Japan. 1897. Envelope addressed to France bearing 'Silver Wedding' SG 127, 5s blue (pair) tied by Oita-Bungo vernacular date stamp in red, routed via Kobe and Yokohama with Rennes receiver on reverse. Nice item from the 'Lebel' correspondence.
Emile Lebel was a French Missionary at Oita-Bungo.

Japan. 1895. Postal stationery card 3s green cancelled by Oita-Bungo vernacular date stamp in red/brown, routed via Kobe and Yokohama addressed to France with Rennes receiver. Fine item from the 'Lebel' correspondence.
Emile Lebel was a French Missionary at Oita-Bungo.

Yugoslavia. (Austria). 1920. Austrian postal stationery card 8h green cancelled by Marberg double ring, underpaid, bearing Yugoslavia "Chain-Breaker" bisect 10h overprinted 'Porto' tied by Maribori (Slovenia) receiver and endorsed '1d 10p adjacent. Ex Kiddle.

Yugoslavia. (Trieste). 1954. Envelope addressed to Trieste bearing Yugoslavia SG 665, 3d carmine tied by Barilovic date stamp, underpaid, endorsed with m/s 'T' and bearing Allied Military Zone A Trieste postage due D129, 12l brown (pair) tied by Trieste double ring receiver. Ex Kiddle.

Yugoslavia. 1920. Stamp-less Receipt headed 'Cekovna Nakaznica' written from Ljubljana bearing Yugoslavia postage dues SG D 164, 5p on 15v blue (strip of four) tied by Novo Mesto arrival. Ex Kiddle.

Yugoslavia. (Croatia). 1943. Registered and Express Parcel card addressed to Senj bearing Croatia SG 37, 2k claret, SG 40, 5k black (4), SG 44, 8k red-brown and SG 47, 20k brown mixed with Postage due SG D67, 50b grey/blue (2) and SG D 68, 1k grey/blue tied by Pozerga date stamp with matching registered label and Senj arrival. Ex Kiddle.

Yugoslavia. (Montenegro). 1919. Stamp-less envelope headed 'Correspondence Militaire' written by 'Lieutenant van de Maeulbrouk, 365th Infantry, 305 Prado, Marseille' addressed to Lannoy, cancelled by 'Assistance aux Convalescents Militaires/ Marseille/ Consulat-General de Montenegro, 305 Avenue du Prado' double ring in violet on face. Very scarce item from the Montenegro Hospital in Marseille World War One.

Serbia. 1897. Registered envelope addressed to France bearing Yvert 41, 5p green, Yvert 44, 20p orange and Yvert 46, 50p brown tied by bilingual 'Belgrade-Ministere' date stamp '8th June 97' with framed 'R/ No' and Paris arrival on reverse with three page text. Lovely three colour registered franking.

Serbia. 1902. Registered envelope addressed to France bearing Serbia Yvert 55, 25p blue and Yvert 56, 50p bistre tied by Belgrade date stamp with hand-struck 'R/ Belgrade' and 'Recommandirt' hand-stamp in violet with Chambery arrival on reverse. Very nice item of registered mail. Attractive.

Serbia. 1904. Registered envelope addressed to France bearing Serbia Yvert 65, 25p blue and grey and Yvert 66, 50p grey and black tied by Belgrade date stamp with hand-struck 'R/ Belgrade' on face and 'Recommandirt' hand-stamp in crimson with Chambery arrival on reverse. Attractive.

Serbia. 1904. Registered envelope addressed to France bearing Serbia Yvert 65, 25p blue (strip of three) tied by Belgrade date stamp with hand-struck 'R/ Belgrade' on face and 'Recommandirt' hand-stamp in crimson with Chambery arrival on reverse. Attractive.

