Netherlands East Indies. (Censor Mail). 1941. Envelope addressed to Batavia bearing Netherlands East Indies SG 429, 10c vermilion tied by Slawi date stamp '20th June 41' with hand-stamp '6' censor in scarlet on face.
Local cover not censored but hand-stamped with numeral, a few known dated between June to September 1941.
Netherlands East Indies. (Censor Mail). 1941. Illustrated envelope written from the 'Herste Nederlandsche, Soerabaja' addressed to 'The Netherlands Consulate, Washington' bearing Netherlands Indies 'SG 430, 15c blue tied by Soerabaja date stamp with boxed 'Niet door Censuur/ Gepasseerd/ 5' censor cachet in carmine and United States 'Released/ By Authority of the District Postal Censor.'
Mail to and from Government Offices abroad were not subject to censorship.
China. (France). 1908. Picture post card of 'La Servante Justifee' bearing French 'Sower' 10c red tied by Paris date stamp '11th Oct 06' (card used back to France) written from Tchang - Sin - Tien cancelled by framed 'Gare de Tchang - Sin Tien' on reverse and bearing Chinese Imperial Post SG 123, 2c red (pair) tied by vernacular date stamp routed via Tientsin '23rd May 08' with Imperial Post Shanghai and Shanghai Deutsche Post date stamp transit '29th May' on face. Very rare item of Chinese Railway (ambulant) mail.
China. (Indo-Chinese Post Office in Canton - Macau). 1904. Registered envelope addressed to Macau bearing Canton SG 24, 25c blue and SG 26, 30c cinnamon tied by Canton - Chine double ring '27th Avril 04' with boxed hand-struck 'R', endorsed 'Per Steamer "Kiang Tung" with Macau arrival on reverse '27th Avr.'
Scarce item of incoming mail to Macau.
China. (Indo - China - Military Mail). 1941. Air Mail post card from Indo-China addressed to 'Monjiro Nakana, Kawai Village, Fukuoka Province' bearing Japan SG 318, 5s blue and SG 322, 10s carmine tied by Field Post Office 208, Hisami Nakano, HQ of Ogi Unit, Nishimura Unit' date stamp '20th Sept 1941' with vernacular 'Air Mail cachet and circular censor cachet in orange.
Scarce item of military mail from Indo-China carried by 'Dai Nippon Airways', franked 15 sen for Air Letter rate.
(20th September 1941. Indo-China to Japan. FPO 208, Hisami Nakano, HQ of Ogi Unit, Nishimura Unit to Monjiro Nakana, Kawai Village, Fukuoka Prefecture. Censored. Franked 15 sen for Air Fee only as Military Mail was free for Surface mail).
Ex Ted Proud.
China. (Manchuria). 1937. Printed Matter envelope addressed to France bearing Manchuria SG 25, 1 1/2f violet and SG 103, 2 1/2f on 2f yellow-green tied by Harbin date stamp, stamped 'Printed Matter', endorsed 'Via U.R.S.S.' with arrival on reverse '20th Sept 37'.
Lovely item of mail from Manchuria paying the Un-Opened Printed Matter rate to France.
China. (Russo - Japanese War - Manchuria). 1905. Stamp-less picture post card of 'Manchuria, Russo - Japanese War' addressed to Estonia, Baltic States cancelled by Russian military cachet, routed via the Chinese Eastern Railway with oval 'Vladivostok 264 Kharbin/ de' date stamp '7th June 05' (Tchill Fig 674) with Tartu arrival. Lovey item.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1906. Picture post card of 'Marchand Arabe' addressed to Northumberland bearing Hong Kong SG 78, 4c purple/ red tied by Tientsin/ Br. P.O. double ring 'Dec 9th' (Webb Type A), routed via Shanghai B.P.O. with transit 'De 13 06' (Webb Type J). Very fine.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports - Forwarding Agents). 1879. Envelope addressed to England bearing Hong Kong SG 11, 8c pale orange tied by 'S/ 1' obliterator with adjacent Shanghai/ A date stamp 'Ap 11 79' (Webb Type Bi) with oval 'Forwarded By/ Jardine Matheson & Co/ Shanghai' in red with m/s date '11/4/79' in center, routed via Hong Kong 'Ap 15', endorsed 'per French Mail' with Preston and Lytham receivers on reverse 'My 24.' Superb item of Forwarding Mail.
