United States. (Netherlands East Indies). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to Pladjoe, Java bearing United States 'Prexie' SG 806, 5c light blue, SG 811, 10c brown, SG 825, 25c claret and SG 829, $1 black and purple tied by San Francisco duplex 'July 7th' with hand-stamp 'License No T. 3453' and 'Door Censuur Geopend' tied by 'Gecensureerd/ 27' hand-stamp in carmine with Pladjoe arrival '13th Aug 41' and forwarded to Tjepoe '16/8' on reverse.

Netherlands East Indies. (United States). 1940. Large envelope from the 'Standard-Vacuum Oil Co, New York' addressed to Palembang bearing United States 'Prexie' SG 804, 4c magenta and SG 811, 10c brown tied by New York, Church St. duplex 'Ap 16 40', hand--stamped 'Shipping Documents' with 'Militaire Censuur/ Palembang' hand-stamp in violet on face.
Scarce 'Militaire Censuur/ Palembang' hand-stamp only in use May and June 1940.
A superb item from the 'P. Bulterman' collection and illustrated in Nico de Weijer's wonderful book on Netherlands Indies WW2 censor's. (Censor does not show so well on scan).

United States. (Netherlands East Indies - Singapore). 1940. Envelope addressed to Medan, Sumatra bearing United States 'Prexie' SG 806, 5c light blue tied by New York roller 'June 12th 40', routed via Singapore with triangular 'Passed For/ Transmission/ Singapore/ 1' in violet on face and 'Geopend Militaire/ Censuur Medan' label tied by Medan date stamp '31st July' and hand-stamped 'Censuur/ Gepasseerd/ 4' in carmine. Lovely item paying the printed matter rate.

United States. (Netherlands East Indies - Singapore). 1940. Advertising envelope (Rhine;ander Paoer Co' addressed to Medan, Sumatra cancelled by 'Rhinelander Wis.' U.S. Postage meter stamps '02' and '03' cents Paid in orange dated 'May 16th 40', routed via Singapore with triangular 'Passed For/ Transmission/ Singapore/ 1' in violet on face and 'Geopend MLLITAIRE/ Censuur Medan' label tied by Medan receiver '2nd July 40'. Very attractive item paying the surface 'Printed Matter' rate.
Spelling error "MLLITAIRE' for 'MILITAIRE' on label. Very rare, only one other example known from the "S. Masuyama" collection and illustrated in Nico de Weijer's wonderful book on Netherlands Indies censorship.

Netherlands East Indies. (Liberated P.O.W. Mail). 1946. United States 'War Department/ Official Business ' Air Mail envelope written from 'Kota Baru' endorsed 'On Active Service' addressed to Batavia cancelled by Batavia/ Centrum date stamp '23rd Nov 46'. Scarce item on Official US War Department envelope.

United States. (TRANS-PACIFIC MAIL). 1940. United States Air Mail postal stationery envelope 6c orange upgraded with SG 573, 14c indigo and SG A776, 25c blue (pair) tied by Los Angles slogan 'Nov 18 40', addressed to Medan, Java, routed via Hong Kong with 'Victoria/ Hong Kong transit 'Dec 2nd 40' and 'Opened by Censor/ Hong Kong' censor label tied by boxed '80' in blue/green with 'Door Censuur Geopend' censor tape tied by circular 'Ned. Indisch Deviezen Instituut/ Deviezen/ Censuur/ Medan/ 11' in carmine on face and reverse. Lovely item of Trans=Pacific mail via Hong Kong.

South Africa. (Belgian Congo). 1943. Air Mail envelope addressed to 'M'Balimayo, French Camerouns, West Africa' bearing South Africa SG 94, 1/3d brown tied by Cape Town slogan '7th May 43' with South Africa censor tape tied by South Africa censor cachet in violet, routed via Leopoldville '12/5' with 'Censure Congo Belge' hand-stamp on face and 'Afrique Equatoriale Francaise et Cameroun' censor label with circular 'Controle Postal/ Commission A/ Territoire du Cameroun' on face with Cameroun 'Controle Postal Militaire' label tied by oval 'Ouvert/ Par/ L'Autorite Militaire' with Douala transit '24th May' and M'Balmayo arrival '26th May 43' on reverse. Superb item with six different censors.

