Great Britain. 1863. Registered envelope addressed to France bearing SG 40, 1d rose (strip of four) tied by '12' obliterator with 'Crown/ Registered hand-stamp on face, oval 'PD' in red, French entry cachet and Marseille arrival on reverse. Very fine and attractive Registered usage.

Great Britain. (Portugal). 1863. Envelope addressed to Portugal bearing SG 84, 6d lilac tied by London/ 81 duplex '23rd Feb 63', endorsed 'via France', charged '1/2' in m/s with m/s accountancy 'Deficient 120/ Fine 120/ Postage 80' with bold hand-struck charge '320' on face and Lisboa and Faro receiver on reverse '4/3'. Lovely item of underpaid mail.

Persia. 1900. Persian postal stationery double reply card 5c carmine upgraded with Yvert 95, 12c carmine/ blue tied by Sultanabad date stamp with 'R/ Perse' registration label and hand-stamp 'Registered', addressed to Manchester with Teheran transit and oval London and Manchester receiver on reverse. Very scarce use of the double reply card.

Persia. (Dunster Force). 1919. Envelope addressed to Kazvin bearing 'Provisoire 1919' Yvert 413, 3ch green (pair) tied by Langueround double ring '16/2' with framed 'Crown/ Passed By Censor/ 549' in violet on reverse, routed via Recht '20/2' and Kazvin (Arrivee) on face '25/2'. Lovely item from the Dunster Force. Scarce item mailed from Langueroud.

Persia. 1905. Registered postal stationery envelope 6c ultramarine upgraded with Yvert 233, 1c on 1k violet (pair) tied by oval Teheran date stamp addressed to Germany with 'Von Auslande/ uber Bp 4' registration label with 'Berlin-Oesterr/ Bahnpost/ Zug' transit '5th April 05' and Berlin receiver on reverse. Beautiful and scarce item.

Persia. 1907. Picture post card of 'Banque Chah, Tehran' addressed to Switzerland with oval ' Agence Ziegler & Co/ Sultanabad' firms cachet in violet, bearing Yvert 251, 3c green (2) tied by oval Sultanabad date stamp '15th March 07', endorsed 'via Vienne' with Lengnau arrival on face.
Nice routing via Austria (Trieste).

Persia. 1896. Registered double postal stationery reply card 4c carmine upgraded with Yvert 74, 1c violet, Yvert 75, 2c green and Yvert 78, 10c orange tied by oval Teheran date stamp with circular 'R', addressed to Holland with Roermond arrival on face. Very attractive and scarce Registered double reply card to Holland.

Malaya. (Netherlands Post Office in Singapore). 1945. Air Mail envelope headed 'On Active Service' written from '2nd Coy, Light Inf. Batt. Netherlands S.E.A.C.' addressed to Holland cancelled by Netherlands Post Office/ Singapore' rubber date stamp in purple '28th Dec 1945', with boxed '15 Gr.' on face, endorsed 'By Air Mail'. Nice item from the Netherlands South East Asia Command.

Malaya. (Singapore - Paquebot). 1954. Envelope written from the Netherlands Indies addressed to the United States bearing Netherlands 3c brown, 5c orange (pair) and 10c scarlet tied by 'Paquebot/ Singapore/ 2' date stamp '16th Aug 54' with oval 'N.V. Kon. Paketvaart/ MS. "Atjeh" / Maatschappij' in carmine on face. Colourful franking.

Malaya. (Straits Settlements). 1939. Air Mail envelope addressed to London bearing Straits Settlements SG 281, 5c brown and SG 289, 50.c black/ emerald tied by Changi/ Singapore double ring '11th Sept 39' with framed 'Passed By/ Army Censor' and signed by the 'Major'. Very nice Army censor sent during the first month of the war.

Malaya. (Straits Settlements). 1936. Envelope addressed to India bearing Straits Settlements SG 234, 4c orange (pair) tied by Bukit Mertajam double ring '15th Ju 1936' with Tiruvarup arrival and forwarded to Devakotai '28th June.' Very fine.

