Australia. (Netherlands East Indies Government Exile). 1945. Air Mail envelope written from 'Dr Major Schouten, Netherlands East Indies Army , Camp Columbia, New South Wales' addressed to 'Madame Schouten, Tilburg, Holland' bearing Australia SG 179, 1/2d orange, SG 185, 2d bright purple, SG 187, 3d brown, SG 204, 1 1/2d green, SG 205, 2d purple , SG 206, 2 1/2d scarlet, SG 207, 3 1/2d blue, SG 209, 2 1/2d lake and SG 210, 3 1/2d ultramarine tied by Brisbane date stamp with circular 'Passed by R,N,F, Censor/ No 31' in carmine with '1' censor cachet in violet and boxed 'O.A.T.' on face with Tilburg arrival. 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. (Netherlands Liberated Forces). 1945. Air Mail envelope addressed to Holland endorsed 'On Active Service' bearing SG 153, 1/6d dull purple tied by 'R.A.A.F. 6303/ Australia' date stamp '29th Oct 45' with framed 'R.A.A.F. Concession/Postal Rates' hand-stamp in violet on face with boxed 'O.A.T.' (Onward Air Transmission' .
The item has paid the 1/6d per 1/2oz civilian rate.
Netherlands East Indies. (Australia). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to Sourabaya, Java bearing Australia SG 192, 1s green tied by Air Mail Section/ Melbourne date stamp '24th May 41' with 'Opened by Censor/ 3' label tied by framed Passed by Censor/ V 127' hand-stamp in violet with 'Door Censuur Geopend' label tied by circular 'Ned Indisch Deviezen Insituut/ Censuur/ Soerabaja/ 3' in carmine on face and reverse. Very attractive cover.
Australia. (Tasmania). 1862. Envelope addressed to England bearing SG 45, 6d grey tied by '52' numeral with framed 'Post Office/ Launceston/ 23rd Dec' transit on reverse and Maidstone arrival 'Fe 17 63'. Very fine.
Australia. (South Australia - Turks Island). 1904. Picture post card of 'Kapunda Institute and Public Library' addressed to Grand Turk, Turks Island bearing SG 242, 1/2d yellow-green and SG 294, 1d rosine tied by Kapunda squared circle 'Dec 22 04' routed via New York 'Jan 28 05' with arrival 'Feb 7th 05' on face and hand-struck instructional 'Insufficiently Addressed' in mauve. Lovely item, instructional not listed by Proud.
Australia. 1939. Australian Air Mail postal stationery card 1 1/2d brown upgraded with SG 166, 1 1/2d maroon tied by Kingscote/ S.A. date stamp addressed to England. Nice card with photographic view of 'Waterfall Gully' on reverse.
Australia. (Internee Mail). 1941. Air Mail Post card written from 'Paul Frank, E 39485, Hut 12, 'I.C. Orange Camp, New South Wales' addressed to England bearing Australia SG 153a, (pair) tied by N.S.W. date stamp 'July 17' endorsed 'By Clipper Air Service via N.Z. - USA' with framed 'Approved For Transmission/ By Camp Commandant/ 0 No 7' in violet with 'Passed By Censor/ S. 84' on face. Very little mail known from Orange camp.
French Colonies. (Togo). 1916. Envelope written from Sokode addressed to France bearing Dahomey Yvert 47, 10c orange and lilac tied by 'Sokode/Togo date stamp (13/5), routed via 'Atakpame' (16/5) and Lome (19/5) with 'Passed by Censor at Lome (Togo)' cachet in violet with Blois receiver on reverse. Scarce item of mail from the occupation.
Togo. (German Occupation). 1918. Post and Telegraph receipt addressed to Cotonou, Dahomey cancelled by Sokode (Togo) date stamp '22 July 18' . Very fine and rare.
Philippines. (France). 1860. stamp-less envelope written from Manila dated '6th Dec 1860' addressed to France cancelled by Manila/ Filipinas double ring '8th Dec' with boxed 'PD' erased (Paid to Destination) and framed 'P.P.' (Paid Part) on face, endorsed 'via Marseille' with 'Pays Etr. V Suez /Marseille ' French entry cachet in red on face '25th Feb 61', rated '16' with Marseille a Paris and Paris a sedan ambulant '26/2' on reverse with Fay Champ arrival '27th Feb'. Superb item sent by P&0 steamer via Madras and Suez with the 'PD' erased by the French under the 1860 Franco-Spanish Treaty and the amount of 16 decimes (double letter rate) paid by the addressed in Mareuil-sur-Ay.