Netherlands West Indies. (Curacao - China). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to 'The Netherlands Trading Society, Shanghai, China' bearing Curacao 20c brown and green and 70c brown and blue tied by Willemstad double ring with Shanghai arrival censor on reverse.

Netherlands West Indies. (Suriname- Maritime Mail). 1905. Multi-view picture post card of 'Paramaribo' addressed to Holland bearing Yvert 19, 2 2 1/2c red tied by oval 'Amsterd-Windie/ Nederld. Packetboot' date stamp '14th Sept 05', endorsed 'Drukwerk' with Amsterdam arrival. Nice item paying the post-card printed matter rate.

Netherlands West Indies. (Suriname-Maritime Mail). 1906. Suriname postal stationery card 5c blue written from Paramaribo and dated '31st July 06', canceled by oval 'Amsterd-Windie/ Nederld Packetboot' date stamp '19th Aug 06' addressed to Switzerland with Basel arrival '20th Aug' on face. Nice item.

Netherlands West Indies. (Suriname- Maritime Mail). 1906. Suriname postal stationery envelope 12 1/2c blue cancelled by oval 'Amsterd-Windie/ Nederld. Packetboot' date stamp '3rd Feb 06' addressed to Holland with Gravenhage arrival on reverse. Fine item.

Netherlands West Indies. (Suriname). 1944. Air Mail envelope addressed to the 'Information Bureau of the Netherlands Red Cross, Pall Mall, London' bearing 7 1/2c red, 15c blue, 25c carmine and 30c purple tied by Paramaribo date stamp '23rd Jan 44' with 'Geopend Door/ Censuur Suriname' label in yellow and framed 'W' censor hand-stamp, routed via New York with 'Examined by/ 1147' tape and boxed 'London Committee/ Roode Krus/ Van Nett/ Nederlandsche' receiver '21st Mar 1944' on reverse.

Netherlands East Indies. (Maritime Mail). 1938. Illustrated envelope addressed to Soerabaja bearing SG 341, 5c blue (pair) tied by 'Koninklijke Paketvaart/ Maatschappij/ S.S. "Op ten Noort" in black with adjacent 'Tandjong/ Priok' dated '27th Feb 38' and Soerabaja arrival on reverse. Nice item of maritime mail from the Netherlands Indies.

Netherlands East Indies. (Maritime Mail). 1938.Folded Illustrated envelope from the 'Royal Packet Navigation Co. (K.P.M. Line)' written from the 'Torres Straits' dated 27th April 38' addressed to England bearing SG 346, 15c blue tied by oval 'Koninklijke Pakertvaart/ Maatschappij/ S.S. Nieuw Holland' in violet with adjacent Soerabaja date stamp '4th May 38' and Dorset arrival. Lovely item of maritime mail from the Netherlands Indies.

Netherlands East Indies. (Maritime Mail). 1928. Netherlands Indies postal stationery envelope 12 1/2c carmine cancelled by oval 'Koninklijke Paketvaart/ Maatschappij/ S.S. V. "Uverstraien" in violet, addressed to Holland with Paquebot/Singapore '4th April 28' on reverse and Netherlands arrival. Attractive item of maritime mail from the Netherlands Indies.

Netherlands East Indies - Singapore. (Maritime Mail). 1924. Photographic post card of 'Anderson Bridge, Singapore' written from Singapore dated '18th April 24' addressed to the Netherlands bearing SG 216, 10c carmine tied by oval 'Koninklijke Paketvaart/ Maatschappij/ S.S. Rumphius' in violet with adjacent Weltervreden transit '20th April 24.' Attractive item of maritime mail written from Singapore via the Netherlands Indies.

Indonesia. (West Irian). 1970. Air Mail envelope addressed to Bandung bearing West Irian SG 3, 5s grey and SG 10, 40s on 1t 15 crimson tied by Irian Barat date stamp '27th Sept', underpaid with 'T' hand-stamp and bearing Indonesia postage due SG D1107, 1000s claret and yellow tied by Bandung receiver '3/10' on face. Ex Kiddle.

Persia. 1918. Coat of Arms issue for use on Postal Documents and Insured Packages. Yvert 398 to Yvert 398g. Scarce. Ex Peter Greenway.

