Mauritius. 1852. Stamp-less envelope written from Bel Air dated '6th My 1852' addressed to France with 'Crown/Mauritius/GPO' on face and boxed 'Colonies/ & Art 13' accountancy routed via England with 'Torquay/ Ship Letter' hand-stamp in green on face (Robertson S1) and Torquay transit on reverse with 'Angl. 2 Calais' French entry cachet on face, taxed '15' on arrival with Fleche receiver. Very fine and rare item from Mauritius with Torquay Ship Letter.

Mauritius. 1911. Stamp-less picture post card of 'General view of Curepipe' addressed to France cancelled by Rose Belle/ Mauritius date stamp in red 'De 10 11' with adjacent triangle 'T' hand-stamp in red with m/s '200' and Basses Pyrenees arrival on reverse. A new find both postmarks not listed in Proud. Exhibition item.

Mauritius. 1851. Stamp-less envelope written from 'Plains Wilheins, 14th July, 1851' addressed to France cancelled by 'Crown/Mauritius' date stamp sent on the steamer 'Bidston' with hand-struck 'Ship-Letter' and boxed Anglo-French accountancy 'Colonies & c Art 13' in red routed via England with 'Ryde/ShipLetter hand-stamp in blue (Robertson S/5), French entry cachet in red, rated '15' with Bordeaux receiver on reverse. A very handsome Ship Letter cover from Mauritius.

Mauritius. (French Occupation). 1810. Stamp-less envelope written from Isle de France dated '18th Jan 1810' addressed to Vitre, France with French entry cachet 'Bayonne/Colonies' on face and rated '10' in manuscript. A Very fine item with text written from a Planter describing life on the Plantation during the French Occupation of Isle de France. Very rare French entry cachet to this small town on the Spanish/ French border.

Mauritius. (Ireland). 1845. Stamp-less envelope written from Mauritius dated '29th Jan 1845' addressed to France with 'Mauritius/GPO' double ring on face and boxed 'Colonies/ & Art 12' accountancy routed via Ireland with Dublin/ Ship Letter' hand-stamp on face (Robertson S5) and 'Angl.2Boulogne S-Mer' French entry cachet and rated '17' on arrival with Fleche receiver. Nice item of mail from Mauritius routed via Dublin.

Mauritius. (Netherlands East Indies). 1854. Stamp-less envelope written from Port Louis dated 'Jy 22nd 1854' addressed to Batavia cancelled by oval 'Packet Letter/ Mauritius' Jy 22' in red, endorsed 'The Man of War, "Cole" via Ceylon' and rated '48' stuvers on arrival in Batavia. Very scarce destination from Mauritius.
Ex Bulterman.

Mauritius. (Netherlands Indies). 1853. Stamp-less envelope written from Port Louis dated '18th October 1853' addressed to Batavia cancelled by oval 'Packet Letter/ Mauritius' Oc 18' endorsed 'Per steamer "Queen of the South" , routed 'via Ceylon' and rated '48' stuvers on arrival in Batavia. Very scarce destination from Mauritius.
Ex Bulterman.

Mauritius. 1847. Stamp-less envelope written from Savanne dated '20th Avril 1847' addressed to France cancelled by Mauritius Post Office double ring routed via Great Britain with boxed 'Colonies/ & Art 13' accountancy and stepped 'Ship-letter/Plymouth' in black on reverse (Robertson s6) with French entry cachet and rated '17' in m/s on arrival with La Fleche receiver '5th Aout 47' on reverse. Superb item from Savanne with Plymouth Ship Letter. Exhibition piece.

Mauritius. 1853. Stamp-less envelope written from Providence dated 6th Avril 1853' addressed to France cancelled by 'Crown Mauritius' date stamp 'Ap 9 1853' with hand-struck 'Ship Letter' on face, routed via Great Britain with boxed 'Colonies/ & Art 13' accountancy with French entry cachet and charged with hand-struck '15' on arrival with La Fleche receiver '4th Juil 53' on reverse. Superb.

