Libres/ de Gold Coast/ Accra' addressed to 'Le Chef de Battaillon, c/o F.F. Mission, Accra' bearing SG 121, 1d brown (2) tied by Accra date stamp '3rd May 1943'. Scarce item from the Free Forces in Gold Coast.

Gold Coast. 1896. Registered envelope addressed to England bearing SG 11, 1/2d green (6) and SG 12, 1d carmine (4) tied by Ada/ Gold Coast date stamp 'My 5' with oval hand-struck 'R' and Banbury arrival. Nice item of registered mail.

Australia. (Prisoner Of War Post). 1941. Air Mail envelope headed 'Service Des Prisonniers de Guerre/ Prisoners of War Post' addressed to 'Agence Centrale des Prisonniere de Gurre, Comite International de la Croix Rouge, Palais du Conseil General, Geneva, Switzerland' headed 'Australian Red Cross Society' bearing SG 167, 2d scarlet, SG 173, 9d chocolate and SG 174, 1s green (4) tied by Ship Mail/ Room/ Melbourne date stamp with '3/ Opened by Censor' label tied by boxed 'Passed by Censor/ V 96' on reverse sent 'Clipper/ Aust, USA, U.K.'. Superb item.

Australia. (Allied Forces). 1915. stamp-less Picture post card of 'Native Quarter, Cairo' written from 'Heliopolis' addressed to England endorsed 'On Active Service/ No Stamps Available' cancelled by 'Military Camp/ Aerodrome Heliopolis' date stamp in green '11th July 15' with circular '27th Battalion A.I.F./ On Active Service/ Post Free/ 7th Inf. Bgde' in violet. Very scarce item from the Australian 7th Brigade with Battalion cachet. Superb.

Australia. (New South Wales). 1910. Illustrated Stamp Dealer envelope headed 'More Bargains !' with illustrated 'Queensland/One Penny' addressed to Devon bearing New South Wales SG 290, 1d rose tied by Sydney roller and Sidmouth arrival on revere. Lovely item of stamp dealer mail.

Australia. (New South Wales - Fiji). 1898. Envelope headed 'Mutual Life - Association of Australia' addressed to Suva, Fiji bearing New South Wales SG 296, 2 1/2d purple tied by Sydney duplex 'Dec 10' with Suva arrival '21st Dec' on reverse. Nice item of incoming mail.

Australia. (Hong Kong). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Indiana bearing SG 134, 2s maroon (pair) and SG 170, 4d green (pair) tied by Ship Mail/Melbourne date stamp with framed 'Passed by Censor/ V 105' in violet with 'Opened by Censor' label, endorsed 'via Hong Kong-U.S.A.', routed via Hong Kong with 'Passed Censor/9/Hong Kong' in blue and Victoria/Hong Kong transit '10th July 40' on reverse. Early use of the Pan Am $5 Air Mail rate introduced on 18/6/40. Very fine and scarce.

Australia. 1930. Air Mail envelope to France bearing SG 96, 1 1/2d scarlet (pair) and SG 100, 3d ultramarine tied by Sydney slogan sent "per S.S. Ormonde", underpaid with 'T/50' m/s crayon and bearing French postage dues Yvert 37, 50c lilac and Yvert 42, 2f violet applied and tied on arrival by Montreuil date stamp.

Australia. 1937. Air Mail envelope addressed to France bearing SG 118, 3d blue (pair), SG 119, 2d on 1 1/2d scarlet and SG 123, 6d violet (strip of three) tied by Registered/ Elisabeth St. date stamp with matching registered label and boxed 'Late Fee' on face with Paris arrival.

Australia. 1916. Australian Imperial Force 1d red postal stationary envelope headed 'Military Envelope' cancelled by Sydney/N.S.W/ roller endorsed 'On Active Service Abroad' addressed to 'Private Thomas Muanane, 5th Brigade, D. Company , 11th Battallion' with m/s 'Absent/ 4th' . A Very rare item of stationary used.

Australia. 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to London bearing Australia SG 172, 6d purple-brown, SG 174, 1s green and SG 175, 1s4d magenta (3) tied by Gympie East date stamp '3rd Dec 41' with 'Opened by Censor/ 1' label tied by framed '1/ Passed By Censor/ 35' on face, underpaid with 'CTMS/T' hand-stamp. Very attractive item.

