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New Zealand

1943 | New Zealand (DR17517)

New Zealand. 1943. Registered Advice of Receipt Air Mail envelope addressed to England bearing SG 588, 1s deep green (7), SG 589d, 2s olive (pair) and SG 606, 1d green tied by Wellington date stamp with matching registration label and hand-stamp 'A.R.' in blue with 'Opened by Examiner/ D.D.A./ 5' censor label, endorsed 'Air Mail as Much as Possible'. Nice item franked at 11 shillings and 1 penny, three times rate plus registration and Advice of Receipt.
EX Alistair Kennedy with his notes.
Ex Alistair Kennedy with his notes.

£95.00
New Zealand

1906 | New Zealand (DR17515)

North Borneo. (New Zealand). 1906. Envelope addressed to Tenon, North Borneo bearing New Zealand SG 319, 2d purple tied by Christchurch roller 'Aug 18 06', routed via Singapore 'Se 20' and Jesselton '27th Sept' with squared circle Tenom arrival '1st October' and forwarded to London via Jesselton with receiver.

£125.00
PERU

1886 | PERU (DR17514)

Peru. (France). 1886. Envelope addressed to France bearing Yvert 59, 1c orange and Yvert 79, 10c grey tied by cork obliterator with adjacent 'Correos Lima Peru' double ring '6th Juin 86', endorsed 'via Panama' with French entry cachet and Bordeaux arrival '13th Juil'' on reverse. Very attractive item paying the eleven cent rate to France via Panama.

£195.00
China

1943 | China (DR17513)

China. (Yunnan Province). 1943. Air Mail envelope written from the 'China Inland Mission, Menghwa, Yunnan' addressed to England bearing SG 636a, $1, olive green (2) and SG 641a, $5 carmine (pair) tied by Menghwa date stamp, endorsed 'To Calcutta/ Thence by Ordinary Mail'. Very fine item from Weishan, Yunnan.

£125.00
China

1957 | China (DR17512)

China. (Tibet). 1957. Envelope written from Lhasa, Tibet addressed to Nepal bearing China SG 1707, 4f carmine lake (pair) tied by vernacular date stamp, endorsed via India'.

£75.00
China

1901 | China (DR17511)

China. (Japanese Post Office in the Boxer War). 1901. Picture post card addressed to Germany bearing Japanese Post Office SG 1a, 5r slate, SG 4a 1 1/2a ultramarine and SG 6a, 2a green tied by Tongku/ I.J.P.O. date stamp '20th June 01', routed via Yokohama '29th Juin' with Dronberg arrival on face. Very attractive three colour franking.

£275.00
China

1915 | China (DR17510)

China. (Railway). 1915. Republic of China postal stationery card 1c green upgraded with SG 271, 3c blue-green tied by Shanghai date stamp addressed to London, endorsed 'via Siberia' with 'Bureau Ambulant No/ 1 Pukow Ku - Tientsin' and 'Bureau Ambulant No 1/ Peking - Tientsin' on face. Very fine.

£350.00
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES

1944 | NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES (DR17508)

Netherlands East Indies. (Japanese Occupation). 1944. Money order Card headed 'Binnenlandssche Postwissel (Domestic Money Order Card) addressed to Bilalo bearing Netherlands East Indies Japanese Occupation of Sumatra SG 60b, 60c bright blue and SG 61b, 80c vermilion surcharge 'Dai Nippon/ Tei Kohu Yubin' tied by vernacular Japanese Occupation Medan date stamp '12th Aug 44' with adjacent framed Japanese censor in carmine on face, address erased with blue crayon and forwarded from Bilalo '13/8' with arrival '18/8' on reverse.
Very fine Japanese Occupation censored Money Order.
Ex Paul Bulterman.

£195.00
India

1918 | India (DR17507)

India. (Prisoner of War Mail). 1918. Stamp-less envelope written from Belgaum, Prisoner of War Camp addresses to 'Comite International de la Croix Rouge, Agence des Prisonniers de Guerre, Geneve, Switzerland' cancelled 'Service of Prisoners of War/ Colonel/ Supt. Civil Camp, Begaum', routed via Bombay with circular 'Passed Censor/ Bombay/ 36' on face and 'Opened by Censor' label on reverse tied by Geneve '15th March 18' on reverse. Very fine.

