Fiji. (France). 1916. Envelope addressed to France bearing SG 126, 1/2d green and SG 127, 1d carmine (2) tied by 'Navovi' hand-stamp with Nausori and Suva transits on reverse with Loire arrival. Very rare village straight-line hand-stamp addressed to France.

Fiji. 1898. Registered envelope addressed to Scotland bearing SG 59, 6d rose and SG 99, 1/2s slate tied by 'P.O. Suva/Fiji date stamp endorsed 'via Vancouver' with oval 'R' hand-stamp and 'Registered/ London' transit with 'Registered/ Glasgow Sorting Tender' on reverse and Saltcoats arrival. Nice item of registered mail.

Fiji. (New Caledonia). Inter-island mail to New Caledonia bearing SG 75, five pence on 6d rose tied by Levuka Fiji date stamp with arrival in Noumea on reverse. Very scarce stamp on cover paying island rate.

Fiji. 1953. Air Mail envelope addressed to Zabbar, Malta bearing SG 255, 2d green and magenta (pair), SG 257, 3d blue (pair) and SG 262, 1s black and yellow tied by P.O. Suva/ Fiji date stamp '3st July ', with instructional 'Insufficient Postage/ For Air Mail' on face in violet and Valletta receiving '21st Sept' on reverse. Nice item of mail to Malta sent Surface rate with scarce Air Mail instructional from Fiji.

Fiji. 1954. Air Mail envelope addressed to England bearing SG 255, 2d green and magenta, SG 259, 5d yellow green and carmine (pair) and SG 261, 6d black (2) tied by Ba/ Fiji date stamp '10th Feb 54' , underpaid with framed 'T/1/' hand-stamp on face and hand-struck '1s/ To Pay' with Great Britain postage due SG D39. 1s ochre tied by London receiving '20 Feb' on face. A very attractive item of underpaid mail from Ba Post Office.

Fiji. 1961. Envelope written from 'The London Missionary Society, Beru, Gilbert Islands, Central Pacific' addressed to Suva bearing Fiji SG 285, 3d brown and violet tied by Suva slogan with hand-struck instructional 'Unclaimed/ Return To Sender'. Listed by Proud as two separate hand-stamps. Nice item.

Fiji. 1945. Envelope addressed to Australia bearing SG 249, 1/2d green and SG 255, 2d green and magenta tied by 'Richmond' hand-stamp in violet routed via Suva '18 May 45' with Melbourne arrival and forwarded. Scarce provisional cancel from this small mountain village.

Fiji. 1946. Envelope addressed to Suva bearing SG 256, 2 1/2d green and brown tied by 'Naduri' hand-stamp in violet with Suva arrival '6th Mars 46' on face Very fine provisional cancel.

Fiji. (Air Mail). 1941. Registered New Zealand 'On Active Service' Air Mail envelope written from the New Zealand Expeditionary Force cancelled by circular 'N.Z.E.F./Field 2' hand-stamp in violet with framed 'Censored/ Signature' in crimson on face, endorsed 'Hold' and sent on the Fist Trans-Pacific Flight Auckland bearing Fiji SG 254, 2d green and brown, SG 257, 3d blue and SG 262, 1s black/yellow tied by Suva-Fiji/ Registered date stamp '9 No 41' with hand-stamp 'First Transpacific Airmail/ Suva, Fiji to Auckland, N.Z.' on face in violet and forwarded on arrival to Wellington. Superb item of registered mail from the New Zealand Expeditionary Force held for the First Air Mail Service. Unique.

Fiji. 1946. Envelope addressed to England bearing "Victory" SG 268, 2 1/2d green and SG 269, 3d blue tied by Makogai/ Fiji date stamp '17th Aug' in violet with Levuka transit on reverse '28th Aug'.

The volcanic island of Makogia about 40 miles from Viti Levu. In 1911 Fiji transferred its leprosy settlement on Beqa to the small island of Makogai.

Violet ink was only used in 1946.

Falkland Islands. (Fox Bay). 1935. Registered envelope addressed to England bearing SG 139, 1d scarlet and grey and SG 140, 2 1/2d brown and blue (pair) tied by Fox Bay/ Falkland Islands double ring with registered label and Maidstone arrival on reverse. Very fine.

Falkland Islands. (Chile). 1926. Picture post card of 'A Gentoo Penguin Rookery, Falkland Islands' written from the "S.S Orofesa" of Talcahuano, Chile' date '11th Feb 26' addressed to London bearing Great Britain SG 423, 1 1/2d brown tied by Valparaiso/ Recep. Altamar dated '12th Feb 1926' . Nice item posted from the Falkland Islands.

