Netherlands East Indies. (Telegram). 1900. Registered Netherlands East Indies postal stationery envelope 25c blue cancelled by Muntok squared circle '11th Jan 00' with matching registration label endorsed 'Telegram' with oval 'Gouvernements/ Post en Telegraaf Dienst/ Muntok' addressed to Palembang. Scarce item and very fine.

Mauritius. (Rodrigues Island.) 1938. Registered envelope addressed to Durban bearing Mauritius SG 252, 2c grey, SG 254, 4c green, SG 255, 5c lilac, SG 256, 10c rose-red, SG 257, 12c salmon, SG 258, 20c blue, SG 259, 25c brown-purple, SG 260, 1r drab and SG 261, 2r 50c pale violet tied by Rodrigues/ A date stamp in violet.

Rodrigues Island is 600 kilos east of Mauritius. Mail from this small island is very elusive.

Code A not recorded by Proud.

India. (Trans - Atlantic Mail - Jamaica). 1946. Stamp-less Air Mail envelope headed 'Forces Mail' addressed to Jamaica cancelled by 'Advance Base Post Office No 17' double ring '8th July 46' on reverse (Secunderbad), endorsed 'India - Lagos - Porto Rico' with Darliston/ Jamaica arrival 'Jy 24 46' on reverse.

Fine item of Trans - Atlantic mail sent Post War 'B.O.A.C.' route.

India. (Trans- Tasman & Pacific Mail). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to England bearing SG 251, 2a vermilion, SG 253, 3a green, SG 259, 1 r grey and brown and SG 260 2r purple and brown tied by Ahmednagor Camp double ring '5th July 41', with rupee stamps struck by bold 'CROSS' hand-stamp with adjacent 'T' hand-stamp invalidated, endorsed 'via Auckland' with 'Opened by Censor' label tied by triangular 'Passed By Censor/ A 11' on face, carried 'Trans-Tasman' to New Zealand and over the Pacific to the United States and over the Atlantic.

A very attractive cover and unusual item. Why were the KGVI stamps invalidated ?

China. (French Post Offices in China). 1915. French military postal stationery card headed 'Correspondance des Armees de la Republique' written from La Havre dated '28th Mai 1915' addressed to Ningpo, China with French Post Office in Shanghai transit and 'Ningpo Chine/ Poste Francaise' arrival on face '1st July 15'.

The usage of the French Army Correspondence card to Ningpo is scarce and the Ningpo French Post Office is a rare Office.

Aden. (French Maritime Mail). 1884. Envelope with letter written from Aden dated 'Sunday 25th' addressed to France bearing French 'Type Sage' Yvert 101, 15c blue tied by 'Cor. D. Arm. Lig. T Paq. Fr. No 2' double ring (struck twice) dated '11Nov 84' (Salles 2161) with Paris a Brest ambulant on revere '23rd Nov'.

A fine item from the French Troops in transit to the French Occupation of China from Aden in the Persian Gulf.

Sudan. (Egypt). 1943. Air Mail envelope addressed to Egypt bearing Sudan SG 38, 2m orange and chocolate (pair), SG 39, 3m green and purple (pair), SG 40, 4m green and brown (5), SG 41, 5m olive and black (pair) and SG 89, 3m brown and blue tied by Sudan Air Mail/ Khartoum date stamp '7th May 43' with 'Opened By Examiner/ 31' (green on white) label (Little Type 5) tied by triangular 'Passed Censor Sudan/ 3' censor cachet and Alexandria (Requ Par Avion) arrival on reverse.

Very attractive franking with scarcer Sudan censor label.

Sudan. (Germany). 1910. Sudan postal stationery card '4 milliemes on 3m' violet cancelled by Atbara date stamp addressed to Berlin, Germany, routed via Port Said, underpaid with framed 'T' hand-stamp on face, endorsed '10' in m/s blue crayon with Entlaste arrival.

Scarce Atbara Tax hand-stamp. Only date recorded by Proud (12.9.98).

