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.

Netherlands West Indies. (Curacao). 1858. Stamp-less envelope addressed to France with Curacao date stamp '7/4' in red on face, routed via London with with framed Anglo French accountancy 'GB/ 1f 60c' in black and French entry cachet '15 Mai 58' , Charged '8' on arrival. Very fine with lovely Curacao strike in red.

Netherlands West Indies. (Suriname). 1940. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Luxembourg bearing Suriname Yvert 186, 2 1/2 (+2)c green, Yvert 187, 3 (+2)c orange, Yvert 188, 5 (+3)c blue and Yvert 189, 7 1/2 (+5)c carmine tied by Paramaribo date stamp '9th May 40' with matching registration label with 'Geopend Door de Censur' censor tape routed via Trinidad '14th May' with oval 'Registered/ London' in violet on reverse '13 Jul' with framed instructional 'No Service/ Returned To Sender' on face and endorsed 'Dutch Guiana' with Paramaribo '13th Aug 40' on reverse. Luxembourg was occupied by the Germans May 10th 1940 and so the mail was interrupted and returned. Superb item.

Netherlands West Indies. (Curacao). 1942. Air Mail envelope headed 'Het Nederlandsche Roode Kruis/ Afdeeling, Curacao' addressed to the 'Information Bureau of the Netherlands Red Cross, Stratton House, London' bearing 'Air Mai' Yvert 7a, 30c yellow (pair) tied by Willemstad date stamp '21st May 42' with triangular 'Geopend/ Door Censuur/ Curacao' in blue, routed via New Orleans with hand-stamp 'Passed By/ Censor' and 'Opened by Examiner/ 469' censor label applied on arrival Very attractive item.

Netherlands West Indies. (Suriname Maritime Mail).1905. Suriname postal stationery envelope 5c scarlet upgraded with Yvert 12, 1c grey, Yvert 18, 2c brown (2) , Yvert 19, 2 1/2c red and Yvert 41, 1/2c violet tied by oval 'Amsterd-Windie/ Nederld. Packetboot' date stamp '25th Oct 05' addressed to Holland endorsed 'Per K. Fr. J. H.' routed via Le Havre with Eindhoven arrival on reverse. Very attractive item.

Netherlands West Indies. (Suriname). 1904. Registered picture post card of 'Gravenstraat, Paramaribo' addressed to France bearing Suriname Yvert 23, 10c bistre and Yvert 46, 5c rose tied by Paramaribo squared circle with 'R/Suriname' registered label with hand-struck 'Suriname/ over/St Nazaire' , sent by French paquebot with octagonal 'Cayenne a Fort de France L.C.' date stamp (Salles 1525) routed via West Africa with octagonal 'Loango a Marseille L.M.' transit (Salles 1256) and Lille arrival on front. Scarce registered post-card from Suriname.

French Colonies. (Ivory Coast). 1932. Envelope addressed to Bingerville, Ivory Coast bearing France 'Type Blanc' Yvert 107, 1c grey and Yvert 108, 2c carmine (2) tied by Haute-Ville date stamp sent on the 'S.S. Madonna' with Bingerville arrival and forwarded to Abidjan, underpaid with 'T' hand-stamp and bearing Afrique Occidentale Francaise postage dues Yvert 10, 10c rose, Yvert 13, 30c blue and Yvert 15, 60c orange tied by Abidjan/Cote D' Ivoire receiver. Very fine.

French Colonies. (Senegal). 1870. Envelope written by the Captain of the Regiment at St Louis addressed to France bearing French General Colonies Yvert 4, 20c blue (imperf pair) tied by 'SNG' in lozenge with octagonal 'Corr. D. Armees/St Louis' in blue with boxed 'PD' and french entry cachet 'Col. Fr. Paq. Fr. 2 Bordeaux' in blue (Salles 1050) and arrival on reverse. Superb item of military mail paying the double military tariff.

Netherlands West Indies. (Suriname - Neth East Indies). 1899. Suriname postal stationery card 5c violet upgraded with Yvert 19,2 1/2c carmine tied by Paramaribo date stamp '31st Dec 1899' addressed to Semarang, Java with framed 'Suriname/ via/ Plymouth' with Semarang squared circle arrival '15/2' on face. Very attractive item.

Netherlands West Indies. (Curacao). 1892. Envelope addressed to Punala bearing Yvert 15, 2 1/2c green (pair) tied by Curacao squared circle. Nice item paying the local internal rate.

