French Colonies. (Afrique Equatoriale Francaise). 1939. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to France bearing Afrique Equatoriale Francaise Yvert 59, 3f blue (2) tied by Fort Rousset/ A.E.F. double ring '1st Sept 39' with registered label, routed via the Congo with Brazzaville/ Chargements transits '3rd Sept' with hand-struck instructional on face 'Courrier' Avion/ Provisoirement Suspendu/ Acheminement par Bateau' with Beaune arrival '7/10' on reverse. Nice item of interrupted mail.

French Colonies. (Ivory Coast). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Bordeaux, France bearing Cote D'Ivoire Yvert 127a, 1f75c blue (2) tied by Dimboko/ Cote D'Ivoire date stamp with instructional hand-stamp 'Retour a L'Envoyeur/ Relations Postales/Interrompurs' in violet on face and returned to Ivory Coast.

French Colonies. (Dahomey). 1903. Postal stationery envelope 5c yellow-green cancelled by Grand-Popo/ Dahomey et Depces' double ring addressed to 'Rio-Del-Rey, Camerouns. Nice item paying the unopened printed matter rate.

French Colonies. (New Caledonia-Tahiti). 1947. Air Mail envelope addressed to 'Poste-Restante, Papeete, Tahiti' bearing New Caledonia Yvert 154a,, 1f red/rose (3) tied by Noumea/ Nelle Caledonie double ring '28th Oct 47' with Tahiti postage due Yvert 8, 2f on if orange tied by Papeete receiver '1st Nov'. Nice combination.

French Colonies. (New Caledonia). 1913. Envelope addressed to France bearing New Caledonia Yvert 92, 10c rose tied by Kone/ Nlle Caledonie double ring routed via Noumea with Le Mans arrival. Lovely quality item from this small village.

French Colonies. (New Caledobia). 1934. Coloured Picture post card of headed 'New Zealand/ Post Card' addressed to France bearing New Caledonia Yvert 45, 10c black/blue tied by Noumea/ Nelle Caledonie double ring with Charente arrival. Very attractive.

French Colonies. (New Caledonia). 1936. Registered envelope headed 'Chambre d'Agriculture' addressed to France bearing New Caledonia Yvert 156a, 1f75 blue and orange tied by Noumea/ Nelle Caledonie double ring with matching registered label with Alpes arrival. Attractive single franking.

French Colonies. (Tahiti). 1931. Registered envelope addressed to France bearing Oceania Yvert 64, 1f50 on 1f ultramarine tied by Vaitepaua/ Ile Makatea date stamp '23rd Jan 31' with matching registered label. Very scarce item of commercial registered mail from this small atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago. (the Phosphorus mines having closed the population is now around 80 ! ).

French Colonies. (Tahiti). 1915. Picture post card of 'Taiohae Bay & Wharf, Nakuhiva Island, Iles Maquises' addressed to New Caledonia canceled Papeete/ Tahiti '8th Mars 15' with boxed 'Troupes/ Mobilisees de Tahiti' in blue on face. After the bombardment of Papeete by the Germans on 22nd September 1914 a French Detachment was stationed in Oceania and Tahiti.
The two German Gunboats "Scharnhorst" and "Gneisenau" departed Papeete for the Marquisies island of Nuka-Hiva.
Very scarce item.

French Colonies. (Tahiti). 1936. Envelope written from the 'M.S. Strannger' addressed to the United States bearing Oceania Yvert 34, 75 brown and violet (pair) tied by Vaitape/ Ile Bora-Bora date stamp '1st Sept 36' routed via Uturoa/ Ile Raiatea '4/9' and Papeete '5/9' Lovely item of commercial mail from Bora-Bora. Scarce.

French Colonies. (Tahiti). 1915. Postal card headed 'Correspondance des Armees de la Republique' addressed to France cancelled by Papeete/ Tahiti date stamp '31st Mai 15' with Somme arrival on reverse. A scarce card from Tahiti.

French Colonies. (Tahiti). 1930. Registered envelope written from the Tahauka Plantation addressed to Slovakia Oceania Yvert 60, 90 on 75c red/brown and Yvert 76, 3f brown and green tied by Atuona/ Ile Hiva-Oa date stamp '17th Nov 30' with matching registration label routed via the Society Islands and San Francisco with Bratislava arrival on reverse. Very fine item of registered mail from Ile Hiva-Oa in the Marquesas Islands.

