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.

Palestine. (Russian Post Office). 1910. Picture post card of 'Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem' addressed to France bearing Russian Post Office in Jerusalem Yvert 72, 5pa on 1k orange (pair) tied by Jerusalem date stamp routed via Port Said '20th Sept 10' with Rhone arrival '26th Sept'. Very rare stamps used on commercial mail.

Palestine. (Egypt). 1919. Censored envelope addressed to Port Said Egypt bearing Palestine SG 9, 5m orange (2) tied by 'O.E.T.A. - E.E.F./ Jerusalem' double ring with 'Opened by Censor/ E2623' label on white with boxed 'F' hand-stamp in blue and boxed 'Passed/ Censorship/No 2' and 'Army Post Office/SZ22' date stamp applied on arrival on reverse. Very fine item of censored mail.

Palestine. (Austrian Levant). 1907. Picture post card of 'Mensa Christi' written from Nazareth dated '19th Avril' addressed to France bearing Austrian Levant Yvert 32, 10p on 10k green cancelled by 'Nazareth/ 22.4.07' hand-stamp in violet (Tranmer Type 1), routed via the Austrian Post Office Caifa with 'Caifa/Osterreichische Post' double ring '23/4'. Scarce item only 7 post cards recorded by Tranmer.

Palestine. 1942. Air Mail envelope addressed to New York bearing SG 93, 5m orange and SG 102, 100m turquoise tied by Ahuzat Samuel date stamp endorsed 'Clipper' with 'Opened by Censor' label (red on yellow) with New York arrival.

Palestine. (Trans- Pacific Mail). 1941. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to New York bearing Palestine SG 97, 10m slate, SG 102, 100m turquoise and SG 180, 15m ultramarine tied by oval Registered/ Jerusalem date stamp '1st Jan 41' with matching registered label and 'Opened by Censor' label tied by framed 'Palestine/ Passed By/ Censor/ 126' , routed via Rangoon and Hong Kong over the Pacific with 'Registered/ Honolulu, Hawaii '5th Feb' and New York receiver 'Feb 8' on reverse.

1st January 1941; By NE 48 which left 7 January and arrived Rangoon 10th January. By CNAC which flew to Hong Kong via Chungking. Then 'Philippine Clipper' which left Hong Kong 1st February and arrived Hawaii 5th February (back stamped0, San Francisco 7th February. Delivered 8th February (arrival b/s).

Franked 140 mils for 125 mil Air Rate plus 15 mil registration fee.

Ex Ted Proud Air Mail collection.

Palestine. (French Detachment In Palestine). 1918. Picture post card written from Jerusalem dated '22/6/18' 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. Scarce combination.

Palestine. (India). 1919. Registered envelope addressed to India bearing SG 5, 1m sepia, SG 6, 2m green, SG 7, 3m bistre, SG 8, 4m scarlet and SG 9, 5m orange (2) tied by 'O.E.T.A. - E.E.F./ Jerusalem' double ring 13th April 19 with registration label routed via Bombay with 'Passed Censor/ Bombay' hand-stamp in violet on face and Srivillipttor arrival on reverse. Attractive cover.

Palestine. 1919. Registered envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing SG 11, 2p olive tied by 'O.E.T.A. - E.E.F./ Jerusalem' double ring '24th Jan 19' with registration label and framed 'Palestine/ Censorship/ No 1' hand-stamp routed via Field Post Office and Army Post Office 'SZ 22' dated '27 Jan' with Egypt 'Opened by censor' label tied by Port Said transit and Bern arrival on reverse.

Palestine. 1918. Envelope written from Bethlehem addressed to England bearing SG 10, 1p indigo tied by 'O.E.T.A - E.E.F./ Jerusalem' double ring with framed 'Palestine/Censorship/ No 3' hand-stamp on face. Nice item.

Palestine. 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to London bearing SG 99, 20m olive, SG 106, 8m scarlet and SG 108, 15m grey-blue tied by Mount Carmel date stamp with 'Opened by censor' red on blue-green label tied by framed 'Palestine/ Opened And/ Passed By/ Censor/ No 1135' on face in violet. Very fine cover sent by 'Air Littoria'

British Occupation Of Italian Cols. (Palestine). 1943. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Tripoli, Libya bearing French Algeria Yvert 165, 1f carmine (block of eight) tied by Mostaganem/ Oran date stamp '14th May 43' with registered label and 'Controle' label in yellow tied by oval 'Ouvert/ Par/ L' Autorite Militaire' routed via Palestinewith 'Opened by Examiner/ KK/ 38171' (black on white) label tied by framed British Occupation of Tripolitania 'Crown/ Passed ZA/ 43' censor cachet in violet and boxed '15' hand-stamp with Poste Aerian/ Tripolitania arrival '3rd June 43' . Great item, a very interesting routing via Palestine, why ?

