Poland. (Great Britain). 1943. Air Mail envelope written from the 'World League of Poles, Abroad, 45, Belgrave Sq. London S.W. 1' addressed to New Jersey bearing Great Britain SG 475, 1s brown and SG 490, 3d pale violet tied by rubber London date stamp with framed 'Examined/ By Censor/ Postal Section/ Ministry of Information.'

Hungary. 1874. Registered envelope bearing Yvert 9, 5k red (on reverse) and Yvert 10, 10k pale blue (pair) tied by Dalja date stamp with circular registered 'Preporuceno/ Recommandirt' double ring with m/s '287' inserted.
Dalja in Croatia was part of the Austrian - Hungarian Empire from 1867.

Albania. (British Contingent at Scutari). 1919. Stamp-less picture post card of 'View of Shkodra and Market' addressed to England cancelled by 'Field Post Office/ S 110' date stamp 'July 22 1919.'

On 19th February 1919 the 1/6th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment (which had served in Italy in 144th Brigade) was sent to Scutari to emphasis the Allied character of control in Albania. Only a small detachment of troops remained from May 1919.

Mail from the Troops in Albania was passed through Army Post Office S100 at Taranto, Italy, mail can be identified by the Battalion's censor hand-stamp 'No 433' which was used for part of the time in Albania. View cards such as this item of Shkodra (Scutari) also help identification.

Rumania. 1877. Envelope addressed to the 'Bank of Roumanie, Galatz,' bearing Yvert 38, 5b bistre and Yvert 39, 10b blue tied by Braile thimble date stamp with Galatz receiver on reverse.

Egypt. (Burma). 1940. Air Mail envelope written from 'Mena Camp' addressed to Burma bearing Egypt Yvert 191, 5m brown/ red (6) and Military stamp Yvert 4, 10m carmine tied by 'F.P.O./ No 17' date stamp '22nd July 40' with boxed 'Passed by Unit Censor/ 113' in violet and 'Passed/ Censor/ Rangoon/ 3' in green on face with Maymyo arrival '7th Aug' on reverse.
Nice item from Field Post Office Mena Camp, near Cairo to an unusual destination.

Egypt. (Censor Mail). 1940. Envelope addressed to Kent bearing 5m brown and 10m violet tied by Cairo date stamp '14th March 40' with 'Censorship/ Dept' in carmine and bold circular 'Postal Censorship/ Passed By Censor/ No 14' in violet on face.

A lovely example of this scarce censor. Only four other Postal Censorship covers recorded by Little in his volume Africa Civil Censorship with one other number 14 censorship sent surface mail to Ireland.

Egypt. (Cote Francaise des Somalis - Djibouti). 1943. Stamp-less envelope headed 'Delegation/ Comite International de la Croix Rouge/ Geneve' addressed to the 'French Red Cross, Djibouti, Cote Francaise des Somalis' written from Cairo with circular 'Postal Censor and bilingual 'Egyptian Censorship/ Opened by Censor' label on reverse tied by circular 'Censorship Dept/ 96' with Cote des Somalis red censor label tied by 'A/ 3' hand-stamp (struck twice), with Free French 'Postes Aux Armees/ F.F.1./ B.C.M.A.' date stamp '30th Nov 43' , circular Free French 'C.M.'' and oval 'Croix Rouge Francaise/ Comite de Djibouti' with hand-stamp receiver '2nd Dec 1943'on face in violet.

Egypt. (Prisoner of War Mail). 1941. Red Cross Air Mail envelope headed 'Delegation/ Comite International de la Croix Rouge a Geneve' addressed to Simla, India bearing Egypt Yvert 191, 5m brown (4) and Yvert 213a, 30m grey tied by Cairo date stamp, hand-stamped 'P.O.W. Post' and 'Postage Free' with circular Egyptian censor '1' cachet and bilingual 'Air Mail' label.

Greece. (Italian Occupation of Rhodes). 1942. Registered envelope addressed to France bearing Rhodes Air Mail Yvert 1, 50c blasck and yellow, Yvert 2, 80c black and rose (2) and Yvert 3, 1l black and blue (2) mixed with Italy Yvert 224, 5c sepia and Yvert 226, 10c brown tied by 'Posta Aerea (Rodi (Egro)' date stamp with matching registered label and 'Veificato per Censura' censor label tied by hand-stamp circular 'C 1' on face, routed via Milano with Nimes arrival.

Superb item of Registered mail sent Air Mail from the Italian Occupation of Rhodes.