French Colonies. (Tahiti). 1918. Stamp-less envelope addressed to Bora Bora canceled Papeete '2nd May' with circular 'Etablissements Francaise de Oceanie/Detachement d'Infantere Coloniale/ Le Lieutenant/ Commandant' on face and Uturoa Raiatea arrival '8th Mai'. After the bombardment of Papeete by the Germans a French military Detachment was stationed in Oceania and Tahiti. A rare item of mail into Iles Sous le Vent. Part of the Society Islands.

French Colonies. (Tahiti). 1931. Envelope addressed to Fakarava, Tuamotu bearing Oceania Yvert 60, 90c on 75c brown and rose tied by Ile Fakrava/Tuamotu date stamp. Scarce item of mail from this small atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago.

French Colonies. (Tahiti). 1931. Envelope addressed to France bearing Oceania Yvert 251, 25c violet and rose tied by Vaitepaua/ Ile Makatea date stamp '27th Feb 31' routed via Papeete '28/2' . Scarce item of commercial mail from this small atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago. (the Phosphorus mines having closed the population is now around 80 ! ).

French Colonies. (Tahiti). 1937. Envelope addressed to Conakry, French Guinea bearing Oceania Yvert 89, 10c brown (strip of five) tied by Fara/Ile Huahine date stamp '16th Avril 37' routed via Papeete '17/4' with Conakry arrival '12th July' and forwarded to Kindia. Scarce item of destination mail from this small Society Island.

French Colonies. (Tahiti). 1934. Registered envelope addressed to France bearing Oceanie Yvert 23, 4c orange and blue, Yvert 91, 20c orange/red, Yvert 92, 25c indigo, Yvert 96, 40c lilac-rose, Yvert 107, 1f50 blue tied by Ile Anaa/ Tuamotu date stamp in violet '22nd Dec 34' with matching registered label and Rouen arrival on reverse. Scarce item of Registered mail from this small atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago.

French Colonies. (Tahiti-Oceania). 1945. Post and Telegraph label headed 'Recepisse de Depot' cancelled by Papeete/ Ile Tahiti date stamp '24th Mars 45' with framed 'A.R.' hand-stamp. Scarce.

French Colonies. (New Caledonia). 1912. Envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing Yvert 62, 25c blue tied by Thio/Nelle Caledonie double ring routed via Noumea with Luzern receiver on reverse. Very fine.

French Colonies. (New Caledonia). 1905. Picture post card of 'Rue de Rivoli, Noumea' addressed to France bearing Yvert 92, 10c rose tied by 'Nelle Caledonie/Houafou' double ring in blue. Very fine.

French Colonies. (New Caledonia). 1883. Envelope addressed to Sydney bearing French General Colonies Yvert 51, 15c blue (pair) tied by New Caledonie/Noumea double ring '17th Nov' , sent on the steamer 'Natal' with Sydney receiver '21/11' on reverse. Scarce franking to Australia.

French Colonies. (New Caledonia). 1907. New Caledonia postal stationery envelope 10c rose cancelled by Noumea/ Nouvelle Caledonie date stamp '15th May 07' addressed to France with Ille et Vilaine arrival on reverse. Scarce used stationery from New Caledonia.

French Colonies. (New Caledonia). 1898. Envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing New Caledonia Yvert 48, 25c black/rose tied by Nelle Caledonie/ Nepoui double ring in blue '30th Nov 98' with Noumea transit '2nd Dec' and Geneva arrival '21st Jan 99' on reverse. Very fine.

French Colonies. (New Caledonia). 1909. Registered envelope addressed to Paris bearing New Caledonia Yvert 59, 5c yellow-green (7) tied by Poindimie/ Nelle Caledonie double ring '27th Feb 09' with framed hand-struck 'R' , routed via Noumea with Paris receiver on reverse '11th Avril' . Very scarce item of registered mail from Poindimie.

French Colonies. (New Caledonia). 1886. Envelope addressed to the 'Principal of the Marine, Goree, Senegal' bearing French General Colonies Yvert 53, 25c yellow tied by 'New Caledonie/Noumea' double ring '21/8' , routed via Italy with 'Modena a Paris' entry cachet in red, forwarded via Bordeaux '19/10' with 'Corr D'Armees/Senegal '30/10' in blue on reverse with Dakar and Goree '1/11' arrival. Very fine item of destination mail between the Colonies.