£175.00
Spain

1919 | Spain (DR17506)

Spain. (Internees From German Cameroons). 1919. Stampless envelope written by 'Jorge Gebel, Internee Aleman, Pamplona' endorsed 'por Estafeta Militar' addressed to 'Comite International de la Croix Rouge, Bureau des Reaseignements sur les Prisonniers de Guerre, Geneve', hand-stamped 'Service Des Internes en Espagne/ Article 11 de la Convention Principle/ Estafeta Militar' and oval 'Ouvert/ Par l'Autorite Militaire/ 203' with Bern receiver '13th Jun 19' on face.
On October 8th 1916 the German colony of Kamerouns fell to the Allies, the following February around 1000 German troops and civilians crossed the border into Spanish Rio Muni. The soldiers were interned and m,ost returned to Spain and housed in Pamplona or Alcala near Madrid.

£245.00
Greece

1918 | Greece (DR17505)

Greece. (Corfu - French Naval Base). 1918. Registered envelope endorsed 'a bord de Croiseur "Lorraine" B.N.M.' addressed to Besancon bearing French 'Sower' Yvert 139, 20c red-brown (pair) tied by 'Postes-Navales/ G' date stamp '15th Feb 18' with matching 'Postes Navales/ G' registration label with arrival on reverse. Very fine and scarce item of registered mail.
The French Battleship "Lorraine" was laid down in 1912 and commissioned into the fleet in March 1916, after the outbreak of WW1, She was part of Mediterranean Squadron stationed at Corfu to prevent the Austo-Hungarian fleet from leaving the Adriatic Sea. In 1917 she returned to the Base Naval, Marseille at Toulon for a refit.

£245.00
Turkey

1918 | Turkey (DR17504)

Turkey. (British Prisoner of War). 1918. Stamp-less envelope endorsed 'Agence International des Prisonniers de Guerre' written from 'Lt. J.A. Pocock, Prisoner of War, Kudoc, Turkey' addressed to 'Comite International de la Croix Rouge, Geneve' with boxed censor on face.

£75.00
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES

1894 | NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES (DR17503)

Netherlands East Indies. (Postmarks). 1894. Netherlands Indies postal stationery card 5c violet cancelled by framed Maos hand-stamp addressed to Ngawi with squared circle arrival on face. Superb.
Ex Bulterman.

£95.00
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES

1882 | NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES (DR17502)

Netherlands East Indies. (Postmarks). 1882. Netherlands Indies postal stationery card 5c violet cancelled by 'Porrong' hand-stamp in blue green addressed to Soerabaja with Sidoardjo transit and Soerabaja arrival on face. Nice item.
Ex Bulterman.

£75.00
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES

1885 | NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES (DR17500)

Netherlands East Indies. (Postmarks). Circa 1885. Netherlands Indie
Ex Bulterman.

£95.00
Malaya

1910 | Malaya (DR17499)

Malaya. (Postcards). Circa 1910. Picture post card of 'Engineers Institute, Penang', with The International Hotel and Buffalo roaming the street. Nice unused card.

£30.00
Malaya

1904 | Malaya (DR17498)

Malaya. (Straits Settlements - Postcards). Cira 1904. Picture post card of 'Light Street, Penang' addressed to Paris, (stamp removed). Nice card.

£30.00
French Colonies

1948 | French Colonies (DR17497)

French Colonies. (Madagascar - Great Britain). 1948. Air Mail envelope addressed to London headed 'Le Haut Commissaire/ Gouverneur General de/ Madagacar et Dependances' cancelled by 'Gouvernment General de Madagascar et Dependancies' in violet on face and reverse with framed 'Par Avion' and bearing Great Britain SG 485, 1/2d pale green and SG 488, 2d pale orange tied by London slogan applied on arrival. Interesting item.

£75.00
French Colonies

1944 | French Colonies (DR17496)

French Colonies. (Martinique - Guyana - Trinidad). 1944. Air Mail envelope addressed to Cayenne, French Guyana bearing Martinique Yvert 150, 2f blue/ green (2) and Yvert 185, 2f50 brown tied by Fort de France/ Martinique date stamp with circular 'Censure Militaire/ Martinique/ 7' censor cachet on reverse, with censor tape tied by oval 'Ouvert/ Par/ L'Autorite Militaire', routed via Trinidad with 'IE/ 8009/ Opened by Examiner' label applied with 'Controle Postal Militaire' label tied by 'Controle/ Postal/ Guyanne Francaise' censor hand-stamp and Cayenne/ Guyanne Francaise arrival on reverse. Very nice item of West Indies censor mail.