Greece.(Greek Occupation of Smyrne). 1920. Postal stationery card bearing Turkey Yvert 183, 1p turquoise (2) tied by Bousse date stamp addressed to Pancalte with large bold circular Greek military censor on face and Pancalte arrival. Scarce item of censored mail from the Occupation.

Greece. (Italian Occupation of the Ionian Islands). 1942. Italian postal stationery card overprinted 'Isole Jonie' 30l brown cancelled by Corfu date stamp with circular censor hand-stamp. Very fine.

Greece.(French Detachment in Salonique). 1917. Stamp-less picture post card of 'Les Quais Pavoise, Salonique' addressed to France cancelled by hand-struck 'Armees Alliees D' Orient/ Quartier General/ Service de l' Approvisionnement/ Secteur Postal 502'. Very fine.

Greece. (French Troops in Lemnos). 1916. Envelope addressed to France bearing Yvert 182, 5l green tied by Moudros Lemnos double ring with 'Corps Expeditionnaire des Dardanelles/ Tresor et Postes/ Direction' double ring on face in violet, routed via Tresor et Postes/ 506'.

Lovely item from the French Battalion in Lemnos.

Channel Islands. (Guernsey). 1918. Picture post card of 'Guernsey from Fort George' addressed to Kent bearing SG 357, 1d scarlet tied by Forest/ Guernsey rubber date stamp in violet '20th Dec 18' with Sevenoaks arrival and forwarded.

A rare rubber village date stamp, most unusual tying the adhesive as the few examples known are adjacent to the Guernsey date stamp.

Channel Islands. (Guernsey). 1850. Great Britain postal stationery envelope 'penny pink' cancelled by '324' bar obliterator with Guernsey date stamp on reverse 'Jy 22 1850' addressed to Wales with London transit and Rhyl arrival 'July 24'.

Zanzibar. (First Flight). 1954. Registered Air Mail flight envelope headed 'Hoosein Brothers/ Zanzibar' addressed to Kenya bearing Zanzibar SG 340, 10c orange, SG 541, 15c green and SG 345, 35c blue tied by 'Reg/ Wete' date stamp '14th Fe 54' on face and reverse with framed hand-struck 'R/ Weti - Pemba/ No' and 'First Flight Cover/ Inauguration of Air Service/ Between Zanzibar and Pemba' hand-stamp in violet with circular 'Bohra Rd. B.O. Nairobi/ Kenya' on reverse dated '16 Fe.'

Very attractive item from this Branch Office on Pemba Island.

Pacific Islands. (Samoa). 1919. Registered envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing Samoa 'Postal Fiscal' SG 130, 5s yellow-green tied by Apia date stamp '7th Jan' with registration label and framed 'Passed By/ Censor/ 3 Samoa' in violet on face, routed via San Francisco and New York '21/2' with Bern arrival 'March 20th'' on reverse.

Pacific Islands. (Western Samoa - Union Islands). 1945. Envelope addressed to 'Mr. F. Grattan, District Officer, Nukunono, Union, (Tokelau) Islands' bearing Western Samoa SG 180, 1/2d green (pair) tied by Nukunono/ Union Islands date stamp.

Jamaica. (Forwarding Agents). 1839. Pre stamp folded letter written from 'John Mulholland, Kingston, Jamaica' dated '17th January 1819' addressed to New York with bold circular 'Commercial Buildings/ Jan 21/ Kingston/ Jamaica/ 1839' on reverse and rated '6' in m/s for the ship letter.

Lovely item with 'Dr. Cordova's Prices current inside and duplicate of letter dated 'Liverpool '3rd September 1838' from John Mulholland hoping for a "mercantile life" in Jamaica (having just been made a bankrupt in Liverpool).

Jacob de Cordova was a Jewish Jamaican who founded the 'Jamaica Gleaner'.

A rare forwarding agent, the Commercial Building with date being three times as scarce as the undated type listed by Rowe.

Canada. (Crown Circle). 1849. Pre stamp folded letter addressed to Montreal cancelled by bold '(Crown) Paid At/ Quebec L.C.' in red with adjacent 'Quebec/ L.C.' double arc date stamp 'Ju 22 1849' on face, rated '9' in m/s red ink and Montreal arrival on reverse. Very fine.

Canada.(Registered Letter Stamp). 1879. Registered envelope addressed to Toronto bearing 'Small Queen' SG 83, 3c orange-red and 'Registered Letter Stamp' SG R1, 2c orange tied by hand-struck 'Registered' (struck twice)) with adjacent 'Bracebridge. Ont/ Canada' date stamp 'Sp 1st 79'.

