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North Borneo

1947 | North Borneo (DR17150)

North Borneo. (Sarawak). 1947. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Palestine bearing Sarawak (British Military Administration) SG 139, 50c violet and scarlet mixed with North Borneo 'BMA' SG 329, 20c violet and slate tied by Jesselton/ North Borneo date stamp with framed hand-struck 'R/ Jesselton', routed via Singapore with m/s 'A/V. 2' in red crayon and Egypt transit with Registered Haifa arrival. Nice Air Mail cover to Palestine.

£225.00
Sarawak

1912 | Sarawak (DR17149)

Sarawak. (Italy). 1912. News-Band wrapper headed 'The Sarawak Gazette Office' addressed to Bologna, Italy bearing Sarawak SG 37, 2c green tied by Kuching date stamp. A scarcer item paying the overseas News Paper rate.

£275.00
Sarawak

1916 | Sarawak (DR17148)

Sarawak. (Straits Settlements). 1916. Envelope addressed to Selangor, Malaya bearing Sarawak SG 38, 3c purple tied by Kuching date stamp 'April 28 1916', routed via Singapore with 'Straits Settlements/ Opened by Censor No 2982' censor label and Kuala Lumpur receiver. Scarce item of censored mail from World War One.

£375.00
Sarawak

1904 | Sarawak (DR17147)

Sarawak. (Burma). 1904. Stamp-less picture post card of 'Malay Street Boy' written from the 'The Cut' near Sibu, Sarawak addressed to Japan cancelled by Sibu date stamp '27 Jan 04', routed via Kuching '28th April' with transit cachet and hand-struck 'T' on face and Hong Kong '11th Feb' with Kobe, Japan receiver 'Feb 20' and forwarded with framed vernacular instructional on face in red to Rangoon via Sannomora '9th Mrs' and Singapore 'Mr 22' with Rangoon, Burma arrival 'March 28th' and forwarded to India with Fort Bombay arrival 'April 6th'. Superb item of destination mail with scarce Kuching Tax mark. Exhibition item.

£950.00
Malaya

1940 | Malaya (DR17145)

Malaya. (French Indo-China). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to 'Camps des Baumettes, Marseille' (written from a Viet interpreter to the Indo-Chinese Camp), bearing French Indo-China SG 168, 1c sepia, SG 172, 4c blue and SG 191, 30c chestnut tied by Mytho/ Cochinchine date stamp, endorsed 'Via Lydda' with 'Opened But Uncensored/ Passed to Penang for Censorship' censor tape in pink with 'Passed For Transmission/ 10' censor hand-stamp in violet applied in Penang. Very rare item 'Opened But Uncensored' label used via Penang. Only the second I have seen (the other via Hong Kong) in 35 years of trading !

£750.00
Malaya

1930 | Malaya (DR17144)

Malaya. (French Indo-China - Postage Dues). 1930. Messageries Maritimes envelope addressed to Hanoi, French Indo-China bearing Straits Settlements SG 229, 6c scarlet tied by Tanjong Pagar/ Singapore double ring '22nd Ap 1930'. underpaid and bearing French Indo-China postage due SG D140, 3c violet and SG D 163, 2c green and grey (pair) tied by Hanoi/ Tonkin receiver '3rd May 1930' on face. Very attractive item of postage due mail from Malaya.

£375.00
Malaya

1935 | Malaya (DR17143)

Malaya. (Netherlands Indies). 1935. Air Mail envelope addressed to Java bearing Straits Settlements SG 258, 12c brown and blue (pair) tied by Singapore double ring '27th June 35', underpaid with framed 'T/ Centimes 45' on face and bearing Netherlands Indies postage due SG D 234, 20c salmon tied by Semarang date stamp '2/7'. Nicer usage of Silver Jubilee's on underpaid mail.
Ex Bulterman.

£225.00
Malaya

1902 | Malaya (DR17142)

Malaya. (Straits Settlements - Postcards). 1902. Picture post card of the 'St. James River' addressed to France bearing SG 111, 3c purple and orange tied by octagonal French paquebot 'Ligne N Paq. Fr No 6' date stamp with Chatillon arrival. Very fine paying the 'Imprime' printed mater post card rate.