French Colonies. (Tahiti). 1893. Registered envelope addressed to France bearing French General Colonies Yvert 54, 25c black/rose (pair) tied by Papeete/Taiti double ring with boxed hand-struck 'R', sent on the French paqubot 'Tropic Bird' with French entry cachet and Bordeaux receiver on reverse. Very fine and scarce.

French Colonies. (Tahiti). 1906. Picture post card of 'Umuti, Walking over hot coals, Huahine, Iles Sous le Vent' addressed to France bearing Oceanie Yvert 1, 1c black/azure tied by Papeete/Tahiti double ring. Scarce coloured card. Lovely item.

French Colonies. (Tahiti). 1908. Picture post card of 'Le Reine Teriimaevarua a Vaitape, Bora Bora' addressed to France bearing Oceanie Yvert 14, 5c yellow/green tied by Papeete/Tahiti double ring. Lovely item.

French Colonies. (Tahiti). 1903. Picture post card addressed to France of 'Un Repas d' Indigenes' bearing Oceanie Yvert 4, 5c green tied by Papeete/Tahiti double ring with Paris transit and Seine arrival. Very fine item.

French Colonies. (Tahiti). 1905. Picture post card of 'View of Rotoava, Ile Fakarava' addressed to France bearing Oceanie Yvert 4, 5c green (2) tied by Fakarava (Tuamotu) date stamp '17th Oct 05' . Scarce item Fakarava a small atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago of the Palliser Islands.

French Colonies. (Tahiti). 1901. Envelope addressed to Ua Pou bearing Oceania Yvert 1, 1c black/azure (10) tied by Taiohae/ Taiti double ring in violet 'June 22' with endorsement arrival at Hakahetau '24th June' . Very scarce Mormon missionary envelope paying the inter-island letter rate from Nuka Hiva Island in the Marquesas to Ua-Pou.

Wonderful Missionary six page letter from the Marquesas.

Ex Tony Eastgate.

French Colonies. (Tahiti). 1903. Picture post card of 'Multi view card of Tahiti' addressed to France bearing Oceanie Yvert 5, 10c black/ lilac tied by Uturoa Raiatea double ring stamp '21st Juil' routed via Papeete with transit and Paris arrival. Scarce item of mail from this small Society Island. Superb.

French Colonies. (Tahiti). 1895. Registered envelope to France bearing Yvert 17, 75c rose tied by Papeete Taiti double ring with boxed 'R' and Paris Chargements arrival. Nice single franking.

French Colonies. (Tahiti). 1905. Coloured picture post card of 'Choeurs reunis devant le Palais Royal, le jour du marriage de la Reine, Iles Sous le Vent' addressed to France bearing Oceanie Yvert 1, 1c black/azure tied by Huahine/Tahiti double ring. Scarce coloured card. Lovely item.

French Colonies. (Tahiti). 1908. Picture post card of 'Type Marquisien'. addressed to France Oceanie Yvert 2, 2c brown/ lilac tied by Taravao/ Tahiti double ring '8th Juin 08' . Very fine and rare.

French Colonies. (New Caledonia). 1897. Military mail postal stationary envelope 15c blue cancelled by 'Nouvelle Caledonie/ Touho' double ring in blue/green with adjacent 'Corr. D' Armess/Noumea' double ring signed on reverse by the Lieutenant, sent by French paquebot with 'Cor. D.Armess/Paq. Fr. T No 4' date stamp (Salles 2162) sent on the steamer 'V. Ciotat' with arrival on reverse in Paris and forwarded to Villiers.

French Levant. 1904. Unstamped picture post card from Switzerland addressed to Constantinople with Tax hand-stamp routed via the German Post Office Constantinople bearing France postage due Yvert 29, 10 cents brown (2) tied by Constantinople-Galata Poste-Francais double ring with arrival tax hand-stamp.Very fine.

French Levant. (Ile Rouad). 1916. Stamp-less envelope addressed to Paris endorsed 'F.M.' cancelled by 'Ile Rouad/Postes Francais' date stamp with 'Marine Francaise/Service de la Mer' cachet in violet routed via the French Post Office Port Said.

French Levant. (Crimea). 1855. Stamp-less envelope written from Messina dated '1st Nov 1856' addressed to Gruissan sent on the French paquebot 'Euphrate' with framed 'Paquebots/De La/Mediterranee' in red and rated '10' with Narbonne arrival. Nice item of mail with two page letter from the Crimea campaign. Very fine.

