Camerouns. (Free French). 1943. Registered stampless Air Mail envelope headed 'Banque de L'Afrique Occidentale/ Siege de Douala' addressed to London cancelled 'Republique Francaise/ Delegation du Comite Francais/ 13 11 43/ de la Liberation Nationale a Londres/ Section de Courrier' with hand-stamp 'Recommande' and endorsed 'Vu ert Control/ Douala le 20 Octobre 1943/ Le Directaur du Cabinet Civil'. Scarce item from the Camerouns to 'de Gaulle's headquarters at Carlton Gardens, London'.

Camerouns. (Free French). 1942. Registered Air Mail envelope headed 'Banque de L' Afrique Occidentale/ Siege de Douala' addressed to London bearing Great Britain SG 485, 1/2d pale green and SG 489, 2 1/2d pale blue (2) tied by Leicester Square date stamp '4th Nov 42' with Matching registered label and circular 'Le Directeur du Cabinet Civil/ Camerouns Francaise/ Libre' on face with 'France Combattante/ Q.G. Carlton Gardens/ Bureaudu Courrier' in violet on reverse and endorsed 'Vu pour Control/ Douala le 4 December 1942/ Le Directaur du Cabinet Civil.' Scarce item from the Camerouns to 'de Gaulle's headquarters at Carlton Gardens, London' . Sent the double Atlantic route. Ex Maddocks and illustrated in his book.

Canada. (New Brunswick). 1857. Stamp-less envelope to France written from St John, New Brunswick dated '12th January 1857' with 'St John-New Brunswick' double arc on reverse sent on the steamer (Van der Linden 1632), routed via London with French entry cachet, rated '24' with Marseille receiver on reverse. Very fine example of this scarce accountancy mark.

Canada. (Quebec Ship Letter). 1815. Pre-Stamp folded envelope (with full text) written from Kingston on Canada dated '9th June 1815' addressed to France routed via Quebec with oval Crown 'Ship Letter/Quebec' in black and framed instructional 'Returned/For/Postage', routed via Falmouth with oval 'Ship Letter/Falmouth' in red (Robertson S4), London transit '10th Oct' and rated '2/8' paying the double letter rate. Very rare early Quebec Ship Letter.

Canada. (Prisoner Of War Mail). 1941. Unstamped Air Mail envelope addressed to 'Civil Internee, Ludwig, Camp N, Internment Operations ' endorsed 'Tax Perque' with Koblenz dispatch '27th Jan 41' with German censor tape and censor cachet applied in Frankfurt with 'Examined By Censor/ C 98' label and 'Base A.P.O./ Canada' arrival 'Mar 4th' with 'Examined By Censor/C 98' label and 'Base A.P.O./ Canada' arrival 'Mar 4th' with circular 'Canada Int. Op/ Canada/ 21' censor cachet in carmine on face. Nice item.

Canada. (Special Delivery Stamps). 1948. Air Mail envelope addressed to England bearing SG S13, 16c blue and SG S16, 17c blue tied by Ottawa date stamp (stamp not valid) and taxed with circular 'T/ 32/ Centimes' hand-stamp in violet and charged '1s' on arrival in Sussex. Very fine.

Camerouns. (Canada). 1942. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Douala, French Cameroun bearing Canada SG 388, $1 blue tied by Ottawa date stamp 'Jul 1st 42' framed hand-struck 'R/ Ottawa. On. ' endorsed 'Via Miami & West Africa' routed via Montreal and Miami '6th July' with Nigeria transit '18/7' and hand-stamp 'Censor' on face, circular 'A/1 and triangular cachet with circular 'Control Postal/ Commission A/ Territoire du Cameroun' on face and returned to New York bearing French Cameroun Yvert 252, 30c orange and Air Mail Yvert 16, 25f blue tied by Douala/ Cameroun Yvert 252, 30c orange and Air Mail Yvert 16, 25f blue tied by Douala/ Cameroun dispatch '30th Juin 43' with Douala/ Chargements on reverse. New York and Miami back-stamps.

Canada. (Ireland). 1830. Pre-stamp envelope written from 'Coteau Du Lac' addressed to London cancelled by Coteau Du Lac undated hand-stamp (date inserted by m/s) 9th July 1830' , charged '11d' with hand-stamp 'PAID' and framed 'Forwarded' in red, routed via Belfast/Ship Letter' in red (Robertson S4), rated '1//4' with '8d' Ship Letter charge in m/s and London arrival '5th Sept' on reverse. Very fine.

