China. (French Occupation of China). 1893. Stamp-less envelope endorsed 'Troupes d' Indo-Chine' addressed to France cancelled by 'Tuyen/ Tonkin' double ring with circular 'Les Commandant du Poste/ Cho-Ra' in violet/ blue on face and counter-signed by the Commandant with undated 'Tonkin Corps Exped', routed via Hanoi. Very attractive item from the French Occupation.

China. (French China). 1907. French China postal stationery envelope '15c orange' upgraded with 'Type Blanc' SG 7, 5c green (pair) tied by Han-Keou-Chine Poste Francaise date stamp '29th Oct 07' addressed to Paris. Superb quality.

China. (French China). 1901. French China postal stationery card '10c black' overprinted 'CHINE' in red, written from 'Kinkiang' dated '24th November 1901', cancelled by Hankeou/ Chine double ring '24th No' addressed to France, routed via the French Post Office Shanghai '27th Nov' and sent by French paquebot 'Ligne N Paq. Fr. No 2' on face '28/11' with French arrival.

Nice item written from the Chinese Imperial Post in Kinkiang via Hankow.

China. (French China). 1916. Registered envelope written from French Consulate with circular 'Consul General de France/ a Shanghai' cachet on face in violet addressed to France bearing French China SG 81 20c on 50c brown tied by Shanghai/ Chine date stamp '18th Feb 16' with matching registration label, endorsed 'via Siberia' with beautiful Consulate wax seal in red on reverse. Lovely item.

China. (French China). 1922. Registered envelope addressed to Belgium bearing French China SG 90, 40c on 1f lake and green tied by Tien-Tsin Poste Francaise date stamp '2nd Dc 22' (Pothion Type T04) with matching registration label. Scarce large type French Post Office in Tien-Tsin on registered mail.

French Colonies. (Oceanie - Tahiti). 1894. Registered Stamp-less Official mail envelope addressed to Papeete cancelled Maugareva/ Taiti double ring in violet '1st Avril 94' with framed hand-struck 'R' and endorsed 'R/ No 21' with circular 'Archipel de Gambier/ Magareva' in violet on face and reverse with Papeete receiver '18th Avril' on reverse.

Pre 1900 registered mail from Maugareva a small atoll in the Gambier Islands over 1000 miles southeast of Tahiti is very rare.

The islands were known for their pearls.

French Colonies. (Madagascar). 1902. Registered picture post card addressed to Paris bearing Yvert 53, 0.10 on 50c rose and Yvert 55, 0.15 on If olive (2) tied by Tamatavia/ Madagascar double ring '13th Sept 02' in blue with framed hand-struck 'R' and Paris arrival '17th Oct' on face.

Very fine usage of a postcard sent by Registered mail.

French Levant. (Cilicie). Circa 1919. Turkish postal stationery envelope '20p' scarlet overprinted 'CILICIE', upgraded with French Occupation 'T.E.O.' Yvert 70, 1p blue tied by Mersina date stamp with circular 'Controle Postal/ Mersinia/ Cilicie/ Militaire' censor hand-stamp in carmine on face, addressed to Constantinople with Stamboul arrival on reverse.

Algeria. (French Camerouns - Nigeria). 1942. Air Mail envelope addressed to French Camerouns bearing Algeria Yvert 178, 1f50 carmine (7) tied by Alger date stamp '15th Dec 42', endorsed 'via Dakar' with Senegal 'Control Postal' label on reverse tied by oval 'Ouvert/ Par Les/ Autorite de Controle' and circular 'A/3'. routed via Nigeria with 'P.C. 90/ Opened By Examiner' label tied on face by framed 'Crown/ Passed/ PP/ 25' censor cachet in violet with 'Cotonou/ Dahomey transit '3rd Jan 43' and Afrique Rquatoriale Francaise label 'Controle Postal Militaire' tied by oval 'Ouvert/ Par/ L' Autorite Militaire' cachet and circular 'Controle Postal/ Commission A/ Territoire du Cameroun' on face, Douala and M' Balmayo arrival '4th Feb'.

Superb item, Trans- Africa Air Mail censored in Senegal, Cameroun, Nigeria and Equatorial Africa, 9 different censor cachets or labels.

