French Colonies Algeria 1940 Censored Envelope
Cover to the Netherlands Indies bearing Yvert 42, 25c blue (pair) tied by Alger datestamp routed via India and Singapore with " Passed by Censor Singapore / 18" in violet with Batavia "Geopend Door Censuur" label and circular Dev / 8 cachet. Nice item of censored mail. (pt)
French Colonies Madagascar 1902 Unstamped Envelope
Cover from Paris addressed to the Customs at Majunga with Tax handstamp and French General Colonies postage dues Yvert 18, 5c blue, Yvert 19, 10c brown and Yvert 20, 15 c yellow green applied and tied on arrival by Majunga Madagascar double ring in blue. Very fine combination. (pt)
French Colonies Madagascar 1941 Military Censor Cover
Internal mail envelope bearing Yvert 165, 10c orange and green (4) tied by Vohemar double ring, routed via Diego Suarez with Military censor label and cachet with "Controle Postal Commission A / Madagascar postage due Yvert 13, 40c brown (pair) and Yvert 16, 1f blue applied and tied by tananarive double ring. Nice item, (pt)
French Colonies Madagascar 1938 Internal Mail Envelope
Cover bearing Yvert 172, 65c brown and lilac tied by Wfarafangana double ring, underpaid with tax handstamp and Madagascar postage due Yvert 14, 50c olive applied and tied by Tananarive double ring. Nice item. (pt)
French Colonies Obock 1902 Registered Handstruck Env.
Registered and Charged envelope to France bearing Obock Yvert 55, 30cent bistre and green (2) tied by Djibouti Cote Francaise Des Somalis datestamp in blue with handstruck boxed accountancy with Charge and Valeur Declaree in violet, sent on French Paquebot with Lyon arrival. (pt)
French Colonies Djibouti 1899 Paquebot Registered Env.
Envelope to France bearing Yvert 10, 10cent brown and green and Yvert 13, 30 cent brown grey and rose tied by Cote Francaise des Somalis Djibouti double ring in blue with boxed registered and octagonal French Paquebot Yokohama a Marseille L.N. No 1 datestamp with Lannion arrival. Very fine item. (pt)
French Colonies Djibouti 1904 Postcard to France
Picture Postcard bearing Yvert 40, 5 cents green tied by Djibouti Cote Francaise des Somalis double ring in blue, underpaid with tax handstamp and French postage due Yvert 29, 10cents brown applied and tied on arrival in Bordeaux. (pt)
French Colonies Guinee Francaise1901 Postcard to France
Picture Postcard bearing Yvert 5, 10c black tied by Maneah Guinee-Francaise double ring in blue routed via Conaky with Paris and Vilaine arrival. Very fine. (pt)
French Colonies Senegal 1907 Handstruck Paquebot Card
Picture Postcard written from Dakar routed via France to Constantinople bearing Senegal Yvert 21, 5c yellow green (2) tied in transit by La Rochelle datestamp with handstruck "Paquebot". (pt)
French Colonies Obock 1895 Envelope to France
Envelope written on board the French Troop ship Bien hoa at Obock, and cancelled by Maarine Francaise Service a la Mer on route from Indo-China, the envelope is stamped with Obock Yvert 52, 15 cent blue and red and has been sent via British Mail and cancelled on arrival in port with Modane a Paris datestamp in red. A unique item of mail for the exhibitor. (pt)
French Colonies Djibouti 1940 Air Mail Censor Envelope
Envelope written from the Commander of the Artillery to France bearing Yvert 182, 1f grey tied by Djibouti double ring with "Controle Postal Cote Francaise des Somalis" double ring censor with boxed "Censore No 12/SC" in violet. Scarce censor cachet. (pt)
French Colonies Obock 1909 Registered Cover to France
Envelope bearing yy; 46, 5 franc red and Yvert 55, 30 cent brown tied by Djibouti Cote Francaise Des Somalis datestamp with boxed registered and French arrival on reverse. Superb and rare franking. (pt)
French Colonies Somali Coast 1898 Paquebot Envelope
Envelope to France bearing Yvert 7, 2c brown lilac and grey (3), Yvert 8, 4c brown lilac and blue, Yvert 9, 5c green and orange and Yvert 10, 10c brown and green tied by Djibouti Cote Francaise des Somalis double ring in blue with octagonal French Paquebot "La Reunion a Marseille L.U. No3" datestamp with Toulouse arrival. Very fine. (pt)
French Colonies Somali Coast 1902 Postcard to France
Picture Postcard of the "Sangha-Ber, Port of Harar" addressed to France bearing Yvert 33, 10c on 10f lilac and orange tied by Djibouti Cote Francaise des Somalis double ring. Nice single franking. (pt)
French Colonies Ivory Coast 1904 Paquebot Cover Front
Cover to France bearing Yvert 4, 5c green and Yvert 10, 40c orange tied by Cote D'Ivoire double ring with adjacent octagonal French Paquebot "Loango a Marseille L.N. No1" datestamp. A scarce item of mail written by the French Railway workers in Abinjan on the "Chemin de Fer". This cancel was only in use for 6 months. (pt)
French Colonies Togo 1945 Envelope to French
Cover Maroc bearing French Guinne Yvert 145, 10f grey / green mixed with Ivory Coast Yvert 129, 3f green and Yvert 130, 5f brown tied by Lome Togo double ring, underpaid bearing French Maroc postage due Yvert 51, 5f green (pair) applied and tied on arrival by Casablanca datestamp. (pt)
French Colonies Madagascar 1942 Military Censored Cover
Envelope to Diego Suarez bearing Yvert 164, 5c green and red and Yvert 218, 90c brown tied by Anivorano Nord datestamp with oval " British Military Administration Madagascar / Passed by Censor 111" cachet in violet with "British Censorship" label and arrival in Diego Suarez on reverse. Very fine. (pt)
French Colonies Soudan 1898 Military Paquebot Mail Env.
