GB 1861 London to the British Consulate Smyna
bearing 6d Pale Lilac SG70 tied by London duplex with oval PD routed via France with arrival cachet of the French Post Office Smyrne Turkey. Very fine. (pt)
GB 1875 Stampless envelope, London to Batavia
cover sent to SAMARANG BATAVIA handstamp ed by Lombard St. Paid CDS manuscript 1/3 and charged 12 1/2c on arrival, backstamped Samarang. Scarce Far East destination. (pt)
GB 1864 envelope to Belgium + 3d Red SG77
tied by Birmingham duplex, handstruck INSUFFICIENTLY STAMPED and manuscript 20, London transit and Liege arrival on reverse. Scarce single franking on overseas mail. (pt)
GB 1855 envelope to France, London transit
bearing 4d Carmine SG63 (Blue highly glazed paper) tied by 463 Swansea obliterator with CDS on reverse, P.D. erased, charged 16 in manuscript with handstruck Insufficiently Stamped, French arrival cachet. Scarce item. (pt)
GB 1864 envelope to France routed via London
bearing 1d Red SG43 (Pair) and 6d Lilac SG85, Plate 5 with hair-lines (Pair) tied by LEEDS 447 duplex with oval PD, French entry cachet and Paris arrival. A superb quality cover. (pt)
India 1895 envelope to Belgium, Sea Post Office transit
bearing 1 anna Plum SG89, and 1 anna 6pies Brown SG90 tied by Darjeeling duplex, routed via Calcutta, with Bruxelles arrival. Very fine. (pt)
India 1879 Postal Stationery Envelope 1/2 anna Blue upgraded
with 1/2 anna Blue SG54 tied by S-6 obliterator with Sadiya CDS on reverse addressed to Dibrugarh. Attractive quality item. (pt)
India Paid envelope 1857 to Italy, with Genova arrival (B1)
bearing 8 anna Carmine SG48 tied by octagonal B1 with Calcutta datestamp on reverse with Forwarding Cachet Gillaners / Arbuthndt & Co. Calcutta in Blue, charged 10 with Boxed India Paid and accountancy D.A.a £ in Red. Fine item. (pt)
China 1925 Red Band Envelope to Cambodia, Rare
bearing 1/2c Sepia SG287 (2), and 3c Green SG291 (3) tied by native datestamp with Soairieng Cambodge double-ring arrival cancel. Scarce destination. (pt)
China (French) 1893 Mourning envelope to French China, 1st Recorded
bearing 25c French Type Sage Yvert 97 tied by Hereplan double-ring routed via Saigon to the French Post and Telegraph Office Long-Xuyen Indo-China with French General Colonies 2 franc Marron Yvert 16 applied on arrival. This cover is the FIRST RECORDED with the 2 fr used in Indo-China it would have been used as a form of accounting the TAX on incoming mail in groups of 8 unpaid letters. A superb item for the exhibitor. (pt)
China (French) 1920 French Sower PSE 15c Green, Taxed
Postal Stationery Envelope cancelled by Pont a Mousson CDS addressed to Lan-Tcheou-Fou China, underpaid with TAX handstamp and Langhowfu arrival, endorsed Unknowm and routed back via Shanghai with the instructional Retour a L'Envoyeur 5104 and Dead Letter Office, bearing French TAX stamps 1c Black Yvert 10 (5), and 15c Green Yvert 30 applied on return in France. A fine and rare item. (pt)
China 1929 Postal Stationery Card 2c Green upgraded to Belgium
with 4c Olive SG377 tied by NINGSIA datestamp routed via Hwamaghin, endorsed via Siberia. Very fine. (pt)
China 1916 Postal Stationery Card 1c Green to Yunnan
PSC cancelled by Yochow datestamp routed via Shanghai and Hokow to Yunnan Province with MENGTSZ arrival of the Chinese Post Office. Scarce Internal mail. (pt)
China Yunnan Province 1906 envelope Forwarded to Li-Kiang
bearing Chinese Imperial Post 2c Red SG123, tied by Teng-Yueh Lunar datestamp (29-08-06) routed via Xiaguan (07-09-06) and Ta-Li-Fu (08-09-06) addressed to the Catholic Mission and Forwarded to Li-Kiang with Lunar arrival (15-09-06) on reverse. A very rare item of early internal mail from Upper Yunnan with letter from the British Customs House at Teng-Yueh. (pt)
India 1869 envelope to France, Forwarding agents cachet
bearing 8 pies Purple SG57 (Pair), 2 anna Yellow SG61 (Pair), and 8 annas Carmine SG65 (2) Die 1 on Watermark paper tied by Calcutta B1 octagonal in Blue with forwarding agents cachet Forwarded by Carlistes Nephew & Co, Boxed PD with French entry cachet and arrival. (pt)
Romania 1880 envelope to France Marseille arrival on reverse
bearing 5 bani Green SG126, and 5 bani Pale Red SG127 (2) tied by BUCURESCI datestamp with French entry cachet Roumanie-Avigon Paris datestamp in Blue. (pt)
Romania 1877 envelope to France - (Applied in Error)
