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Malaya

1927 | Malaya (DR16936)

Malaya. (France - Postcards). 1927. Photographic card of 'Connaught Drive, Singapore' addressed to France bearing French "Sower" 40c orange tied by French paquebot 'Marseille a Yokohama No 1' date stamp. Very fine.

£45.00
Malaya

1910 | Malaya (DR16935)

Malaya. (Postcards). Circa 1910. Picture post card of 'P.W.D. Factory, Kuala Lumpur.' Card published by 'Federal Rubber Stamp Co, Ltd, Kuala Lumpur.'

£35.00
Malaya

1910 | Malaya (DR16934)

MALAYA. (Postcards). Circa 1910. Picture post card of 'Malay village, Penang.' Nice card published by "A. Kaulfuse, Penang.'

£40.00
Malaya

1910 | Malaya (DR16933)

Malaya. (Postcards). Circa 1910. Coloured picture post card of 'Street Scene, Singapore. Nice card.

£50.00
Malaya

1913 | Malaya (DR16931)

Malaya. (Great Britain). 1913. Picture post card of 'Plantations de Caoutchouc, Singapore' addressed to England bearing Great Britain SG 339, 1/2d green (pair) tied by Singapore double ring with hand-struck 'Paquebot' adjacent. Very fine.

£75.00
Malaya

1910 | Malaya (DR16930)

Malaya. (Postcards). Circa 1910. Coloured picture post card of 'Taiping, Central Police Station,.' Nice card published by "A. Kaulfass, Penang.'

£40.00
Malaya

1908 | Malaya (DR16929)

Malaya. (Postcards). 1908. Coloured picture post card of 'Kuala Kuba, Selengar' addressed to Wales bearing Straits Settlements SG 153, 3c red tied by Penang date stamp. Card published by "A. Kaulfuss, Penang."

£35.00
Malaya

1910 | Malaya (DR16928)

Malaya. (Postcards). Circa 1910. Picture post card of 'Malay Market Scene.' Published in Japan by 'M.S. Nakajima." Nice card.

£45.00
Malaya

1913 | Malaya (DR16927)

Malaya. (Postcards). 1913. Picture post card of 'Old Market Square, Kuala Lumpur' addressed to England bearing Federated States SG 34, 3c carmine tied by Kuala Lumpur double ring with Penang transit. Card published by "Rubber Stamp Co, Penang.'

£45.00
Malaya

1920 | Malaya (DR16926)

Malaya. (Postcards). Circa 1920. Photographic card of Singapore. Nice mint card.

£40.00
Malaya

1910 | Malaya (DR16925)

Malaya. (Postcards - Singapore). 1910. Picture post card of 'South Bridge Road with Indian Temple, Singapore' addressed to England bearing SG 153, 3c red tied by Singapore date stamp (stamp perfined W & CO), endorsed 'via Brindisi'.
Card published by "Willon & Co, Orchard Road.'

£45.00
Malaya

1920 | Malaya (DR16924)

Malaya. (Postcards). Circa 1920. Photographic card of 'South Bridge Road, Singapore.' Nice card.

£40.00
Malaya

1920 | Malaya (DR16923)

Malaya. (Postcards). Circa 1920. Photographic card of 'Jiksha Station, Singapore.' Nice card.

£40.00
Malaya

1904 | Malaya (DR16922)

Malaya. (Postcards). Circa 1904. Picture post card of 'Government Post Office, Penang.' Nice card.

£40.00
Malaya

1910 | Malaya (DR16921)

Malaya. (Postcards). Circa 1910. Coloured picture post card of 'Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank, Singapore.'

£40.00
Malaya

1902 | Malaya (DR16920)

Malaya. (Postcards). 1902. Picture post card of "Collyer Quay, Singapore' bearing Straits Settlements SG 111, 3c purple and orange tied by Singapore date stamp with Arcachon arrival. Lovely item.

£50.00
Malaya

1910 | Malaya (DR16919)

Malaya. (Postcards). Circa 1910. Picture post card of 'Coolies at Work, POrt Swettenham.' Card published by 'Federal Rubber Stamp Co, Kuala Lumper.'

£35.00
Malaya

1910 | Malaya (DR16918)

Malaya. (Postcards). Circa 1910. Picture post card of 'The Harbour, Port Swettenham.' Card published by 'Federal Rubber Stamp Co, Kuala Lumpur.'

£30.00
Malaya

1910 | Malaya (DR16917)

Malaya. (Postcards). Circa 1910. Picture post card of "Bukit Raja and Klang River, Port Swettenham. Card published by 'Federal Rubber Co, Kuala Lumper.'