Serbia. (Tunisia). 1917. Austro-Hungary 'K.U.K. Feldpost' postal stationery card 8h green upgraded with Bosnia Yvert 66, 3k lilac dated 'Cacak 18th Mars 1917', addressed to France with framed Serbian military cachet 'No 40'. routed via Corfu and Salonique with military transits 'Br 999' dated '27/4' and 'Br 603' dated '29/4' and 'Br 615' dated '14/5' forwarded via Austria with triangular 'Wein' censor in violet on face and re-directed from France to Tunisia with 'Br 999' arrival dated '14/7'.
After the invasion of Serbia the Serbian military retreated through Albania to the Greek Islands manly to Corfu and Salonique. With the help of the Allies a contingent was then sent to Bizerte. Tunisia, North Africa. A very interesting item of mail addressed to the Serbian refugees in Bizerte, Tunisia.

Serbia. (Austria). 1903. Austrian picture post card of 'Sparbersbachgasse, Graz' addressed to Serbia bearing Austria Yvert 68, 5h green tied by Graz date stamp, underpaid and bearing Serbia postage dues SG D83, 10p blue tied by Belgrad arrival. Ex Kiddle.

Serbia. (Austria). 1903. Austrian picture post card of 'Hotel Cafe "Quarnero, Abbazia' bearing Austria Yvert 84, 5h green tied by Abbazia date stamp, underpaid and bearing Serbia postage dues SG D82, 5p rosy-mauve (pair) tied by Belgrad arrival. Ex Kiddle.

Serbia. (French Serbian Aviation Unit in Serbia). 1916. Picture post card of the 'Promenade Salonique' addressed to France cancelled by military 'Service Aeronautique-Armee Serbe/ Le Commandant du Parc' double ring in violet on face and reverse. Very fine item from the French Aeronautic Detachment in Serbia WW1.

Serbia. (French-Hungarian Detachment in Szabadka). 1919. Stamp-less picture post card of 'Szabadka (Subotica)' addressed to France, endorsed 'Souvenir de Hongrie' addressed to France cancelled by 'Tresor et Postes/ 520-D' date stamp '9th May 15' with circular 'Armeee Francaise de Hongrie/ Commissaire de Gare/ Szabadka' in violet on face.
Szabadka (Subotica) was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the end of WW1 when it became part 'The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovens'. A rare item from the French Forces Boundary Commission.

Serbia. (French Aviation Detachment in Serbia). 1917. Stamp-less envelope addressed to Paris cancelled by Tresor et Postes/ 504 date stamp '13th Jan 17' with 'Service Aeronautique-Armee Serbe/Le Commandant de Parc' and circular 'Aviation Francaise de L'Armee Serbe/ Parc Secteur 504' in violet on face and Paris arrival on reverse '29/1'. Fine item from the French Aviation Mission in Serbia with letter inside.

Serbia. (French Military Detachment in Serbia). 1916. Stamp-less envelope addressed to the 'Bank of Russia, Smyrne' cancelled by 'Mission Medicale Militaire Francaise/ Groupe Des Armees' A very fine and rare item from the Balken War.

Egypt. (Bermuda). 1943. Air Mail envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing Egypt 6m apple-green (2) and 40m brown tied by Cairo date stamp '13th Jul 43', stamped with boxed 'Par Avion/ Francais' with framed Egypt 'Postal Censor' and 'Egyptian Censorship' label, routed via New York with censor tape and intercepted by the British in Bermuda with 'Opened by Examiner/ 516' label with m/s 'I/C' in red and forwarded back over the Atlantic with German censor tape tied by circular German censor cachet (x) for Paris in red on reverse and Niederdorf arrival. '1st Nov 43. Great item sent twice over the Atlantic Ocean with four different country censors.

Egypt. (French Internee in the Levant). 1941. Stamp-less envelope headed 'F.M.' written from Toulon to a French Internee at Alexandria addressed 'Croiseur "Tournville", Marine Beyrouth, via Marseille Gare, Etranger' with Toulon dispatch '22nd May 1941' with Levant (Beyrouth) censor tape tied by oval 'Ouvert/ Par Autorite de Controle/ L.O. 1' in red on face and reverse, with circular German censor 'Ag' in carmine and hand-stamp 'French Navy' with boxed Egypt censor and 'Egyptian Censorship' tape,.
The French Navy Force under the Command of Rene-Emile Godfroy known as 'Force X' had their Battleship "Lorraine" and three Cruisers including the "Tourville" under his command interned in Egypt. He negotiated with British Admiral Andrew Cunningham for the Peaceful internment of his ships at Alexandria until 1943. A superb item

Egypt. (French Post Offices). 1862. Envelope addressed to France bearing French 'Napoleon' Yvery 14, 20c blue and Yvert 17, 80c rose tied by '5080' gross chiffres in lozange with adjacent Alexandria/ Egpyte double ring, boxed 'PP' with framed 'Paquebots De La Mediterannei' on face.

