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Burma

1941 | Burma (DR10784)

Burma. (Trans-Pacific Mail). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to the United States bearing SG 26, 3p bright violet, SG 28, 4a turquoise, SG 30, 1r purple and blue and SG 31,2r brown and purple tied by Rangoon double ring 'July 24 41' endorsed 'by Trans-Pacific Clipper' with 'Opened by Censor' label tied by framed 'Passed/Censor/29' in violet on face.

£150.00
Burma

1940 | Burma (DR10783)

Burma. (Trans-Pacific Mail). 1940 Air Mail envelope written from The Karen Mission, Bassien' addressed to the United States bearing SG 24, 2a carmine, SG 28, 4a turquoise,SG 29, 8a myrtle green and SG 30, 1r blue and purple (3) tied by Bassein double ting with 'Passed Censor/9/Rangoon' censor cachet and 'Opened by Censor' label, endorsed 'via Rangoon-Hong Kong - USA' with 'T/21c' hand-stamp applied on face. Very fine.

£195.00
Burma

1939 | Burma (DR10782)

Burma. (Trans-Atlantic Airmail). 1939. Burma postal stationery envelope 'One Anna' brown upgraded with SG 5, 2a vermilion, SG 6, 2 1/2a orange and SG 13, 1r green and chocolate tied by Ahlone double ring '11th Sept 39' addressed to the United States via U.K. with Redlands arrival '3rd Oct on reverse. Very fine.

£125.00
Burma

1939 | Burma (DR10781)

Burma. (Air Mail). 1939. Air Mail envelope addressed to Ireland bearing SG 5, 2a vermilion, SG 28, 4a turquoise and SG 29, 8a myrtle tied by Mandalay/S.R.O. double ring '25th Nov 39' with Gaelic 'Opened by Censor/ 22'. Nice cover paying the 14 annas 'Empire' letter rate.

£125.00
Burma

1941 | Burma (DR10778)

Burma. (Canada). 1941. Envelope addressed to Canada bearing Burma SG 20, 6p blue,SG 22, 1a brown (3) and SG 23, 1 1/2a turquoise tied by Rangoon University date stamp '28th Oct 41' with Toronto arrival 'Jan 19' and returned via Ottawa to Bombay '2nd June' , by which time Burma was under Japanese Occupation and the cover was held at the Bombay D.L.O. until Jan 43 and forwarded to Rawalpindi '16th Jan 43' and re-directed via the Advance Base Office No 12 (Jan 16th) with 'India Field censor/ 7' in violet on face. Interesting item of mail caught up in the Japanese Occupation of Burma.

£175.00
Burma

1942 | Burma (DR10775)

Burma. (Air Mail). 1942. Air Mail envelope addressed to South Wales bearing Burma SG 24, 2a carmine , SG 29, 8a myrtle and SG 30, 1r blue and purple tied by Maymyo double ring '14th April 42' routed via Lashio with 'Opened by Censor' label tied by triangular 'Passed X Censor/24' hand-stamp. on face and reverse in violet. Nice cover carried by C.N.A.C. on one of the last mails out of Lashio.

£150.00
Burma

1942 | Burma (DR10774)

Burma. (Air Mail). 1942. Burma postal stationery card 'one anna' brown upgraded with SG 22, 1a brown, SG 24, 2a carmine and SG 29, 8a myrtle tied by Pakokku double ring '26th Mar 42' addressed to India routed via Rangoon with triangular 'Passed X Censor/ 21' in violet on face and 'Opened by Censor ' label tied by framed 'Crown/ Passed/DHO/21' censor cachet applied in Bombay with arrival '8th April' on reverse. Lovely cover paying the 12a Air Mail rate from Lashio by C.N.A.C. to India.

£175.00
Burma

1940 | Burma (DR10773)

Burma. (IRELAND). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Ireland bearing SG 24, 2a carmine, SG 28, 4a turquoise and SG 29, 8a myrtle tied by Mandalay double ring '16th June 40' with 'Opened by Examiner/ 1574' label and Gaelic 'Opened by Censor/ 22. ' Interesting item, delayed and sent 'Horseshoe' route via Durban and Cairo.

£150.00
Burma

1942 | Burma (DR10772)

Burma. (Air Mail). 1942. Air Mail envelope written from Taunggyi Southern Shan State addressed to England bearing Burma SG 31, 2r purple and brown tied by Heho double ring '19th Mar 42' with 'Opened by Censor' label tied by triangular 'Passed X Censor/55' hand-stamp on face and reverse in violet and endorsed 'Received 7/5/42' in m/s on face. Lovely cover paying two Rupees.