£30.00
Malaya

1910 | Malaya (DR16916)

Malaya. (Postcards). Circa 1910. Picture post card of 'The Electric Power Station, Kuala Lumpur' . Card published by "Federal Rubber Stamp Co, Kuala Lumper.'

£30.00
Malaya

1920 | Malaya (DR16915)

Malaya. (Postcards). Circa 1920. Photographic card of 'Empress Place, Singapore. Nice card.

£35.00
Malaya

1931 | Malaya (DR16914)

Malaya. (Postcards). 1931. Photographic card of 'Cavanagh Bridge, Singapore' addressed to Holland bearing Netherlands Indies SG 270, 5c pale ultramarine tied by 'Postagent Rotterdam-Batavia' double ring paquebot.

£45.00
Malaya

1904 | Malaya (DR16913)

Malaya. (Postcards). 1904. Coloured picture post card of 'Quay and Bridge, Singapore' addressed to Wales bearing Straits Settlements SG 128, 3c purple tied by Singapore date stamp. Very fine.
Canton in Cardiff was the first Chinetown in the Cardiff area.

£40.00
Malaya

1910 | Malaya (DR16912)

Malaya. (Postcards). Circa 1910. Coloured picture post card of 'The Singapore River'.

£40.00
Malaya

1910 | Malaya (DR16911)

Malaya. (Postcards). Circa 1910. Coloured picture post card of 'Malay Dwelling Houses, Singapore.' Very fine.

£50.00
Thailand

1951 | Thailand (DR16910)

Thailand. (Great Britain). 1951. Envelope addressed to Bangkok bearing Great Britain SG 514, 4d blue tied by Northwood roller '1st June 51' with circular 'Returned Letter Section/ Thailand' on reverse and framed instructional 'Parti/Left' and 'Retour/ Returned' in carmine on face with boxed 'Undelivered For Reason Stated/ Return To Sender' in violet on face with 'Officially Sealed in the Returned Letter Branch/ London Postal Region' on reverse. Attractive item.

£175.00
Thailand

1905 | Thailand (DR16909)

Thailand. (Great Britain). 1905. Illustrated 'Castle in the Highlands' advertising post card headed "Specimen $1, 1s Plate for 2/6' addressed to London bearing Siam SG 69, 2a scarlet and blue tied by Bangkok/ 1 date stamp, underpaid with 'T' in diamond, London arrival 'Dec 6th 05', with hand-struck '1 1/2d/ F.B.' on face and instructional 'Charge Not Collected' in violet. Lovely looking and unusual item of underpaid mail from Siam.

£450.00
Thailand

1945 | Thailand (DR16908)

Thailand. (Swiss Red Cross - Burma - Thai - Railway). 1945. International Red Cross envelope 'Comite International de la Croix Rouge, Geneve/ Agence Centrale des Prisonniers de Guerre' written from Amstelveen dated '20th July 1943' via Red Cross in Geneve with h/s (photo copy of letteer) addressed to 'Ph G.H. Jansen, Soldier Infantry Sumatra, Dutch POW, THAI CAMP, c/o Huryozyohokyoko, Tokyo, Japan' with boxed 'Ken'etsuzumi' censor chop in red and oval "Motojima" censor seal in carmine, endorsed 'No 3 Gr.' in pencil indicating Jansen was with No 3 Group in Nike, Burma.

£350.00
Thailand

1945 | Thailand (DR16902)

Thailand. (Civilian Internees Mail in Thailand). 1945. Envelope written from 'Mr & Mrs W. Marshall' addressed to 'Mrs Landgren, c/o The Electric Corporation, Bangkok' bearing Thailand SG 312, 10s carmine tied by Bangkok date stamp '28th Feb 45' with 'Internment Camp/ Bangkok, Thailand/ Censored' and signed with circular '1' censor cachet in violet on face.
The internees were held in two camps. The first at Ta Phra Chan, the Siamese University controlled by the Thai authority, held 180 men and 25 women. The other camp across town was controlled by the Japanese and little is known of this camp.

£1250.00
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES

1940 | NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES (DR16900)

Netherlands East Indies. (Great Britain). 1940. Envelope addressed to Sumatra, Java bearing Great Britain SG 463, 1d scarlet tied by WC' roller with 'Crown/ Passed by Censor/ T. 77' hand-stamp in blue, with 'Door Censuur Geopend' label tied by circular 'Ned. Indisch Deviezen Instituut/ Deviezen Censuur/ Medan/ 1' in red on face and reverse. Nice item paying the Printed Matter rate to the Indies.

£75.00
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES

1940 | NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES (DR16899)

Netherlands East Indies. (Australia). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Australia bearing Netherlands Indies SG 401, 5c ultramarine, SG 403, 10c scarlet and SG 405, 20c purple tied by Batavia date stamp '30th Nov 41', hand-stamped 'Per KNILM' in violet with Batavia Censuur' censor label tied by circular 'Dev/ 5' hand-stamp in carmine on face and reverse.

