India. (French Indo-China - Postage Dues). 1932. Envelope addressed to Vinh Long, Cochin-China bearing India SG 154, 3p slate (block of 12) tied by Oyakondansiruvaya squared circle '24th Aug 32', underpaid with circular 'T/C' (5c) hand-stamp and bearing French Indo-China postage due SG D140, 3c violet and SG D201, 2c red/ orange tied by Vinh Long/ Cochinchine arrival '7/9'.

India. (Great Britain). 1897. Great Britain postal stationery envelope 'two pence' lilac-rose upgraded with 'Jubilee' SG 197, 1/2d vermilion tied by Bedford St. S.O. squared circle 'Sept 23rd 97' addressed to Pondicherry, French India with Sea Post Office '4th Oct 97' and Pondicherry/ 2nd Dely arrival '11th Oct' on reverse.

Very attractive 'Alfred Smith & Son/ Bath (London) Postage Stamps For Collections' (Timbres-poste pour Collections)' printed corner envelope to a very unusual destination from Great Britain.

Mexico. (Trans-Pacific Mail via Siberia). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to Dresden, Germany bearing Air Mail Yvert 65, 40c blue (2) and Yvert 66, 50c green (2) tied by Mexico double ring '10th May 41', endorsed 'via Aerea Transpacifica, via Siberia' with 'Via Air Mail' label and German censor label on reverse (e for Frankfurt), tied by circular German censor in carmine.

Due to German U Boat blockades in the Atlantic the mail had to use the long neutral Pacific route to the Soviet port Vladivostok and then on the Trans-Siberian railroad to Europe.

Ceylon. (Trans-Pacific Mail via Hong Kong). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to New York bearing Ceylon SG 394c, 50c black and mauve (vertical strip of three) tied by Colombo double ring '25th Feb 41' with 'Opened By Censor/ 35' censor tape, endorsed 'via Hong Kong' with Victoria/ Hong Kong transit '3rd Mar 41' and boxed 'Not Opened By Censor' on face with circular 'A.V./ 2' in violet.

Fine item of Trans-Pacific mail with 'A.V./ 2' hand-stamp applied in Hong Kong. Only 17 of the 'A.V./ 2' hand-stamp recorded in violet from Hong Kong.

Ceylon. (Trans-Pacific Mail via Hong Kong). 1941. Illustrated Air Mail envelope (Booth's Sardines), addressed to San Francisco bearing Ceylon SG 396, 2r black and carmine (2) tied by Colombo date stamp '4th Ja 41' with 'Opened By Censor/ 35' censor label, endorsed 'By Air Mail' with Victoria/ Hong Kong transit '28 Ja 41' and triangular 'Passed Censor/ 5' on face in green with circular 'A.V. / 2' in violet.

Fine item of Trans-Pacific mail with 'A.V./2' hand-stamp applied in Hong Kong (Only 17 recorded in violet) from Hong Kong.

China. (Manchuria). 1932. Large 'Anglo-Chinese Eastern Trading Company, Harbin' registered 'Trading envelope' addressed to 'Anglo-Chinese Eastern Trading Co. London' bearing Manchuria SG 11, 10f red-orange (pair) and SG 13, 15d rosine (4) stamps on reverse, tied by 'PINKIANG' (Harbin) date stamp '23rd Nov 32' with Harbin/ 2 registered label and hand-stamp 'Registered' in violet.

Very nice item paying the 80 fen registered mail fee from Pinkiang to England.

The international postage rates from the 26th July 1932 - 1st Jan 34.'

The 80 fen rate is an three times registered rate, letters to 20g, 25 fen + 15 fen for each extra 20g = 25f + 15f x 2 = 30 fen plus 25 fen registration fee = 80 fen.

China. (Manchuria). 1934. Large 'Anglo-Chinese Eastern Trading Company, Harbin' registered 'Trading envelope', addressed to 'Anglo-Chinese Eastern Trading Co. London' bearing Manchuria SG 5, 3f chestnut (2) and SG 17, 50f yellow-olive tied by Harbin/ 2 date stamp '25th Sept 34' with Harbin/ 2 registration label and framed bilingual 'Registered' hand-stamp in violet with 'via Siberia' on face.

Fine franking paying the 56 fen registered rate to England.

The international postage rates changed on 1st Jan 1934.

