South America. (Panama - Taboga Island). 1850. Stamp-less envelope written from "H.M.S. Daphne, Island of Taboga in the Bay of Panama dated 'March 21st 1850' addressed to London with British Post Office 'Panama' date stamp 'March 26' and rated '1s' in m/s. with London receiver 'May 31st' on reverse. Fantastic item written by Captain Edward Franshawe commander of the "Daphne" from the small island of Taboga in Panama Bay. Excellent description of life in Panama during the Gold Rush and the deserters from the English and American ships on Taboga Island.

Argentina. (British Post Offices). 1871. Stamp-less envelope written from Buenos Aires dated '16th Dec 1871' addressed to Italy cancelled by British Post Office 'Buenos Aires' on reverse, endorsed 'per Vapour "Onnia", routed via London, underpaid with Italy postage due Yvert 10, 50c orange and carmine and Yvert 12, 11 blue applied and tied by Genova date stamp and rated '15' in m/s. Very fine.

Argentina. 1866. Stamp-less envelope to France from 'Guerin & Fils, Buenos Ayres' cancelled by British Post Office 'Buenos-Ayres' date stamp with boxed Anglo-French accountancy 'GB/2pk' (Van der Linden 1625), French entry cachet and rated '15' in red with Frontignan arrival. Superb item of accountancy mail paying the news-band rate.

Argentina. (French Maritime Mail). 1881. Envelope addressed to France bearing Yvert 19, 10c green and Yvert 37, 2c yellow-green tied by Buenos Aires double ring '24th Jul' routed via Belgium on the French paquebot "Senegal" with octagonal 'Buenos-Ayres Paq. Fr. J No 5' date stamp in red (Salles 1073), Anvers transit '21st Aout' and Puy-De-Dome arrival '26th Aout' on reverse. Very fine ex Pothion.

Nicaragua. (Corn Island). 1908. envelope addressed to Bluefields bearing Corn Island 'Provisional' 5c on white paper tied by oval Corn Island date stamp in violet. Rare item of mail from the Corn Islands 80k off the Nicaragua coast.

Costa Rica. (Panama). 1893. Registered, Advice of Receipt envelope addressed to 'Captain Bass, Agent P.S.N.C. Panama' bearing Yvert 33, 5c violet, Yvert 34, 10c green and Yvert 35, 20c red tied by bar obliterator with oval Punta Arenas 'Aug 2nd' and framed 'r/Costa-Rica/Punt Arenas/No' with hand-stamp 'Punt-Arenas/A.R. Costa Rica' on reverse with 'Recomendados/Panama' receiver '12th Aug' on face. Lovely Advice of Receipt item in exhibition quality.

Uruguay. (Algeria). 1897. Registered postal stationery envelope 5c pink up graded with Yvert 110, 50c blue and black and Yvert 120, 1c blue tied by Montevideo double ring with matching registered label and framed hand-struck 'AR' , addressed to Algeria, North Africa sent on the French paquebot "Bresil" via Marseille with Philippeville arrival. Attractive item of destination mail paying the Advice of Receipt rate.

Colombia. (British Post Office). 1874. Unstamped envelope to Germany from Carthagena with British Post Office date stamp on reverse, routed via London with transit in red and circular accountancy '11d/Unpaid' in black with Hamburg arrival on reverse and charged '14 1/4' in m/s blue crayon. A rare item of accountancy mail and superb exhibition item.

Colombia. (Jamaica). 1883. Postal stationery card 2c rose cancelled by 'Direction General de Correos/Bogata' double ring '6/12' with oval 'Gustavus Michelsen/Bogata/Colombia' addressed to Switzerland with 'Kingston Jamaica' date stamp '23/1' transit and hand-struck 'Jamaica/ Transit' routed via London '12/2' with 'Ambulant' and Winterthur receiver dated '13/2' . A lovely item of postal stationary.

Colombia. (British Post Offices). 1850. Stamp-less envelope written from 'Santa-Martha' dated '25th July 50' addressed to London with Santa-Martha double arc date stamp 'Au 19' on reverse, rated '2s' in m/s with London arrival '30th Sept' on reverse. Nice item from the British Post Office in Santa-Martha. (The last day of recorded use).

Colombia. British Post Offices). 1856. Stamp-less envelope written from 'Hurtados Hermanos/ Panama' (with firms chop in red on face) dated 'Jan 5th 1856' addressed to France routed via Colon with double arc date stamp Colon in red on reverse 'Ja 8' with framed Anglo-French accountancy 'Colonies/ Art 18' in red on face, London and French entry cachets '30th Jan' and charged hand-struck '15'. A very fine combination with the scarce British Post Office 'Colon' and Article 18 accountancy only in use in 1856. A wonderful Exhibition item.