£105.00
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES

1941 | NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES (DR16898)

Netherlands East Indies. (Printed Matter). 1941. Envelope headed 'Drukwerk/ Printed Matter', addressed to New York bearing Netherlands Indies SG 335, 1c grey and SG 336, 2c violet tied by Bandung date stamp with 'Gecensureerd/ 14' censor hand-stamp on face in violet. Nice item paying the unopened Printed Matter rate to New York.

£75.00
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES

1941 | NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES (DR16897)

Netherlands East Indies. (Trans-Pacific Mail). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to London bearing Netherlands Indies SG 347, 20c purple and SG 359, 2g50 purple tied by Maarkasser date stamp '5th March 41', endorsed 'K.L.M./ To Manilla by P.A.A./ via U.S.A. and onward/ Transmission' with 'Geopend Door Censuur' label tied by circular 'Ned. Indisch Deviezen Instituut/ Deviezen/ Censuur/ 1' in carmine on face and reverse and 'Opened by Examiner 1987' censor label applied on arrival. Very fine item of mail routed over 'two Oceans'.

£125.00
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES

1942 | NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES (DR16896)

Netherlands East Indies. (Veldpost). 1942. Money order card headed 'Binnenlandsche Postwissel (Domestic Money Order Card) dated '24/2/42' bearing Netherlands Indies SG 436, 40c green tied by 'Veldpost/ Sorteerkantor/ A' with framed ' 'Veldpost/ Distbutiekt.3' and 'Veldpost' label in orange and 'Censuur/ Gepasseerd/ A' hand-stamp in carmine addressed to Parakan with Djokjakarta transit and arrival on reverse and hand-stamped '7th Mar 42.' on face.

£95.00
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES

1942 | NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES (DR16895)

Netherlands East Indies. (Veldpost). 1942. Money order card headed 'Binnenlandsche Postwissel (Domestic Money Order Card) dated '27/2' bearing Netherlands Indies SG 434, 30c bistre (pair) tied by 'Veldpost/ Sorteerkantor/ C' with framed 'Veldpost/ Distbutiekt. 113' and 'Veldpost' label in orange, addressed to Poerworedjo with arrival on reverse and hand-stamped '6th May 42' on face.

£150.00
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES

1940 | NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES (DR16894)

Netherlands East Indies. (Red Cross Mail). 1940. Air Mail envelope headed 'Nederlandsch-Indische Roode Kruis/ Batavia' and Service Des Prisonniers de Guerre/ France de Port' addressed to 'Au Bureau International de la Croix Rouge, Geneve, Switzerland' bearing Netherlands Indies SG 347, 20c violet tied by Medan date stamp with adjacent 'Cdt. Intren-Kamp/ Koetajane' date stamp '18th Dec 40' on face with 'Gecensureerd/ 2' censor hand-stamp in carmine and circular 'Het Nederlandsch Indische Roode Kruis' on reverse. Very attractive yellow Red Cross letter sent from Koetatjane Camp paying the additional 20 cents franking by airmail to Geneve.

£150.00
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES

1940 | NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES (DR16893)

Netherlands East Indies. (Singapore). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Amsterdam bearing Netherlands Indies SG 403, 10c orange-red (pair) tied by Palembang date stamp '25th Feb 40', routed via Singapore with 'Passed by Censor' label tied by framed 'Passed By/ 58/ Censor' in violet and circular '8' hand-stamp censor on face. Lovely looking item.

£110.00
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES

1940 | NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES (DR16892)

Netherlands East Indies. (Singapore). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Amsterdam bearing Netherlands Indies SG 405, 20c violet tied by Koepang date stamp '3rd Feb 40', routed via Singapore with 'Passed by Censor' label tied by framed 'Passed By/ 57/ Censor' in violet and Singapore '1' hand-stamp censor on face. Nice item of mail from Koepang, Timor.

£75.00
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES

1941 | NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES (DR16891)

Netherlands East Indies. (Singapore). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to New York bearing Netherlands Indies SG 356, 80c scarlet tied by Tandjong Prick date stamp with 'Diboeka Oleh Censuur' label tied by 'Censuur/ 6' date stamp in red with 'Geopend Militaire/ Censuur Medan' label and oval 'Ec. C 11' censor cachet in carmine, routed via Singapore with circular 'C' and '19' censor hand-stamp. Lovely item.