Malaya. (Singapore - Christmas Island). 1952. Envelope addressed to Bristol bearing Singapore SG 22a, 12c red tied by Christmas Island date stamp '6th Nov 52'. Scarce stamp used on Christmas Island.

China. (French Indo-China). 1902. Registered Imperial Chinese Post 'Red Band' envelope addressed to Haiphong bearing Chinese Imperial Post SG 123, 2c scarlet (3) and SG 125, 5c rose (2) tied by Lungchow date stamp with hand-struck 'R' routed via Lang-Son/ Tonkin bearing French Indo-China SG 15, 40c red/ yellow tied by Lang-Son/ Tonkin double ring. Very fine mixed Indo-China combination paying the sixteen cent Registered Imperial rate and 40 cent for the French Indo-China overseas postage to Haiphong from the border.

India. (French Madagascar). 1908. Stamp-less envelope written from Khorasha addressed to Tulfar, French Madagascar with Khorasha/ Kathiawar date stamp '6th No 08' dispatch, underpaid with circular 'T' hand-stamp and horseshoe 'Khorasha/ Due/ One Anna' on face, routed via Bombay with Ambohibe/ Madagascar transit in blue '24th Dec' and bearing French General Colonies postage due Yvert 29, 10c brown (imperf side margin strip of three) mixed with French Madagascar Yvert 34, 20c red/ yellow applied and tied by Fulfar/ Madagascar date stamp in blue 'Jan 9th 09' on reverse. Exceptional franking with use of the French Madagascar stamp as postage due in combination with French General Colonies due originating from India.

Superb item for the Exhibitor.

Ex Dr. Ed Grabowski.

French Colonies. (French Benin - Poland). 1899. Golfe de Benin postal stationery card de 'Reponse' 10c b;ack/ blue cancelled by Glogau date stamp '8th Nov 99' addressed to Porto Novo, Dahomey, endorsed 'via Marseille' with octagonal French paquebot 'Bordeaux a Loango L.L. No 2' on face '15th Nov', with Lagos and Cotonou transits '6th Dec 99' on reverse. Nice use of reply card used back from Glogau (Poland).

Ex Grabowski.

China. (Indo-Chinese Post Offices - Hoihow). 1902. Coloured picture post card headed 'Expedition de Chine' with view 'Pont sur an Canal la Cite Chinoise a Tien-Tsin' bearing Indo-China Hoihow Post Office SG 1, 1c black/ azure tied by Hoihow/ Ile de Hainan double ring '30th Juin' with Meulan arrival '6th Aout' on reverse. Scarce item from Hainan Island paying the Printed Matter post-card rate.

China. (French Indo-China). 1904. Picture post card addressed to Tonkin bearing French Indo-China SG 24, 10c rose-red tied by Ban-Yen-Nhan/ Tonkin date stamp '18th Juil 04' in blue on face and reverse. Very attractive item from the small French Indo-China village with blue cachet only in use the first few months

Sierra Leone. (P.O.W. Camp - West Africa Force). 1944. Folded postal stationery form 'POW9' headed 'Corrispondenza-Prigionieri Di Guerra/ Postage Free' written in Italian from an Italian P.O.W. dated '22.1.44.' with printed 'Italian Prisoners of War Camp (3)/ West African Force' on reverse and framed hand-stamp 'P/W Censorship/ West African Force' in violet on face addressed to Bari, Italy.

Scarce item from Italian Prisoner of War in Sierra Leone.

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Australia. (Italian Prisoner of War in Tasmania). 1944. Australia Air Mail Fee 1/- Folded Prisoner of War postal stationery letter sheet headed 'Service of Prisoners of War' dated '27.1.44.' and cancelled by Ship Mail Room/ Melbourne dated '9th Feb 44' with 'Opened by Censor 6/1' red on white censor label tied by triangular '6/1 Passed By Censor/ 4' in violet on revere applied at Launceston and addressed to Bari, Italy, endorsed 'written in Italian'.