Persia. (Russian Occupation of Azerbaijan). 1918. Complete set of Russian Occupation of Azerbaijan (15) overprinted 'Occupation Azirbayedjan" believed to have been issued by the Russian Troops in Tabriz, the Persian Port of Azerbaijan at the time of the British Expedition by General Dunstervile,
Once listed by Yvert and SG the stamps are bogus, not much is known about there providence whether they were originally prepared in the Transcausasus or Paris. Ex Peter Greenway.

Persia. 1919. The "Ya Ghooli" issue, surcharge used blocks of four. Yvert 404 to Yvert 411. Scarce used multiple. Ex Peter Greenway.

Persia. 1926. First Definitive issue designed by "Mokhber es Saltanch, Majlis Press, Teheran". Very scarce set overprinted "SPECIMEN".
This is the first original group overprinted (Specimen). Other stamps in the series were printed later in 1927 & 1929. Ex Peter Greenway.

Persia. 1928. Air Mail Yvert 17 to Yvert 21, Fiscal stamps overprinted by "Majlis Press, Teheran". Very scarce set overprinted 'SPECIMEN'. Ex Peter Greenway.

Persia. 1925. Deposition of Ahmed Shah and Provisional Pahlavi Government Fiscal stamps overprinted in Gold at 'Majlis Press, Teheran'. Very scarce set overprinted 'SPECIMEN'. Ex Peter Greenway.

Persia. (Indian Field Post Offices). 1941. Air Mail envelope endorsed 'On Active Service' addressed to India bearing India SG 273, 4a mauve (pair) tied by 'Field Post Office/ 56' date stamp with boxed 'Passed by 497/ Unit Censor', routed via Egypt with 'Postal Field Censor' on reverse with Indian 'Opened by Censor' label tied by Secunderbad arrival. Nice item of mail from the Indian Field Post Office in Persia.

Persia. (Indian Filed Post Offices). 1941. Air Mail envelope endorsed 'On Active Service' addressed to South Africa bearing India SG 275, 8s purple tied by 'Field Post Office/ 26' date stamp with boxed 'Passed by/ 463 Unit Censor', routed via Egypt with 'Postal Field Censor' on face. Nice item of mail from the Indian Filed Post Office.

Persia. 1909. Registered postal stationery envelope 1k violet upgraded with Yvert 252, 6c carmine (2) and Yvert 254, 10c brown/blue (pair) tied by oval Teheran date stamp with framed 'R/ Teheran' in violet addressed to Germany. Very fine.

Persia. (Switzerland). 1896. Registered Persian postal stationery card 4ch rose upgraded with Yvert 75, 2ch green tied by Teheran date stamp endorsed 'Registered', addressed to Switzerland with arrival on face. Attractive item.

Persia. 1908. Registered envelope written from 'H.M. Consulate General/ Meshed' addressed to England bearing Yvert 257, 26c red-brown tied by oval Meshed date stamp with framed hand-struck 'R/ Meshed', routed via Baku with oval Registered/ Leicester arrival. Very fine.

Persia. 1906. Coloured picture post card of 'Caravan Train' addressed to Holland bearing 'Controle' Yvert 223, 2c grey and Yvert 246, 6c carmine tied by Schimereran date stamp with Teheran transit and La Haye arrival. Very fine.

Persia. (Indian Field Post Offices). 1942. Envelope addressed to the 'Ottoman Bank, Bagdad' bearing Persia Yvert 630, 1r turquoise tied by 'F.P.O./ No 105' date stamp with circular 'Passed by Censor/ No 814' censor cachet and Iraq censor label tied by bilingual boxed 'Iraq' censor cachet, routed via Egypt with 'Deputy Chief Field Censor' cachet in violet and 'Section Base Office/ No 7' on reverse with Bagdad arrival.

Persia. (Air Mail). 1930. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to London bearing Yvert 524, 1c rose and emerald, Yvert 529, 10c brown and green and Yvert 534, 2k orange and violet (3) tied by Boucher double ring with boxed hand-struck 'R/ Boucher', forwarded on arrival with sealing tape 'Found Open or Damaged and Officially Secured' tied by Farnborough date stamp. Interesting item.