Scarce cancel from this small village upstate Ontario.

Canada. (Mourning Envelope). 1867. Mourning envelope addressed to Surrey bearing SG 39, 12 1/2c deep green tied by Montreal bar duplex 'Aug 30, endorsed 'By Canadian Packet' with Guildford arrival on reverse. Stamp has very fresh colour..

China. (French China). 1898. Registered envelope addressed to France bearing French China SG 4, 10c black/ lilac and SG 6, 15c blue (strip of four) tied by 'Cops D' Arm. Lig N Paq. F.R. No 8' (Salles 1951) date stamp '16th Juil 98' with hand-struck framed 'R' and circular 'Marine/ Service Major' with Vaucluse arrival on reverse.

Very rare item of Registered mail paying the double letter plus registration from French China to France.

Very few registered covers recorded from the French Expeditionary Force.

China. (Manchuria - French Troops in Shan - Hai -Kwan). 1936. Envelope addressed to Paris bearing Manchuria SG 11, 10f orange tied by vernacular Shan Hai Kwan date stamp with bold label reading 'French Troops/ Shan Hai Kwan' on face, endorsed 'via Siberia' with Paris receiver '14th Nov 34'. on reverse.

Very scarce item, a rarely seen label from the French Detachment in Manchuria.

China. (French Expeditionary Force in Kouang-Tcheou-Wan). 1900 Stamp-less envelope addressed to France endorsed 'Corps D' Occupation de Quan Tcheou Wan' with circular 'Marine Francaise/ Service a la Mer' in blue with 'Saigon Cochinch. Corps Expd' date stamp '18th Jan 00' and 'Corps Exp. Tonkin Ligne N 7' military paquebot carried on the "Ern. Simons" dated '19th Jan' with Toulon arrival '12th Feb 00' on reverse.

Early mail sent January 1900 during the early period of the French Occupation. Superb.

China. (French Territory in Kouang - Tcheou - Wan). 1916. Stamp-less envelope addressed to Haiphong, Tonkin cancelled by Fort - Bayard - Indo Chine double ring '29th May 16' (Desrousseaux Type 3/bis (T) with circular military 'Quang - Tcheou - Wan/ Le Commandant/ Des Troupes' in blue on face with Haiphong arrival on reverse '2nd Juin'.

Superb item of military mail during World War One from the French Leasehold Territory of Kouang-Tcheou-Wan.

China. (French Territory in Kouang-Tcheou-Wan). 1905. Picture post card of 'Rue Kelmar, Suez' addressed to Kouang - Tcheou - Wan bearing French 'Type Blanc' Yvert 111, 5c green (2) tied by octagonal French paquebot 'Ligne N Paq. Fr. No 6' date stamp (Salles 1924) dated '7th Juil 05' with adjacent 'Kouang - Tcheou - Wan - Chine' receiver '11th Aug' on face.

Scarce item of mail dispatched from Egypt into the French Leasehold Territory of Kouang-Tcheou-Wan.

United States. (France). 1873. Envelope addressed to France bearing SG 161, 6c rose and SG 163, 10c brown tied by cork cancel with adjacent New Orleans date stamp 'Dec 16', endorsed 'via Angleterre' with French Convention 'New York/ 12/ PD' transit in red dated 'Dec 20', oval 'PD' and French entry cachet with Paris arrival on reverse '1st Jan 74.'

United States. (Trans - Atlantic Mail - Germany). 1828. Pre stamp folded letter addressed to Wurttemberg written from Philadelphia dated '15th May 1828', routed via France with framed French entry cachet 'Pay s D' Outremer/ Par Le Havre' in red on face and hand-stamp 'C.T.F.' (Van der Linden Fig 862) and circular arrival '23rd Juin' on face in red rated '34+ 3 = 37' in m/s red crayon on face.

Very attractive item of early Trans - Atlantic mail to Wurttemberg.

United States. (Canal Zone - Denmark). 1925. Picture post card of 'Ancon Hospital' addressed to Denmark bearing Canal Zone 'one cent' green (pair) tied by Christabal duplex, underpaid with 'T/ 10 Centimes' tax hand-stamp and bearing Denmark postage due Yvert 20, 10c green tied by Copenhagen receiver. Nice combination.