The Italian P.O.W.'s in Australia numbered 19,000 but only 900 were interned on Tasmania. There were seven P.O.W. centers in Tasmania the largest at Brighton Detention Camp housed 600. During 1944 additional camps were established. From the endorsement on the reverse 'T2' was the Prisoner of War Control center at either Launceston or Scottsdale. The Prisoners between 90 and 140 were placed on different farms such as Beaconsfield, Lilydale and Fingal for example.

Greece - Rhodes. (Italian Prisoner of War in Rhodes). 1944. Stamp-less envelope written from an Italian Prisoner of War held in Collection Camp No 5 (Campo Di Raccolta No 5), Rodi addressed to Bari, Italy, in the upper right is the Camp Commandant signature, routed via the German military plane to Athens and Munich with circular 'A/d' in carmine, on arrival the United States Allies have opened the mail with a Provisional label stamped 'Opened by/ U.S. Army Examined' tied by oval 'U.S. Army/ P.W. Examiner' in violet on face, Bari receiver 'Polignano a Mare/ Bari' date stamp '8th May 44' and hand-stamped '11 Capo Centro Documentale/ Garofalo' (Chief Document Center) with signature stamp in violet on reverse.

The cover followed the routing system of the Red Cross via Athens and Munich to Geneva, Marseille via rail, then Lisbon (Red Cross ship), Algiers to Naples by Allied Military ship.

Greece - Rhodes. (Italian Prisoner of War In Rhodes). 1944. Stamp-less 'Kriegsgefangenenpost' folded letter sheet written from an Italian Prisoner of War 'Pietro Chiarenza, Vitt Eman le 111, 53a, Rodi (Egeo)' addressed to 'Prisoner of War, Jack Casalicchio, M-Stammlager 111 C/ of Lager (Germania) with Rodi (Egeo) dispatch dated '4th Aug 44', framed censor on arrival with hand-stamp '14' and 'XB' in blue crayon, anointed '6.10.44.' indicating when received.

Japan. (German Prisoner of War in Aonogahara Camp). 1915. Stamp-less envelope headed 'Feldpost' written from a 'German Prisoner of War, Infantry Regiment No 255' addressed to Germany with circular bilingual 'Prisoners of War/ Aonogahara - Japan' in turquoise on face with 'K.D. Feldpost/ 77. Reserve-Div' date stamp '21st July 15' and adjacent 'Kaseir-Gewehr-Kompagnie/ Res-Infant-Regt. Nr 255/ Feldpost Briefstempel' in violet.

During World War One Japan invaded the German Colony of Qingdao, China and took 4,689 German and Austro-Hungarian soldiers as Prisoners. The soldiers were originally interned in 12 separate camps in Japan but were later transferred to 6 main camps, starting in September 1915. The Aonogahara Camp had a maximum of nearly 500 P.O.W.'s.

Korea. (Manchuria - Japan). 1937. Registered envelope written from the 'British Bible Society, Seoul, Korea' addressed to London bearing Japan SG 238, 30c orange and green and SG 267, 8s olive tied by Seoul vernacular date stamp with instructional 'via Siberia', framed vernacular 'via Siberia' with Provisional label 'Masanpo' and Manchuria 'Hsinking/ I.N.P.O.' transit in violet on face '21st Feb 37' and 'R/ Hsinking' registration label. Very rare item.

India. (Hazara Field Force - Black Mountain Expedition). 1891. Envelope bearing SG 88, 1a plum tied by Rawalpindi squared circle 'May 10 91', addressed to 'Lieut. P.R. Hodgins, Royal Artillery, No M.B.R.A. (Mountain Brigade Royal Artillery), HAZARA FIELD FORCE. Panji Gah' with endorsement arrival in pencil '12th May.'

Very fine item of incoming mail into the Hazara Field Force.

The No 9 Mountain Battery with four guns advanced on Darbanai village on 25th March 1891. having restored a water supply they advanced on Panji Gah.

