British East Africa. (Tanganyika). 1925. Picture post card of 'Town Market, Dar-se-Salaam' addressed to Goa, Portuguese India bearing German Occupation SG 47, 3c green and SG 48, 6c carmine tied by Camp Post Office/ Daressalam double ring 'Sep 199' . Nice item from this Camp Post Office, scarce commercial mail.
British East Africa. (Tanganyika). 1941. Postal card written from Lundi addressed to Switzerland bearing SG 139, 20c grey and orange tied by Songea double ring 9th Jan 41 with Tanganyika framed 'Passed by Censor/ No 3' in violet with m/s 'R. 24/V/41' on face. Very fine.
British East Africa. 1942. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Southern Rhodesia bearing Kenya SG 134, 10c brown and orange, SG 145, 1s brown and grey and SG 154, 70c on 1s brown and grey tied by Nairobi/ Registered with matching registration label and oval 'Nairobi/ Registered' '5th Nov 42' with 'Opened by Examiner/ N/ 168' tied by 'Kenya & Uganda/ Censorship/ Nairobi' wax seal (four) on face and reverse. The first wax seal censorship recorded from East Africa. Not seen by Little or M. White.
British East Africa. 1944. Folded envelope written from 'Italian Evacuee Camp No 1 A, Kenya, Colony' addressed to Bari canceled by 'P.O.W./ E.A.O.' dated '19th April 44' with framed 'Evacuees Mail/ Postage Free' on face and hand-stamp 'P/W Middle/ East 73' in violet. Fine item.
British East Africa. (Uganda Missionary Mail). 1898. Envelope addressed to England initialed 'L.P.' dated '8th Aug 98' and written from the Mission at Nquqien bearing British East Africa SG 68, 2 1/2a deep blue (tied by Mombasa date stamp in blue) mixed with Uganda Missionary SG 58, 4a black, routed via Zanzibar '16 Sep' and Liverpool with Cheltenham arrival 'Oct 15' on reverse.
British East Africa. (Prisoner Of War Mail). 1943. Air Mail envelope endorsed 'Prisoner of War' written from 'P.O.W. No 20213, G.P.A.I./ P.O.W. 359- Seisue B/ East Africa Command' dated '11 Oct 43' addressed to Switzerland cancelled 'P.O.W./ E.A.C.' date stamp '14th Oct 43' with 'Postage Paid/ S.30' in red and framed 'P/w Middle/ East 009' on face with circular 'P.O.W./359/ E.A.F' on reverse and 'Opened by/ Prisoner of War Censorship/ East Africa Command' censor label, hand-stamped 'Air Mail' with German censor and 'Comite International de la Croix-Rouge/ Geneve' in red with Geneve receiver '7th Feb 44' on face. Superb item, full of character.
British East Africa. (Uganda). 1945. Folded letter sheet written from 'Internment Camp No 6, Uganda, c/o P.W. Censorship Section, E.A. Command, Nairobi' dated '22 Feb 1945' addressed to Roma endorsed 'Evacuee Mail' with oval 'Internment Camp/ No 6, Uganda' dated '27 Feb 1945' in violet with framed 'P/W Middle/ East 096' on face. Very fine.
Egypt. (France). 1877. envelope addressed to Egypt bearing French 'Type Sage' Yvert 78, 25c ultramarine (pair) tied by Paris/ Opera date stamp in blue 'Jan 9' with French Post Office Alexandrie arrival '17th Jan' and Egyptian Post Office 'Poste Egiziane Aleseandria' and Cairo arrival and forwarded to Luxor, Upper Egypt bearing Egypt SG 32, 2p chrome yellow tied by Poste Egiziane/ Cairo date stamp '28th Jan' with 'Poste Khedeuie Egiziane/ Suit' receiver on reverse '29th Jan 77' . Superb Egypt/ France re-directed cover. Robineau Certificate.
Egypt. (French Post Office). 1875. Envelope addressed to France bearing SG 31, 1p carmine tied by Poste Egizane Cairo date stamp '13th Sept 75' mixed with France Type 'Ceres' Yvert 57, 80c rose tied by '5080' in dotted lozenge with adjacent 'Alexandrie/ Egypt' date stamp '14th Sept' , boxed 'PD' , endorsed 'via Marseille' with Lyon arrival '21st Sept' on reverse. Very fine quality mixed French/ Egypt combination.