British West Indies. (Great Britain - Jamaica Ship Letter). 1803. Pre - stamp folded duplicate letter written from 'Jamaica' dated '18th November 1803' addressed to London cancelled by oval 'Ship Letter (Crown) / Jamaica' and endorsed 'H.M.S. "Cumberland" rated '25' in m/s, forwarded on arrival in London with receiver on reverse 'Jan 23/ 1804 in red and oval '7 o' Clock/ Jan 25th/ 1804 N.T.' in orange with hand-struck 'Two Py Poft/ Unpaid/ Lombard St.' on face and charged with bold hand-struck '2' tax hand-stamp.

Letter refers to sugar crops and the coffee on Blue Mountain.

'H.M.S. "Cumberland" was built in Deptford 1774. The "Cumberland" took part in the Blockade of 'Saint - Domingue on the 28th June 1803.

Under Capt. Sorrell the 'Cumberland" arrived at Spithead on the '24th January 1804 (this letter on the voyage) with news of the surrender and evacuation of Saint Domingue Later in 1804 having once again engaged with the French Navy in the West Indies she was broken up.

Ceylon. (Australian Red Cross). 1944. Australian Red Cross Society envelope addressed to England with framed 'Passed By Censor/ Date and Signature of Officer/ Naval Establishment/ No 56' in carmine on face and signed. Very fine.

Ceylon. (Indian Base Office). 1942. Stamp-less envelope endorsed 'On Active Service' addressed to India cancelled by Indian Section Base Office/ Dep'/ No 9' date stamp '2nd June 42' with diamond 'Passed By Ind. F.O. Censor/ Unit/ G' with 'Censor/ 142' in violet on face and Bombay arrival on reverse '11th June'.

No 9 Advance Base Post Office Proud (19.5.42) - (27.1.43).

Ceylon. (Indian Field Post Office). 1942. Air Mail envelope written from 'H.Q. 2nd Echelon, Ceylon c/o Field Post Office, Colombo' headed 'On Active Service' addressed to India bearing SG 388, 6c black and blue (pair) tied by F.P.O./ No 74' date stamp with oval 'No 5 Indian Field Censor Unit' in green on face and triangular 'Passed by Censor/ D - 4' applied on arrival with Madras arrival '4th Feb 42.

Very attractive cover.

Yugoslavia. (Bosnia & Herzegovina). 1921. Envelope written from 'Zemaljska Banka' addressed to Bosnia bearing Yugoslavia 'Chainbreaker' SG 109, 15v dull blue, underpaid and bearing Bosnia & Herzegovina postage dues SG D54, 20h on 5h green and SG D55, 25h on 20h pink tied by Sarajevo double ring.

Nice item charged at 45 heller due (vinar same value as heller).

Balkans. (Montenegro - Rhodesia). 1945. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia bearing Yugoslavia 4 din blue and 9 din brown tied by Denovic date stamp with matching registration label with 'Cenzurirano' label tied by circular 'Vojna Cenzura/ 1' date stamp '27th Nov 45' with arrival on reverse. Scarce destination to Southern Rhodesia from the Montenegro Occupation.

Croatia. (French Military Mission in Zagreb). 1920. Envelope addressed to Switzerland endorsed 'Correspondence Militaire' bearing Yugoslavia 'Chainbreakers' SG 101, 20v chocolate (3) tied by Paris/ Banelieue date stamp '1st Jan 20' with circular 'Mission Militaire Francaaise/ Zagreb/ Le Chef de la Croatia' in carmine on reverse.

Attractive and scarce item from the French Mission to Zagreb.

Serbia. (French Machine Gun Detachment in Serbia). 1916. Stamp-less envelope endorsed 'F.M.' addressed to Paris cancelled by Tresor et Postes/ 408 date stamp '9th Nov 16' with circular military '216th Amee D' Orient - Division de Serbia/ Brigade Cie de Mitrailleuses/ Le Captaine/ Commandant' on face.

