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.

British East Africa. (Kenya). 1942. Envelope written from 'Mogadisio' (Somaliland) addressed to Switzerland bearing Kenya SG 141, 30c blue and grey tied Nairobi date stamp '20th Mar 42' with framed 'Passed by censor/ N B 7' in violet on face. Scarce censor with m/s 'N' and initialed by the censor below. Only one item recorded by Little.

British East Africa. (Madagascar). 1944. Air Mail envelope addressed to England bearing Kenya SG 141, 30c black and blue and SG 145, 1s black and brown tied by 'E.A./ A.P.O. 56' double ring '18th July' , endorsed 'On Active Service' with framed 'Passed by Base Censor/ E.A. No 11/ 01' in violet on face with boxed 'Chief Field/ Censor/ Received from A.P.O./ 19 Jul 1944/ Returned To APO' and 'Crown/ Passed by/ Censor/ No 425' with 'Opened by Censor' label and Army Post Office No 2 on reverse. Scarce item from Madagascar.

British East Africa. (Tanganyika). 1943. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Madagascar bearing Kenya SG 144, 50c purple and black, SG 145, 1s black and brown and SG 154, 70c on 1s brown and chalky blue tied by Dar Es Salaam/ Registered double ring '16th April 43' with matching registration label with 'Opened by Examiner/ N 384' censor label tied by framed 'Crown/ Passed by N/ 11' censor cachet in violet on face, routed via Mombasa with Diego Suarez '21st Avril' and Tananarive 'May 4th' with Majunga receiver '6th Mai' in reverse. Lovely item of B.E.A. censored mail to an unusual destination.

British East Africa. (Kenya). 1928. Envelope addressed to the United States bearing SG 83, 20c orange tied by Nairobi date stamp, underpaid with octagonal 'T/25 Centimes' hand-stamp on face in violet with 'New York/Due/5/Cents' duplex on face. Scarce tax hand-stamp only in use 1928.

British East Africa. (Tanganyika). 1934. Postal stationery envelope 'fifteen cent' red cancelled by Moshi double ring, addressed to Nairobi, underpaid with circular 'T' hand-stamp and hand-struck 'T/To Pay 10 Cts Cents/ Insufficiently Prepaid' on face in violet with Kenya postage due SG D2, 10c vermilion tied on arrival by Nairobi receiver. Nice item of postage due mail.

British East Africa. (Refugee Camp Mail). Circa 1942. Envelope written from 'Camp No 1 (Nyeri) addressed to Messina, Italy bearing Kenya SG 137, 15c black and rose (pair) tied by boxed censor 'Passed by Censor/ B.7' in violet framed 'Refugee/ Camp No 1/ Date' on face. Lovely item from an Italian Refugee in Nyeri Camp. Scarce.

British Occupation Of Italian Cols. 1944. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to 'Headquarters R.H.A.F.' bearing M.E.F. SG M19, 2/6 green tied by Asmara/ Raccomandant date stamp '29th April 44' with matching registered label and 'Opened by Examiner/ ZZ/ 37381' censor label with Base Army Post Office/ 4 and Field Post Office/ 71' arrival on reverse '5th May 44'. Lovely item from the British Occupation of Eritrea.

Middle East Forces. (Djibouti). 1947. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to the 'French Marine,Djbouti, French Somali' bearing SG M17, 9d green and SG M18, 1s brown tied by Asmara Central double ring with registered label routed via Aden with 'Aden/Reg' transit '20/6' and Djibouti arrival '26/6' on reverse. Lovely Air Mail item.

British Occupation Of Italian Colonies. (M.E.F.). 1944. Censored envelope to Egypt bearing SG M11, 1d pale scarlet, SG M13, 2 1/2d pale blue and SG M18, 1/-brown tied by Asmara Centro double ring sent Air Mail with boxed Egyptian 'Postal Censor' cachet and label. Nice item.