Portuguese Colonies. (Belgian Congo - Katanga). 1918. Envelope addressed to Elizabethville, Belgian Congo bearing Lorenzo Marques SG 136, 2 1/2c violet and Mozambique 'charity War Tax' SG C234, 1c green tied by octagonal Inhabana date stamp '16th Sept' with circular 'Passed by Censor' on face in blue, underpaid with Belgian Congo Yvert 67, 25c blue and black with framed 'Taxes' hand-stamp of Katanga and Elisabethville arrival '30th Sept' on face and forwarded to New York. Very rare postage due mail from Portuguese East Africa to Kantanga. Superb exhibition item.
Saudi Arabia. (Turkey Used In Saudi Arabia). 1908. Envelope addressed to South Australia bearing Turkey Yvert 121, 10p green (strip of four) tied by Djedda date stamp '30th Jan 08' with Suez transit and Woodside squared circle arrival. Mail from Saudi to Australia is very rare.
Saudi Arabia. 1937. Illustrated Air Mail envelope addressed to Algeria, North Africa bearing SG 330, 1/4g green, SG 331, 1/2g carmine, SG 337, 3 1/2g blue (pair) and 'Charity Tax' SG 346, 1/8g carmine tied by Mina (Mecque) date stamp with 'Par Avion' label, routed via Port Taufio and Alexandria. Beautiful illustrated cover with scarce Mina cancel.
Saudi Arabia. (Hong Kong - Netherlands East Indies). 1940. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Batavia, Java bearing Saudi Arabia SG 336, 3g blue (pair) and 'Charitu' SG 346, 1/8g red tied by Mecque date stamp '12th June 40' with matching registered label routed via Djeddah and Hong Kong with 'Opened by Censor/ Hong Kong' label and 'Censuur Batavia' label with circular 'Dev/3' and 'Gecensureerd/ 6' hand-stamp in carmine with Batavia receiver '23rd Aug' on reverse. Superb item of mail from Saudi. exhibition item.
Russia. Circa 1855. Folded entire written from Tilsit dated 'June 20' addressed to Paris endorsed 'via Berlin and Aachen' with hand-struck 'Tilsit/ 20 June' on reverse and 'Aus Russland/ PTO V. Laugszargen' on face (Van der Linden 332) with various m/s accountancy notes. A great rarity only a few items known.
Philippines. (Spanish Philippines). 1887. Envelope addressed to France bearing SG 82, 2c crimson (4) tied by Correos/ Manila date stamp in blue '10th May 87' routed via Saigon on French paquebot with octagonal 'Col Espag P. Fr. Ligne N no 5' date stamp in red (Salles 1937) and Haute Garonne arrival '13th Juin' on reverse. Superb. A lovely item of French Maritime mail.
Russia. (British Detachment In Siberia). 1920. Red Cross 'Correspondance des Prisonniers de Guerre' Reply card written from an Austrian Prisoner of War in Vladivostok addressed to Vienna cancelled by British 'Field Post Office/ 201' double ring '1st Mar 20' . Very rare item cancelled by the British Mission in Vladivostok, Siberia on P.O.W. Camp mail. Superb item sent three months later than the example recorded by Proud or Crabb.
Portugal. 1867. Envelope addressed to Italy bearing SG 36, 10r yellow, SG 38, 20r bistre (3) and SG 43, 80r orange tied by '1' obliterator with adjacent Lisboa date stamp, boxed 'P.D.' in red and Genova receiver. Scarce franking.
Malta. (France). 1789. Stamp-less envelope written from Malta addressed to Apt, France charged m/s '7' with hand-struck straight-line 'Marseille' and 'De Malthe' struck separately. Very fine and rare item. Few covers known.
Mauritius. 1854. Stamp-less envelope written from Providence dated '8th Sept 1854' addressed to France with framed 'Souillac / Sept 7 1854' hand-stamp with framed 'Paid' and endorsed 'British Postage 1s/ Colonial/6d' with oval 'Packet Letter/Mauritius' in red, m/s per steamer' with 'Indes Or. 2 Marseille' French entry cachet on face, taxed '10' on arrival with Fleche receiver. Very rare early Souillac hand-stamp addressed to France with six page text.