£225.00
Burma

1941 | Burma (DR10771)

Burma. (China-Hong Kong Air Mail). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to Ireland bearing Burma SG 30, 1r blue and violet tied by Yenangyaung double ring '16th June 41' , routed via Rangoon with 'Opened by Censor' label tied by triangular 'Passed Censor/X/ 21' applied in violet with Hong Kong with Victoria transit 'June 20' on reverse with framed 'Not Opened by/ Censor' in violet on face. Lovely item of mail sent via the Pacific/ Two Oceans route.
Lovely item with black vertical lines JUSQU'A mark applied at office of exchange.

£195.00
Burma

1942 | Burma (DR10770)

Burma. (Air Mail). 1942. Air Mail envelope written from Taunggyi, Southern Shan State addressed to England bearing Burma SG 22, 1a brown (2) and SG 28, 4a turquoise tied by Taunggyi double ring '31st March 42' with 'Opened by Censor' label tied by triangular 'Passed X Censor/ 55' hand-stamp on face and reverse in violet, routed via Calcutta with framed 'Crown/ Passed/ DHA 14' on face and endorsed 'Received '4/6/42' in m/s on face and endorsed 'Last letter from Taunggyi. ' Very fine.

£175.00
Burma

1941 | Burma (DR10769)

Burma. (Air Mail). 1941. Air Mail envelope written from 'Burma Rifles, 13th Shan state Battalion, Taunggyi' addressed to the England bearing Burma SG 30, 1r blue and purple tied by Experimental/ R-1' double ring '25th July 41' endorsed 'via Durban' and endorsed 'Sept 15th (received) in m/s. Unusual use of this cancel, see Proud.

£125.00
Burma

1939 | Burma (DR10768)

Burma. (Air Mail). 1939. Air Mail. envelope addressed to the United States bearing Burma SG 9, 4a olive, SG 13, 1r green and brown and SG 23, 1 1/2a turquoise tied by Rangoon/ Sorting double ring 22nd Nov 39' with 'Passed Censor/ Rangoon/ 2' on face in violet. Very fine.

£75.00
Burma

1942 | Burma (DR10767)

Burma. (Airmail). 1942. Air Mail envelope addressed to India bearing Burma SG 28, 4a turquoise (strip of three) tied by Bhamo double ring '23rd Mar 42' with 'Opened by Censor' label tied by triangular 'Passed X Censor/ 13' hand-stamp on face in violet and framed 'Crown/ Passed/ DHC' censor hand-stamp applied in Bombay with arrival. Very fine.

£175.00
Burma

1941 | Burma (DR10764)

Burma. 1941. Envelope addressed to the United States bearing SG 22, 1a brown (3) tied by Maymyo double ring with 'Opened by Censor' label and 'Passed Censor/Rangoon/60' cachet, underpaid with 'T' hand-stamp and instructional 'U.S. Postage, charge/to collect 2 cents/San Pedro, Calif.' Very fine.

£125.00
Burma

1942 | Burma (DR10763)

Burma. (Japanese Occupation). 1942. Envelope headed 'Irrawaddy Flotilla Coy, Dalla Dockyard' addressed to Rangoon bearing Burma SG 22, 1a brown tied by Rangoon slogan dated '10th Jan 42', undelivered with Rangoon Dep '29th Jan' , sent on to the Dead Letter Office '19th Mars' with instructional 'Service Suspended/ Return to Sender' on reverse in violet with label 'Unclaimed/ Returned Letter/ From the Dead Letter Office/Rangoon' and forwarded to Mandalay with Mandalay West receiver '28th Mars'. The Japanese occupied Rangoon 8th March 1942. Ex Proud.

£175.00
India

1956 | India (DR10762)

Burma. (Great Britain). 1956. Air Mail envelope addressed to London bearing SG 142, 15p green (8) tied by Rangoon Sorting double ring, underpaid with circular 'T/8c' hand-stamp and bearing Great Britain postage due SG D 48,1 1/2d green applied and tied by London receiver with hand-struck '1 1/2d' on face in green. Very attractive.

