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.
Nigeria. 1929. Photographic post card of 'Types of Hairdressing, Nigeria' addressed to France bearing SG 16, 1d carmine-rose (4) tied by Lagos date stamp with hand-struck instructional Late Free paid endorsed 'via Ply mouth'.
Nyasaland. (French Dahomey). 1941. Envelope addressed to Dahomey bearing Nigeria SG 50, 1d carmine and SG 52, 2d black tied by Apapa/ Nigeria double ring '22nd May' endorsed 'via Accra/ Lome' with 'Opened by Censor/ Nigeria' label tied by framed 'Passed by Censor/ Nigeria/ 21' n face in carmine with Lagos transit 'May 25' , circular 'A/4' Senegal censor hand-stamp and Togo censor tape tied by oval 'Ouvert/ Par Les A'utorites de Controle' and Cotonou/Dahomey arrival '14th Sept 41' on reverse. Very nice item of West African censor mail.
Nigeria. (French Congo). 1940. Air Mail envelope written from Toulon addressed to a French Marine on the Frigate 'Poncelat' at Dakar bearing France Type Iris tied by Toulon slogan '9/11/40' , routed via Cotonou/Dahomey '29/11' with 'Controle Postal Militaire' censor label and forwarded to the 'Free French Forces' via Belgian Congo with Elisabethville '27/1/42 and Leopoldville '14/2' via Brazzaville/Moyen Congo '16/2' and forwarded to Pointe-Noire '21/2' with circular 'Controle Postal/ Commission A/Afrique Equatoriale Francaise' in blue and forwarded to Nigeria with framed 'Passed by Censor/Nigeria/ 11' in red. Extraordinary item.
Niger Coast. (West African Frontier Force). 1900. Envelope written from Bedford addressed to 'W.H. Hamilton-Browne, 2nd Battalion, West African Frontier Force, Lokojo, Forcados, West Africa' bearing Great Britain SG 172, 1d lilac tied by Bedford dated stamp 'Jy 13 1900' routed via Liverpool with oval 'Lokoja/Post Office' arrival '18 Aug 1900' in violet on reverse, endorsed '6th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, Finsbury Barracks' and forwarded to London with arrival 'Nov 14' and re-directed to Exmouth with arrival 'No 16' on face. Walter Hamilton-Browne became a Lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers July 1899 and was promoted to Captain in October 1900 and took part in the Munshi Expedition during 1900 were this letter tried to reach him. Scarce item of mail into the Frontier Force.
Nigeria. (New Zealand). 1938. Air Mail envelope written from New Zealand addressed to Nigeria bearing New Zealand SG 607, 1 1/2d purple brown tied by Auckland slogan with Lagos receiver and hand-struck 'Retour/ Return' on face and instructional 'Non-Reclame/ Unclaimed' on reverse with 'R.L.O. Lagos' double ring (Returned Letter Office). Scarce item of instructional mail, Very rare marks.
Nigeria. (Italy). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Nigeria bearing Italy Yvert 431, 1125 blue and Air Mail Yvert 12, 50c sepia and Yvert 14, 11 violet (strip of 3) tied by Roma/Posta Aerea double ring '12/1/40' with 'Opened by Censor' label and framed 'Passed by Censor/Nigeria/13' hand-stamp in red with Kaduna, Aba, Kanu and Enugu transits and Ikot-Ekpene arrival. Nice item of censored Air Mail in to West Africa.
Niger Coast. (French Occupation Of Sudan). 1898. Stamp-less envelope endorsed 'Corps d'Occupation du Sudan Francais' addressed to 'Monsieur Bergeron, Lieutenant aux Tirailleurs Soudanais, cancelled by framed 'The Royal Niger Company/Chartered & Limited/ 16 May 1898/ Post Office/ Burutu' on face in violet (struck twice) routed via Paris '17th Avril 99' London and Liverpool 'Ap 18 99' on reverse with Whydah/Dahomey, Carnotville '7th Aout' , Sagon '18th Aout' , Porto Novo '20th Aout' , Savalou '21st Aout', Dogba '22nd Aout', Sagon '23rd Aout' , Zagnanado/Dahomey, Adjohon '11th Sept' in blue, Kouande and Diapaga (Niger) '24th Sept' and forwarded to Gao with Segou/Soudan Francais '12th Nov' and Bougouni/Soudan on face '30th Oct' and Tombouctou/Soudan Francais '15th Dec' on reverse. Remarkable cover travelled in French Soudan, Niger, Haute Volta and Dahomey.
Pacific Islands. (Papua New Guinea - Australia). 1950. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to London bearing Australia SG 164, 1/2d orange, SG 173, 9d chocolate and SG 174, 1s green tied by Finschhafen/ Papua-New Guinea date stamp '4th Sap 50' with matching registered label routed via Lae '5th April' with Sydney/ Air' transit on reverse. Attractive item.