The 56 fen rate is six times registered rate, letters to 20g. 10f + 6f for each extra 20g = 10f + 6f x 5 = 30 fen plus 16 fen registration fee = 56 fen.

Japan. (Manchuria - Kwantung Leasehold). 1933. 'Anglo-Chinese Raster Trading Company, Harbin' registered 'Trading envelope' addressed to 'Anglo-Chinese Eastern Trading Co. London' bearing Japan 'Tazawa' SG 238, 30s orange and green, and SG 266, 4s orange (pair) tied by vernacular Dairen date stamp '8.9.25' (25th Sept 1933) with adjacent 'Dairen/ I.N.P.O.' in violet dated '28th Sept 33' and Dairen/ (11) registration label and hand-struck 'Registered' with bold vernacular hand-stamp in blue on face and endorsed 'via Siberia'.

Lovely franking from the Kwantung Leasehold.

China. (Manchuria). 1933. Large 'Anglo-Chinese Eastern Trading Company, Harbin' registered 'Trading envelope' addressed to 'Anglo-Chinese Eastern Trading Co, London' bearing Manchuria SG 2, 1f brown-red 97 stamps on reverse), SG 5, 4f yellow-olive (pair, stamps on reverse), SG 11, 10f red-orange (5) and SG 13, 15f rosine (pair) tied by vernacular Harbin/ 2 date stamp '9th April 33' with Harbin/ 2 registered label with frmaed bilingual 'Registered' in violet and hand-stamp 'via Siberia' in violet on face.

Superb franking cover paying the 95 fen registered rate to England.

The international postage rates from 26th July 32 - 1st Jan 34.

The 95 fen rate is an 4 times registered rate cover, letters to 20g, 25 fen plus 15 fen for each extra 20g = 25f plus 15f x 3 = 45 fen plus 25 fen registration fee = 95 fen.

China. (Manchuria). 1933. Large 'Anglo-Chinese Eastern Trading Company, Harbin' registered 'Trading envelope', addressed to 'Anglo-Chines Eastern Trading Co. London' bearing Manchuria SG 7, 5f emerald, SG 15, 20f bistre-brown and SG 17, 50f yellow-olive (pair) tied by vernacular Harbin date stamp '29th Oct 33' with Harbin/ 2 registration label with framed bilingual 'Registered' in violet with hand-struck 'via Siberia' on face in violet.

Very fine cover paying the 1 yuan 25 fen registered rate to England.

The international postage rates from the 26th July 32 - 1st Jan 34.

The 1 yuan 25 fen rate is a 6 times registered rate cover, letters to 20g, 25 fen plus 15 fen for each extra 20g = 25f plus 15f x 5 = 75 fen plus 25 fen registratio0n fee = 1yuan 25 fen.

Malaya. (Straits Settlements). 1927. Envelope addressed to Denmark bearing Straits Settlements SG 221, 3c green (pair) and SG 227, 6c dull claret tied by Raffles Hotel/ Singapore double ring '11th Mar 1927' with Singapore transit on reverse.

Malaya. (Kelantan - Singapore - Paquebot). 1941. KELANTAN postal stationery card '2c green' upgraded with Kelantan SG 41, 2c green cancelled by 'PAQUEBOT/ SINGAPORE' double ring '6th May 1941' addressed to Singapore.

A scarce card used (small faults).

Malaya. (Straits Settlements - French Paquebot) 1905. Picture post card of 'Malay Ladies, Singapore' dated 'Singapore 24th April' addressed to France bearing Straits Settlements SG 128, 3c dull purple tied by octagonal French paquebot 'Yokohama a Marseille L.N. No 4' (Salles 1926) dated '24th Avril 05' and Chatenais arrival.

Nice item sent on the French paquebot "Arm. Behic" departing Saigon '23/4' and arriving Singapore 24th April and Marseille '15th May'.

Malaya. (Royal Packet Navigation Company). 1920. Picture post card of 'Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij' (Royal Packet Navigation Company) 'S.S. "MELCHIOR TREUB" addressed to England bearing Straits Settlements SG 198, 4c rose-scarlet tied by Singapore date stamp (with damaged rim) dated '28th May 1920.

French Indo-China. (Singapore - Paquebot). 1938. Envelope printed 'Rue Catinat, Saigon' addressed to England bearing French Indo-China SG 169, 2c green, SG 177, 6c vermilion and SG 181, 10c blue tied by 'Paquebot/ Singapore' double ring (Proud SL9) dated '18 Aug 1938'.

