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.
Germany. (Wurttemburg Gold Coast). 1902. Wurttemberg postal Stationery card 2pf indigo upgraded with Yvert 15, 2pf grey (4) tied by Wurttemburg/Bahnhof date stamp '26 Mar 02' addressed to Akuse, Gold Coast with Liverpool transit and forwarded from Akuse to Accra with arrival on face 'April 13' . Nice item of destination mail.
Germany East Africa. 1908. Photographic postal stationery card 2 1/2 heller brown cancelled by Muansa date stamp. Very fine.
Togo. (German). 1917. Stamp-less military mail envelope addressed to Athieme endorsed 'Zebe, le 1st October 1917/Le Administratoren Chef' cancelled by Anecho/Togo date stamp '1/10' with Grand Popo/Dahomey transit '2/10' on reverse. Rare item of mail originating from Zebe.
Germany. (British Inter Allied Commission In Germany). 1920. Registered envelope addressed to Cambridge bearing Great Britain SG 368, 2d orange tied by 'Army Post Office/ G.R.' double ring 'June 12 20' with 'A.P.O., GR' registration label and oval 'Interallied Rhineland/ High Commission/ British Department' in red on face routed via London. Scarce item of mail from the British Allied Commission.
Germany. (British Military Mission). 1920. Stamp-less envelope addressed to London cancelled by 'Army Courier Office/ S. 2' (Berlin) date stamp '10th July 20' with 'British Military Mission/ Berlin' hand-stamp in carmine on face. Very fine and scarce.
German Colonies. (Samoa - Fiji). 1902. German Samoa postal stationery card 10pf red cancelled by Apia/ (Samoa) date stamp '23rd Aug' addressed to Levuka, Fiji with arrival '9th Sept' on reverse. Nice item of inter-island Pacific mail.
Germany. 1874. Envelope addressed to Paris bearing Yvert 15, 1/2g orange (2) and Yvert 16, 1g rose (pair) tied by framed 'Berlin/Post-Amt 15 12 74' , with French entry cachet in blue and boxed instructional 'Unzureichend/Frankirt' on face. Fine triple rate cover to France, underpaid and taxed.
Germany. (France). 1865. Folded stamp-less entire addressed to France written from Leipzig dated '13th Sept 65' with framed 'affranchissement/ Insuffisant' on face (Van der Linden 16) with 'Prusse/ Forbach 1' French entry cachet with Paris and Havre on reverse and rated '3' on arrival. Nice item with 'Affranchissement' type found on mail from Prussia.
Germany. (British Army Post Office In Germany). 1929. Great Britain Registered Postal stationery envelope 4 1/2d cerise upgraded with SG 360, 1d carmine tied by 'Army Post Office/ E' date stamp '14th Mr 29' with 'A.P.O., S. 40 'E' registration label addressed to the United States with London and New York Transits and Hartford arrival 'May 28' . Scarce item from the Berlin Courier Office.
Germany. (British Army On The Rhine). 1928. Official envelope headed 'On His Majesty's Service' addressed to England bearing Great Britain SG 362, 1 1/2d brown tied by 'Army Post Office/ S.40' date stamp '7th Feb 28' with oval 'Connaught Hospital Weisbaden B.A.O.R.' in violet on face. Scarce item of mail from the Irish Hospital on the Rhine.
Germany. (British Inter Allied Commission In Germany). 1922. Rgistered envelope addressed to London bearing Great Britain SG 360, 1d carmine, SG 362, 1 1/2d brown and SG 368, 2d orange tied by 'Army Post Office/S.40' date stamp '7th Aug 22' with 'A.P.O., S40' 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. Very attractive item of mail from the British Allied Commission.
German Colonies. (Gold Coast). 1899. Picture post card of 'Fetish Dance, Togo' addressed to a 'German Missionary, Akkra, Gold Coast' bearing German Togo Yvert 3, 10pf carmine tied by Lome/Togogebitet date stamp '10/5' routed via Quitta/Gold Coast 'My 11' with Accra arrival 'My 15th' and forwarded to Akuse with receiver 'My 18' on face. Lovely item.
