Thailand. (Provincial Postmarks). 1921. Envelope (with Garuda imprint on reverse) addressed to Bangkok bearing SG 147, 2s brown (block of four) and SG 148, 3s green (block of four) tied by bilingual Jumbor date stamp '1st June 21' with Bangkok/ 1 arrival '8/6' on reverse.

Lovely item from this small town in Chumphon Province paying the 'twenty satang' internal rate.

Thailand. (Canada). 1941. Envelope addressed to Ontario, Canada bearing SG 289, 15s blue tied by Bangkok GPO date stamp '29th Aug 41' with circular '5' censor chop applied in violet on face. Very fine.

Thailand. (Censor Mail). 1941. Envelope addressed to San Francisco bearing SG 287, 5s violet (strip of three) tied by Bangkok GPO date stamp '3rd July 41' with circular '9' censor chop applied in violet on face. Very fine.

Thailand. (Provincial Postmarks). 1941. Envelope addressed to Bangkok bearing SG 288, 10s carmine tied by bilingual Takuapa date stamp '27th Feb 2484 (1941). Very fine item paying the inland letter rate.

Thailand. (Hong Kong). 1941. Envelope addressed to Toronto, Canada bearing 289, 15s blue tied by Bangkok GPO date stamp '22nd June 41' with circular '3' censor chop, routed via Hong Kong with boxed 'Not Opened by Censor' and small framed '53' in blue-green on reverse.
Unusual as normally applied with Hong Kong censor label.

Thailand. (Laotian Civil War). 1971. Stamp-less envelope addressed to Bangkok cancelled by Nan date stamp '14th Sept 2514 (1971)' with framed 'Royal Thai Army Border Patrol' hand-stamp and 'Censor/ Checked' cachet, signed by the Commanding Officer with Bangkok GPO arrival on reverse and slogan postmark.

Royal Thai Army troops had been in Dai Phu Kha National Park (Nan Province) on the Thai - Laos border as part of 'Operation Phalat' a military offensive of the Laotian Civil War.

Thailand. (Air Mail). 1952. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to the United States bearing SG 314, 10s scarlet (6), SG 333, 1b blue (3) and SG 340, 25s carmine tied by Bangkok/ 6 date stamp with matching registration label and Philadelphia arrival.

Thailand. (Penang). 1940. Envelope addressed to Penang bearing SG 284, 15s blue tied by Paquebot/ Penang double ring with 'Re - Po/ Auto Polish' label and 'Passed For Transmission' censor hand-stamp on face. Scarce Advertising item from Thailand.

Thailand (Imperial Airways). 1933. Illustrated Air Mail envelope addressed to London bearing SG 255, 10s carmine (pair) and SG 273, 15s black and blue tied by Bangkok GPO date stamp '31st Dec 33'.

Inauguration of Imperial Airways 'Singapore - London' return service - Bangkok to London stage '31st December 1933 paying the 35 satang airmail letter rate to Europe.

Thailand. (Norway). 1930. Envelope addressed to Oslo, Norway bearing SG 255, 10s carmine and SG 257, 25s orange and black tied by Bangkok GPO date stamp, endorsed 'Per K.L.M. (Dutch) Airways carried from Don Muang to Amsterdam and rail and ship to Norway.

Thailand. (Netherlands East Indies). 1947. Air Mail photographic card of the 'The Marble Temple, Bangkok' addressed to Batavia, Java bearing SG 295, 25s orange and slate (3) and SG 312, 10s carmine (2) tied by Bangkok GPO date stamp, endorsed 'Air Mail' with 'Par Avion' label on face.
Scarce use of post card sent Air Mail to the Netherlands East Indies paying the 95 satang rate.

Thailand. (A.V.2.) 1946. Air Mail envelope addressed to Minneapolis bearing SG 256, 15s blue (pair), SG 262, 3b black and yellow and SG 263, 5b purple and grey tied by Bangkok GPO date stamp '8th Oct 46' with bold hand-struck 'A.V.2.' on face.
High Air Mail rate of eight baht thirty satang with post war A.V.2.