Falkland Islands. (Jamaica). 1937. Registered Letter envelope bearing SG 121, 6d purple tied by Port Stanley/Falkland Islands double ring '25th April' with 'Crown/ Registered' hand-stamp on face addressed to Jamaica, B.W.I. with oval Kingstown/ Registered on reverse 'Se 18'. Rare destination item.

Falkland Islands. (Centenary Issue). Die Proof from the De La Rue sample book, portrait of King George V for the Falkland "Centenary" One Pound in black on glazed wove paper.

Falkland Islands. (Eritrea). 1947. Registered envelope addressed to 'Mr S. Pope, Post & Telegraphs, B.M.A. Eritrea' bearing SG 159, 1/3d black and carmine (3) and 'Victory' SG 164, 1d violet and SG 165, 3d blue tied by Port Stanley/ Falkland Islands dated stamp with 'Stanley, Falkland Islands registered label on face. Nice item of destination mail from th Falklands.

Falkland Islands. 1943. Falkland Islands postal stationery envelope 1d carmine cancelled by Port Stanley double ring addressed to Newbury, Berkshire with 'Opened by Censor/ 1904' label applied on arrival. Very fine.

Falkland Islands. (Chile). 1905. Picture post card of 'Ultima Esperanza, Puerto Prat' date 'July 1st 1905' addressed to Scotland bearing Chile Yvert 49, 2c bistre and Yvert 52, 1c on 20c blue (uncancelled) routed via the Falkland Islands with Falkland Islands double ring 'Jy 18 05' on face. Very nice item.

Cyprus. (Air Mail). 1951. Air Mail envelope addressed to Israel bearing SG 156a, 3p blue tied by Nicosia double ring '19 Jan 51' , underpaid with 'T' hand-stamp and bearing Israel postage dues 2m orange, 5m violet and 10m green tied by Haifa date stamp with Israel censor label tied by Haifa censor label. Very fine.

Cyprus. (Rural Post). Circa 1950. Air Mail envelope addressed to England bearing SG 155ab, 1 1/2p green (pair) and SG 155b, 2p red and black tied by Ghaziveran/ G.R. Rural Service/ Cyprus in blue with 'Par Avion' label

In 1960 the small village of Ghaziveran had a population of 469. Mail sent overseas is scarce.

A very beautiful cover.

Ex Tony Eastgate.

Cyprus. (Australia). 1932. Official mail envelope addressed to Australia headed 'On His Majesty's Service' bearing SG 120, 1 1/2p scarlet tied by Famagusta double ring '20th Sept' routed via Port Said with hand-struck 'Insufficient Address/ No Post Town' and framed 'Undelivered For Reason Stated/ Return To Sender' in violet with 'Retour' and circular 'Dead Letter Office/ Brisbane' on face '28th Oct 32' and sent back with 'Returned Letter Office/ Nicosia' on reverse '2nd Dec 32' and sent back with 'Returned Letter Office/ Nicosia' on reverse '2nd Dec 32' . Very attractive item of returned mail. Exhibition item.

Cyprus. (Egypt). 1942. Registered envelope addressed to Egypt bearing SG 151, 1/4 pi ultramarine and brown (5) and SG 152a, 3/4 pi violet (5) tied by oval 'Registered/ Kyrenia Cyprus' date stamp with circular 'Passed Censor Cyprus/ 26' in red and 'Crown/ Opened by Censor' with Cairo arrival and 'Censorship/Dept/50' censor on face. Attractive item.

Cyprus. (Censored Mail). 1942. Envelope addressed to Rhodesia bearing SG 155b, 2p black and carmine tied by Paphos double ring '10th Feb 42' with circular 'Passed Censor/ Cyprus/ 29' in red on face and 'Crown/ Opened by Censor' label routed via Egypt with Censorship hand-stamp. Very fine.

Cyprus. (Rural Post). 1950. Envelope addressed to Wales bearing SG 154, 1p orange (pair) tied by Kato Mylos/ G.R. Rural Service/ Cyprus with Agros and Nicosia transits on reverse.

Lovely item from from this small village population 192 in 1960. Mail sent overseas is scarce.

Cyprus. (Malaya). 1940. Picture post card of 'Abby Of Bella-Paise, Kryenia' addressed to 'FM.S. Railways, Kuala Lumpur' bearing SG 151, 1/4pi ultramarine and brown (2) tied by Nicosia date stamp with 'Xmas/ 1940' label adjacent with circular 'Passed Censor/ Cyprus/ 18' censor cachet in carmine routed via Egypt with 'Censorship/ M' and triangular 'Passed For Transmission/ 5' in violet on face. Lovely. item.

