Brazil. (Bermuda). 1943. Air Mail envelope headed 'Cruz Vermelha Brasileira/ Filial Do Rio Grande Do Norte/ Natal' addressed to 'The Comite Internacional de Cruz Vermal, Conseil du Palais General, Geneva, Switzerland' bearing Brazil 1,000 grey, 1,200 blue (2) and 2,000 violet tied by 'Cidade Aita double ring with framed 'Livre/ De/ Censura/ D. Federal' on face, sent Air Mail via United States with 'Servico Aereo/ Brasil' date stamp and New York censor tape, intercepted by the British in Bermuda with 'Opened by by Examiner/ 1370' censor label endorsed 'I.C.' on face in green ink. Superb item from the Brazilian Red Cross routed via Bermuda.

Chile. (France). 1876. Envelope addressed to France bearing Chile Yvert 14. 10c blue tied by cork cancel with Santiago/ Chile double ring in violet '4th July' endorsed 'via Magellan' with French entry cachet in red and hand-struck 'T' charged with hand-struck '12' and Paris receiver on reverse '15th Aout 76' . Very attractive item of underpaid mail to France.

Chile. (Netherlands East Indies). 1902. Registered Chile postal stationery envelope 5c blue upgraded with Yvert 44, 5c blue (strip of three) tied by Limache date stamp '7th Aug 02' with registered label, endorsed 'via Magellan' addressed to Sourabaya, Java, Netherlands East Indies routed via Valparaiso and Batavia '22/10' with Soerabaja arrival '24th Oct' on reverse. Lovely item of destination mail.

Bermuda. (Brazil). 1943. Air Mail envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing Brazil tied by Rio de Janeiro double ring with 'Areta Pela Censura' label with 'Mala Aerea' , routed via New York with '2919' censor tape, intercepted by the British in Bermuda with 'Opened by Examiner/ 2297' label endorsed 'I.C. with German censor tape tied by censor cachet and Zurich arrival. Superb item of censored mail Brazil with four different censor labels.

Chile. (British Post Offices). 1876. Stamp-less envelope written from 'Valparaiso' date 'April 14th 1876' addressed to England cancelled by 'Valparaiso/ Unpaid' date stamp on reverse 'Ap 15' with circular tax hand-stamp '1/6d' on face (applied to mail from British Packets in Plymouth) and Shrewsbury receiver on reverse 'My 31st'. Very scarce British Post Office un-paid cover from Chile. Exhibition quality.

Chile. 1860. Envelope written from La Serena dated 'April 15th 1860' addressed to Valparaiso bearing Yvert 6, 10c slate blue (imperf strip of three) tied by concentric ring and endorsed 'par vapour'. A Very fine item.

Sudan. (Upper Oubangui-Chari). 1918. Envelope written from 'Goubere, Haut-Oubangui' addressed to France bearing Sudan SG 18, 1m brown and carmine (2 strips of five) tied by diamond obliterator routed via Wau '13th Aug' with framed 'Passed Censor/ Sudan' and Khartoum '23/9' with Shellal-Halfa/TPO/ No 1/ Sudan ambulant '29th Sept' and Cairo '1st Oct' on reverse. Very scarce item of mail from Upper Oubangui Chari and routed north over the River border via Sudan and Egypt to France. A quicker routing.

Egypt. (Peru). 1944. Air Mail envelope headed 'Delegation Comite International de la Croix Rouge Geneva' addressed to Lima, Peru bearing Egypt Yvert 192, 10m mauve and Yvert 195, 20m blue tied by Cairo date stamp '28th June 44' with framed 'Censor' and 'Egyptian Censor/ Opened by Censorship' label tied by '107/ Censor' on reverse routed via New York with 'Examined By/ 1158' censor tape and Lima arrival '25th Sept'. Nice item of Red Cross mail.