Thailand. 1940. Envelope addressed to Bangkok bearing SG 281, 3s green (pair) and SG 285, 2s chocolate (pair) tied by Nakon Sakon date stamp '15th Oct 1940'.
Lovely combination paying the 10 satang inland rate from the north Isan town.

Thailand. (Provincial Postmarks). 1930. Envelope addressed to New York bearing SG 254, 5s violet and SG 267, 10s on 12 satang olive and black tied by bilingual Lampang date stamp with Bangkok transit '1st Oct 30' on reverse.

Thailand. (Burma). 1947. Air Mail envelope headed 'Legation De France au Siam' addressed to the French Consular Agent, Rangoon' bearing SG 294, 15s blue and black (pair) and SG 307, 1b indigo tied by Bangkok GPO date stamp with 'By Airmail/ Par Avion' label in red on face and Rangoon arrival on reverse '23rd Aug 47.'

Very nice item sent by Imperial Air ways to Burma paying the 1 baht 30 satang rate.

Thailand. (Official Mail). 1929. Air Mail envelope headed 'Royal State, Railways of Siam' addressed to 'The New House, Oundle School, Oundle' bearing SG 254, 5s violet (block of 12) date stamp '29.1.72. (1929), endorsed 'By Dutch Air Mail', hand-stamped with bilingual 'Air Mail' in red and framed 'Par Avion'.

Air Mail hand-stamp not recorded in the 'Air Mails of Siam' by' Nils Ramm-Ericson'.

Thailand. (Provincial Postmarks). 1944. Chinese envelope from 'Tia Hah Seng, Nakhon Si Thammarat' addressed to Bangkok bearing 287, 5s purple (top corner margin pair with imprint 16) tied by bilingual Nakhon Si Thammarat date stamp. A very nice item

New Zealand. (Netherlands East Indies). 1941. Envelope written from the 'Netherlands Consulate, Auckland' endorsed 'Certified as Official Correspondence on the Business of the Government of the Netherlands (signed by the Vice- Consul) addressed to Bandoeng, Java bearing New Zealand SG 580, 2d orange (strip of three) tied by Remuera date stamp '5th Dec 41' with circular 'Vice-Consulaat der Nederlanden/ Auckland' in blue with octagonal 'Not Opened by Censor in N.Z./ 3' in violet, routed via Australia with '2/ Passed by/ Censor/ 1103' applied in Sydney and framed 'Niet Door Censuur Geopend/ 11' on face in carmine applied in Bandoeng.

A very fine item.

John Little notes that censor 'No 1103' appears to be 'Not Opened by Censor'.

United States. (Netherlands East Indies). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to Malang, Java, Netherlands Indies bearing United States SG A775, 20c green (3) and SG 870, 10c brown tied by New Baltimore date stamp, routed via Singapore with blank censor tape tied by 'Passed by Censor/ 21 A' hand-stamp in violet on face and reverse with circular 'A' and '9' with boxed 'Niet door Censuur/ Geopend/ 86' censor hand-stamp on face.

Very fine item sent over the Pacific to Singapore and the Dutch Indies with scarce Not Opened by Censor cachet.

India. (Netherlands East Indies - Marine Post). 1941. Air mail envelope addressed to 'Netherlandsche Department of the Marine, Batavia' bearing India SG 251, 2a vermilion, SG 254, 3 1/2a blue and SG 259, 1r brown and black tied by Bombay roller '4th Nov 41' with triangular 'Passed By Censor/ C - 18' with 'Batavia/ 6' censor arrival '15/11' in red with framed 'Niet Door Censuur Geopend/ 11' in carmine on face and hand-stamp 'Marine-Censor/ 1'.

Unique item showing Netherland Indies marine censor as well as Not Opened and Censored cachet.

Ex Paul Bulterman and illustrated in Nico de Weijer's wonderful book on Netherlands East Indies censor mail.

Great Britain. (Netherlands East Indies). 1940. Stamp-less envelope cancelled by West Drayton meter cachet 'Penguin Book' 2 1/2d dated '9th July 40' addressed to Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies with Great Britain 'Opened by Examiner' label and 'Door Censuur Gepoend' applied on arrival tied by circular 'Ned. Indisch Deviezen/ Deviezen Censuur Medan/ 11' in carmine on face and reverse, underpaid bearing Netherlands Indies postage due SG D229, 5c salmon applied and tied by Medan receiver '6th Sept 40.' Very fine.