Mauritius. (Irish Ship Letters). 1850. Stamp-less envelope written from Bel Air dated '2nd Feb 1850' addressed to France with framed 'Souillac/ Fe 4 1850' hand-stamp with framed 'Paid' and 'Crown/ Mauritius' , endorsed 'Ship 4d' in black m/s, routed via Ireland and Great Britain with 'Dunmore East' hand-stamp and scroll 'Ship Letter' in black (Robertson S1) and hand-struck 'Waterford/ Ship Letter' in green (Robertson S2) with Waterford green transit 'My 10' with London 'May 13' and boxed accountancy 'Colonies/ & art 13' on face in red, French entry cachet and taxed '8' in blue m/s with La Fleche receiver' on reverse. An amazing cover from Souillac the ship appears to have sheltered from a storm in the estuary of the River Suir with Dunmore East at the head, this coverhas been struck by the Dunmore East Ship Letter and with the Waterford Ship Letter on arrival up the estuary in Waterford. A unique item. Exhibition piece.
Belgian Congo. (Lado Enclave). 1907. Picture post card of 'The Christian Chapel N.D. de Lourdes near the Mission de Lualabourg' bearing Yvert 20, 15c bistre and black cancelled 'Lado 30. 12. 07' with endorsement 'via Khartoum le Caire' with 'White-Nile/T.P.' ambulant '29th Dec 07' , boxed 'T' hand-stamp and Bruxelles/Arrivee receiver '19th Jan 08' on face. A scarce item from the Lado Enclave.
Great Britain. (Portuguese Angola). 1943. Envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing Great Britain SG 486, 1d pale scarlet tied by Liverpool date stamp with Vaud arrival and forwarded to Portuguese Angola via Geneva '3rd Dec 43' with German censor tape tied by censor cachet, routed via South Africa with 'Deur Sensor Oopgemaak' label with Jadeville, Belgian Congo transit and Nova Lisboa/ Angola arrival '19th Aout 44' . Superb item.
Ireland. (Great Britain Used In Ireland). 1843. Lady's envelope addressed to Dripsey Castle, Coachford bearing Great Britain SG 8, 1d brown tied by Maltese Cross from Dublin with Cork arrival on reverse. superb.
Great Britain. Circa 1942. Registered 'O.H.M.S.' Parcel Tag addressed to the 'Officer in Charg, Freight Censorship, Permit Branch, Aintree, Liverpool' with registered label cancelled by circular rubber 'T.C.O./Holyhead/No I' in violet. Scarce not seen item from the 'Transit Censor Office'.
Isle Of Man. (St Lucia). 1898. Great Britain 'Two Penny' grey postal stationery envelope cancelled by Union Mills date stamp 'Mr 14 98' on reverse addressed to 'Castries, St Lucia' routed via Liverpool with transit 'Mr 14' and St Lucia arrival 'Mr 28' on reverse. Lovely item of mail from Union Mills to the West Indies.
Isle Of Man. (Internee Camp Mail). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to South Africa bearing Great Britain SG 469, 5d brown tied by Port Erin date stamp written from the 'Mrs Rischowki, Golf Links Hotel, Port Erin' with oval 'Headquarters Women's Internment Camp/ Port Erin/Isle of Man/ 13 Mar 1941' in carmine on reverse and endorsed 'Permission to send Air Mail/ Deputy Commandant' with 'Opened by Examiner/ 6728' label endorsed 'via Lisbon'. A scarce Camp cachet.
Isle Of Man. (Internee Camp Mail). 1945. Envelope bearing Great Britain SG 489, 2 1/2d pale ultramarine tied by Glasgow roller '23rd Jan 1945' addressed to 'House 6, "P" Camp, c/o Chief Postal Censor, Liverpool' with Opened by Examiner/6766' censor label and oval 'Metropolitan Police/ Peveril Camp/ Peel, I.O.M.' in violet on face '29 Jan 1945' (Whitney 677) with framed hand-stamp 'Opened by/Intelligence Officer' (not recorded by Whitney). Very scarce item of internee mail from Peveril Camp, Peel.
Ireland. (Great Britain Used In Ireland). 1856. Envelope addressed to Dripsey Castle, Cork bearing Great Britain SG 30, 1d brick red (damaged) with Tandridge undated circle in blue/ green on reverse, routed via Dublin with Cork receiver and m/s 'Rec at' with 'Inniscarra' straight-line hand-stamp in green on face and endorsed 'Try Coachford' . Superb item.
Ireland. (Egypt). 1940. Photographic post card of 'Alexandria Promenade at night' addressed to Ireland bearing Egypt Yvert 191, 5m brown (pair) tied by Alexandria date stamp with circular 'Postal Censor/ 56' hand-stamp with bilingual 'Passed by Censor (133) on face in violet. Nice item of censored incoming mail.