bearing 15 bani Brown-Red SG115 (2), tied by BUCURESCI double-ring with French entry cachet of Portugal-St. Jean de Luz 3 Amb E. applied in error with Marseille arrival on reverse. Interesting item. (pt)
Romania 1873 instructional envelope to France via Austria, TAXED
bearing 25 bani Orange SG110 tied by GALATZ datestamp, with handstruck instructional insuffisiment Affranchie and Insffisant handstamp , with French entry cachet and TAXED 8 in manuscript on arrival. Scarce combination. (pt)
Salvador 1898 Registered AR PSE 13c upgraded to France
Postal Stationery Envelope upgraded with 10c Orange SG141 tied by Star cachet Certificado San Salvador datestamp with handstruck Boxed registered and A.R. (Advice of Receipt), on French PAQUEBOT with octagonal Ligne D. Paq. Fr. No.2 datestamp and Paris arrival on reverse. A superb and colouful item. (pt)
Sweden 1865 Stampless envelope to France, TAXED
cancelled by Stockholm datestamp with Sodra St. Banan ambulant on reverse, charged 20 erased and taxed 10 in manuscript, French entry cachet and arrival in Paris on reverse. Interesting cover. (pt)
Sweden 1873 Unstamped envelope Gothenburg to France
cancelled by PKX.P. No 1b Upp. Railway datestamp, charged 8 with various T.P.O.'s on reverse, French entry cachet and CETTE arrival. Fine item. (pt)
Sweden 1875 envelope to France with Railway datestamp
bearing 12 ore Blue Facit 21, and 30 ore Brown Yvert 25, tied by Pkxp. No. 2. N.E.D. railway datestamp with P.D. and Suede-Erquelines French entry cachet in Blue with Cognac arrival. Very fine. (pt)
Sweden 1894 PSC 5 ore Green upgraded to Germany
Postal Stationery Card upgraded with 5 ore Green Facit 52, tied by Fra Sverige M. Ship Cancel with Boxed PAQUEBOT in Violet. (pt)
Sweden 1902 Registered PSC 5 ore Green upgraded to France
Postal Stationery Card upgraded with 5 ore Green Facit 52, 10 ore Red Facit 54, 1 ore Brown-Blue Facit 61, 2 ore Blue-Green Facit 62, 3 ore Brown-Orange Facit 63, and 4 ore Red-Blue tied by UPSALA datestamp with matching registered label addressed to France with adjacent LYON arrival. superb 6 colour franking paying the 30 ore registered postcard rate. (pt)
China Yunnan Province 1906 envelope to Post Office Li-Kiang-Fu
bearing Chinese Imperial Post 2c Red SG123, tied by Ta-li-Fu Lunar datestamp (30-03-06) addressed to the Post Office Li-Kiang-Fu with Lunar arrival of Li-Kiang-Fu (04-04-06) on reverse. A superb item of Local Mail from Upper Yunnan. (pt)
Saudi Arabia (Hejaz) 1917 Registered envelope to Egypt
bearing 1/8pi Yellow SG7 (Pair), 1/4pi Green SG8, 1/2pi Red SG9, and 1pi Blue SG10 tied by Arabic Djedda datestamp with Boxed handstruck registered and Egyptian Passed by Censor cachet in Blue, routed via Port Taufiq and Cairo with Mansura arrival. Superb quality cover. (pt)
Saudi Arabia French Military Detachment in Jeddah 1917
Military mail envelope to North Africa cancelled by Tresor et Postes 501 datestamp with oval Military Censor Censure Militaire / Mission Francaise du Hedjaz (Arabie) in Violet with Censor Label and arrival on reverse. This is only the SECOND RECORDED example of this rare cachet from the French Detachment in transit from Tunisia to Egypt and then on to Saudi. (Reference Von Uxhill). (pt)
Thailand French Occupation of Siam 1903 Cover
cover endorsed Troupes du Occupation du Siam cancelled by Saigon Cochinchine Corps Expd. datestamp with Military cachet Detachement D'Occupation de Chantaboon-Siam / Le Commandant in Blue and signed by the commanding officer. A superb item of Occupation mail for the Exhibition. (pt)
China Manchukuo 1939 Postcard to France
PPC of Prayers, bearing 10f Blue SG89 tied by MOUKDEN native datestamp, routed via Siberia. (pt)
China (Yunnan Province) 1924 Internal PSC 1 1/2c Blue
Postal Stationery Card written from Ta-Li-Fu to Li-Kiang with receiver. Scarce item of internal Yunnan mail. (pt)
India 1905 Official envelope headed On His Majesty's Service to Belgium
(O.H.M.S.) bearing 1/2 anna Green SGO56, and 2 annas Violet SGO58, overprint On H.M.S. cancelled by EGMORE datestamp, routed via Belgium with Sea Post Office transit and Bruxelles arrival. Fine Cover. (pt)
India 1894 envelope to Belgium via Calcutta (Sea Post Office)
bearing 1/2 anna Green SG84, and 2 anna Pale Blue SG92 tied by DARJEELING duplex, with Sea Post Office transit and Bruxelles arrival. Very fine. (pt)