£125.00
Malaya

1928 | Malaya (DR17141)

Malaya. (Finland). 1928. Unstamped envelope addressed to Penang cancelled by Kuopio date stamp '3rd July 28', underpaid with Finland 'T' tax hand-stamp and bearing Straits Settlements postage due SG D6, 12c blue (pair) tied by Penang double ring '5th Aug' with framed 'Charge Not Collected/ Fresh Label Required' in violet and boxed 'Retour/ A L' Envoyeur/ Inconnu' and oval 'Dead Letter Office/ Penang' on reverse and returned to Finland '15th Sept.' Scarce item of mail from Finland to Straits Settlements.

£225.00
Malaya

1901 | Malaya (DR17140)

Malaya. (Boer War). 1901. Stamp-less envelope written from the Boer Campaign addressed to Straits Settlements cancelled by 'Army Post Office/ Bloemfontein' double ring ring 'De 9 01', endorsed 'On Active Service'/ No Stamps Obtainable' with octagonal 'T/ 10c', routed via India with Tuiticorin transit and boxed 'Foreign Postage Due/ One Anna' on face with Penang arrival 'Ja 22 02' on reverse and circular 'T' hand-stamp with '8' in m/s on face. Lovely item from the Boer Campaign to Penang.

£275.00
Malaya

1900 | Malaya (DR17139)

Malaya. (Straits Settlements). 1900. Registered envelope addressed to London bearing Straits Settlements SG 100, and SG 101, 8c ultramarine (pair) tied by Singapore double ring with 'G & C' firms chop (Guthrie & Co) with hand-struck 'Singapore/ R' and circular 'R' hand-stamp with 'Per P & O Mail' in violet on face and oval Registered/ London arrival. Very attractive cover paying the four times rate plus registration.

£275.00
North Borneo

1907 | North Borneo (DR17138)

North Borneo. (Germany). 1907. North Borneo postal stationery card 3 cents brown upgraded with SG 92, 1c black and bistre tied by Jesselton date stamp addressed to Germany with Singapore transit and Ravensburg arrival on face. Superb.

£195.00
Malaya

1941 | Malaya (DR17137)

Malaya. (Selangor - Netherlands Indies). 1941. Envelope addressed to Batavia, Java bearing Straits Settlements SG 279, 2c green mixed with Selangor SG 68, 1c black (strip of three) and SG 76, 10c purple tied by Kuala Selangor double ring '13th Jan 41', routed via Penang with censor tape tied by framed 'Passed by/ 16/ Censor' on face and reverse with circular 'Ned. Indisch Deviezen Instituut/ Deviezen Censuur/ Medan/ 11' in red on face and reverse. Nice item showing the Provisional use of 2 cents Straits Settlements stamp in Selangor.

£225.00
Malaya

1903 | Malaya (DR17136)

Malaya. (Singapore - Postcards). 1903. Multi view picture post card of 'Malay cake seller and Chinese Eating House, Singapore' addressed to France bearing Straits Settlements SG 111, 3c purple and orange tied by Singapore double ring with Gard arrival. Nice card.

£95.00
Malaya

1903 | Malaya (DR17135)

Malaya. (Straits Settlements). 1903. Registered Official mail envelope headed 'On His Majesty's Service' addressed to Singapore bearing Straits Settlements SG 114, 8c purple/ blue tied by Singapore date stamp with framed hand-struck Singapore/ R on face and receiver on reverse. Nice item of local Registered Official mail.

£125.00
Malaya

1892 | Malaya (DR17134)

Malaya. (Singapore - Argentina). 1892. Argentina postal stationary envelope 12 olive-grey cancelled by Oficina La Fluesta-Ba date stamp 'Ap 5' addressed to Singapore, Indo-Chine, endorsed 'Per vaper "La Plata" with octagonal French paquebot 'Ligne J Paq. Fr. No 5' date stamp in blue-green (Salles 1067) on face, routed via Buenos Aires and Marseille '27th Avril' with Singapore arrival 'May 25' on reverse. Rare item of incoming mail from Argentina.

£450.00
Malaya

1901 | Malaya (DR17133)

Malaya. (Straits Settlements - China). 1901. Picture post card of 'Greetings from Singapore' addressed to Tsingtau, German China bearing Straits Settlements SG 100, 5c magenta tied by Tanjong Tagor date stamp 'My 10', routed via Singapore and Hong Kong 'May 18' with British Post Office Shanghai arrival 'May 24th' on face. Nice item of destination mail.