Netherlands West Indies. (Trans-Pacific Mail). 1939. Air Mail envelope addressed to Java, Netherlands East Indies bearing Curacao 'Air Mail Yvert 5, 15c grey, Yvert 6, 20c red and Yvert 9, 40c green tied by Willemstad/ Curacao date stamp '20th Aout 39' endorsed 'via Trans-Pacific/ Air Service and K.L.M.' with Tegal arrival '14th Sept 39' and forwarded to India with 'Passed Censor/ Madura/ 2' censor cachet on face in violet and 'Opened by Censor' label tied by Bombay receiver '20th Sept' . Lovely item of Trans-Pacific mail with scarce Madura censorship in first few days of use.

British West Indies. (Curacao - St Kitts). 1943. Envelope addressed to Basse-Terre, St Kitts bearing Netherlands West Indies Curacao 15c blue tied by Saba date stamp '30th May 43' with St Kitts Arrival and 'BB/ 202/ Opened by Examiner' label applied on arrival. Very fine. Not much censored mail seen from St Kitts. Nice inter-island item.

St. Kitts. (Curacao). 1945. Registered Air Mail envelope written from the French section of St Martin (administrated from Guadeloupe) addressed to Cannada bearing Curacao Air Mail 70c brown and blue (pair) tied by Philipsburg date stamp '27/4' with matching registered label and adjacent 'Gezien/Curacao/Censuur' in violet routed via St Kitts with 'Opened by Examiner/BB/282' censor label and St Kitts transit '4/5', forwarded via Miami '9/5' with Mont & Toronto R.S.O. , Belleville and Batavia/ Ont arrival. '10th May' on reverse. Wonderful item.

United States. (Netherlands West Indies). 1885. United States postal stationery envelope 5c brown canceled by oval 'Red D Line of S.S. New York' in violet dated 'Nov 7 1885' addressed to Curacao, Netherlands West Indies sent on the steamer "Caracas" with Curacao receiver '16th Nov' on face and rated '15' in blue crayon. Superb item.

Netherlands West Indies. (Trans-Pacific Air Mail). 1944. Air Mail envelope addressed to Bombay, India bearing Curacao 60c brown and blue-green and 70c brown and turquoise tied Curacao/ Willemsted date stamp '6th Dec 44' with 'Gezien/ Curacao/ Censuur' hand-stamp in carmine, endorsed 'Per China Clipper' and routed Trans-Pacific with 'Opened by Examiner' label tied by boxed 'Crown/ Passed DHC/ 80' censor hand-stamp with Bombay arrival '9th Jan 45' reverse. Lovely item from Curacao, Netherlands West Indies over the Pacific.

Netherlands West Indies. (Suriname Maritime Mail). 1892. Envelope headed 'Wed. J. Heeres & Zoon/ Geldersche Kade 3, Amsterdam' addressed to Paramaribo, Suriname bearing Netherlands Yvert 35, 5c ultramarine (2) tied by oval 'Amsterd-Windie/ Nederld. Packetboot' date stamp '24th Mar 92' endorsed 'Per K. Fr. J. H.' with Paramaribo arrival '24th May 1892' on reverse. Lovely item.

Netherlands West Indies. (Curacao). 1942. Envelope headed 'Het Nederlandsche Roode Kruis/ Afdeeling, Curacao' addressed to the 'Information Bureau of the Netherlands Red Cross, Stratton House, London' bearing Yvert 125, 15c blue tied by Willemstad date sttamp '22nd Mar 42' with 'Opened by Examiner/ 428' label and boxed 'London Committee/ Roode Krus/ Van Nett/ Nederlandsche' receiver '3rd Juin 42' on face and reverse. Lovely item.

Netherlands West Indies. (St. Eustatius). 1944. Air Mail envelope addressed to England bearing Air Mail 30c red and violet (2) and 50c purple and black (pair) tied by St. Eustatius date stamp with 'Geopend Door/ Censuur Curacao' label tied by circular '20' censor hand-stamp in blue with 'Opened by Examiner/ 147' label. Very nice item of WW2 censor mail from St. Eustatius.

Netherlands West Indies. (Curacao). 1892. Envelope addressed to New York bearing Yvert 18, 25c on 30c grey tied by Curacao squared circle, endorsed 'Maracaibo' with New York arrival. Nice single franking with the surcharge.

Ceylon. 1939. Air Mail envelope addressed to St. Gallen, Switzerland cancelled by 'Ceylon/ Postage Revenue 20c' meter (8) with Colombo date stamp '6th Oct 39' with 'Opened by Censor/ K' censor label routed via India with triangular 'Passed Censor/ Madras/ 3' in violet on face. Attractive item, early censorship.