Burma. (Japanese Occupation Of Burma). 1942. Envelope addressed to Kyonpyaw bearing SG J 22, 3p slate and SG J 23, 9p deep green tied by Maubin double ring '23rd Aug' with Kyonpyaw arrival '31st Aug' on reverse. Very rare Peacock issue cover paying the 12 pies single domestic rate. EX S.G. and Gerald.

Burma. (British Military Administration). 1945. Official Mail envelope addressed to Rangoon, Lower Burma written from Zigon bearing 'British Military Administration SG 40,1 1/2a turquoise tied by 'Burma/ Exptl. P.O. NO 36' date stamp '1st Oct' with 'Opened by Examiner' censor tape tied by framed 'Crown/ Passed/ DGB/ 2' censor in violet with 'DG/92' hand-stamp and 'Burma/ Exptl. P.O. No 9' receiver '9th Oct 45' Very fine item.

Burma. (Military Mail Post Card). 1941. Military Air Service post card addressed to Japan with framed censor cachet. Scarce. Ex Proud.

Burma. (British Military Administration). 1945. Burma GV1 postal stationery envelope 'one anna' brown overprinted by framed 'British Mily .Admn/Burma Postage./Two 2 Annas.' cancelled by 'Burma/Expil. P.O. No 11' double ring '25th June 45' and signed 'U. Tun Tin' addressed to Calcutta with 'Opened by Examiner/ P.C. 90' label tied by framed 'Crown/ Passed/ DHA 9' censor hand-stamp and Calcutta/ Dely arrival '7Jly' and forwarded to Rangoon. Very fine and scarce.

Burma. (Japanese Occupation Of Burma). 1944. Registered postal stationary envelope India GV1 one anna brown surcharge 'Red X' with framed value hand-stamp upgraded with SG J87a, 5c carmine (9 including block of eight) roulette x perf tied by Yawnghwe date stamp '21st July 44' with Yawnghwe registered label addressed to Rangoon with 'Experimental P.O./R-516' arrival '8rd Aug'. Very fine and rare item, lovely franking.

Burma. (Japanese Occupation Of Burma). 1943. Official Mail Envelope endorsed 'State Service' addressed to Rangoon bearing SG J73, 1c orange and SG J74,2c green (pair) tied by Myitkyina date stamp 24th Dec with circular hand-stamp from the Forest Administration 'District Official/Upper Burma Circle/Serial Number/24/12' in violet on face with Rangoon Cantonment arrival '5th Jan 1944'. Scarce commercial cover during the Japanese Occupation from Northern Burma.Scarce. Ex Gerald Davis.

Burma. (Japanese Occupation Of Burma). 1944. Postal stationary envelope India GV1 one anna brown surcharge 'Red X' with framed value hand-stamp upgraded with SG J73a, 1c orange/brown (5) tied by Pegu date stamp '30th Nov'. Very fine and rare item,lovely franking from the Japanese Occupation.

Burma. (Japanese Occupation Of Burma). 1944. Japanese Military postal stationary card headed 'Japanese Military Post Agency' and boxed 'Ken' etsuzumi' (censored), upgraded with SG J75, 3c light blue tied by Mundon date stamp '6th Jan 44' addressed to Mandalay with boxed censor hand-stamp in violet. The message is to the Police Inspector who had been working in Thailand but was know in Mandalay. Very rare commercial item of mail from the Japanese Occupation on the Burma-Thai Railway.

Burma. (Japanese Occupation Of Burma). 1943. Envelope addressed to Minywa bearing SG J73, 1c orange and SG J74, 2c green (pair) tied by Peinzalok date stamp '9th June' and Minywa receiver on reverse '11th June'. Commercial mail used during the Japanese Army Administration is scarce. Very fine.

Burma. (Japanese Occupation Of Burma). 1944. Envelope addressed to Ngathaingyaung, Bassein District bearing SG J77, 5c carmine (large C) tied by Thingangyun date stamp '19 June', underpaid with 'Thingangyun/Due/Two Annas' and Ngathaingyaung arrival '24th Jun' on reverse. Commercial mail used during the Japanese Army Administration is scarce. Very rare item of postage due mail.

