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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
United States

1943 | United States (DR10724)

United States. (Prisoner Of War Mail). 1943. Envelope headed 'Prisoner of War' and 'Postage Free' written from 'Camp Wheeler, Internment Camp, Camp Wheeler, Georgia' addressed to Italy with circular 'U's. Censorship/ Examined By 677' in violet on face and reverse with New York transit and German censor cachet 'd' applied in Munich. Very fine.

£50.00
Switzerland

1945 | Switzerland (DR10723)

Switzerland - Great Britain. (Undercover Mail). 1945. Air Mail envelope addressed to 'The Belgian Embassy, 107 Eaton Square, London' bearing Yvert 293, 20c carmine (pair) and Yvert 348, 10c brown tied by Huemoz date stamp with 'Opened by Examiner/ 859' label. Fine.

£50.00
Argentina

1942 | Argentina (DR10722)

Argentina. (Undercover Mail). 1942. Air Mail envelope addressed to 'The Ambassador of Belgium, 85 Eaton Square' bearing Yvert 372, 20c blue, Yvert 381, 2p brown and blue and Yvertt 396, 1p blue and brown tied by Buenos Aires date stamp routed via New York with 'Opened by Examiner/ 1934' label.

£75.00
Canada

1945 | Canada (DR10721)

Canada - Canary Islands. (Undercover Mail). 1945 Air Mail envelope addressed to 'The British Consulate, Santa Cruz de Tenerife' bearing Canada SG 378, 3c purple (2) and SG 380, 4c carmine tied by Saskatoon ate stamp with 'Opened by Examiner/DB' label routed via New York with censor tape and 'Opened by Examiner/ 9033' censor tape. Nice item.

The red vertical line Jusqu'a mark applied at Office of Exchange.

£95.00
Canada

1943 | Canada (DR10720)

Canada. (Prisoner Of War Mail). 1943. Air Mail envelope headed 'Prisoner of War Mail' written from San Antonio, Texas bearing United States 'Transporter' SG A801, 6c carmine tied by San Antonio/ Texas date stamp 'Dec 3rd 1943' with US censor tape tied by 'US Censorship/ Examined By 937' censor cachet, addressed to 'Luftwaffe (A.F.), Internment Camp 20, Base Post Office, Ottawa, Canada' with 'Examined By/ C. 249' censor label hand-stamped to 'D.B.' in carmine.

£50.00
Canada

1944 | Canada (DR10718)

Canada. (Prisoner Of War Mail). 1944. Air Mail Folded letter sheet headed 'Prisoner of War Mail' written from 'Internment Camp 30, Base Post Office, Ottawa, Canada' addressed to Berlin bearing Canada SG 383, 10c bistre and SG 386, 20c chocolate tied by 'P.O.W. 30' date stamp with 'Examined By D.B. 30' censor cachet and Berlin censor tape with circular 'A/b' hand-stamp on face and reverse.

£50.00
Argentina

1939 | Argentina (DR10717)

Argentina. 1939. Mourning envelope addressed to Chile bearing Yvert 368, 5c brown (3) tied by Buenos Aires date stamp with 'Militaire/ Santiago' censor hand-stamp in violet on face.

£75.00
Brazil

1940 | Brazil (DR10716)

Brazil. 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to France bearing Yvert 176, 400r blue and Yvert 209, 5000r ultramarine tied by Federal date stamp with circular '175' censor cachet routed via Italy with 'Verificato Per Censura' tied by 'Commissione Prov. Di Censura/ 47' in blue with 'Controle' censor tied by 'Ouvert/ Par Les Autorite de Controle/ MB 175' in violet on face and reverse with Puy De Dome arrival. Nice item.

£75.00
Germany

1949 | Germany (DR10714)

Germany. (British Army Of The Rhine). 1949. Official mail envelope headed 'On His Majesty's Service' addressed to Celle cancelled by Bergen date stamp '14th Mar 1949' with circular 'Glyn Hughes Hospital/ C.C.G./ Horne/ Reception Office' on face. Scarce item from the 'Glyn Hughes Hospital named after Brigadier Glyn Hughes the first Allied Medical Officer to enter Bergen Belsen.

£225.00
France

1942 | France (DR10713)

France. (Prisoner Of War Mail). 1942. Kriegsgefangenenlager post card 20frs blue headed 'Service de Marechal' addressed to Seine, France written from Camp 111c/169. Nice item of stationery.

£50.00
French Colonies

1944 | French Colonies (DR10712)

French Colonies. (French Guyane). 1944. Air Mail envelope addressed to New York bearing Guyane Yvert 129, 3f red-brown and violet and Yvert 130, 5f violet and yellow-green (strip of three) tied by Cayenne date stamp with 'Controle Postal Militaire' censor label tied by oval 'overt Par/ L'Autorite Militaire' with circular 'Controle Postal' and New York 'Examined By/ 7315' label. Nice item.

£75.00
French Colonies

1944 | French Colonies (DR10711)

French Colonies. (French Guyane). 1944. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to New York bearing Guyane Yvert 128, 2f green and red and Air Mail Yvert 18, 20f carmine tied by Cayenne date stamp with matching registration label and 'Controle Postal Militaire' censor label tied by oval 'Overt Par/ L'Autorite Militaire' with circular 'Controle Postal' and New York 'Examined By/ 30549' label Nice item.