French Levant. (Syria). 1934. Envelope addressed to Paris bearing Syria Yvert 208, 4m orange tied by Abou-Kemal bilingual date stamp in violet framed 'Mission Archeologique/de Abou- Kemal/Syrie' in violet on face routed via Detr-Ez-Zor, Alep and Beyrouth with framed instructional 'Transporter a Supplement/Par Avion/a Titre de Propagande' in black on face. Scarce item.

French Colonies. (A.E.F./Congo). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to French Cameroun bearing Afrique Equatoriale Francaise "Libre" Yvert 124, 3f blue/yellow and Air Mail Yvert 14, 1f50 tied by Brazzaville/Moyen Congo double ring '13 Sept 41' with circular 'Controle Telegraphic/Commission A/Afrique Equatoriale Francaise' with 'Control Postal Militaire' censor tape tied by oval 'Ouvert/Par/L'Autorite Militaire' and Cameroon 'Controle Postal/Commission A/Territoire du Cameroun' censor on reverse. Lovely item of censored mail with scarce stamp (250 euros).

French Colonies. (Madagascar). 1907. Registered envelope written from the Administrator des Colonies Vangaindrano addressed to Paris bearing Madagascar Yvert 36, 30c yellow-brown and Yvert 66, 5c green tied by 52/Madagascar double ring '23/2' , framed hand-struck 'R' in blue routed via Farafangna '24th Feb' and Tamatave '1st Mars' with transits on reverse and Paris arrival '24/3'. Lovely item.

French Colonies. (Madagascar). 1940. Registered and Advice of Recipt envelope addressed to the 'Aero Club, Tulear, Madagascar' bearing Madagascar Yvert 192, 3f grey-green tied by Tamatave date stamp with matching registered label and framed 'AR' hand-stamp with Tulear arrival and instructional 'Retour A L 'Envoyeur' and sent back.

French Colonies. (Madagascar). Air Mail envelope addressed to Paris bearing Madagascar Yvert 168, 25c violet and brown and Air Mail Yvert 5a, 3f65 grey and carmine tied by 'Tamatave-Tananarive No 3' ambulant (Railway) date stamp with Nice arrival on reverse. Very fine.

French Colonies. (Madagascar). 1944. Air Mail envelope addressed to Tananarive bearing French Madagascar Yvert 274, 2f50c blue tied by Diego-Suarez double ring '28th July 44' with 'British Censorship' censor tape tied by framed 'Crown/Passed ZB/3' censor hand-stamp in violet on reverse with Tananarive arrival '1st Aug'. Nice use of homemade envelope with scarce British censor.

French Colonies. (Tunsia). 1905. Envelope addressed to 'Colonel d'Amada, Cholet, France' bearing Tunisia Yvert 22, 5c yellow green tied by Souk El Arba A Tunis double ring with Cholert receiver on reverse. Nice item paying the printed matter rate.

French Senegal. (Lebanon). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to Beyrouth bearing French Senegal Yvert 132, 1f75 turquoise (pair) and Air Mail Yvert 11, 15f mauve tied by Dakar date stamp with instructional 'Retour a L'Envoyeur/ Relations Postal/ Interrompues' with large 'X' hand-stamp over address.

French Colonies. (Senegal). 1942. Envelope addressed to Limoges, France bearing Senegal Yvert 125, 50c orange and Yvert 164, 1f brown tied by Dakar/Senegal double ring '6th Nov 42' with instructional 'In Acheminable' on face.

French Levant. (Palestine). 1942. Envelope addressed to New York bearing French Liban Yvert 158, 2 1/2p on 4p brown and Yvert 162, 12 1/2p on 7 1/2p blue tied by Beyrouth date stamp '2nd Mars 42' with 'Controle' label tied by circular 'Free French' censor routed via Palestine with 'Opened by Censor' label in red. Very fine.

French Colonies. (French Maroc). 1942. Air Mail envelope addressed to Roanne, France bearing French Maroc Yvert 186, 1f50 brown (pair) tied by Casablanca date sramp '11th Nov 42' with tape 'Letter en Rebut' tied by instructional 'Rebuts' and framed 'Retour/ A L' Envoyeur' with 'Acheminement Impossible' and endorsed 'Bon Pour' on face. Interesting item.