Netherlands East Indies. (Postmarks). 1899. Netherlands Indies postal stationery envelope 10c brown cancelled by 'Koetoardio' hand-stamp addressed to Batavia and Banjormas and Weltevreden transit.
Ex Bulterman.
Malaya - Straits Settlements. (Postcards). 1922. Picture post card of 'Singapore' addressed to Italy bearing Straits Settlements SG 201, 8c ultramarine tied by Singapore double ring.
Malaya - Straits Settlements. (Postcards). 1922. Picture post card of 'Raffles Place, Singapore' addressed to Prague bearing Straits Settlements SG 201, 8c ultramarine tied by Singapore double ring.
Malaya - Straits Settlements. (Postcards). Circa 1910. Picture post card of 'Tall Ship in Harbour, Singapore.'
Malaya - Singapore. (Postcards). Circa 1910. Picture post card of 'The Esplanade, Singapore.'
Malaya - Singapore. (Postcards). Circa 1920. Photographic card of "Singapore". Very fine.
Malaya - Straits Settlements. (Postcards). Circa 1910. Picture post card of the 'Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank, Singapore."
Malaya - Singapore. (Postcards). 1907. Picture post card of the 'Arrival of the German Mail Steamer, Singapore' addressed to the United States bearing SG 124, 3c purple tied by Singapore date stamp.
Malaya - Singapore. (Postcards). 1934. Photographic card of the 'Fullerton Buildings, Singapore.' addressed to the United States bearing Straits Settlements SG 228, 6c rose tied by Singapore double ring. Nice card.
Malaya - Singapore. (Postcards). Circa 1910. Picture post card of 'Pine Apples ready for market, Singapore.'
Malaya. (Postcards). Circa 1910. Picture post card of 'Carcosa, Kuala Lumpur.'
Card published by "Madein, Japan.'
Sarawak. (Postcards). Circa 1920. Photographic post card of 'Sibu waterfront.' Scarce photo card by unknown publisher.
Ex Watterson.
Sarawak. (Postcards). Circa 1920. Photographic post card of 'Kuching P.O. the G.P.O. of Sarawak'. Scarce photo card by unknown publisher.
Endorsed 'The G.P.O. of Sarawak, Kuching P.O., on right the entrance in the center to the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China."
Ex Watterson.
Sarawak. (Postcards). Circa 1915. Photographic post card of 'Native Dyak warrior'. Scarce phot by unknown publisher.
Sarawak. (Postcards). Circa 1920. Photographic post card of 'Native Dyak hunter'. Scarce card by unknown publisher.
"Have had a most fascinating time here. The O.C. Army with whom I am staying got some Dyaks dressed all over to do a native dance for me this morning. I took snaps and a cine and then we went out to a native village 20 miles inland- all built on piles- most interesting thing iv'e ever seen."
Netherlands East Indies. (Postmarks). 1911. Picture post card of 'Road to Lembang and young native boy' addressed to Holland bearing SG 126, 5c rose tied by hand-struck 'Lembang' with Scheveningen arrival on face. Very fine.
Ex Bulterman.
Netherlands East Indies. (Postmarks). 1911. Envelope addressed to Milwaukee bearing Netherlands Indies SG 129, 12 1/2c deep blue tied by "Toeal" hand-stamp, routed via Banda Heira and endorsed 'via San San Francisco. Very fine.
Ex Bulterman and illustrated in his handbook on 'Langstempels' page 100.
Netherlands East Indies. (Postmarks). 1904. Netherlands Indies postal stationery card 5c rose cancelled by framed 'Tjibeber' hand-stamp in blue addressed to Bandoeng with arrival on face. Very fine.
Ex Bulterman.
Netherlands East Indies. (Postmarks). 1906. Envelope addressed to Soekaboemi bearing Netherlands Indies SG 128, 10c indigo tied by 'Tjitjalengka' hand-stamp with arrival on reverse. Very fine.
Ex Bulterman.