£125.00
Great Britain

1866 | Great Britain (DR16890)

Great Britain. (United States). 1866. Envelope addressed to the United States bearing SG 90, 1s green tied by Edinburgh/ 159 duplex 'Ja 20', route via Liverpool with New York Br Pkt./ Paid/ 24' on face and Virginia arrival 'Feb 13', with hand-struck 'Advertised' and returned with Richmond/ Va dispatch 'Mar 31' on reverse and hand-struck instructional in red on face 'Sent Back To England/ Without Reason/ For Non-Delivery'. (Robertson Fig C, 2). Attractive item of Trans-Atlantic Mail.

£150.00
Great Britain

1856 | Great Britain (DR16889)

Great Britain. (Germany). 1856. Envelope addressed to Germany bearing SG 29, 1d red-brown tied by St Helens numeral with St. arc in blue on reverse, routed via London with 'Aus England Per Aachen' in red, rated '7' (silbergroschen) in blue ink for the 1853 rate via Belgium.

£75.00
Great Britain

1880 | Great Britain (DR16888)

Great Britain. (France). 1880. Registered envelope addressed to France bearing SG 142, 2 1/2d blue (plate 17) and SG 166, 1d venetian red (2) tied by Bute Docks/ 162 duplex with oval Registered/ London transit, French entry cachet and Nantes arrival on reverse. Very fine.

£75.00
Great Britain

1905 | Great Britain (DR16887)

Great Britain. 1905. Picture post card written from Bahia, Brazil addressed to France bearing Great Britain SG 219, 1d red tied by oval 'The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company/ Posted on the High Seas' cachet in violet with octagonal 'Cherbourg' French entry cachet and Loire arrival. Very fine.

£75.00
Great Britain

1868 | Great Britain (DR16886)

Great Britain. (France). 1868. Envelope addressed to France bearing SG 94, 4d vermilion tied by London machine '49' duplex obliterator with French entry cachet and Montpellier arrival. Superb quality.

£75.00
Great Britain

1945 | Great Britain (DR16883)

Great Britain. (French Air Force in Great Britain). 1945. Royal Air Force envelope 'Per Ardva Ad Astra' addressed to France written from 'F.A.F. HQ, 15 Queensberry Way, London' bearing Great Britain SG 488, 2d pale orange and SG 489, 2 1/2d pale ultramarine tied by 'Postes Aux Armees B.C.M. 7' double ring '26th Jan 45', with blue-green Provisional censor label tied by oval 'Ouvert Par L'es Autout Controle' and circular '228' on reverse in blue. Scarce item from the Bureau Central Militaire in London (with letter).

£180.00
Great Britain

1865 | Great Britain (DR16882)

Great Britain. (France). 1865. Registered and Charged envelope addressed to France bearing SG 93, 4d vermilion pair, (plate 7), tied by Swansea/ 763 duplex, routed via London with double oval 'Registered/ PD/ London' date stamp in red on face with hand-struck 'Charge' in red and framed accountancy on reverse with' 'Postes Calais/ Paris' wax seals in red (2), French entry cachet and Nantes arrival on reverse. Beautiful item of Charged mail to France with very scarce double circle Registered. Lovely item.

£295.00
Great Britain

1892 | Great Britain (DR16881)

Channel Islands. (Jersey). 1892. Great Britain postal stationery envelope 'two pence halfpenny' grey cancelled by Jersey squared circle addressed to Cherbourg with Granville/ Manche French entry cachet. Nice item.

£50.00
Greece

1941 | Greece (DR16880)

Greece. (Italian Occupation of the Ionian Islands). 1941. Air Mail Italian postal stationery card 30l brown upgraded with Air Post 50l brown cancelled by Pistoria date stamp addressed to Corfu with 'Verificato/ Per Censura' hand-stamp, circular '160' 1' censor in violet and Corfu receiver. Lovely item. Very fine.

£150.00
Greece

1918 | Greece (DR16879)

Greece. (Italian Occupation of Calimno). 1918. Registered envelope addressed to Marseille bearing Italian Occupation of Calimno Yvert 8, 50c violet tied by 'poste Italiane/ Kalymno (Egeo)' double ring ring with matching registration label and framed 'Verificato Per Censura/ Censore No 1' in violet, routed via Rodi and Bologna with Marseille arrival on reverse. Nice item of Registered mail from this small island during the Occupation.

£245.00
Greece

1913 | Greece (DR16878)

Greece. (Italian Occupation of Caso). 1913. Registered envelope to Venice bearing Caso Yvert 1, 2c red/ brown and Yvert 8, 50c violet tied by 'Poste Italianne Caso (Egeo)' rubber date stamp in violet with adjacent 'R/ Caso (Egeo) registered label, routed via Rodi with Venezia/ Reccomandate arrival on reverse. Very fine.

£125.00

Philatelic News & Information

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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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