£75.00
Burma

1941 | Burma (DR10761)

Burma. (Airmail). 1941. Burma postal stationery Air Mail envelope 'one rupee' blue and purple cancelled by Namtu double ring '3rd Dec 41' addressed to Scotland with hand-struck 'V' for Victory on face. Fine item.

£150.00
Burma

1892 | Burma (DR10760)

India. (Burma). 1892. Postal stationary envelope 2a 6p on 1n yellow cancelled by Meiktila cds (28/6) with boxed 'Too late' on reverse, routed via Rangoon (30/6) addressed to Singapore with receiver (13/7) on reverse. Fine item of stationary.

£150.00
Burma

1941 | Burma (DR10759)

Burma. 1941. Postal stationary envelope upgraded with SG 23, 1 1/2a turquoise tied by Kamaing/ Myikyina double ring with 'Passed Censor/Rangoon/32' cachet, addressed to England with 'Opened by Examiner/4542' label. Nice item of stationery.

£125.00
Burma

1942 | Burma (DR10757)

Burma. (Indian Field Post Office In Burma). 1942. Indian postal stationery card 4a brown cancelled by Field Post Office/ 261 double ring '1st Oct 42' with circular 'Passed by Censor/ No 4259' in violet on face. Nice item of mail. from the Indian Field Post Office in Burma.

£75.00
Burma

1906 | Burma (DR10756)

India. (Used In Burma). 1906. Picture post card of 'Burmese women drawing water from a well' addressed to England bearing India SG 119, 3p grey tied by Shwebo- Cant. date stamp '14th Aug 06.' Scarce item from the British Military Station in Upper Burma. This card the first recorded date by Proud.

£95.00
Burma

1945 | Burma (DR10755)

Burma. (Field Post Office In Burma). 1945. 'Blue Triangle' stamp-less Air Letter written from 'Pte Taylor of 42nd Indian Field Ambulance SEAC' dated 'March 19 45' addressed to Exeter cancelled by "F.P.O./No 145' with circular 'Unit Censor/ X108' on face. Field Post Office No 145 operating at Sadaung pursuing the Japanese towards Rangoon. Very fine.

£75.00
Burma

1945 | Burma (DR10754)

Burma. (Field Post Office In Burma). 1945. Stamp-less Air Letter written from 'L/Bdr. Sheppard' dated 'Rangoon, 29th Sept 45' addressed to England cancelled by 'Base Army Post Office/ 7' double ring. Frank Sheppard had been liberated from the Thai P.O.W. Camps and awaiting the ships home. Very fine.

£75.00
Burma

1915 | Burma (DR10751)

India. (Burma). 1915. Picture post card of 'St Mary's Church, Fort st George, Madras' addressed to England bearing India SG 156, 1/2a green (pair) tied by Experimental P.O. double ring '13th Nov 15' with circular 'Passed by Censor/Rangoon' in violet on face. Scarce Experimental Post Office cancel, very little is known about these scarce marks. A very nice item with WW1 Rangoon censor.

£95.00
Burma

1941 | Burma (DR10750)

Burma. (Hong Kong). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to New York bearing Burma SG 3, 9p deep green, SG 29, 8p myrtle green, SG 30, 1r purple and blue and SG 31, 2r brown and purple tied by Namkham double ring '28 Jul' endorsed 'Airmail via Hong Kong and American Airways' with 'Opened by Censor' tape and Passed Censor/2' applied at Lashio routed via Hong Kong with Victoria transit and framed 'Not Opened/By/Censor' in violet. Very fine.

£175.00
Burma

1939 | Burma (DR10749)

India. (Burma). 1939. Air Mail envelope addressed to France bearing SG 10, 6a bistre, SG 11, 8a purple, SG 23, 1 1/2a turquoise and SG 28, 4a greenish blue tied by Rangoon date stamp with 'Passed Censor Rangoon/1' cachet in violet and 'Opened by Censor' tape, routed via 'K.L.M.' with Controle Postal Militaire' censor tape and oval 'Ouvert/ Par " 'Autorite Militaire/ WA341' censor cachet. Very fine item.

£125.00
Burma

1923 | Burma (DR10748)

India. (Used In Burma). 1923. Indian Postal stationery envelope one anna brown upgraded with SG 159, 1a carmine tied by Daingwunkwin date stamp addressed to England, underpaid with horseshoe 'Daingwunkwin/Due/Two Annas' on face. Unrecorded by Ted Proud. Very fine.