British Occupation Of Italian Colonies. (Eritrea). 1945. Registered envelope addressed to India bearing M.E.F. SG M13, 2 1/2d light blue, SG M14, 3d pale violet and SG M15, 5d brown (3) tied by Asmara date stamp with registered label circular censor cachet with 'Opened by Examiner' label tied by framed 'Passed/DH/49' censor cachet with Bombay receiver.

Portuguese Colonies. (Nyassa Company). 1913. Registered Portuguese Nyassa postal stationery card 20c violet upgraded with SG 58, 50r blue and black tied by octagonal Ibo date stamp with matching registration label addressed to Prague with arrival. Very fine.

Portuguese India. 1942. Envelope written from an 'Italian Seaman interned on board the "S.S. Anfora" at Marmagao' addressed to 'Comite International de la Croix Rouge, Geneva, Switzerland' bearing Portuguese India SG 512, 2 1/2t blue tied by Marmagao date stamp '27th June 42' routed via Belgaum with 'Opened by Examiner' (red on white) label tied by framed 'Crown/ Passed/ DHG/ 4' Belgaum censor censor hand-stamp on face. Attractive item from th "S.S. Anfora" P.O.W. ship.

Portugal. (Australia). 1944. Envelope addressed to 'c/o K.P.M. Line, Sydney' bearing Portugal SG 950, 1s75 indigo tied by Lisboa date stamp with 'Opened by Censor' label tied by boxed '2/ Passed by Censor/ 1733' censor cachet with circular 'K.P.M./ Sydney/ Dec 23 1944' arrival in carmine on face. Very nice Koninliijke Paketvaart Maatschaprij' arrival in Australia.

Portuguese Colonies. (Angola - Belgian Congo). 1944. Envelope written from Portuguese Angola addressed to Boston bearing Angola SG 391, 50c magenta tied by Malange date stamp with Angola ambulant on reverse and routed via the Congo with 'Censure/ Congo Belge' label tied by Elisabethville transit. Nice item.

Portuguese Colonies. (Angola). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to Belgian Congo bearing Angola SG 384, 5c bistre, SG 392, 70c purple, SG 395, 1g scarlet, SG 402, 20c violet (2) and SG 404, 1a blue (5) tied by Luanda dated stamp '26th Jan' , endorsed 'Par Avion via Pointe-Noire' with Pointe Noire/ Moyen Congo transit '27th Jan' and Brazzaville/ A.E.F.' transit '29/1' with censor tape tied by 'Controle Postal/ Commission B/ Afrique Equatoriale Francais' and oval 'Ouvert Par/ L'Autorite Militaire' with circular 'B/3' censor cachet and Leopoldville arrival. Very nice item of censored mail from Angola.

Portuguese Colonies. (Maderia). 1944. Envelope addressed to Zurich bearing Portugal SG 849b, $ 1.75 blue tied by Funchal date stamp with 'Aberto Pele Censura/ Madeira' with oval 'C.M.P.T./ C.4/ Censurado' and circular 'M.G./ C.M.P.T./ P/ 8' in violet on face, routed via Lisbon with German censor tape tied by censor cachet in red. Lovely item in superb quality.

Portuguese Colonies. (St. Thomas & Prince). 1944. Illustrated Advertising envelope addressed to Wil, Switzerland bearing Sao Tome SG 351, 40c brown tied by S Tome double ring '4th Apr 44' endorsed 'via Lisboa' with transit and German censor tape tied by censor cachet on reverse. Very fine item.

Portuguese Colonies. (Belgian Congo). 1945. Envelope written from Portuguese Angola addressed to Boston bearing Angola SG 396, 1a75 blue tied by Bela Vista date stamp with Angola ambulant on reverse routed via the Congo with 'Censure/ Congo Belge' label tied by Elisabethville transit and South Africa censor tape and cachet. Nice item.

