Great Britain. (Isle Of Man). 1940. Official mail envelope headed 'On His Majesty's Service' addressed 'To The Commandant, Aliens Camps Headquarters, Castle Mona, Douglas, Isle of Man' cancelled by London/ Offcial Paid' slogan '20th July 40' with oval 'Direction of Military Intellingence/ War Office/ M. 1.1x' cachet in red on face dated '19th July 1940. Very fine and scarce.

Great Britain. (Isle Of Man). 1940. Official mail envelope headed 'On His Majesty's Service' addressed 'To The Commander, Peveril Internment Camp, Peel, I.O.M.' cancelled by York date stamp with oval 'Race Course Aliens Camp/ York/ B' in carmine dated '17th Sept 1940' on face. Nice item camp to camp.

Great Britain. (Isle Of Man). 1944. Envelope written from 'Camp P/ c/o Chief Postal censor, Liverpool' addressed to 'Comite International de la Croix Rouge, 55 Pall Mall, London' bearing Great Britain SG 466, 2 1/2d blue tied by Liverpool double ring with boxed hexagon 'Letter Sent With/ Special Permission of/ Commander P Interment Camp' in green and signed with 'Opened by Examiner' label applied in Liverpool. Scarce item from Camp P not recorded by Whitney but believed to be from Pevril Camp.

Isle Of Man. (Prisoner Of War Mail). 1915. Registered 'Prisoner of War' envelope addressed to Devon bearing SG 368, 2d orange tied by Peel date stamp '5th Mar 15' with 'R/Peel' registration label and oval 'Aliens Detention Camp/Knockaloe, I.O.M.' in violet 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 paying the 2d registered rate after the rate change.

Great Britain. (Isle Of Man). 1941. Envelope addressed to 'Camp X, c/o Chief Postal Censor (P.W.), Liverpool' bearing Great Britain SG 462, 1/2d green and SG 486, 1d pale red (2) tied by framed 'Ceskoslovenska/ Polni Postal/ 15 Dec 1941/ Czechoslovak/ Field Post' date stamp in violet with 'Opened by Examiner 682' censor cachet and oval 'Metropolitan Police/ Peveril Camp/ 25 Dec 1941/ Peel I.O.M.' in violet (Camp X) on reverse. Very unusual item into the Isle Of Man from the Czech Army in Great Britain.

Great Britain. (Isle Of Man). 1904. Picture post card of 'Glen Helen Grounds' addressed to Switzerland bearing SG 215, 1/2d green (pair) tied Union Mills date stamp 'Ap 19 04' with Montreux arrival. Very fine.

Isle Of Man. 1843. Pre stamp envelope written from Ballacraggen dated 'Sept 19 1843' addressed to Douglas cancelled by 'Castleown-Isle-Of-Man' undated circle, rated '2' with Isle Of Man receiver 'Sp 19 on reverse. Very fine quality.

Isle Of Man. (Internee Camp Mail). 1940. Stamp-less envelope written from 'Palace Internment Camp, House 23, Douglas Isle of Man' in violet (Whitney 670) with 'Official Paid' date stamp in red (653), routed via the 'Chief Postal Censor/ Liverpool' with 'Opened by Censor/ 2173' label on reverse. Very fine and scarce.

Isle Of Man. (Internee Camp Mail). 1941. Stamp-less folded letter sheet written from 'Bradda Glen, Port Erin, I.O.M.' addressed to Lisburn, Ireland cancelled by framed 'Women's Internment Camp/22 Jul 1941/Isle of Man' on reverse in violet (Whitney 697), routed via Liverpool with circular 'Official Paid' date stamp in red (Whitney 652) on face with 'Opened by Examiner 4438' censor label. Scarce item written from a German Internee at "Y" Camp, Rushen Internment Camp.

Great Brutain. (Isle Of Man). 18470 Pre stamp envelope written from 'Mount Sayle' dated 'Jan 1st 1847' addressed to Douglas cancelled by framed 'Ramsey/ Isle of Man' on reverse, rated 'P/1' in red m/s on face and Douglas arrival.