Ex Ryochei Ishikawa and John Parker.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1905. Picture post card of 'Chefoo, China' addressed to London bearing Hong Kong SG 78, 4c purple/ red tied by Chefoo/ British P.O. double ring '24th March 05' (Webb Type A), routed via Victoria '3rd April' with Stoke Newington arrival and forwarded to Folkstone.
Scarce double ring Chefoo Treaty Port with card published by "Verlag von H. Sietas & Co, Chefoo, China.'
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1915. Picture post card of 'A Chinese Fortune Teller' addressed to Switzerland bearing SG 93, 4c carmine tied by Wei - Hai - Wei/ Port Edward' date stamp 'Jy 26 15' (Webb Type G). Very fine and attractive item.
Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1905. Picture post card of hand-drawn 'Lady and Gent in fashion' addressed to Cornwall bearing Hong Kong SG 78, 4c purple/ red tied by Liu Kung Tau/ A date stamp 'Jy 4 05' (Webb Type B), routed via Victoria '10th Jy' on face.
Card published by 'K.V.L.B. 12'. Very fine.
Portuguese Colonies. (Azores). 1918. Azores postal stationery card 'one cent' green written from 'Angra de Herosmo, Concentration Camp/ Azores' dated '20th July 1918' addressed to Hamburg cancelled 'Censured/ 10 Agos 1918' with oval 'Herosmo/ de Concentration/ Campo' cachet on face in red, routed via the Red Cross in Lisbon with hand-struck 'Commission Portugaise des Prisonniers de Guerre/ Croix Rouge Portugaise/ Lisbonne' and double ring 'Frei - Gegeben' German censor in violet on face. Superb item.
Portuguese Colonies. (Azores). 1945. Unstamped envelope written from 'Comando do R.I. 18, Furnas, San Miguel, (Azores) addressed to Lisbon cancelled by 'C.T.T./ Furnas' double ring '23rd Avril 45' with hand-struck 'Expedicao Militar/ aos Acores/ Isento de Franquia' in red with hand-stamp 'R.I. no 18/ Comando/ Censurado' and signed with censor tape 'Horto Pela Censura/ Lisboa' applied on arrival and oval 'C.M.P.T. / C. 44/ Censurado' on reverse in violet.
Portugal. (Netherlands). 1891. Registered postal stationery envelope 50r red upgraded with SG 88, 40c yellow-orange and SG 232, 20r rosine tied by Aleains date stamp with matching registration label addressed to the Netherlands with Zaandam arrival.
Very attractive three colour registered franking.
Portuguese Colonies. (Angola). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to New Orleans bearing Angola SG 386, 15c brown-purple, SG 391, 50c magenta, SG 397, 2a lake (2) and SG 402, 20c violet (pair) tied by Lobito date stamp '3rd Dec 40', endorsed 'By Air Mail to Cape Town and Thence By Ocean Mail' with bilingual South Africa 'Opened by Censor' label. Very fine.
Portuguese Colonies. (Madeira). 1868. Stamp-less envelope addressed to France written from Madeira dated '25th October 1868' cancelled by Funchal double ring '23rd Oct', endorsed 'via Anglaise', charged '1s' in m/s with double arc 'Falmouth - Ship - Letter' dated '31/10' (Robertson S. 9), with 'London Ship Letter' in red (Robertson S. 33) on reverse 'Nov 2' with bold framed Anglo-French accountancy 'GB/ 1f 60c' , hand-struck '6d' with French entry cachet and Paris arrival '3rd Nov' and charged with hand-struck '10' on face.
Rare item of accountancy. Exhibition item.
India. (Prisoner of War Mail). 1942. Post card headed 'Service of Prisoners of War' dated '16th Nov 1942', written by 'Josef Antosch, Wing 3, Internment Camp Deoli (Ajmer) c/o G.P.O. Bombay' addressed to his family 'Antosch, Wein, Germany' with framed 'Crown/ Passed/ DHP/ 8' censor and hand-stamp 'DHP/ 118' in violet, routed via Italy with 'Uffico Censura Posta Estera' double ring and endorsed '6.2.43' the date received.