Burma. (Japanese Occupation Of Burma). 1943. Envelope addressed to Sagaing bearing SG J73, 1c orange (5) tied by Rangoon GPO/Sorting double ring '14th Jun' and Sagaing arrival on reverse '25th Jun 43' . Lovely franking and unusually sent between two foreigners ("A. Boudille to C.D. Castro") perhaps Portuguese neutrals.

Burma. (Japanese Occupation Of Burma). 1943. Official envelope addressed to Bhamo bearing SG J76, 5c carmine (small c) tied by Kandawglya date stamp '14/12' with Bhamo arrival '21st Dec' and forwarded to Mandalay, Upper Burma with Amarapura transit '6th Jan 44' and Mandalay arrival '7/1' on reverse. Scarce commercial cover during the Japaneses Occupation. Very fine.

India. (Used In Burma). 1908. Picture post card written from Holderness, Maymyo of 'The Lahore Gate, Fort Delhi' addressed to England bearing India SG 150, 1a carmine tied by B.I. Barracks, Maymyo double ring '27th Dec 08' with Sea Post Office/Bombay-Aden/B transit. Scarce cancel from the British Infantry Barracks at Maymyo. This the fist date recorded by Proud, only in use three months.

Iraq. (Singapore - Trans - Pacific Mail). 1940. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to New York bearing Iraq Yvert 119, 75f indigo (2) tied by Mosul/Reg double ring '17th Sept 40' with matching Mosul registration label endorsed 'By Air Mail Trans Pacific' routed via Bagdad and Singapore with censor tape tied by 'Passed By/ Censor 52/ Singapore' violet hand-stamp with 'F' and '16' censor cachets, Honolulu, Hawaii transit 'Oct 15' and New York 'Registered' hand-stamp and receive 'Oct 18' on reverse.

Lovely item of Registered Air Mail carried over the Pacific by Pan American Clipper via Singapore and Hawaii.

Persian Gulf. (Iraq - Great Britain). 1929. Air Mail envelope addressed to Essex bearing Iraq SG 43, 1 1/2a scarlet and SG 45, 3a blue tied by Bagdad double ring, underpaid with circular hand-stamp 'T' and '2 1/2d' bearing Great Britain SG D10, 1/2d emerald and SG D13, 2d agate tied by Colchester receiver with 'Found Open or Damaged and Officially Resealed' label tied. Nice item.

Iraq. (British Occupation Of Iraq). 1921. Registered envelope addressed to Manchester bearing SG 3, 1a on 20pa red (7) tied by Bagdad date stamp with matching registered label routed via London. Very fine.

Iraq. (India). 1941. Air Mail illustrated envelope addressed to Toledo, Ohio bearing Iraq 75f ultramarine (3) tied by Bagdad date stamp '26th Nov 41' with Iraq censor tape (black on orange) tied by framed 'Iraq' Bilingual censor, endorsed 'By Pan American/ Trans- Pacific Air Line' routed via India with 'Passed by Examiner' censor tape. Nice item.

Persian Gulf. (Iraq - Palestine). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Geneva,Switzerland bearing Iraq Yvert 109, 4f brown (2) and Yvert 116, 30f olive (pair) tied by Basra double ring '10th Feb 40' routed via Palestine with 'Opened by Censor/PC. 22' label (red on yellow) tied by framed 'Palestine/ Opened And/ Passed By/ Censor/ No H11' in violet on reverse. Very fine.

Persian Gulf. (Iraq - Palestine). 1920. Air Mail envelope addressed to Geneva, Switzerland bearing Iraq Yvert 110, 5f grey-green (4) and Yvert 112, 10f yellow (2) tied by Bagdad double ring '13th Jan 40' routed via Palestine with 'Opened by Censor/H. No. 3' label (carmine on blue-green) applied in Haifa, tied by framed 'Palestine/ Opened and/Passed By/Censor/No 29' in violet on face with Genova arrival '23/1' on reverse (miss-directed) to Italy. Very attractive item.