Philippines. (France). 1861. stamp-less envelope written from Manila dated '9th Nov 1861' addressed to France cancelled by Manila/ Filipinas double ring '24th Nov' with boxed 'PD' erased (Paid to Destination), endorsed 'via Marseille' with 'Pays Etr. V Suez/ Marseille' French entry cachet cachet in red on face '11th Jan 62' rated '16' with Paris a Sedan ambulant '14th Jan' on reverse with Fay Champ arrival '14/2' and forwarded to Reims. Superb item sent by P & 0 steamer via Madras and Suez with the 'PD' erased by the French under the 1860 Franco-Spanish Treaty and the amount of 16 decimes (double letter rate) paid by the addressee in Mareuil-sur-Ay.
Philippines. (France). 1862. Stamp-less mourning envelope written from Manila dated '4th Jan 1862' addressed to France cancelled by Manila/ Filipinas double ring '8th Jan 62' with boxed 'PD' erased (Paid to Destination), endorsed 'via Marseille' with 'Pays Etr. V Suez/ Marseille' French entry cachet in red on face '24th Feb 62' , rated '16' with Paris a Sedan ambulant '26/2' on reverse with Fay Champ arrival '26/2' and forwarded to Reims. Superb item sent by P & 0 steamer via Madras and Suez with the 'PD' erased by the French under the 1860 Franco-Spanish Treaty and the amount of 16 decimes (double letter rate) paid by the addressed in Mareuil-sur-Ay.
Philippines. (Hong Kong). 1864. stamp-less envelope written from Manila dated '3rd June 64' addressed to Hong Kong with oval frims cachet on face, endorsed 'per Circe' with Manila double ring rated '4' in m/s with Hong Kong receiver in blue on reverse. Very fine.
French India. 1887. Envelope addressed to Bordeaux bearing French General Colonies Yvert 54, 25c black/rose tied by Inde/Chandernagor double ring routed via Bombay and Brindisi with French entry cachet and Bordeaux arrival. Very fine.
India. (French Settlement In India). 1865. Envelope addressed to France bearing French General Colonies Yvert 3, 10c bistre (pair) and Yvert 5, 40c orange tied by dotted lozenge with adjacent 'Etabs. Fr. De L' Inde/ Pondichery' date date stamp '6th Aout 65' endorsed 'Messageries Imperiales' with boxed 'PD' and octagonal French entry cachet 'Etab. F. Amb/ Mars./ 2' in red '5 Sept' (Salles 1886) with Toulouse receiver on reverse. Very fine 1st Issue French General Colonies 'Eagle' issue from the French Settlement in Pondichery.
India. (Danish Settlements In India). 1895. Indian postal stationary card half anna blue cancelled by Tranquebar squared circle addressed to Germany with Bombay and Sea Post Office transit with Leipzig arrival. Very fine.
India. (French Settlement In India). 1867. Large piece addressed to France bearing French General Colonies Yvert 3, 10c bistre (pair) and Yvert 5, 40c orange tied by anchor in dotted lozange with adjacent octagonal 'Etab. Fr. Inde Paq. Fr. O No 1' date stamp '8th Janv 67' (Salles 1962), endorsed 'per Nepaqie' but sent on the paquebot "Erymanthe" to Pointe de Galle (Ceylon) and forwarded on the Steamer "Donnai" with transit '10th Janv. 67' (Salles 1813), routed via Suez and Marseille with Nantes arrival '3rd Feb' on reverse. Superb item sent on the 1st Ligne 'O' paquebot from Pondichery to Galle and the last voyage of the 'Donnai' from Pointe de Galle to Suez. Exhibition item.
India. (French Settlement In India). 1872. Envelope addressed to France bearing French General Colonies Yvert 9, 30c brown (imperf pair) tied by dotted lozenge with adjacent Inde/ Pondichery double ring '2nd Nov 72' endorsed 'Per Messageries Francaise' with boxed 'PD' and blue octagonal paquebot 'Col. F.V. Suez Paq. FR/ 3 Mars 3' with Paris arrival on reverse. Beautiful small envelope bearing the scarce 'Napoleon' French General Colonies paying the 60c rate via Suez and Brindisi.