United States. (Switzerland). 1867. Stamp-less envelope addressed to Switzerland cancelled by New York/ 18 date stamp '20th Nov', endorsed 'Per steamer "Savannah" erased with hand-struck instructional 'Too Late' and carried by the "City of Washington" via Paris with boxed French accountancy 'F/ 30' on face (Van der Linden Fig 1163) and French entry cachet in blue with m/s crayon '220' in red and Neuchatel arrival on reverse '14th Dec 67'.

Lovely item of Trans-Atlantic mail paying the double letter rate sent by Hamburg Convention mail.

United States. (France). 1873. Envelope addressed to France bearing United States SG 139, 6c carmine (2) tied by concentric ring obliterator with adjacent Bandera/ Tex. date stamp 'May 7', routed via New York with French Paquebot 'Etats - Unis Paq. Fr. No 2' on face in red with hand-struck '5' in m's on arrival and Chalamons receiver.

Lovely item of Trans-Atlantic mail from this small Texan town to France.

The town was formed by Polish immigrants from Upper Silesia in the mid 19th Century.

India. (Aden - Prisoner of War Mail). 1918. Envelope addressed to 'Comite Internationale de la Croix Rouge, Geneve' bearing India SG 171, 2a6p ultramarine tied by Aden date stamp '18th April 18' with circular 'Passed Censor/ Aden/ AB - 105' and 'Postage Censor/ Aden' negative seal on face with boxed 'Vendu par/ L' Agence Internationale/ des Prisonniers de Guerre' and hand-struck 'Comite International de la Croix Rouge/ Geneve/ Agence Internationale Des Prisonniers de Guerre/ Service des Envelopes et Timbres de Guerre' in green on face with ;Opened by Censor' label and Geneve arrival '14th May' on reverse.

Scarce negative seal censor with AB - 105 censor from Aden Camp.

Persian Gulf. (India used in Aden). 1902. Registered envelope addressed to Palermo, Italy bearing India SG 96, 4a olive and SG 113, 1/2d yellow-green tied by 'B' bar obliterator with circular 'R' hand-stamp and Aden/ Reg date stamp 'Oct 29 02' on reverse with Napoli transit and Palermo arrival '11/2' on reverse. Very fine.

Persian Gulf. (India used in Aden). 1889. Envelope addressed to Bombay bearing India SG 93, 3a brown-orange tied by Aden Cantonment squared circle 'Jan 14 89' with adjacent Sea Post Office/ E date stamp 'Jan 10'.

Very interesting item. Perhaps originating in another Gulf State with Sea Post Office transit '10th January and carried to Aden 'January 14th 1889.

Persian Gulf. (India used in Aden). Circa 1876. Envelope addressed to Meadow Street, Bombay bearing India SG 62, 2a orange (pair) tied by 'B - 22' obliterator with Aden date stamp 'Dec 9' (with no date slugs) and Sea Post Office/ B on reverse dated '13th Dec'. Very fine.

Thailand. 1941. Envelope addressed to California bearing SG 254, 5s violet (3) tied by Bangkok GPO date stamp.

Thailand. (Ireland - Late Fee Paid). 1933 Registered envelope addressed to Ireland bearing SG 254, 5s violet and SG 255, 10s carmine (4) tied by Bangkok/ GPO date stamp '29 April' with matching registration label and framed instructional 'Late fee Paid' on face with Ros Cre receiver '24th July' on reverse.

Very few Late Fee covers known from Siam and this a very scarce destination from Bangkok to Ireland.

Thailand. 1938. Air Mail envelope addressed to London bearing SG 260, 1b blue and black tied by Bangkok GPO date stamp with 'KLM/ By Airmail' label in red on face. Very fine.

Thailand. (A.V. 2 - Canada). 1951. Air Mail envelope addressed to Vancouver bearing SG 334, 2b yellow, SG 335, 3b grey, SG 336, 5s purple (pair), SG 337, 10s green (pair) and SG 342, 1b blue tied by Bangkok GPO date stamp with bold 'A.V. 2' hand-stamp.

Nice five colour combination paying the 6 baht 30 satang Air Mail rate to Canada with Avis de Reception hand-stamp.

Thailand. (Laotian Civil War). 1971. Stamp-less Air Mail envelope addressed to Bangkok cancelled by Pua date stamp '22nd Sept 2514 (1971) with 'Royal Thai Army Border Patrol/ Command' hand-stamp in violet/ blue on face, endorsed 'Army Censor/ Checked' and signed by the Commanding Officer and Bangkok '24th Sept' arrival on reverse.