Persian Gulf. (Iraq). 1928. Registered envelope addressed to Hungary bearing SG 41,1/2a olive (2), SG 42, 1a brown (4) and SG 44, 2a orange (2) tied by Hillah double ring with registered label routed via Basrah/Reg with Pecs arrival. Attractive item.

Persian Gulf. (Iraq - Egypt). 1944. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Bienne, Switzerland bearing Iraq Yvert 114, 20f orange (pair) tied by Basra double ring '10th Aug 44' with matching registered label and Iraq censor tape and boxed Iraqi censor hand-stamp in violet, routed via Istanbul '24/9' and Egypt with 'Egyptian Censorship' tape tied by circular 'Censorship Dept/45' and framed 'Postal Censor' on face with Sofia (Bulgaria) and Lisbon '1st Nov 44' transits with instructional 'Retour Service Suspendu' in carmine on face and held in Lisbon and not delivered until '5th Oct 45' after the Surrender of Germany. Superb Exhibition item.

Persian Gulf. (British Occupation Of Iraq). 1920. British Occupation Postal stationary card 1/2 an green upgraded with SG 2, 1/2a on 10p green tied by double ring Bagdad date stamp addressed to London. Nice commercial card from the Occupation.

Persian Gulf. (British Occupation Of Iraq). 1920. British Occupation of Iraq postal stationary card Ian on 20para carmine written from Shaiba dated '2nd Dec 1920' with Basrah double ring dispatch '3rd Dec' addressed to Mosul with Busra arrival on reverse. Very fine item of domestic mail from the British Occupation.

India. (Austrian Levant). 1889. Russian postal stationary envelope 7k pale blue cancelled by Baku/6 date stamp addressed to the 'Austrian-Hungarian Lloyd steamer "S.S. Orion" Bombay' routed via Brindisi and Aden with circular 'Overland. Postage/Due/A-P' transit and Bombay arrival with 'T' hand-stamp and forwarded via Port Galimen with Sea Post office to Ceylon with 'Colombo/Unpaid' arrival in red and circular 'T' hand-stamp. Superb item.

Persian Gulf. (Indian Postal Agency In Persia). 1898. Envelope addressed to the 'French Vice Consul, Bouchir' bearing France 'Type Sage' Yvert 97, 25c black/ rose tied by Seine et Oise double ring, endorsed 'via Brindisi' with Sea Post Office on reverse and Bushire date stamp and Bushire date stamp '5th Jan' on reverse and forwarded to Mohammera 'Jan 7 99'. Nice item of incoming mail.

Persian Gulf. (India Used In Persia). 1918. Censored envelope addressed to Scotland bearing India SG 170, 2a6p ultramarine tied by Abadan double ring '16th Mar 18' with adjacent Crown censor in red. The Abadan Postal Agency was opened in 1917-23 to service the mail from the works in the oil field and refinery on this small island of Shatt-el-Arab. Very fine and rare exhibition item.

Persian Gulf. (Qatar). 1966. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to the Netherlands bearing SG 31, 40 n.p. red (pair) tied by oval Registered/Doha Qatar date stamp with registered Doha/2 label and Dedemsvaart arrival. Very fine commercially used cover.

Persian Gulf. (Sharjah). 1932. Printed Air Mail envelope 'By Imperial Airways/First Arabian Air Mail/England to India via Arabian Coast/ Oct 1st 1932' addressed to 'The Aerodrome, Sharjah, Arabia' bearing Great Britain SG 426, 6d purple tied by Hilton Road, Hudson's Place date stamp '1st Oct 32'. The Imperial Airways Service was changed to the Arabian side on October 1st 1932, the service was diverted to the Arabian Gulf via Basra, Bahrain, Sharjar and Guadar. Few covers were issued by the Company to mark this event.

