Ceylon. (Egypt). 1944. Envelope addressed to 'The International Red Cross, Geneva, Switzerland' bearing Ceylon SG 302, 25c chocolate and blue tied by Colombo roller '10th June 44' with 'Opened by Censor/ L 31' label routed via Egypt with 'Egyptian Censorship' label and circular 'Censorship/ Dept/ 87' censor cachet on face in carmine. Nice routing.

Ceylon. (Straits Settlements). 1894. Ceylon postal stationery envelope 'five cents' grey upgraded with SG 195, 5c purple (pair) tied by Courts/Paid date stamp 'Ju 15 94' addressed to Kuala Lumpur with 'Penang To Singapore' marine sorter on reverse, sent on the steamer (Clyde) with Kwala Lumpur transit and Klang arrival on face 'June 25th' . Scarce item of mail from the Courts Post Office to Malaya.

Ceylon. (Red Cross). 1942. Red Cross Envelope written from 'Colpetty, Colombo' addressed to 'Comite International de la Croix Rouge, Geneva, Switzerland' headed 'Red Cross postal Message Scheme' bearing SG 386, 2c black and carmine and SG 388, 6c blue and grey (4) tied by Colombo/Foreign double ring with circular 'Ceylon Branch/B.R.C.S.' in red on face, framed 'Crown/Passed/ L/7' censor and 'Opened by Examiner 4917' label with German censor tape tied by German censor on reverse. Lovely item.

Ceylon. (Boer War). 1901. Envelope addressed to 'P.O.W. Diyatalawa Camp' bearing Ceylon SG 195, 5c purple tied by Ragama Camp date stamp 'Nov 8 01' with oval 'Ragama Camp' in purple on reverse with 'Opened Under Martial Law' censor label and 'Passed Censor P.O.W./ Diyatalawa/E.J.B.' in violet on face. Nice item of mail from Camp to Camp. Very fine.

Bermuda. 1943. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Guatemala bearing SG 106, 1/6d brown and SG 114a, 3d black and blue tied by Hamilton date stamp with framed 'R/ Hamilton' hand-stamp in violet with Green Patriotic label and 'Opened by Examiner' censor label, routed via New York with 'Certificados/ Guatemala arrival on reverse. A very attractive cover.

Bermuda. (United States). 1912. Envelope addressed to Hamilton, Bermuda bearing United States SG 407, 2c carmine tied by Providence/ R.I. roller, underpaid with 'T/N.Y./ centimes 30/ H' duplex and Bermuda oval 'Postage Due/ 3d' on face. Very fine.

Bermuda. (United States Army Post Office). 1942. Air Mail envelope written from Bermuda addressed to Maine, United States bearing United States 'Transporter' SG A903, 10c violet with Bermuda 'Red Cross' label tied by US Army Postal
Service/ A.P.O. 856' duplex dated 'Apr 22 1942' with 'Opened by Army U.S. Examiner No 81' label with framed 'Passed by/ Army Examiner/ U.S 313' on face. Very attractive item from the United States Army Post Office on Bermuda with scarce label tied.

Bermuda. (French Morocco). 1942. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to the United States bearing French Morocco 'Child Refugees' Yvert + 2f on 45c green, Yvert 201, + 4f on 90c blue, Yvert 202, + 6f on 1f25 brown and Yvert 203, + 8f on 2f50 carmine tied by Casablanca-Postes/Maroc date stamp '31st Jan 42' with matching registered label with 'Controle' censor tape tied by oval 'Ouvert/Par L'Autorite Militaire/YA 601' in orange with framed '7' in carmine. routed via Bermuda with 'Opened by Examiner 6992' and endorsed 'Condemned' in red crayon and hand-stamp instructional 'Held by British/ Censor/Released Jan 1946' with 'Released' in violet and forwarded with New York/Reg '28/1 1946' and Newark/Registered 'Feb 9 1946' on reverse. Very attractive item held by the Bermuda censorship for 4 years.

Bermuda. (Guadeloupe). 1940. Registered envelope written from Guadeloupe bearing Yvert 110, 50c green and orange and Yvert 118, 2f brown and green (2) tied by Pointe-a-Pitre/Guadeloupe date stamp with registered label, intercepted in Bermuda with 'Opened by Examiner/5086' label with hand-stamp 'Released' in blue and 'Stop' in m/s with in arrival 'Nantes '27/1/46' on reverse. Nice item.

Bermuda. (Madagascar). 1940. Envelope addressed to Marseille bearing French Madagascar Yvert 190, 50c yellow-brown (pair) tied by Majunga/ Madagascar double ring '31st Dec 41' routed via Tananarive and Tamatave '7 Jan 41' with 'Opened by Examiner/ 5197' with 'I.C.' in blue crayon and hand-stamped '24 Jul 1941' on face. Routed via Bermuda with British I.C. censor. Very nice item from Madagascar routed over two Oceans across the Atlantic and back. Excellent item.

Bermuda. (Finland). 1942. Stamp-less Air Mail envelope addressed to Philadelphia cancelled by Suomi/ Finland meter in red with 'Par Avion' label routed via Lisbon, intercepted by the British in Bermuda with 'Opened by Examiner/ 1647' censor label and endorsed 'I.C.' . Very fine.