£95.00
British West Indies

1890 | British West Indies (DR17495)

British West Indies. (Barbados - Guadeloupe). 1890. Envelope addressed to Guadeloupe bearing SG 94, 2 1/2d blue tied by cogwheel cancel with adjacent Barbados date stamp 'Feb 19' with Basse/ Terre/ Guadeloupe arrival on reverse. Nice destination from a British West Indies island to a French West Indies island.

£150.00
British West Indies

1942 | British West Indies (DR17494)

British West Indies. (Trinidad - Ireland). 1942. Air Mail envelope addressed to Ireland bearing SG 251, 8c green and orange and SG 254, 60c myrtle and carmine tied by G.P.O. Port of Spain/ Trinidad double ring with censor tape tied by 'Opened by Examiner E/ 2' hand-stamp in violet, routed via London with 'Opened by Examiner/ 2479' label and framed bilingual 'British Gaelic 'Released by/ Censor' in green on face, forwarded to Scotland and another censor tape added 'Opened by Examiner/ 455'. Nice item.

£75.00
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES

1904 | NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES (DR17493)

Netherlands East Indies. (Postmarks). 1904. Netherlands Indies postal stationery card 5c rose cancelled by framed 'Tangerang' hand-stamp addressed to Batavia with arrival on face. Very fine.
Ex Bulterman.

£75.00
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES

1886 | NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES (DR17492)

Netherlands East Indies. (Postmarks). Netherlands Indies postal stationery card 5c green cancelled by Onrust hand-stamp in blue with framed 'Franco' in blue addressed to Batavia with arrival. Very fine.
Ex Bulterman.

£95.00
Morocco

1917 | Morocco (DR17491)

Morocco. (French Maroc). 1917. Registered envelope addressed to Casablanca bearing French Maroc Yvert 48, 40c on 40c red tied by Fez/ Tresor et Postes date stamp with 'Fez T.P.' registration label and hand-struck 'R/ Fez- T.F./ No' on reverse and circular 'Bataillon de Marche' military cachet on face. Very fine.

£95.00
British West Indies

1942 | British West Indies (DR17490)

British West Indies. (Trinidad - Argentina). 1942. Air Mail envelope addressed to the United States bearing Argentina Yvert 368, 5c red-brown, Yvert 395, 10c brown and Yvert 336, 1p brown and blue tied by Buenos Aires date stamp, routed via Trinidad with 'Opened by Examiner/ I.E./ 8014' censor tape hand-stamped '11 Jul 1942' in violet with circular 'I.C./ Tri.' censor date stamp on reverse. Nice item.

£50.00
Great Britain

1895 | Great Britain (DR17489)

Great Britain. 1895. Printed circular addressed to France bearing SG 48, 1/2d rose (plate 14) tied by London obliterator with French entry cachet and Cognac arrival. Scarce halfpenny circular rate to France.

£95.00
Malaya

1910 | Malaya (DR17488)

Malaya. (Postcards). Circa 1910. Picture post card of 'Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore. Nice colour card.

£25.00
Malaya

1910 | Malaya (DR17487)

Malaya. (Postcards). Circa 1910. Picture post card of 'The Supreme Court, Penang.' Nice coloured card.

£30.00
China. (French Indo-China)

1906 | China. (French Indo-China) (DR17486)

China. (French Gunboat on the Yang-Tse River). 1906. French Indo-China postal stationery envelope 5c green upgraded with SG 30, 1c olive and SG 32, 4c purple tied by Saigon date stamp with 'Croiseur/ Cuiasse "Szeyden" in violet hand-stamp on reverse. Very fine.
Opened out for display.

£105.00
Great Britain

1870 | Great Britain (DR17485)

Great Britain. (France). 1870. Registered and Charged envelope addressed to France bearing SG 45, 2d blue and SG 103, 3d rose plate 5 (pair) tied by '498' obliterator with adjacent oval 'Registered/ Manchester' date stamp in red, routed via London with 'Registered/ PD/ London' transit in red, hand-struck 'Charge' with framed accountancy on reverse, French entry cachet and Paris arrival. Nice item of Charged mail to France with the very scarce double circle Registered.

£225.00
India

1940 | India (DR17484)

India. (Malaya - Kedah). 1940. Envelope addressed to Alor Star, Kedah bearing India SG 248, 1/2a brown and SG 250, 1a carmine (pair) tied by Karaikudi double ring, underpaid with circular 'T/ 50 - C' hand-stamp, routed via Negapatam with hand-struck 'Passed Censor/ Negapatam/ 1' in violet with framed Alor Star 'To Pay/ 10 Cents' hand-stamp and Alor Star/ Kedah arrival. Very fine item with the scarce Negapatam censor (rated 10 points), tax hand-stamps delated as applied in error.