Palestine. (Trans-Pacific Mail). 1941. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to New York bearing Palestine SG 93, 5m orange/Bistre, SG 97, 10m slate (2), SG, SG 100, 50m purple (pair) and SG 108, 15m grey tied by oval Registered/ Tel Aviv date stamp '11th April 41' with matching registered label and 'Opened by Censor' pink label tied by framed 'Opened and Passed by Censor No' , routed via Haifa, Hong Kong over the Pacific with Registered/ Honolulu, Hawaii 'May 10' and New York receiver 'May 15' .

11th April 1941; By NE77, which left 16th April and arrived Rangoon 19th April. By CNAC which flew to Hong Kong via Chungking. Then by American Clipper which left Hong Kong 5th May and arrived Hawaii 10th May (back stamped), San Francisco 13th May, being delayed by weather at Midway and Hawaii. Delivered 15th May.

Franked 140 mils for 125 mils Air rate and 15 mil registration fee.

Ex Ted Proud Air Mail collection.

Palestine. (Great Britain). 1944. Air Mail envelope addressed to Haifa, Palestine bearing Great Britain SG 475, 1s brown and SG 490, 3d pale violet tied by Bridport date stamp with 'Air Mail' endorsement erased and framed instructional 'Please Inform Sender/ Air Mail Service Not Available' on face in red. Very fine.

Palestine. (Trans-Atlantic Mail). 1940. Air Mail envelope written on 'Active Service' envelope addressed to London bearing Great Britain SG 464, 1 1/2d brown (block of four) and SG 476, 2/6d brown tied by Field Post Office/123 double ring '14th Au 40' with framed 'Crown/Passed by Censor/No 1022' in red and 'Examined by Base Censor' label tied by framed '4/Examined' in violet, endorsed 'via N. America/By American Clipper' routed via Singapore on the Pacific routed with instructional 'To Be Forwarded By/Air From Singapore' and framed 'Passed for Transmission/Singapore/ 49' on face. Fine item of mail routed via the Pacific and Trans-Atlantic route.

Palestine. (Turkish Post Office). 1902. Multi-scene picture post card of 'Nazareth' addressed to France bearing Turkey Yvert 91, 10p green tied by bilingual Nazareth double ring (Coles & Walker 78) with Pyrenees arrival. Very fine quality.

Palestine. (French Levant). 1905. Picture post card of 'Natives grinding the corn, Jerusalem' addressed to France bearing French Levant Yvert 13, 5c green tied by Beyrouth/Syrie double ring. Nice card paying the printed matter rate to France.

Palestine. (Austrian Levant). 1907. Picture post card of 'Mensa Christi' written from Nazareth dated '19th Avril' addressed to France bearing Austrian Levant Yvert 32, 10p on 10k green cancelled by 'Nazareth/22.4.07' hand-stamp in violet (Tranmer Type 1), routed via the Austrian Post Office Caifa with 'Caifa/Osterreichische Post' double ring '23/4'. Scarce item only 7 post cards recorded by Tranmer.

Palestine. (French Detachment In Palestine). 1918. Picture post card written from Jerusalem dated '22/7/18' addressed to France bearing Palestine SG 8,4m scarlet tied by 'Army Post Office/SZ44' with 'Haut Commissariat de la Republique Francaise en Palestine' hand-stamp in violet with circular 'Commissariat de la Republique Francaise en Palestine' and boxed 'Palestine/Censorship/No 3' in purple with oval 'Ouvert/Par L' Autorite Militaire/308' applied on arrival. very fine item from the French Detachment.

Hungary. 1874. Registered envelope bearing Yvert 11, 15kr brown tied by Budapest/Foposta date stamp with hand-struck 'Jozsefv/Ajanlott/Sz' on face and oval 'Soroksar' on reverse. Nice item of local mail, returned.

Hungary. 1874. Registered envelope bearing Yvert 8, 3kr green and Yvert 9, 5kr carmine tied by Budapest/Jozsevardos date stamp with hand-struck 'Jozsefv/Ajanlott/Sz' on face and endorsed 'retour Pest' . Attractive item.

Luxembourg. (Delegation To The C.I.C.F.C.). 1919. Picture post card of 'Vue Prise de la Caserne des Volontaires' addressed to Salettes par Monastier, Loire written from Luxembourg dated '24th Juillet 1919' cancelled by double ring 'C.I.C.F.C. Des Pays Rhenans/ Delegation de Luxembourg/ Commandant/ H. Poupart' in violet on face. Scarce item from the Commission Interalliee des Chemins de Fer de Campagne des Pays Rhenans.

Luxembourg. 1914. Envelope addressed to Bettingen, Remich bearing Yvert 74, 10c carmine (block of four) tied by Troisvierges date stamp '6th Jan 14' with 'Expres' hand-stamp on face. Nice item of Express Mail.

Liberia. (Sierra Leone). 1939. Envelope written from Cape Mount Province addressed to Switzerland bearing Liberia Yvert 246, 2c carmine and Yvert 247, 3c violet tied by Robertport date stamp '27th Oct 39' , routed via Sierra Leone with Sulima transit 'Oct 28' and Pujehun 'Oc 30' with 'Opened by Censor' label and oval 'Censor/ 4' on face in violet with Basel arrival 'Nov 30th 39' on reverse. Superb item.