Camerouns. (French Camerouns). 1942. Envelope addressed to
London bearing French Cameroun Yvert 223, 1f25 carmine (pair) tied by Ebolowa/ Cameroun date stamp '10th Juin 42' with circular 'Controle Postal/ Commission C/ Territoire du Cameroun' on reverse and 'Controle Postal Militaire' censor label tied by oval 'Ouvert/ Par/ L' Autorite Militaire' and 'A/1' censor cachet with 'Opened by Examiner/ 6523' applied in London. Commission C was applied in Ebolowa in June/ July 42 and only a few are known. Very rare item. Ex Maddocks and illustrated in his book.

British Somaliland. (Army Post Offices). 1943. Air Mail letter card addressed to England bearing Kenya SG 132, 5c green and black and SG 139, 20c orange tied by 'E.A./ A.P.O. 65' double ring with framed 'Passed by Military Censor/ No 439' censor cachet in violet. Scarce item from East Africa Command in Hargeisa, Somaliland.

British Occupation Of Somalia. 1949. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to England bearing SG S15, 40c on 5d brown and SG S18, 1s on 1s bistre (pair) tied by Mogadishu/ Somalia date stamp with matching registered label routed via the Railway Letter Office Mogadishu on reverse. Very fine.

British Somaliland. (Somaliland Camel Corps). 1938. Envelope with crest on flap and letter headed 'Somaliland Camel Corps, British Somaliland via Aden' addressed to London bearing British Somaliland SG 95, 2a maroon tied by Berbera date stamp '8th July 1938' . The Somaliland Camel Corps had a total strength of 14 British Officers and the troops ethnic Somalis. Humphrey French was the son of Major Herbert Cummins French and was attached to 'C Company' at Burao and later at Berbera/ A rare item with text from the Camel Corps.

Great Britain. (France). 1855. Envelope addressed to France bearing SG 62, 4d carmine/blue tied by Liverpool/ 466 spoon duple with circular 'PD' , French entry cachet and Paris arrival. Very fine.

Great Britain. 1882. Registered Great Britain postal stationery envelope 'penny pink' upgraded with SG 168a, 2d deep rose tied by Halstead cds '28th Mar 82' addressed to Sudbury with oval 'Registered/ London' transit on face. Superb item with wonderful fresh colour.

Gilbert Islands. (Coast Watcher P.O.W.). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to 'Private R. Jones, Ocean Island, N.Z.E.F. ' bearing SG 580, 2d orange (2), SG 609, 3d blue, SG 613, 1/2d blue-green (2), SG 621, 6d violet and green and SG 628, 1d on 1/2d green tied by Auckland date stamp '10 Nov 41' with framed 'New Zealand -Fiji/ Air Mail Service/ Inaugural Flight/ 1941' on face with large pointed finger 'Returned To Sender' and hand-stamp 'Prisoner of War' , forwarded to Kuria and returned via Suva/Fiji '13th Nov 41'. Reg Jones from Auckland was a Coast Watcher who was beheaded on 15th Oct 1942. A rare item.

Pacific Islands. (Bahamas). 1952. Envelope addressed to Honiara, British Solomon Island bearing Bahamas SG 178, 1/2d orange (pair) tied by Green Castle date stamp '10th Jan 52' , underpaid with circular 'T/ 1/-' and bearing British Solomon postage due SG D7, 1s violet tied by Honiara receiver '9th June 52' on face. Lovely item of postage due mail from Bahamas to the British Solomon Islands.

Pacific Islands. (United States Forces In Marshall Islands). 1944. Envelope endorsed 'James Manson, Med. Det 105th Inf. 1st Ban. Section, c/o Postmaster San Francisco, A.P.O. 27' addressed to Scotland bearing United Staa=tes SG 902, 3c violet (pair) tied by 'U.S. Army post Service/ A.P.O. 27' Jan 1944' with framed 'U.S. Passed by/ Army Censor/ 05246' on face. Nice item from A.P.O. 27' Marshall Islands.

New Zealand. (Samoa). 1915. Registered envelope from New Zealand/Post & Telegraph' headed 'On His Majesty's Service' addressed to Paris bearing Samoa SG 115, 1/2d yellow green, SG 116, 1d carmine and SG 118, 2 1/2d blue tied by Apia date stamp with m/s 'Reg/109' and hand-stamp 'Passed by Censor' with receiver on reverse. Attractive.