Very scarce item item from the French Machine Gun Detachment in Serbia.

Serbia. (British Military Mission in Serbia). 1915. Stamp-less envelope written from Skopje addressed to England endorsed 'On Active Service, Serbia' with bold double ring 'Serbian Relief Fund Unit/ Lady Paget's Hospital' in violet on face and signed by the Commander with Folkstone transit 'Aug 10 1915' and 'Opened By Censor' label applied.

The first unit of the Serbian Relief Fund a hospital of 600 beds arrived in Serbia November 1914 and was based in Skopje. At its head was Lady Paget the wife of an English diplomat in Serbia. By the summer of 1915 there were four Scottish hospitals in Serbia and part of Lady Paget's unit was dispatched to Mladenovac a tented hospital attached to the 2nd Serbian Army. On the 30th September the unit moved to Pirot on the Bulgarian border. It continued its work there until the evacuation on the 22nd October 1915.

Switzerland. (France). Pre stamp folded letter addressed to France written from Berne dated '5th Aout 1832' cancelled by Berne/ 6 Aoust 32', charged '4' with framed 'Suisee Per Ferney' and 'F.F. 10' accountancy on face, charged '8' in m/s and Loire arrival on reverse '9th Aout'.

Fine item of accountancy mail (Van der Linden 1229) paying 10 kreutzers from Ferney via Fribourg and Geneva.

Saudi Arabia. (Italian Internee in Hedjaz). 1941. Stamp-less envelope endorsed 'Internees Italians de Guerre au Hedjaz' with m/s 'Pr No 577' and endorsed '22 A' in red crayon (indicating Prisoner number and Camp Barrack), addressed to 'Comite International de la Croix Rouge Agence Centrale des Prisonniers de Guerre, Geneve' with hand-stamp 'France De Port' (Free of Charge) and 'Poste de Prisonniers de Guerre', routed via Egypt with 'Postal Censor' in violet and circular 'International de la Croix Rouge Geneve/ Delegation' in carmine.

The only recorded cover from the Italian Internees in Hedjaz, World War Two.

Ex Baron Jacob von Uexkull and illustrated in his book on Saudi Arabia and Hesjaz.

Spanish Colonies. (Spanish Guinea). 1917. Photographic post card addressed to France bearing Spanish Guinea SG 153, 10c vermilion tied by Elobey date stamp dated '1st Oct 17.

Scarce mail from Spanish Guinea.

Japan. (Russo - Japanese War). 1906. Illustrated folded envelope addressed to France bearing SG 133, 1/2r slate (2), SG 134, 1s pale brown, SG 137, 2s green (2) and SG 140, 4s rosine tied by Nagasaki vernacular date stamp '4th Juin 06' with Montpellier arrival on reverse.

Lovely item with illustration of 'Soldier returning from the 'Russo - Japanese War'.

Japan. (Manchuria - Russo - Japanese War). 1905. Japanese Military postal stationery card cancelled by 'Field Post Office 3' (River Yalu Army) dated '3rd June 1905' with framed 'Machine Gun Company' military cachet in red and arrival '16th June'.

1905 (38th year of the Meiji epoch) 3rd June.

Scarce item from the Field Post Office of the Yalu River Army. In June 1905 the Japanese Armies were advancing from Mukden (captured March 10) towards Kirin, with the Yalu Army on the right. Peace was concluded on September 6 1905.

Poland. (Austrian Military Mail - Russia). 1915. Russian postal stationery card 3k red upgraded with Austo/ Hungary Yvert 22, 1k olive (2) and Yvert 24, 3k lilac tied by 'K.U.K. Etapenpostamt/ Dabrowa in Polen' double ring '20th Dec 15' with hand-struck 'K.U.K. Kreiskommando/ Dabrowa/ Zensurstelle' censor in carmine on face.

Very attractive franking.

