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.

Turkey. 1917. Censored postal stationary envelope 20p rose written from the French Depot, Yozgad, upgraded with Yvert 327, 10pa rose (3) and Yvert 577, 50pa blue tied by bilingual Yozgad date stamp with boxed censor, addressed to the 'Netherlands Legation, Constantinople' with Pera arrival. Scarce item of commercial stationery.

Turkey. (French Prisoner Of War). 1942. Stamp-less envelope written from French P.O.W. at Isparta, Turkey addressed to France cancelled by 'Beyoglu/Istanbul' date stamp with framed cachet 'Service de Belligerants/Internes' in black, routed via Istanbul, Sofia and Berlin with German censor on reverse.

Turkey. (Military Mail). 1915. Stamp-less envelope addressed to Limni cancelled by Bilingual Gueunil date stamp (Coles & Walker 44) with boxed 'Censored' in red endorsed 'via Mudros' with violet negative seal on face, Constantinople '28th Oct' and Stambou'/Depart. Interesting item.

Turkey. (French Prisoner Of War). 1943. Stamp-less envelope written from French P.O.W. at Isparta, Turkey addressed to France cancelled by 'Beyoglu/Istanbul' date stamp with framed cachet 'Service de Belligerants/Internes' in black, routed via Istanbul, Sofia and Berlin with German censor on reverse.

Turkey. 1917. Turkish postal stationery card 5pa green upgraded with Yvert 358, 5p violet and Yvert 569, 5pa on 1pi orange/red tied by Stamboul/ 2 date stamp addressed to Switzerland with framed Turkish censor on face. Very fine and attractive item.

Turkey. (Turkish Occupation Of Yugoslavia). 1902. Envelope addressed to France bearing Turkey Yvert 101, 1p blue tied by bilingual Monastir double ring (Coles & Walker 88) endorsed 'via Belgrade and Vienne' with Chambery arrival on reverse.Very fine.

Turkey. 1915. Post card addressed to Switzerland bearing Yvert 194, 10pa green tied by bilingual Pera/2 date stamp with Stamboul/Depart and framed Turkish censor in red, underpaid with 'T' hand-stamp and oval Turkish instructional (tax) bearing Swiss postage due Yvert 45, 10c green and carmine tied by Basle receiver. Very fine and attractive item of taxed mail to Switzerland.

Turkey. (Prisoner Of War Mail). Circa 1917. Envelope addressed to Constantinople cancelled by 'Depot des Prisonniers de Gueerre de Beziers/ Le Commandant' in blue on face with framed censor and signed Bolou.

Turkey. (Singapore). 1905. Picture post card of the 'Bosphore' addressed to Hanoi, Indo-China bearing Yvert 99, 10p green tied by bilingual Izmid date stamp (24/12) routed via Constantinople and Aden (7/1) with 'Penang to Singapore' (22/1) double ring marine sorter and Hanoi arrival (31/1) and forwarded to Haiphong. Nice item of destination mail.

Switzerland. (Egypt - Netherlands East Indies). 1940. Swiss postal stationery card 10h violet upgraded with Yvert 291, 10c brown tied by Geneva date stamp '3rd June 40' addressed to Tandjong, Netherlands Indies routed via Egypt with octagonal 'Postal censor' and bilingual 'Postal Censor' cachet in violet with 'Passed By/ Censor 23/ Singapore' on face in violet and circualr 'Ned. Indisch Deviezen Instituut/ Deviezen Censuur Medan/ 11' in red on face with 'Gecensureerd/ 5' in violet with Sabang arrival '22nd Oct 40' and forwarded to Batavia with Tandjong/ Prick arrival '31st Oct 40' on face. Superb item.

Switzerland. (Bermuda - Netherlands East Indies). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to Batavia, Netherlamds East Indies bearing Switzerland 1f30 c violet (pair) tied by Lausanne date stamp '9th Dec 41' , endorsed 'Per Clipper, via Geneva' with framed instructional 'Service Suspended/ Returned To Sender' in violet on face with triangular 'Passed Censor/ A 4' applied in India and returned with 'Opened by Examiner/ 4286/ I.C.' (Bermuda) tied by Geneva receiver '31 Aug 42' on reverse. Superb item of interrupted mail.

Netherlands East Indies. (Switzerland). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to the Netherlands East Indies bearing Yvert 290, 5c green, Air Mail 1fr blue/ green and Pro Juventute 1941 (set) tied by Oleten date stamp '8th Dec 41' , endorsed 'via New York' with framed 'g/2/2 uber Basel' and routed via Bermuda with 'Opened by Examiner/ 2008' censor label with hand-struck instructional 'Service Suspended/ Returned To Sender' in violet on face and returned via India with framed 'Passed by Censor/ 44' on face and Geneva receiver '31 Aug 42' on reverse. Superb item of interrupted mail to the Netherlands East Indies.