Colombia. (British Post Offices). 1856. Stamp-less envelope written from Bogota addressed to London cancelled by oval Bogota/ Franca in blue, charged with hand-struck '15' in blue on face, endorsed 'via Cartagene/per Vaper Ingles' with British Post Office Carthagene on reverse 'Oct 25/ 1856' and London receiver '15th Nov' and rated '2s' in m/s on arrival. A very attractive item from the British Post Office.

Colombia. (British Post Offices). 1869. Stamp-less envelope written from 'carthagene dated 31st May 1869' addressed to France cancelled on reverse by 'carthagena' double arc 'Ju 1st' routed via London with boxed Anglo-French accountancy 'GB/1f60c', French entry cachet and Bordeaux receiver. Lovely item of mail from the British Post Office in Carthagena.

Colombia. (Great Britain). 1901. Envelope written from Barranquilla addressed to Germany bearing Yvert 114, 1c red/orange (strip of 10) tied by 'Plymouth & Bristol S.T. date stamp with adjacent 'Paquebot' hand-stamp and Dresden receiver on reverse. Very fine.

Colombia. (British Post Offices). 1854. Stamp-less envelope written from 'Bogota' dated 'April 14th 54' addressed to London cancelled by oval 'Bogota/ Franca' in red with hand-struck '15', endorsed 'via Carthagena' with British Post Office 'Carthagena' in black on reverse My 11', rated '2s' in m/s and London arrival 'Ju 5th' on reverse. Very attractive item from the British Post Office in Carthagena.

Chile. (France). 1876. Envelope addressed to France bearing Chile Yvert 14. 10c blue tied by cork cancel with Santiago/ Chile double ring in violet '29th Aout' , endorsed 'via Magellan' with French entry cachet in red 'Pays-Etr. Paq. Ang Bordeaux' and hand-struck 'T' charged with hand-struck '12' and Paris receiver on reverse '11th Oct 76' . very attractive item of underpaid mail to France.

Chile. (France). 1876. Envelope addressed to France bearing Chile Yvert 14. 10c blue tied by cork cancel with adjacent Santiago/ Chile double ring in violet '7th Nov 76' endorsed 'via Magellan' with French entry cachet in red and hand-struck 'T' charged with hand-struck '12' and Paris receiver on reverse '21st Dec'. Nice item of underpaid mail to France.

Belgian Congo. (Brazil - Rhodesia). 1942. Air Mail envelope addressed to Noku-Watsa, Belgian Congo bearing Brazil 200r violet and Air Mail Yvert 20, 500r violet (pair) tied by Petropolis double ring '20th May 42' endorsed 'Congo Belge/ via Portugal' with bilingual South Africa censor tape tied by Cape Town 'A' censor hand-stamp in carmine with Elisabethville '11/8', Watsa '5th Sept' and Nizi '7th Sept' transits and Mongbwalu/ Congo Belge double ring arrival '8th Sept' and forwarded to Chizi. Lovely item with very scarce Rhodesia type Mongbwalu postmark.

Brazil. (Belgian Congo - Tunisia). 1945. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Tunisia, North Africa bearing Brazil 300r red, 2,000r purple and 5,000r blue tied by 'Aero/ Rio de Janeiro double ring '3rd Jan 45' with 'S.P. Aberta Pela Censura' censure tape tied by framed 'D.F./23' , routed via Puerto Rico with 'Examined By/ 64161' censor tape, with Egypt transit and 'Leopoldville/ Congo Belge '30th Mars 45' with Foum-Tataouine arrival '13th Avril' and forwarded to Ariana/Tunisia '16th Avril' on reverse.

Brazil. (British Post Office). 1874. Stamp-less envelope addressed to Germany written from Rio Janeiro cancelled by British Post Office Rio de Janeiro cds 'Feb 12' endorsed 'per steamer "Garonne" via Liverpool' with framed 'Unpaid' hand-stamp and hand-struck charge '11d' on face, London transit and rated '14 1/4' in blue crayon with Hamburg receiver on reverse.