£150.00
Malaya

1915 | Malaya (DR17132)

Malaya. (Straits Settlements - Burma). 1915. Envelope addressed to Rangoon bearing Straits Settlements SG 196, 4c purple tied by Eastern & Oriental Hotel/ Penang double ring '3rd Aug 15', with ;opened by Censor/ Rangoon' censor label in black on pink paper tied by Rangoon receiver '6th Aug' on reverse. Lovely item of censored mail in to Burma in WW1.

£275.00
Malaya

1939 | Malaya (DR17131)

Malaya. (Italy - Penang - Netherlands Indies). 1939. Air Mail envelope addressed to Garoet, Java bearing Italy 50c violet (3) and 1l 25 blue (2) tied by Firenze/ Posta Aerea double ring '30th Aout 39' with 'Par Avion' label, sent K.L.M.' via Penang with 'Crown/ Passed by Censor/ Penang' censor cachet on face. Very rare Penang censor only recorded by Morenweiser in September 1939. Exhibition item.

£350.00
Malaya

1939 | Malaya (DR17130)

Malaya. (Hong Kong). 1939. Air Mail envelope addressed to 'H.M.S. "Parthian", c/o F.M.O., Hong Kong' bearing Straits Settlements SG 281, 5c brown and SG 289, 50c black/ emerald tied by Field Post Office/ S.P. 501' double ring '19th No 39' with framed 'Passed by/ Naval Censor' in blue on face and endorsed 'K.N.L.I.M.' in red crayon. Lovely item.

£150.00
Malaya

1897 | Malaya (DR17129)

Malaya. (Thailand). 1897. Envelope addressed to 'The United States Minister to Siam, U.S. Legation, Bangkok, Siam' bearing Straits Settlements SG 101, 8c blue tied by Singapore date stamp 'Ap 10 97' with Bangkok arrival '15/4' on reverse. Very fine item of incoming mail to Siam.

£350.00
Malaya

1914 | Malaya (DR17128)

Malaya. (Straits Settlements - Malta). 1914. Picture post card of 'St. Xavier's Institution, Penang' addressed to Malta bearing Straits Settlements SG 193, 1c green (pair) tied by 'Eastern & Oriental Hotel/ Penang' double ring '16th Dec 1914', underpaid with framed triangular 'T' hand-stamp with circular Malta '1d' charge applied on arrival as postage due. Superb item of underpaid mail from Penang to Malta.

£275.00
Malaya

1894 | Malaya (DR17127)

Malaya. (Singapore - Hong Kong). 1894. Straits Settlements 'one cent' green postal stationery card cancelled by Singapore date stamp 'Ju 5 94', underpaid with 'T' hand-stamp and m/s '10c' in blue crayon with Hong Kong arrival on reverse 'June 11' and rated '4' for the 'inter-port' rate. Superb.

£175.00
North Borneo

1941 | North Borneo (DR17126)

North Borneo. 1941. Envelope addressed to London bearing North Borneo SG 306, 4c bronze green and violet (2) and 'War Tax' SG 319, 2c purple and blue tied by Sandakan/ North Borneo double ring with framed 'Passed For/ Transmission/ North Borneo/ 16' in violet on face. Lovely item of censored mail.

£375.00
North Borneo

1900 | North Borneo (DR17125)

North Borneo. (Holland). 1900. North Borneo postal stationery card '3 cents' brown cancelled by Sandakan date stamp addressed to Holland, underpaid with Borneo 'T' hand stamp with Rotterdam arrival and framed hand-struck T' applied on face. Lovely item of underpaid commercial mail to Holland.

£195.00
North Borneo

1905 | North Borneo (DR17124)

North Borneo. 1905. Postal stationery card 'one cent' orange upgraded with SG 96, 3c green and rosy mauve tied by Sandakan squared circle date stamp '15th Dec 05', addressed to London with receiver on face. Very attractive item of commercial mail.

£225.00
North Borneo

1908 | North Borneo (DR17123)

North Borneo. (Austria). 1908. North Borneo. postal stationery double reply card 'one cent' orange/ red upgraded with SG 129, 3c green and mauve tied by Jesselton date stamp addressed to Austria with Singapore transit and Wien arrival on face. Very attractive item.
(No message inside).