Antigua. (Canada - St. Thomas - British West Indies). 1863. Stamp-less envelope, endorsed 'PAID', addressed to Toronto, Canada, endorsed 'via Halifax, N.S.' cancelled on reverse by 'English Harbour. Antigua' date stamp 'De 12 63', rated '4' manuscript in red crayon with St. Thomas ttransit 'Dec 14 1863' on reverse and Quebec L.C. dated 'Jan 6 64' with Toronto/ Ont receiver 'Jan 11 64' on reverse and charged with bold hand-struck 'UNPAID 5' on face.

A rare item from English Harbour, this cancel in normal use with the 'A18' obliterator and rarely seen on its own.
'John Parmenter' in GB used Abroad Postal markings' notes the cancel as 'Not recorded in use' 'RARITY GPO'.

Antigua. (Crown Paid at Antigua - British West Indies). 1866. Stamp-less mourning envelope written from 'Antigua' dated '27th May 66' addressed to London cancelled by (Crown) Paid At Antigua' in vermilion on face with Antigua dispatch date stamp 'May 27 66' in black on reverse, rated 11d' in red manuscript crayon with large circular 'London/ Paid' in red on face '12th June 66'.

Cat 650 GBP.

Antigua. (Barbuda - British West Indies). 1839. Stamp-less folded letter (with three page text) written from 'John Osborne, Barbuda' dated '11th June 1839', addressed to 'Sir C. Bethel Codrington Bart, Dodington, Cirencester, Glostershire' cancelled on reverse by small fleuron Antigua 'June 12 1839', rate '2/1' in manuscript with framed 'Cirencester/ Penny Post' on face.

A fine early item of postal history from Barbuda, charged the 'Packet' rate of '1s/ 2d' plue inland postage of 11d and an additional one penny postage charged with the Cirencester Penny Post hand-stamp.

Antigua. (British West Indies - Great Britain Packet Letter). 1820. Pre-stamp folded letter written from 'His Majesty's Sloop "CONFIANCE", English Harbour, Antigua' date d 'Sept 15th 1820' addressed to Dulwich Hill, Surrey with framed 'Packet Letter' on face and rated '2/2' in manuscript with oval '10 O' Clock Dec 7 1820' in red on reverse.
Fine item from English Harbour with three page letter.

Double letter rate '2/2' comprising Ship Letter 2 x 8d = 1/6d and 2 x 4d port to London = 8d.

British Somaliland. (Somaliland Field Force). 1904. Indian postal stationery envelope 'One Anna on 2a 6p' yellow addressed to Karachi cancelled by 'F.P.O. No 21' date stamp '16th Mar', signed and dated lower left '16/3/04' by the Commander, with Base Office/ Berbera on reverse '27 Ma 04' on reverse, routed via Bombay 'Ap 7' with Karachi arrival '9th April;,

Chile. (British Post Office - Crown Circle). 1865. Folded letter written from Valparaiso dated '16th Jan 1865' addressed to France cancelled by 'Crown Circle' 'Paid At Valparaiso' in red with British Post Office 'Valparaiso' double arc on reverse 'Jan 17', rated '2/9' in red manuscript crayon, endorsed 'via Panama' with oval 'PD' on face, London/ Paid transit 'Feb 26', French entry cachet and Paris arrival on reverse.

Triple letter rate paying an additional '2/9' in manuscript, letter written in French.

Sudan. (Egypt). 1892. Sudan postal stationery card 3m red-brown upgraded with SG 1, 1m brown (2) tied by Halfa date stamp '19th Nov 97' addressed to 'Army Headquarters, Alexandria' with Military Post Office, Alexandria arrival '26th Nov 97' on face.

Persian Gulf. (India used in Muscat). Circa 1872. India SG 54, 'half anna' blue cancelled by '309' in diamond of 16 bars.

Scarce item of India used abroad from Muscat.

Egypt. (French Post Office in Egypt). 1898. Coloured 'GRUS AUS' picture post card of 'Boy with Donkey, Alexandria' addressed to Germany bearing French 'Type Sage' Yvert 64, 5c deep-green tied by Alexandria/ Egypte double ring '20th Nov 98'.

Superb 'GRUS AUS' Egyptian card bearing Type Sage 5 cent used from the French Post Office, Alexandria paying the Printed Matter rate to Germany.