Netherlands East Indies. (Postmarks). 1889. Netherlands Indies postal stationery card 5c green cancelled by 'Gombong' hand-stamp addressed to Bagedeve with Karanganjer, Wonosobo and Poerworedjo transits and forwarded to Pekalongan with arrival '13/2' on face. Superb.
Ex Bulterman.
Netherlands East Indies. (Postmarks). 1911. Registered envelope addressed to Padang bearing Netherlands Indies SG 128, 10c slate (pair) tied by framed 'Depok' hand-stamp with Depok registered label and Padang arrival on reverse '5th Sept 11.' Nice use of local town hand-stamp sent Registered.
Ex Bulterman.
Netherlands East Indies. (Postmarks). 1902. Netherlands Indies postal stationery card 5c rose cancelled by 'Singkawang' hand-stamp addressed to Holland routed via Singapore with s'Gravenhage arrival. Fine item.
Ex Bulterman.
Netherlands East Indies. (Postmarks). 1881. Netherlands Indies postal stationery card 5c violet cancelled by 'Goenoeng Sitolie' hand-stamp in red addressed to Batavia with Padang transit and Batavia receiver '2nd Dec 1881' on face. Lovely item.
Ex Bulterman.
Netherlands East Indies. (Postmarks). 1900. Netherlands Indies postal stationery envelope 10c brown cancelled by 'Kendangan' hand-stamp in blue addressed to Soerabaja with Banjdjomagin transit and Soerabaja arrival '15th June 00'. Very fine.
Ex Bulterman.
Netherlands East Indies. (Postmarks). 1907. Netherlands Indies postal stationery card 5c rose cancelled by 'Madjalengka' hand-stamp in violet addressed to Holland with Semarang transit and Utrecht arrival. Superb.
Ex Bulterman.
Malaya - Straits Settlements. (Postcards). Circa 1920. Photographic post card of 'Main Road, Post Office Dispensary and Ah Joon Shop, Frazier Hill.'
Very nice photo card.
Malaya - Straits Settlements. (Postcards). 1917. Picture post card of 'The Singapore River' addressed to Scotland bearing SG 196, 3c red tied by Singapore double ring.
Malaya. (Postcards). Circa 1910. Picture post card of 'A Malayan Tin Mine,'
Nice unused card published by "G. Lambert, Singapore.'
Malaya - Singapore. (Postcards). Circa 1910. Picture post card of the 'Raffles Square, Singapore.' addressed to England. (stamp missing).
Card published by "G. Lambert & Co, Singapore.'
Malaya - Straits Settlements. (Postcards). 1925. Photographic post card of 'Rickshaw and Driver, Singapore' addressed to Switzerland bearing Straits Settlements SG 201, 8c ultramarine tied by Singapore double ring.
Malaya - Singapore. (Singapore). Circa 1920. Photographic post card of 'Trenganu Street, Singapore.' Nice card.
Malaya - Singapore. (Postcards). Circa 1910. Picture post card of 'Pasir Panjang, Singapore.
Malaya - Singapore. (Postcards). Circa 1920.; Photographic post card of 'Singapore'. Very fine.
Malaya. (Postcards). Circa 1920. Photographic post card of 'Port Swettenham Wharf, Penang.
Sarawak. (Postcards). 1914. Picture post card of 'Well Dressed Datak's' addressed to England (stamp removed).
Card published by 'Ha Buey Hon, Kuching'.
Ex Watterson.
Sarawak. (Postcards). Circa 1910. Picture post card of 'A Dayak family'.
Very fine card published by "Ha Buey Hon, Kuching.'
Ex Watterson.
Sarawak. (Postcards). Circa 1910. Picture post card of 'Kayan Women and children'. Very fine and scarce ethnic card.
Card published by "Ha Buey Hon, Kuching".
Ex Watterson.
Sarawak. (Postcards). 1907. Picture post card of 'Sea Dayak women in full costume' addressed to England (stamp removed). Card published by "Ha Buey Hon, Kuching". Very fine and scarce ethnic card.
