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1939 | Malaya (Penang-Italy) (DR10015)
MALAYA. (PENANG-NETHERLANDS INDIES). 1939. Air Mail envelope addressed to Garoet, Java bearing Italy Yvert 423, 50c violet, Yvert 424, 75c scarlet and Air Mail Yvert 110, 2l blue tied by Firenze/ Posta Aerea double ring '6th Sept 39' endorsed 'Par Avion' routed via Penang with Crown 'Passed By Censor/ Penang' censor cachet on face. Very rare Penang censor only recorded in 1939 by Morenweiser. Exhibition item, sent KLM.
£295.00
1903 | China (Mengtsz) (DR10014)
CHINA. (Indo Chinese Post Offices in Mengtsz). 1903. Registered envelope addressed to Paris bearing Mengtsz SG 8, 25c blue (pair) tied by Mongtze/ Chine double ring '28th Dec 03' with framed hand-struck 'R', routed via Haiphong/ Tonkin '18th Jan 04' with Paris arrival Feb 24 04' on reverse. Very fine and scarce early registered envelope from Yunnan Province.
£495.00
1901 | India (Boer War) (DR10013)
INDIA. (BOER WAR). 1901. Envelope addressed to Ahmednagar, India bearing Natal SG 99, 1d rose-red (2) tied by Pieter Maritzburg double ring '29 Ju 1901' with oval censor 'Censor P.O.W./ Ahmednagar, India/ C.E. Nixon, B.A.' in violet on face with arrival on reverse. Very fine.
£175.00
1941 | Australia (Prisoner of War Post) (DR10012)
AUSTRALIA. (PRISONER OF WAR POST). 1941. Air Mail envelope headed 'Service Des Prisonniers de Guerre/ Prisoners of War Post' addressed to 'Agence Centrale des Prisonniere de Guerre, Comite International de la Croix Rouge, Palais du Conseil General, Geneva, Switzerland' headed 'Australian Red Cross Society' bearing SG 170, 4d green (2) and SG 174, 1s green (5) tied by Ship Mail Room/ Melbourne date stamp with '3/ Opened by Censor' label tied by boxed 'Passed by Censor/ V 91' on reverse sent 'Clipper/ Aust, USA, UK.' Superb item.
£125.00
1959 | Pakistan (DR10011)
PAKISTAN. (BOY SCOUTS). 1959. Envelope addressed to Lebanon bearing SG 1, 1/2a red, SG 97, 2a orange-brown and 'Boy Scouts' SG 101, 6p violet tied by Dacca date stamp, underpaid with circular 'T/ Karachi R.M.S. Air Sector' with m/s '39c' on face. Scout Jamboree stamp scarce on commercial mail.
£95.00
1907 | CAMBODIA. (FRENCH INDO-CHINA) (DR10010)
CAMBODIA. (FRENCH INDO-CHINA). 1907. Picture post card of 'Cambodian Musicians' addressed to Saigon, Cochinchina bearing French Indo-China SG 33, 5c green tied by Kompong-Chnang/ Cambodge double ring '28 Avril', routed via Pnompenh '27 Avril' on reverse. Very fine.
£225.00
1907 | LAOS. (FRENCH INDO CHINA) (DR10009)
LAOS. (FRENCH INDO-CHINA). 1907. Picture post card of 'Groupe de Laotiens, South Laos' addressed to Baclieu, Cochinchine bearing Indo-China SG 33, 5c green tied by Khone/ Laos double ring. Rare office from this small Mekong Island.
£375.00
1901 | NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES (DR10007)
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1901. Registered Netherlands Indies postal stationery envelope 10 on 15c violet upgraded with SG 85, 2 1/2c yellow (strip of four) tied by framed Maos hand-stamp in blue with hand-struck 'R' in blue, addressed to Nganjoek with arrival in violet on face. A wonderful combination. One of the most attractive covers I have had the pleasure to see.
£550.00
1940 | Thailand (SERVICE SUSPENDED) (DR10004)
THAILAND. (SERVICE SUSPENDED). 1940. Envelope written on the Thai/ Malay border addressed to Denmark bearing Thailand SG 289, 15s blue (uncancelled), endorsed 'via Bangkok Japan, Manchukou, Siberia, U.S.S.R. Finland and Sweden' cancelled on reverse by Hat Yai railway date stamp, routed via Penang with censor tape tied by boxed 'Opened by/ 11/ Censor', framed 'Retour' and hand-stamp instructional 'Postal Communications/ Suspended' with oval 'Dead Letter Office/ Penang' (28th Nov 40) and returned via Bangkok with 'Post & Telegraph of Thailand/ Officially Sealed' label tied by South Express railway date stamp in violet. Extraordinary item of interrupted mail which cannot be forwarded via Siberia because of the Russian/ Finish War and the Pacific due to Pearl Harbour (8th Dec.). Only three recorded of the hand-stamp 'Postal Communications Suspended.'
£1750.00
1939 | Burma (DR10003)
BURMA. (CENSOR MAIL). 1939. Envelope addressed to England bearing Burma SG 26, 3d dull violet tied by Rangoon double ring '4th Sept 39' with blank censor label and triangular 'Passed Censor/ Rangoon/ 1' in violet on face and 'Passed Censor/ Rangoon/ 2' on reverse. The cover is endorsed "1st Letter Through since War Began" and dated '20/9/39' on face. Great Britain declared war on Germany at 12 noon on 3rd Sept 1939. The C.C.S.G. does not record this blank label from Burma which may well have been in use as a Provisional censor for just two days.