Australia. (Prisoner Of War Mail). 1941. Stamp-less Official envelope headed 'On His Majesty's Service' addressed to New Jersey cancelled by 'Mil. P.O. Tatura No 4/ Vic-Australia' date stamp '26th Aug 41' with framed 'Services De/ Prisoners/ Of War' in carmine and hand-stamp 'Camp Paymaster No 4 Camp/ 1 Garrison Battalion/ Tatura' with framed 'Passed by Censor' in violet and 'Australian Military Forces' label. Very nice item.

Australia. (Netherlands East Indies Government In Exile). 1945. Air Mail envelope written from 'Dr Major Schouten, Netherlands East Indies Army, Camp Columbia, New South Wales; addressed to 'Madame Schoutenm Tilburg, Holland' bearing Australia SG 188, 4d green, SG 191, 9d chocolate, SG 208, 5 1/2d slate and SG 209, 2 1/2d lake tied by Brisbane date stamp with circular 'Passed by R,N,F, Censor/ No 31' in carmine with 'Opened by Censor' label tied by framed '2/ Passed by Censor/ 1380' in violet with Dutch censor tape and forwarded to Nymegan. Major Dr. Schouten had been a Doctor at the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army, Camp Columbia, Wacol, Brisbane and served with the 'RAPWI' (Recovery of Allied Prisoner of War and Internees) in the Dutch Indies, Timor and Thailand. The NEI Government in Exile was quartered in Camp Columbia from 1944. Lovely item of Mail from Major Schouten at Camp Columbia paying the correct 1/9 registered fee.

Australia. 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Italy bearing Australia SG 172, 6d brown (3) tied by Stockinbingal/ N.S.W. date stamp '8th June 40' with 'Opened by Censor' label tied by 'Passed by Censor/ S. 82' hand-stamp with boxed 'Undeliverable/ Return To Sender' and finger with 'Dead Letter Office in red '29th July 41' on reverse. Very fine.

Japan. (Prisoner Of War Mail). 1944. Fukuoka No 10 Camp addressed to London written from 'Driver Smith, P.O.W. No 105, Fukuoka 10, Japan' card pre-printed 'Furyo Yubin' (Prisoner of War Post) in red with 'Yubin Hagaki' (Postcard) in black and on reverse in Japanese 'Fukuoka Prisoner of War Camp Prisoner of War Post' with framed 'Fukuoka Prisoner of War Camp' in blue with 'Suehashi' oval orange censor on face and 'Amakubo' with 'Okada' censor on reverse with boxed 'Crown/ Passed/P.W. 3003' British censor hand-stamp in crimson applied on arrival. This is the first card Driver Smith wrote to his wife after being taken a POW. Scarce item, only two items recorded from Camp No 10.

Australia. (Netherlands East Indies). 1945. Registered Air Mail envelope written from 'Dr Major Schouten, Netherlands East Indies Army, Camp Casino, New South Wales' addressed to Madam Schouten, Tilburg Holland' bearing Australia SG 179, 1/2d orange, SG 181, 1d maroon (pair), SG 187, 3d brown ,SG 188, 4d green, SG 204, 1 1/2d green, SG 205, 2d bright purple, SG 206, 2 1/2d scarlet and SG 208, 5 1/2d slate tied by Casino/ N.S.W.' double ring '22nd June 45' with matching registered label with 'Opened by Censor' label tied by '2/ Passed by Censor/ 1753' , routed via Sydney with hand-struck instructional 'Non transmissible (No Service)' on face. Major Dr Schouten had been a Doctor at the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army, Camp Columbia, Wacol, Brisbane and served with the 'RAPWI' (Recover of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees) in the Dutch Indies, Timor and Thailand. The NEI Government in Exile was quartered in Camp Columbia from 1944. Very fine item from Major Schouten at Camp Casino paying the correct 1/9 registered rate.

Netherlands East Indies. (Australia). 1941. Advertising envelope 'pineapple Bacon Ham' addressed to Medan, Sumatra bearing Australia SG 186, 3d blue tied by Brisbane slogan '24th March 41' with Opened by Censor/ 1' label tied by triangular Passed by Censor' and 'Diboeka Oleh Censuur' label tied by circular 'Ned Indisch Deviezen Insituut/ Deviezen Censuur/ 11' in carmine on face and reverse. Very attractive cover.

Australia. (Netherlands East Indies). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Medan, Java bearing Australia SG 173, 9d brown tied by Air Mail Section/ Melbourne date stamp '20th July 40' with 'Opened by Censor' label and framed 'Passed By/ Censor/ V 105' in violet on face with 'Geopend Militaire Censuur/ Medan' censor label tied by Medan receiver '24/7' on face. Very fine.