Egypt. (Express Mail). 1924. Envelope addressed to Alexandria bearing SG 90, 5m pink (5) tied by Postmen/ Cairo date stamp with framed bilingual 'Express' on face and Alexandria/ Delivery on reverse. Lovely item of internal Express Mail.

Egypt. 1934. Air Mail envelope addressed to France bearing Yvert 160, 10m violet (2) and Yvert 162, 15m carmine tied by bilingual 'Xth Congres Postal/ Universal/ Le Caire' date stamp '13th March 34' with Air Mail label and Montlucon arrival on reverse. Attractive item with Congress cachet in use 1st Feb 1934 until June 30th 1935.

Egypt. 1934. Air Mail envelope addressed to France bearing Yvert 158, 4m blue-green (pair), Yvert 159, 5m brown and Yvert 163, 20m blue tied by bilingual 'Xth Congres Postal/ Universal/ Le Caire' date stamp '13th March 34' with Air Mail label and Montlucon arrival on reverse. Attractive item with Congress cachet used 1st Feb 1934 until June 30th 1935.

Egypt. 1915. Official mail envelope headed 'O.H.H.S.' addressed 'En Ville' bearing SG 064, (-) chestnut mixed with 'O.H.H.S.' SG 080, 5m rose tied by Douane Alexandria/ R.P. date stamp with receiver on reverse.

These envelopes were poor quality but scarce stamps used on Official covers.

Sudan. 1906. Sudan registered postal stationery envelope 1 piastre blue cancelled by Atbara date stamp with matching registration label addressed to Cairo. Very fine.

Sudan. (Virgin Islands). 1947. Sudan Registered postal stationery envelope 2 1/2p olive upgraded with SG 43, 15m brown and blue tied by oval Khartoum date stamp '12th Aug' with matching registered label addressed to Saint Croix, Virgin Islands with New York/ Reg transit and Christiansted/ V.I. arrival on reverse 'Aug 30 47'. Nice item of destination mail.

Egypt. 1924. Registered postal stationery envelope 5m pink upgraded with SG 99, 2m vermilion, SG 102, 5m pink and SG 111, 1m orange (strip of three) tied by 'Kafr El Zaiyat/ R' date stamp with framed hand-struck 'R/ Kafr El Zaiyat' addressed to Alexandria with arrival on reverse. Beautiful item.

Egypt. (French Algeria). 1925. Envelope addressed to Alexandria, Egypt bearing Algeria Yvert 6, 5c blue-green and Yvert 14, 25c blue tied by Alger/ R. des Strasbourg' date stamp '29th Dec 25', underpaid and bearing Egyptian postage due SG D103, 10m lake (pair) tied by Alexandria receiver '7th Jan 26' on face. Nice combination.

Egypt. (French Congo). 1943. Great Britain Air Mail letter card written from 'c/o D.D.V. & R.S. General Headquarters, M.E.F.' addressed to Brazzaville, Middle Congo bearing Great Britain SG 490, 3d pale violet tied by 'Egypt/ Postage/ Pre Paid/ 172' date stamp with 'Crown/ Passed by Censor/ No 1832' and 'Examined by Base Censor' label in red tied by 'Deputy Chief Field Censor' in violet on face, routed via the Free French Forces with 'Poste Aux Armees F.F.L. B.C.M. 4' double ring date stamp on reverse '22nd Jul 1943' and 'Controle Telegraphique/ Commission A/ Afrique Equatoriale Francaise' double ring, circular '126' censor cachet and Brazzaville/ Moyen Congo arrival '31st July' on reverse. Superb.

Egypt. 1915. Local mail envelope bearing SG 73, 1m sepia (3) tied by Alexandria date stamp, underpaid with boxed 'T' hand-stamp and bearing Egypt postage due SG D 85, 4m maroon tied by dotted retta. Very nice combination.