Isle Of Man. (France). 1942. Air Mail envelope written from France addressed to 'Walter Ehrlich, 94342, Camp X, Isle of Man' bearing France 'Type Petain' 1f20 brown (5) tied by 'Marseille St Ferfeol/Bouche de Rhone' date stamp routed via London with 'Opened by Examiner/4349' label and oval 'Metropolitan Police/Peel I.O.M./Peveril Camp/21st Sept 1942' receiver in carmine on face. Lovely item of incoming mail from France into Peveril Camp.

Isle Of Man. (Internee Camp Mail). 1942. Envelope written from Lytham St. Annes addressed to an Italian internee 'House No 50, "O" camp, Isle of Man' bearing Great Britain SG 489, 2 1/2d pale ultramarine tied by Lytham roller with oval 'Headquarters, Post Office/Intern Camps, Douglas I.O.M./20 Feb 1942' (Whitney 655) in face in violet, endorsed 'Chef Postal Censor, Liverpool' bearing 'Opened by/Examiner 3687' label. Superb item of internee mail, scarce in such fine quality.

Isle Of Man. (Internee Camp Mail). 1943. Stamp-less folded letter sheet dated '6th Feb 1943' addressed to New York cancelled by oval 'Married Aliens Internment Camp/Headquarters/ Port Erin' in blue/green (Whitney 680/6) with circular 'Official Paid' Fe 11 43' in red (Whitney 652), routed via England with part 'Opened by Examiner/4261' censor label on reverse. Very rare item written by German internee at Camp 'Y', Port Erin.

Isle Of Man. (Internee Camp Mail). 1940. Stamp-less envelope written from 'Women's Internment Camp, Hydro Hotel, Port Erin, Isle of Man' addressed to Worplesdon Hill cancelled by framed 'Women's Internment Camp/12 Jul 1940/Isle of Man' on face and reverse in black (Whitney 678), routed via Liverpool with circular 'Official Paid' date stamp in red (Whitney 653) on face. Scarce item written from a Woman Internee at "Y" Camp, Rushen Internment Camp.

Isle Of Man. (Internee Camp Mail). Circa 1916. Stamp-less envelope imprinted 'Prisoner of War' written from 'K Barracks, Douglas Camp' addressed to London cancelled by oval 'Aliens Detention Camp/Douglas, I.O.M./Censored' in violet (Whitney 651) with adjacent 'Post Free/ Prisoners of War/ P.C.' in red (Whitney 649). Very fine item from Douglas Internee Camp.

Isle Of Man. (Penny Pink). 1857. Great Britain 'Penny Pink' cacncelled by sideways 'Isle of Man/ 407 duplex addressed to Braddan. A beautiful item very scarce on Penny Pink envelope.

Isle Of Man. (Austria). 1854. Envelope addressed to Austria written from Douglas dated 'Sept 28th 1854' cancelled by Douglas/ Isle of Man' in green 'Sept 29' , rated '21' in blue ink with Aachen transit and charge '3 1/2 .Groschen' on face Very fine.

Isle Of Man. (Switzerland). 1862. Envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing SG 70, 6d lilac tied by 'Douglas-Isle-Of-Man/ 407' duplex with oval 'PD' in red routed via London with French entry cachet and Geneva receiver. Very fine Surface Printed cover from the Isle Of Man to Europe.

Isle Of Man. 1876. Printed circular headed 'To Inhabitants of Peel, the owners of Property in the Town, and all who are Interested in its Welfare' addressed to Douglas bearing SG 48, 1/2d rose tied by Peel/ Isle of Man date stamp endorsed 'Circular'. A Very scarce Printed circular from Peel.

Isle Of Man. (Prisoner Of War Mail). 1915. Registered 'Prisoner of War' envelope addressed to Devon bearing SG 375, 3d violet tied by Peel date stamp '15th Jan 15' with 'R/Peel' registration label and oval 'Aliens Detention Camp/Knockaloe. I.O.M.' in blue on face. 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.