Cyprus. (British Field Post Office). 1967. Registered Great Britain postal stationery envelope '1/9' blue upgraded with SG 515, 1/2d orange, SG 520, 3d lilac and SG 530, 1/3d green tied by F.P.O. 966' date stamp addressed to Nicosia with arrival on reverse. Very fine.

Cyprus. 1914. Envelope addressed to London bearing SG 74, 10p orange and green (3) tied by Anoyira/ Cyprus double ring in red routed via Limassol with London receiver. Very rare and attractive item from this small Cyprus village.

Cyrpus. (Indian Field Post Office In Cyprus). 1942. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to India bearing India SG 250, 1a carmine, SG 270, 2a vermilion and SG 275, 8a slate tied by 'Field Post Office No 23' dated stamp '5th March 42' with Registered label 'R.L. 184' (endorsed F.P.O. 23) with circular 'Passed by Censor/ No 153' censor cachet and signed by the Captain with Poona arrival '14th March' on reverse. Very scarce reserve censor item from the Indian Field Post Office in Cyprus.

Cyprus. (Rural Post). Circa 1940. Picture post card of 'Church of the Holy Cross, Pelendri' addressed to 'H.M.S. Challenger, Gibraltar' bearing SG 152, 1/2p green tied by Ay-loanni-Agrou/ G.R. Rural Service/ Cyprus, routed via Egypt with censor cachet on face.

Lovely item from the small Cyprus rural village population 252 in 1960. Mail sent overseas is scarce.

Ex Tony Eastgate.

Ceylon. Stamp-less envelope written from 'Point de Galle a Ceylon' dated '29th Mai 1863' addressed to France cancelled by 'Galle/Unpaid' dated stamp 'Mai 29' , endorsed 'via Marseille' with French entry cachet 'Poss. Ang. V. Suez A Marseille' in red on afce '24th Juin' and charged with hand-struck '9' on arrival with Paris receiver '25/6' on reverse. Un Paid mail from Galle is scarce. Very fine.

Ceylon. 1831. Pre stamp cover front endorsed 'On H.M. Service' written from Colombo dated '24th November 1831' addressed to 'The Civil Pay Dept, Kandy' cancelled by framed 'Crown/ Colombo/ Post Free/ 25 Nov 25/ 1831' and signed by Government agent. Scarce item of internal mail type with curved foot known from 1833 (see Proud).

Ceylon. Circa 1842. Pre stamp cover front addressed to 'The Government Agent, Kandy' cancelled by framed 'Crown/ Colombo/ POST N Paid/ 15 Sep 15/ 18' on face in brown/ red and endorsed 'On H.M. Service.' Very scarce Postage Due hand stamp 'Post Not Paid' (with reversed S) only recorded by Proud '18.11.42' and not seen in brown/red.

Ceylon. 1843. Pre stamp cover front addressed to 'The Government Agent of the Central Province, Kandy' cancelled by oval 'Crown/ Colombo/ Post N Paid/ 15 De 15/ 1843' on face. Very scarce Postage Due hand stamp 'Post Not Paid'.

Ceylon. (Maldives). 1878. Envelope written on board the French steamer "Sarthe" near the Maldives '6055 Lat N and 73029 Long E' dated '16th Sept 1878' addressed to France bearing Ceylon SG 127, 24c green tied by 'B' obliterator with Galle/Paid date stamp 'Oct 13', endorsed 'via Anglaise' with 'Paq. Ang V. Brind. A. Mod' French paquebot on face '16th Nov' and Paris arrival on reverse. Lovely item with eight page text of journey.

Ceylon. 1885. Envelope addressed to England bearing SG 168, 28c on 48c rose tied by '87' in numeral with adjacent Colombo Courts/ Paid date stamp with London arrival. Nice item.

Ceylon. 1879. Ceylon postal stationery envelope 'Four cents' grey upgraded with SG 122, 4c grey tied by '45' in numeral with adjacent Nuwara-Eliya/ Paid addressed to Kandy with arrival on reverse. Lovely item.

Great Britain. (Ceylon). 1857. Envelope addressed to 'Happootelle, Ceylon' bearing SG 76, 3d carmine-rose and SG 69, 6d lilac tied by 'Edinburgh/ 131' duplex with Linlithgow dispatch on reverse, endorsed 'via Marseille' with London transit and Colombo/ Post Paid' receiver in red on reverse 'Oc 21st' . Nice franking to Ceylon. Ex Maurice Porter. SG 76 cat 575 GBP on cover.