Egypt. (French Post Office in Port Said). 1913. Port Said postal stationery letter card 'Type Mouchon' surcharged 'TAXE REDUITE/ a 10f 10' upgraded with Port Said Yvert 26, 15c orange tied by Port Said/ Egypte date stamp addressed to France with Morbihan arrival on reverse. Scarce item of stationery used in Port Said.

Egypt. (Persia). 1943. Air Mail envelope addressed to Tehran bearing Egypt 4m green (3) and 10m violet (4) tied by Cairo date stamp with 'Postal Censor' in violet and 'Egyptian Censorship' label tied by circular 'Censor', routed via Iraq with circular 'Anglo-Soviet-Persian/ Censorship 1' cachet and Russian censor '3' on face. Very attractive item.

Egypt. (French Cols - Djibouti). 1944. Air Mail envelope headed 'Comite International/ Geneva/ Red Cross' addressed to the 'Croix Rouge Francaise, Djibouti, Cote Francaise des Somalis', endorsed 'Franc de Port' with boxed bilingual 'Postal Censor', sealed on reverse by 'Egyptian/ Censorship' tape tied by circular 'Censorship/ Dept/ 96' with Somalis censor tape tied by oval 'Ouvert par L'Autorite Militaire' and 'A/2' hand-stamp with Free French 'F.F.C.-C.F.S./ Censure' hand-stamp in blue on face and Poste Aux Armees/ F.F.L. aarival '17th Feb 44' on reverse. Superb item of Red Cross Mail.

Egypt. (India). 1880. Registered envelope addressed to Ispahan, Persia bearing SG 48, 2pi orange tied by Chourieh/ Cairo date stamp with boxed hand-struck 'Reccomandato', routed via Suez and Bombay with boxed 'T.P.O. Enquiry Office/ Bombay/ June 12' and framed 'Registered/ T.P.O. Enquiry Office BOMBAY/ No 44/ W. 13' on reverse with Indian Post Office Boushir arrival with hand-struck bilingual 'Recom'. A very fine and scarce item.

Egypt. (Madagascar - Army Post Offices). 1943. Stamp-less envelope endorsed 'On Active Service' addressed to Diego Suarez, Madagascar cancelled by 'Army Post Office' double ring with 'Examined by Base Censor' label tied by 'Deputy Chief Field Censor' in violet, routed via Nairobi with 'E.A./ A.P.O. 89' double ring and 'Crown/ Passed by Censor/ No 4955' censor cachet on face. Attractive item from Egypt via the Army Post Office in Nairobi to the small French island of Diego Suarez.

Egypt. (Express Mail). 1924. Envelope addressed to Alexandria bearing SG 90, 5m pink (5) tied by Postman/ Cairo date stamp with framed bilingual 'Express' on face and Alexandria/ Delivery on reverse. Lovely item of internal Express Mail.

Cyprus. 1932. Envelope addressed to Famagusta bearing SG 119, 3/4p grey tied by Rizokarpaso double ring. Very fine.

Cyprus. (Rural Post). 1950. Envelope addressed to Wales bearing SG 155b, 2p carmine and black tied by Ay-Ioanni-Agrou/ G.R. Rural Service/ Cyprus date stamp with Limassol transit.

Nice item of rural post mail from Ayios Ioannis Agrou, population 875 in 1960 to an overseas destination.

Cyprus. (Rural Postmarks). 1950. Envelope addressed to Nicosia bearing SG 151, 1/2p ultramarine and bistre (pair) tied by Nisou Station/ G.R. Rural Service/ Cyprus in blue. Attractive item.

The population of Nisou Station in 1960 was 474.

Cyprus. (Village Postmarks). 1947. Envelope addressed to London bearing SG 156, 1p orange (pair) tied by Lythrohonda date stamp routed via Nicosia.

Scarce to see a Cyprus rural post going overseas.

The population of Lythrodhonda was 1.448 in 1960.