Egypt. (Armenian/Caucasus Brigade In Port Said). 1918. Illustrated envelope written from Port Said addressed to Madagascar endorsed 'S.M.' cancelled 'Tresor et Postes/501' date stamp '2nd Mars 18' endorsed 'Corporal Rabec, Detachment de Tirailleurs/ Malgache du "Caucase" , Port Said, Egypt' with Tamatave/ Madagascar arrival '6th Avril' on reverse. Lovely item from the Armenian Detachment in Port Said (501) with beautiful illustrated letter. Exhibition item.

Egypt. 1941. Air Mail envelope written from Beyrouth addressed to the United States bearing Yvert 188, 2m vermilion, Yvert 192, 10m violet and Air Mail Yvert 23, 100m violet/green (2) tied by Egypt/Postage Paid' date stamp '24th Oct 41' with rectangular 'Passed By Unit Censor/ 319' in blue and 'Examined by Base censor' label and circular 'Field Chief/Censor' with circular '48' on reverse, endorsed 'via Singapore/ Hong Kong/ San Francisco/Pacific clipper'.

Chile. 1871. Stamp-less envelope to France cancelled by Valparaiso Chile (17/6) double ring in red routed via Panama with circular 'Panama-Transit' date stamp (4/7) with boxed Anglo-French accountancy 'GB/1f90c' and London transit in red, French entry cachet and rated '15' with Barbezieux receiver. Very fine.

Egypt. (Horse-Shoe Route). 1942. Air Mail envelope addressed to New York bearing Egypt Yvert 127, 10m brown and Yvert 188, 2m vermilion tied by Alexandria date stamp '24th Jan 42' endorsed 'Via Nigeria - Brazil etc ' with framed 'Postal Censor' on face and 'Egyptian Censor/ Opened by Censorship' label tied by '6/ censorship' hand-stamp. Nice item sent over Africa on the 'Horse - Shoe' route.

Egypt. (French Detachment In Port Said). 1917. Stamp-less picture post card of 'Road of the Pyramids, Cairo' addressed to France endorsed 'Franchise' Militaire' and cancelled 'Corps D' Armees/ Port Said' date stamp 'Mars 6 17' with circular 'Legion D' Orient/ Bureau de Comptabilite' in blue with hand-struck 'Legion D'Orient/ Bureau de Compatabilite/ No 57'.

In the spring of 1915Egypt was designated as a staging point for the Allied Expedition against the Dardanelles with Alexandria being the prime base. When the venture failed, Egypt remained important and was used as a base for the expeditions to Hedjaz and Palestine.
A second base was set up by the French at Port Said the entrance to the Suez Canal.

Sudan. 1909. Registered postal stationery envelope 1 1/2m bistre cancelled by Wau date stamp with provisional registered label addressed to England via Khartoum. Superb.

Egypt. (French Maritime). 1868. Stamp-less envelope written from Alexandria dated '28th Feb 1868' addressed to France cancelled by octagonal 'Alexandrie Paq. Fr. X No 2' date stamp (Salles 902) sent on the French paquebot 'Tibre' with boxed 'Paquebots de la/Mediterranee' on face, rated '6' in m/s with Marseilles receiver on reverse. Scarce item of French Maritime mail from Egypt.

Egypt. (French Post Offices In Cairo). 1872. Stamp-less envelope written from Cairo dated '29th July 1872' addressed to Bordeaux cancelled by 'Le Caire/Bau Francais' double ring routed via the French Post Office Alexandria with Marseille and Bordeaux arrival with hand-struck '10' on face. Lovely item in fine quality.

Sudan. 1914. Picture post card of 'Market at Renk, White Nile' addressed to Atbara bearing Sudan SG 18, 1m brown and carmine tied by Atbara date stamp '16th Feb 1914' underpaid with boxed 'T' hand-stamp and bearing Sudan postage due SG D5, 2m black and brown tied by Atbara arrival '16th Feb'. Very fine and scarce internal item of Sudan postage due mail.