Germany. 1874. Envelope addressed to France bearing Yvert 15, 1/2g yellow and Yvert 18, 2 1/2g brown tied by Leipzig/ Magdeg hand-stamp with framed 'Leipzig' and French entry cachet in and Montpellier receiver on reverse. Very fine.
Germany. (British Post Office). 1860. Stamp-less envelope addressed to Scotland endorsed 'Registered' and 'Paid' with Hamburg/Paid date stamp 'Jan 17th' and 'Hamburg/Crown/Registered' on face in red (Van der Linden 1690) with hand-struck 'Charge' London/Paid transit and Greenock receiver. Lovely item Paid in cash with the scarce Hamburg Registered. Not Priced in Van der Linden.
German States. (Wurtemburg). 1867. Envelope addressed to France bearing North Wurtemburg Yvert 22, 1/2s yellow, Yvert 23, 1s rose and Yvert 25, 3s brown tied by '306' in concentric ring with adjacent Hamburg Th & T cds, French entry cachet with hand-struck instructinal 'Boite/Affranchissiment/Insufficient' and rated with hand-struck '7' and Paris arrival. Very fine item of taxed mail to France, insufficiwnt for the double letter rate.
German Colonies. (German East Africa). 1908. Registered picture post card of 'Girl carrying water' addressed to Belgium bearing German East Africa Yvert 32, 7 1/2h red and Yvert 33, 15h blue tied by Usumbura/Deutsch/Ostafrika date stamp '19/2/08' with registered label. Bruxelles transit and Anvers receiver '8th Mai' on face. Scarce use of postcard paying the Registered rate from German East Africa.
British East Africa. (Army Post Offices). 1944. Air Mail letter card envelope addressed to England bearing Kenya SG 134, 10c orange and SG 137, 15c red and black tied by 'E.A/ A.P.O. 88' double ring with framed 'Passed by Main Censor/E.A. No 111/ 01' censor cachet in violet with 'Chief Field/Deputy Censor/ Received from A.P.O./16 Aug 1944/ Returned to A.P.O./ Aug 17 1944' routed via A.P.O./ 2 on reverse. Attractive item from the Army Post Office in Nairobi.
British East Africa. (Kenya). 1936. Registered and Insured Kenya, Uganda postal stationery envelope 50c blue upgraded with SG 11, 5c green and black and SG 118, 1s green and grey tied by Moshi/Registered double ring '1st July' with Moshi registered label, endorsed 'Insured for shillings five hundred and thirty three shgs' with 'Insured/Valeur Declaree' label on face in pink, addressed to France with Mombasa transit '5th Jy' and Paris receiver '25/7' on reverse. Very rare value declared mail from East Africa.
British East Africa. (British Occupation Of German East Africa). 1918. Envelope addressed to Surrey bearing German East Africa SG 47, 3c green and SG 48, 6c scarlet tied by Mahenge/ G.E.A. rubber stamp in violet. Scarce temporary cancel in use after the closing of the German Post Office in Mahenge (20-10-17) during the British Occupation.
British East Africa. (Tanganyika). 1944. Air mail K.U.T. postal stationery card 15c red upgraded with SG 132, 5c green and black and SG 141, 30c blue and grey tied by Mbeya double ring endorsed 'Air Mail' addressed to Rhodesia with Bulawayo arrival on reverse. Very fine item of stationery from Tanganyika.
British East Africa. (Kenya). 1938. Air Mail postal stationery card 10c bistre upgraded with SG 134, 10c red-brown and orange (pair) tied by Mbosi double ring addressed to Germany with 'Par Avion' label.
British East Africa. (Kenya). 1936. Air Mail postal stationery card 15c red upgraded with SG 114, 20c black and orange tied by Mbeya double ring addressed to Germany with boxed 'By Air to/ Brindisi' and 'Par Avion' label.