New Zealand. (Prisoner Of War Mail). 1942. Envelope endorsed 'Prisoner of War Post/ Kriegsgefenenpost' addressed to 'Private Gorden, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, British Prisoner of War, Stalag V.B. Germany' bearing New Zealand SG 280, 2d orange tied by Otautau date stamp with 'Opened by Censor in New Zealand' label tied by 'Opened by censor/ 63' censor in carmine. fine item.
New Zealand. 1907. New Zealand International letter card very fine unused.
New Zealand. (Postage Dues). 1924. Great Britain 'British Empire Exhibition' 1d red postal stationer card cancelled by Portsmouth date stamp addressed to New Zealand, underpaid with circular 'T/10' hand-stamp with 'To Pay/ Double Deficient Postage/ 1 1/2d and bearing New Zealand postage due SG D23, 1/2d green and carmine and SG D24, 1d green and carmine tied by Epsom receiver. Very nice combination.
New Zealand. (Canada). 1896. Registered envelope addressed to Canada bearing SG 217, 1/2d black, SG 219, 2d lilac and SG 221, 3d yellow tied by Dunedin. N date stamp with m/s Registered, routed via Christchurch '22nd Jan 96' with 'Registered/ San Francisco' in mauve on reverse 'March 12' and San Francisco exchange label on face with Victoria B.C. 'Mr 17' and Kamloops arrival 'March 19' on reverse. Beautiful three colour franking with Exchange label from San Francisco. Exhibition item.
New Zealand. (Prisoner Of War Mail). 1942. Air Mail envelope with framed 'Prisoner of War Post/ Kriegsgefenenpost' addressed to 'Gunner Albert Hubert, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Prisoner de Guerre, Brittanique, Aux Soins Committee International de la Croix Rouge, Geneva, Switzerland bearing New Zealand SG 582, 3d brown and SG 621, 6d green and purple tied by Otahuru date stamp with 'Opened by Censor in New Zealand' label tied by 'Opened by censor/ 43' in violet. Very attractive item.
New Zealand. 1910. Envelope addressed to Christchurch bearing SG 387, 1/2d yellow-green (pair) tied by Christchurch machine cancel with circular 'Posted From Ch. Ch./ Fete Day/ Domain' dated 'Feb 10 10' in red on face. Nice item.
New Zealand. 1924.Envelope addressed to England bearing SG 460, 1d carmine (pair) tied by Wellington/ Loose Letters double ring endorsed 'English Mail via Auckland' .Nice item.
United States. Nigeria - Camerouns). 1942. Envelope bearing United States SG 799, 1/2c orange (3) pre-cancel 'Chicago/ Ill' routed via Nigeria with Calabar transit '17th Mar' with boxed 'Censor' and framed hand-struck 'Censor' in blue on face (Little 1VBb) and circular 'Controle Postal/ Commission A/ Territoire du Cameroun' with 'Victoria (Mails) Cameroons Under British Mandate' receiver '22nd March 1942'. Wonderful item sent at Printed Matter rate with very rare Nigeria Censor (never seen by M. White) and Victoria (Mails) four years earlier than recorded by Proud.
Nigeria. (Spain). 1943. Envelope addressed to 'Ossiomo, Leper Colony, Agbar District, Benine Province, Nigeria' bearing Spain SG 877, 5c brown and SG 965, 30c blue tied by Madrid date stamp '18yh Oct 43' with 'Censura Curernativa/ Madrid' label endorsed 'via Lisboa' with transit '20th Oct' with 'Opened by Examiner/ 761' label and Agbor/ Nigeria arrival '12th Feb 44' in reverse. Amazing item into Ossiomo Leper Colony.
New Zealand. (Prisoner Of War Mail). 1942. Envelope headed 'Prisoner of War Post' addressed to 'No 24153, Corporal McLeod Claude, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, British prisoner Agence, Centrale des Prisoneres de Gurre, Geneva' bearing New Zealand SG 563, 5a ultramarine tied by Ohakea date stamp with 'Opened by Censor in New Zealand' label tied by 'Passed by Censor/ 58' in violet and endorsed 'C.C. 52/ P.M. 3100' in red crayon indicating McLeod was in Alessandria (P.M. 3100).
New Zealand. (Hong Kong). 1938. Air Mail envelope addressed to Hong Kong bearing New Zealand SG 607, 1 1/2d brown tied by Wanganui date stamp '6th Sept 38' endorsed 'Per First Empire 1 1/2d/ Air Mail/ N.Z. Hong Kong 7/9/38/ Closed at Wanganui' Scarce.