£225.00
Hong Kong

1890 | Hong Kong (DR10747)

Hong Kong. SG 37, 10c deep green cancelled by Swatow date stamp.

£25.00
Hong Kong

1888 | Hong Kong (DR10746)

Hong Kong SG 35, 5c pale blue cancelled by Swatow date stamp with American Philatelic Society certificate.

£35.00
Gambia

1940 | Gambia (DR10745)

Gambia. Circa 1940. Envelope addressed to 'The United Africa, Co Ltd. Kounte-Our' bearing SG 152c 1 1/2c blue and grey tied by hand-struck 'R' censor cachet. Very few items known.

£225.00
Paraguay

1942 | Paraguay (DR10744)

Paraguay. (Trinidad). 1942. Registered Air mail envelope addressed to Washington bearing Air Mail Yvert 110, 30p orange (2) and Yvert 111, 50p brown (8) tied by Paraguay double ring with registered label routed via Trinidad with 'Opened by Examiner/ IE/ 8079' label. Very fine.

£75.00
Australia

1941 | Australia (DR10743)

Australia. 1941. Envelope written from 'Hay P.O.W.Camp' addressed to New York with hand-stamp 'Service/ Prisoner of War/ C.S. Thane Lt. Col./ Comdt Hay' and framed 'Defence Forces/Mail/ No Postage Required' and Sydney date stamp '14th Mar 1944' with 'Passed by Censor/S. 327' censor cachet in violet. Very fine.

£95.00
Australia

1940 | Australia (DR10742)

Australia. 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Boston bearing Australia SG 134, 2s maroon (pair) tied by "Air mail Section/ Melbourne' date stamp with '3/Opened by Censor' label tied by boxed 'Passed by Censor/V. 110' hand-stamp with 'Lady Cowrie Red Cross Appeal '1d' label on reverse.

£50.00
Australia

1941 | Australia (DR10741)

Australia. (Internment Camp Mail). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to the England bearing Australia SG 134, 2 maroon (pair), SG 165, 1d emerald green, SG 173, 9d brown, SG 174, 1s olive green tied by Ship Mail/ Melbourne date stamp with 'Passed by Censor/V. 122' hand-stamp in violet and '3/Opened by Censor' label on reverse, endorsed 'By Clipper via New Zealand-USA.Nice item.

£95.00
Australia

1941 | Australia (DR10740)

Australia. (China). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to Shanghai bearing Australia SG 171, 5d purple (pair) tied by 'Ship Room/ Melbourne' date stamp with '3/Opened by Censor' label tied by boxed 'Passed by Censor/V.75' hand-stamp with Shanghai arrival on reverse. Nice destination.

£75.00
Great Britain

1941 | Great Britain (DR10738)

Great Britain. (Under Cover Mail). 1941. Envelope addressed to 'L. With- Seidelin, c/o The Danish Consul General, Avenida 24 de Julho No 1, Lisbon bearing Great Britain SG 463, 1d red and SG 465, 2d orange tied by date by Kent date stamp with 'Opened by Examiner/ 978' label. Very fine.

£75.00
Great Britain

1942 | Great Britain (DR10737)

Great Britain. (Under Cover Mail). 1942. Air Mail envelope addressed to 'Capt T.S. Silveraton, Room 505, Washington' bearing Great Britain SG 469, 5d pale brown and SG 474, 10d turquoise tied by London date stamp with 'Opened by Examiner/ 1714' label.Very fine.

£60.00
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES

1940 | NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES (DR10736)

Netherlands Indies. (Great Britain). 1904. Envelope addressed to Batavia bearing Great Britain SG 462, 1/2d green and SG 466, 2 1/2d blue tied by Derbyshire roller '28th Nov 40' with 'Opened by Examiner/612' label and circular 'Ec. C' and 'Dev' with hand-struck 'Censuur/ Gepasseerd/1' in carmine on face. Nice item.

£75.00
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES

1940 | NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES (DR10735)

Netherlands Indies. 1940. Business reply post card addressed to the United States bearing Netherlands Indies SG 396, 1c grey and SG 398, 2 1/2c bistre tied by Medan date stamp '5th June 40' with 'Militaire Censuur/ Medan' censor hand-stamp touted via Singapore with triangular 'Passed For Transmission/ Singapore' censor cachet. Very fine paying the printed matter rate.