Switzerland. 1857. Envelope addressed to France bearing 'Sitting Helvetia' Yvert 27, 10r blue, Yvert 29, 20r orange and Yvert 30, 40r yellow green tied by diamond bar obliterator with adjacent Basel date stamp, oval 'PD' and accountancy '7/A.E.D.' on face with French entry cachet and Macon arrival. Lovely three color imperf franking to France.

Liechtenstein. (Great Britain). 1940. Envelope addressed to Liechtenstein bearing Great Britain SG 466, 2 1/2d blue tied by Golders Green roller with 'Opened by Examiner/ 928' censor label, underpaid with 'T' hand-stamp and bearing Liechtenstein postage due Yvert 22, 10r blue and carmine tied by Vaduz receiver. Ex Kiddle.

Switzerland. 1868. Charged postal stationary envelope 5c brown upgraded with Yvert 35, 5c brown and Yvert 46, 30c ultramarine tied by Basel date stamp with hand-struck boxed 'Charge' addressed to Fribourg with receiver on reverse. Very fine.

Switzerland. (France). 1867. Envelope addressed to France bearing Yvert 37, 20c orange and Yvert 41a, 1f bronze tied by Geneva date stamp '16th Mars 67' with m/s '4' inred crayon erased and anointed '5' in black crayon with 'PD' erased and hand-struck 'Affr. Insuf,' on face with 'Suisse 3 Bellegarde' French entry cachet and charged '13' on face. Originally a four times rate cover charged 1f20 but underpaid then re-charged 5 times hence '13 (1, 30) in m/s. Very rare item with scarce 1 franc gold/bronze on cover. Superb exhibition item.

Switzerland. (Gibraltar). 1900. Switzerland postal stationery card green cancelled by Geneve date stamp '30th Dec 00' addressed to Gibraltar with arrival on reverse. Nice item sent at 'Imprime' rate.

Switzerland. (Singapore - Netherlands East Indies). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Garoet, Java bearing Switzerland Yvert 126, 1f claret (pair) and Yvert 293, 20c carmine (pair) tied by Lugano date stamp '26th Sept 40' endorsed 'via Aerea Rome - Lisbona - New York' with framed 'g/ uber via Chiasso' on face routed via Singapore with 'Passed By/ Censor 49/ Singapore' cachet in violet and hand-stamp 'B' and '14' with 'Door Censuur Geopend' censor label tied by 'Censuur/ 5' date stamp '8th Nov 40' and circular 'Dev/6' on face. Very attractive cover routed via New York and Pacific two Ocean route.

Switzerland. (India). 1945. Air Mail envelope addressed to 'Cadet Wing, School of Artillery, Doolali, c/o Indian Command 'bearing Switzerland 'Pax' 80c olive and 1f turquoise tied by Zurich double ring '11th May 45' with oval 'O.A.T.' in carmine (Onward Air Transmission) routed via Bombay with 'Opened by Examiner' label tied by framed 'Crown/ Passed/ DHC 81' censor cachet and arrival '17th Juin' on reverse. Scarce item.
Deolali originally had been an Assembly Camp for German men and then from 23rd Feb 41 a Internment Camp for German men.

Switzerland. (Palestine - Netherlands East Indies). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to Bandoeng, Java bearing Switzerland 80c grey tied by Geneva date stamp '18th Mars 41' endorsed 'via Lydda and Bagdad' with framed 'g/ uber via Geneva' on face routed via Palestine with 'Opened by Censor' label and 'Diboeka Oleh/ Censuur/ Door Censuur Geopend' censor label tied by 'Censuur/ 5' date stamp '8th April 41' on face and reverse. Very fine item routed via Bagdad with Palestine censor tape.

Switzerland. (Senegal). 1943. Air Mail envelope headed 'Comite International de la Croix Rouge/ Geneva/ Agence Centrale des Prisonniers de Guerre' addressed to 'Croix Rouge Francaise, Comite Central de l'A.O.F. , Dakar, Senegal cancelled 'Geneva/ Helvetia 50c' meter cachet '5th May 43' and endorsed 'Franc De Port' with German censor tape tied by German censor cachet routed via Lisbon '13th May' on reverse. Very nice item.

Switzerland. (Bermuda - Netherlands East Indies). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies bearing Switzerland Yvert 209, 1f20 lilac and rose (pair) tied by Zurich date stamp '12th Sept 41' routed via Singapore with hand-stamp 'E' and '25' with 'Door Censuur Geopend' censor label tied by 'Censuur/ 13' date stamp in red '28th Oct 41' with 'Inconnu' pink label and framed 'Retour' with boxed 'Address Insufficient' on reverse and returned via Bermuda with 'Opened by Examine/ 601' label. Very fine item of returned mail.
Lovely item with red vertical lines JUSQU'SA mark applied at office of exchange.