Malta. (Tunisia). 1922. Envelope addressed to Tunisia, North Africa bearing Malta SG 118, 2 1/2d blue tied by Valetta/ Malta double ring, routed via Djerba/ Tunisia '18/3' , underpaid with 'T' hand-stamp and bearing Tunisia postage due Yvert 32, 50c purple tied by Adjim/Tunisie receiver '20/3' . A lovely mixed combination.

Malta. (Fiji). 1941. Air mail envelope addressed to 'Sir Harry Luke, Government House, Fiji' bearing Malta SG 223, 3d violet nd SG 226, 1s black tied by Valletta/ Mail double ring with adjacent 'Malta is grateful/ To the Royal Navy/ and The Royal Air Force For the Safe Arrival of This Letter' and framed 'Crown/ No 1/ Passed by Censor' in violet on face. Very fine.

Malta. (French Naval Forces In Malta). 1915. Stamp-less Mourning envelope written from France addressed to 'Officer de Marine Francaise, La Valette' cancelled by Bayonne cds with 'T' hand-stamp and circular '5d' postage due hand-stamp applied. No charge should have been raised as military correspondence. Very fine.

Malta. (French Navy In Malta). 1914. 'Republique Francaise' post card written from Mayenne addressed to the 'vice superintendent of the marine, Malta' with hand-struck 'Passed by Censor' in blue with 'T' hand-struck '2d' on face with Valletta arrival. Scarce incoming mail.

Malta. (French Occupation). 1774. Stamp-less envelope written from Malta dated '10th OCt 1774' charged '14 sols' in m/s with hand-struck 'Marseille/De Malthe' French entry cachet. Very fine early mail.

Malta. 1943. Air Mail postal stationary card (written From Naxxar) upgraded with SG 222a, 2 1/2d violet and SG 223a, 3d blue tied by Air Mail/Malta double ring with framed 'Crown/Passed/DD/23' censor cachet on face sent Air Mail to England. Very fine.

Malta. (Postage Due). 1928. Official Mail stamp-less wrapper addressed to Paris cancelled by 'Malta/ Official/ Paid' date stamp in red and framed postage due hand-stamp '1/2d' on face with boxed instructional 'Addresse/ Incomplete' and Paris receiver on reverse. Very Scarce early hand-stamp applied in red only usage on Official mail.

Malta. (French Navy In Malta). 1915. 'Correspondance Militaire' post card written from Paris cancelled by double ring 'Tresor et Postes/131' with 'Marine Nationale/Regiment de Marins' hand-stamp in violet addressed to the 'Vice Superintendent of the marine, H.M.S. Dockyard, Malta' with hand-struck 'T' and circular '1d' postage due hand-stamp on face. Scarce incoming mail.

Malta. (Italiane Maritime Mail). 1885. Malta postal stationery card 'one penny' red written from Malta dated '12th March 1885' cancelled by framed 'Piroscafi/Postali/Italiani' addressed to Paris with arrival on face. Very fine.

Malta. (Spain). 1859. Stamp-less envelope written from Barcelona dated '3rd Mai 1859' addressed to Malta cancelled by Barcelona date stamp 'Mai 4' endorsed 'via Marseille' with 'Espagne/ Perpignon 'French entry cachet on face in red (Salles 3095), routed via Bordeaux and Cette with framed French accountancy 'FR/1f45c' and Malta receiver on reverse. Lovely item of incoming accountancy.

Malta. 1782. Stamp-less envelope addressed to Toulouse, France written from Malta dated '30th January 1782' charged '1/4' in m/s and rated '8' on arrival with hand-struck 'Marseille/ De Malthe' . Very fine.

Malta. (Village Postmarks). 1919. Envelope addressed to France bearing SG 71, 1/2d green (5) tied by Misida date stamp with 'Opened Under/ Martial Law' censor label with boxed 'Crown/Passed by Censor/ No 4174' in carmine and seine arrival on reverse. Lovely item.