Netherlands East Indies. (Palestine - Hungary). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Hungary bearing Netherlands Indies SG 405, 20c violet and SG 409, 40c green (2) tied by Ambarawa date stamp '20th Aug 40' with 'Door Censuur Geopend' label tied by 'Ned. Indisch Deviezen Instituut/ Deviezen Censuur/ 4' and hand-struck 'Gecensureerd/ 5' with circular 'Dev/ 8' censor in carmine, endorsed 'By K.L.M. to Lydda' with 'P.c. 22/ Opened by Censor' label (red on white_ applied in transit and Budapest arrival 'Sept 15 40' on reverse. Lovely item routed via Palestine.

Germany. (Repatriation Mail). 1947. German postal stationery card 12pf grey upgraded with 'American Zone' 8pf red and 25pf orange tied by Ludwigsburg double ring '8.4.47', written by 'Poldi Antosch, Repatriation Center (Nuengammer), 26th Infantry, Ludwigsburg, U.S.A. Zone' addressed to 'Josef Antosch, Wein Osterreich' with circular 'Repatriation Center/ Ludwigsburg/ Official' hand-stamped 'Censored' with 'US Censor' rubber hand-stamp in violet and 'Osterreichische Zensurstelle/ 671' Austrian Zone censor in violet.

Josef Antosch (German) had been repatriated from Dehra Dun, British India P.O.W. Camp on the "S.S. "Marine Jumper" and arrived at Neuengamme on the 8th Dec 1946. His wife Poldi Antosch (Austrian) and resident of the Netherlands East Indies left Japan on the "Jumper" and writes after she arrives at the camp.

In the post war months Neuengammer Concentration Camp was used as a Soviet displaced persons camp and later a British and American Repatriation center.

Separated by the war Poldi and her children had not seen her husband in six years.

Ex Paul Bulterman's Prisoner of War collection and illustrated in his book "Nederlands Indie in Oorlog" page 49.

India. (Prisoner of War Mail). 1943. Stamp-less envelope headed 'Service of Prisoners of War' written by 'Josef Antosch, No 5514, C. Interment Camp, Premnagar, Wing 6, P.O. Dehra Dun, British India' addressed to his family in Germany hand-stamped 'Prisoner of War Post' with framed 'Crown/ Passed/ DHN/ 2' censor and hand-stamped 'DHN/ 7' in blue on face. Very fine.

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 America Zone in Germany.

His wife Poldi Antosch had been interned at the Salatiga Protection Camp (Dutch Indies) for women and children before being moved via North China to Japan.

Ex Paul Bulterman's Prisoner of War collection.

Japan. (India - P.O.W. Camp Mail). 1946. Red Cross 'Message Express/ Reply' form headed 'Au Comite International de la Croix Rouge/ Geneve/ Reply/ Rispsta/ Message Express', sender 'Otto Antosch, Sengokuhara (Hakone), Japan' addressed to his father "Josef Antosch, No 55514, Wing 6, Central Internment Camp, Premnagar, P.O. Dehra Dun, British India' dated '13th May 1946' with circular 'International Red Cross Committee/ Japan Delegation' on reverse, routed via Switzerland with 'Comite International de la Croix Rouge/ Geneve' in carmine and hand-stamped 'Delegation For Brit. India' with boxed 'Crown/ Passed DHN/ 5' on face applied on arrival in Dehra Dun.
(Text in German).

Red Cross 'Message Express' reply form written by Otto Antosch in Sengokuhara, Japan (ex Salatiga Protection Camp, Netherlands East Indies) to his father Josef Antosch, Premnagar, Dehra Dun, P.O.W. Camp.

Ex Paul Bulterman's Prisoner of War collection.

Australia. (Netherlands East Indies - Borneo). 1945. Air Mail envelope headed 'On Active Service' bearing Australia SG 187, 3d purple-brown tied by 'Field Post Office/ 026' date stamp '13th July 45' with framed 'From H.M. Ship/ Passed By Censor', signed and dated with circular '1' censor cachet in violet on face.
Field Post Office No 026 was based in Morotai Docks (23.4.45) - (25.9.45).