Brazil. (German Prisoner Of War Mail/Under Cover Mail). 1919. Brazil postal stationery envelope 100r red upgraded with Yvert 130, 50r green (pair) tied by Rio de Janeiro date stamp written from German Prisoner of War in 'Camp No 1' with framed' (Red Cross) Correspondance/Des Prisoniers De Guerre Au Bresil' in violet with 'Aberta Pela/Cenura' label tied by circular 'Estado Maior Da Armada/Servico da Censura' in violet on reverse, addressed to the 'Deutsche Hilpsverien, Stockholm' with 'Opened by Censor/4681' label and Stockholm arrival. Rare item from German Seaman captured in Brazilian waters and interned, the address in Stockholm is under-cover, the mail was then forwarded to Germany.

Great Britain. (Brazil). 1905. Post card written from 'St James Vicarage, Norwich' addressed to Brazil bearing Great Britain SG 218, 1/2d yellow-green (pair) tied by Norwich double ring, underpaid with framed 'T' hand-stamp and bearing Brazil postage dues Yvert 11, 20r blue violet (pair) and Yvert 21, 100r orange-red (pair) tied by Poste Restante/ Pernnambuco arrival. Very attractive item.

Mexico. (Japan). 1892. Registered Illustrated envelope addressed to 'The Consul of Mexico, Yokohama, Japan' bearing Mexico Yvert 102, 2c carmine and Yvert 112, 4c orange/red (pair) tied by Mexico N.L. date stamp '22 Aug' with Registration label, routed via San Francisco 'Aug 30' with Yokohama/Medji arrival '22 Sept' on reverse. Lovely item of early mail to Japan.

Brazil. (Spanish Morocco). 1894. Postal stationery card 40r blue upgraded with Yvert 68, 20r green (2) tied by Soroeaba (S.Paul) double ring addressed to Tanger, Maroc with octagonal French paquebot 'Ligne J. Paq. Fr. No 5' date stamp in blue (Salles 1064) sent on the steamer 'La Plata' with Tanger arrival on reverse. Nice item of destination mail.

Mexico. (France). 1883. Mourning envelope addressed to Italy bearing yvert 69, 12c brown (ovpt Mexico) tied by oval 'Postal Universal/Mexico' date stamp in violet sent on the French paquebot 'V. Bordeaux' with octagonal 'Vera-Cruz/Paq Fr B No 1' date stamp (Salles 1437) routed via St. Thomas with Roma arrival and forwarded to Rimini. Very fine item of French Paquebot mail Mexico.

Mexico. (United States). 1887. Registered envelope addressed to Paris bearing Yvert107, 10c purple (2) tied by bar obliterator with registration label routed via El Paso with New York registered label and oval transit date stamp, French entry cachet and Paris arrival on reverse. Attractive item.

Mexico. (Japan). Envelope addressed to the 'Mexican Consul, Yokohama' bearing Yvert 105, 5c blue tied by 'Chilpancingo/de los Bravos' date stamp with 'Correspondencia Particular del Gobernador del Estado de Guerrero' on reverse, routed via Mexico with Yokohama arrival. Nice item of destination mail paying the newspaper rate.

Mexico. (Great Britain). 1863. Envelope addressed to Mexico bearing Great Btitain SG 90, 1s green (2) tied Glasgow duplex endorsed 'Per French steamer' with circular 'PP' on face in red routed via London with octagonal French paquebot 'Mexique/ Floride' on reverse (Salles 1315) and charged with hand-struck '6' on face. Scarce item of French mailboat mail.

Mexico. (France). 1876. Stamp-less envelope addressed to France cancelled by Puebla double ring '2nd June 76' with hand-struck '35' in green routed via New York 'Jun 20', French entry cachet '2nd Juil' with circular 'T' hand-stamp and rated '1.05c' in red m/s on face. Very nice item.

Mexico. (Bermuda). 1888. Post card written from Colmia, Mexico dated '17th July 88' addressed to Bermuda bearing Mexico 'Hidalgo' Yvert 77, 1c green (pair) and Yvert 102, 2c carmine (surcharged) tied by Cork cachet in blue with oval Colinia date stamp '18th July 88' in red on face, endorsed 'Per El Paso & New York' with circular 'Foreign N.Y. Transit' on face 'Jul 31 88' and St. Georges and Hamilton transit with Inland Island duplex 'Au 6' on reverse. Rare item of incoming mail. Exhibition item.

Mexico. (United States). 1873. Mourning envelope written from Tampico addressed to France with oval 'D Camacho & Ca/Tampico' cachet in green, charged '8' in blue m/s, routed via New York with oval 'Forwarded by/Moller & Thebaud/New York' in blue and circular 'New York/ Br Transit, sent by British packet via London with boxed Anglo-French accountancy 'GB/2f', French entry cachet and rated with hand-struck '36' with La Havre receiver. Very fine item paying the three times letter rate. Attractive.