India. (Hazara Field Force - Black Mountain Expedition) 1891. Crested envelope from the 'No 9, Royal Artillery, Mountain Battery' printed envelope bearing India SG 92, 2a blue (pair) tied by Rawalpindi squared circle 'May 5th 91', addressed to 'Lieut. P.R. Hodgins, Royal Artillery, No 9, M.B.R.A. (Mountain Brigade Royal Artillery), HAZARA FIELD FORCE).'

Very fine item of incoming mail into the Hazara Field Force.

See Black Mountain Expedition/ British Battles.

Portuguese India. 1908. Envelope addressed to London bearing Portuguese India SG 328, 6r green (strip of four) tied by Mormugao Port cds '7th May 08', routed via Goa with Buckhurst Hill arrival. Very fine.

China. (Coiling Dragon Overprint - Republic of China). 1912. Advertising Coiling Dragon 'Republic of China' postal stationery card 'one cent' green cancelled by Hankow date stamp with 'Wotan/ Metal Lamps' advertising card. Most unusual and rare.
Lovely item for the Postal Stationery collector.

India. (Feudatory States - Bhopal). 1938. Bhopal postal stationery post card headed 'On H.H. Began's Service' postal stationery 'quarter anna' violet overprinted 'SERVICE' and '1/2' anna, upgraded with Bhopal 'Service' SG 0333, 1/4a orange tied by Bhopal double ring '28th Feb 38' addressed to Gadhi.

Very rare Bhopal 'Service' postal stationery illustrated view card of 'Bhopal Town.'

China. (Shanghai Local Post). 1902. Picture post card of the "S.M.S. "Luchs" written on board the 'S.M.S. "Luchs" dated '14th Avril 02' addressed to Bubbling Well Road, Shanghai' bearing Chinese Imperial Post SG 122, 1c ochre tied by 'Pa Kua' chop with adjacent bold Shanghai Local Post date stamp 'Ap 16' on face and hand-stamped 'From Steamers Letter Box' on face with Postman's chop 'C/ 25.'

The German Gunboat 'S.M.S. "Luchs" was part of the Imperial Navy based at the German Navy Base, Tsingtao and saw service during the Boxer Campaign.

French Colonies. (Gabon - Belgian Congo). 1905. Picture post card of 'Les Bords du Lac Caijo, Congo Francaise' addressed to Paris bearing Gabon Yvert 16, 1c black/ azure and Yvert 18, 4c lilac/ brown tied by octagonal 'Loango a Bordeaux L.L. No 2' date stamp (Salles 1212), routed via Banana (Belgian Congo) with transit '16th Dec 05' on face.

Nice routing from Gabon down the Congo River to Banana and carried onward by French paquebot.

Russia. 1904. Illustrated envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing Yvert 44, 10k blue with Carouge, Switzerland arrival on reverse '16th Jan 04.' Very attractive item.

Netherlands East Indies. 1950. Air Mail envelope addressed to Djakarta, Indonesia bearing Netherlands 10c orange (strip of three) tied by Amsterdam Station double ring '8th May' with 'Afzender/ Onbekend' hand-stamp and boxed instructional 'Retour Afzender' with Djakarta arrival '17/5' and returned too Holland '24/5' on reverse with 'Telegrafie en Telefon Staasbedrijf Der Posterrijen' label applied in blue. Nice item of interrupted mail just after the conflict for Independence.

Netherlands East Indies. (Trans-Pacific - Atlantic Mail). 1945. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to 'Major Dr. Schouten c/o The Netherlands Indies Government, Camp Columbia, P.O.B. 1386, Brisbane, Australia' bearing Holland 5c olive and 40c grass-green (6) tied by Bloemendaal double ring '1st Oct 45' with matching registration label with 'Par Luchtpost/Par Avion' label, routed via New York '5/10' and San Francisco 'Oct 7' with Hawaii 'Oct 8' and Brisbane 'Oct 15' on reverse and forwarded to 'Dept. Van E.Z. Batavia' WITH 'Door Censuur Geopend' label applied.