Ireland. (Burma). Circa 1950. Air Mail envelope addressed to Dublin, Ireland bearing Burma SG 110, 1r blue green tied by Tavoy date stamp, underpaid with circular 'T/36' hand-stamp and bearing Ireland postage dues SG D8, 2d green and SG D10, 5d violet tied by Dublin receiver with '7d/ To Pay/ DN.F.' in carmine on face. Nice combination.
Ireland. (Egypt). 1954. Envelope addressed to Dublin, Ireland bearing Egypt 10m blue tied by Cairo slogan in red, underpaid with m/s 'T/67 1/2 and bearing Ireland postage dues SG D6,1d carmine, SG D8, 2d green and SG D10, 5d violet tied by Dublin Gaelic receiver. Nice combination.
Ireland. 1919. Great Britain registered KGV postal stationery envelope 3 1/2d grey-blue cancelled by Glanbridge/ Dublin date stamp with registration label addressed to Brighton. Very fine.
Ireland. (Spain). 1851. Stamp-less envelope written from Dublin dated '11th Sept 1851' addressed to Cadiz cancelled by Dublin circular 'Paid' , rated '1/8' in m/s and upgrated to '3/9' on face, endorsed 'via France' and routed via London with London/Paid transit, French entry cachet and oval 'P.F.' (Paid to Frontier) with '43.R' hand-struck charge on face in red and Cadiz receiver '22nd Sept' on reverse. Very nice cover from Ireland to France.
Ireland. (Spain). 1857. stamp-less envelope written from Dublin dated '28th March 1857' addressed to Cadiz cancelled by Dublin circular 'Paid' with 'PP' in red , rated '8' in m/s, endorsed 'via France' and routed via London with London/Paid transit and framed instructional 'Returned For/ Postage' in red on face, French entry cachet and Cadiz receiver on reverse '10 Ap' . A lovely cover from Ireland to Spain.
Ireland. (Portugal). 1791. Pre-stamp envelope written from Porto dated '31st Dec 1791' addressed to Dublin endorsed 'Forwarded Lisbon 14th Jan 1792' on reverse with m/s 'Per Packet' and carried on the Falmouth Packet to London with Foreign Office 'Bishopmark' and London Bishop 'Ja 31/ 92', routed via Holyhead with Irish Bishopmark on reverse 'Fe/5', rated '1/6 applied at Falmouth and erased and further charged '6d' for the London to Dublin total '2s'. Fine item of early mail into Ireland from Portugal.
Ireland. (Great Britain). 1908. Picture post card written from the steamer 'Baltic' mid ocean dated 'June 15th 1908' addressed to the United States bearing Great Britain SG 219, 1d red tied by 'Paquebot Queenstown' double ring 'Ju 19' (Robertson P.4) Fine and scarce.
Ireland. (Spain). Stamp-less envelope written from Sligo dated '22nd March 1851' addressed to Cadiz cancelled by Sligo double arc in blue with framed 'Paid at Sligo' on face, with m/s accountancy 'B-5/F-10 = 1/3' , endorsed 'via France' and routed via Dublin and London with French entry cachet and oval 'P.F.' (Paid to Frontier) and charged with hand-struck '18R' in red with disnfection slit and back stamped Cadiz '1st April'.
Ireland. (Great Britain Used In Ireland). 1868. Mourning envelope addressed to Ceylon bearing SG 43, 1d rose and SG 104, 6d lilac (pair) tied by Dublin/186 duplex routed via London and Marseille with Colombo arrival.
Isle Of Man. (Castletown). 1840. Stamp-less envelope written from Castletown dated '14th May 1840' addressed to Douglas cancelled by hand-struck 'Castle/ Town' on reverse in black with m/s 'P 1' on face for the Penny Post. Very scarce Castletown hand-stamp. Few known. Exhibition item.
Isle Of Man. (Internee Camp Mail). 1915. Stamp-less envelope imprinted 'Prisoner of War' written from 'Barrack K, Douglas Camp' addressed to Brighton cancelled by oval 'Aliens Detention Camp/Douglas, I.O.M./Censored' in violet (Whitney 651) with oval 'Prisoners of War/Information Bureau' hand-stamp and circular 'London W.C. Official Paid' date stamp in red '12th Mar' . Nice item from Douglas Internee Camp.
Great Britain. 1942. Censored envelope addressed to Chesterfield bearing SG 489, 2 1/2d pale uitramarine tied by Liverpool roller with 'Opened by Examiner 4591' censor label tied by circular 'Postal & Telegraph Censorship/Impounded Parcels Aintree/Liverpool' in blue on reverse. Very nice item.