Persian Gulf. (Kuwait). 1944. Air Mail envelope addressed to India bearing India SG 52, 3a6p violet tied by Kuwait machine type date stamp with framed 'Passed by Censor/Kuwait' hand-stamp with 'Opened by Examiner' label tied by boxed 'Crown/Passed/DHC/80' censor hand-stamp with Bombay arrival. Un-overprinted stamp of India were used in Kuwait between 1941 and 1945. Very fine item of censored mail.

Persian Gulf. (Kuwait). 1958. Air mail envelope addressed to Beirut bearing SG 120, 1np on 5d brown (pair) and SG 123, 9np on 1 1/2d green (pair) tied by Kuwait date stamp with arrival on reverse.

Persian Gulf. (Kuwait). 1955. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to London bearing SG 101, 12a on 1/3d green tied by Ahmadi-Kuwait date stamp with matching registered label. Nice item from this sub-office.

Persian Gulf. (Kuwait). 1943. Censored envelope to Bombay bearing India SG 247, 3p slate (2) and SG 250, 1a carmine (pair) tied by 'Kuwait Persian Gulf' double ring with 'Opened by Censor/PC90' label with boxed 'Crown/PassedDHC/66' cachet and 'Opened by Examiner' label. During the War overprinted stamps were unobtainable and Indian stamps provided emergency cover. Rare Thus.

Persian Gulf. (Kuwait). 1937. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Germany bearing Kuwait SG 34, 6a bistre tied by Kuwait double ring with hand-struck framed 'Kuwait/R' routed via Basrah and Bagdad with Berlin arrival on reverse. Scarce item of registered mail.

Persian Gulf. (Bushire). 1919. Envelope addressed to Bushire bearing India SG156, 1/2a green and SG 160, 1a carmine (2) tied by Umballa date stamp with 'Passed Censor Bombay/ 9' cachet and 'Opened by Censor' label tied by Bushire receiver '19th Jan 19' on reverse. Very fine and scarce censor label from Bushire.

Persian Gulf. (Muscat). 1930. Envelope addressed to London bearing India SG 206, 2a purple tied by Muscat double ring '7th Mar 30' . Very fine.

Persian Gulf. (Muscat). 1939. Great Britain postal stationery envelope 'three halfpence' brown cancelled by Newport/Mon roller addressed to Muscat with arrival on reverse.

Persian Gulf. (Muscat). 1958. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Holland bearing British Postal Agency in Arabia SG 67, 6np on 1d blue, SG 70, 15np on 2 1/2d red, SG 71, 20np on 3d violet and SG 73,40np on 6d purple tied by Muscat date stamp with matching registered label.

Persian Gulf. (Muscat/Madagascar). 1917. Registered, Advice of Receipt envelope headed "Abdoulhoussen Salemandjee Sam, Majunga, Madagascar" addressed to Maskate, Arabie' bearing French Colonies, Madagascar Yvert 101, 25c blue and grey (2) tied by Majunga/Madagascar double ring '31st Aug' with framed hand-struck 'R' and boxed 'A.R.' routed via India with circular 'Passed Censor/21/Bombay' on face and Port Said and Port Tauffio transits on reverse '19th Sept' with Muscat arrival '11th Oct' tied too Crown/Opened by Censor' . Avery rare item of censored mail from Muscat with exceedingly scarce origin. Unique exhibition item.

Persian Gulf. (Bahrain). 1965. Registered Air Mail postal stationery envelope upgraded with SG 132, 40p grey (2) tied by Awali/Bahrain date stamp with matching registered label with oval 'Reg-Awali-Bahrain' transit on reverse.

Persian Gulf. (Bahrain). 1948. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to England bearing SG 52, 1a on 1d pale scarlet (3) and SG 57, 6a on 6d purple tied by Bahrain double ring with m/s 'R' and hand-struck 'Bahrain' . Scarce registered hand-stamp.