India. (French Settlement In India). 1867. Envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing French General Colony Yvert 5, 40c orange and Yvert 6, 80c rose tied by dotted lozenge with adjacent Inde/ Pondichery double ring '7th Jan 67' with framed 'PD' endorsed 'per steamer/ via Bombay', routed via Suez with 'Col. Fr. Suez Amb' French entry cachet in red 'Feb 5' with Geneva-Sion-Geneva ambulant and Lausanne receiver 'Feb 6th' on reverse. Lovely item paying the 1f20c rate to Switzerland.
India. (French Settlement In India). 1863. Envelope addressed to France bearing French General Colonies Yvert 3, 10c bistre (pair) and Yvert 5, 40c orange tied by dotted lozenge with adjacent 'Bureau De Pondichery' date stamp in blue '26th Nov 1865' , endorsed 'Per steamer/ via Suez' with boxed 'PD' and French entry cachet 'Colonies Fra. V. Suez/1' in red on face 'Jan 7th 64' with Marseille arrival. Lovely 1st Issue French General Colonies 'Eagle' issue from the French Settlement in Pondichery.
French Settlement In India. (New Caledonia). 1874. Envelope headed 'Correspondence Militaire' and (signed by the Commander on reverse) addressed to France and forwarded to New Caledonia bearing French General Colonies Yvert 23, 25c blue tied by dotted lozenge in blue with adjacent 'Inde/ Pondichery' double ring '4th Sept 74' with octagonal 'Corr D' Arm./ Pondichery' in blue, boxed 'PD' in red, routed via Suez on P & O "S. S. Teheran" with Marseille transit '29 Sept' and forwarded to Noumea on French paquebot "Curieux" with m/s 'Received 18 Sept 75 par (ship) "Le Curieux" on face. and endorsed 'P.P. Noumea' in violet ink.
Wonderful item of military mail paying the Naval Concession rate with "Ceres" stamp from French India to the small Pacific island of New Caledonia. Taking nearly a year in transit.
Ex Tony Eastgate Gold Medal collection.
India. (French Settlement In India). 1879. Envelope addressed to France bearing French General Colonies Yvert 36, 25c blue tied by Inde/ Pondichery double ring '10th Oct 79' , endorsed 'Per Bombay & Brindisi' with 'Col. Fr. V. Brind. A Mod' French entry cachet (Salles 1893) and Marseille arrival on reverse '31st Oct 79'. Very fine quality cover from the French Settlements in Pondichery.
French India. 1880. Envelope addressed to Bordeaux bearing French General Colonies Yvert 23, 25c blue tied by Inde/Pondichery double ring in blue '14th Sept', endorsed 'via Brindisi' with French entry cachet and Bordeaux arrival. Very fine. Signed Calves.
French Colonies. (French India). 1875. Envelope to France bearing French General Colonies Yvert 21, 80c rose tied by 'Inde' in dotted lozange with adjacent 'Inde Pondichery' date stamp, routed via Mauritius and Suez with French entry cachet. Scarce stamp on cover.
India. (French Settlement In India). 1866. Envelope addressed to France bearing French General Colonies 'Eagle' Yvert 4, 20c blue and Yvert 5, 40c orange tied by dotted lozenge with adjacent Inde/ Pondichery double ring '8 Mars 66' , endorsed 'Per Messageries Imperiales' with boxed 'PD' and 'Col F. V. Suez Paq. Fr/ 1 Mars 1' French entry cachet in red on face and Marseille receiver '4th Avril 66' on reverse. Very fine cover.
India. (French Settlement In India). 1879. Envelope addressed to Port Louis, Mauritius bearing French General Colonies 'Ceres' Yvert 23, 25c blue tied by Inde/ Pondichery double ring '10th Avril 79' endorsed 'Via Bombay & Aden' with Mauritius arrival in blue on reverse 'My 4'. Very fine.
French Colonies. (French India). 1863. Envelope addressed to France bearing French General Colonies Yvert 6, 80c rose tied by diamond of dots with adjacent 'Inde/ Pondichery' date stamp, boxed 'PD' , endorsed 'per Menum via Suez and Madras' with French entry cachet and Bordeaux arrival on reverse.
India. (French Settlement In India). 1880. Envelope addressed to France bearing French General Colonies 'Ceres' Yvert 23, 25c blue tied by Inde/ Pondichery double ring '23rd Juin 80' , endorsed 'Per Bombay & Brindisi' with 'Col. Fr. V. Brind. A Mod' French entry cachet (Salles 1893) and Marseille arrival on reverse '16th Juil 80'. Nice item from the French Settlements in Pondichery.