Cape of Good Hope. (Trinidad). 1895. Cape of Good Hope postal stationery card 'one halfpenny on one penny brown' upgraded with SG 48, 1/2d black tied by oval of bars with numeral '866' in center and adjacent Beaufort West date stamp '2nd Sept 95' addressed to Port of Spain, Trinidad, carried east with 'Sea Post Office transit 'Oc 7' with small hand-stamp 'MALDIRIGE' and returned west with 'Sea Post Office' 'Oc 12' and Port of Spain arrival 'Nov 20' on face.

Lovely item with the MALDIRIGE hand-stamp, French for miss-sorted or miss-sent by the Sea Post Office.

Hong Kong. (Bisects). 1901. Envelope written on 'Canadian Pacific Railway Company' addressed to 'R.M.S. "Empress of China", Hong Kong' bearing SG 33, 2c carmine, SG 34, 4c slate-grey, SG 56, 2c dull green (bisect) and SG 57, 4c carmine tied by Hong Kong date stamp 'Oct 23 01'.

Very few bisect covers are known during the Hong Kong Queen Victoria period.

Canada. (Hong Kong). 1937. Envelope written from 'Fire-Cracker Manufacturing, Wing Lok Street, Hong Kong' addressed to Vancouver bearing Hong Kong SG 121, 5c violet (8) tied by Vancouver B.C. date stamp 'Oct 4th 1937', endorsed 'Per 'S.S. "Empress of Prussia" with boxed 'Paquebot/ Posted/ At Sea' in blue on face and circular Vancouver receiver.

Posted on board the Canadian Pacific steamer "Empress of Prussia" travelling from Hong Kong to Vancouver and posted on arrival.

China. (Air Mail). 1920. Air Mail envelope addressed to 'Fong Haia Road, West Gate, Shanghai' bearing Flood Relief Fund' SG 349, 1c on 2c yellow-green, SG 350, 3c on 4c bright scarlet, SG 351, 5c on 6c grey and 'Air Mail' SG 352, 15c black and blue-green tied by Peking date stamp with Shanghai arrival front and reverse.

The Flood Relief Fund stamps included one cent going to the victims of the Yellow River Fund.

Liberia. 1899. Multi view post card of 'Cape Palmas', the 'S.S. "Lother Boblen" and the German cruiser "Stranbung" addressed to Germany bearing Yvert 41, 1c lilac and Yvert 42, 2c yellow-brown and black tied by Monrovia/ Liberia date stamp '12th Sept 99', routed via Liverpool with circular 'Paid/ Liverpool/ BR Packet' in red '4th Oct' and Hadensee arrival '6th Oct' adjacent.

Scarce pre 1900 picture post card from Liberia.

United States, (Valentine Envelope). 1879. Embossed 'Valentines' envelope addressed to 'New Castle, PA', bearing 'Washington' SG 160, 3c green tied by cork cancel with Niles (Illinois) adjacent date stamp in violet 'Feb 15', the envelope containing a beautiful ornate Valentines card.

Malaya. (Netherlands East Indies - Royal Packet Navigation Company) Circa 1922. Straits Settlements SG 232, 12c bright blue (top margin) tied by oval 'N.V. Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij/ S.S. "MELCHIOR TREUB" in violet.

Malaya. (Singapore - Great Britain). 1935. Air Mail photographic card of 'Malay Huts, Singapore' addressed to England bearing Great Britain SG 441, 1 1/2d brown (2) tied by Paquebot/ Singapore' double ring (Proud SL9) dated '16th Mr 1935' with framed 'Air Mail/ Par Avion' hand-stamp in violet on face and 'Air Mail' label'.

Malaya. (Singapore - Great Britain Paquebot). 1901. Picture post card of 'Bridge at Shanghai' addressed to England bearing Great Britain SG 172, 1d lilac tied by Singapore double ring 'Sp 7 1901' with adjacent 'PAQUEBOT' hand-stamp (Proud SL6).

Scarce maritime postmark from Singapore used on Great Britain Queen Victoria one penny lilac.

Malaya. (Great Britain - Penang Paquebot). 1929. Photographic card of 'The Post Office, Penang' addressed to London bearing Great Britain SG 418, 1/2d green and SG 419, 1d scarlet tied by Penang/ Paquebot double ring '11th Jan 1929' (Proud SL10).