Portuguese Colonies. (Maderia - Trinidad). 1944. Registered envelope addressed to Buenos Aires, Argentina bearing Portugal SG 899, 1e scarlet (2) and SG 911, 1e75 blue tied by Ribeira Brava date stamp '24th Juin 44' with hand-struck framed 'R/R. Brava' with 'Pela Censura/ Madeira' censor tape and circular M.G/C.M.P.T./P 60' hand-stamp in violet, routed via Funchal with 'C.M.T./ Funchal' transit '25/6' and Lisboa Central with censor tape tied by oval 'Censurado' , routed via Trinidad with 'Opened by Examiner/IE/8655' transit censor label. Lovely item of censored mail from Madeira.

Portugal. (French Colonies). 1944. Envelope addressed to Equatorial Africa bearing Portugal SG 950, $ 1.75 indigo tied by Lisboa date stamp '8th July 44' routed via South Africa with censor label and cachet with circular 'Controle Postal Commission A/ Afrique Equatoriale Francaise' censor and 'Commission F' censor on face with 'Afrique Equatoriale Francaise et Cameroun/ Controle Postal' label tied by oval 'Ouvert' censor with 'A/1' with Brazzaville/ Congo '25th Aout' and Moundou/ A.E.F. arrival '22nd Sept' on reverse.

Hong Kong. 1941. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Boston bearing Egypt 2m orange-red, 40m brown and Air Mail Yvert 24, 200m brick and green tied by Immad El Din date stamp '16th Jan 41' with 'Emad El Din' registration label, bilingual 'Opened by Censor' tape with octagonal 'Postal Censor' in violet, endorsed 'By Air Mail/ via Hong Kong' with Honolulu/ Registered 'Feb 5' and Boston arrival 'Feb 10' on reverse. Attractive item routed Trans-Pacific.

British Somaliland. (Trans-Jordan). 1952. Envelope addressed to Tulkarm, Jordan bearing British Somaliland SG 127, 15c on 3a blue tied by Hargeisa/ Somaliland date stamp '9th Jan 52' , underpaid with m/s 'T' in blue crayon and bearing Trans-Jordan postage due SG D 352, 4f apple green tied by Tulkarm receiver '5th April 52' on face. Superb item of postage due mail from British Somaliland to Trans-Jordan. Exhibition item.

Rumania. (British Mission In Rumania). 1917. Red Cross envelope written by Lt Griffith Evans in Jassy dated 'May 1917' addressed to 'Lady Evans, Aberystwyth' cancelled 'Red Cross Commissioner for Roumania' and signed 'Arthur Dukes' forwarded via London bearing Great Britain SG 357, 1d scarlet tied London double ring '23rd June' with 'Opened by Censor/ 526' label applied. Fine and scarce item from the British Mission in Rumania.

Portuguese Colonies. (Mozambique - Natal). 1895. Stamp-less envelope from the 'British Consulate, Delagoa Bay' headed 'On Her Britannic Majesty's Service' addressed to England cancelled by '2' obliterator with Durban/ Natal transit on reverse 'Mr 28' and West Hartlepool receiver 'Ap 30' on reverse. Nice item.

Portuguese Colonies. (Lourenco Marques). 1916. Envelope addressed to Amsterdam bearing Lourenco Marques SG 165, 130r on 150r nrown and Mozambique 'Charity' SG C234, 1c green tied by Lourenco Marques/ Central date stamp with circular 'Passou Pela Censure/ Lourenco Marques' in carmine, routed via South Africa with circular 'Passed By Censor/ 99' cachet with bilingusal 'Opened by Censor/ 99' label tied by Amsterdam arrival. Very fine.

Portuguese Colonies. (Mozambique). 1942. Air Mail envelope written from 'Lumbo' addressed to Cuba bearing bearing Mozambique SG 377, 10e magenta (6) tied by Mozambique date stamp '7th May 42' , endorsed 'via Durban/ Johannesburg', routed by sea via Cape Town with bilingual censor label tied by censor cachet then 'Cape Town Clipper' to Belgian Congo and clipper to Miami and Havana '11th July' and forwarded to New York with 'Examined By/ 5986' censor tape applied on arrival. Lovely item.
Ex Ted Proud, Air Mail collection with his notes.