Isle Of Man. (Internee Camp Mail). 1941. Envelope written from Lytham St. Annes addressed to an Italian internee 'House No 4, "R" Camp, Isle of Man' bearing Great Britain SG 466, 2 1/2d ultramarine tied by Lytham roller with circular 'Hd. Qrs./Post Office/ 19 Jun 1941/Douglas, I.O.M.' (Whitney 656) on face in black. Superb item of internee mail, scarce in such fine quality.
Great Britain. (Press Censor). 1940. Registered envelope addressed to Zurich bearing Great Britain SG 462, 1/2d green (2), SG 480, 1d red (2) and SG 484, 3d violet tied by hooded 'Registered/ London/ F.S.' date stamp in violet with registered label and oval 'Press & Censorship/ Bureau' censor cachet in blue on reverse dated '11 May 1940' with 'Examined By Censor/ P& C.B.' orange on white label tied by Zurich arrival. Lovely item of Press Censorship.
Isle Of Man. (Internee Camp Mail). 1941. Stamp-less envelope written from Augsburg, Germany dated '12th April 1941' addressed to a German Internee at Onchan Camp, Isle of Man with German censor label tied by circular cachet in red, with instructional label 'Not At Onchan-Please Forward To' (Whitney 669a) tied by oval 'Onchan Internment Camp/ Camp Post Office/12 May 1941' in violet (Whitney 667) cover re-directed to London with 'Opened by Examiner/3902' censor label. Beautiful item of internee mail for the exhibitor. Very few examples of this label known.
Great Britain. (Isle Of Man). 1919. Stamp-less envelope endorsed 'Kriegsfangenen Sendeng' addressed to a Civilian Internee 'Aliens Detention Camp, Douglas, Isle of Man' cancelled by Munster date stamp '31st Jan 19' with 'Opened by Censor/ P.W. 1211' label tied by framed 'PW. I.B./ Repatrie/ Retour/ Return to Sender' and endorsed 'Repatriated 14/2/19' with German hand-struck 'Wegen Ruckkehr der/ Gefangenen an den Absender/ Zuruck' in violet on face. Very interesting item of WW1 Manx internee mail with scarce 'Prisoner of War Information Bureau' instructional hand-stamp.
Isle Of Man. (Prisoner Of War Mail). 1915. Registered 'Prisoner of War' envelope addressed to Devon bearing SG 157, 1d scarlet and SG 368, 2d orange tied by Peel date stamp '7th Ja 15' with 'R/Peel' registration label and oval 'Aliens Detention Camp/Knockaloe, I.O.M. in blue on face routed via Liverpool with Sidmouth arrival on reverse. Herman Heiser was interned early in the war first in the short lived Stratford Camp and then Deepcut and Frimley Camps before being transferred to Knockaloe Camp. Scarce item of registered mail.
German Colonies. (German East Africa). 1897. German Deutsch Ostafrika postal stationery double reply card 3 pesa green upgraded with Yvert 7, 3p on 5p green tied by 'Deutsche Seepost/ Ost Afrikhan Nische/Haup- Linie' sent on the "S.S. Herzog" addressed to Germany with Dornum arrival on face. Nice item of Maritime mail from German East Africa.
German Colonies. (Togo). 1907. Picture post card of 'Regierungsschule, Lome' bearing German Togo Yvert 8, green tied by Ho (Togo) date stamp addressed to Berlin. Very fine.
Germany. (Registered Mail). 1852. Pre stamp envelope addressed to England cancelled by Leipzig double ring 'Leipzig/9 1/2 - 10/21 Apr 52' with framed 'Recomandua' , and 'Magdeburg-Leipzig' ambulant on reverse with Aachen/ Bahnhof, endorsed 'via Ostende' with 'Crown/Registered' and circular 'P' in red with London/ Paid and large hand-struck London 'Crown/ Registered' and circular 'P' in red with London/Paid and large hand-struck London 'Crown/ Registered' with accountancy 'FR 21' erased with '16fr' in m/s on face. Very attractive item.
Germany. (Netherlands East Indies). 1940. Envelope addressed to Malang, Sumatra bearing Germany Yvert 666, 25pf blue tied by Koln date stamp '11th June 40' with German censor tape on reverse with hand-struck 'Aus den Briefmarken. Eingegangen' in violet on face and 'Door Censuur Geopend' censor tape tied by 'Gecensureerd/ 36' in carmine on face and reverse. Lovely item.
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.