Sweden 1904 PSC 5 ore Green upgraded to Germany
Postal Stationery Card upgraded with 1 ore Blue-Brown Facit 61, and 4 ore Red-Blue Facit 64 tied by Prxp. No. 34B datestamp. (pt)
Sweden 1870 Stampless envelope to France, Charged 8
cancelled by Lulea datestamp, with Suede-Erqulines French entry in Blue, with Mauze arrival on reverse. (pt)
Sweden 1865 Internal Envelope, Paying Double
bearing 24 ore Orange Facit 10 tied by Gothenbury CDS, charged 2. (pt)
Sweden 1872 Envelope to France, Double Rate Postage
bearing 24 ore Orange Facit 10, and 30 ore Brown (2) Facit 11, making 84 ore double rate postage for France with PD in Red and French entry on front. Facit 8,000 Krowns. (pt)
Sweden 1867 Stampless Envelope to France (Railway)
cancelled by Landskona datestamp, Charged 10c with Railway transit on reverse Sodra. St. Banan datestamp, French entry cachet and Rheims arrival. (pt)
United States (USA) 1867 Part Cover to Paris, 1st Recored
bearing 10c Yellow Green Scott 68 (Pair) tied by Macedon N.Y. grid cancel with adjacent octagonal French PAQUEBOT Etats-Unis Paq. Fr. H. No.3 (Salles 1713) datestamp and Corr. D'Arm. Lig. H. Paq. F. No.3 (Salles 1714) double-ring applied in the Port of New York to incoming mail from Navy Ships in the Mexican War. This is the FIRST ITEM RECORDED bearing United States stamps. (pt)
United States (USA) 1875 envelope to France
bearing 3c Green Scott 147, and 6c Rose Scott 148 tied by cork cancel with Stockton datestamp routed via Boston with Paid datestamp, Boxed PD in Red and French entry cachet Etats-Unis V. Angl. Paris (Salles 1791) in Blue. A superb quality item of trans-atlantic mail. (pt)
United States (USA) 1891 Registered envelope to France
bearing 15c Deep Orange Scott 189, and 10c Green Scott 226, tied by cork cancel with San Francisco Registered double-ring routed via New York with Registered label and oval Registered cachet and Paris Chargements arrival. A rare mixed issue franking. (pt)
United States (USA) 1866 envelope to France (Taxed)
bearing 30c Orange Scott 71 tied by cork cancel with New Orleans datestamp routed via New York, TAXED 24 in Red with Boxed P.D. sent by French PAQUEBOT with octagonal Etats Unis Paq. Fr. H. No.3 (Salles 1713) datestamp, and Dordogne arrival on reverse. Fine item of trans-atlantic mail. (pt)
United States (USA) 1864 Stampless envelope to Germany
written from New Orleans with double-ring despatch, charged 30 routed via New York with New York Hamburg Packet datestamp and TAXED by handstruck 6 1/2 in Blue on arrival in Hamburg. Scarce item of accountancy on transatlantic mail. (pt)
United States (USA) 1869 envelope to France via New York
bearing 15c Black Scott 98 (with grill) tied by cork cancel with Rochester N.Y. datestamp, with New York Paid CDS in Red and Boxed PD with French entry cachet in Blue. Very fine quality. (pt)
United States 1828 Pre-Stamp Envelope to Paris
from New Orleans, charged 6 with Boxed entry cachet Par D'Outremer Par Le Havre in Red. (pt)
United States (USA) 1875 Superb Pair on small piece of 2c Brown Scott 124
(without grill) tied to piece of cork cancel, stamps off centre to upper left but fine deep colour and a very rare item. Only 4755 printed. (pt)
China 1908 Registered PPC to France, 4 colour franking
Picture Postcard of Peking, Temple of Heaven, bearing Chinese Imperial Post 1c Ochre SG122 (3), 2c Red SG123, 4c Chestnut SG124, and 5c Purple SG154, tied by Peking datestamp with Boxed handstruck registered and NIMES arrival. Nice 4 colour franking on registered card. Scarce. (pt)
China 1931 envelope to France, via Siberia with Paris arrival
bearing 13c Green SG416 (2), "5 on 15c" Blue SG452 (Pair), and "5 on 16c" Olive SG453 (3) tied by Canton datestamp. Nice franking. (pt)
Thailand 1916 Stationery to German New Guinea, Redirected
Postal Stationery Letter Card 12 att Green, re-directed to Leipzig with Singapore transit and German arrival on reverse.Very Rare destination item. (pt)
Thailand 1924 Airmail envelope to Cambodia via Ubol
bearing 2 sat Brown SG147, 3 sat Green SG212, 5 sat Red SG214, and 25 sat Blue SG221, tied by Bangkok datestamp with instructional By Air Mail, with transit on reverse and Pakse and Pnom-Penh arrivals in Cambodia. Scarce. (pt)

Picture Postcard bearing 1 att Olive Green SG67, 2 att Red SG69, and 3 att Deep Green SG71 tied by Bangkok datestamp. Attractive 3 colour franking. (pt)