Portugal. (Senegal). 1943. Envelope headed 'Red Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa/ Lisboa/ Service de Prisoneiros de Guerra' addressed to 'Croix Rouge Francaise, B.P. 299, Dakar' bearing Portugal SG 948, 50c purple (pair) and SG 950, $1.75 indigo tied by Lisboa date stamp '11th May 43' with adjacent 'Service de Prisioneiros de Guerra' label. Attractive cover.

Portuguese Colonies. (St. Thomas & Prince Islands - Sierra Leone). 1942. Picture post card of 'Sao Tome' addressed to Portugal bearing Sao Tome SG 352, 50c magenta tied by S.Tome double ring routed via Sierra Leone with oval 'Censor/11' hand-stamp on face in violet. Nice item.

French Colonies. (Martinique). 1894. French General Colonies news-band wrapper 3c orange upgraded with Martinique Yvert 4, 05 on 20c yellow/green and Yvert 7, 01 on 2c brown (pair) tied by Saint Pierre/ Martinique double ring '25th Jan 94' addressed to Germany. Lovely item paying the News-Band rate to Germany.

French Colonies. (Madagascar - Kenya). 1944. Air Mail envelope addressed to Nairobi, Kenya bearing French Madagascar Yvert 271, 1f blue and Air Mail Yvert 53, 3f on 3f65 grey-green (strip of three) tied by Antsirabe/ Madagascar date stamp '8th Jan 44' routed via Tananarive transit with 'Opened by Examiner/ ZB/ 1' censor label tied by boxed 'G/9' cachet. Nice item with British censorship to British East Africa from Madagascar.

French Colonies. (Madagascar - Kenya). 1942. Air Mail envelope addressed to Nairobi, Kenya bearing Madagascar Yvert 239, 50c on 65c brown and lilac (2) and Air Mail Yvert 54, 8f on 8f50 turquoise tied by Antsirabe/ Madagascar date stamp '13th Nov 42' routed via Tananarive transit with 'Opened by British Censorship' label tied by framed 'Crown/ Passed/ ZB/ 1' censor cachet with Kenya 'Opened by Examiner/ N / 384' label. Nice item with British censorship to British East Africa from Madagascar.

Great Britain. (Netherlands East Indies). 1936. Air Mail envelope addressed to Java, Netherlands East Indies bearing Great Britain SG 426, 6d purple tied by London roller '17th Dec 36' with framed instructional 'Insufficiently Paid For/ Transmission By Air Mail' in violet in face, endorsed 'via Amsterdam' , underpaid with boxed 'T' hand-stamp and bearing Netherlands East Indies postage due SG D231, 10c salmon and SG D239, 50c salmon tied by Dampit arrival '4th Jan 37' on face. Very attractive item.

French Colonies. (Senegal - Switzerland). 1942. Envelope written from Switzerland addressed to Dakar, Senegal bearing Switzerland Yvert 295,30c blue tied by St. Gingolph date stamp '9th Dec 42' with framed instructional 'Retour - Zuruck/ Service Postal Suspendu/ Postverkenr Eingestelit' . Lovely item of interrupted mail.

French Colonies. (French Guinee - Denmark). 1929. Envelope addressed to Denmark bearing French Guinee Yvert 93, 50c brown and grey tied by Conakry/ Guinee Francais date stamp, underpaid with circular 'T' tax hand-stamp on face and bearing Denmark postage due Yvert 12, 10o green tied by Copenhagen receiver. Nice combination.