Scarce cover sent over the Pacific and Atlantic (Two Oceans) route to the Netherlands Indies Government exiled in Brisbane.

Netherlands East Indies. (Currency Control Label). 1947. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Holland bearing 'Dutch Rule restored' SG 474, 17 1/2c carmine (block of four) and SG 486, 2 1/2c orange-red (block of four) tied by Batavia date stamp '22nd July 47' with registration label and on reverse currency control label reading 'Vrijegeven voor vorgending naar het buitenland goldig tet. 22 August 1947- Batavia 22 July 1947/ De wd Ditector van het Nederlandsch-Indisch/ Deviezeninstitute, Namesns dazan' and signed by the currency controller, with arrival '29/7' on reverse.

Scarce label translating 'Released for the delivery abroad to foreign countries/ The Director of the Exchange Institute.
The Dutch East Indies declared independence from Holland at 10am 17th August 1945. There followed four years of armed resistance and conflict until the Dutch recognized Independence on the 27th Dec 1949.

Netherlands East Indies. (Indonesia). 1949. Air Mail letter sheet 'Post Blad' postal stationery envelope 10c violet upgraded with Indonesia SG 545, 50c claret, SG 550a, 2 1/2c olive and SG 556a, 12 1/2c orange tied by Batavia date stamp addressed to the United States. Very colourful.

Netherlands East Indies. 1930. Netherlands Indies Registered postal stationery card '5 cent on 7 1/2c' orange upgraded with SG 275, 20c blue tied by Magelang date stamp with matching registered label addressed to Holland. Surcharged registered postal stationery difficult to find. Very attractive.

Netherlands East Indies. (Malay). 1947. Air Mail envelope addressed to 'Military Administration HQ. Ned Forces, Kuala Lumpur' bearing 'Dutch Rule Restored' SG 473, 15c blue (pair) tied by Bij/ Postkantoor/ Oranje-Boulavaard/ Batavia' date stamp '6th May 1946' and returned.

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

Netherlands East Indies. (Dutch Papua). Circa 1946. 'America Red Cross' envelope (erased), cancelled 'N.E.I. Dep of Shipping and Nav.', endorsed 'H.M. Biak' and addressed to 'The Commander of the M.S. "Bandjermasin" Te Biak'

Occupied by the Japanese and liberated by America Forces in the Battle of Biak this small Papuan Island, mail is rarely seen.

Netherlands East Indies. 1950. Netherlands Indies postal stationery envelope '12 cent on 10/ Tien Cent' orange cancelled by bamboo obliterator with adjacent 'H.B. P.T.T./ Bur A4' date stamp and hand-stamp 'Dinas' with BPZ/ BD' in lower left, addressed to KKP/ Djambi. Very fine.

Netherlands East Indies. 1947. Registered 'Veldpost' card addressed to Batavia bearing Netherlands Indies 'Dutch Rule Restored' SG 467, 1c olive-green, SG 471, 7 1/2c olive and SG 473, 15c blue tied by circular 'Elephant' Veldpost/ Y - Brig' cache in carmine with Palembang registration label tied by Palembang date stamp with Batavia arrival. Stunning item for the Exhibitor.

Scarce Elephant cachet tying the stamps.

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. (NETHERLANDS INDIES CIVIL ADMINISTRATION). 1947. Air Mail envelope addressed to Holland bearing 'Dutch Rule Restored' SG 507, 25c blue-green tied by Batavia date stamp with circular 'DEV/ 2' censor cachet, underpaid with 'T' hand-stamp and bearing Netherlands postage due 30c blue (2) applied and tied by s' Gravenhage receiver. Nice currency censor applied during the War of Independence.

