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.

Germany. (France). 1872. Envelope addressed to France bearing Germany Yvert 15, 1/2g orange and Yvert 16, 1g carmine (2) tied by Flensburg date stamp '13th Dec 72' with 'Allemagne/Erq. Paris' French entry cachet in blue and framed 'Affranch : insuff' (Van der Linden 14) on face and rated '3' in m/s with Libourn arrival. Lovely underpaid Eagle cover to France.

Germany States. (France). 1867. Envelope addressed to France bearing Prussia Yvert 16, 6p orange and Yvert 20, 3g bistre tied by Coln Bahnhof double ring '2nd Jan 67' with framed 'Aus dem Briefkasten' (From the Letterbox) and rated '6' in m/s. Nice item of underpaid mail from Prussia.

Germany States. (Belgium). 1869. Envelope addressed to Belgium bearing North German Confederation Yvert 4, 1g carmine tied by 'Braunschweig Bahnhof/ 8 1/2 9' double ring, rated '12 1/2 g' in red crayon with framed 'Aus dem Briefkasten' (From the Letterbox) with 'Prusse/Est 2' ambulant on reverse with framed 'Afranchissement/ Insuffisant' (Van der Linden) and charged '9' in m/s with Gand receiver '29th Feb' on reverse. Superb item of underpaid mail to Belgium.

German States. (Bavaria - Netherlands East Indies). 1904. Picture post card of 'Nurnberg' addressed to the Netherlands East Indies bearing Bavaria Yvert 62, 5pf green tied by Nurnberg date stamp '2nd Sept 04' , underpaid with framed 'T' hand-stamp and bearing Netherlands East Indies postage due SG D102, 2 1/2c carmine and black and SG D103, 5c carmine and black tied by Weltevreden double ring '6/10' and forwarded to Batavia and Soerabaja. Nice combination.

Germany. (French Army On The Rhine). 1923. Stamp-less envelope addressed to France endorsed 'F.M.' cancelled by 'Tresor et Postes' date stamp '29th June 23' with circular 'Regie des Chemin de Fer des Territoires Occupes/ Direction de Cologne/ Zone Francaise' in carmine and 'Delegation Francais des Chemins de Fer de Cologne/ Le Vaguemestre' in blue on face. Lovely item from the French Zone in Cologne under British Army on the Rhine Occupation. scarce.

German Camerouns. (Morocco). 1908. Registered envelope addressed to 'General d'Amade, Commandant, French Corps Expeditionaire du Maroc' bearing German Camerouns Yvert 9, 10pf carmine (4) tied by Kusseri (Kamerun) date stamp with matching registered label and Casablanca/Deutsche Post receiver on reverse. Extraordinary item of destination mail from German Camerouns.

Germany. (German Levant). 1873. Envelope addressed to France written from Brousse dated '19th Avril 1873' bearing Germany Yvert 16, 1g rose (pair) and Yvert 18, 2 1/2g brown tied by 'Kaiser. Deutsch P.A. Constantinople' date stamp '21st Avril' , endorsed 'via Varna and Vienne' with boxed 'PD' and 'Allemagne/ Belfort' French entry cachet in red with Lyon arrival on reverse '29th Avril'. Attractive cover from the German Levant/Constantinople.

Germany States. (France). 1868. Envelope addressed to France bearing North German Confederation Yvert 3, 1/2g orange and Yvert 4, 1g rose (strip of three) tied by boxed 'Barmen/ Ritterhaussen' date stamp '30 8 68' with 'Prusse/ Eequelinnes 3' French entry cachet in blue and framed 'Affranchissement/ Insuffisant' (Van der Linden 17) and rated '6' in m/s. Very fine, underpaid for triple rate to France.

Germany. (Wurttemburg Gold Coast). 1902. Wurttemberg postal stationery card 5pf green upgraded with Yvert 15, 2pf grey (3) tied by Wurttemburg/ Bahnhof date stamp '31st Mar 02' addressed to Akuse, Gold Coast with Liverpool transit and Akuse cds receiver on face 'Ap 26' . Superb item of destination mail.

German States. (Denmark). 1871. Envelope addressed to Denmark bearing North German Confederation Yvert 15, 1g carmine (pair) and Yvert 18, 1k green tied by Worms date stamp with Thisted arrival in reverse. Fresh item.

Germany. (France). 1873. Envelope addressed to France bearing Germany Yvert 17, 2kr blue tied by horse-shoe Metz date stamp '30th June 73' with 'Allemagne/ Paq Nancy' French entry cachet in red and framed 'Affranchissement/ Insuffisant' in violet (type not listed by Van der Linden) and rated '4' in m/s with Nancy arrival. Superb item for the collector of underpaid mail with Affranchissement Insuffisant not seen in violet.

Germany. (France). 1875. Envelope addressed to France bearing German Yvert 32, 10p carmine tied by 'Mulhauseni. Els' date stamp with framed 'Aus dem Briefkasten' (From the Letterbox) in red and French entry cachet with boxed 'Afranchissement/ Insuffisant' (type not listed by Van der Linden) and charged '5' in m/s on arrival with Lyon a Marseille ambulant. Very fine item of underpaid mail with 'Affranchissement Isuffisant' type in red and Capitals not seen by V.D.L.

Germany. (Fiji). 1905. Registered Pictorial postal stationary envelope 2pf grey upgraded with Germany Yvert 74, 50pf purple and grey tied by Stuttgart date stamp '13th Dec 05' with matching registration label addressed to Levuka, Fiji Islands, endorsed 'via Vancouver' with hooded Registered/ London transit and Suva '19 Fe' with Levuka arrival and framed 'R/938' erased and hand-struck 'R/878' applied in Levuka. Superb item of destination mail a most attractive item.

Germany. 1920. Military mail post card written from Hannover to France cancelled by military cachet 'Commission Militaire Interallie de Controle/District de Hanovre' in red with 'Commission Militaire Interallie de Controle/ Franchise Postale' double ring in violet on reverse. Very scarce.

Germany. (North German Confederation). 1870. Envelope addressed to France bearing Yvert 7, 1k green (2), Yvert 9, 3k rose and Yvert 10, 7k blue tied by Frankfurt A.M. date stamp with French entry cachet in red and Montpelier receiver on reverse. Very attractive.

German States. (Prussia). 1866. Postal stationery envelope 3 s/v brown cancelled by 'Berlin P.E. No 8' double ring in blue addressed to France with 'Prusse/ Erquelines/3' entry cachet in red, underpaid with boxed instructional 'Affranchissement/ Insuffisant' and rated '9' in m/s with Rouen receive on reverse. Very fine.

German East Africa. 1915. German East Africa postal stationery card 4 heller green upgraded with Yvert 23, 4h green tied by Iringa/ Deutsche Ost Afrika date stamp '21st Aug 15' with adjacent circular 'Zensur Passiert/ Deutsch-Ost Afrika' in carmine on face addressed to Germany. Very attractive.

German Colonies. (Camerouns). 1906. Registered envelope addressed to Germany bearing German Cameroun Yvert 9, 10pf carmine and Yvert 10, 20pf blue tied by Jabassi (Kameroun) date stamp with matching registered label and Frankfurt arrival. Very fine.

Germany. (British Inter Allied Commission In Germany). 1920. Registered envelope addressed to London bearing Great Britain SG 368,2d orange (pair) tied by 'Army Post Office/ G.R.' double ring '26th Oct 20' with 'A.P.O., G.R.' registration label and oval 'Interallied Rhineland/ High Commission/ British Department' in red on face with Army Post Office/ S.40' and London receiver on reverse. Scarce and attractive item of mail from the British Allied Commission.