Persian Gulf. (Bahrain - United States). 1937. Air Mail envelope addressed to Bahrain bearing United States SG A630, 20c green and SG 720, 3c violet tied by 'El Segundo' date stamp 'Ap 19 37' endorsed 'via London, England' with Bahrain arrival '2nd May' on reverse. Nice item of incoming mail sent by Imperial Airways. Ex Proud.

Persian Gulf. (Bahrain). Air Mail envelope addressed to England bearing Bahrain SG 8, 3a6p indigo and SG 19, 4a olive tied by Bahrain double ring with circular 'By Air' on face. Nice item sent Imperial Air. Ex Proud.

Persian Gulf. (Bahrain). 1948. Air Mail envelope addressed to New York bearing SG 45, 3a bright violet (block of six) tied by Bahrain double ring. Nice franking to the United States.

Bahrain. 1941. Registered Air Mail envelope to the United States bearing SG 18, 3a carmine (pair) and SG 31, 12a lake (7) tied by Bahrain double ring with registered label, routed via India with 'Opened by Censor' label and 'Postal Censor/Calcutta' wax seal, forwarded via Hong Kong with 'Not Opened by Censor ' cachet and boxed '69' cachet, Honolulu, Hawaii transit and Los Angeles arrival. Very fine item of Trans-Pacific Air Mail. Stamps Cat 350 pounds.

Aden. (France). 1874. Envelope written from Boulogne addressed to 'Major Griffith, Brigade Major, Aden' bearing France 'Type Ceres' Yvert 57, 80c rose and Yvert 60a, 25c blue (2) tied by '549' in dotted lozenge with adjacent Boulogne-s-Mer double ring '25th Sept', boxed 'PD' on face in red, endorsed 'via Brindisi' , routed via Lille, Amiens and Paris with 'Paris a Modane' ambulant and 'Aden Steamer. Point' circular 'Oc. 7' arrival on reverse. Scarce deestion, a very attractive cover.

Aden. (Yemen Boundary Commission). 1903. Stamp-less envelope written from Dthala addressed to Kilmallock, Ireland headed 'On Her Majesty's Service Only' with 'Her Majesty's' deleted and 'Field' inserted counter-signed by the Commanding Officer, endorsed 'No Stamp Available' with 'Bearing' in m/s, hand-stamped 'Active Service/Unpaid', routed via Aden '20th Jan 03' with circular 'T' hand-stamp. Wonderful item of Boundary Commission mail from the Royal Dublin Fusiliers on the Aden/Yemen Border Fighting against the incursions of the Turks. Proud records the Active Service/Unpaid used from 2/2 to 20/2 1903.

India. (Used In Aden). 1898. Registered envelope addressed to France bearing India SG 84, 1/2a green and SG 95, 4a sage green tied by 'B' obliterator with circular 'R' hand-stamp and Aden/Reg on reverse 'Jl 27' with French entry cachet on face and Paris receiver on reverse '8th Aout' . Attractive item.

India. (Used In Aden). 1901. Registered picture post card of 'Grand Hotel, Aden' addressed to France bearing India SG 85, 1/2a green, SG 88, 1a plum, SG 90, 1a6p sepia, SG 92, 2a blue. SG 94, 3a brown-orange and SG 111, 3p carmine tied by 'B' in bar obliterator with Aden/Reg date stamp 'Apr 12th' and circular hand-struck 'R' with Lyon arrival 'Avril 23rd' on face.

India. (Aden). 1880. Indian postal stationery card 'quarter anna' brown cancelled by Aden Camp date stamp with adjacent 'B/22' obliterator with framed 'Too Late' on face addressed to Aden Camp. Very fine and scarce.

India. (Aden). 1917. Picture post card written from Sligo, Ireland endorsed 'On Field Service' addressed to 'Gr Watts, 85 Coy R.G.A., Steamer Point, Aden' with Aden/Dely (4. 30pm) receiver and 'Base Office Aden/I.E.F.' double ring with 'F.P.O. No 324' arrival at Sheikh Othman. Very fine.