Great Britain. (Isle Of Man). 1916. Envelope addressed to Knockaloe Camp, Peel, Isle of Man headed 'Prisoners of War' Written from Brixton (stamp removed by censor) with oval 'Aliens Detention Camp/ Knockaloe, Isle of Man/ Censored' in violet, endorsed 'Transferred 10/15' with oval 'Repatriated/ Return To Sender/ Prisoners of War Information Bureau' on face and reverse in crimson. Very rare 'Repatriated' item from the Isle Of Man.

Isle Of Man. (Internee Camp Mail). 1942. Stamp-less envelope addressed to Luton cancelled by hexagon 'Letter Sent With/Special Permission/ Commander W Internment Camp' in red with oval 'Women's Internment Camp/Section C/Port Erin' and boxed 'Women's/Internment Camp/6 Oct 1942/Isle-Of-Man' (Whitney 679) with circular 'Official Paid' date stamp '8th Oct 42' in red (Whitney 652) with 'Opened by Examiner/3486' censor label. Very rare item written from 'W' Camp, Port Erin. Unrecorded by Whitney.

Isle Of Man. (Internee Camp Mail). 1942. Stamp-less envelope addressed to London cancelled by hexagon 'Letter Sent With/ Special Permission/ Of/ Commandant W Internment Camp' in red with oval 'Headquarters Women's Internment Camp/ Port Erin/ Section A' and boxed 'Woman's/ Internment Camp/ 20 Aug 1942/ Isle of Man' in blue with circular 'Official Paid' date stamp '24th Aug' with 'Opened by Examiner/ 4261' label. Very rare item written from 'W Camp', Port Erin. Unrecorded by Whitney.

Great Britain. (Isle Of Man). 1845. Pre stamp envelope written dated 'April 26 1845' addressed to London cancelled by 'Castletown-Isle-Of-Man' undated circle, rated '1' with 'Isle of Man' transit and tombstone 'London/Paid' arrival 'April 28' in red on face.Very fine.

Isle Of Man. (Internee Camp Mail). 1942. Registered envelope addressed to London cancelled by hexagon 'Letter Sent With/Special Permission/of/Commander 0 Internment Camp' in violet with oval 'O. Camp Post Office/12th Oct 1942/Onchan, I.O.M.' on face in violet, routed via Liverpool bearing Great Britain SG 489,2 1/2d pale ultramarine and SG 490, 3d pale violet tied by 'Registered/ Liverpool' date stamp '14th Oct 42' with registered label and 'Opened by Examiner/5773' censor label. Very rare item of Registered Internment Camp mail written from an Italian Internee.

Isle Of Man. (Internee Camp Mail). 1945. Stamp-less folded letter sheet written from German Internee at 'Camp 'ZM' addressed to 'House 6, Camp "P", Pell, Isle of Man' , routed via 'Chief Postal Censor, Liverpool' with 'Opened by/Examiner 6868' label tied by oval 'Metropolitan Police/Peveril Camp/Peel, I.O.M. ' in violet '17th Mar 1945' (Whitney 677) and framed censor hand-stamp 'Opened by (Intelligence Officer). Very fine item of internee mail from Peveril Camp, Peel.

Great Britain. (Isle Of Man). 1940. Envelope addressed 'To The Commander, Peveril Internment Camp, Peel, I.O.M.' bearing Great Britain SG 466, 2 1/2d blue tied by Lingfield date stamp with oval 'Racecourse Aliens Camp/ I.O./ Lingfield' in violet dated '28 Oct 1940' on face. Nice item camp to camp.

Great Britain. (Isle Of Man). 1940. Envelope written from Hutchinson Camp addressed 'To The Comite International de la Croix Rouge, Geneva' bearing Great Britain SG 467, 3d violet tied by Douglas slogan '12h Nov 40' with oval 'Hutchinson International Camp/ Douglas I.O.M.' in violet on reverse dated '11th Nov 1940' with 'Opened by Censor' tape by Madrid transit 'Dec 31' . Nice routing, fine item.