Poland. (Great Britain). 1943. Air Mail envelope written from the 'World League of Poles, Abroad, 45, Belgrave Sq. London S.W. 1' addressed to New Jersey bearing Great Britain SG 475, 1s brown and SG 490, 3d pale violet tied by rubber London date stamp with framed 'Examined/ By Censor/ Postal Section/ Ministry of Information.'

Hungary. 1874. Registered envelope bearing Yvert 9, 5k red (on reverse) and Yvert 10, 10k pale blue (pair) tied by Dalja date stamp with circular registered 'Preporuceno/ Recommandirt' double ring with m/s '287' inserted.
Dalja in Croatia was part of the Austrian - Hungarian Empire from 1867.

Albania. (British Contingent at Scutari). 1919. Stamp-less picture post card of 'View of Shkodra and Market' addressed to England cancelled by 'Field Post Office/ S 110' date stamp 'July 22 1919.'

On 19th February 1919 the 1/6th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment (which had served in Italy in 144th Brigade) was sent to Scutari to emphasis the Allied character of control in Albania. Only a small detachment of troops remained from May 1919.

Mail from the Troops in Albania was passed through Army Post Office S100 at Taranto, Italy, mail can be identified by the Battalion's censor hand-stamp 'No 433' which was used for part of the time in Albania. View cards such as this item of Shkodra (Scutari) also help identification.

Rumania. 1877. Envelope addressed to the 'Bank of Roumanie, Galatz,' bearing Yvert 38, 5b bistre and Yvert 39, 10b blue tied by Braile thimble date stamp with Galatz receiver on reverse.

Egypt. (Burma). 1940. Air Mail envelope written from 'Mena Camp' addressed to Burma bearing Egypt Yvert 191, 5m brown/ red (6) and Military stamp Yvert 4, 10m carmine tied by 'F.P.O./ No 17' date stamp '22nd July 40' with boxed 'Passed by Unit Censor/ 113' in violet and 'Passed/ Censor/ Rangoon/ 3' in green on face with Maymyo arrival '7th Aug' on reverse.
Nice item from Field Post Office Mena Camp, near Cairo to an unusual destination.

Egypt. (Censor Mail). 1940. Envelope addressed to Kent bearing 5m brown and 10m violet tied by Cairo date stamp '14th March 40' with 'Censorship/ Dept' in carmine and bold circular 'Postal Censorship/ Passed By Censor/ No 14' in violet on face.

A lovely example of this scarce censor. Only four other Postal Censorship covers recorded by Little in his volume Africa Civil Censorship with one other number 14 censorship sent surface mail to Ireland.

Egypt. (Cote Francaise des Somalis - Djibouti). 1943. Stamp-less envelope headed 'Delegation/ Comite International de la Croix Rouge/ Geneve' addressed to the 'French Red Cross, Djibouti, Cote Francaise des Somalis' written from Cairo with circular 'Postal Censor and bilingual 'Egyptian Censorship/ Opened by Censor' label on reverse tied by circular 'Censorship Dept/ 96' with Cote des Somalis red censor label tied by 'A/ 3' hand-stamp (struck twice), with Free French 'Postes Aux Armees/ F.F.1./ B.C.M.A.' date stamp '30th Nov 43' , circular Free French 'C.M.'' and oval 'Croix Rouge Francaise/ Comite de Djibouti' with hand-stamp receiver '2nd Dec 1943'on face in violet.

Egypt. (Prisoner of War Mail). 1941. Red Cross Air Mail envelope headed 'Delegation/ Comite International de la Croix Rouge a Geneve' addressed to Simla, India bearing Egypt Yvert 191, 5m brown (4) and Yvert 213a, 30m grey tied by Cairo date stamp, hand-stamped 'P.O.W. Post' and 'Postage Free' with circular Egyptian censor '1' cachet and bilingual 'Air Mail' label.