Ceylon. 1940. Photographic card of 'Reaping Paddy, Ceylon' addressed to Switzerland bearing Ceylon SG 386,2c black and carmine and SG 389, 10c black and light blue tied by Colombo double ring '27th April 40' with circular 'Passed Censor/ Colombo/H' on face in violet. The 'H' code censor not listed by Morenweiser.

Ceylon. (Internment Camp Mail). Circa 1940. Stamp-less envelope addressed to Colombo cancelled 'P.A. Cornish/ Major. / Commandant Internment Camp, Diyatalawa' with framed 'Service of Prisoner of War' and circular 'Passed Censor/ Colombo/ J' in carmine on face. Very fine and scarce.

Cuba. (Danish West Indies - Dominican Republic). 1873. Envelope written from Havana (Cuba) dated 'Feb 13 1873' addressed to Buenos Ayres routed via St Thomas with transit and oval forwarding agent cachet 'F. De Aldecoa & Co' in blue, forwarded via Dominican Republic bearing Great Britain SG Z7, 4d vermilion tied by 'C86' obliterator. Superb item via D.W.I.

Turkey. 1885. Envelope addressed to France bearing Yvert 56, 20p carmine and rose (pair) tied by Brousse negative seal in blue with Stamboul/Depart and Beziers arrival on reverse. Very fine and scarce.

Turkey. 1918. Registered Turkish postal stationery card 20pa red upgraded with Yvert 577, 50pa blue tied by bilingual Stamboul/Depart date stamp with framed hand-struck boxed 'Registered' addressed to the 'Hotel Cecil, Lausanne' with framed Turkish censor on face and Lausanne/Consignation arrival. Very fine and attractive item of registered mail.

Turkey. 1922. Turkish postal stationery card 5pa brown (written from Maamuret-ul-Aziz) upgraded with Yvert 644, 20ps grey/green tied by Elazia date stamp addressed to Constantinople with framed Turkish censor on face and Galata (Cons/ple) transit. Very fine and attractive item.

Turkey. 1879. Registered envelope to Tunisia, North Africa bearing Yvert 45, 20 para carmine and green (pair) tied by Constantinople Turquie double ring in blue, routed via Messina and Palermo with double ring arrival of the Italian Post Office Tunis on reverse. Very fine item.

Turkey. (Persian Gulf). 1896. Turkish double postal stationery reply card 20m claret written from 'H.M.S. Robreast' Basra, Persian Gulf dated '16th Dec 96' forwarded to Bagdad and cancelled with Bagdad/ Turque double ring addressed to England. Very fine.

Turkey. (Turkish Internee In France). 1916. Stamp-less envelope written from Turkish Internee, Isle St Marguerite, Cannes' addressed to Paris with hand-struck 'Franchise Postal/Internee Austro-Allemange/et Ottomans' and circular 'cave de Cannes' camp cachet. Very rare.

Turkey. (Occupation Of Constantinople). 1920. Photographic post card of 'German Ambassadors Residence, Therapia, Constantinople' written from the 'Hopital Maurice' addressed to Belgium bearing Turkey Yvert 144, 20c olive tied by boxed 'Armees Alliees en Orient/ Tresor et Postes/ Direction/ Secteur 502'. Very item from the Armee D'Orient Occupation of Constantinople.

Turkey. (Travelling Post Office). 1901. Turkish postal stationary card 20 para lilac cancelled by 'Bureau Amb./Salonique-Zibeftche' negative seal addressed to Belgrad with receiver. Very fine.

Turkey. (Greece). 1916. Censored envelope addressed to Santorin, Greece bearing Yvert 257, 1pi ultramarine tied by bilingual Pera/5 date stamp with boxed Turkish censor and Greek 'Armee D'Orient/Censure Militaire' double ring. Very fine.

Turkey. (Syria). 1878. Envelope addressed to France bearing Turkey Yvert 44, 10pa lilac and black and Yvert 45, 20pa carmine and green (pair) tied by Damas/Turquie double ring (Coles & Walker 33) routed via the Turkish Post Office Beyrouth '24/10' and the Egyptian Post Office Alexandria '27/10' with French entry cachet and Marseille receiver on reverse. Very fine.

Turkey. (French Prisoner Of War). 1941. Envelope written from a French Marine internee on the Navaire 'Avocette' at Erdeck addressed to Toulon bearing Turkey Yvert 812a, 8k blue and Yvert 972, 10k indigo (pair) tied by Erdeck date stamp '8/10' with German censor label and cachet and 'Controle' censor label with oval 'Ouvert/Par les Autorites de Controle' , underpaid with 'T' hand-stamp and bearing French postage due Yvert 33, 30c carmine applied and tied on arrival by Toulon/var receiver ' 25/10' . Attractive item.