French Colonies. (French Niger). 1931. French 'Type Blanc' postal stationery news-band wrapper 'two cent' brown/red cancelled by Boulogne sur Mer date stamp '2nd Aout' addressed to 'The Post & Telegraph, Niamy, Niger', underpaid with 'T' hand-stamp and bearing Niger postage due Yvert 12, 10c lilac-brown and grey applied and tied by Niamey. Niger double ring '16th Oct 31' on face.

Wonderful item of underpaid postage due mail from Niger, very rare tax stamp on wrapper.

French Colonies. (Gabon). 1910 French Gabon postal stationery envelope 10c red cancelled by Fernan - Vaz/ Gabon double ring '20th Jan 10' addressed to Paris routed via Cap - Lopez '22nd Jan' on reverse . Very fine.

French Colonies. (French Congo). 1896. French Congo postal stationery envelope 25c black/ rose upgraded with Yvert 19, 25c black/ rose tied by Loango/ Congo - Francaise double ring '13th Juil 96' addressed to Paris, France. Very fine item of Congo stationery.

French Colonies. (New Caledonia). 1905. Registered and Advice of Receipt envelope addressed to France bearing New Caledonia Yvert 50, 40c orange and Yvert 62, 25c blue tied by Nlle Caledonie/ Noumea double ring '16th Mai 05', with boxed 'R' hand-stamp and framed 'AR' on face with Paris receiver on reverse '27th Juin'.

Lovely item of mail paying the postage plus registration and Advice of Receipt to France.

French Colonies. (New Caledonia). 1908. Picture post card of 'Landing huge shark, Noumea' addressed to France bearing New Caledonia Yvert 59, 5c yellow-green (pair) tied by 'Nelle Caledonie/ Sce Mme Cote Ouest' double ring (Salles 2272).

A lovely item of mail carried on the monthly Coastal Maritme French mail service going East to West around the islands of New Caledonia.

Exhibition quality.

French Colonies. (Tahiti). 1912. Etablissements de L' Oceana postal stationery envelope 'ten cent' red upgraded with Oceanie Yvert 14, 5c yellow-green and Yvert 15, 10c rose (pair) tied by Papeete/ Tahiti double ring '12th Nov 12' with hand-struck 'R' and circular 'A.R.' on fsce addressed to Papeete.

Rare item of Official mail paying the Registered and Advice of Receipt internal rate of 35 cents.

French Levant. (Salonique). 1872. Cover FRONT addressed to France bearing French 'Napoleon' Yvert 25, 1c olive, Yvert 26, 2c red-brown (pair) and French 'Ceres' Yvert 60, 25c blue (3) tied by '5095' in lozange with adjacent 'Salonique/ Turq. D' Europe' date stamp '12th Mars 72' with framed 'Paquebots/ De La/ Mediterranie' in red on face. Very scarce mixed issue franking franking paying the 'eighty cent' rate.

Please note FRONT COVER ONLY.

French Colonies. (French Cameroun). 1915. Stamp-less envelope addressed to France endorsed 'Active Service/ No Stamps Available. Franchise Postal/ Colonne Expeditionnaire du Cameroun' with circular 'Colonne Expeditionnaire du Cameroun/ Section de Chemin de Fer/ Le Captain Commandant' in violet on face and censor 'Tresor et Postes/ Aux Armees' with Savoie arrival '6th Oct 15' on reverse.

Very rare item from the French Railway Detachment in the Camerouns.

French Colonies. (Reunion). 1896. Envelope addressed to France bearing Reunion Yvert 7, 5c on 30c brown (imperf strip of five) tied by Reunion/ St. Denis date stamp '11th Nov' with octagonal French paquebot 'Ligne T Paq. Fr. No 4' date stamp on face and Margaux/ Gironde arrival on reverse '2nd Dec.' Very fine.

French Colonies. (Senegal). 1903. Picture post card of 'La Rade, Dakar' addressed to Sontay, Tonkin, French Indo-China' bearing Senegal Yvert 21, 5c yellow-green tied by Podor/ Senegal double ring '5th Aout', routed via St. Louis '9/8' with Sontay/ Tonkin arrival '23rd sept' and forwarded in blue crayon via Hanoi to Haiphong '24th Sept' on face.

Very rare destination from Senegal French West Africa.

French Colonies. (Gabon). 1914. Envelope addressed to Paris bearing Gabon Yvert 72, 10c on 40c orange tied by Lassourville/ Gabon double ring '8th Mars' routed via N' Djole dated '14/3' with Paris arrival 'Avril 20' on reverse. Very fine single franking.