Guatemala. 1881. Envelope addressed to France bearing Guatemala Yvert 13, 4r violet tied by star obliterator in blue with adjacent octagonal 'Correos/Guatemala' date stamp in red 'Feb 15 1881' , underpaid with circular 'T' hand-stamp and charged with hand-struck '10' on face in blue, 'Paris/ Etranger' receiver 24/3' and Chalamont arrival '25th Mars 1881' on reverse.

Very rare early Pre U.P.U. from Guatemala to France paying the 4 reales carried via the Isthmus of Panama to Kingston, Jamaica and Danish West Indies, rated '10; in France with tax hand-stamp in blue.

Honduras. 1832. Stamp-less envelope written by the Central American explorer Juan Galindo from Trujillo date 'December 24 1832' addressed to Paris with framed entry cachet 'Pays D'Outremer/Par Le Havre' on face with circular Le Havre '1st Mars' and Paris arrival '3/3' on reverse rated '11' in m/s. Superb and rare item with full letter written by the adventurer and explorer Juan Galindo where he reports that he was attainable under the address of Charles Evans in Belize via England, in the text he tells about the few French ships arriving in Honduras and the harbours of Trujillo and Omoa and the native Mosquito Indians. An historic item.

Brazil. (French Accountancy). 1863. Folded entire addressed to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil written from Great Britain cancelled by boxed London dispatch 'Ja 23 63' , endorsed 'Per Steamer via Bordeaux' with 'Angleterre/ Calais' French entry cachet in red and framed Anglo-French accountancy 'F/20' on face (Van der Linden 1139) and double oval endorsed '300' in blue crayon (postage due). Very nice item of Brazil Accountancy mail.

Mexico. (San Francisco). 1876. Envelope addressed to San Francisco bearing Mexico 'Hidalgo' Yvert 58, 25c blue tied by oval Potosto dated stamp in red '9th Feb 76' , charged with hand-struck '3', with arrival San Francisco/Stream Ship 'Mar 14' with various instructional hand-stamps 'Advertised' and circular 'Not Found' with SanFrancisco/Advertised cds 'Mar 27' and adjacent erased triangular 'Dead Letter Office' on face in blue with hand-stamp instructional 'Have Your Letters And Papers Addressed to P.O. Box or To Street and Number, When they will be Delivered Free by Carrier'. Lovely item of mail from Mexico to San Francisco.

Mexico. (France) . 1876. Envelope addressed to France bearing 'Hidalgo' Yvert 56, 10c black tied by 'Corres/Vera Cruz' date stamp endorsed 'via Southampton' with accountancy 'T/1-10' in green, French entry cachet and rated hand-struck '17' with Lyon receiver on reverse. Very fine and attractive item to France.

Mexico. 1876. Envelope addressed to France bearing Hidalgo Yvert 56, 10c black surcharge 'Tampico' with oval 'Franco/Tampico' date stamp '4/2/76', charged with hand-struck '35' in blue/green sent on the steamer 'City of Havana' with oval 'Ship' hand-stamp routed via 'New Orleans 11/2' and New York '16/2' and London with 'Etats-Unis/Angt. Amb. Calais' double ring '27/2' , underpaid with circular 'T' and rated 1f.05' in m/s with Bordeaux receiver on reverse, endorsed 'Refuse' . Superb item full of character.

Brazil. (France). 1877. Envelope addressed to Paris bearing 'Goats Eye' Yvert 14a, 60r black and 'Dom Pedro' Yvert 28, 200r black tied by bar obliterator with adjacent Rio de Janeiro double ring '14th Aout 77' , boxed 'Pd' in red and endorsed 'per steamer "Equateur" via Bordeaux with French paquebot 'Rio-Janeiro Paq. Fr. J No 2' date stamp (Salles 1079) and charged with hand-struck '7' (erased) on arrival on face. Very attractive exhibition item.

Panama. (Peru). 1851. stamp-less envelope written from London dated '3rd October 1851' addressed to Lima, charged '1/-' in red crayon routed via Panama with British Post Office transit on reverse 'No 23' and circular 'Crown/Paid at Panama' on face in red with hand-struck '25' applied on arrival in Lima. Very fine.

Colombia. 1875. Stamp-less Printed circular to France written from Medellin cancelled by British Post Office 'Savanilla' dated stamp with boxed Anglo-French accountancy 'GB/2pk' (Van der Linden 1625), French entry cachet cachet and rated '20' in red. Very scarce item of printed matter accountancy from the British Post Office.