Malta. (Crimean War). 1856. Envelope with full text written from Malta dated '25th Mars 1856' addressed to France bearing French 'Napoleon' Yvert 14a, 20c blue tied by dotted lozenge '1896' with adjacent 'Escadre de la Mediterranee Marseille' date stamp '29th Mars 1856' with Paris a Bordeaux ambulant and Castres arrival '31st Mars' on reverse. Nice item from the French Troops on routed to Constantinople.

Malta. (Italy). 1881. Envelope to Italy bearing Great Britain SG 142, 2 1/2 d blue, plate 20 tied by Malta A25 duplex with Bologna arrival and re-directed to the Hotel des Anglais, Nice, routed via Foggia and Genova with arrival and forwarded to the Hotel Victoria. Cannes. Very fine mixed franking cover.

Malta. 1901. Illustrated envelope headed 'Queen Victoria's/ Cherished Memory/ Jacvk/ Wiill Evermore Revere' addressed to England bearing SG 21, 1d rose tied by Valletta oval date stamp with Cowes receiver on reverse. Lovely item.

Malta. (Italy). 1841. Pre-stamp envelope written from Livorno dated '20th Nov 1841' addressed to Malta cancelled by Livorno date stamp '25 Nov 1841' in red on face endorsed 'Col Vapore Francais' charged '1 lira' in m/s on reverse with Malta hand-struck '29 Nov 1d' tax on reverse. Very fine.

Malta. (Switzerland). 1959. Photographic Air Mail post card of 'Lake Luzern mit Rigi' addressed to Malta bearing Swiss 5c orange and 20c lake tied by Luzern slogan, underpaid with boxed 'T/5' hand-stamp and bearing Malta postage dues SG D21, 1/2d emerald (air) applied and tied by Valletta receiver. Attractive item.

Malta. 1941. Envelope addressed to London bearing SG 220, 1 1/2d scarlet tied by Valletta double ring with 'Malta is Grateful To The Royal Navy and Royal Air Force For The Safe Arrival of This Letter' , framed triangular 'No 47/ Passed by Censor' cachet in violet with 'Opened by Examiner/ Malta/ 21' label. Attractive item.

Malta. (Sweden). 1867. Stamp-less envelope cancelled by Stockholm date stamp addressed to the 'Swdish Consul, Valetta' endorsed 'via Marseile' with French entry cachet and circular French accountancy 'FR/5f 41c' (van der Linden 1305), charged '14' in m/s erased and rated '1/3' with Malta receiver on reverse. Superb item of accountancy mail to Malta.

Malta. (Postage Due). 1931. Registered Official Mail envelope endorsed 'Museum' and headed 'On His Majesty's Service' addressed to Paris cancelled by 'Malta/ Official/ Paid' date stamp in red with adjacent G.P.O./ Malta date stamp with 'R/ Valletta' registered label and framed postage due hand-stamp '2 1/2d' and '3d' in red. Very scarce early hand-stamp applied in red only usage on Official mail.

Malta. 1918. Registered Office mail envelope headed 'On His Majesty's Service' addressed to England bearing SG 42, 3d grey and purple and 'War Tax' SG 92, 1/2d green (block of four) and SG 93, 3d grey and purple tied by Malta date stamp with framed 'R/ Valletta/ No 167' hand-stamp in carmine with oval 'Registered/ Malta' and Reading arrival. Very fine.

Malta. (Ascension). 1935. Envelope addressed to 'Thos Cook & Son, c/o Steamship Line, Ascension' bearing SG 157, 1/4d brown (pair) and SG 210, 1/2d black and green (2) tied by Cospicua date stamp. Nice destination from Malta.

Malta. (Egypt). 1862. Stamp-less envelope written from Alexandria dated '11th Feb 1862' addressed to Marseille with oval Alexandria firms chop on face sent on the steamer "Inglo" via Malta with framed 'Malta/ MB/ Fe 14 62' on face (Mobile Box) with French entry cachet 'Paq. Ang. 1 Marseille' in red '16th Feb' and rated '10' in m/s. Very fine.