British East Africa. (Tanganyika - Rhodesia). 1943. Envelope addressed to Zurich, Switzerland bearing Kenya SG 152, 10c on 3d ultramarine and SG 153, 20c on 6d orange and green tied by Songea double ring with Tanganyika 'Crown/ Passed/ R/1' censor hand-stamp in violet, routed via Northern Rhodesia with 'Opened by Examiner/ O/' censor tape tied by 'Crown/ Passed/ 01. 7' censor cachet and German censor tape tied by censor cachet applied in Berlin. Superb item.

British East Africa. (Tanganyika). Circa 1940. Stamp-less Air Mail envelope addressed to Germany endorsed 'H. Boehme, German Internment Camp, P.O. Dar-Es-Salaam, T.T.' cancelled by oval 'Internment Camp/ Dar Es Salaam/Passed by Censor' on reverse with 'Postal/ Internment Camp/ Commandant/ frank' in violet on face with 'Passed by Censor' and British 'Opened by Censor/ 1005' label. Nice item with early censor rated '10' by Little.

British Levant. 1895. Registered Great Britain 'two pence' postal stationery envelope upgraded with British Levant SG 4, 40pa on 2 1/2d purple/blue (2) tied by British Post Office/ Constantinople date stamp with hand-struck 'R' addressed to New York with receiver on reverse. Attractive item.

British East Africa. (Refugee Camp Mail). Circa 1942. Air Mail envelope written from 'Camp No 1 (Nyeri) addressed to Sicily bearing Kenya SG 152, 10c on 3d blue (strip of three) with framed 'Refugee/ Camp No 1/ Date' with boxed censor 'passed by Censor/B/ 7' on face in violet. Lovely item from an Italian Refugee in Nyeri Camp. Scarce.

British East Africa. (Israel). 1953. Envelope addressed to Israel bearing Kenya SG 131, 1c brown and grey (5), SG 133, 5c brown and orange and SG 136, 10c brown and grey tied by Nairobi double ring, underpaid with framed 'T/20 Centimes' hand-stamp in red and bearing Israel postage dues 5s brown and 60s violet applied and tied in Tel Aviv with boxed charge '65s' in purple on face. Nice mixed combination.

British East Africa. (Tanganyika). 1944. Kenya, Uganda Postal stationery card 15c carmine cancelled by Geita double ring with framed 'Crown/Passed R/18' censor cachet on face in violet addressed to Switzerland. Superb.

British East Africa. (Kenya). 1935. Air Mail Kenya and Uganda postal stationery envelope twenty cents orange upgraded with SG 78, 5c green and SG 80, 10c black tied by Kisumu/Kenya date stamp '14th Jan' addressed to Kakamega with arrival on reverse endorsed 'By First Internal Air Mail Service/Kisumu Kakamega' 'Opening of East African Airmail Service' . A scarce item.

British East Africa. (Army Post offices). 1943. Illustrated Xmas Greetings letter card envelope addressed to England bearing Kenya SG 134, 10c orange and SG 137, 15c carmine and black tied by 'E.A./ A.P.O. 51' double ring with framed 'Passed by Military Censor/E.A./No 1/79' censor cachet in violet. Attractive Christmas Greeting envelope from the Army Post office 51 in Moshi, Tanganyika. Ex Goodman.

British East Africa. (Army Post Offices). 1941. Air Mail letter card envelope addressed to London bearing Kenya SG 132, 5c green and SG 139, 20c orange cancelled by 'E.A./A.P.O. 66' double ring with framed 'Passed by Military Censor/ No 218' censor cachet in violet. Lovely item from the Army Post Office 66, Mombasa.

British East Africa. (Tanganyika - Rhodesia). 1943. Envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing Kenya SG 151, 5c on 11d carmine and black (6) tied by Iringa double ring '22nd Mar 43' with Tanganyika 'Opened by Examiner/ P.C. 90' censor label routed via Northern Rhodesia with 'Opened by Examiner/ O/' censor tape tied by boxed 'Crown in Berlin. Wonderful item of censor mail with unrecorded 'R/18' label from Tanganyika and not listed '01.6' cachet from Rhodesia. Exhibition item.

Bermuda. (Boer War). 1901. Envelope addressed to Natal bearing Bermuda SG 22, 1d rose tied by Hamilton/Bermuda double ring 'DE 13 1901' with adjacent 'Prisoner of War/ Bermuda/Passed Censor' in blue on face with Ladysmith and Durban arrivals on reverse. Very fine.

Bermuda. (Denmark). 1938. Air Mail envelope addressed to Denmark bearing Bermuda SG 111, 1 1/2d brown and blue and SG 113, 2 1/2d blue and pale blue (3) tied by Crawl date stamp, underpaid with 'T/ Bermuda/ Centimes 60' tax hand-stamp and bearing Denmark postage due Yvert 28, 20 red, Yvert 31, 20o grey and Yvert 32, 25o turquoise (pair) tied by Copenhagen receiver. Very attractive Combination.

Camerouns. (Free French). 1942. Registered Air Mail envelope headed 'Banque de L'Afrique Occidentale/ siege de Douala' addressed to London bearing Great Britain SG 489, 2 1/2d pale blue and SG 49990, 3d pale violet tied by Leicester Square date stamp '28 Oct 42' with Matching registered label and circular 'Le Directeur du Cabinet Civil/ Camerouns Francaise/ Libre' on face and endorsed 'Vu Pour Control/ Douala le 16 October 1942/ Le Directaur du Cabinet Civil. ' . Scarce item from Camerouns to 'de Gaulle's headedquarters at Carlton Gardens, London'. Sent the double Atlantic routed. Ex Maddocks.

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.