Colombia. (British Post Offices). 1879. Envelope addressed to Paris bearing Colombia Yvert 55, 10c brown tied by oval Bogota obliterator routed via Savanilla with Savanilla/Barraanquilla transit 'Nov 1st 79' with hand-struck accountancy 'T/1-10' on face with London transit '2nd' in red on reverse and French entry cachet '2nd Dec' on face. A very fine item from the British Post Office in Savanilla. Exhibition item.

Colombia. (French Maritime Mail). 1868. Envelope addressed to France bearing Yvert 35, 10c violet tied by boxed Bogata hand-stamp in blue with octagonal 'Colombia Lig. A Paq. Fr. No 1' date stamp in red with adjacent 'Ste Marthe Paq. Fr. A No 3' date stamp (Salles 1417), sent on the French paquebot 'Floride' with Paris receiver and charged with hand-struck '10' on arrival. Very rare item of maritime mail.

Guatemala. 1877. Envelope addressed to France bearing Guatemala Yvert 10, 2r brown (pair) tied by Guatemala date stamp '19th Dec 77' with adjacent 'Correos de Guatemala/Paquetes' in red '19/12' , underpaid with circular 'T' hand-stamp routed via New York '15th Jan 78' , charged with hand-struck '50' and routed by French paquebot with octagonal 'Etas-Unis V. Angal. Amb. Cal A' on face '27/1' and Chalamont arrival '28th Jan 78' on reverse. Cover repaired but pre UPU covers from Guatemala to France are nearly unique. (Guatemala Joined the UPU 1st April 1881).

Pre U.P.U. envelope to France paying the 4 reales rate via the United States to France, carried via the Isthmus of Panama and up to and by 'Pacific Mail Ship Company via New York.

Costa Rica. (Panama). 1896. Registered, Advice of Receipt envelope addressed to 'Captain Bass, Agent P.S.N.C. Panama' bearing Yvert 31, 1c blue/green, Yvert 32, 2c yellow (2), Yvert 33, 5c violet and Yvert 35, 20c red tied by Punta Arenas double ring '16th Juin and framed 'R/Costa-Rica/Punt Arenas/No' with hand-stamp 'Punt-Arenas/ A.R./Costa Rica' on reverse with 'Agencia Postal Nacional/Panama' receiver '3rd Jul' on face. Lovely Advice of Receipt item in exhibition quality.

Costa Rica. (Panama). 1897. Registered, Advice of Receipt envelope addressed to 'Captain Bass, Agent P.S.N.C. ,Panama' bearing Yvert 33, 5c violet (4) and Yvert 34, 10c green tied by Punt-Arenas/Costa Rica double ring in violet '1st June' with hand-struck framed 'R/Costa-Rica/Punt Arenas/No' on face and 'Punt Arenas/ A.R./Costa Rica' in violet hand-stamp on reverse with 'Recomendados/Panama' receiver '8th Jun 1897' on face. Lovely Advice of Receipt item of Exhibition quality.

Colombia. 1865. Envelope written from Popayan dated 'Aug 9th 1865' addressed to Bogota bearing Yvert 30, 10c violet tied by Popayan m/s. Scarce.

Colombia. 1902. Stamp-less envelope written from Medellin forwarded by 'Encaminada por/Alzamra, Palacio & Co' with cachet on face, cancelled by instructional 'Ne hay estampillas/Paso $ 020 cys/El Agente Postal Nacional' in violet routed via Barranquilla with octagonal French paquebot 'Colon a St Nazaire L.A. No 1' date stamp (Salles 1408). with arrival on reverse. Lovely item of mail to France.

Palestine. (Turkish Post Offices). 1912. Picture post card of 'River Jordan' addressed to France bearing Turkey Yvert 116, 10p green (pair) tied by octagonal 'Eriha (Jerusalem) date stamp in violet (Coles & Walker 151). Very fine.

Syria. (French Detachment In Syria). 1919. Unstamped picture post card written from Beyrouth dated '8/3/19' addressed to France canceled by 'Tresor et Postes/600' date stamp with circular hand-stamp 'Haut Commissariat Francaise en Syrie'. Very nice item from the French Detachment in Syria.

Palestine. (French Detachment In Palestine). 1918. Picture post card written from Jerusalem dated '20/6/18' addressed to France bearing Palestine SG 4, 5m on 1p ultramarine tied by 'Army Post Office/ SZ44' with circular 'Commissariat de la Republic Francaise en Palestine' in violet and boxed hand-struck 'Palestine/Censorship/ No 3' in blue with Moulins receiver on reverse. Very fine.