French Colonies. (Madagascar - United States). 1907. Registered envelope addressed to Washington D.C. bearing Madagascar Yvert 42a, 5c yellow-green, Yvert 43, 10c rose and Yvert 46, 35c black/ yellow tied by Majunga/ Madagascar double ring in blue '1st Aout 07' with hand-struck boxed 'R' and Washington arrival 'Sept 4' on reverse. A very attractive three colour franking.

The thirty five cent is a difficult stamp to find.

French Colonies. (New Caledonia). 1924. New Caledonia Postal stationery envelope 5c green cancelled by Pounerihouen/ Nelle Caledonie double ring '21st Janv 24' addressed to Noumea. Very fine internal mail paying the Printed Matter rate.

French Colonies. (Benin). 1896. Benin postal stationery card 10c black/ blue cancelled by Grand-Popo date stamp '6th Mai 96', endorsed 'via Cotonou and Marseille'' addressed to Germany, routed via Whydah and Cottonou '8th Mai' with octagonal French paquebot 'Loango a Bordeaux L.N. No 1' date stamp in blue on face '9th Mai'. Lovely item.

French Colonies. (Obock). 1901. Picture post card of 'Rue de Bender-Ghedid, (Somali Enclave) addressed to 'Monsieur Gounaes, on board 'S.S. "Melbourne" at Djibouti' bearing Obock Yvert 37, 15c blue tied by Djibouti,/ Cote Francaise Des Somalis double ring in blue with adjacent octagonal French paquebot 'La Reunion a Marseille L.V. No 4' date stamp (Salles 2308). Lovely item and superb card.

French Colonies. (Gabon). 1889. Registered envelope addressed to London bearing French Gabon Yvert 13, 25c on 20c black imperf (2) tied by Libreville/ Gabon double ring '19th Avril 89' with framed hand-struck 'R', routed via Bordeaux a Paris ambulant '21st Mai' with oval 'Registered/ London receiver on face in red '22nd May 89'.
Among the French Colonies very little mail is known from Gabon. A very rare item of Registered mail with French General Colony postage dues overprinted and surcharged for use in Gabon during a stamp shortage.
Scarce stamps on cover.

Exhibition item.

French Colonies. (New Caledonia - Norway). 1928. Envelope addressed to Norway written from 'The Norwegian Consulate in New Caledonia' with circular 'Norsk Konsulat/ Noumea' on face bearing New Caledonia Yvert 121, 50c grey tied by Noumea/ Nlle Caledonie double ring '26th Mei 28' and Oslo receiver on reverse ''25th July'. Nice item of Consulate mail.

French Colonies. (New Caledonia). 1943. Censored envelope addressed to Rabat, French Morocco bearing Yvert 147a, 35c lilac and black and Yvert 151, 65c brown and blue tied by Hienghene double ring with 'Ouvert Par La Censure - Nouvelle Caledonie' label in green tied by circular 'Censure Alliee/ Nouvelle Caledonie/ 7' in violet on face, routed via Noumea '3rd Feb 43' with United States 'Examined By/ 1540' censor tape applied in Florida.

Lovely item sent 'Two Oceans' route over the Pacific and Atlantic to French Maroc.

French Colonies. (Martinique). 1868. Envelope addressed to France bearing French General Colonies Yvert 3, 10c bistre, Yvert 4, 20c blue and Yvert 5, 40c vermilion tied by 'MQE' in lozange with 'Martinique/ St. Pierre' date stamp '26th Mai 68' with framed instructional 'Afranchissement/ Insuffisant' in red, French entry cachet in blue '15th Juin' and rated '3' in m/s on arrival with Nantes receiver '15th Juin'. Lovely item paying the double letter rate.

French Levant. (Lebanon). 1943. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Fort Lamy, Tchad bearing Grand Liban Yvert 151, 0.10p rose, Yvert 154, 4p brown, Yvert 164, 1pi slate (2). Yvert 173, 25p rose and Air Mail Yvert 67, 2p violet and Yvert 70, 10p violet tied by 'Poste Aux Armees/ F.F.L. No 2' date stamp with Registered label and 'Poste Aux Armees/ F.F.L./ B.C.M. 4'
double ring on reverse '14th Mai 43' with pink 'Controle' censor label tied by circular 'Croix Lorraine with CM' in center and 'Controle Postal/ Afrique Equatoriale/ Francaise/ Commission G' censor on face with Fort Lamy/ Tchad arrival . Very fine item of French Forces mail in the Levant.