Persia. 1901. Registered picture post card of 'Palais de Shah, Teheran' addressed to Germany bearing SG 92, 5c yellow and Yvert 95, 12c carmine tied by oval Teheran date stamp with boxed hand-struck 'Registered' and circular 'R', routed via Baku with Graudenz arrival on face. Scarce registration of a post-card paying the postcard plus registration rate.

Persia. (Censored Mail). 1941. Envelope addressed to New Jersey bearing Yvert 626, 50r brown and Yvert 646, 2r turquoise tied by Teheran date stamp with Persian censor label tied by circular 'Anglo-Soviet Persian Censorship/ 19' on face and Russian Censorship '3' in violet on reverse, routed via India with 'Opened by Examiner' label. Nice item of censorship mail.

Persia. 1893. Persian Postal stationery envelope 5c turquoise upgraded with Yvert 76, 5c blue tied by Tabriz date stamp addressed to Constantinople with Turkish Post Office and Pera arrival. Very fine.

Persia. 1907. Persian Postal stationery envelope 5ch on 1k violet upgraded with Yvert 99, 1ch violet tied by oval 'Bender-Linguch' ambulant date stamp addressed to Ispahan. Very fine.

Persia. (British East Africa). 1938. Air Mail envelope written from Persia addressed to Mombasa, British East Africa bearing Persia Yvert 630, 1r green (2) and Yvert 632, 2r turquoise mixed with Air Mail Yvert 58, 10c blue and orange (3) tied by Abadan date stamp '2nd Aug', routed via Basra and Egypt, underpaid with circular 'T' and hand-struck instructional 'Surcharged Officially/ Shgs Cents 10/ Prepaid Postage Insufficient/ P.O. Mombasa/ Kenya' date stamp '20th Aug 38' on face. Very rare incoming Air Mail from Persia, taxed with British East Africa postage due and hand-stamp only known 20th August 1938 as listed by Proud.

Persia. (Ireland). 1916. Crested envelope written from the '124th Duchess of Connaught's, Baluchistan Infantry' addressed to Dublin, Ireland bearing Yvert 310, 12ch blue and green tied by Isfahan/ No 2 double ring, endorsed 'via Teheran and Petrograd' and counter-signed 'C.R. Twigg, Lt. Col.' with Teheran transit on reverse and 'Opened by Censor/ 4343' label applied in England in transit. Scarce item of mail from the Infantry Regiment of the British Indian Army in Baluchistan.

Persia. (Censored Air Mail). 1942. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to London bearing Yvert 644, 1r turquoise, Yvert 647, 3r violet/ brown, Yvert 649, 10r blue and brown, and Air Mail Yvert 57, 8c grey and violet and Yvert 59, 12c grey and orange tied by Teheran date stamp with framed hand-struck ''Teheran' registered, Persian censor label tied by circular 'Anglo-Soviet Persian Censorship/ 10' on face with Russian censor '3' in violet on reverse, routed via Iraq with boxed 'Not Examined/ Iraq Censorship' and Bagdad/ Reg transit with London 'Opened by Examiner/ 1963' label. Very fine item of censored Air Mail with high value franking.

Persia. 1906. Picture post card of 'General view of Tauris' addressed to England bearing 'Controle' Yvert 223, 2c grey and Yvert 246, 6c carmine tied by Teheran date stamp.

Persia. 1900. Postal stationery card 2ch brown written by the 'Inspector of Customs, Bender Guez', dated '1st Mai 1900' and cancelled by Djez date stamp with hand-stamp 'Controle' in violet, addressed to Tehran. Very fine item from this small Border town.

Persia. (Indian Post Office in Persia). 1912. Illustrated postal stationery picture post card (Gate of Teheran) 6 chahis on 5c red cancelled by Nassiraba - Sistan double ring, routed via the Indian Post Office with 'Koh-I-Malek-Siah Ziaret' Indian Post Office transit date stamp and 'Kuh-Malek-Siah Ziaret' double ring of the Persian Post Office addressed to Belgium with Lierre receiver. Very fine for the Exhibitor.