£75.00
NETHERLANDS  EAST INDIES

1941 | NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES (DR10734)

Netherlands Indies. 1941. Post card addressed to the United States bearing Netherlands Indies SG 399, 3c yellow green tied by Tjimahi date stamp '28th Oct 41' with 'Gecensureerd/ 4' censor hand-stamp on face in carmine. Very fine item paying the printed matter post-card rate to the United States.

£75.00
France

1941 | France (DR10733)

France. (Prisoner Of War Mail). 1941. Christmas postal stationery post card 5f indigo headed 'Salon du Prisonniers' addressed to Feldpost 16506A. written from Paris with arrival censor cachet on face. Nice item of stationery.

£50.00
Spanish Colonies

1945 | Spanish Colonies (DR10732)

Spanish Colonies. 1945. Envelope addressed to New York bearing Spanish Maroc SG 268, 10c pale violet and SG 277, 40c chocolate and purple tied by Larache double ring with framed 'Censura' cachet on reverse struck twice and boxed censor on face. Nice item.

£75.00
India

1863 | India (DR10731)

India. (French Settlement In India). 1863. Envelope addressed to France bearing French General Colonies Yvert 3, 10c bistre (pair) and Yvert 5,40c orange tied by dotted lozenge and (firms cachet) with adjacent 'Bureau De Pondichery' date stamp in blue '24th Nov 1863', endorsed 'Per overland via Bombay/ Suez and Marseille' with boxed 'PD' , Marseille transit and Paris arrival on reverse '23rd Dec'. Very scarce cover in superb quality.

£750.00
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES

1941 | NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES (DR10730)

Netherlands Indies. 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing SG 406, 25c blue-green and SG 429, 10c vermilion tied by Soekabaemi date stamp '23rd Mars 1941' with 'Door Censuur Geopend' label tied by circular 'Censuur/ 5' hand-stamp endorsed 'By K.L.M. naar Bagdad' with Singapore transit censor 'F' and '21' in violet and German censor tape tied by circular censor label Nice routing.

£75.00
Jamaica

1940 | Jamaica (DR10729)

British West Indies. (Jamaica). 1940. Envelope addressed to Canada bearing Jamaica SG 124, 2d green and grey tied by Kingston date stamp with 'Opened by Examiner I.D./ 8817' censor label Nice item paying the printed matter rate.

£55.00
Jamaica

1940 | Jamaica (DR10728)

British West Indies. (Jamaica). 1940. Air Mail. envelope addressed to Florida bearing Jamaica SG 99, 1s orange and SG 126, 3d green and blue tied by Laguana date stamp with 'Opened by Censor' orange on white censor label. Nice item.

£50.00
Canada

1942 | Canada (DR10727)

Canad. (prisoner Of War Mail). 1942. Air Mail envelope headed 'Service des Prisonniers de Guerre' addressed to 'Lieutenant Donald Rowsou, New Zealand Prisoner of War, Italy, c/o International Red Cross, Geneva' bearing SG 383, 10c brown and SG 386, 20c chocolate tied by Montreal Station date stamp '8th Jul 42' with 'Examined by Censor/C 9' label routed via Lisbon.

£75.00
India

1942 | India (DR10726)

India. (Prisoner Of War Mail). 1942. Envelope headed 'Prisoner Of War Post/ Service des Prisonniers de Guerre' addressed to 'Major R. Wall, British Prisoner in Italian Hands, Comite International de la Croix Rouge, Agence Central, Palais du Conseil General, Geneva' bearing SG 275, 8a slate tied by Srinagar date stamp '29th Aug 42' with 'Opened by Examiner' label tied by boxed 'Passed/ DHB/12' censor cachet routed via Iraq with framed censor transit.

£75.00
Belgium

1940 | Belgium (DR10725)

Belgium. (POW In Germany). 1940. Stamp-less envelope written from Liege dated 24th Juillet 1940' headed 'Belischer Kriegsgefangenen/ Deutschland' addressed to 'Lieutenant Van Dervael, Gefangenen No 1096, 2nd Company, Oflag 1V C, Deutschland' with circular 'Croix Rouge de Belgique/ Internatnal de Recherches/ 142, Bd de la Sauveniere/Liege' in carmine on face with 'Oflag 1V C/ 5 Gepruft' arrival on face in violet.

£75.00

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French Colonies

6th Apr 2022

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.

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China, French Indo China and Chinese Labour Force.

6th Apr 2022

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.

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