Josef Antosch (German) had been taken P.O.W. by the Allies in the Dutch East Indies and interned in Alas Vallei Camp, Sumatra before being transferred to various camps in British India. Antosch was later repatriated from Dehra Dun on the "S.S. Marine Jumper" to a repatriation camp in the British and American Zone in Germany. His wife and children had been in Salatiga Protection Camp for women and children before being sent on the "S.S. Jumper" via North China to Japan.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Prisoner of War collection.
India- Austria. (Prisoner of War Mail). 1943. Stamp-less Air Mail post-card headed 'Civilian Internee Mail' and 'Postage Free', written by 'Josef Antosch (family), Schweglerstr. 15 Wein, Austria' addressed to 'Josef Antosch, No 55514, Central Internment Camp India, Wing 6, c/o G.P.O. Bombay, British India' cancelled by Wein dispatch '14th August 43', circular German censor in carmine and hand-stamp 'V 11' in green, endorsed 'per Luftpost via Bagdad' with framed 'Crown/ Passed/ DHN/ 5' censor and hand-stamped 'DHN/ 6' in violet on face applied on arrival in Dehra Dun anointed '13/12' indicating date received in Dehra Dun Camp. Very nice item routed via Bagdad.
Josef Antosch (German) had been taken P.O.W. by the Allies in the Dutch East Indies and held at Alasvallei Internment Camp before being moved to various camps in British India, later he was repatriated from Dehra Dun, British India P.O.W. Camp on the "S.S. Marine Jumper" to a repatriation camp in the British and American Zone in Germany.
His wife Poldi Antosch had been interned at the Salatiga Protection Camp for women and moved via North China to Japan.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Prisoner of War collection.
India - Germany. (India Internment Camp Mail). 1946. Post card headed 'Postage Prepaid/ 6 Rpf' written from 'Hamburg, British Zone, Germany' dated '1st April 1946' addressed to 'Josef Antosch, Batavia Centrum, Dutch East Indies' with Hamburg - Bahrenfeld double ring and circular 'Military Censorship/ Civil Mails/ 20159', routed via Switzerland with 'Comite International de la Croix-Rouge/ Geneve' in violet and 'Comite International Delegation Batavia' in carmine on face, endorsed 'Onbekend (Unknown) 2/6/46', anointed 'Onrust' in red crayon and forwarded to Dehra Dun, hand-stamped 'Delegation For Brit. India' with 'Crown/ Passed/ DHN/ 5' hand-stamp (applied where the stamps have been lifted and removed by the censor) and dated 'R 20/8/46' indicating when the card was received by Josef Antosch.
After the surrender by the Japanese in August 1945, Germans were once again held Prisoner of War. The small island of Onrust in Jakarta Bay held 200 German P.O.W.s most being released by October 1946. Perhaps it was assumed Antosch was being held on the island.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Prisoner of War collection.
India. (Austria - Prisoner of War Mail). 1943. Stamp-less Air Mail envelope (with letter) headed 'Civilian Internee Mail' and 'Postage Free', written by 'Antosch (family) Schweglerstr, 15 Wein, Austria' addressed to 'Josef Antosch, No 55514, Central Internment Camp, Prem Nagar, Wing 6, P.O. Dehra Dun, British India' cancelled by Wein dispatch '11th Dec 43', with German censor tape tied by circular censor in carmine, endorsed 'per Flugpost/ via Bagdad' with framed 'Crown/ Passed/ DHN/ 3' censor and hand-stamped 'DHN/ 3' in violet on face applied on arrival in Dehra Dun and also struck on letter, anointed '15.4.44' indicating date received in Dehra Dun Camp. Very nice item routed via Bagdad.
Josef Antosch (German) had been taked POW by the Allies in the Dutch East Indies and held at Alasvallie Internment Camp before being moved to various camps in British India, later he was repatriated from Dehra Dun, British India P.O.W. Camp on the "S.S. Marine Jumper" to a repatriation camp in the British and American Zone in Germany.
His wife Poldi Antosch had been interned at the Salatiga Protection Camp for women and moved via North China to Japan.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Prisoner of War collection.
India. (Prisoner of War Mail). 1946. Folded printed letter sheet printed 'c/o G.P.O. Bombay' headed Prisoner of War Post' dated '6th September 1946' written by 'Josef Antosch, Wing 6, Central Internment Camp, Premnagar Camp, Dehra Dun, India' addressed to 'Poldi Antosch, Wien, Austria' with framed 'Crown/ Passed/ DHN/ 3' censor hand-stamp 'DHN/ 3' in violet. Scarce item.