£125.00
Liberia

1905 | Liberia (DR17483)

Liberia. (Postcards). Circa 1905. Picture post card of 'Native village near Monrovia, Liberia'. Lovely mint card.

£25.00
Mauritius

1839 | Mauritius (DR17482)

Mauritius. (Forwarding Agent). 1839. Stamp-less envelope written from 'Mon Desir' dated '19th Nov 1839' addressed to France, charged '10' in m/s, carried by Private Ship to London with receiver '16th March 40' and forwarded endorsed 'Received & Forwarded 16th March 1840 by your obt. Sert. Edward Robinson' with French entry cachet and rated '21' in m/s on arrival with Le Fleche receiver '19th Mars 1840' on reverse. Interesting item from Mauritius forwarded from W.M. Robinson in London.

£150.00
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES

1908 | NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES (DR17480)

Netherlands East Indies. (Postmarks). 1908. Netherlands Indies postal stationery envelope 10c slate cancelled by 'Petjangan' hand-stamp (struck twice), addressed to Meester Cornelis routed via Koedoes and Semarang with Meester Cornelis arrival. Superb.
Ex Bulterman.

£75.00
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES

1906 | NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES (DR17479)

Netherlands East Indies. (Postmarks). 1906. Netherlands Indies postal stationery card 5c rose cancelled by 'Tjilegon' hand-stamp addressed to Holland with Hazerswoude arrival on face. Fine item.
Ex Bulterman.

£75.00
Great Britain

1914 | Great Britain (DR17478)

Great Britain. (Prisoner of War Mail). 1914. Stamp-less envelope endorsed 'Prisoner of War' addressed to Sidmouth, Devon cancelled by London E.C./ Paid date stamp '2nd Oct 14' in red (Stratford Camp) with circular 'P.C.' in red and endorsed 'Urgent' on face.
Registered envelope addressed to Sidmouth bearing SG 357, 1d scarlet and SG 368, 2d orange tied by Deepcut Camp/ Farnborough cds '23rd Oct 14' with 'Deepcut Camp' registration label routed via London with arrival on reverse.
Registered envelope addressed to Sidmouth bearing SG 357, 1d scarlet (3) tied by Frimley date stamp '13tf Nov 14' with matching registered label and circular 'P.C.' in red on reverse.
Nice trio of envelopes from Herman Heiser who was interned early in the war by the short lived Stratford Camp before being transferred to Deepcut and Frimley Camps. Later in the war Heiser was at Knockaloe Camp on the Isle Of Man.

£245.00
Great Britain

1914 | Great Britain (DR17477)

Great Britain. (Censored Mail). 1914/15. Small group of (12) censored covers addressed to Sidmouth, Devon, a few endorsed 'On Active Service' with stamp-less (4), bearing SG 352, 1/2d green (3) and SG 358, 1d red (5) tied by dumb cancels etc, with various censor hand-stamps 'Censored R.E.H.,' 'Passed by Ship Censor No 3', 'Censored Head Warmaster' and framed 'Passed Censor.' , in colours, violet, carmine and green, two with boxed 'Received From H.M. Ship/ No Charge To Be Raised' and two censored and signed. A nice lot.

£275.00
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES

1894 | NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES (DR17476)

Netherlands East Indies. (Postmarks). 1894. Netherlands Indies postal stationery card 5c blue cancelled by 'Amoenthai' hand-stamp in red addressed to Batavia with Weltevreden and Bandjermasin transit '7/5' on face. Very fine. Scarce cancel in red.

£95.00
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES

1883 | NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES (DR17475)

Netherlands East Indies. (Postmarks). 1885. Netherlands Indies postal stationery envelope 10c brown cancelled by 'Taroena' hand-stamp addressed to Tomohon with Menado transit on face. Scarce item from this small island.

£95.00
Korea

1925 | Korea (DR17474)

Korea. (Greece). 1925. Registered envelope written from Chio addressed to Genzun, Korea bearing Greece SG 228, 5d pale grey tied by Chio date stamp with framed hand-struck registered, routed via Athens and Moscow on the steamer "Asie" with Genzun vernacular arrival. Very nice item of incoming mail.