Mail Envelope to France endorsed "Corps D'Occupation du Soudan Francais' cancelled by Kayes Soudan Francais double ring with Military cachet "Soudan Francais / Service de Sante" in blue sent by French Paquebot "Soudan Francais L.M. No2" datestamp (Salles 1261) with Paris arrival on reverse. (pt)
French Colonies Madagascar 1942 Military Censored Env.
Envelope to Diego Suarez bearing Yvert 164, 5c green and red and Yvert 172, 65c brown and lilac (3) tied by Anivorano Nord datestamp routed via East Africa with boxed "Passed by Military Censor E.A. No 1/1 67" in violet with arrival in Diego Suarez on reverse. Very fine. (pt)
French Colonies Reunion 1897 Military Mourning Cover
Envelope to Madagascar endorsed "Correspondance Militaire" bearing Yvert 35, 5c green and Yvert 36, 10c black tied by Reunion St Denis datestamp with Military cachet " Chef du Service Administratif de la Marine Reunion" in blue. Very fine. (pt)
French Colonies Madagascar 1911 Due Parcel Post Receipt
bearing French General Colonies Postage Due Yvert 22, 30c orange red (Strip of 3) mixed with Madagascar Yvert 11, 10c rose (2) tied by Tananarive Madagascar double-ring. Nice combination paying the 1f 10c rate. (pt)
French Colonies New Caledonia France1874 Convict Letter
Cover to France written from the Isle des Pines cad; by Noumea Nelle Caledonie double-ring, with boxed PD as Paid in cash, routed via Australia, Ceylon and Suez on the Steamers SS Ellora, Baroda and Cathay with Bordeaux arrival on reverse, Very fine item of convicts mail. (pt)
French Colonies New Caledonia 1895 Local PSE Colourful
Postal Stationery Envelope 5c green upgraded with Yvert 7, 5s on 75c rose, Yvert 36, 5s on 20c yellow gr; (surcharge inverted), Yvert 37, 5s on 75c rose (blue surcharge inverted) and Yvert 38, 5s on 75c rose (surcharge inverted) tied by Noumea double-ring addressed locally. Scarce group of stamps on cover making a very colourful franking. (pt)
French Colonies Oceanie 1923 Postage dues Cover undated
Incoming mail Envelope from France bearing French Sower Yvert 158, 5c orange red (5), tied by Paris datestamp addressed to the Bank of Indo-China, Papeete with arrival and forwarded to the Ile de Moorea, TAXED on arrival with French General Colonies Postage dues Yvert 20, 15c gr; (top corner marginal Imperf Pair applied and tied on arrival by undated Oceanie Moorea double-ring in Red. A very rare item of Postage due mail from the Marquises. (pt)
French Colonies Reunion 1943 Censored Cover to Fr Maroc
Envelope to French Maroc bearing Yvert 195, 50c orange and Yvert 204, 1f red orange (5) tb; Saint Denis datestamp with "Controle Postal Militaire" censor label, sent Air Mail, underpaid with TAX hand-stamp and French Maroc Postage dues Yvert 34, 2f violet tied on arrival by Casablanca datestamp with "Opened by Examiner / 1561" censor label. Nice combination. (pt)
French St. Pierre Et Miquelon 1907 Lighthouse Postcard
French Colonies. Picture Postcard of the Lighthouse at Galantry written from the French Navel Station in Newfoundland addressed to France bearing Yvert 60, 2c lilac brown tb; St. Pierre double-ring with hand-stamp "Station Navale de Terre Neuve" sent on the French Steamer "Croiseur Descartes" with Marine Francaise Service a la Mer double-ring cachet. Very fine & rare item. (pt)
French Colonies Soudan 1926 Cover to French Morocco
Sudan. Envelope bearing Yvert 25, 15c black & yellow, Yvert 35, 2f gr; & blue and Yvert 37, 10c lilac & blue tb; Segou Soudan Francais double-ring, underpaid and bearing French Maroc Postage dues Yvert 29, 10c brown (3) and Yvert 32, 50c purple applied and tied on arrival by Casablanca Maroc datestamp. Nice combination. (pt)
French Colonies New Caledonia 1903 Paquebot Env to Lyon
envelope bearing Type Blanc Yvert 111, 5c green tied by octagonal French Paquebot, "Marseille a Noumea Ligne T No.4" datestamp (Salles 2146) applied to mail on the French Packet "Australian" on route from Noumea via Ceylon and Aden to Marseille This envelope paying the printed matter rate was posted in Aden. A very rare Paquebot cachet. (pt)