Josef Antosch (German) had been taken P.O.W. by the Allies in the Dutch East Indies and interned in the Alas Vallei Camp, Sumatra before being transferred to various camps in British India. Antosch was later repatriated from Dehra Dun on the "S.S. Marine Jumper" to a repatriation camp in the British and American Zone in Germany. His wife and children had been in Salatiga Protection Camp for women and choldren before being sent on the "S.S. Jumper" via North China to Japan.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Prisoner of War collection.
China. (German Post Offices in China). 1909. German China postal stationery card 2c on 5pf green cancelled by 'Schanghai/ Deutsche Post' date stamp addressed to Germany, hand-stamped 'via Sibirien' in violet with Leipzig arrival. Very fine.
German Post Offices in Kiautschou. 1905. Picture post card of 'Hauptgebaude des Mecklenburghaus' addressed to Tsingtau bearing Kiautschou SG 12, 5pf green tied by Litsun/ Kiautschou date stamp with circular 'Mecklenburghaus/ Im Lauschan/ Kiautschou' hand-stamp on face in violet with Tsingtau/ Kiautschou arrival.
Very rare cancel from Litsun, Kiautschou. Signed "Bothe".
China. (German Post Offices in China). 1908. Picture post card of 'Winter in Tsingtau' addressed to Danzig bearing German China SG 46, 1c on 3pf brown (pair) tied by Canton/ Deutsche Post' date stamp. Very fine.
German Post Office in Kiautschou. (German China - Travelling Post Office). 1907. Picture post card of 'Am Lotosteich, Tsinanfu' addressed to Germany bearing Kiautschou SG 25, 2c green tied by 'Tsingtau - Tapautau/ Kiautschou' circular date stamp, endorsed 'via Siberia' with Mohrungen arrival on reverse. Very fine.
Superb Travelling Post Office cachet from Kiautschou.
German Post Offices in Kiautschou. 1912. Envelope addressed to Tientsin bearing German Post Office Kiautschou SG 13, 10pf carmine tied by oval 'Tsingtau - Tsinanfu/ Bahnpost Zug 1' date stamp, routed via Tsinanfu with German Post Office Tientsin arrival on reverse. Very fine.
Thailand. (Netherlands Indies - Prisoner of War Mail). 1943. Netherlands East Indies Japanese Occupation 3 1/2 sen grey 'DAI NIPPON' postal stationery card cancelled by Soerabaja date stamp (with two stamps removed by censor), addressed to 'Prisoner of War Camp 6, Thailand' , endorsed 'Tawanan Militer' (Military Prisoner) with framed 'Ken'etsuzumi' (censored) in violet with circular seal of "Takasaki" in carmine.
Two Netherland East Indies stamps have bee removed by censorship checking for a hidden message written under the stamps.
Thailand. (Netherlands East Indies). 1947. Air Mail Siam Rama V111 postal stationery envelope 15st blue-indigo endorsed 'On Active Service' and 'Luchtpost (Air mail), cancelled by 'Veldpost Palembang' double ring '14th June 1947' and signed, addressed to the Netherlands. Scarce item.
At the end of WW2 many Dutch P.O.W. survivors from the Burma - Thai railway in Thailand and Singapore could not go home to the Netherlands or East Indies due to the Indonesian Wat of Independence.
This Siam postal stationery envelope was probably carried to the Netherlands East Indies by a former P.O.W. and used from the Field Post Office at Palembang.
(Roughly opened right side).
Thailand. (British East Africa - Overland Mail via Burma). 1902. Picture post card of 'The Wakikuya Tribe, Mombasa' addressed to 'C.M. Medworth, Maken My Pre (Muang Phrae), Siam' bearing British East Africa SG 66, one anna carmine tied by Nakuru/ E.A.P.' date stamp '16th June 02', endorsed 'via Rehang and Moulmein, Burma' with Mombasa transit '19th June' and Bombay 'July 15', routed overland via Burma with Lampang '18th Aug 02' on face.
Wonderful item carried by overland mail to Northern Siam via Burma and Rehang (Trat).
C.M. Medworth was a Forestry Officer in Muang Phrae and Lakon (Lampang).
At this time the area was under attack from the Shan Forces invaders.
