Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1889. Foochowfoo date stamp on 20c on thirty cents orange. Very fine.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1893. Foochowfoo date stamp on ten cents red/purple.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1887. Ten cents green cancelled by Foochowfoo date stamp.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1887. Five cents blue cancelled by Foochowfoo date stamp.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1891. Two cents carmine cancelled by Fochowfoo date stamp.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1890. Thirty cent violet cancelled by Fochowfoo date stamp.
Hong Kong. 1912. University postmark on 10c purple/blue and 12c yellow/purple.
Hong Kong. 1912. University postmark on KEV11 5c orange and green and 6c purple and scarlet.
Germany. (British Military Mission in Berlin). 1920. Photographic post card of the 'British Delegation, Berlin' addressed to London cancelled by 'British Military Mission/ Berlin' hand-stamp in violet on face. Very fine and scarce dated 'Berlin Xmas 1920.'
Seychelles. (Cocos Island - Indian Ocean Survay Flight). 1939. 'Archbold Expedition envelope addressed to 'Box 5, Post Office, Campsie, N.S.W.' illustrated with map of Trans-Indian Ocean Flight and small photo of the crew affixed bearing Australia SG 165,1d green tied by Port Hedland date stamp '4th June 39' , Dutch Indies SG 341, 5c blue tied Batavia '6/6' and 'C & W. Ltd./ Cocos/8th June' on reverse and 'John Clunies Ross' monogram on face initialed at Chagos (no post office) forwarded to Seychelles bearing SG 137, 6c orange tied Victoria 'June 19' and Kenya SG 137, 15c black and rose tied by Mombasa date stamp '23rd June' and signed by Captain P.G. Taylor. Only 6 covers known.
North Borneo. 1940. Envelope addressed to Holland bearing SG 306, 4c bronze and purple and SG 309, 10s violet and bronze (pair) tied by Lahad Datu double ring '9th April 40' with 'Lahad Datu 'Passed By/ Censor' label and German censor label tied by circular German censor cachet in violet on reverse. Very rare label not recorded by Morenweiser.
Seychelles. (Silver Jubilee). 1936. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to New York bearing Silver Jubilee SG 128, 6c grey and blue, SG 129, 12c green and indigo, SG130, 20c brown and blue and SG 131, 1r slate and purple tied by Victoria/Seychelles date stamp 'Feb 26th' with framed 'Registered/ No' and boxed 'R/Seychelles' on face with New York/Reg arrival '26/3' on reverse. Nice item routed via Bombay by sea and Karachi on Imperial Air via London.
Seychelles. (Office Mail). 1940. Registered stamp-less envelope headed 'On His Majesty's Service' addressed to New Jersey cancelled Victoria/ Seychelles 'Jy 4th 40' with framed 'R/Victoria/ No' hand-stamp and 'Passed by Censor/ Seychelles No. 1' in violet on face with New Jersey arrival 'Oct 20' on reverse. Over 3 1/2 months to travel.
Seychelles. (Silver Jubilee). 1936. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to England bearing Silver Jubilee SG 128, 6c grey and blue, SG 129, 12c green and diago, SG 130, 20c brown and blue and SG 131, 1r slate and purple tied by Victoria/ Seychelles date stamp 'March 5th 36' with framed 'R/Seychelles' on face routed via Mombasa and Nairobi '29th March' on reverse. Nice item.
Malaya. (Labuan). 1930. Registered Straits Settlements postal stationery envelope 'fifteen cents' indigo upgraded with SG 229, 6c red tied by Labuan double ring '9th Oct 30' with matching registration label addressed to Canada with Singapore transit and Kingston arrival 'No 20' on face. Very fine.
India. (International Commission In Laos). 1961. Air Mail envelope addressed to London bearing SG N21, 2np brown, SG N22, 6np grey (2), SG N23, 13np bright carmine (pair) and SG N24, 50np orange tied by 'F.P.O. No 744' double ring Scarce item from the International Commission in Laos.
China. (Prisoner Of War Mail - Isle Of Man). 1918. Prisoner Of War folded envelope headed ' Prisoners of war' with 'Nicht hier schreiben' on reverse, endorsed 'Wolheim 21689, Camp 4, Compound 2, Hut 2a, Aliens Detention Camp, Knockaloe, Isle of Man' dated '23rd Dec 1918' addressed to 'Frau Bertha Wollehim, Changsha, Province Hunan, China' with circular 'P.C.' on face, routed via Siberia and Manchuria with Imperial Post Hankoww transit '16th Feb 19' and Changsha arrival '19th Feb' on reverse. Wonderful item of Prisoner of War Mail from Knockaloe Camp written by a Jewish Internee to his wife in Changsha, China.
China. (Russian Post Office). 1906. Registered envelope addressed to France bearing Russia Yvert 44, 10 kop blue (pair) tied by Pekin/ Pochtov, Kontora date stamp '24th June' (Tchil Fig 468) with Russian Post Office 'Peking' registration label and circular hand-struck 'R', endorsed 'via Siberia' with Paris receiver on reverse '9th Aout'. Nice item of registered mail with scarce cancel with indentation variety not noted by Tchillinghiran.
Hong Kong. (British Post Office In Yokohama). 1880 Eight cents orange cancelled by Yokohama Y/1 obliterator. Very fine.
Hong Kong. (British Post Office In Yokohama). 1880. Thirty cents orange cancelled by Yokohama Y/1 obliterator in blue.
Hong Kong. (British Post Office In Yokohama). 1880. Thirty cents mauve cancelled by Yokohama Y/1 obliterator in blue. Very fine.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1905. Edward V11 One Dollar purple and green tied by Swatow date stamp. Scarce on Edward high values.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1905. Edward V11 50c green and purple canceled by Swatow date stamp. Very fine.
Hong Kong. Treaty Ports.1916. Edward V11 50 cents green and purple cancelled by Chefoo British P.O. date stamp. Scarce.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1906. Edward V11 5 cents orange and green cancelled by Hoihow date stamp. Scarce on Edward. Very fine.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1900. Ten cents red/mauve cancelled by Hoihow date stamp. Very fine.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1890. Two cents grey-green cancelled by Hoihow date stamp. Very fine.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1880 ten cents pale mauve cancelled by Hankow D/29 obliterator. Very fine.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1880. Ten cents mauve cancelled by Hankow D/29 obliterator. Very fine and scarce.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1887. 50 cents on 48 cents brown cancelled by Shanghai date stamp. Lovely item.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1888. Ten cents green cancelled by Shanghaf date stamp.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1887. Five cents blue cancelled by Shanghaf date stamp.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1889. Thirty cents purple cancelled by Shanghae date stamp.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1887. Thirty cents purple cancelled by Shanghaf date stamp.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 5 Cents on 18 cents purple cancelled by Ningpo N/1 obliterator in black. Scarce.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). Two cents carmine cancelled by Ningpo N/1 obliterator in black. Very fine.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). Two cents bistre cancelled by Ningpo N/1 obliterator in blue. Scarce.
Hong Kong. (British Post Offices In Yokohama). 1876. 28c on 30c mauve with very fine 'Y/1' obliterator of Yokohama.
Hong Kong. (British Post Offices In Yokohama). 1876. 28c on 30c mauve with very fine 'Y/1' obliterator of Yokohama.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). Amoy. Twelve cents blue cancelled by very fine Amoy date stamp. Beautiful.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). Amoy, 7 cents on 10 cents green cancelled by Amoy date stamp.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). Foochow date stamp on 1 dollar on 96 cents grey. Lovely item.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). Foochow. F/1 obliterator on 10c mauve. Very fine.
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.