India. (Nepal). 1945. Air Mail registered postal stationery envelope 'three annas' indigo upgraded with India SG 259, 1r grey and red-brown, SG 266, 1/2a purple and SG 273, 4a brown (pair) tied by British Legation/Reg/ Nepal double ring '31st Oct 45' (written from Katmandu) with matching registered label addressed to England. Lovely item of registered mail sent Air Mail.
India. (British Ship Letters). 1826. Stamp-less envelope written from Hausee, India dated '23rd May 1826' addressed to the traveler and writer James Baillie Fraser, Inverness, Scotland routed via Calcutta with 'Calcutta/General Post Office' double ring 'June 6th' sent on the steamer "Annam" with framed 'India Letter/Portsmouth' in black (Robertson In 3) and London transit 'Nov 16' with framed '1/2' for the Scottish turnpike fee, rated '3s' in m/s. Very fine.
India. (Ireland). 1837. Folded stamp-less envelope written from Dursey Castle (Cork) dated '22nd Aug 37' addressed to 'Saints Thoma's Mount, Madras' with boxed 'Paid at Cork' and Cork transit '25th Aug,' routed via Dublin and London with oval 'Paid Ship Letter/ London' in red on face '28th Aug, endorsed 'Per steamer "Presidency", charged '1/7' in m/s and framed 'Madras/ Ship Letter/ 1837 December 14/ Ship Bearing 3 annnas/ Inland 1 rupee' and forwarded to Secundabad'. Attractive item.
Hong Kong. (Macau). 1901. Ten cents blue cancelled by 'Direccao de Correio/ Macau' date stamp. Very fine.
Hong Kong. (Macau). 1901. Five cents yellow cancelled by 'Direccao de Correio/ Macau' date stamp Fine.
Hong Kong. (Macau). 1901. Four cents grey cancelled by 'Direccao de Correio/ Macau' date stamp. Very fine.
Hong Kong. (Macau). 1901. Two cent green cancelled by 'Direccao de Correio/ Macau' date stamp. Very fine.
Hong Kong. (French Indo-China). 1878. French General Colonies Yvert 36, 25c blue cancelled by 'Hong Kong/ Saigon' date stamp (Salles 2001). Scarce French paquebot cancel on General French Colonies.
Hong Kong. 1939. Block of eight KGV1 5c green cancelled by Paquebot/ Victoria/ Posted at Sea/ Received' date stamp. Fine.
Hong Kong. Treaty Ports. 1911. Hankow cds on 30c purple and yellow.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1903. Ningpo cds on KEV11 29c brown and grey.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1913. Ningpo cds on KEV11 12c purple and yellow. Fine.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1905. Ningpo cds on four cents purple/red. Fine.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1900. Canton cds on 4c grey. Very fine.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1901. Canton cds on thirty cent brown. Scarce stamp used in Canton.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1896. Canton cds on thirty cent yellow-green.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1893. Canton cds on SG 9, 4c grey. Very fine.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1903. Liu Kung Tau cds on $1 purple and sage green. Scarce pmk on $1.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1903. Liu Kung Tau cds on 50c purple and green.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1903. Liu Kung Tau cds on 30c chestnut and grey.
Hong Kong. Treaty Ports. 1906. Canton cds on 5c orange and green (date slug error). Superb.
Hong Kong. Treaty Ports. 1921. British Post Office in Hong Kong. 1921. Canton cds on 12c purple/yellow. Very fine.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1904. Boxwed Port Edward. Wei Hai Wei. date stamp in violet. Fine.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1904. Hoihow cds on KEV11 ten cents blue/purple.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1911. Ningpo cds on 50c purple and yellow.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1906. Ningpo cds on 50c purple and green.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1911. Foochow cds on 30c purple and orange.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1914. Ningpo cds on KGV 2c green. Fine.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1904. Ningpo cds on KEV11 4c purple/red. Superb.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1887. Hankow cds on 10c green. Very fine.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1891. Amoy cds on 14c on thirty cent purple. Superb.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1885. Five cent blue (SG 29) cancelled by Amoy cds. Very fine.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1884. Two cents brown cancelled by Amoy cds. Fine.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1862. No wmk 18c mauve canceled by A/1 obliterator. Very fine and scarce on 1st issue.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1865. Amoy/ Paid in red cds with blue B/62 obliterator. Very fine and scarce combination.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1889. Hankow cds on 20c on 10c orange. Very fine.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1880. Hankow D/29 obliterator on 10c mauve. Scarce.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). Hankow. 1880. Provisional SG Z446 10c on 24c black obliterator 'D29' with 'S1' in black. Nice combination. Scarce.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1885. Hankow cds on ten cents blue-green. Superb.
Hong Kong. (Ningpo Treaty Ports). 1863. A superb strike of the 'N 1' obliterator in blue on the Crown C.C. 4c grey. Scarce.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1897. Superb example of SG 35, 5c blue with upright Hoihow/C date stamp.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1900. Five cents yellow with Foochow cds. Very fine.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1891. $1 on 96c purple/red used in Foochow. Scarce use in Foochow.
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.