Mauritius. (Censor Wax Seal). 1944. Envelope addressed to Canada bearing Mauritius SG 257, 12c salmon tied by Forest Side date stamp '20th Nov 44' with 'Opened by Examiner/ E.E. 12' censor label tied by 'Chief Censor/ Mauritius' wax censor seal in red front and reverse. Very rare censor only recorded by Little '3rd Sept 42'.
Mauritius. 1944. Air Mail letter card written from 'Mauritius Sub Area, East Africa Command' dated '3rd May 44' addressed to England bearing Mauritius SG 255, 6c violet and SG 257, 12c salmon tied by E.A./ A.P.O. 73' double ring '13th May' with 'Opened by Examine/ E.E.' censor label tied by framed 'Passed By/ Base/ Censor/ E.E./ 2' on reverse and 'Crown/ Passed by/ Censor/ No 4902' in violet on face and signed. Very rare Base Censor, not recorded by Little but one example seen by Mike White noted '12th Feb 44'.
Mauritius. 1940. Envelope addressed to England bearing SG 257, 12c salmon tied by Mauritius slogan date stamp '31st Oct 40' with oval 'Passed by Censor/ Mauritius' in violet on face and 'Opened by Censor' tape black on white rimmed label. Scarce locally printed censor tape rated '10 points by Little'.
Mauritius. (Ireland). 1849. Stamp-less envelope written from Bel Air dated '6th May 1849' addressed to France with 'Mauritius/GPO' double ring on face and boxed 'Colonies/ & Art 13' accountancy routed via Ireland with Cove/Ship Letter' hand-stamp in blue on face (Robertson S2) AND Queenstown transit on reverse, with 'Angl. 3 Boulogne S-Mer' French entry cachet and taxed '8' in blue for the British Letter and rated '30' on arrival with Fleche receiver. Very fine and rare item from Mauritius with scarce Cove Ship Letter. Exhibition item.
Mauritius. (Afrique Equatoriale Francais). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Brazzaville, Afrique Equatoriale Francais bearing Mauritius SG 258, 20c blue and SG 259, 25c brown-purple (strip of three) tied by General Post Office/ Mauritius double ring '2nd Feb 40' with oval 'Passed by Censor/ Mauritius' in violet on reverse, endorsed 'Par Avion via Tananarive' with transit '11/2' and Fort Lamy/ Tchad '29 Feb' with Brazzaville receiver on reverse. Great item of destination mail.
Mauritius. 1945. Air Mail envelope addressed to England bearing Mauritius SG 255, 5c lilac and SG 259, 25c brown-purple (2) tied by E.A./ A.P.O. 73' double ring '25th March 45' with framed 'Passed By/ Base/ Censor/ E.E./ 'on reverse and 'Crown/Passed by/ Censor/ No 4902' in violet on face and signed.Very rare Base Censor, not recorded by Little but one example 'No 2' seen by Mike White noted '12th Feb 44'.
Mauritius. 1944. Air Mail letter card written from 'Mauritius Sub Area, East Africa Command' dated '30th June 44' addressed to England bearing Mauritius SG 255, 6c violet and SG 257, 12c salmon tied by E.A./A.P.O. 73' double ring '6th July' with framed 'Passed By/ Base/Censor/ E.E./ 2' on reverse and 'Crown/ Passed by/ Censor/ No 4902' in violet on face and signed. Very rare Base Censor, not recorded by Little but one example seen by Mike White noted '12th Feb 44'.
Its a real pleasure to add a magnificent selection of French Colonies from Africa, Asia, The Caribbean and Oceania. Very fine pre-stamp, British Post Office, Charged Mail, Advice of Receipt, Printed Matter and postage due mail. A lovely selection of censor mail, some with five or six censor cachets and labels, routed Trans-Africa, two Ocean or over the Atlantic with some unusual destinations.
A few items from the Dr. Edward Grabowski collection, this amazing sale sold in three parts by Spink. Also interesting Tahiti and New Caledonia from Tony Eastgate's life time work.
Over the next few months we hope to add many items to grace the finest collections.
A strong area of stock is our China from Imperial to WW2 with many fine censor covers and Air Transits. A good selection of the overseas Post Offices, Austrian, British, French, Japanese and Russian with offices in Manchuria. Many mixed combinations, I.P.O's .
Coming soon the John Marc Sitarek accumulation of China, French Post Office and Indo-China with magnificent French Detachment in the Boxer Campaign covers.
John Marc also had a fine selection of the Chinese Labour Force which are not often seen, he built this selection over thirty years. One of the darker aspects of World War One was the plight of 12,000 Chinese workers who were recruited by the British Army from the North of China in 1916 to serve on the battle front in France as labourers, trench diggers, munitions carriers, mine disarmers and corpse bearers under often inhumane conditions. A large number were also struck down by the devastating Spanish flue of 1918.