British East Africa. (Madagascar). 1900. Picture post card of 'General view, Mombasa' addressed to French Madagascar bearing SG 66, 1a carmine tied by Mombasa date stamp '17/12' routed via Zanzibar '24/12' with octagonal French paquebot 'Marseille a la Reunion L.U. No 1' date stamp (Salles 2321) sent on the steamer "Traouaddy" with Fort Dauphin arrival. Very nice item of destination mail.
British East Africa. (Tanganyika). 1943. Kenya/Uganda postal stationery card 10c black upgraded with SG 134, 10c orange and brown tied by Kondoa-Irangi double ring with framed 'Crown/Passed/P 94' censor cachet in crimson addressed to Ireland with boxed bilingual 'Released by/Censor' in green on face. Superb item, Very attractive.
British East Africa. (Uganda). 1942. Folded letter sheet written from 'Internment Camp No 6, Uganda, c/o P.W. Censorship Section, E.A. Command, Nairobi' dated '24 Dec 1942' addressed to Italy cancelled 'P.O.W./ E.A.C.' date stamp '4th Jan 43' with hand-stamp 'E. Carmichael/ Camp Commandant' and framed 'P/W Middle/ East 002' on face with circular '67/1' and 'Ufficio Censura Posta Estera/ 1' on reverse with Chieti arrival '10 th Juin 43'. Very fine.
British East Africa. (Netherlands East Indies). 1941. Envelope addressed to Soerabaya, Java bearing British East Africa SG 132, 10c on 3d ultramarine and SG 153, 20c on 6d orange and green tied by Mombasa date stamp '11th Sept 41' with Provisional 'Opened by Censor/ 354' Kenya censor label with 'Door Censuur Oleh' censor label tied by 'Censuur/ 4' date stamp '4th Oct 41' with adjacent 'Ned. Ind. Deviezen Instituut/ Deviezen Censuur/ Soerabaja' in red on face. Nice item.
British East Africa. (Great Britain). 1952. Air Mail envelope written from the Ottaoman Bank, London addressed to Kenya cancelled by London '0/9' meter cachet with boxed 'T/ F.S./ 60c' and framed 'Insufficient Postage/T 50 Cents To Pay' in violet on face and bearing Tanganyika postage dues SG D8, 10c scarlet (strip of five) tied by Nairobi/ Poste Restante '11th Nov 52' . Scarce receiver applied on Unpaid (Tax) mail.
British East Africa. (Kenya). 1941. Envelope addressed to Shanghai bearing Kenya SG 134, 10c brown and orange tied by Darussalam date stamp routed via India with triangular 'Passed by Censor/ G 9' censor cachet on face and Shanghai arrival.
British East Africa. (Kenya - Tanganyika). 1941. Stamp-less Official mail envelope headed 'On His Majesty's Service' addressed to 'No 7 Sub - Area, Dar Es Salaam cancelled 'E.A./ A.P.O. 2' date stamp '29th Oct 41' with framed "Q"/ 26 Sept' in violet on face and oval 'Air Letter Service Office/ Serial No/ Date 28-9-41/ Priority/Nairobi' in red on reverse. Scarce and unusual item.
British East Africa. (Kenya - Uganda). 1950. Air Mail envelope endorsed 'Forces Air Mail' addressed to England bearing Kenya SG 139, 20c orange and black tied by Nanyuki/ Kenya date stamp '7th Dec 1950' hand-stamped '156 (EA) Indep HAA Bty. EAA/ Date/ East African Artillery' in violet on face.
British East Africa. (Tanganyika). 1940. Envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing Kenya SG 132, 5c green and black , SG 139, 20c orange and grey and SG 144. 50c purple and black tied by Arusha double ring '18th Oct 40' with 'Opened by Censor/892' label with 'Passed by Censor/Mombasa/ 2' hand-stamp in violet , routed via Egypt with circular 'Censorship Dept/ M' censor cachet in carmine on face. Nice item of censored mail via Egypt.
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.