£75.00
Malaya

1921 | Malaya (DR10710)

Malaya. (Straits Settlements). 1921. Picture post card of 'South Bridge Road' addressed to France bearing SG 198, 4c scarlet tied by Keppel Harbour' double ring. Very fine.

£75.00
Malaya

1906 | Malaya (DR10709)

Malaya. (Straits Settlements). 1906. Straits Settlements postal stationery card 'three cents' red cancelled by Singapore double ring 'Ju 2 1906' addressed to Sarawak with Kuching arrival 'June 7' on face. Nice item of incoming mail.

£95.00
Malaya

1905 | Malaya (DR10708)

Malaya. (Straits Settlements). 1905. Picture post card addressed to France bearing Straits Settlements SG 124, 3c purple tied by Tanjong Pagar date stamp routed via Singapore and French paquebot with octagonal 'Ligne N' date stamp, underpaid with framed 'T' hand-stamp and bearing French postage dues Yvert 29, 10c brown and Yvert 33, 30c orange/red applied and tied by Paris obliterator. Very fine.

£125.00
Malaya

1940 | Malaya (DR10707)

Malaya. (Sarawak). 1940. Red Band envelope addressed to Sarawak bearing Malaya Straits Settlements SG 281, 5c brown tied by Kuching date stamp. Scarce usage.

£150.00
Malaya

1922 | Malaya (DR10706)

Malaya. (Singapore). Circa 1922. Mint Photographic post card of the 'Collyer Quay, Singapore'. Very fine photographic card.

£140.00
Malaya

1922 | Malaya (DR10705)

Malaya. (Singapore). Circa 1922. Mint Photographic post card of the 'Wijk Hotel, Singapore' . Very fine photographic card.

£140.00
Malaya

1908 | Malaya (DR10704)

Malaya. (Johore). 1908. Photographic post card of 'His Highness the Sultan of Johore' addressed to France bearing Johore SG 63, 3c purple and olive tied by Crown/Johore/ Bahru double ring with Johore/ Bahru cds in red '24th Apr' routed via Singapore with Longue arrival '25/5' on face. Very fine.

£225.00
Malaya

1898 | Malaya (DR10703)

Malaya. (Straits Settlements). 1898. Registered postal stationery envelope 'five cents' blue-green upgraded with SG 101, 8c ultramarine tied by Singapore date stamp 'No 23' with framed hand-struck 'R/ Singapore' addressed to Batavia with Weltevreden transit and Batavia arrival. Very fine.

£90.00
Malaya

1927 | Malaya (DR10702)

Malaya. (French Indo-China). 1927. Envelope addressed to Saigon bearing Malaya, Johore SG 104, 2c purple and sepia and SG 108, 4c purple and carmine tied by Segamat date stamp '15th April'. underpaid with framed 'T' hand-stamp on face and bearing French Indo-China postage due SG D141, 4c orange tied by Saigon Central date stamp '26th Avril' . Very nice combination.

£175.00
Malaya

1938 | Malaya (DR10700)

Malaya. (Great Britain). 1938. Envelope addressed to Perak, Malay bearing Great Britain SG 462, 1/2d green and SG 463, 1d scarlet tied by Margate date stamp 'August9'. underpaid with framed 'T' hand-stamp and bearing Malaya Postal Union postage due SG D1, 1c violet , SG D2, 4c green and SG D4, 10c yellow tied by Telok Anson double ring '18 Aug' with hand-struck '30' applied on arrival. Nice item of postage due mail.

£95.00
Malaya

1941 | Malaya (DR10699)

Malaya. (Great Britain). 1941. Air Mail envelope written from Cambridge addressed to Singapore bearing SG 470' 6d purple and SG 473, 9d olive tied by Cambridge date stamp '23rd Dec 1941' with framed instructional 'No Service/Return To Sender' in violet on face.

£125.00
Malaya

1940 | Malaya (DR10698)

Malaya. (Field Post Offices). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to England bearing Straits Settlements SG 281, 5c brown, SG 283, 8c grey, SG 285, 12c ultramarine and SG 287, 30c orange and purple tied by Field Post Office/S.P. 510' double ring with adjacent framed 'From H.M. Ship/Passed by Censor' in blue. Very fine, a lovely item from a small archive paying the 55 cents commercial Air Mail rate.

£195.00
Malaya

1907 | Malaya (DR10697)

Malaya. (Strait Settlements). 1907. Picture post card of 'Street Scene, Singapore' addressed to Switzerland bearing Strait Settlements SG 129, 4c purple tied by Singapore date stamp sent on the "S.S Tara" . Lovely card printed by G.R. Lambert & Co, Singapore'.

£95.00
Malaya

1941 | Malaya (DR10696)

Malaya. (Johore). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to Australia cancelled by meter machine 'Malaya/ Straits Settlements 25 cents' tied by 'A.I.F Field P.O. No 17' date stamp '27th Aug 41' with framed 'Passed by Censor/ No 2562' in violet on face. Fine item from the U. 19 meter machine brought into use August 41 for use mainly in Johore.

£150.00

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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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