New Hebrides. (Maritime Mail). 1944. Envelope written from Ambrym Island addressed to California bearing British New Hebrides SG 53, 10c orange tied by 'New Hebrides/ Inter-Island' date stamp with 'Opened by Censor-New Hebrides/Ouvert Par La Censure-Nouvelles Hebrides' censor tape, routed via Australia with 'Opened by Censor/2' label and censor cachet, underpaid with 'T' hand-stamp applied in New Hebrides. Very fine item of Inter-Island mail from Ambrym.

Pacific. (Rabual - New Guinea). 1942. Australian Red Cross envelope headed 'Prisoners of War Post/ Service Des Prisonniers de Guerre' , c/o Japanese Red Cross Society, Tokyo, Japan' addressed to 'Capt Robertson, Details 2, 10th Field Ambulance, A.I.F. , Australian Prisoner of War, RABUAL' with '3 Opened by Censor' label tied by 'Passed by Censor/ 352' on reverse, endorsed 'ZENT' and '9B' with framed 'Zentsuji' censor hand-stamp (Zentsuji Camp) and m/s '18-2-42' date when the mail was received. Lark Force had been in Rabual and the POW's moved to Japan. This cover was sent directly on receipt to Japan where Robertson was being held.

New Hebrides. 1942. Registered envelope addressed to Australia bearing British New Hebrides SG 53, 10c orange (3) tied by /new Hebrides/ Inter-Island date stamp '10th Mar 42' with framed hand-struck 'R/ New-Hebrides/ Inter-Island/ No 285' on face (Salles 2277), routed via Vila '17 March' with Sydney receiver '2nd April' and 'Opened by Censor/2' censor label tied by boxed '2/ Passed by/ Censor/ 738' in violet on face and reverse. Superb item of registered mail from the New Hebrides Inter-Island Mail Service.

Pacific Islands. (Niue - United States Samoa). 1969. Air Mail envelope addressed to Tonga bearing Niue SG 127, 2c on 2d black and rose (4) tied by Niue date stamp with hand-struck instructional 'Missent To/ Pago, Samoa USPO' on face in violet.

Pacific Islands. (Samoa). 1894. Envelope headed 'Supreme Court of Samoa' addressed to the United States bearing SG 52, 2 1/2d rose tied by Apia/ Samoa double ring 'Feb 28' with San Francisco transit and Saunt Johnsbury arrival 'March 24' on reverse. Very fine.

Pacific Islands. (Gilbert & Ellice). 1938. Envelope addressed England bearing SG 27, 1/2d green, SG 28, 1d violet and SG 29, 1 1/2d scarlet tied by Gilbert & Ellice Islands/ Post Office/ Funafuti date stamp '3rd July 38' .Very fine.

Pacific Islands. (Western Samoa). 1945. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to London bearing SG 199, 3d on 1 1/2d brown (pair) tied by Tuasivi date stamp with Provisional registration label routed via Apia. Very nice item of registered mail from Tuasivi on Savai' I Island.

Pacific Islands. (Papua & New Guinea). 1960. Envelope addressed to Konedobu, Papua SG 3, 2d blue tied by Konedobu/ Papua & New Guinea date stamp '4th March 60' , underpaid with circular 'T/ 6d' hand-stamp and bearing postage due SG D1, 6d on 7 1/2d blue applied and tied by Konedobu receiver. Very rare item of postage due mail from New Guinea stamp never seen on cover. Exhibition item.

Pacific Islands. (British Solomons - Australia). 1955. Envelope addressed to Yandina, Cape Marsh, British Solomon Island bearing Australia SG 179, 1/2d orange tied by Toowoomba slogan '6th Sept 55' , underpaid with 'CTMA/ T/ 18' hand-stamp and bearing British Solomon postage dues SG D1, 1/2d emerald, SG D2 2d scarlet and SG D3, 3d brown tied by Yandina date stamp '30th Sept' on face. Lovely item incoming postage due mail from Australia to Yandina on Russel Island, British Solomon Islands.

Pacific Islands. (New Guinea). 1941. Envelope addressed to Chicago bearing New Guinea SG 216, 3d blue tied by Rabul date stamp with 'Opened by Censor' label tied by framed 'Passed by Censor/ T.N.G. No 1' on face in violet.Very fine.