French Colonies Maroc 1944 Gold Coast Censored Cover
envelope from the Gold Coast bearing SG129, 1/3d brown & blue tied by Cape Coast datestamp with "Opened by Examiner 00/34" Censor label sent Air Mail to French Maroc, underpaid with circular TAX handstamp with Maroc Yvert 167, 10c lilac and Yvert 213, 1f50 red handstamped T for Postage Due use applied and tied on arrival by Cassablanca datestamp. Very fine combination. (pt)
French Colonies Djibouti 1900 Registered Cover Front
to France bearing Djibouti Yvert 13, 30c brown and rose mixed with Obock Yvert 48, 2c brown lilac and green and Yvert 49, 4c brown lilac and orange tied by Cote des Somalis double-ring in blue with boxed handstruck registered and octagonal French Paquebot La Reunion a Marseille L.U. No.2 datestamp. Superb. (pt)
French Colonies Oubangui-Chari 1935 TAX Cover from SAAR
Incoming mail envelope from Saar bearing SG179, 25c deep blue and SG181, 40c brown tied by Homburg datestamp, underpaid with boxed TAX handstamp and bearing Oubangui-Chari Postage Due Yvert 1, 5c blue, Yvert 7, 50c lilac and Yvert 9, 1f lilac brown applied and tied on arrival by Oubangui datestamp. Very Scarce item of Postage Due mail. (pt)
French Colonies New Caledonia 1893 Cover to Noumea
envelope bearing Yvert 11, 10 on 40c orange, Yvert 11a, 10 on 40c orange (INVERTED), Yvert 12, 10 on 30c brown, Yvert 12a, 10 on 30c brown (INVERTED), Yvert 13, 10 on 40c orange, Yvert 13a, 10 on 40c orange (INVERTED) and Yvert 36, 5 on 20c yellow green tied by Noumea Nouvelle Caledonie double-ring. (pt)
French Colonies Niger 1942 P Dues Cover to French Maroc
envelope bearing Yvert 47, 1f75 blue (2) Yvert 50, 5f lilac (2) and purple tied by Maradi Niger datestamp routed via Niamey, underpaid with TAX handstamp and bearing French Maroc Postage Due Yvert 33, 1f brown lilac and Yvert 34, 2f lilac (2) applied and tied by Casablanca Maroc datestamp. Nice combination. (pt)
French Colonies Madagascar 1906 Printed Matter Rate Env
Incoming mail envelope from France bearing Type Blanc Yvert 107, 1c grey (Strip of 5) tied by Paris datestamp, sent at Printed Matter rate to the Artillery School but underpaid and taxed with French General Colonies Yvert 19, 10c brown (Pair) applied and tied on arrival by Diego Suarez Madagascar arrival in blue. (pt)
French Colonies Reunion 1943 Postage Due Censored Cover
envelope bearing from Madagascar bearing Yvert 239, 50 on 65c brown & lilac (Pair) tied by Tananarive datestamp with censor label and opened censor cachet addressed to Reunion, underpaid with Reunion Postage Due Yvert 23, 1f violet applied and tied on arrival by St. Denis double-ring. Very fine combination. (pt)
French Colonies Afrque Occidentale Francaise 1954 Cover
Incoming Aerograme from British Guiana bearing SG293, 12c orange tied by Airmail CDS, addressed to A.O.F., underpaid with manuscript TAX 30 with Afrique Occidetale Francaise Postage Dues Yvert 9, 10f blue green (3) applied and tied on arrival by Cotonou Dahomey datestamp. Very fine item of Postage Due mail. (pt)
French Colonies Soudan 1896 Paquebot Military mail Env
envelope to France signed by the Captain on reverse, cancelled by Kayes Soudan Francaise double-ring with French Paquebot "Soudan Francais Ligne M No.1" datestamp in Blue (Salles 1260), underpaid with TAX handstamp and French Postage Due Yvert 37, 50c lilac applied and tied on arrival with Luchon datestamp. Very fine combination. (pt)
French Colonies Sudan 1937 Official Service Cover RARE
envelope sent unpaid cancelled by Nioro Soudan Francaise double-ring, routed via Kayes with manuscript TAX 1.30 and Soudan Postage Dues Francaise datestamp. Rare item of Postage Due mail. (pt)
French Colonies New Caledonia 1912 Registered Envelope
Cover to France bearing Yvert 49, 30c brown, Yvert 51, 50c rose, Yvert 53, 1f olive Yvert 59, 5c yellow green, Yvert 95, 25c black and Yvert 101, 75c olive tied by Bourail Nlle Caledonie datestamp in blue with boxed handstruck registered routed via Noumea with Maurice arrival in France. (pt)
French Colonies Afrique Occidentale Francaise 1956 Env.