Japan. (French Maritime Mail). 1902. Picture post card of 'Kobe' addressed to France bearing "Koban" SG 118, 4s bistre tied by octagonal French paquebot 'Ligne N Paq. Fr. No 10' date stamp 'Feb 12 02' (Salles 1924) with Arcachon aarival. Lovely item of mail from Japan with the Koban stamp cancelled on board the French packet "Laos". Exhibition item.

Japan. (French Maritime Mail). 1902. Picture post card of 'Kiyomizu Temple at Kioto' addressed to France bearing 'Koban' SG 118, 4s bistre tied by octagonal French paquebot 'Ligne N Paq. Fr. No 10' date stamp 'Feb 12 02' (Salles 1924) with Arcachon arrival. Lovely item of mail from Japan with the Koban stamp cancelled on board the French packet "Laos". Exhibition item.

Korea. (Gwendoline Gold Mine). 1904. Picture post card of 'The rear Garden of the Old Palace' written from the 'British Mining Concession, Gwendoline, Korea' dated 'Gwendoline '14th May 1904' addressed to London bearing Japan SG 140, 4s rosine tied by (Ichan) Gwendoloine/ Coree vernacular date stamp, endorsed 'via America' with Moji/ Japan transit '25th May 04'. Very fine item from the Gwendoline Gold Mine.

Korea. (Gwendoline Gold Mine). 1905. Picture post card of 'Our Torpedo boat squadron returning to a Naval Base after fighting with the enemy' written from the 'British Mining Concession, Gwendoline, Korea' dated 'Gwendoline, Korea '16th Sept' 05' addressed to London bearing Jpan SG 140, 4s rosine tied by (Ichan) Gwendoline/ Coree vernacular date stamp, endorsed 'via Ameriaca' with Moji/ Japan transit '22nd Sept 05'. Very fine item from the Gwendoline Gold Mine.

Australia. (Guam - Hong Kong). 1937. Air Mail envelope addressed to 'Poste Restante, Guam' bearing Australia SG 139, 6d grey and SG 153, 1/6d brown-purple tied by Port Adelaide date stamp '1st Ap', endorsed 'First Flight/ Australia. Guam/ via Philippines' with 'Hong Kong to Guam/ Received First Flight F.A.M. 14' cachet on face, routed via Hong Kong '27th Ap' with Guam arrival 'April 30' on reverse. Attractive item.

Laos. (French Indo-China). 1914. Envelope addressed to Paris bearing French Indo-China SG 54, 5c green and black (pair) tied by Sam-Nua/ Laos double ring '20 Juin', routed north via Somla/ Tonkin, Hanoi '3/7' with transits on reverse, endorsed 'via Transsiberian' and Paris receiver '31/7'. Superb and rare item from this small Laos village in Hua Phan Province.

Gibraltar. (Holland). 1858. Stamp-less envelope written from Gibraltar dated '10th Feb 1858' addressed to Holland, rated '80' in/ m/s and endorsed 'via Madrid and Paris', carried privately across the border with San Roque dispatch '12th Feb 58' on face with St. Jean de Luz French entry cachet, 'Bayonne a Bordeaux' ambulant and Arnheim receiver on reverse. Nice item paying the double letter rate to Holland.

Gibraltar. (Holland). 1863. Stamp-less envelope written from Gibraltar dated '19th Dec 1863' addressed to Holland with oval 'Ferdinand Schoot/ Gibraltar' firms cachet, rated '80' in/ m/s and endorsed 'via Madrid and Paris' carried privately across the border with San Roque dispatch '19th Dec', forwarded via Irun with 'Espana/ Irun' transit and French entry cachet on face with Arnham arrival '24th Dec 1863' on reverse. Nice item paying the double letter rate to Holland.

Austria. (Czechoslovakia). 1850. Registered and Charged envelope addressed to France bearing Yvert 4, 6k brown tied by Ollmutz double ring '30/12' on reverse with hand-struck 'Franco' and 'Recom' in black and 'Charge' in red on face, hand-stamp 'P.D.' with oval '7/ A.E.D.' (Affranchissement Etranger Destination) with superb wax seal in red on reverse and French entry cachet in red and Besancon receiver on reverse. A lovely item of first issue mail going overseas.