Persia. (British Military Hamadan Censor). 1919. Envelope addressed to Teheran bearing Yvert 400, 6ch on 1k lilac and carmine tied by Hamadan date stamp with circular 'Passed by British Military Censor' and Teheran receiver on reverse. Scarce stamp,on cover and very nice item from the Hamadan Campaign.

Persia. 1916. Censored envelope addressed to Mohammerah bearing Yvert 304, 3ch green and grey (block of four) tied by Bouchir (Depart) double ring with British Occupation 'Passed Censor/ Bushire' double ring in violet, routed via Isfahan/ No 2 circular and Bender Abbas with Mohammerah receiver. Lovely item

Persia. Registered postal stationery envelope 6ch on 1ch turquoise upgraded with Yvert 74, 1c violet (4) and Yvert 215, 6ch on 10c brown (3) tied by Ispahan date stamp '24/9' endorsed 'Registered'. Nice combination of surcharge with postal stationery.

French Colonies. (Madagascar). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Madagascar bearing Afrique Equatoriale Francais Yvert 122, 2f25 blue (4) tied by Brazzaville date stamp with framed 'France Libre/ Liaison Aerienne/ Equatoriale/ Francaise Libre/ Madagascar' in carmine on face with circular 'Controle Postal/ Commission G/ Afrique Equatoriale Francaise' and British Madagascar 'Opened by/ British Censorship' label tied by framed 'Passed By/ Censor/ 252 - 1' censor hand-stamp in violet with Tananarive arrival '27th Feb 40' on reverse. Nice item of French Libre mail with British Madagascar censorship.

French Colonies. (A.E.F. - Belgian Congo). 1943. Envelope addressed to Belgian Congo bearing Afrique Equatoriale Francais Yvert 80, 60c brown-red , Yvert 117, 1f40 green and brown, Yvert 141, 5c brown and Yvert 142, 10c blue tied by Brazaville/ Moyen Congo date stamp '3rd Aout' with circular 'Controle Postal/ Commission A/ Afrique Equatoriale Francaise' censor on face and 'A.E.F./ 1 Franc/ Quinzaine/ Croix Rouge' label on reverse and Leopoldville arrival '4/8 43' on reverse.

United States. (Bermuda - Netherlands Indies). 1941. Air Mail envelope bearing United States 'Prexie' SG 811, 10c brown and Air Mail SG A852, 30c blue (2) tied by Washington duplex 'May 28 41' addressed to 'The Department of Marine, Batavia', intercepted in Bermuda with 'Opened by Examainer/ 6675' censor tape and Netherlands Indies 'Marine - Censuur' tape tied by hand-struck 'Marine - Censuur/ L' in black on face. Nice item of mail sent via the Navy Post Office to Navy Personal.

Mauritius. (France). 1844. Stamp-less envelope written from Port Louis dated '31st Nov 1844' addressed to France cancelled by 'Mauritius Post Office' double ring, charged '1s', sent on the steamer 'Sea Nymph' via India and London with boxed Anglo-French accountancy 'Colonies/ &c. Art 12' in red and framed 'India Letter/ Deal' in black (Robertson In 1), with French entry cachet and rated '8' in m/s for the uniform ship letter due and charged '30' in m/s on arrival with Bordeaux receiver on reverse. Lovely item.

Mauritius. 1844. Stamp-less envelope written from Bel Air dated '1st Dec 1844' addressed to France cancelled by Mauritius Post Office double ring, routed via Great Britain with boxed 'Colonies/ & c. Art 12' accountancy (Salles 2125) and stepped 'Ship Letter/ Dover' in black on reverse (Robertson S11), rated '8' for the ship letter with French entry cachet and taxed '17' in m/s on arrival with La Fleche receiver '27th Avril 45' on revere. Nice item from Bel Air with scarce Anglo-French accountancy 'Art 12' and routed via Dover.

Mauritius. (Madagascar). 1943. Censored envelope addressed to Madagascar bearing SG 258, 20c blue tied by 'Curepipe Road/ Mauritius' date stamp '6th April 43' with 'Opened by Examiner/ E.E. 2' label with Madagascar 'Controle Postal Militaire' label tied by oval 'Ouvert/ Par/ L'Autorite Militaire cachet and circular 'G/1' in violet with Tamatave/ Madagascar arrival on reverse '22nd Avril'. Nice item.