South Africa. (Denmark). 1921. Envelope to Denmark bearing SG 5, 1 1/2d chestnut tied by Muizenberg double ring, underpaid with octagonal 'T/20c' hand-stamp and bearing Denmark postage due Yvert 6, 25 ore brown and grey applied and tied on arrival by Kjobenavn date stamp. Very fine combination.

South Africa. (French Cemeroons). 1943. Air Mail envelope addressed to French Cameroons bearing South Africa SG 75c, 1/2d green and black, SG 88, 1/2d green, SG 89, 1d carmine, SG 97, 1/2d green (pair) and SG 101, 3d blue (4) tied by Gordons Bay double ring '16th Apr' with bilingual South Africa censor tape 'Oopgemaak/Censor' tied by censor cachet, routed via Leopoldville/Belgian Congo with 'Censure Congo Belge' hand-stamp on face and circular 'Controle/Commission A/Territoire du Cameroun' censor on face with 'Controle Postal' censor label tied by 'Ouvert Par/L'Autorite Militaire' with Douala/Comeroun arrival '24th May' on reverse. Attractive item.

Transvaal. (Hong Kong). 1900. Transvaal postal stationary card 1d red canceled by Johannesburg double ring '9/1/1900' , endorsed 'via Delago Bay & Aden' with Aden transit 'Feb 11' , routed via Singapore and Hong Kong on the packet 'Parramatta' with marine sorter 'Singapore to Hong Kong/ A' dated 'Feb 25 00' and framed instructional 'Maldrige' and Kobe arrival Kobe/ Japan '10th Mar' on face. Lovely item of miss-directed mail.

South West Africa. 1918. Postal stationery envelope 1d carmine cancelled by Outjo date stamp with bilingual 'Opened by Censor/100' label tied by circular 'Passed Censor/B 100' in violet on face, addressed to Windhoek with arrival on reverse. Superb.

South West Africa. 1917. Postal stationery envelope 1d carmine cancelled by Brackwasser date stamp with circular 'Passed Censor/100A' in violet on face, addressed to Karibib with arrival on reverse. Superb.

South West Africa. 1925. South West Africa postal stationery envelope 1d red upgraded with SG 1, 1/2d green (4) tied by Windhuk/S.W.A. double ring addressed to Germany. Attractive item from the Rheinische Mission in Windhuk.

South Africa. (Great Britain). 1964. Envelope addressed to East London South Africa bearing Great Britain SG 520, 3 violet tied by London date stamp, underpaid with framed 'T/21c' and bearing South Africa postage due 5c indigo tied by east London receiver with boxed instructional 'Inconnu/ Unknown' and hand-stamp '6d/ To Pay/Ldn. R.L.B.' on face.

South Africa. (New Zealand Contingent). 1901. Envelope written from 'Trooper 2458, William H Currie, 5th New Zealand Contingent, South Africa' addressed to New Zealand bearing Great Britain 'Jubilee' SG 197, 1/2d orange (pair) tied by Field Post Office/ British Army double ring 'Ja 18 01' , signed by the Commanding Officer with R.P.O. transit and Invergargill '19 Feb 01' arrival on reverse. Nice item of mail from the New Zealand Contingent.

South Africa. (India Ship Letters). 1827. Pre-stamp envelope written from Cape of Good Hope dated '12th Feb 1827' addressed to London, rated '1/6d' in m/s, routed via India with framed 'India Letter/ Isle of Wight' on reverse (Robertson In 1) and London receiver '3rd May'. Nice item Landed at Cowes and forwarded to London.

South Africa. (Boer War). 1900. Stamp-less envelope headed 'No Stamps Available' and endorsed 'G. Smyth Osbourne, Lt, 2 Devon Regt Prisoner of War Pretoria addressed to England cancelled 'Army Post Office/ E.A.R.' double ring with circular 'Commandant General/ 30 Jan 1900' in purple with triangular 'Passed Press Censor' endorsed 'via Delagoa Bay' with Southampton/ Packet Letter '2nd Mr 00' on face and Winkleigh receiver.