£225.00
North Borneo

1911 | North Borneo (DR17122)

North Borneo. (Germany). 1911. Postal stationery card 3c brown upgraded with SG 158, 1c chocolate and black tied by Kudat date stamp addressed to an 'The Offcier, Norddenstation, Lloyd, Bremenhavan, Germany', routed via Singapore, underpaid with 'T' hand-stamp and forwarded on arrival to Bremen. Fine item of underpaid mail.

£175.00
Brunei

1931 | Brunei (DR17121)

Brunei. 1931. Registered envelope addressed to England bearing Brunei SG 78, $1 black and red/ blue tied by Belait date stamp '20th June 31' with matching 'R/ Belait' registration label, routed via Brunei and Singapore 'Mar 23' with oval 'Registered/ Birmingham' receiver '27th July 31' on reverse. Very scarce item of registered mail from this small Post Office, scarce single franking on cover.

£350.00
Antarctic

1954 | Antarctic (DR17120)

Australia. (Macquarie Island - Antarctic). 1954. Registered envelope written from Macquarie Island addressed to England bearing Australia SG 279, 3 1/2d grey (block of four) tied by 'A.N.A.R.E. Macquarie Is,/ Aust.' date stamp '28th Dec 54' with matching registration label with boxed '3 1/2 - Australian Antarctic/ Commemorative Stamp/ First Day of Issue At/ Heard Island' in violet, routed via Melbourne and oval Registered/ Sussex arrival '29 April' on reverse.

£25.00
Isle Of Man

1926 | Isle Of Man (DR17119)

Isle of Man. (Postmarks). 1926. Post card headed 'Printed Matter Only' from the Isle of Man Railway Company bearing Great Britain SG 418, 1/2d green tied by framed 'Join The Kings Roll/ And Employ/ War Disabled Men' with Douglas date stamp 'Dec 29 1926.' Nice item.

£40.00
Isle Of Man

1908 | Isle Of Man (DR17118)

Isle of Man. (Postmarks). 1908. Picture post card of 'Douglas Head, The Seasons Greetings' addressed to Southport bearing Great Britain SG 217, 1/2d green tied by Union Mills date stamp. Very fine.

£25.00
Isle Of Man

1935 | Isle Of Man (DR17117)

Isle of Man. (Postmarks). 1935. Photographic post card of 'Loch Promenade, Douglas' addressed to Barrow bearing Great Britain 'Silver Jubilee' SG 454, 1d scarlet tied by Port St. Mary/ Isle of Man' skeleton.

£40.00
Zanzibar

1954 | Zanzibar (DR17116)

Zanzibar. (Sidi Ifni Protectorate). 1954. Envelope addressed to Sidi Ifni, Protectorate bearing Zanzibar SG 353, 15c green and SG 354, 20c red tied by Zanzibar date stamp '15th Oct 54', endorsed 'via Cairo' and 'via Rabat' with Ethiopia/ Arrivala '20/11' and depart '10/1 - 55' with Cairo and Port Tawfio '13 Feb 55' on reverse with circular Arabic hand-stamp on face. Not much mail seen into the Protectorate of Sidi Ifni.

£40.00
Belgium

1920 | Belgium (DR17115)

Belgium. (Olympic Games). 1920. Picture post card of 'Port de Hal, Bruxelles' addressed to England bearing Yvert 138, 10c red tied by framed 'V11/ Olympiade/ Anvers/ Aout Septembre/ 1920 Antwerpen/ Augustus - Septembre' with Bruxelles date stamp '18th Aug 1920.'

£40.00
SAMOA

1955 | SAMOA (DR17113)

Samoa. (Western Samoa - Great Britain). 1955. Great Britain postal stationery card reply half 2d brown cancelled by Apia/ Western Samoa date stamp addressed to England.

£40.00
British Honduras

1935 | British Honduras (DR17112)

British Honduras. (Slogan). 1935. Air Mail envelope addressed to England bearing SG 130, 4c grey, SG 131, 5c ultramarine and SG 132, 10c olive and purple tied by Belize date stamp with slogan hand-stamp 'Eat British Honduras/ Grapefruit' on face.

£40.00
Zanzibar

1963 | Zanzibar (DR17111)

Zanzibar. (Slogan). 1963. Envelope addressed to England bearing SG 363, 30c carmine and black and SG 367, 1s carmine and black tied by Zanzibar double ring with boxed slogan 'Buy/ Zanzibar/ Cloves' in violet on face. Attractive item.