Malaya. (Singapore Paquebot - Great Britain), 1906. Picture post card of 'View of the Harbour between Hong Kong & Kowloon' addressed to England bearing Great Britain SG 219, 1d scarlet tied by Singapore double ring 'De 3rd 1906' with bold 'PAQUEBOT' hand-stamp (Proud SL6) adjacent.

Malaya (Straits Settlements - French Paquebot0. 1903. Envelope addressed to Zurich, Switzerland bearing Straits Settlements SG 86, 10c on 24c green tied by Singapore date stamp 'Dec 5 93', with octagonal French paquebot 'Ligne N Paq. Fr. No 1' (Salles 1924) and Zurich arrival on reverse '29/12'.

Lovely item sent on the French paquebot "Caledonian" departing Saigon 'Dec 3rd' via Singapore and transiting Marseille '27/12'.

Malaya. (Selangor - French Paquebot). 1900. Selangor postal stationery card 1c green upgraded with SG 51, 3c yellow-orange tied by Klang date stamp 'Nov 22nd 1900', addressed to France, routed via Singapore 'No 24' with octagonal French paquebot 'Ligne N Paq. Fr. No 4' date stamp (Salles 1924) dated '26th Nov 00' with Pyrenees arrival '20th Dec 00'.

Lovely item sent on the French paquebot "Tonkin" departing Saigon '23/11' via Singapore and transiting Marseille '19th December'.

Malaya. (Netherlands East Indies - Royal Packet Navigation Company). 1926. Envelope headed 'Ban Yong Guan, Singapore' and endorsed 'Per S.S. "de WEERT" addressed to Samarinda, Dutch Indies bearing Straits Settlements SG 232, 12c bright blue tied by oval 'Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij/ 'S.S. "de Weert" in violet with Soerabaja transit '30.8.26' and Samarinda arrival on reverse '3rd Sept 26'.

Australia. )Singapore - Paquebot). 1929. Photographic card of 'Parliament House, Brisbane' addressed to the United States bearing Australia SG 87, 1 1/2d scarlet tied by 'Paquebot/ Singapore' double ring (Proud SL9) dated '30th Ap 1929'.

Netherlands East Indies. (Malaya - Singapore Dutch Indies Maritime Mail). Circa 1935. Netherlands East Indies stamps on small pieces (some red band) tied by oval 'Koninklijke Pakervaart Maatschappji' with a variety of ships names 'S.S. "van Rees", 'S.S. "Schouten", 'M.S. "Ophir", 'M.S. "Janssens" others with straight-line hand-stamps 'M.S. "Thedens", 'M.S. "Khoen Hoea" also tied with Paquebot/ Singapore' or Soerabaja.

Eighty nine items. Hand picked by a collector over 70 years. A very difficult group to assemble in this quality today.

New Zealand. (Trans-Pacific Mail). 1940.Registered Air Mail envelope printed 'First (Second) Air Mail Flight/ Auckland - San Francisco. via Noumea - Canton Island & Honolulu' addressed to New Jersey bearing New Zealand SG 549, 4d purple, (on reverse), SG 550, 7d brown-orange, SG 613, 1/2d blue-green, SG 614, 1d chocolate and scarlet, SG 615, 1 1/2d light blue and mauve, SG 616, 2d blue-green and chocolate, SG 617, 2 1/2d blue-green and blue, SG 618, 3d purple and carmine, SG 619, 4d chocolate and lake, SG 620, 5d pale blue and brown, SG 621, 6d emerald and violet, SG 623, 8d black and red, SG 624, 9d olive-green and orange and SG 625, 1s sage and deep green tied by Wellington / Registered date stamp '30th July 40' with registration label and hand-struck 'Registered', with 'Opened and Passed by Censor in New Zealand' label on reverse tied by circular 'Passed By Censor N.Z. 26' in blue on reverse and face, carried via Honolulu, Hawaii with 'Aug 5' transit and Hillside N.J. 'Aug 9th' on reverse.

War Time Trans-Pacific mail sent Registered via Hawaii paying Registration rate of 5 shillings 5 1/2 pence.