The Dutch East 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. (NETHERLANDS INDIES CIVIL ADMINISTRATION). 1948. Stamp-less envelope headed 'Dienst/ V.V.P.' with circular 'Dienst Der Volksgezondheid/ Eijkman Instituut/ Centr Lab. v.d. D.V.G.' on face, cancelled by Batavia-Centrum '29th Jan 48' addressed to the Dutch steamer 'M.S. "Kota Inten" with circular 'DEV/ 2' censor cachet, endorsed 'Onbekend' (Unknown) with framed 'Retour' in violet and forwarded to Oranje-Boulavaard and on to Rotterdam bearing Netherlands postage due 40c blue tied by boxed 'Nietig/ Afgescheven' (Cancelled and Void) on face.

The "S.S. Kota Inten" served on the flagship Rotterdam Far East, converted in 1942 to a British War Transporter and then 1943 a New York Troopship, then in 1946 a Dutch transporter.

The Dutch East 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 27 Dec 1949.

Netherlands East Indies. (War on Independence). 1948. Air Mail envelope addressed to New Zealand bearing SG 344, 10c scarlet (2) and SG 346, 15c ultramarine mixed with 'Dutch Rule Restored' SG 506, 25c blue-green tied by Paloe date stamp '30th Jan 48' with framed 'CTR. Deviezen/ Soerabaja 1' censor in violet on face. Scarce censor applied during the conflict of Independence.

The Dutch East 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. (War of Independence). 1948. Air mail envelope addressed to the Netherlands bearing 'Dutch Rule Restored' SG 506, 12 1/2c orange (pair) tied by Malang date stamp '15th Mar 48' with framed 'CTR Deviezen/ Soearbaja 1' censor in violet on face. Scarce censor applied during the conflict for Independence.

The Dutch East 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. (War of Independence). 1948. Air Mail envelope addressed to Gravenhage bearing SG 344, 10c scarlet and SG 346, 15c blue (2) tied by Semarang date stamp '12th May 48' with circular 'Deviezen/ Controle/ Semarang' censor on face. Scarce censor. Nice item from the War of Independence.

The Dutch East 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 - Dutch Rule Restored). 1947. Air Mail envelope addressed to Czechoslovakia bearing 'Dutch Rule Restored' SG 477, 60c slate tied by Veldpost - Semarang double ring with circular 'Deviezen Controle/ Semarang' censor cachet on face. Very fine, scarce censor.

The Dutch East 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.

Switzerland. (Netherlands East Indies). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to Medan, Netherlands East Indies bearing Yvert 211, 2f grey and carmine and Yvert 297, 40c grey tied by Davos date stamp '4th July 41', endorsed 'Par voie Geneve- Lisbonne/ Per clipper via America' with framed 'g5/ uber via Geneva' with 'Door Censuur Geopend' censor tape tied by circular 'Ned. Indisch Deviezen Instituut/ Deviezen Censuur/ 4' in carmine on face and reverse and 'Censuur/ 31' date stamp applied in Medan. Nice item sent over two Oceans.

Netherlands East Indies. (Interrupted Mail). 1941. News-Band wrapper addressed to Menado, (Sulawesi) bearing Netherlands Indies SG 396, 1c grey tied by Batavia double ring with instructional 'Retour Afzender/ Postvb. Verbroken' on face ion violet. Very nice item paying the 'one cent' news-band wrapper rate.

Because of the Japanese Occupation mail to Sulawesi was Interrupted or Service Suspended.

Hong Kong. (Norway - Thailand). 1937. Un-stamped envelope from Norway addressed to Hong Kong cancelled by 'Oslo/Norge Post "090" ore/ Wilh Wilhelmsen' meter cachet in red dated '19th Oct 37', routed via Bangkok '26th Oct' with Canton '29/10' and Hong Kong arrival '30th Oct' with bold framed instructional on face 'Flight Delayed' in violet. Very nice item of instructional mail not listed by Proud.

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports - Netherlands). 1856. Stamp-less folded letter written from Canton dated 'Nov 13 1856' addressed to Amsterdam endorsed 'via Marseille' with Crown/ Paid at Hong Kong' on face in red with Hong Kong transit '14/11' on reverse, charged '2/-' with Amsterdam receiver 'Jan 3rd 1857' and rated '100' in m/s Dutch tax on face. Very fine double rate cover from Canton.

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