Greece. (Italian Occupation of Rhodes). 1942. Registered envelope addressed to France bearing Rhodes Air Mail Yvert 1, 50c blasck and yellow, Yvert 2, 80c black and rose (2) and Yvert 3, 1l black and blue (2) mixed with Italy Yvert 224, 5c sepia and Yvert 226, 10c brown tied by 'Posta Aerea (Rodi (Egro)' date stamp with matching registered label and 'Veificato per Censura' censor label tied by hand-stamp circular 'C 1' on face, routed via Milano with Nimes arrival.

Superb item of Registered mail sent Air Mail from the Italian Occupation of Rhodes.

Greece.(Greek Occupation of Smyrne). 1920. Postal stationery card bearing Turkey Yvert 183, 1p turquoise (2) tied by Bousse date stamp addressed to Pancalte with large bold circular Greek military censor on face and Pancalte arrival. Scarce item of censored mail from the Occupation.

Greece. (Italian Occupation of the Ionian Islands). 1942. Italian postal stationery card overprinted 'Isole Jonie' 30l brown cancelled by Corfu date stamp with circular censor hand-stamp. Very fine.

Greece.(French Detachment in Salonique). 1917. Stamp-less picture post card of 'Les Quais Pavoise, Salonique' addressed to France cancelled by hand-struck 'Armees Alliees D' Orient/ Quartier General/ Service de l' Approvisionnement/ Secteur Postal 502'. Very fine.

Greece. (French Troops in Lemnos). 1916. Envelope addressed to France bearing Yvert 182, 5l green tied by Moudros Lemnos double ring with 'Corps Expeditionnaire des Dardanelles/ Tresor et Postes/ Direction' double ring on face in violet, routed via Tresor et Postes/ 506'.

Lovely item from the French Battalion in Lemnos.

Channel Islands. (Guernsey). 1918. Picture post card of 'Guernsey from Fort George' addressed to Kent bearing SG 357, 1d scarlet tied by Forest/ Guernsey rubber date stamp in violet '20th Dec 18' with Sevenoaks arrival and forwarded.

A rare rubber village date stamp, most unusual tying the adhesive as the few examples known are adjacent to the Guernsey date stamp.

Channel Islands. (Guernsey). 1850. Great Britain postal stationery envelope 'penny pink' cancelled by '324' bar obliterator with Guernsey date stamp on reverse 'Jy 22 1850' addressed to Wales with London transit and Rhyl arrival 'July 24'.

Zanzibar. (First Flight). 1954. Registered Air Mail flight envelope headed 'Hoosein Brothers/ Zanzibar' addressed to Kenya bearing Zanzibar SG 340, 10c orange, SG 541, 15c green and SG 345, 35c blue tied by 'Reg/ Wete' date stamp '14th Fe 54' on face and reverse with framed hand-struck 'R/ Weti - Pemba/ No' and 'First Flight Cover/ Inauguration of Air Service/ Between Zanzibar and Pemba' hand-stamp in violet with circular 'Bohra Rd. B.O. Nairobi/ Kenya' on reverse dated '16 Fe.'

Very attractive item from this Branch Office on Pemba Island.

Pacific Islands. (Samoa). 1919. Registered envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing Samoa 'Postal Fiscal' SG 130, 5s yellow-green tied by Apia date stamp '7th Jan' with registration label and framed 'Passed By/ Censor/ 3 Samoa' in violet on face, routed via San Francisco and New York '21/2' with Bern arrival 'March 20th'' on reverse.

Pacific Islands. (Western Samoa - Union Islands). 1945. Envelope addressed to 'Mr. F. Grattan, District Officer, Nukunono, Union, (Tokelau) Islands' bearing Western Samoa SG 180, 1/2d green (pair) tied by Nukunono/ Union Islands date stamp.

Tonga. 1903. Registered envelope written by 'Dr Maclennan, Medical Department, Tonga, South Seas' (on his official envelope) addressed to San Francisco bearing 'SG43, 2 1/2d black and blue (strip of three) and SG 46, 5d black and orange tied by Nukualofa/ Tonga date stamp '17 Feb 03' with San Francisco/ Reg Div.' double ring arrival 'March 24' in violet on reverse.