Ireland. (Germany). 1841. Folded letter sheet written from Dublin dated '30th Aug 1841' addressed to Germany with Dublin dispatch in red on reverse routed via London and bearing Great Britain SG 8, 1d brown tied by black Maltese cross with boxed instructional 'Detained for Postage' in red and 'Returned/For/ Postage' in black, London 'Paid' tombstone' and rated '2' erased with '6' in m/s. Rare black plate to overseas destination.

Ireland. (Great Britain). 1870. Envelope addressed to 'Lieutenant Macgregor Greer, Royal Engineers, 8th Division, Madras Presidency' bearing Great Britain SG 43, 1d rose and SG 108, 6d purple (pair) tied by Cork/ 156 duplex 'Mr 2nd 70' , endorsed 'via Marseille' with 'Madura/ 2nd Dy' in red and Dindigul and Kodicanal arrival 'Ap 6th' on reverse. Lovely looking item from Ireland in very quality for mail surviving from India.

Ireland. (Spain). 1854. Stamp-less envelope written from Dublin dated '4th Nov 1854' addressed to Jerez de la Frontera cancelled by Dublin 'Crown/ Paid' , rated '2/2' in m/s, endorsed 'via Southampton' and routed via London with London/ Paid transit, sent on 'P & O' packet "Euxine" from Southampton, charged '10R' in blue with hand-struck 'Estrangero/ Cadiz' in blue on face and Cadiz '12th Nov' on reverse. Very attractive cover from Ireland showing the scarce 'Estrangero/ Cadiz' Foreign Maritime. Exhibition item.

Ireland. (Great Britain). 1870. Envelope addressed to 'Lieutenant Macgregor Greer, Royal Engineers, 8th Division, Madras Presidency' bearing Great Britain SG 43, 1d rose, SG 103, 3d rose (pair) and SG 108, 6d purple tied by Cork/ 156 duplex 'Fe 16 1870' endorsed 'via France/ Marseille' with London transit and oval Sea Post Office '27/2' with Madura arrival on face and forwarded to Pulney Hills with 'Madura/ 2nd Dy' in red and Dindigul and Kodicanal arrival 'Mr. 21' on reverse. Lovely three colour combination from Cork in superb quality for mail surviving in India.

Great Britain. (Ship Censor Mail). Circa 1940. Stamp-less envelope addressed to Chester cancelled by boxed 'From H.M.C. Ship/ Passed by Censor/ Signature Date' with Opened by Examiner/ 4835' label. Nice item.

Isle Of Man. (Papua New Guinea). 1960. Air Mail envelope addressed to Papue New Guinea bearing Isle Of man 'Regional' 3d mauve (5) tied '18th Nov' , underpaid with circular 'T/6d' hand-stamp and bearing Papua postage due SG D9, 6d blue tied by Gorok/ Papua New Guinea date stamp '12 Jan 61' on face. Nice combination.

Great Britain. (Isle Of Man). 1940. Stampless envelope headed 'On His Majesty's Service' addressed to 'The Commandant, Peveril Camp, Peel, Isle of Man' cancelled by Liverpool date stamp '25th Oct 1940' with circular 'Postal & Telegraph Censorship/ Ministry of Information/ Liverpool' in carmine. Very fine.

Great Britain. (Isle Of Man). 1940. Envelope written from 'Metropole Internment Camp, House 3, Douglas I.O.M.' headed 'Red Cross Postal Message Scheme' addressed to 'Comite International de la Croix Rouge, Palais du Conseil General, Geneva, Switzerland' with oval 'Metropole Interment Camp/ Douglas I.O.M.' oval hand-stamp in violet, endorsed 'The Postal Censorship, Edge Lane, Liverpool' with 'Opened by Examiner 5544' censor tape bearing Great Britain SG 466, 2 1/2d blue tied by Liverpool date stamp. The Camp was situated on the Queen's Promenade and housed Italian males. The cachet is only recorded by Whitney in black.

Great Britain. (Isle Of Man). 1940. Stamp-less Official mail envelope headed 'On His Majesty's Service' and imprinted 'Rushen Internment Camp, Isle Of Man' addressed to 'The Camp Commander, Peveril Internment Camp, Peel, I.O.M.' cancelled by Douglas slogan '18th Oct 40' and framed 'Rushen/ Internment Camp (Women) 18 Oct 1940/ Isle of Man' on reverse. Nice item.