£150.00
Korea

1904 | Korea (DR17472)

Korea. (Russo -Japanese War). 1904. Picture post card of 'Russo - Japanese War, view of the "Dairnji Quarter for Russian Prisoners of Matsuyama, Japan'. Lovely card from the Russo - Japanese War.

£40.00
Japan

1916 | Japan (DR17471)

Japan. (Japanese Prisoner of War Mail). 1916. Stamp-less post card written from 'Kuruma Camp, Japan; dated '9th June 1916' addressed to Eilenbach, Germany cancelled by vernacular date stamp with circular 'Censored/ Prisoner of War Mail' in violet.

£105.00
Malaya

1910 | Malaya (DR17470)

Malaya. (Singapore - Postcards). Circa 1910. Picture post card of 'Tanjong Kulong Villa, Singapore.' Card published by 'Max Hilckes, Singapore.'

£25.00
Malaya

1910 | Malaya (DR17469)

Malaya. (Straits Settlements). Circa 1910. Picture post card of 'General Post Office, Penang' (with buffalo and mountain of rice on Quay side. Very fine.

£25.00
United States

1918 | United States (DR17468)

United States, (American Red Cross - Prisoner of War Mail). 1918. Stamp-less envelope headed 'American Red Cross (Croix Rouge American), 4 Place de la Concorde, Paris' addressed to 'International Red Cross, Geneve, Switzerland' cancelled 'Official Business' with circular 'A.E.F. Passed as Censor/ A. 1848' and framed 'Examined By/ No 2' on face and sealed 'Examined By/ A.R.C. Censor/ Form 70G' labels in red (3). Wonderful item. Scarce American Red Cross censor tape.

£275.00
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES

1950 | NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES (DR17467)

Netherlands East Indies. (United States of Indonesia). 1950 United States of Indonesia postage due SG D576, 2 1/2s on 50c yellow tied to small piece with Djakarta date stamp '13th May 50' with overprint variety "JAR" instead of "BAJAR" with m/s 'T/ 20c' in blue crayon.
Ex Paul Bulterman's Indonesia postage due collection.

£50.00
Egypt

1943 | Egypt (DR17466)

Egypt. (Belgian Congo - Northern Rhodesia -Undercover Mail). 1943. Air Mail envelope addressed to 'Madame Cassant, B.P. 62. Elisabethville, Belgian Congo' bearing Egypt Yvert 125b, 40m sepia, Yvert 188, 2m vermilion, Yvert 215, 50m grey tied by Shepheard's Hotel (Cairo) date stamp '18th Nov 43' with 'Censorship Dept' censor cachet and 'Egyptian Censor' tape tied by circular 'Censorship Dept/ 5' cachet, routed via Northern Rhodesia with boxed 'Crown/ Passed/ 0/ 3' in violet on face with Elisabethville arrival '13/12' on reverse. Lovely item of Undercover mail to B.P. 62 Belgian Congo.

£150.00
Thailand

1903 | Thailand (DR17465)

Thailand. (French Indo-China). 1903. Picture post card of 'Elephant Contest, Phnom-Penh' addressed to France bearing Indo-China SG 24, 10c rose tied by 'Ligne De Saigon a Bangkok' date stamp (Salles 2003) with 'Saigon-Cochinchine/ Paquebot' (Salles 2010) double ring '12th Mai' and Arcachon / Gironde arrival on face '11th Juin'. Very rare Saigon a Bangkok French Maritime cachet, only listed by Salles on loose stamp, no cards or covers noted by him.

£450.00
Gibraltar

1889 | Gibraltar (DR17464)

Gibraltar. 1889. Registered envelope addressed to London bearing SG 9, 1d rose (pair) and SG 11, 2 1/2d blue (pair) tied by Registered/ Gibraltar date stamp with London arrival on face. Very fine and attractive.

£110.00
South Africa

1916 | South Africa (DR17463)

South Africa. (Natal). 1916. Registered South Africa postal stationery envelope 4d blue cancelled by boxed 'Prisoner of War' cachet in violet with framed 'R/ Natal/ Maritzburg' and circular Registered/ Pietermaritzburg with 'Passed by Censor' hand-stamp in violet and circular 'Post Free/ P.C./ Prisoner of War' on face with 'Opened by Censor' label, addressed to Hamburg, Germany but intercepted by the British with framed instructional 'Hostile Countries Censor/ Salisbury House, London' in violet on face.

£245.00

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French Colonies

6th Apr 2022

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.

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China, French Indo China and Chinese Labour Force.

6th Apr 2022

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.

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