Egypt. (Red Cross). 1915. Red Cross post card headed 'Au Profit de la Croix Rouge Francaise' addressed to Cairo bearing SG 59, 2m green with 'Croix-Rouge Francaise/Le Caire/Union des Femmes de France' cachet in blue, boxed 'Passed/Censor/6' in violet and Cairo receiving. Very fine.

Egypt. (Algeria). 1944. Envelope written from Koubeh Gardens, Cairo addressed to France bearing Algeria 1f lilac and 5F green tied by Poste Aux Armees/F.F.L. double ring with circular 'Postal Censor' and boxed '4' in violet with Egypt censor label. Very fine item of French Forces mail in Egypt.

Egypt. 1906. Picture post card of 'Khedive's Palace, Cairo' addressed to France bearing SG 59, 2m blue-green tied by Luqsor-Asyut/ T.P.O. with Indre arrival. Very attractive item.

Sudan. 1909. Registered postal stationery envelope 1p blue upgraded with SG 18, 1m brown and carmine and SG 22, 4m vermilion and brown tied by Wau date stamp with provisional registration label addressed to England via Khartoum. Superb.

Egypt. (French Post Offices In Port Said). 1902. Envelope addressed to 'Monsieur Grossin, Commandant la Gendarmerie de Indo-China on board the "Ernest Simons" , Port Said' bearing France 'Type Mouchon' Yvert 117, 15c orange (pair) tied by Paris date stamp '10th Mars 02' with "Ernest Simons" hand-stamp in violet, "Tonkin" paquebot hand-stamp and oval 'Messageries Maritimes/ Polynesien' dated '20 May 1902' on face with instructional 'Retour/A L'Envoyeur/ Port Said' on face, Port Said/Egypt French Post Office receiver '19th Mars' and returned '18 Juil' via French paquebot La Reunion a Marseille L.V. No 3' on face. Superb item from the French Post Office in Port Said. Exhibition item.

Egypt. (French Post Office). 1875. Stamp-less envelope addressed to Cairo, Egypt cancelled by Marseille/ B.M. double ring (Mobile Box) with framed 'P.P.' in red, routed via the French and Egyptian Post Offices Alexandria with Cairo receiver and charged with hand-struck '1' of the French Post Office. Very rare tax hand--stamp.

Egypt. (Djibouti). 1943. Military mail envelope headed 'Comite International/ Geneva/Red Cross' addressed to the 'French Red Cross, Djibouti, Cote des Somalis bearing Egypt Yvert 188, 2m orange and Yvert 195, 20m blue tied Cairo with Egyptian censor label and boxed 'Postal Censor/ 40' with 'Controle Postal' label and circular 'A/5' hand-stamp applied on arrival with oval 'Croix Rouge Francaise/ Comite de Djibouti' and Free French 'C.M.' circular censor. Superb item of Red Cross mail.

Egypt. (French). 1918. Picture post card of 'Canal de Suez' cancelled by military cachet 'Base Francaise de Port-Said/Infirmerie Ambulance du Camp/des Isoles et Travailleurs Coloniaux' hand-stamp in violet.

In the spring of 1915, Egypt was designated as a staging point for the Allied expedition against the Dardanelles with Alexandria being the prime base. When the venture failed Egypt remained important and was used as a base for the expeditions to Hedjaz and Palestine.
A second base was set up by the French at Port Said the entrance to the Suez Canal.

Sudan. (Trans-Pacific Mail). 1942. Air Mail envelope addressed to New York written from Jeddah bearing SG 46, 10pi black and mauve (pair) tied by Khartoum/Mails date stamp endorsed 'via Transatlantic Air Mail' erased with m/s 'Air Mail via Pan American Airways Service via Lagos' with Lagos/Nigeria transit and 'Censor' hand-stamp on face in violet. Lovely routing 'horseshoe' route via Hong Kong.