Thailand. (India - German Occupation of Denmark). 1940 Air Mail envelope addressed to Copenhagen, Denmark bearing SG 243, 50b black and orange-brown (strip of three) and SG 283, 10b carmine tied by Bangkok G.P.O. date stamp '24th May 40', endorsed 'by K.L.M.', and routed via India with 'Opened by Censor' tape and triangular 'Passed by Censor/ A 3' (struck twice) applied in Calcutta on face and German censor label tied by circular censor cachet in carmine on reverse applied in Copenhagen.
Late use of the K.L.M. route via India to German Occupied Denmark. At this time the majority of Central Europe was under German Occupation the mail was sent via Italy.
Thailand. (Trans - Pacific Mail - Detained in Bermuda). 1941. Registered envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing SG 293, 10s red (4) tied by Bangkok G.P.O. bilingual date stamp '5th Oct 41' with matching registered label and circular hand-stamp '7' Bangkok censor in violet, routed via Singapore with brown censor tape tied by boxed 'Opened By/ Censor/ 2' cachet in violet on face and reverse, routed over the Pacific and Atlantic and held in Bermuda with 'P.C. 90/ Opened By Examiner/ 4003' label with hand-stamp 'Released' in carmine and Grenchen (Solothurn) arrival on reverse '24th June 46' on reverse.
Wonderful item of Trans - Pacific mail (Two Oceans) held in Bermuda by Allied Intervention and 'Condemned', held for five years on the island and released at the War end.
In forty years trading I have only had two other envelopes with Bermuda censorship but never a held and 'Condemned' item.
(Note one Siam stamp has been removed by the censor, this was a common practice to check if any secret message was written under the adhesive).
Persian Gulf. (Aden). 1933. Illustrated envelope addressed to Kothiawar bearing India SG 235, 1a3p mauve tied by Aden Camp date stamp '10th Dec 33' with Parbander arrival on reverse.
Persian Gulf. (Aden). 1894. Envelope addressed to London bearing India SG 103, 2a6p green tied by Aden Camp squared circle 'Ju 21 94' with hooded London arrival '2nd July' on reverse in red.
Scarce large Aden Camp squared circle only in use 1893/ 1894. Very fine.
Maldive Island. (Ceylon). 1933. Envelope addressed to Ceylon bearing SG 11a, 2c grey, SG 12a, 3c red-brown and SG 16a, 10c green tied by Maldive Islands double ring '10th Sept 33' with Colombo arrival '15/9' on reverse. Very fine three colour franking paying the 15 cent rate to Ceylon.
Australia. (British Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan). 1949. Air Mail envelope addressed to England bearing SG 489, 2 1/2d pale ultramarine tied by 'A.F.P.O. No 30/ R.A.A.F. Japan' date stamp '28th Jan 49.'
Nice item sent Air Mail from the Australian Occupation Force at Iwakawi, Japan.
South Africa. (Basutoland). 1919. South Africa postal stationery card 1/2d yellow-green cancelled by Butha Buthe/ Basutoland double ring 'Feb 5 19' addressed to Morija with arrival on face '11th Feb'. Very fine.
British Levant. (Great Britain - Egypt). 1890. Great Britain postal stationery card 'one penny' brown cancelled by hooded 'Beyrouth/ British Post Office' date stamp 'Sp 24 90' addressed to Egypt with Ismailia arrival. Very nice item.
Italian Colonies. (Cyrenaica Emirate). 1950. Registered envelope addressed to England bearing 'Warrior' 8m orange and 20m indigo (2) tied by bilingual Derna/ 2 date stamp '14th Jul' with 'R/ 644' registration label, routed via Benghazi '17/11' on reverse.
Scarce item of registered commercial mail from Derna.
Brazil. (Argentina). 1875. Folded letter addressed to Buenos Ayres bearing 'Dom Pedro' Yvert 24, 20r lilac-brown (pair) and Yvert 28, 200r black (pair) tied by fancy cork obliterator with adjacent Rio de Janeiro date stamp '12th Nov', with framed 'P.P.' in red, routed via French paquebot with 'Rio - Janeiro Paq. Fr. J No 6' double ring in red on face (Salles 1079), red crayon '2' erased and noted '3' in blue (three times rate) and charged '15' in blue crayon on arrival with Buenos Aires receiver '18 Nov 1875' on reverse.
Very attractive item with Roumet certificate.