Australia. (Borneo - Netherlands East Indies). 1945. Un-stamped Air Mail envelope written from 'Lieut. Habig, R.N.N.R. c/o C.O.N.I.C.A. Bandjermasin, Borneo' addressed to Brisbane cancelled by 'Aust Unit. Postal Stn. 398' date stamp '14th Oct 45'.

Unit Postal Station 397 to U.P.S. 401 received by N.G.F. P.U. on (15.12.43) but not used, mentioned by Proud. (N.S.).

Australia. (Netherlands East Indies). 1946. Air Mail envelope endorsed 'On Active Service' written from the 'Royal Netherlands Air Force, N.E.C. - P.E.P. (Airdrome), Bundaberg (Queensland) addressed to Gordon, N.S.W. bearing Australia SG 214, 3 1/2d blue (pair) tied by 'R.A.A.F. 6303/ Australia' date stamp '27th May 46' with boxed 'R.A.A.F. Concession/ Postal Rate' in violet on face. Nice item from the Royal Netherlands Air Force.
(Flap missing on reverse).

British West Indies. (Jamaica - Sudan). 1944. Air Mail envelope written from 'Shaw Park Hotel, Ocho Rios' addressed to El Fasher, Jamaica bearing SG 130, 1s green and brown (pair) and SG 131, 2s brown and pale blue tied by Ocho Rios/ Jamaica date stamp 'Ap 5 44' with P.C. 90/ Opened by Examiner/ I.D. 8803' censor label with Khartoum transit '8/5' and El Fasher arrival '14th May 44' on reverse with 'P.C. 90/ Opened By Examiner/ MM/ 4236' Sudan censor label. Very nice item of incoming mail.

Burma. (Field Post Office). 1945. Registered envelope headed 'O.A.S.' addressed to Ahemednagor bearing India SG 271b 3a violet and Burma 'Military Admn' SG 49, 5r violet and scarlet tied by F.P.O. No 138' date stamp '7th Nov 1945' with boxed 'R/ 173/ F.P.O. 138' endorsed in red ink, forwarded to 'S.E.A.C.' (South East Asia Command).

Burma. (Japanese Occupation of Burma). 1943. Envelope addressed to Yandoon bearing Japanese Occupation SG J81, 30c deep green and SG J84, 5c carmine tied by Yandoon double ring '1st Dec 43' with arrival on reverse.
A lovely item of commercial mail from the Japanese Occupation.

Burma. (Official Mail). 1945. Envelope headed 'On His Majesty's Service' addressed to London bearing 'Military Administration' SG 44, 3a6p blue tied by Rangoon machine '2nd Oct 45' with 'P.C. 90/ Opened By Examiner' black on white censor tape tied by framed 'Crown/ Passed/ DGB 3' censor cachet in violet on reverse.

Censor cachet listed by Morenweiser (25.9.45) - (9.12.45).

Portuguese Colonies, (Azores - Great Britain). 1944. Registered Great Britain 'KGV1' postal stationery envelope 'one shilling' brown canceled by 'R.A.F.' Post Office/ 001' date stamp '19th Sept 44' with 'R/ FPO' registration label and hand-stamp 'Eagle/ R.A.F. Censor/ 288' on face in carmine addressed to the 'Air Ministry, London' with 'P.C. 90/ Opened By Examiner 5783' censor label. Lovely item.

Mauritius. (Thailand - Postage Due). 1951. Envelope addressed to 'The Bank of India, Bangkok' bearing Mauritius SG 280, 5c blue and SG 281, 10c scarlet tied by Port Louis/ Mauritius date stamp '12th Mr 51', underpaid with bold 'T' hand-stamp in violet with m/s '13 gold cms' and framed triangular 'T' applied in Bangkok with receiver on reverse. Very attractive item.

The Mauritius temporary Tax hand-stamp only in use (6.3.51) - (20.3.51) a total of 14 days.