Egypt. (French Post Offices In Cairo). 1872. Envelope addressed to France bearing France 'Ceres' Yvert 38, 40c orange (pair) tied by '5119' in lozenge with adjacent La Caire/ Bau Francaise double ring with boxed 'PD' in red and Versailles arrival on reverse. Scarce item.

Great Britain. (Kenya). 1949. Great Britain registered Air Mail postal stationery envelope 5 1/2d bistre upgraded with SG 468, 4d grey-green, SG 479, 6d purple and SG 475, 1s bistre (3) tied by Littlehampton date stamp with matching registered label addressed to Nairobi, Kenya with arrival on face. Attractive item.

Great Britain. (Egypt). 1869. Envelope addressed to Cairo, Egypt bearing SG 108, 6d violet tied by Manchester/498 duplex 'Ju 3 69' , endorsed 'per overland mail/ via Marseille' with London transit and British Post Office Cairo in blue on face 'Ju 12' . A superb item to Egypt. Exhibition quality.

Great Britain. (Used In Ireland). 1873. Registered envelope addressed to France bearing SG 123, 6d pale buff (plate 12) tied by '186' in diamond with adjacent 'Dublin/ Registered' and framed hand-struck 'R' , routed via London with oval 'Registered/ London' and circular 'PD' with French entry cachet and Nantes arrival on reverse. Superb use of the rare Plate 12 used on registered mail from Ireland.

Great Britain. (Brazil). 1936. Air Mail envelope addressed to Brazil bearing SG 427, 9d olive-green (pair) and 'Seahorse' SG 450, 2/6 brown tied by London date stamp with Rio arrival.

Great Britain. (Kenya). 1939. Air Mail envelope addressed to Nairobi, Kenya bearing SG 476, 2/6 brown tied by Wokingham date stamp. Nice single franking to Kenya.

Barbados. (Great Britain). 1945. Great Britain postal stationery envelope 2 1/2d blue cancelled by Folkestone roller addressed to Barbados with Opened by Examiner H/11' censor tape in pink with St Lawrence arrival on reverse. Scarce.

Great Britain. 1943. Envelope addressed to London bearing SG 489, 2 1/2d pale blue tied by London double ring with 'Opened by Examiner/ 6,113' censor label tied by circular 'Traveller Censorship Office/ Imperial House Kingsway W.C. 2/ London' in blue. Scarce censor.

Great Britain. 1941. Stamp-less envelope addressed to Suffolk cancelled 'Official Paid/ Liverpool' with circular 'Postal & Telegraph Censorship Dept. / Permit Branch/ No 9/ Aintree, Liverpool/ Ministry of Information' in green on face. Scarce censor.

Great Britain. (Venezuela). 1941. Registered illustrated Air Mail envelope addressed to London bearing Venezuela Yvert 230, 10c rose and Air Mail Yvert 136, 2b rose tied by Caracas date stamp '9th April 41' with registered label routed via New York with framed 'Crown/ Passed/ T. 191' censor cachet with 'Opened by Examiner 6824' label tied by 'War Office/ Postal Censor' wax seal in red. Very nice use of the Postal censor wax seal on incoming mail from South America. Only 18 wax seals recorded by Censor Group.

Great Britain. (France). 1873. Registered envelope addressed to France bearing SG 123, 6d pale buff (plate 11) tied by Swansea/ 763 numeral with adjacent The Docks/ Swansea date stamp and oval Registered/Swansea in red with oval Registered/ London circular 'PD' and French entry cachet with hand-struck French 'Recommande' on face and Nantes arrival. Lovely item with very scarce French Registered hand-stamp. Exhibition item.

Channel Islands. (Spain). 1854. Stamp-less envelope written from Jersey dated '23rd May 1854' addressed to Cadiz cancelled by Jersey double arc in orange rated '10' in m/s endorsed 'via France' and routed via London with Tombstone 'Paid' on face, French entry cachet and oval 'P-F' (Paid To Frontier) and charged with hand-struck '10 R' in red and Cadiz arrival item from Jersey.