French Colonies. (French Congo). 1898. Registered and Advice of Receipt envelope addressed to France bearing Congo Francaise Yvert 16, 10c black/ blue and Yvert 22, 50c rose tied by 'Brazzaville/ Congo-Francaise' double ring '7th Nov' with home-made hand-struck 'R' and framed 'A.R.' in blue on face with Paris arrival '13th Dec 98' on reverse.

Scarce item of 'Advice of Receipt mail from the French Congo paying 25c postage, 25c registration and 10c for return receipt.

(Back flap missing).

French Colonies. (New Caledonia). 1894. Registered mourning envelope addressed to Noumea bearing New Caledonia Yvert 48, 25c black/ rose (pair) tied by Nelle Caledonie/ Voh' date stamp in blue '14th Mars' with framed hand-struck 'R' and Noumea arrival '21st Mars' on reverse. Scarce use of registered internal island mail from Voh.

French Colonies. (New Caledonia). 1905. Registered envelope addressed to Paris bearing New Caledonia Yvert 66, 15c on 40c orange (strip of three) tied by Nouvelle Caledonia/ Kone double ring in blue '20th Nov 05' with hand-struck 'R', routed via Noumea '22nd Nov' with Paris arrival '9th Jan 06' on reverse. Very attractive item.

French Colonies. (Dahomey - Benin). 1899. Registered envelope addressed to France bearing Benin Yvert 40, 25c black/rose and Yvert 41, 30c brown tied by Porto-Novo/ Dahomey double ring '16th Juil 99' with hand-struck boxed 'R, routed via French paquebot with octagonal 'Loango a Bordeaux L.L. No 2' date stamp '19th Juil' in blue on face (Salles 1212) with Cognac arrival and forwarded to Saintes '14th Aout'. Superb.

French Colonies. (New Caledonia). 1898. Registered mourning envelope addressed to Noumea bearing New Caledonia Yvert 51, 50c rose tied by Nouvelle Caledonie/ Pouemount double ring '20th Mai 98' with hand-struck 'R' and 'Affranchissement/ Noumea receiver '25/5' on reverse. Lovely item of registered mail from this small New Caledonian village.

Malaya. (Selangor). 1941. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to 'The British Philatelic Ass, London' bearing Selangor SG 73, 5c brown (3) and SG 87, $5 scarlet and green tied by oval Kuala Lumper F.M.S./ Registered date stamp '3rd Sept' with matching registration label, endorsed 'By Air Throughout', routed via Singapore with triangular 'Passed For Transmission/ 73' cachet, sent Trans-Pacific clipper via the United States and over the Atlantic with 'Examined by the British Philatelic Association Ltd.' censor label.

Lovely item from Selangor sent Registered Air Mail via the Two Oceans route with British Philatelic Civil censorship applied on arrival.

Malaya. (Japanese Occupation). 1943. Japanese Occupation of Perak postal stationery card '2 cent' orange with Japanese Occupation hand-stamp with printed framed 'Malaya/ 2 Cts/ Postage' cancelled by Ipoh date stamp '22nd Nov' with boxed 'No 5' Ipoh censor in violet on face. Very fine.

Scarce commercial Japanese Occupation postal stationery. (H & G 10).

Malaya. (British Military Administration). 1946. Air Mail envelope registered B.M.A. postal stationery card 4c violet upgraded with SG 1, 1c black, SG 2, 2c orange, SG 4, 3c green, SG 5, 5c brown, SG 6, 6c grey, SG 7, 8c scarlet, SG 8, 10c purple, SG 10, 10c blue and SG 12, 15c bright ultramarine tied by Singapore/ Registered double ring '17th Jan 1946' with matching registration label, sent from 'W.H. Amweg, Released POW, R.N.F. Beatrix Camp, Changi, Singapore' addressed to 'Postmaster, R.A.P.W.I. Post Office, Batavia, Java' with oval 'Central Post Bureau/ Batavia/ R.A.P.W.I.' in violet on face.
W.H. Amweg was a released Prisoner of War with the Royal Netherlands Force sent from the Post Office for the 'Recovery of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees.

A very scarce item of Postal Stationery. (Tan 2).