Thailand. (Malaya). 1928. Printed envelope headed 'Royal State Railways/ Hua Hin Hotel' with crest and 'Hua Hin Hotel/ R.S. Rly' on reverse, addressed to Dorset bearing Siam SG 213, 3s brown (block of 5) tied by Penang double ring '20th Nov 28' with adjacent framed 'Train Letter'. Very attractive item.
Mail carried south on the train from Hua Hin in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province to Penang for the steamer to UK.

Thailand. (Siam Steam Navigation Co). Circa 1930. Envelope addressed to 'The East Asiatic Co. Ltd. Bangkok' bearing SG 255, 10s scarlet tied by 'Siam Steam Navigation Co.' "buckle" obliterator in black.

The 'Siam Steam Navigation Company' 1909 - 1940 was first founded by Dane 'H.N. Andersen' who developed the 'Danish East Asiatic Co.'
By 1909 the service was weekly from Bangkok for Chumporn, Bandon, Lacon, Singora, Kelantan and Singapore.
The Thai Government became perturbed by the amount of foreign trade along the Malaya Peninsula and a new company was formed 'The Siam Steam Navigation Company adding ships already owned by the Danish masters and the East Asiatic Line.
The ships carried passengers with accommodation, cargo such as rice, the post and supplied shop keepers in the towns along the route.

The Philatelists Association of Thailand issue No 12 carried a wonderful article on these elusive items by JOHN GARNER on the history, routes and Ships of the S.S.N.C.

John notes cancellations on stamps or piece as scarce while covers cancelled on the ships are rare.

(A copy of the article is accompanied with the purchase of either cover).

Laos (French Occupation of Laos). 1898. Stamp-less envelope endorsed 'Mission de Laos' cancelled by Bassac/ Laos double ring '4th Feb 98', routed south down the River Mekong to Saigon '13th Feb' with 'Modane a Paris' ambulant '14th Mars', with triangular 'T' hand-stamp and bearing French postage due Yvert 29, 10c brown (2) and Yvert 31, 20c orange-red applied and tied by Realmont receiver '16th Mars' on face.

Very early mail from the French Occupation of Laos sent via Civil Mail so taxed on arrival.

Cambodia. (Red Cross). 1960. Air Mail envelope headed by bilingual 'Croix Rouge/ Cambodgienne' addressed to 'The Internationale de la Croix Rouge, Geneve' bearing Cambodia SG 57, 6c lake (pair) tied by Phnompenh-Cambodge date stamp '31st Aug 1960' with Red Cross cachet in red on face. Nice item.

Laos. (French Indo-China). 1897. French Indo-China postal stationery card 10c black cancelled by Khong/ Laos date stamp '28th Oct' addressed to France with Saigon transit on reverse. Scarce item from this lower Laos village.

Laos. (French Indo-China). 1904. Picture post card of 'Municipal Theater, Saigon' addressed to France bearing Indo-China SG 23, 5c yellow-green tied by Bassac/ Laos date stamp '2nd Juil 04' with Saigon Central transit '7th Juil' on reverse.
Nice item from this small River Mekong town Bassac (Champask).

Cambodia. (Laos). 1894. French Indo-China postal stationery letter card 15c blue cancelled by Khone/ Cambodge date stamp '27th Aout 94' addressed to 'The Receiver des Postes au Telegraphs, Khong' with Khong/ Cambodge arrival '29/ 8' on reverse.

Very rare item of a French Indo-China letter card used between tow small Cambodian villages opened in Laos 1892/93 and subsequently returned to Laos in 1895/96.

Netherlands East Indies. (Japanese Occupation). 1944. Registered Parcel Card headed 'Adreskaart / Voor Binnenlandsche Postpakketten/ Zonder Verrekening' (address card for domestic parcels without settlements) addressed to Sidjoendjoeng bearing Netherlands Indies Japanese Occupation of Sumatra SG 58b, 40c yellow-green tied by vernacular Japanese Occupation Padang date stamp '26th May 44' with adjacent Padang registration label with Japanese Occupation transit and arrival '30/5' on reverse.

Scarcer Registered Parcel card with 'Afzender' (Sender) portion still attached.