Royal Thai Army Troops had been in the Doi Phu Kha, National Park (Nan Province) on the Thai Laos border as part of 'Operation Phalat' a military offensive of the Laotion Civil War.

Thailand. (Singapore - Trans - Pacific Mail). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to Connecticut bearing SG 295, 25s orange and slate and SG 297, 1b grey and blue (strip of three on reverse) tied by Bangkok/ 1 date stamp with Thai censor circular '6' or '9' in violet and Singapore brown censor tape tied by 'Passed By/ Censor/ 155' on face and reverse with hand-stamp 'G' and '1' applied in Singapore.

Carried on 'California Clipper' to San Francisco and domestic service to Connecticut.

Thailand. (Penang - Australia). 1941. Envelope addressed to Melbourne, Australia bearing SG 292, 5s violet and SG 293, 10s red tied by GPO Inland Section date stamp '5th May 84 (41) with bold Thai censor circular '8' in violet on face, routed via Penang with brown censor tape tied by boxed 'Opened By/ Censor. 45' in violet on face and reverse. Very fine.

Thailand. (Censor Mail). 1941. Envelope addressed to Philadelphia bearing SG 289, 15s blue tied by Bangkok GPO date stamp '7th April 41' with circular '3' censor cachet in violet on face. Very fine.

Thailand. (Horse Shoe Route). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing SG 297, 1b grey and ultramarine tied by Bangkok date stamp '28th June 84 (41)' with Thai censor circular '6' or '9' in violet, routed via Penang with brown censor tape tied by framed 'Opened By/ Censor. 49' in violet on face and reverse with a red hand-stamp of two parallel bars applied on the printed 'Air Mail' label, censored in London by 'Opened By Examiner 441' label.

Very fine cover paying the 'one baht' rate, carried by B.O.A.C. on the "horse-shoe" routed via Durban, then by ship to Lisbon and air to U.K.. The red parallel hand-stamp indicates the end of air transport.

Morenweiser lists the Penang censor from '2-- 48'.

Thailand. (United States - Australia). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to Sydney, Australia bearing SG 292, 5s violet and SG 296, 50s grey and orange tied by Bangkok GPO date stamp '30th June 41' with bold Thai censor circular '6' or '9' in violet on face, endorsed 'By Airmail/ Per K.L.M. Plane', with bilingual 'Par Avion' label, routed over the Pacific with 'Examined By/ 6868' label anointed '10506' and '281' m/s on label with boxed receiver '4th Sept 1941' on reverse.

Very interesting item from Siam routed via the United States with censor label applied in transit.

Netherlands East Indies. (Marine Post). 1947. Stamp-less Air Mail envelope written from the 'R.N.N. "Marbrig" at Batavia endorsed 'On Active Service' addressed to Switzerland cancelled by 'Ned Indie 105ct/ Batavia MARINE' meter cachet in carmine with Marine/ Postkantoor/ Soerabaja on face,

The Marine meter cancel must be very scarce.

The Dutch Indies declared independence from the Netherlands at 10am, 17th August 1945. There followed four years of armed resistance and bloody conflict until the Dutch recognized Independence on the 27th Dec 1949.

Ex Paul Bulterman collection.

Netherlands East Indies. (Veldpost). 1947. Illustrated Air Mail envellpe written from '1 - 4, R.I. Reg. Inf. Bandoeng' addressed to the Netherlands endorsed 'In Actieve Dienst', cancelled by Veldpost - Bandoeng' double ring '15th Avril 47'. Attractive item from the Dutch Indies War of Independence.

The Dutch Indies declared independence from the Netherlands at 10am, 17th August 1945. There followed four years of armed resistance and bloody conflict until the Dutch recognized Independence on the 27th Dec 1949.

Netherlands East Indies. (Veldpost). 1947. Illustrated Air Mail envelope written from '1 - 1 R.1. Reg, Inf. Medan' addressed to the Netherlands, endorsed 'In Actieve Dienst' cancelled by 'Veldpost - Medan' double ring and signed by the Unit Commander with Zwartewaal arrival.

Netherlands East Indies. (Veldpost). 1947. Illustrated Air Mail envelope written from Dutch 'R.V.A./ 6' addressed to the Netherlands written from Batavia cancelled by Veldpost - Batavia/ 8' date stamp.

The Dutch Indies declared independence from the Netherlands at 10am, 17th August 1945. There followed four years of armed resistance and bloody conflict until the Dutch recognized Independence on the 27th Dec 1949.

Ex Paul Bulterman.