Malaya. (Straits Settlements - India). 1916. Straits Settlements postal stationery card 3c red cancelled by Singapore double ring '1st Dec 16' addressed to Switzerland, routed via India with circular 'Crown/ Passed by Censor/ Madras' censor hand-stamp in violet on face. Lovely quality.

Malaya. (Straits Settlements). 1918. Straits Settlements postal stationery card 'Two Cents on 1 cent green' surcharge cancelled by Penang double ring addressed locally. Very fine.

Malaya. (Straits Settlements). 1919. Straits Settlements postal stationery card 'Two Cents on 1c green' surcharge upgraded with SG 194, 1c black (pair) tied by Singapore double ring addressed to Switzerland.
Nice advertising card for 'The Pulau Bulang Rubber & Produce Co. Ltd.'

Malaya. (Johore). 1933. Air Mail envelope addressed to London bearing Johore SG 116, 25c purple and myrtle tied by Segamat double ring. Nice item sent via Imperial Airways.

Malaya. (Straits Settlements - Denmark). 1938. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Denmark bearing Straits Settlements SG 278, 1c black (top corner marginal block of four) and SG 290, $1 black and red (top corner marginal block of four) tied by Singapore/ Registered double ring '20th Oct 38' with matching registration label with hand-stamp 'By K.L.M. Dutch Airmail/ Via Amsterdam' and Kobenhavn arrival on reverse '26th Oct' and forwarded to Koge, Denmark.

(Please request a clearer scan showing the KLM hand-stamp on face).

Malaya. (Penang). 1921. Straits Settlements postal stationery card '2 cents' green cancelled by Singapore date stamp '5th July' addressed to Wellesley Province with Penang transit and Nebong Tebal double ring arrival.

Nebong Tebal (22.11.16) - (16.8.23).

Nice advertising printed card 'Mavfield Kennels. Importers & Breeders of/ Persian Cats, Dogs and Poultry of every Variety/ Dealers in Horses, Cattle, Birds, Snakes & Wild Animals'

Malaya. (Straits Settlements). 1922. Picture post card of 'Cavanagh Bridge, Singapore' addressed to the United States bearing Straits Settlements SG 201, 8c ultramarine tied by North Canal Road/ Singapore double ring 'Mr 27', routed via Singapore. Attractive.

Malaya. (Straits Settlements.). 1903. Picture post card of 'Weld Quai, Penang' addressed to Switzerland bearing Straits Settlements SG 111, 3c purple and orange (perfin S.K./ C.) tied by Penang date stamp, endorsed 'per S.S. "Zamania" with Goldach arrival. Lovely card published by "A. Kaulfuss, Penang."
The S.S. "Zamania" was part of the British India Steam Navigation Fleet.

North Borneo. (Train Mail). 1955. Envelope addressed to Kansas, United States bearing SG 357, 2c blue (pair) and SG 375, 4c bright purple tied by 'Train Mail/ North Borneo' date stamp '8th Nov 55', sent at the un-opened Printed Matter rate.
Very nice item of T.P.O. mail on the Jesselton to Tenom line.

Malaya. (Perak). 1936. Air Mail envelope addressed to Scotland bearing Perak SG 88, 1c black and SG 90, 4c orange tied by Ipoh/ F.M.S. double ring, endorsed 'Penang - London'. Attractive franking.

Malaya. (Selangor). 1939. Envelope addressed to Germany bearing Selangor SG 68, 1c black (4) and SG 69, 2c green (4) tied by Kuala Lumpur/ Malaya double ring. Attractive franking.

Malaya. (Singapore). 1949. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to South Africa bearing Singapore SG 1, 1c black, SG 2, 2c orange, SG 3, 3c green, SG 4, 4c brown, SG 5, 6c grey, SG 6, 8c scarlet, SG 7, 10c purple, SG 8, 15c ultramarine, SG 9, 20c grey and green, SG 10, 25c purple and orange, SG 12, 50c black and blue and SG 13, $1 blue and purple tied by Naval Base/ Singapore date stamp '1st Feb 49' with registered label and framed 'Air Mail', routed via Singapore.

Malaya. (Straits Settlements). 1935. Envelope addressed to 'The Military Hospital, Tanglin, Singapore' bearing 'Silver Jubilee' SG 256, 8c green and indigo tied by Tanglin double ring '6th May 35.'