Ex Paul Bulterman.

Netherlands East Indies. (Japanese Occupation). 1944. Money Order Card headed 'Binnenlandsche Postwissel' (Domestic Money Order Card) addressed to Padang Sidemppreang bearing Netherlands Indies Japanese Occupation of Sumatra SG 62b, 1g violet (2) surcharge 'Dai Nippon/ Tei Koku Yubin' tied by vernacular Japanese Occupation Sipirok date stamp '8th July 44' with adjacent framed Japanese censor in violet on face, address erased with blue crayon and forwarded from Padang Sidempreang '12/2' with arrival '31/7' on reverse.

Very fine Japanese Occupation censored Money Order bearing a pair of the 'One Gulden' stamps, very rare franking.

Ex Paul Bulterman.

Netherlands East Indies. (Japanese Occupation). 1944. Money Order Card headed 'Binnenlandsche Postwissel' (Domestic Money Order Card) addressed to Koetadjane bearing Netherlands Indies Japanese Occupation of Sumatra SG 43b, 20c purple (7 plus three on reverse) surcharge 'Dai Nippon/ Tei Koku Yubin' tied by vernacular Japanese Occupation date stamp '15th Jan 44' with censor '2' hand-stamp and oval Japanese censor in carmine on reverse, address erased with blue crayon and forwarded from Koetadjane '20/1' with arrival '24/1' on reverse.

A wonderful franking bearing Japanese Occupation stamps paying the two gulden rate, a lovely censored Money Order.

Ex Paul Bulterman.

Netherlands East Indies. (Japanese Occupation). 1944. Registered Parcel Card headed 'Adreskaart/ Voor Binenlanddsche Postpakketten/ Zonder Verrekening' (address card for domestic parcels without settlements) addressed to Boco bearing Netherlands Indies Japanese Occupation of Sumatra SG 60b, 60c blue surcharge 'Dai Nippon/ Tei Koku Yubin', tied by vernacular Japanese Occupation Batoe Sangkar date stamp '27th June 44' with adjacent Batoe Sangkar registration label with Japanese Occupation transit '1/7' and Japanese Occupation arrival '5th July 44' on reverse.

Scarce Registered Parcel card with 'Afzender' (Sender) portion still attached and 'Notification of Arrival of a Packet' label attached.

Ex Paul Bulterman Dutch East Indies Japanese Occupation collection.

Hong Kong. (Kowloon). 1927. Envelope addressed to Suffolk bearing Hong Kong SG 118, 2c green (2) tied by Hong Kong/ Kowloon date stamp '28th Sept 27' (Webb Type D), endorsed 'via Siberia' with Hong Kong transit on reverse.

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1914. Envelope addressed to Bristol bearing Hong Kong SG 120,, 4c carmine tied by Hankow date stamp 'Sp 28 14' (Webb Type Kiii) with Bristol arrival and forwarded to Pucklechurch. Very fine.

Germany. (Netherlands East Indies). 1841. Stamp-less folded letter written from Hamburg dated '19th April 1841' addressed to Batavia cancelled by 'Schiff's Brief Post/ Hamburg' dated '23rd May 1841' and rated '160' cts on arrival in m/s on face.

Germany. (Netherlands East Indies). 1851. Stamp-less folded letter addressed to Batavia cancelled by Hamburg date stamp '21st Jan 1851' with hand-stamp 'PD' struck twice, routed via France with French entry cachet in red and rated '160' cts in m/s on arrival in the Indies with red crayon '15' on reverse.

Portuguese Colonies. (India - Prisoner of War). 1917. Registered stamp-less envelope written from Nova Goa addressed to 'Comite International de La Croix Rouge/ Agence International des Prisonniers de Guerre, Geneva' with framed 'India, Portuguesa/ Verificua/ Censsura Militaire (7) in violet and oval 'Censor/ Goa India/ No 31' cachet, endorsed 'Registered' with 'India Portuguesa Censura Postal Militar' label and hand-stamped 'Commisission Portuguise des Prisonniers de Guerre Croix Rouge Portuguese/ Lisbonne' on face in violet. Superb item of Prisoner of War mail from Portuguese India.