Costa Rica. 1894. Envelope addressed to New York bearing Yvert 34, 10c green tied by cork cancel with adjacent San Jose/ Costa Rica double ring '5th Jun 94' with circular 'P.O.N.Y./ Paid All' on reverse '25/6'. Attractive item.
Bolivia. (United States). 1894. Envelope addressed to New York bearing Yvert 42, 10c brown tied by cork cancel with circular Correos de Bolivia/ Uyuni on reverse '17th July 1894,' endorsed 'via Antofagasta/ via Panama' with Antofagasta transit '19/7' and New York/ Paid All arrival '9th August.'
Honduras. (Tiger Island). 1893. Envelope headed 'Teodro Kohncke, Amapala, Honduras' addressed to New York bearing Yvert 48, 5c apple-green (pair) tied by bar obliterator with oval 'Administration de Correos/ Amapala/ Jul 23 1893' and New York arrival on reverse.
Nice item from Amapala on the small island of Isla del Tigre (Tiger Island) in the Gulf of Fonseca.
Russia. (Turkestan). 1915. Censored envelope headed 'D. Elefteriadis, Kokand, Turkestan, Russe' addressed to France bearing Russia Yvert 67, 10k blue tied by Kokand double ring, routed via Tashkent with framed censor in red on reverse and Ardeche arrival. Very fine.
Russia. (France). 1869. Envelope addressed to France bearing Yvert 19, 3k black and green, Yvert 20, 5k black and lilac and Yvert 22, 20k blue and orange tied by oval 'CHb' obliterator with adjacent circular St. Petersburg date stamp, hand-struck 'P.D.' in red on face with 'Aus Russland/ uber Bur. XI/ Franco' in red, routed via Paris, rated 'fr 5 1/2' in m/s red crayon (erased) and Montpellier receiver on reverse. Very attractive three colour franking.
Russia. (France). Stamp-less envelope addressed to France written from 'St. Petersburg' cancelled by framed diamond 'St. Petersburg/ 13/ 1/ 1859' on reverse with hand-struck 'P.D.' and 'Francotout' hand-stamp (Van der Linden 1514) with 'Prusse/ Valenciennes 3' French entry cachet in blue on face with Paris arrival '1st Feb.'
Lovely item from Russia routed via Eydthuhnen and Prussia.
(wax seal cut out from reverse).
Russia. (Switzerland). 1836. Folded letter written from 'Valle de Gostogai' dated '15th Nov 1836' addressed to Switzerland cancelled by hand-struck 'St. Petersburg/ Dec 1836' in red with hand-stamp 'R' (Van der Linden 2384), rated '10' in carmine m/s, routed via Berlin '18/1' with Geneve arrival '25 Jan' on reverse and charged '8'.
Superb item of transit mail from Russia via Berlin to Switzerland.
Russia. (France). 1882. 'Lettre de Voiture/ Begleit - Adresse' document addressed to Paris written from St. Petersburg with dispatch double ring '17th Oct' and pair of red wax seals imprinted '2 kop', routed via Eydtkuhnen with transit on reverse '31st Oct' and hand-struck 'Aus Russland/ PTO V. Eydtkuhnen' (Van der Linden 350) on face with adjacent 'W 162/ Aus Rusland/ uber Eydtkuhnen' red label, circular Coeln Rhein transit '2/11' and hand-struck Paye/ Le 4th Nov 1882' applied in Paris with French fiscals cancelled by oval firms chop on reverse.
Very scarce French entry cachet from Eydtkuhen.
Malaya. (Straits Settlements). 1928. Straits Settlements postal stationery card 'two cents' green upgraded with SG 223, 4c bright violet tied by Kandang Kerbau/ Singapore double ring '21st Sept 28' addressed to Chicago with arrival.
Proud 'Type D5' dated 15 days earlier than listed by Proud.
Malaya. (Netherlands Post Office in Singapore). 1946. Stamp-less envelope headed 'On Active Service' written from 'Court Martial, Royal Netherlands Army, sub area, Penang (S.S.) S.E.A.C.' (South East Area Command) addressed to Breda, Holland canceled by 'Netherlands Post Office/ Singapore' rubber date stamp in purple '19th Feb 1946' with boxed '10 Gr' on face and Netherlands 'Den Censuurdienst Geopend/ Nederlandsche' censor label tied by '4104' hand-stamp.
Nice item from the Netherlands South East Asia Command.
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.