Great Britain. Porto Rico). 1900. Registered postal stationery envelope 'one penny' pink upgraded with 'Jubilee' SG 204, 3d purple/orange and SG 213, 1/2d blue green tied by Wigan Lane date stamp with oval 'Registered/Wigan' and Registration label addressed to Porto Rico endorsed 'via U.S.A.' with New York transit and 'San Juan Porto Rico/Received' on reverse. Nice item of destination mail to Porto Rico.

Great Britain. (Portugal). 1874. Envelope addressed to Porto bearing SG 125, 6d grey plate 12 tied by Manchester/498 duplex 'Mar 4' , endorsed 'per "Castilian" via Liverpool' with oval 'Franca' and framed 'Via de Mar' on face with Lisboa and Porto arrival '11/3' on reverse. Very attractive and lovely quality cover, Cat 300 GPB.

Great Britain. 1880. Registered envelope addressed to France bearing SG 141, 2 1/2d rosy mauve (pair) and SG 166, 1d venetian red (pair) tied by 'SW/2' obliterator with Pimlico date stamp and 'Registered/S.W.D.O.' date stamp in red, Lovely mixed issue franking on registered mail to France.

Great Britain. 1944. Military mail stationary card 2d orange written from the French Air Force Headquater, London dated '2/11/44' addressed to France endorsed cancelled 'Commandement des Forces Aeriennes Francaises en Grande-Bretagne/Etat Major Londres/Poste Aux Armees' double ring in red with adjacent Groupe de Bombadiers No 1/Le Commandant' double ring in blue with boxed 'Crown/Passed/P.63' censor cachet. Very fine and scarce item from the French Aviation Forces in Great Britain.

Great Britain. 1876. Envelope addressed to France bearing SG 43, 1d rose (2) and SG 139, 2 1/2 rosy mauve (plate 3) tied by London duplex with framed 'L2' in red, endorsed 'via Calais' with French entry cachet and Marseille arrival. Very fine.

Great Britain. 1875. Envelope addressed to France bearing SG139, 2 1/2d mauve plate 2 tied by London duplex, underpaid with oval 'PD' erased and hand-struck 'Insufficiently/Prepaid', French entry cachet and hand-stamp '4' with Nice arrival on reverse. Fresh cover from a new archive bearing the Scarce plate 2.

Great Britain. 1875. Envelope addressed to France bearing SG 487, 1/2d rose plate 20 (pair) tied by London duplex, underpaid with hand-struck intructional 'Insufficiently/Prepaid', charged '5' with Paris arrival on reverse. Superb item of unpaid mail to France.

Great Britain. (France). 1870. Envelope addressed to France bearing SG 43, 1d rose (4) tied by Liverpool/ 466 duplex routed via London with 'PD' in red erased, underpaid with hand-struck 'Insufficiently/Stamped' in black on face, French entry cachet and Charged '12' in black ink with Paris receiver. Very fine.

Great Britain. (France). 1876. Envelope addressed to France bearing Great Britain SG 43, 1d rose-red (3) tied by Penzance/ 609 duplex with circular 'PD' erased with hand-struck 'Insufficiently/ Prepaid' , French entry cachet and Nantes arrival on reverse, Very attractive item.

Great Britain. (Mexico). 1896. Registered postal stationery envelope 'Four pence + half pence' orange cancelled by oval Registered/Queen Victoria S. with oval 'R' hand-stamp and boxed 'Registered' on face, addressed to Mexico. Very fine.

Great Britain. (Guatemala). 1895. Postal stationery envelope 1/2d orange upgraded with 'Jubilee' SG 200, 2d green and carmine tied by Penzance/609 duplex addressed to Guatemala. Very fine.

Great Britain. (Argentina). 1879. Envelope addressed to Buenos Ayres, Argentina bearing SG 153, 4d sage green tied by London duplex. Nice single frsnking on cover.