Incoming Air Mail envelope from Cote D'Ivoire bearing A.O.F. Yvert 48, 15f green & brown tied by Abidjan datestamp, underpaid bearing Afrique Occidentale Franciase Postage Due Yvert 9, 10f blue green applied and tied on arrival by Bamako Soudan Francaise datestamp. Scarce. (pt)
French Colonies Diego Suarez 1899 Military Mail Cover
envelope to France from the Captain of the French Occupation, Madagascar bearing Diego Suarez Yvert 28, 5c green and Yvert 33, 30c brown tied by Antanarive double-ring with octagonal "La Reunion a Marseille L.U.No.1" Paquebot on reverse with Paris arrival. Very fine. (pt)
French Colonies Madagascar 1940 Underpaid Internal Mail
envelope bearing Yvert 165, 10c orange & green, Yvert 167, 20c brown and blue and Yvert 190, 50c brown tied by Majunga double-ring, underpaid with TAX handstamp and Madagascar Postage Due Yvert 13, 40c brown applied and tied on arrival by Tananarive datestamp. Nice item. (pt)
French Colonies New Caledonia 1893 Cover to Noumea
envelope to the Chief of the Artillery of the Marine at Noumea bearing French General Colonies Yvert 49, 5c green (Strip of 3) mixed with New Caledonia Yvert 45, 10c black lilac tied by Moindou Nelle Caledonie double-ring in blue with Noumea arrival on reverse. Superb item of Exhibition quality. (pt)
French Colonies New Caledonia 1895 PSE to Switzerland
Postal Stationery Envelope 15c blue upgraded with Yvert 42, 2c lilac / brown (5) tied by Noumea Nouvelle Caledonie double-ring addressed to Switzerland, sent by French Paquebot with octagonal "Ligne T Paq Fr. No.3" datestamp with Geneva arrival on reverse. Very nice franking. (pt)
French Colonies New Caledonia 1901 Paquebot Cover
envelope to France bearing Yvert 55, 5 on 4c violet brown (Pair) and Yvert 56, 15 on 30c brown tied by Noumea Nouvelle Caledonie double-ring sent on the French Paquebot "Polynesien" with "Ligne T Paq. Fr. No.6" datestamp (Salles 2141) on reverse and Bordeaux arrival. (pt)
New Hebrides French 1920 Registered Cover to Australia
envelope bearing SG13, 2 1/2d blue, SG33, 1d on 5/- green yellow mixed with French New Hebrides SGF33, 5 on 50c red orange and SGF33a, 10 on 25c blue tied by Port Villa datestamp endorsed No.337 for registration and Sydney arrival on reverse. Very fine. (pt)
French Colonies Niger 1942 Cover to French Maroc TAXED
envelope bearing Yvert 50, 5f lilac and purple tied by Maradi Niger datestamp routed via Niamey, underpaid with TAX handstamp and bearing French Maroc Postage Due Yvert 34, 2f lilac applied and tied by Casablanca Maroc datestamp. Nice combination. (pt)
French Colonies Senegal 1935 Underpaid Airmail - France
Incoming mail from France bearing Yvert 283, 50c red, Yvert 286, 1f orange and Yvert 301, 2f green tied Paris datestamp sent Air Mail to Senegal, underpaid with tax handstamp and Senegal Postage Dues Yvert 19, 1f Violet (6) applied and tied on arrival in Dakar. Very fine combination. (pt)
French Colonies Soudan 1926 Cover to French Morocco
envelope bearing Yvert 23, 5c brown (2) and Yvert 24, 10c green tied by Bamako Soudan Francaise double-ring, underpaid and bearing French Maroc Postage Dues Yvert 30, 20c olive applied and tied on arrival by Casablanca Maroc datestamp. Nice combination. (pt)
French Colonies Soudan 1926 Cover to French Morocco
envelope bearing Yvert 27, 25c black & green tied by Kayes Soudan Francais double-ring, underpaid with TAX handstamp and bearing French Maroc Postage Dues Yvert 30, 20c olive applied and tied on arrival by Casablanca Maroc datestamp. Nice combination. (pt)