Great Britain. (Isle Of Man). 1940. Official mail envelope headed 'On His Majesty's Service' addressed 'To The Commander, Peveril Camp (D), Peel. Isle of Man' cancelled by London/ Official Paid' Slogan '9th Oct 40' with circular 'War Office/ P.W. 2' cachet in red on face. 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.

British Guiana. 1864. stamp-less envelope to France written from Cayenne (French) dated '11 April 64' cancelled on reverse be British Post Office Demerara cds (116/4) endorsed 'via Anglaise' with Anglo-French accountancy 'GB/2f' routed via St Louis, Senegal with London transit and French entry cachet, rated '10' with Marseille receiver. Very rare item of accountancy mail from Guiana.

United States. (France). 1857. Envelope addressed to France bearing SG 11, 1c blue (imperf)and SG 35/7, 10c green (pair) tied by Port Lavaca/Tex date stamp, routed via Boston on British Packet via Liverpool and London with Anglo French accountancy 'GB/40c' with French entry cachet and rated '10' in m/s on arrival with Aube receiver on reverse. Very scarce use of this accountancy on Trans-Atlantic mail from Texas.

United States. (France). 1868. Postal stationery envelope two cents black cancelled by cork obliterator addressed to France, charged with hand-struck '15c' in red on face with Troyes arrival '27th Janv 68' on reverse. scarce item of Trans-Atlantic mail paying the un-opened printed matter rate.

United States. (France). 1857. Envelope addressed to France bearing SG 11, 1c blue (imperf) and SG 35/7, 10c green (pair) tied by Port Lavaca/Tex date stamp, endorsed 'Art 1' , routed via New York with 'New York/6' transit and boxed instructional 'Short paid' in red, endorsed 'via Liverpool' with circular 'Et. Unis Serv. Br. A. C./M' ambulant in red (Salles 1778), charged with hand-struck '8' and Rigny arrival on reverse. Very rare early item of Trans-Atlantic mail from Texas.

United States. 1872. Postal stationery envelope 3c green cancelled by cork obliterator addressed to France with 'New York/Br Transit' date stamp routed via London with Anglo-French accountancy 'GB//2f' and instructional 'Insufficiently Paid' with hand-struck '4', French entry cachet and rated '12' on arrival in Var. Very fine item of transatlantic accountancy mail.

French Levant. (Vathy). 1896. Registered envelope addressed to France bearing Vathy Yvert 5, 10c black/lilac, Yvert 6, 15c blue and Yvert 7, 1p on 25c black/rose tied by Vathy/Samps double ring in blue '21st Dec' with hand-struck 'R' , routed via Marseille with Eclaron receiver '29th Dec 96' on reverse. Registered mail from the French Post Office on Vathy, Samos is very rare. As this covers shows in December 1896 only two items of registered mail had been sent.

French Levant. (French Military Occupation Of Rouad Island). 1917. Registered envelope addressed to Alexandria bearing Ile Rouad Yvert 7, 5c green, Yvert 9, 15c vermilion and Yvert 10, 20c brown-lilac tied by 'Ile Rouad/Postes Francais' ddate stamp with boxed m/s 'R/No 61/Ile Rouad' hand-stamp with 'Controle Postal Militaire' label and oval 'Ouvert/ Par l' Autorite Militaire/952' censor cachet Port Said and Alexandria arrival and circular 'Ministere de la Guere/Controle Post Port-Said' censor with triangular 'Passed by Censor/No 3147' in red. Superb and rare commercial mail from the French Occupation with Provisional registered hand-stamp.

United States. 1875. Registered envelope addressed to France bearing Yvert 43, 7c orange/red and Yvert 45, 12c violet tied by cork cancel with adjacent 'Registered Cincinnati. O' date stamp in blue with boxed hand-struck registered, routed via New York with French entry cachet and Paris receiver on reverse. Superb item of exhibition quality.

French Levant. 1852. Stamp-less envelope written from Andrinople dated '11th Dec 1852' addressed to Marseille with hand-struck 'Gallipoli' routed via the French Post Office in Smyrne '17th Dec' with boxed 'Paquebots/ De La/ Medittranee' in red on face and Marseille receiver '26th Dec' on reverse. Scarce item.