Papua And New Guinea. (Australia). Circa 1960. Stamp-less 'O.H.M.S.' parcel tag written from Australia endorsed 'Declared value 1.10' and bearing Papua postage dues SG D12, 1/3d violet (block of six) tied by Rabual date stamp. Very fine.

Pacific Islands. (New Guinea). 1934. Air Mail envelope addressed to London bearing SG 193, 2d vermilion and SG 197, 6d bistre tied by Lae date stamp '30th Jul 34' with octagonal 'New Guinea/ Australia/ First Official Air Mail' hand-stamp in violet on reverse and Sydney transit. Nice item.

Pacific Islands. (Papua). 1939. Air Mail envelope addressed to england bearing SG 137, 6d bistre and SG 139, 1s blue-green tied by Port Morseby/ Papua date stamp '14th Oct 39' with 'Opened by Censor' label routed via Townsville '22nd Oct' on reverse Very fine.

New Hebrides. 1909. Picture post card of 'Two natives addressed in trade prints, New Hebrides' addressed to France bearing SG 2, 1d carmine tied by Vila New Hebrides date stamp 'Sp 26 09' . Nice item, card published by 'W. Henry Caporn'.

Pacific Islands. (Papua). 1939. Envelope written from 'The Bishop of New Guinea, Samarai, Papua' headed 'New Guinea Mission' addressed to England bearing SG 133, 2d red tied by Samarai/ Papua date stamp '15th Dec 39' with framed 'Passed by Censor/ Asst. Censor' and rated '6' in red crayon on face. Lovely item.

New Hebrides. 1909. Picture post card of 'Natives of Big Bay, Hebrides' addressed to France bearing SG 2, 1d carmine tied by Vila New Hebrides date stamp 'Sp 26 09' .Nice item.

French Colonies. (New Hebrides). 1929. Official Mail envelope to France headed 'Nouvelles-Hebrides/ Sevice des Contributions Customs/ Postes' with 'O.C.S. hand-stamp and cancelled 'Condominium Postmaster/New Hebrides/ Le Receveur des Postes, Port Vila' double ring with New Hebrides Vila date stamp with endorsement arrival in Lille reverse. Scarce item.

New Hebrides. (French). 1927. Envelope written from the 'Condominium Postmaster/New Hebrides' with circular hand-stamp in violet addressed to 'Monsieur Petre, Proprietaire, Nlles Hebrides' with 'T' hand-stamp and bearing New Hebrides postage dues SG FD53, 10c green, SG FD54, 20c grey, SG FD55, 30c red, SG FD56, 50c ultramarine and SG FD57, 1f carmine/blue tied by Postes Condominium Port Vila, Nelles Hebrides double ring in violet. Lovely item of postage due mail. Exhibition item.

New Hebrides. (French). 1913. Picture post card of 'Faubourg Blanchot, New Caledoni' written from Malicolo, New Hebrides addressed to France bearing French New Hebrides SG F12, 1c carmine tied by Nelles Hebrides Service Maritime double ring in blue (Salles 2274). with Sydney transit on reverse. Very fine and scarce item of Maritime mail from the island of Malekule.

New Zealand. (Samoa). 1899. Envelope addressed to Bordeaux bearing Samoa SG 84 2 1/2d on 1d bluish-green tied by Apia/Samoa double ring 'May 19' routed via New Zealand with circular 'N.Z. Marine P.O./R.M.S. "Alameda"/20 May 99" in blue ion reverse with Bordeaux arrival '16th Juin'. Very fine.

Papua. (French Indo-China). 1933. Registered envelope addressed to Cantho, Indo-China bearing Papua SG 137, 6d bistre tied by Port Moresby date stamp with registered label routed via Queensland with Registered Brisbane '1st Aug' , Singapore '30th Aug' and Saigon-Central '6/9' with Cantho/Cochinchine arrival '7/9' and forwarded to France bearing French postage due Yvert 22, 30c carmine tied by Paris receiver. Lovely combination.

Gilbert & Ellice Islands. 1942. Censored envelope addressed to France bearing SG 48, 3d black and ultramarine tied by 'Gilbert & Ellice Islands/ Colony/P.O. Tarawa' in carmine with boxed 'Passed by Censor/No 8' hand-stamp and 'Opened by Censor' label in red. A scarce item of commercial censored mail addressed to France.