South Africa. (Boer War). 1900. Envelope headed 'On Active Service' and endorsed on reverse 'From Victoria on Active Service in War against the Boers, South Africa' addressed to Melbourne, Australia bearing Great Britain SG 172, 1d lilac tied by Field Post Office double ring 'My 1st 1900' with Melbourne receiver '31/5' on reverse. Nice item of mail from the Australian Contingent.

South Africa. (Basutoland). 1909. Cape of Good Hope postal stationary card 1/2d green upgraded with Cape SG 70, 1/2d green tied by Butha-Bithe/Basutoland double ring addressed to France with Leribe transit and Nancy arrival on front. Very Nice.

South West Africa. 1921. Postal stationery envelope 1d carmine upgraded with SG 4, 1d rose-red tied by Tsumeb/S.W.Africa double ring addressed to Swakopmund with oval arrival on reverse. Superb.

Cape Of Good Hope. (Ceylon). 1901. Envelope addressed to Diyatalawa
Camp, Colombo, Ceylon bearing Cape SG 70, 1/2d green (pair) tied by Leribe (Basutoland) cds with circular 'Crown/Opened Under Martial/Law' Censor label with circular 'Censor/Prisoner of War' and oval 'Diyatalawa Camp/Passed/Censor' cachet in violet and forwarded to Mount Lavina Hospital Camp. Very fine and scarce Boar War item.

South Africa. (Prisoner Of War Mail). 1945. Air Mail envelope written from 'Koffiefontain Camp, O.F.S.' headed 'Internees Mail' addressed to Hamburg bearing South Africa SG 101, 3d blue (pair) tied by Bloemfontein double ring '28th Aug 45' with framed 'Internment Kamp/Koffiefontein' hand-stamp in violet with bilingual 'Passed by Censor' and 'Opened by Censor' label with boxed instructional 'No Service/ Return To Sender' and Returned D.L.O./Capetown on reverse '13th Oct'. Nice looking item.

South Africa. (Internment Camp Mail). 1943. Air Mail envelope written from 'Andalusia, South African Internment Camp, Transvaal' headed 'Interniertenpost' addressed to Germany bearing South Africa SG 101, 3d blue and SG 102, 6d orange tied by Capetown double ring '17th Mar 43' with oval 'Internment Camp/Andalusia/ Official Free' bilingual hand-stamp with bilingual 'Passed by Censor' in violet with 'Opened by Censor' label tied by censor cachet on reverse, endorsed 'By Air Mail' with German censor tape tied by circular 'Ab' censor cachet. Attractive item.

South Africa. (Internment Camp Mail). 1943. Air Mail envelope written from 'Andalusia, South African Internment Camp, Transvaal' headed 'Interniertenpost' addressed to Germany bearing South Africa SG 101, 3d blue and SG 102, 6d orange tied by Capetown double ring '7th May 43' with oval 'Internment Camp/Andalusia/ Official Free' bilingual hand-stamp with bilingual 'Passed by Censor' in violet with 'Opened by Censor' label tied by censor cachet on reverse, endorsed 'via Censor's Office Bloemfontein (O.F.S.) with German censor tape tied by circular 'Ab' censor cachet. Nice item.

South Africa. (French Camerouns). 1943. Air Mail envelope addressed to the French Camerouns bearing South Africa SG 94, 1/3 brown tied by Kaapstad slogan '15th June 43' with bilingual South Africa censor tape routed via Nigeria with Lagos '8th July' and Lagos censor cachet in red, Afrique Equatoriale/ Francaise 'Controle Postal Militaire' label tied by oval 'Ouvert/Par / L' Autorite Militaire' and circular 'Controle Postal/Commission A/ Territoire du Cameroun' censor on face with Doula/ Cameroun arrival '16th July'. Superb item censored African mail.