India. (French Settlement In India). 1879. envelope addressed to France bearing French General Colonies 'Ceres' Yvert 23, 25c blue tied by Inde/ Pondichery double ring '25th Avril 79' , endorsed 'Per Bombay & Brindisi' with 'Col. Fr. V. Brind. A Mod' French entry cachet (Salles 1893) and Marseille arrival on reverse '17th Mai 79' Nice item from the French Settlements in Pondichery.
India. (French Settlement In India). 1868. Envelope addressed to France bearing French General Colonies 'Eagle' Yvert 6, 80c rose tied by dotted lozenge with adjacent Inde/ Pondichery double ring '19th Sept 68' , endorsed 'Per Steamer/ via Bombay' with boxed 'PD' , routed via Suez with French entry cachet and Bordeaux arrival '17th Oct' on reverse. Very fine.
India. (French Settlement In India). 1865. Envelope addressed to France bearing French General Colonies 'Eagle' Yvert 5, 40c orange (imperf pair) tied by dotted lozenge with adjacent Inde/ Pondichery double ring '26th Aout 65' with boxed 'PD' endorsed 'Per Steamer/ via Madras & Marseille' routed via Suez with 'Col. Fra. V. Suez. Amb V' French entry cachet in red '28th Sept' (Salles 1861) and Toulouse arrival on reverse. Very fine cover from the French Settlement in Pondichery.
Jamaica. 1850. Stamp-less envelope written from Kingston dated May 29th 1850 addressed to New York cancelled by Kingston-Jamaica/Paid double arc date stamp in brown, rated '4' in m/s, sent on the steamer 'Empire City' with adjacent 'Jamaica/Ship Letter' and charged with circular '10' hand-stamp in red on arrival. Very attractive. Ex Spence.
Barbados. (India). 1899. Barbados registered postal stationery envelope 'One Penny' pink upgraded with SG 116, 1/4d grey and carmine and SG 118, 1d rose-red (pair) tied by Barbados date stamp 'Feb 18' with matching registered label addressed to India routed via London with oval Indian 'Sea Post Office' registration on face and Sea Post Office cds reverse 'Ma 13' and Lahore receiver '21st March'. Lovely item with Indian Sea Post Office registered oval.
Trinidad. 1804. Stamp-less envelope written from Isle de la Trinite dated '1st Juillet 1804' addressed to Brignoiles, France via United States with m/s 'New York 13th August. 1804. Forwarded by your hble Serv./ Wil. Mucom' with hand-struck Nantes and rated '9' in m/s on face paying the internal tariff and endorsed 'Received 26th October' . Very rare early letter from Trinidad written from the French Settlement in Trinidad and routed via New York due to the Continental Blockade about to be implemented.
British Guiana. (Netherlands). 1856. Stamp-less envelope envelope addressed to Holland cancelled by Demerara double arc on reverse 'Ja 25 1856' rated '24' with London transit and Boxmere arrival '18th Feb' in red on reverse. Mail from British Guiana to Holland is scarce so early.
Grenada. 1806. Stamp-less folded letter envelope written from Grenada dated '3rd May 1806' addressed to Scotland rated '8' for the Ship Letter with Edinburgh General Post date stamp 'Jy/ 1806/25' in red on face. Nice early letter from Grenada.
British Guiana. (Denmark). 1949. Air Mail envelope addressed to Denmark bearing SG 293, 12c orange and SG 311, 6c blue tied by Georgetown roller with instructional 'Via Airmail To New York/ Thence by Steamer' in carmine and 'Air Mail to New York only, thence/ by Surface Mail' hand-stamp on face in violet with Kobenhavn arrival. Very fine.
Lovely item with black vertical lines JUSQU'A mark applied at office of exchange.
British Guiana. Radio Card). 1946. British Guiana postal stationery 'Radio Card' 2 cents grey cancelled by Georgetown date stamp '29th January 47' addressed to Sweden. Very scarce.
St. Lucia. 1880. Envelope to France bearing SG 18, 1/- orange tied by 'A/11' obliteration with adjacent St-Lucia date stamp charged '1 1/2' in manuscript red crayon, routed via London with French entry cachet, Paris transit and Indre-et-Loire receiver on reverse. Scarce early item of mail to France.