Netherlands West Indies. (Curacao). 1915. Registered envelope addressed to New York bearing Yvert 46, 2 1/2c green (6) tied by Curacao date stamp with adjacent 'R/ Curacao label and 'Opened by Censor/ No' label tied by 'Passed by Censor/ 93' with New York arrival. Very attractive.

Netherlands West Indies. (Curacao). 1903. Registered envelope addressed to the United States bearing Yvert 19, 10c blue and Yvert 26, 12 1/2c on 12 1/2c blue tied by Curacao squared with adjacent 'R/Curacao label, New York transit and Detroit arrival. Very fine.

Netherlands West Indies. (Curacao). 1873. Original Colour Trials for the First issue of Curacao. (7). Ex Col Harvey.

Netherlands West Indies. (Curacao). 1859. stamp-less envelope written from Puerto Cabello (Venezuela) addressed to France with Curacao transit '24th Sept' in red on face and charged with hand-struck '15' on reverse, routed via London 'Nov 1st' with framed Anglo French Accountancy 'GB/ 1f 60c' in black with French entry cachet '2nd Nov 59' , charged '16' and Bordeaux receiver 'Nov 4' on reverse. Nice item paying the double letter rate.

Netherlands West Indies. (Curacao). 1872. Stamp-less envelope written from Maracaibo dated '15th Dec 1872' addressed to Germany with Curacao transit '7th Jan 1873' on face, rated '12 1/2' in blue crayon erased and charged '14 1/2' with London transit 'Jan 29' and charged with hand-struck '11d' on face with Hamburg receiver. Scarce item with rare charge.

Netherlands West Indies. (Curacao). 1874. Stamp-less envelope written from Maracaibo dated '14th June 1874' addressed to France with Curacao transit '21st June' on face with French entry cachet '15 Juil' and charged with hand-struck '13'. Scarce item to France.

Netherlands. 1864. Envelope addressed to France bearing Yvert 2, 10c carmine (3) tied by boxed Franco with adjacent Utrecht date stamp '2nd Jan 64' with hand-struck 'PD' and Pay-Bas French entry cachet in red on face with Melun arrival.

Netherlands West Indies. (Curacao). 1857. Stamp-less envelope written from Curacao dated '7th Feb 1857' addressed to France cancelled by Curacao date stamp in red '8th Feb' routed via St Thomas and Southampton with London transit '4 Mar' with framed Anglo-French accountancy 'GB/1f 60c' on face, French entry cachet and Paris arrival charged with hand-struck '16' for the double letter rate. Superb item from Curacao through the Anglo-French convention.

British Guiana. (Dutch West Indies). 1852. Stamp-less envelope written from Cayenne (French) dated '18th October 1852' with Paramaribo (21/11) transit date stamp and British Post Office Demerara (23/11) on reverse, endorsed 'via Packet Anglaise' and sent via England with boxed accountancy 'Colonies &c. Art 13' in red, London transit and French entry cachet, rated '30' in France with Bordeaux receiver. Superb item of accountancy mail.

Netherlands West Indies. (Curacao). 1892. Printed matter envelope addressed to Maracaibo bearing Yvert 25, 2 1/2c on 30c grey tied by Curacao squared circle. Nice single franking with the surcharge paying the local unopened printed matter rate.

Netherlands West Indies. (Curacao). 1943. Air Mail envelope endorsed 'Nederlandsche Roode Kruis Curacao' addressed to the 'Bureau of the Netherlands Red Cross, Pall Mall, London' bearing Yvert 121, 5c red and Air Mail 35c green and violet (2) tied by Aruba date stamp '24th Nov 43' with 'Geopend/ Door Censuur/ Curacao' label and hand-stamp 'Par Avion Jusquaux E.U./ By Airmail to U.S.A' in violet , routed via New York with 'Examined By/ 1141' censor tape and 'Opened by Examiner/ 688' censor label applied on arrival with boxed 'London Committee/ Roode Krus/ Van Nett/ Nederlandsche' receiver '7th Jan 44' on reverse. Superb item from Aruba.