Liberia. (French Colonies). 1907. Picture post card of 'Sinoe (Greenville), Liberia' addressed to Porto Novo, Dahomey bearing Yvert 74, 3c black tied by Greenville/Liberia date stamp routed via Lome/Togo with Agoue/Dahomey arrival and forwarded via Grand Popo to Porto Novo. Superb item of destination mail.

Liberia. (Sweden). 1940. Envelope written from Cape Palmes addressed to Sweden baering Liberia Yvert 7, 1c green and Yvert 10, 4c orange tied by Harper date stamp with 'Opened by Examiner/ 2164' label.

Liberia. 1944. Registered Air Mail Envelope addressed to New Jersey bearing Liberia 6c green and black, 10c green, 10c vermilion and black and 50c violet tied by Monrovia date stamp '19th May' with hand-struck 'R' routed via North Africa with 'Control' label tied by oval 'Ouvert/ Par L' Autorite Militaire/ YA' censor hand-stamp in carmine with Lisbon transit '22nd May' and Newark arrival 'June 20' with 'Examined By/ 20005' label. Very nice item.

Liberia. (United States). 1894. Envelope headed 'Miss G.E.L. Patton, M.D. Monrovia, Liberia, west Africa' addressed to Pana, Ill. bearing Yvert 26, 1c orange and Yvert 27, 2c blue and Yvert 39, 5c red and black tied by Monrovia/ Liberia date stamp '9th May' routed via Liverpool with circular 'Paid/ Liverpool/ Br. Packet/ 10 Ju 94' in red on face and New York/ Paid All 'Jul 19 94' duplex transit on reverse. Lovely item.

Liberia. 1863. Registered and Advice of Receipt postal stationery envelope cancelled by Grand Bassa date stamp with oval 'R' and framed 'A.R.' on face addressed to Liverpool with oval Registered/Liverpool arrival. Very fine.

Palestine. (Jordan). 1950. Air Mail envelope addressed to Cairo bearing Palestine overprint 5m orange, 5m purple, 15m olive (3) and 20m violet tied by Ramallah date stamp with framed 'A.V. 2' in violet with circular Egypt censor applied on arrival. Attractive item.

Palestine. (Great Britain). 1922. Envelope written from 'Government House, Jerusalem' bearing SG 6, 6m blue-green and SG 77, 7m yellow-brown tied by Jerusalem double ring with framed instructional 'Minimum Letter Postage/ U.K. to Palestine 3d' in violet on reverse. A scarce Jerusalem instructional hand-stamp only used for 9 months.

Peru. (Ecuador). 1888. Envelope addressed to 'The Pacific Steam Navigation Co., Guayaquil' bearing Preu Yvert 77, 2c green (10) tied by oval framed 'Piura' routed via Lima with Guayaquil receiver. Very fine and scarce.

Brazil. (Maritime Mail). 1887. Envelope written from Ceara, Brazil addressed to Paris bearing "Dom Redro" Yvert 29, 500r orange (pair) and Yvert 44, 300r bistre (pair) tied on arrival by Union-Pays D'Outrem/Le Havre' double ring '20th Juin 87' (Salles 253) with Paris receiver on reverse. Superb item paying the eight times letter rate. Few Dom Pedro covers known with French maritime cachets.

Chile. (France). 1875. Envelope addressed to France bearing Chile Yvert 13, 5c orange/red (pair) tied by cork cachet with Valparaiso/ Chile dispatch on reverse, endorsed 'via Magellen' but routed via Panama and London with hand-struck 'Panama/ 13 Ap 1875/ Transit' on face, London transit and framed accountancy 'GB/ 1f 90c', French entry cachet with hand-struck '15' on face and Paris receiver on reverse. Superb.

Peru. (British Post Offices). 1851. Stamp-less envelope written from 'Islay Peninsula' dated 'March 30th 1851' addressed to the United States cancelled by Islay double arc date stamp 'Ap 2nd' on flap, routed via London and Liverpool '23rd May' with circular 'New York Pkt/ 24' arrival 'Jun 4' and hand-struck accountancy '19/Cents' on face. Very rare item from the British Post Office in Islay only opened until 1877. Exhibition quality.

Peru. (British Post Offices). 1857. Stamp-less envelope written from 'Tacna' dated 'March 20th 1857' addressed to France cancelled by oval 'Franca/Tacna' on face, endorsed 'via Panama & Southampton' with British Post Office 'Arica' transit 'Mr 21' with framed Anglo-French accountancy 'GB/ 2f 875/10c, London and French entry cachet '2nd May' and Bordeaux receiver, charged with hand-struck '24' accountancy tax. A very attractive item from the British Post Office in Arica. (This hand-stamp and the Crown Paid were lost in the 1868 disaster.