Trinidad. 1830. stamp-less envelope written from Trinidad dated '29th July 1830' addressed to France rated '1s/2' , sent by British steamer via England with hand-struck 'Angleterre' in red with French arrival on reverse, rated '15' in blue with local circular '1d' paying the local rural post.
St Vincent. (Belgium). 1892. Registered 'Official Mail' envelope headed 'On Her Majesty's Service' addressed to Belgium bearing SG 57, 6d purple tied by Kingstown/ St. Vincent date stamp with oval 'R' , signed by the 'Colonial Postmaster', routed via London with Bruxelles arrival on reverse. Very fine.
Cayman Islands. 1940. Censored envelope addressed to Ireland bearing SG 117, 1d scarlet tied by Georgetown/ Grand Cayman double ring with 'Opened by Censor' label in green and 'Opened by Examiner/1957' censor label. Difficult censor label and paying the Printed Matter rate.
Saint Lucia. (French Colonies). 1833. Stamp-less envelope written from Castries, Saint Lucia dated '20th Nov 1833' addressed to France, charged '10', routed via Cayenne, French Guyana and forwarded via Martinique with hand-struck 'Martinique' on reverse with boxed French entry 'Pays D'Outremer/Par Le Havre', rated '25' in m/s and Pau receiver on reverse. Interesting text on the 'Slave Trade'. A very fine item from St. Lucia.
Jamaica. (British Ship Letters). 1790. stamp-less envelope written from Lucca, Jamaica dated '24th June 1790' addressed to Edinburgh endorsed 'by ship "Bird"/Capt Wylio' with hand-struck 'Greenock' and separate 'Ship' hand-stamp (Robertson S1), rated '5' in m/s with London Bishop on reverse in red 'Sp/13'. Very fine item paying the Captains gratuity 1d and In land Greenock-Edinburgh 4d.
St Lucia. (France). 1845. Stamp-less addressed to France cancelled by St-Lucia date stamp 'Au 26/1845' on reverse in black, routed via England with framed Anglo-French accountancy 'Colonies & c Art 12' in red on face with London transit '19th Sep', French entry cachet '21/9' in red and rated '15' in m/s. Very fine and rare item of accountancy mail from Saint Lucia. Few items known to France.
Jamaica. (British Ship Letters). 1836. Stamp-less envelope written from Spanish Town,Jamaica dated '5th Feb 1836' addressed to Lancashire endorsed 'by ship "James Earing" /Capt Auld' with framed 'Greenock/Apr 19 1836/Ship Letter' (Robertson S14) rate '1/8' with boxed hand-struck 1/2 on face. Superb item paying the double ship letter and additional 1/2 Scottish "turnpike" fee.
India. (French Settlement In India). 1876. Envelope addressed to France bearing French General Colonies Yvert 20, 30c brown (3) tied by 'Inde' in dotted lozenge with adjacent Inde/ Pondichery double ring '18th Feb 76' , endorsed 'Per Bombay & Brindisi' with 'Col. Fr. V. Brind. A. Mod' French entry cachet '11th Mars 76' on face in red and Marseille arrival on reverse. Superb cover paying the 90c rate which was in affect from 1st January 1876 until the French Colonies joined the UPU on July 1st 1876.
India. (Danish Settlement). 1907. Registered India Postal stationery envelope 'two annas six pies' orange upgraded with SG 125, 2a purple tied by Tranquebar date stamp with hand-struck framed 'R/Tranquebar' on face, endorsed 'via Brindisi' with Ursprung arrival. Very fine.
France. (India). 1861. Envelope written from France addressed to the Punjab, India bearing French 'Napoleon' Yvert 17b 80c rose (imperf) tied by '3537' in dotted lozenge with adjacent Versailles date stamp '3rd Mai 61' endorsed 'via Marseille and Bombay' with Marseille '4/5' and framed Lahore in red 'June 9' with Abottabad on face '11th June' underpaid with boxed 'Affranchissement/ Insuffisant' and circular 'St. Bg./ Ad/ 12' on face (Indian accountancy). A very rare early item of incoming mail with rarely seen Indian accountancy.
India. (French Settlement In India). 1868. Envelope addressed to Mauritius bearing French General Colonies 'Eagle' Yvert 6, 80c rose tied by dotted lozenge with adjacent Etabs. Fr. De L' Inde/ Pondichery' double ring '8th Feb 68' with boxed 'PD' and Mauritius arrival in blue on reverse 'Mr 6' . Nice single franking addressed to Mauritius.
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.
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.