£40.00
China. (French Indo-China)

1905 | China. (French Indo-China) (DR17110)

China. (French Indo-China - Postcards). 1905. Picture post card of 'Rue de Saumure, Hanoi' addressed to Sweden bearing Indo-China SG 33, 5c green tied by Nui-Deo/ Tonkin date stamp routed via Haiphong, stamped 'Imprime' and sent at printed matter post card rate. Very nice card.

£50.00
Isle Of Man

1928 | Isle Of Man (DR17109)

Isle Of Man. (Railway - Snaefell Summit Cachets). 1928. Photographic post card of 'The Pass, Sulby Glen' addressed to Wales bearing Great Britain SG 357, 1d scarlet tied by Douglas roller with diamond 'Snaefell Summit/ I-O-M-' in violet dated '28th Aug 1928'. Superb quality.

£30.00
Isle Of Man

1933 | Isle Of Man (DR17108)

Isle of Man. (Railway - Snaefell Summit Cachets). 1933. Photographic post card of 'Station Hotel and Waiting Rooms, Snaefell Mountain Summit' addressed to Derby bearing Great Britain SG 357, 1d scarlet tied by Douglas roller with diamond 'Snaefell Summit/ I-O-M-' in violet dated '12th July 1933.' Lovely quality, not an easy date to find.

£30.00
Isle Of Man

1960 | Isle Of Man (DR17107)

Isle Of Man. (Special Event Postmark). 1960. Envelope addressed to Essex bearing SG 540, 1/2d orange (4) tied by '35th Annual Conference Rotary International G.B. & 1/ Douglas I.O.M.' Very fine.

£30.00
Channel Islands

1905 | Channel Islands (DR17106)

Channel Islands. (Guernsey). Circa 1905. Picture post card of 'Happy Xmas' addressed to 'The Vale' bearing SG 218, 1/2d yellow green tied by L'islet/ Guernsey date stamp (no year slug). Very fine.

£30.00
Channel Islands

1927 | Channel Islands (DR17105)

Channel Islands. (Jersey) 1927. Picture post card of 'Quanee, Jersey' addressed to Torteval, Guernsey bearing SG 439, 1d scarlet tied by Carrefour Selous date stamp.

£25.00
Channel Islands

1947 | Channel Islands (DR17104)

Channel Islands. (Jersey). 1947. Envelope addressed to Brighton Road bearing SG 489, 2 1/2d pale ultramarine tied by Jersey slogan with framed 'Not Known/ 409' and boxed 'Undelivered For Reason Stated/ Return To Sender' and endorsed 'Not Known 3 Walk.'

£35.00
Zanzibar

1950 | Zanzibar (DR17103)

Zanzibar. (Silver Wedding). 1950. Registered Air Mail addressed to London bearing Zanzibar 'Silver Wedding' SG 333, 20c orange (pair) and SG 334, 10s brown (pair) tied by R.E.G./ Zanzibar date stamp with framed 'R/ Zanzibar/ No' hand-stamp and Charing Cross arrival. Very fine.

£45.00
Aden

1950 | Aden (DR17102)

Aden - Qu' Aiti State of Hadhramaut. (Silver Wedding). 1950. Registered Air Mail addressed to London bearing 'Shihr and Mukalla' Silver Wedding' SG 14, 1 1/2a scarlet (pair) and SG 15, 5r green (pair) tied by Mukalla double ring with registration label and Aden transit on reverse. Very fine.

£35.00
Grenada

1962 | Grenada (DR17101)

Grenada. (Postage Dues). 1962. Envelope addressed to Sauteurs bearing SG 192. 1/2c black and brown (block of six) tied by Tempe/ Grenada date stamp (with inverted date slugs), underpaid with 'T' hand-stamp and bearing Grenada postage due SG D15, 2c black (top left corner marginal) tied by Sauteurs date stamp.

£40.00
Malaya

1910 | Malaya (DR17099)

Malaya. (Postcards). Circa 1910. Picture post card of 'Raffles Hotel, Singapore.'

£25.00
Malaya

1941 | Malaya (DR17098)

Malaya. (Straits Settlements - Postcards). Photographic post card of 'Ayer Itam Temple, Penang', addressed to Chicago bearing Straits Settlements SG 280, 4c orange (2) tied by Penang double ring with framed 'Passed For Transmission/ 41' in violet.

£40.00

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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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