Pacific Islands. (Samoa). 1843. stamp-less envelope written from Upolu date 'Sept 23rd 1843' addressed to London routed via Sydney with oval 'Paid Ship Letter/Sydney' in red on face 'Nov 12th' with London receiver on reverse, charged m/s '8' for the ship letter and rated '3' in red m/s. Very nice early missionary letter from Samoa. Scarce.

Nyasaland. 1937. Air Mail envelope addressed to England bearing SG 127, 1/2d green (pair), SG 128, 1d brown (3) and SG 129, 2d grey (5) tied by Karonga date stamp '12th May 37' routed via Tukuyu and Mbeya on reverse. Nice item paying the double Air Mail rate.

Nyasaland. (France). 1924. Envelope addressed to France bearing SG 86, 1d carmine and SG 88, 2d slate (2) tied by Dedza/ Nyasaland date stamp '6th April 24' routed via Zomba '8/4' on face. Nice item.

Nigeria. (Gold Coast). 1938. Nigeria Postal stationery envelope one penny red cancelled by Kwale/ Nigeria double ring '22nd Mars 38' addressed to Accra, Gold Coast, underpaid with 'T' hand-stamp and bearing Gold Coast postage due SG D2, 1d black applied and tied by oval 'Registered/ Accra Gold Coast' receiver '29/3' . A very lovely item.

Nigeria. (Nigeria Territories). 1898. Stamp-less envelope written from Burutu addressed to the 'North West Frontier Police, Victoria (B.C.) or elsewhere' cancelled by framed hand-stamp 'The Royal Niger Company/ Chartered & Ltd/27 Jun 1898/ Post Office/Burutu' in violet, charged '1d' , routed via Liverpool with 'Liverpool/Br Packet' transit '31 Jy' and Victoria/B.C. arrival '13th Aut' and forwarded to Regina/Assinaboia, Saskatchewan with hand-struck '10d' tax applied. Scarce destination.

Niger Coast. 1897. Envelope written from Akassa addressed to France bearing Great Britain SG 201, 2 1/2d purple/blue tied by framed 'The Royal Niger Company/Chartered & Limited/ 5-Aug-97/ Post Office/Akassa' in violet, endorsed 'via Liverpool' routed via British ship and landed at Liverpool with stamp further tied by 'Paid/Liverpool/Br Packet/16/9/97' and Lyon receiver on reverse. Scarce item to France.

Niger Coast. (Sweden). 1892. Stamp-less envelope endorsed on reverse on reverse 'Wm. Hunter, River Niger, Africa' addressed to Sweden cancelled by oval 'The Niger Territories/Post Office/Akassa/ 2 Jan. 92' in violet on face and endorsed 'Frimarken pinnes i/Niger Station' , routed via London 'Fe 5' on reverse in red, with framed hand-stamp 'T' and boxed 'Losen' in red. Rare item from the Niger Territories to Sweden.

Nider Company. (French Colonies). 1897. Envelope addressed to Grand Bassam, Ivory Coast bearing Great Britain SG Z32,2 1/2d purple/blue tied by boxed 'The Royal Miger Company/Chartered & Limited/ 9-Oct 97/Post Office/Akassa' in violet, routed via Forcados River 'Oct 13' , Cape Coast 'Oct 16' and Axim 'Oct 24' with Assinie/Cote D'Lvoire' arrival '27 Oct' on reverse. Lovely item of internal West African mail.

Nigeria. (Barbados). 1941. Envelope addressed to Barbados bearing SG 52b, 2 1/2d orange tied by Lagos double ring with 'Opened by Censor/ Nigeria' label tied by boxed 'Passed Censor/ Nigeria/ 12' routed via Senegal with framed 'L/2' censor and Barbados receiver.

Southern Nigeria. (Morocco). 1908. Registered envelope addressed to 'General d'Amade, Commandant, French Corps Expeditionaire du Maroc' bearing Southern Nigeria SG 24, 2 1/2d blue and black and SG 34, 1d carmine tied by Registered/Lagos Southern Nigeria double ring 'Aug 14' routed via London with hooded Registered/London '4th Set' transit in red and oval 'Registered/ British P.O. Tangier' date stamp '8th Sep' on reverse. Very fine item of destination mail.