Very attractive item.

Jamaica. (Forwarding Agents). 1839. Pre stamp folded letter written from 'John Mulholland, Kingston, Jamaica' dated '17th January 1819' addressed to New York with bold circular 'Commercial Buildings/ Jan 21/ Kingston/ Jamaica/ 1839' on reverse and rated '6' in m/s for the ship letter.

Lovely item with 'Dr. Cordova's Prices current inside and duplicate of letter dated 'Liverpool '3rd September 1838' from John Mulholland hoping for a "mercantile life" in Jamaica (having just been made a bankrupt in Liverpool).

Jacob de Cordova was a Jewish Jamaican who founded the 'Jamaica Gleaner'.

A rare forwarding agent, the Commercial Building with date being three times as scarce as the undated type listed by Rowe.

Canada. (Crown Circle). 1849. Pre stamp folded letter addressed to Montreal cancelled by bold '(Crown) Paid At/ Quebec L.C.' in red with adjacent 'Quebec/ L.C.' double arc date stamp 'Ju 22 1849' on face, rated '9' in m/s red ink and Montreal arrival on reverse. Very fine.

Canada.(Registered Letter Stamp). 1879. Registered envelope addressed to Toronto bearing 'Small Queen' SG 83, 3c orange-red and 'Registered Letter Stamp' SG R1, 2c orange tied by hand-struck 'Registered' (struck twice)) with adjacent 'Bracebridge. Ont/ Canada' date stamp 'Sp 1st 79'.

Scarce cancel from this small village upstate Ontario.

Canada. (Mourning Envelope). 1867. Mourning envelope addressed to Surrey bearing SG 39, 12 1/2c deep green tied by Montreal bar duplex 'Aug 30, endorsed 'By Canadian Packet' with Guildford arrival on reverse. Stamp has very fresh colour..

China. (French China). 1898. Registered envelope addressed to France bearing French China SG 4, 10c black/ lilac and SG 6, 15c blue (strip of four) tied by 'Cops D' Arm. Lig N Paq. F.R. No 8' (Salles 1951) date stamp '16th Juil 98' with hand-struck framed 'R' and circular 'Marine/ Service Major' with Vaucluse arrival on reverse.

Very rare item of Registered mail paying the double letter plus registration from French China to France.

Very few registered covers recorded from the French Expeditionary Force.

China. (Manchuria - French Troops in Shan - Hai -Kwan). 1936. Envelope addressed to Paris bearing Manchuria SG 11, 10f orange tied by vernacular Shan Hai Kwan date stamp with bold label reading 'French Troops/ Shan Hai Kwan' on face, endorsed 'via Siberia' with Paris receiver '14th Nov 34'. on reverse.

Very scarce item, a rarely seen label from the French Detachment in Manchuria.

China. (French Expeditionary Force in Kouang-Tcheou-Wan). 1900 Stamp-less envelope addressed to France endorsed 'Corps D' Occupation de Quan Tcheou Wan' with circular 'Marine Francaise/ Service a la Mer' in blue with 'Saigon Cochinch. Corps Expd' date stamp '18th Jan 00' and 'Corps Exp. Tonkin Ligne N 7' military paquebot carried on the "Ern. Simons" dated '19th Jan' with Toulon arrival '12th Feb 00' on reverse.

Early mail sent January 1900 during the early period of the French Occupation. Superb.

China. (French Territory in Kouang - Tcheou - Wan). 1916. Stamp-less envelope addressed to Haiphong, Tonkin cancelled by Fort - Bayard - Indo Chine double ring '29th May 16' (Desrousseaux Type 3/bis (T) with circular military 'Quang - Tcheou - Wan/ Le Commandant/ Des Troupes' in blue on face with Haiphong arrival on reverse '2nd Juin'.

Superb item of military mail during World War One from the French Leasehold Territory of Kouang-Tcheou-Wan.