Ceylon. (Egypt). 1944. Red Cross Envelope headed 'Comitato Internazionale Della Croce Rossa/ Delegazione Italia Centrale, Roma' addressed to the 'Comite International de la Croix Rouge, Colombo, Ceylon' bearing Egypt Yvert 187, 1m yellow, Yvert 191a, 6m grass green and Yvert 192, 10m violet tied by Cairo date stamp '26th Oct' with boxed 'Crown/ Passed L/1' hand-stamp and framed instructional 'Passed For Censorship/ To (Colombo) in violet on face. Only one other 'Passed For Censorship/ To' hand-stamp has been recorded (India) illustrated on Page 72 of CCSG book. This rare censor may well be associated with POW or Internee mail. Ex Dan Mayo.

Switzerland. (South Africa - Mozambique). 1940. Envelope addressed to Canicado, Mozambique bearing Swaziland SG 29, 1d carmine tied by Emlembe date stamp '9th Jan' routed via South Africa with bilingual 'Opened by Censor' label with 'T' in blue crayon and instructional 'Non Reclamee/ Nao Reclamado' with framed 'Retourne a L'Envoyeur/ Develvida au Remette' erased and Louenco Marques transit '15th Jan 40' and octagonal Canicado receiver '16/1' on reverse. Very scarce item of "Native" mail from Swaziland.

British East Africa. (Ukerewa Island). 1904. British East Africa postal stationery card 'one anna' carmine written from Ukerewa Island on lake Victoria dated '8th June 04' cancelled by Kisuma '19th Ju' addressed to Dar-se-Salaam with Mombasa '22nd June' and Zanzibar '24/6' transits with German Post Office Dar-Es-Salaam arrival on face '28th June'. Very nice item of mail from a German Missionary on Ukerewa Island known as Albino Island.

Italy. (Vatican). 1942. Registered picture post card of 'Via dei Trionfi, Roma' addressed to Germany bearing Vatican Air Post Yvert 3, 75c carmine and 'Tax' Yvert 9, 1l25 blue tied by Vatican Poste double ring with matching registered label and German censor cachet. Very fine.

Italy. (Vatican). 1941. Registered envelope addressed to Germany bearing Vatican 'Tax' Yvert 1, 5c brown/rose, Yvert 2, 10c green,Yvert 3, 20c violet, Yvert 8, 80c carmine and Yvert 10, 2l brown tied by Vatican Poste double ring with matching registered label and German censor tape tied by cachet on reverse. Very fine.

Italy. (France). 1863. Envelope addressed to France bearing Italy Yvert 11, 15c blue (2) tied by Napoli (Porto) double ring '12th Avril 63' with circular 'Francobollo/ Insufficiente' on face and 'Italie/ Marseille' French entry cachet with framed 'Affranchissement/ Insuffisant' in red and rated '3' in m/s. Fine item showing the scarce type 'Insufficient' only used in Marseille.

Italian States. (Tuscany). 1858. Envelope addressed to England bearing Tuscany Yvert 7, 6g blue (imperf pair) tied by hand-stamp 'P.D.' routed via France with Tosc. Pt. De Beauvpis/3' French entry cachet, Paris transit and London/Paid forwarded to Cambridge.

Italy. (Singapore - Netherlands East Indies). 1940. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to the "S.S. Sibajak", Batavia, Java bearing Italy Yvert 236, 2l carmine, Yvert 431, 1l25 blue and Air Mail 5l green tied by Genova date stamp '13th April 40' with registered label, routed via Ferrovia '16/4' with Singapore with framed triangular 'Passed For Transmission/ Singapore/ 102' in violet with circular '33' and Batavia receiver '29/4' on face. Very nice item of Air Mail sent to the Netherlands East Indies.

Italian States. (Papal States). 1863. Envelope addressed to Spain bearing Papal States Yvert 5, 4b yellow and Yvert 9, 8b white (5) tied by diamond bar obliterator with adjacent Roma date stamp, boxed 'P.P.', routed via France with French entry cachet in red and ambulant 'Marseille a Lyon' , 'Cette a Bordeaux' and Perpignan transits with 'Estrangero/Valencia maritime entry cachet and charged with hand-struck '4Rs' in blue tax as letter should have paid the double letter rate. Very fine.