Ex Watterson.
Sarawak. (Postcards). Circa 1915. Photographic post card of 'Native Dayak's .' Scarce photo card published by "K. Ltd,"
Ex Watterson.
Sarawak. (Postcards). Circa 1915. Photographic post card of 'Dayaks, Borneo'. Scarce photo card published by "Gavaert".
Ex Watterson.
Sarawak. (Postcards). Circa 1915. Photographic post card of 'Native Dyak women.' Scarce photo card by unknown publisher.
Ex Watterson.
Sarawak. (Postcards). Circa 1915. Photographic post card of 'Native Dyak woman. Scarce photo card published by "Gavaert"
Ex Watterson.
Sarawak. (Postcards). Circa 1920. Photographic post card of 'Sea Dyak women'. Scarce photo card by unknown publisher.
Ex Watterson.
United States. (Germany). 1886. Registered postal stationery envelope 5c brown upgraded with SG 191, 15c orange tied by oval 'New York/ Reg' date stamp with New York registration label addressed to Germany, endorsed 'per S.S. " Eider" with Cassel arrival on reverse. Very colourful franking.
United States. (Trans-Atlantic Mail). 1852. Stamp-less envelope addressed to England cancelled by 'Cleveland/ O' date stamp Aug 2nd' in blue, with hand-struck 'Paid' hand-stamp in red, charged with circular '24' and hand-struck '3' in red on face, routed via Liverpool with framed 'Paid in/ America/ Liverpool/ 18 Aug 52' with London tombstone 'Paid' and blue Abingdon arrival 'Aug 19' on reverse. very attractive item of Trans-Atlantic mail.
United States. (Germany). 1860. Stamp-less envelope addressed to Indiana, endorsed 'via Hamburg Steamer' cancelled by framed 'Berlin/ Stand Post-Exp. 111', routed via Hamburg with Hamburg with 'Hamburg/ 29 Feb 1860' hand-stamp and accountancy '5/10' in black on face with 'N. York Hamb Pkt/ 15' dated '18th March' and rated '2' in m/s blue ink. Very nice item of Trans-Atlantic mail.
United States. (France). 1831. Pre-stamp envelope written from Paris dated '17th Mars 1831' addressed to the French Consul, New York, rated '12 1/2' in m/s, routed via Le Havre with 'P. 74 B/ Le Havre' hand-stamp transit with 'Ship' min red on face and New York receiver 'May 12', re-directed to Philadelphia with boxed hand-struck 'Forwarded' in red, charged '33 1/2' with '20 1/2' manuscript erased and charged '9' on reverse. Very fine item of Trans-Atlantic mail.
United States. (Trans-Atlantic Mail). 1844. Stamp-less envelope written from Union Town, Fayette County, Pennsylvania' dated '24th April 1844' , addressed to Scotland, endorsed 'Paid to Boston' and cancelled by 'Union Town/ Pa' date stamp 'April 24' with hand-struck 'Paid', routed via Liverpool with oval 'America/ L' on reverse (Robertson P2'), charged '1s' on face at the Packet rate with boxed Glasgow receiver '16th May' on reverse. Very fine item of Trans-Atlantic mail.
United States. (France). 1843. Stamp-less envelope addressed to France written from New York dated 'Sep 30 43' with New York date stamp and 'Paid' hand-stamp with m/s/ '10', endorsed 'per steamer "Caledonia" via London with faint boxed New Romney/ Ship Letter' on reverse and framed accountancy 'Colonies/ &c Art 12' on face, French entry cachet and rated '17' in m/s on arrival with oval '1d' for local post. Very fine.
United States. (France). 1827. Pre-stamp envelope addressed to France written from Baton Rouge dated 'May 8th 1827' with French entry cachet 'Colonies/Par Le Havre' in red (Salles Fig 42), rated '6' in m/s with Paris receiver on reverse. Very fine.
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.
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.