Egypt. (Trans-Pacific Mail). 1941. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Chicago bearing Egypt Yvert 126, 50m blue, Yvert 188, 2m orange and 'Air Mail' Yvert 23, 100m violet and blue-green (4) tied by Alexandria date stamp '5th Jan 41' with 'R/ Alexandria' registration label and hand-stamp 'REGISTERED' and 'Air Mail', censored with 'Egyptian Censorship/ Opened By Censor' label and framed 'Censor' on face in violet, endorsed 'via Bangkok' - Hong Kong San Francisco - Chicago/ Per Overseas Airways and Transpacific Clipper/ Airmail all the way to Destination', and on reverse 'Chicago/ Registered' arrival 'Feb 10'.

Danish West Indies. (Netherlands East Indies). 1902. Danish West Indies postal stationery card '3 cents' scarlet cancelled by St. Thomas date stamp '16th Jan 02' addressed to Pasoereau, Java, Netherlands Indies with Weltevreden squared circle '6/3' with Soerabaja '8/3' and faint arrival all on face.

Rare destination from the Danish West Indies.

Canada. (New Brunswick - Scottish Ship Letters). 1834. Folded letter written from St. John's New Brunswick dated '11th Nov 1824' addressed to 'Kings Road. London'. carried by private ship via Halifax to Port Glasgow, with Port Glasgow receiver 'Dec 30' on reverse and oval 'Ship Letter/ Port Glasgow/ G.R. (Robertson S. 6) with Scots turnpike toll 'Add ! 1/2 on face, manuscript '1/3' and London arrival '1st Jan 1835' in red on reverse.

Three page letter with reference to the Halifax CHOLERA outbreak of 1834 which was primarily introduced through ships arriving from Britain carrying infected passengers.

German States. (Prussia - New Mexico Territory). 1865. Prussian postal stationery envelope 'ein silber gr' red upgraded with Yvert 16, 6p orange, Yvert 19, 2s blue and Yvert 20, 3s bistre tied by framed 'Beuthen/ Lober Schlesien/ 24.1065' (struck three times), addressed to SANTA FEE, NEW MEXICO TERRITORY), endorsed 'Per Hamburg via Bremen' with 'Franco' with Hamburg transit '26/10' on reverse and circular 'Hamburg Packet Paid/ 3' exchange credit in red dated 'Oct 28' with blue crayon manuscript 'f 4 1/2' on face.

Carried by 'Hapag Line' "Bavaria" from Hamburg to New York, blue crayon 'f 4 1/2' was a restatement of the international fee (10c) paid in silbergroschen. Hamburg's circular datestamp showed the letter was paid and three cents was credited to the U.S..

Wonderful four colour Trans-Atlantic cover from Beuthen, Upper Silesia (now Poland) to this rare destination of New Mexican Territory.

French Indo-China. (Algeria). 1910. Coloured picture post card of 'Porte de la Redoute, Saida, Algeria' addressed to Nam-Dinh, Tonkin bearing French 'Sower' Yvert 137, 5c green tied by Saida/ Oran date stamp '9th Jan 10', underpaid with framed 'T' hand-stamp and bearing French Indo-China postage due SG D72, 10c carmine tied by Hanoi/ Tonkin arrival '20th Jan'.

French Indo-China. 1939. French Indo-China postal stationery envelope 5c purple upgraded with SG 168, 1c brown tied by Nhatrang-Citadelle/ Annam date stamp '10th May 39' addressed to Hue with arrival on reverse '12/5'.

Nice item written from the small rural post office of Dieu Khanh dated '5th May 39' with letter written in Vietnamese.
Scarce commercial postal stationery.

French Indo-China. (French Occupation). 1904. Picture post card of 'Femmes de la region Kay-Wa, Yunnan' addressed to France bearing French Indo-China SG 24, 10c rose-red tied by Lam/ Tonkin date stamp '28th Sept 04' with circular 'Place de Lam/ Le Commandant D' Armes' military cachet in blue.

French Indo-China. (Postcard). 1909. Picture post card of 'Drum & Bugle Corps of the Tonkin Riflemen' addressed to Hanoi bearing French Indo-China SG 54, 5c green and black tied by Hanoi date stamp '10th Feb 09' with circular 'Regiment D' Infanterie Colonle/ L' Officeier de HABILLEMENT' (Clothing), signed by the Commandant.

French Indo-China. (French Occupation - Military Mail). 1916. Stamp-less picture post card of 'The river and steam boats at Song Tam' addressed to France cancelled by Bacninh/ Tonkin double ring dated '10th Aug 16' with circular '2e Groupement/ Le Chef du Groupt./ O.N.S.' in blue.

A scarce Indo-China military cachet from World War Two.